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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 17, 2008 Elko, Nev.
Obama's tax plan cuts taxes "for 95 percent of all working families."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 18, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 16, 2008 Golden, Colo.
"In January, I outlined a plan to help revive our faltering economy, which formed the basis for a bipartisan stimulus package that passed the Congress."
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • September 18, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 16, 2008 an interview on CNN's "American Morning"
"I said two years ago that the Fannie and Freddie thing was a very serious problem and we had to work on it."
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • September 17, 2008
Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Douglas Holtz-Eakin
stated on September 16, 2008 a conversation with reporters.
Holding up a BlackBerry, McCain campaign adviser says, "you’re looking at the miracle John McCain helped create."
False
By Robert Farley • September 17, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 9, 2008 a TV ad
McCain "voted to cut education funding, against accountability standards. He even proposed abolishing the Department of Education."
Mostly False
By Shawn Zeller • September 17, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 17, 2008 Elko, Nev.
McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm is "the architect of some of the deregulation in Washington that helped cause the mess on Wall Street."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 17, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 16, 2008 a speech in Tampa
"Obama has asked for $932-million in earmarks, literally $1-million for every day that he’s been in Congress."
Mostly True
By Shawn Zeller • September 16, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 16, 2008 Tampa, Fla.
"I have never asked for a single earmark, pork barrel project for my state of Arizona."
False
By Shawn Zeller • September 16, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 16, 2008 Golden, Colo.
John McCain said last year he didn't know of a solution to the mortgage crisis.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 16, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 15, 2008 St. Clair Shores, Mich.
"When George Bush said we shouldn't investigate why the government's response to Hurricane Katrina was so incompetent, John McCain stood with him."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • 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
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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 12, 2008 a TV ad
"He admits he still doesn't know how to use a computer, can't send an e-mail."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • September 12, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 11, 2008 Fairbanks, Alaska
Sarah Palin was repeating "Abraham Lincoln's words" in discussing the war in Iraq.
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 12, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 11, 2008 Fairbanks, Alaska
On whether global warming is man-made.
Full Flop
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 12, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 9, 2008 in a television ad
Education Week says Obama 'hasn't made a significant mark on education,' is 'elusive' on accountability, and a 'staunch defender of the existing public school monopoly.'
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 11, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 9, 2008 in a television ad
Obama's one education accomplishment was "legislation to teach 'comprehensive sex education' to kindergartners."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 11, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 9, 2008 a Web ad
Says Obama called Sarah Palin a pig.
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 10, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on September 8, 2008
"The Books Sarah Palin tried to have banned."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • September 10, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 31, 2008 in an e-mail message
Palin "fired Wasilla's Police Chief because he 'intimidated' her."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 9, 2008
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