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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 15, 2008 in a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.:
Medicare spends "$15-billion a year on subsidies to insurance companies."
True
By Robert Farley • October 17, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 15, 2008 in a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.:
"The centerpiece of Senator McCain's education policy is to increase the voucher program in D.C. by 2,000 slots."
False
By Alexander Lane • October 16, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 15, 2008 in Hempstead, N.Y.:
"98 percent of small businesses make less than $250,000" and would not see a tax increase under Barack Obama's plan.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 16, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 15, 2008 in a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.:
"He voted twice for a budget resolution that increases the taxes on individuals making $42,000 a year."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, David DeCamp • October 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 15, 2008 in a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.:
If you're a small business and don't "adopt the health care plan that Senator Obama mandates, he's going to fine you."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 15, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 15, 2008 in a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.:
Under John McCain's health care plan, people get a $5,000 tax credit to buy a $12,000 health care policy, and "that's a loss for you."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 15, 2008 in Hempstead, N.Y.:
"Obama said he would unilaterally renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • October 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 15, 2008 in a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.:
"Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow associated with ... the worst chapter in American history. ... And, Senator Obama, you didn't repudiate those remarks."
True
By David DeCamp • October 15, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on October 11, 2008 in an interview with reporters:
"The truth was revealed there in that report that showed there was no unlawful or unethical activity on my part."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • October 14, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 9, 2008 in Cincinnati, Ohio:
"AIG executives ... (took) a junket for over $400,000. Twice."
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • October 14, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.:
"I wrote to Secretary Paulson, I wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke [in March 2007], and told them this is something we have to deal with, and nobody did anything about it."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Robert Farley • October 13, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.:
On the economic troubles of 2008, "really the match that lit this fire was Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Robert Farley • October 13, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.:
"The Democrats in the Senate and some members of Congress defended what Fannie and Freddie were doing. They resisted any change."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Robert Farley • October 13, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.:
On the economic crisis, "the biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Robert Farley • October 13, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.:
Obama "voted for ... $3-million for an overhead projector at a planetarium in Chicago."
Half-True
By David DeCamp • October 10, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 9, 2008 in a Web ad:
"(Bill) Ayers and Obama ran a radical education foundation together."
Pants on Fire!
By Alexander Lane • October 10, 2008
BornAliveTruth.org
BornAliveTruth.org
stated on September 15, 2008 in a television ad:
Barack Obama opposed a bill that would have saved Gianna Jessen's life.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2008
National Right to Life Committee
National Right to Life Committee
stated on August 11, 2008 in a published piece on their Web site:
Barack Obama voted against "born alive" legislation in Illinois that was "virtually identical to the federal law."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 1, 2008 in a TV ad:
John McCain accused Barack Obama "of letting infants die."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.:
Under Barack Obama's health care proposal, "if you've got a health care plan that you like, you can keep it."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2008
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