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Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on June 13, 2008 a Web ad
John McCain says he never supported the privatization of Social Security, even though video shows he did.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 13, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 4, 2008 a news conference in Baton Rouge, La.
"I've supported every investigation (into Hurricane Katrina) and ways of finding out how – what caused the tragedy. I've met with people on the ground. I've met with the governor."
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • June 11, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on May 18, 2008 a Web ad
Obama's plan to raise the capital gains tax "hurts the middle class."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 11, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 10, 2008 Washington, D.C.
Sen. Obama wants to "enact the single largest tax increase since the Second World War."
False
By Alexander Lane • June 11, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 19, 2008 an e-mail message
From Obama's book: "I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 10, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 19, 2008 an e-mail message
Obama said he would "stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 10, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 2, 2008 a speech in Nashville, Tenn.
"The U.S. Navy has sailed ships around the world for 60 years with nuclear power plants on them and we've never had an accident."
True
By Robert Farley • June 9, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 2, 2008 a town hall meeting in Nashville, Tenn.
"Casualties and deaths are at (their) lowest point since literally the beginning" of the war.
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • June 6, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 4, 2008 St. Petersburg, Fla.
When the United States invaded Iraq, Saddam Hussein wanted to acquire weapons of mass destruction, and "he said so himself after his capture."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 5, 2008
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on May 28, 2008 an e-mail.
"Fidel Castro endorses Obama."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • June 5, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 3, 2008 St. Paul, Minn.
"John McCain decided to stand with George Bush 95 percent of the time (last year)."
True
By Adriel Bettelheim • June 4, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 3, 2008 a campaign e-mail
"Obama voted to support President Bush between 40 and 50 percent of the time over the past two years."
True
By Adriel Bettelheim • June 4, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 20, 2008 an interview on Fox News' America's Election HQ
"Ronald Reagan met with Gorbachev; Kennedy met with Khruschev; and Nixon met with Mao — and these were folks who have done horrendous damage not only to their own countries but to other countries."
Mostly True
By Will Van Sant • June 4, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 1, 2008 San Juan, Puerto Rico
"We are winning the popular vote."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 3, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 27, 2008 a statement by campaign spokesman Bill Burton
John McCain "has not led on nonproliferation issues when he had the chance in the Senate."
True
By Adriel Bettelheim • June 2, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 29, 2008 Greensdale, Wis.
"We have drawn down to presurge levels. Basra, Mosul and now Sadr City are quiet and it's long and it's tough and there will be setbacks."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • June 2, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 13, 2008 a chain e-mail
Obama's wife wrote a paper in college that said America was a nation founded on "crime and hatred" and that whites in America are "ineradicably racist."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 30, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 13, 2008 a chain e-mail
Obama's wife said her goal in life was to put the black community "first and foremost."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 30, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 22, 2008 Tampa, Fla.
"I think we came down here (to Florida) one time ... but we weren't actively fundraising here."
False
By Robert Farley • May 30, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 28, 2008 a town hall meeting in Reno, Nev.
"Sen. Obama has been to Iraq once."
True
By Alexander Lane • May 29, 2008
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