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Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 13, 2008 in a chain e-mail:
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise taxes on all income brackets.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 17, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 16, 2008 in Philadelphia:
"More than one person, on average, a day is murdered in Philadelphia."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 17, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 13, 2008 in a forum on faith-related issues at Messiah College in Grantham, Penn.:
Says she is the subject of 60 books.
True
By Bill Adair • April 16, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 13, 2008 in a chain e-mail:
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise capital gains taxes, which apply to home sales.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 16, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 10, 2008 in a speech in Brooklyn, N.Y.:
If the U.S. stops adding to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, it "will lessen worldwide demand for oil" and reduce prices.
Mostly False
By Wes Allison • April 16, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2008 in Associated Press Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.:
"He's promising four more years of an administration that will push for the privatization of Social Security..."
False
By Robert Farley • April 16, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 16, 2008 in Democratic debate in Philadephia:
The United States is "seeing greater income inequality now than any time since the 1920s."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Wes Allison • April 16, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 16, 2008 in a television debate in Philadelphia.:
"Again today (Ahmadinejad) made light of 9/11, and said that he's not even sure it happened and that people actually died."
True
By Adriel Bettelheim • April 16, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 16, 2008 in Democratic debate in Philadephia:
Obama served on a board with former Weather Underground member William Ayers and "that relationship with Mr. Ayers on this board continued after 9/11."
True
By Robert Farley • April 16, 2008
Focus on the Family Action
Focus on the Family Action
stated on March 26, 2008 in a Web article:
Obama supports "teaching schoolchildren — in 2nd grade, no less — about homosexual relationships."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • April 15, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 8, 2008 in Washington, D.C.:
Barack Obama's network of small donors constitutes a "parallel public financing system."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 15, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 10, 2008 in an interview with theadvocate.com:
"I'm the product of a mixed marriage that would have been illegal in 12 states when I was born."
Mostly True
By John Frank • April 15, 2008
Focus on the Family Action
Focus on the Family Action
stated on March 26, 2008 in an e-mail message:
"Among his (Obama's) pet projects is a bill ... which would commit the U.S. to spending 0.7 percent of gross national product on foreign aid."
False
By Robert Farley • April 15, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2008 in a television ad.:
"He took on special interests and won, passing the toughest ethics law yet."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • April 14, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 7, 2008 in a poll on McCain's Web site:
Democrats' budget resolution would raise America's tax bill by "$500-billion."
False
By Adriel Bettelheim • April 14, 2008
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on April 10, 2008 in Boonville, Ind.:
"Hillary (Clinton), one time late at night when she was exhausted, misstated and immediately apologized for it, what happened to her in Bosnia in 1995."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 11, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 24, 2008 in an interview with the Philadelphia Daily News editorial board:
"My husband didn't wrap up the nomination until June."
Mostly False
By Stephanie Garry • April 9, 2008
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on April 5, 2008 in an e-mail message:
"The Children's Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 8, 2008
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on April 5, 2008 in an e-mail message:
"He positions himself as pro environment, but he scored a zero — yes, zero — from the League of Conservation Voters last year."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 8, 2008
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on April 5, 2008 in an e-mail message:
"John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 8, 2008
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