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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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 9, 2008 in a television ad:
John McCain worries about nuclear waste in Arizona, but not in Nevada.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 13, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 4, 2008 in flip-o-meter:
On a timetable to withdraw from Iraq.
No Flip
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 12, 2008 in a radio ad:
"McCain opposed a requirement that the government buy American-made motorcycles. And he said all buy-American provisions were quote 'disgraceful.' "
True
By Bart Jansen • August 12, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 11, 2008 in a speech in Las Vegas:
"First, he (Obama) opposed the surge. Then he confidently predicted that it would fail. Then he tried to prevent funding for the troops who carried out the surge."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • August 12, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 8, 2008 in a television ad:
Obama "promises more taxes on small business, seniors, your life savings, your family."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 11, 2008 in an Internet ad:
Obama plans "a tax increase for everyone earning more than $42,000 a year."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 12, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2008 in a television ad:
John McCain offers "billions in tax breaks for oil and drug companies, but almost nothing for families like yours."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 11, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 8, 2008 in in a television ad.:
"Obama voted to raise taxes on people making just $42,000."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 8, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 5, 2008 in a town hall in Berea, Ohio.:
Fully inflating tires is "a step that every expert says would absolutely reduce our oil consumption by 3 to 4 percent."
False
By Alexander Lane • August 8, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 8, 2008 in in a radio ad.:
Barack Obama promises higher taxes on "the sale of your home."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 8, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 6, 2008 in a news release:
John McCain refuses to support a new bipartisan energy bill "because it would take away tax breaks from oil companies like Exxon Mobil."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 7, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 4, 2008 in a TV ad:
"Big oil's filling John McCain's campaign with $2-million in contributions."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • August 6, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 28, 2008 in an interview on CNN's Larry King Live :
Spending increases, not tax cuts, are the major cause of the federal budget deficit.
Mostly True
By Richard Rubin • August 6, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 30, 2008 in Springfield, Mo.:
"We could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups."
True
By Alexander Lane • August 5, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 1, 2008:
On offshore drilling.
Half Flip
By Robert Farley • August 5, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 4, 2008:
On using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Full Flop
By Robert Farley • August 5, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 4, 2008:
On public financing of his campaign.
Full Flop
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill Adair • August 4, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 23, 2008 in a chain e-mail:
John McCain will keep the estate tax at 0 percent, the same as it is now.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 4, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 22, 2008 in a chain e-mail:
"Obama will charge a 28 percent tax on all home sales."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 4, 2008
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