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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 26, 2008 in a speech in Las Cruces, N.M.:
"I had an uncle ... who was part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • May 27, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 23, 2008 in Sioux Falls, S.D.:
It doesn't make sense "historically" to drop out because the 1968 race was still competitive when "Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 26, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 21, 2008 in a speech in Tampa, Fla.:
When McCain was questioned about hiring lobbyists to his campaign staff, "his top lobbyist actually had the nerve to say, 'The American people won't care about this.' "
True
By Robert Farley • May 23, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 21, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.:
McCain "hired some of the biggest lobbyists in Washington to run his campaign."
True
By Robert Farley • May 23, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 21, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.:
"Ten years ago, John McCain offered a bill that said he would ban a candidate from paying registered lobbyists."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 23, 2008
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on April 5, 2008 in an e-mail:
John McCain, "one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires," says the solution to the housing crisis is for people to get a "second job" and "skip their vacations."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 22, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 18, 2008 in a speech in Gresham, Ore.:
"Privatizing Social Security was a bad idea when George W. Bush proposed it. It's a bad idea today. Sen. McCain's campaign went even further ... suggesting ... to cut cost-of-living adjustments or to raise the retirement age."
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 22, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 19, 2008 in Chicago:
Iran "might not be a superpower, but the threat the government of Iran poses is anything but 'tiny,'" as Obama says.
False
By Robert Farley • May 21, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 13, 2008 in a Q&A in Cape Girardeau, Mo.:
A gas tax holiday is a gimmick that "every economist says will just go into the pockets of the oil companies."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • May 21, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 19, 2008 in Chicago:
"Sen. Obama has declared, and repeatedly reaffirmed his intention to meet the president of Iran without any preconditions."
True
By Robert Farley • May 21, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 12, 2008 in Charleston, W.V.:
John McCain "is one of the few senators of either party who oppose this bill (to expand education aid for veterans) because he thinks it's too generous."
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 19, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 12, 2008 in a statement by a spokesman:
"Obama himself voted against funding our nation's veterans and troops in the field during a time of war."
Mostly True
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 19, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 13, 2008 in Cape Girardeau, Miss.:
"NATO hasn't provided enough troops (in Afghanistan) because they are still angry about us going into Iraq."
True
By Robert Farley • May 19, 2008
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on April 5, 2008 in an e-mail:
McCain "voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 19, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 13, 2008 in a speech in Charleston, W.Va.:
"The White House is won in the swing states, and I am winning the swing states."
Mostly False
By Bill Adair • May 16, 2008
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on April 5, 2008 in an e-mail message:
"The pastor McCain calls his 'spiritual guide,' Rod Parsley, believes America's founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a 'false religion.' "
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 15, 2008
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on April 5, 2008 in an e-mail message:
McCain sought the political support of minister John Hagee, "who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church 'the Antichrist' and a 'false cult.'"
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 15, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 12, 2008 in Logan, W. Va.:
"If West Virginia had voted for our Democratic nominee in 2000 and 2004, we wouldn't have had to put up with George Bush for the last 7 years."
Half-True
By Amy Hollyfield • May 15, 2008
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 25, 2008 in a posting on the Obama campaign blog. :
"Clinton's former pastor convicted of child molestation."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • May 14, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 13, 2008 in North Bend, Wash.:
"They (Clinton and Obama) have never to my knowledge been involved in legislation nor hearings nor engagement on this issue (climate change)."
False
By Robert Farley • May 14, 2008
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