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John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on May 12, 2008 in a news release.:
Says Obama called Israel "a constant sore" that infects U.S. foreign policy.
False
By Bill Adair • May 13, 2008
Bob Barr
Bob Barr
stated on May 12, 2008 in a news conference announcing his Libertarian candidacy in Washington, D.C.:
Eliminating earmarks "would make barely a drop in the bucket with regard to the national debt, the deficit."
Mostly True
By Shawn Zeller • May 13, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 21, 2008 in a debate in Austin, Texas.:
"We borrow money from the Chinese to buy oil from the Saudis."
Mostly True
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 12, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 25, 2008 in a media availability in Little Rock, Ark.:
"It is just a fact that Hamas, apparently the North American spokesperson, is endorsing Senator Obama."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • May 9, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 18, 2008 in a campaign speech in Williamsport, Pa.:
"More people without health care since George Bush took office; more children in poverty since George Bush took office."
Mostly True
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 8, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 28, 2008 in a campaign stop at Miami children's hospital :
"We spend a staggering amount of money on health care — over $2-trillion and almost twice as much as any other country per person."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 8, 2008
Florida Consumer Action Network
Florida Consumer Action Network
stated on April 29, 2008 in a press conference in Tampa:
"For what we spend in just one week in Iraq, 800,000 children could get health insurance for an entire year."
Mostly True
By Janet Zink • May 7, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 20, 2008 in a television interview.:
"My friend, we have increased the size of government by some 40 percent just in the last few years."
Mostly True
By Will Van Sant • May 7, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 5, 2008 in in a television ad:
"Clinton aides admit it (a gas tax holiday) won't do much for you – but would help her politically."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 7, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 5, 2008 in a television interview:
A gas tax holiday "would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 4, 2008 in Indianapolis:
"If you are driving on average in America this summer, you'll save — according to Department of Energy figures — about $70."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 6, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 2, 2008 in a speech at a Democratic Party dinner:
There are prototype cars that get between 100 and 150 miles per gallon and "we could have those cars in your garages in a couple of years."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • May 6, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 4, 2008 in an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press.:
"If Senator Clinton or John McCain had stood up in previous years for increases in fuel efficiency standards . . . then we would not be in this same situation in the first place."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • May 5, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 18, 2008:
"His true name is Barak Hussein Muhammed Obama."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Hollyfield • May 2, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 18, 2008:
"Obama ... gave almost a million dollars to the (Kenya) opposition campaign who just happened to be his cousin, Raila Odinga."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Hollyfield • May 2, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 30, 2008 in South Bend, Ind.:
Tax rates were significantly higher "in the '40s, the '50s, and the '60s."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 2, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 29, 2008 in South Bend, Ind.:
Every family health insurance policy has "a $900 hidden tax" to subsidize health care costs of the uninsured.
True
By Robert Farley • May 2, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 24, 2008 in a speech at the University of Pennsylvania.:
"A year ago, in March 2007, I called for immediate action to address abuses in the subprime market, and I laid out detailed concrete proposals for how to do so."
True
By Bill Adair • May 1, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 29, 2008 in in a television ad:
Hillary Clinton advocates "a freeze on foreclosures. Barack Obama said no."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 1, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 27, 2008 in Coral Gables, Fla.:
The Rev. Wright compared "the United States Marine Corps with Roman legionnaires who were responsible for the death of our Savior."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • April 30, 2008
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