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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 21, 2008 Chester, Va.
The Bush administration's latest plans for troop withdrawal from Iraq by 2011 are "more or less the same time frame I announced two years ago."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 24, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 20, 2008 a radio ad called "Millions"
Obama wants to increase the size of government by 23 percent.
Pants on Fire!
By Richard Rubin • August 23, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2008 a speech in Springfield, Ill.
Says McCain once said that on "the most important issues of our day, I've been totally in agreement and support of President Bush."
True
By Bill Adair • August 23, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2008 a rally in Springfield, Ill.
Says McCain "supported George Bush's policies 95 percent of the time."
Half-True
By Bill Adair • August 23, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 5, 2008 Youngstown, Ohio
McCain, "voted against renewable sources of energy, against biofuels, against solar power, against wind power.... "
Mostly True
By Seth Stern • August 22, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2008 interview by Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod
John McCain has seven houses.
Mostly True
By Stephanie Garry • August 22, 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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 19, 2008 in a speech in Orlando, Fla.
"I argued for years that we need to move from a 'Musharraf policy' to a 'Pakistan policy.' "
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • August 21, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 16, 2008 a TV interview with megachurch pastor Rick Warren in Lake Forest, Calif.
"The fact is that although we have had a president who is opposed to abortion over the last eight years, abortions have not gone down.''
False
By Edward Epstein • August 21, 2008
Jerome R. Corsi
Jerome R. Corsi
stated on August 1, 2008 his book The Obama Nation.
Barack Obama "rejects everyone white, including his mother and his grandparents."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 20, 2008
Jerome R. Corsi
Jerome R. Corsi
stated on August 1, 2008 his book The Obama Nation.
Barack Obama "openly supported (opposition leader) Raila Odinga during his visit to Africa in 2006."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 20, 2008
Jerome R. Corsi
Jerome R. Corsi
stated on August 1, 2008 his book The Obama Nation.
Barack Obama has "pledged to reduce the size of the military."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 20, 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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 4, 2008 Lansing, MI
Oil companies "haven't touched" 68 million acres where they already have rights to drill.
False
By Keith Perine • August 18, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 18, 2008
On torture.
No Flip
By Robert Farley • August 18, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 12, 2008 a widely circulated chain e-mail.
Says Obama replaced the American flag on the tail of his plane with his campaign logo.
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • August 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 14, 2008 a town hall in Aspen, Colo.
The musical Mamma Mia! has "been selling out for years."
True
By Bill Adair • August 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 15, 2008
On Obama, "The press warns the 'Taxman Cometh.'"
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • August 15, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 30, 2008 a TV ad
McCain's attacks on Obama are 'not true,' 'false,' 'baloney,' according to media outlets.
Half-True
By Robert Farley • August 14, 2008
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on August 13, 2008
McCain is "raising campaign cash with one of (Jack) Abramoff's closest business partners: scandal-plagued conservative activist Ralph Reed."
True
By Alexander Lane • August 13, 2008
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