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MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on September 2, 2008 in an e-mail.:
"(Palin) supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000."
False
By Edward Epstein • September 3, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 3, 2008 in a campaign news release.:
"Governor Palin is the most popular governor in the country."
True
By Robert Farley • September 3, 2008
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on August 31, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.:
Sarah Palin "has more experience than Barack Obama."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 2, 2008
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on August 31, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.:
Sarah Palin "already has more executive experience" than Barack Obama and Joe Biden "combined."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 2, 2008
Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman
stated on September 2, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.:
Obama voted "to cut off funding for our American troops on the battlefield."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • September 2, 2008
Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman
stated on September 2, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.:
In the U.S. Senate, Barack Obama "has not reached across party lines to get anything significant done."
False
By Adriel Bettelheim, Angie Drobnic Holan • September 2, 2008
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on September 2, 2008 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:
"He was offered medical care for his injuries if he would give up military information in return. John McCain said, 'No.' "
False
By Edward Epstein • September 2, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on August 29, 2008 in an interview on CNBC:
Drilling in ANWR would have minimal impact, covering only "2,000 out of 20-million acres."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • September 1, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on August 29, 2008 in Dayton, Ohio:
"As governor, I've stood up to ... the big oil companies."
True
By Alexander Lane • September 1, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on August 30, 2008:
On support for the Bridge to Nowhere.
Full Flop
By Robert Farley • September 1, 2008
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on August 31, 2008 in an interview on ABC News' This Week :
Joe Biden "voted against the first Gulf War. He opposed the surge. He wanted to partition Iraq."
True
By Adriel Bettelheim • September 1, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 30, 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pa. :
When Sarah Palin was in government, Barack Obama was a community organizer.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 31, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 30, 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pa. :
Sarah Palin "has had 12 years of elected office experience."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 31, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on August 29, 2008 in Dayton, Ohio:
When oil and gas prices sent state revenues up, Palin sent "a large share of that revenue directly back to the people of Alaska."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 29, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 27, 2008 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver:
McCain voted 19 times against a minimum-wage increase.
True
By Richard Rubin • August 28, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 28, 2008 in a speech at Democratic National Convention:
"John McCain has voted with George Bush 90 percent of the time."
True
By Robert Farley • August 28, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 27, 2008 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver:
Three years ago, John McCain said, "Afghanistan — we don't read about it anymore in papers because it succeeded."
True
By David DeCamp • August 28, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 28, 2008 in a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Denver:
McCain "said no to higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars."
Mostly False
By Richard Rubin • August 28, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 28, 2008 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver:
"Today, we import triple the amount of oil than we had on the day Senator McCain took office."
True
By David DeCamp • August 28, 2008
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on August 24, 2008 in a TV interview:
Biden is "one of the least wealthy members of the U.S. Senate."
True
By Robert Farley • August 27, 2008
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