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Latest Fact-Checks By Alexander Lane

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 6, 2008 a Web site
McCain intervened on behalf of Charles Keating with federal regulators... that allowed Keating to continue his fraud at an incredible cost to taxpayers.
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • October 6, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on October 2, 2008 St. Louis
"You had supported John McCain's military strategies pretty adamantly until this race."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • October 3, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on October 2, 2008 St. Louis, Mo.
"We're building a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline, which is North America's largest and most expensive infrastructure project ever."
False
By Alexander Lane • October 3, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 2, 2008 St. Louis
"John McCain said...in December he was surprised there was a subprime mortgage problem."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • October 2, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 1, 2008 a radio ad.
"Obama, Biden and their liberal allies oppose clean coal."
False
By Alexander Lane • October 1, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 30, 2008 an advertisement
"John McCain fought to rein in Fannie and Freddie...but Democrats blocked the reforms."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • September 30, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 Oxford, Miss.
"President Eisenhower, on the night before the Normandy invasion...[wrote a] letter of resignation to the United States Army for the failure of the landings at Normandy."
False
By Alexander Lane • September 26, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 22, 2008 the New York Sun
"If an Iranian woman shows too much hair in public, she risks being beaten or killed."
False
By Alexander Lane • September 25, 2008
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on August 1, 2008 direct mail piece
"Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' the Second Amendment…Ban use of firearms for home defense."
Pants on Fire!
By Alexander Lane • September 23, 2008
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on August 1, 2008 a direct mail piece
"Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' The Second Amendment….Ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns."
False
By Alexander Lane • September 23, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 10, 2008 Virginia
"Through competition as governor, I got agreements to build a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • September 15, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 6, 2008 a radio address
"I fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • September 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 4, 2008 St. Paul, Minn.
"My opponent promises to bring back old jobs by wishing away the global economy."
False
By Alexander Lane • September 4, 2008
Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman
stated on September 2, 2008 St. Paul, Minn.
Obama voted "to cut off funding for our American troops on the battlefield."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • September 2, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on August 29, 2008 Dayton, Ohio
"As governor, I've stood up to ... the big oil companies."
True
By Alexander Lane • September 1, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 27, 2008 Denver
(McCain) says "we can't have ... timelines to draw down our troops from Iraq."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • August 27, 2008
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
stated on August 25, 2008 Denver
McCain "said he was 'stumped' when asked whether contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV."
True
By Alexander Lane • August 26, 2008
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on August 13, 2008 its platform
"More than 12,500 service men and women have been discharged on the basis of sexual orientation since the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was implemented, at a cost of over $360 million. Many of those forced out had special skills in high demand, such as translators, engineers, and pilots."
True
By Alexander Lane • August 25, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 19, 2008 Orlando, Fla.
"Sen. McCain was already turning his sights to Iraq just days after 9/11, and he became a leading supporter of an invasion and occupation of (Iraq)."
True
By Alexander Lane • August 21, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 16, 2008 Saddleback Valley Community Church in Orange County, Calif.
"It (Georgia) was one of the earliest Christian nations. The king of then-Georgia in the third century converted to Christianity."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • August 19, 2008
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