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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 2, 2008 in vice presidential debate in St. Louis:
Sen. McCain's tax plan provides "virtually nothing to the middle class."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • October 2, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 2, 2008 in St. Louis:
John McCain said "he wouldn't even sit down with the government of Spain, a NATO ally that has troops in Afghanistan with us now."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill Adair • October 2, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on October 2, 2008 in St. Louis:
"Barack Obama ... 96 percent of his votes have been solely along party line."
True
By David DeCamp • October 2, 2008
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
stated on September 26, 2008 in a TV ad:
"Palin (proposed) a $150 bounty for the severed foreleg of each killed wolf."
True
By John Frank • October 1, 2008
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
stated on September 26, 2008 in a TV ad:
Palin supports "aerial hunting of wolves and other wildlife."
True
By John Frank • October 1, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on September 30, 2008 in a TV ad:
"Under Barack Obama's plan, the government would spend $1-trillion more."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim, Angie Drobnic Holan • October 1, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 1, 2008 in a radio ad.:
"Obama, Biden and their liberal allies oppose clean coal."
False
By Alexander Lane • October 1, 2008
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
stated on October 1, 2008 in a TV ad.:
Says McCain "voted to let governments charge rape victims" for forensic exams.
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • October 1, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 30, 2008 in a TV ad.:
Says that under his tax plan, seniors making less than $50,000 per year won't pay any income taxes.
True
By Bill Adair • September 30, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 30, 2008 in an advertisement:
"John McCain fought to rein in Fannie and Freddie...but Democrats blocked the reforms."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • September 30, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 30, 2008 in a TV ad:
"My plan offers three times as much tax relief to the middle class as Senator McCain's."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • September 30, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2008 in a debate in Oxford, Miss.:
"There are so many loopholes ... our businesses pay effectively one of the lowest tax rates in the world."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • September 30, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.:
John McCain "has threatened extinction for North Korea and sung songs about bombing Iran."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 29, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2008 in a debate in Oxford, Miss.:
McCain "said the other day that he would not meet potentially with the prime minister of Spain, because he . . . wasn't sure whether they were aligned with us."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • September 29, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.:
Barack Obama "pays for every dime" of his spending plans.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 29, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2008 in the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.:
Henry Kissinger "said that we should meet with Iran — guess what — without precondition."
Half-True
By Shawn Zeller • September 27, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.:
Under Obama's tax plan, "95 percent of you will get a tax cut."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 27, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 in a debate in Oxford, Miss.:
"The average South Korean is 3 inches taller than the average North Korean, a huge gulag."
True
By Bill Adair • September 27, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.:
Obama "has voted in the United States Senate to increase taxes on people who make as low as $42,000 a year."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 26, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 in in debate in Oxford, Miss.:
"He has asked for $932-million of earmark pork-barrel spending, nearly a million dollars for every day that he’s been in the United States Senate."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • September 26, 2008
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