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Latest Fact-Checks By Adriel Bettelheim

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 21, 2008 in remarks to U.S. Conference of Mayors:
John McCain "opposed legislation to fund levees and flood control programs, which he considers pork."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • June 25, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 12, 2008 in a television ad:
Barack Obama "extended health care for wounded troops who'd been neglected."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim, Angie Drobnic Holan • June 24, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 17, 2008 in a comment by McCain campaign adviser Carly Fiorina on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"George Bush, and a Republican Congress, have presided over a 55 percent increase in the size of domestic government spending in the last seven years."
Mostly True
By Adriel Bettelheim • June 18, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 11, 2008 in a speech in Chicago, Ill.:
John McCain opposed bankruptcy protections for families "who were only in bankruptcy because of medical expenses they couldn't pay."
True
By Adriel Bettelheim • June 16, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 4, 2008 in a news conference in Baton Rouge, La.:
"I've supported every investigation (into Hurricane Katrina) and ways of finding out how – what caused the tragedy. I've met with people on the ground. I've met with the governor."
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • June 11, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.:
"John McCain decided to stand with George Bush 95 percent of the time (last year)."
True
By Adriel Bettelheim • June 4, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 3, 2008 in a campaign e-mail:
"Obama voted to support President Bush between 40 and 50 percent of the time over the past two years."
True
By Adriel Bettelheim • June 4, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 27, 2008 in a statement by campaign spokesman Bill Burton:
John McCain "has not led on nonproliferation issues when he had the chance in the Senate."
True
By Adriel Bettelheim • June 2, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 18, 2008 in a speech in Gresham, Ore.:
"Privatizing Social Security was a bad idea when George W. Bush proposed it. It's a bad idea today. Sen. McCain's campaign went even further ... suggesting ... to cut cost-of-living adjustments or to raise the retirement age."
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 22, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 12, 2008 in Charleston, W.V.:
John McCain "is one of the few senators of either party who oppose this bill (to expand education aid for veterans) because he thinks it's too generous."
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 19, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 12, 2008 in a statement by a spokesman:
"Obama himself voted against funding our nation's veterans and troops in the field during a time of war."
Mostly True
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 19, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 21, 2008 in a debate in Austin, Texas.:
"We borrow money from the Chinese to buy oil from the Saudis."
Mostly True
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 12, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 18, 2008 in a campaign speech in Williamsport, Pa.:
"More people without health care since George Bush took office; more children in poverty since George Bush took office."
Mostly True
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 8, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 28, 2008 in a campaign stop at Miami children's hospital :
"We spend a staggering amount of money on health care — over $2-trillion and almost twice as much as any other country per person."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 8, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 4, 2008 in an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press.:
"If Senator Clinton or John McCain had stood up in previous years for increases in fuel efficiency standards . . . then we would not be in this same situation in the first place."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 5, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 16, 2008 in a television debate in Philadelphia.:
"Again today (Ahmadinejad) made light of 9/11, and said that he's not even sure it happened and that people actually died."
True
By Adriel Bettelheim • April 16, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 7, 2008 in a poll on McCain's Web site:
Democrats' budget resolution would raise America's tax bill by "$500-billion."
False
By Adriel Bettelheim • April 14, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2008 in a television ad.:
"He took on special interests and won, passing the toughest ethics law yet."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • April 14, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 3, 2008 in interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" :
Obama "has no experience or background at all in national security affairs."
False
By Adriel Bettelheim • April 3, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 20, 2008 in a chain e-mail:
Barack Obama has written and co-sponsored more bills in three years than Hillary Clinton has in seven.
False
By Adriel Bettelheim • March 28, 2008
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