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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 21, 2008 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 11, 2008 in 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 5, 2008 in 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 19, 2008 in 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 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 9, 2008 in a statement by Obama spokesman Hari Sevugan :
"John McCain's top foreign policy adviser lobbied for... the Republic of Georgia, and McCain has mirrored the position advocated by the government."
True
By Shawn Zeller • August 13, 2008
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