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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
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 in 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
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 in the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.:
House Republicans "weren't part of the negotiations" on the Wall Street bailout plan.
Mostly False
By Shawn Zeller • September 26, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.:
John McCain wants to "give oil companies another $4-billion" in tax breaks.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Robert Farley • September 26, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 22, 2008 in 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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 24, 2008 in a speech in Dunedin, Fla.:
 "I introduced a bill that would’ve helped stop the multimillion-dollar bonus packages that CEOs grab on their way out.. (McCain) opposed that idea."
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • September 25, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2008 in in a television ad:
Obama says McCain went to Bermuda and "pledged to protect tax breaks for American corporations that hide their profits offshore."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 24, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2008 in in a television ad:
"Grateful insurance company executives and their lobbyists" from Bermuda gave McCain $50,000.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 24, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 16, 2008 in a radio ad:
McCain "has opposed stem cell research."
False
By Robert Farley • September 24, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 15, 2008 in a news release.:
"Barack Obama has the longest track record of any candidate in this election in support of the 'Bridge To Nowhere.' "
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • September 23, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 22, 2008 in Reading, Pa.:
"Last week Senator Obama's running mate said, get this, 'Raising taxes is patriotic.' "
Mostly False
By Shawn Zeller • September 23, 2008
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on August 1, 2008 in 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 in 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
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 12, 2008 in blog postings on many Web sites.:
Sarah Palin endorsed a Wasilla policy that charged sexual assault victims for their "rape kits."
Half-True
By Bill Adair • September 22, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2008:
"But if my opponent had his way, the millions of Floridians who rely on it would've had their Social Security tied up in the stock market this week."
False
By Robert Farley • September 22, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 22, 2008 in a TV ad.:
John McCain would "reduce oversight of health insurance."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • September 22, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 19, 2008 in Green Bay, Wis.:
Barack Obama got more campaign contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac "than any other member of Congress, except for the Democratic chairmen of the committee that oversees them."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 19, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 18, 2008 in a video ad.:
Obama ad contends that John McCain endorses Rush Limbaugh's comments about immigration.
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • September 19, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 17, 2008:
On whether the government should bail out insurance giant AIG.
Half Flip
By Adriel Bettelheim • September 19, 2008
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