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Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on June 13, 2008 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on May 28, 2008 in an e-mail.:
"Fidel Castro endorses Obama."
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Farley • June 5, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 4, 2008 in 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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 20, 2008 in 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
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 3, 2008 in 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 in 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
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 1, 2008 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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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