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Campaign to Defend America
Campaign to Defend America
stated on March 5, 2008 a television ad
Both McCain and Bush favor tax breaks for oil companies.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 17, 2008
Campaign to Defend America
Campaign to Defend America
stated on March 5, 2008 a television ad
John McCain and George Bush have "absolutely no plan for universal health care."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 17, 2008
Tennessee Republican Party
Tennessee Republican Party
stated on February 25, 2008 in a press release
"You don't even have to go outside Obama's campaign to find advisers who are anti-Israel."
False
By Robert Farley • March 14, 2008
Tennessee Republican Party
Tennessee Republican Party
stated on February 25, 2008 a news release
"The board of a nonprofit organization on which Obama served as a paid director ... granted funding to a controversial Arab group."
Mostly False
By Robert Farley • March 14, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 11, 2008 an interview on MSNBC's "Hardball."
Obama says Clinton in 2002 suggested there was a connection between al-Qaida and the Iraqi government.
True
By Bill Adair • March 12, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 11, 2008 a campaign rally in Harrisburg, Pa.
Obama voted for "tax subsidies and giveways" that have slowed oil companies from pursuing clean energy sources.
Mostly False
By Dina Cappiello • March 12, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 5, 2008 an interview on CNN's American Morning
"I've been standing up against ... the Chinese government over women's rights and standing up for human rights."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • March 11, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 5, 2008 an interview on CNN's "American Morning."
"I helped to bring peace to Northern Ireland."
Half-True
By Bill Adair • March 10, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 5, 2008 an interview on CNN's American Morning.
"I negotiated open borders to let fleeing refugees into safety from Kosovo."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 10, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 5, 2008 an interview on the Today Show.
"We've won twice as many states. We've won a greater share of the popular vote."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • March 10, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 26, 2008 Cleveland, Ohio
"I've spent 20 years devoted to working on behalf of families who are having a tough time and are seeking out the American dream."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 7, 2008
VoteVets.org
VoteVets.org
stated on February 25, 2008 a television ad.
"John McCain says it's okay with him if the U.S. spends the next thousand years in Iraq."
True
By Bill Adair • March 5, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 26, 2008 a debate in Cleveland, Ohio.
"We are bogged down in a war that John McCain now suggests might go on for another 100 years."
False
By Bill Adair • March 5, 2008
Sierra Club
Sierra Club
stated on February 23, 2008 a letter from Sierra Club executive director Carl Pope to supporters
John McCain has "a consistent pattern of ducking important environmental votes."
False
By Shawn Zeller • March 4, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 1, 2008 a speech in Westerville, Ohio
Says Clinton did not read the National Intelligence Estimate before voting for the Iraq war.
True
By Adriel Bettelheim • March 3, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 20, 2008 a news conference in Columbus, Ohio
"I committed to public financing; (Obama) committed to public financing."
Mostly True
By Amy Hollyfield • March 3, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 28, 2008 a campaign event in Hanging Rock, Ohio.
Obama "only wants your children to have health insurance."
False
By Bill Adair • February 29, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on February 29, 2008 a graphic on the RNC website.
"Obama's liberal fiscal agenda: Over $874-billion in new spending."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim, Ryan Kelly • February 29, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2008 a campaign rally in Houston, Texas
"When we've got CEOs making more in 10 minutes than ordinary workers are making in a year ... then something is wrong."
Mostly True
By Amy Hollyfield • February 28, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 26, 2008 a debate in Cleveland, Ohio.
Obama "basically threatened to bomb Pakistan."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • February 27, 2008
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