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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 15, 2008 in Las Vegas:
"Barack (Obama) has one of his biggest supporters in terms of funding, the Exelon Corporation, which has spent millions of dollars trying to make Yucca Mountain the waste depository."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 18, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 17, 2008 in a news conference in a Staples store in Columbia, S.C. :
"I don't have lobbyists running my campaign."
False
By Bill Adair • January 18, 2008
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on January 16, 2008 in a TV ad:
"He reformed welfare before others tried."
False
By Robert Farley • January 18, 2008
Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain
Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain
stated on January 15, 2008 in a flyer sent to news organizations in South Carolina:
Says McCain was a "Hanoi Hilton songbird" who collaborated with the enemy.
Pants on Fire!
By Shawn Zeller • January 17, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 12, 2008 in a speech to the Americans for Prosperity Michigan summit in Livonia, Mich.:
"Congress just passed another huge, pork-filled spending bill. The Democrats allowed less than a day to read all 3,400 pages and stuffed it with nearly 10,000 earmarks costing about $10-billion dollars."
Half-True
By Adriel Bettelheim • January 16, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 15, 2008 in debate in Las Vegas:
"I'm proud of the fact that I've raised more money from small donors than anybody else, and that we're getting $25, $50, $100 donations, and we've done very well doing it that way."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 16, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 15, 2008 in a debate in Las Vegas.:
"You know, Sen. McCain said the other day that we might have troops (in Iraq) for 100 years..."
True
By Adriel Bettelheim • January 16, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 15, 2008 in a debate in Las Vegas:
Says he passed a bill to stop a military requirement that wounded soldiers pay for meals and phone calls.
Half-True
By Bill Adair • January 16, 2008
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on January 15, 2008 in Las Vegas:
"I believe, Senator Clinton, you've raised more money from those people (the oil and gas industry) than any candidate, Democrat or Republican."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 16, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 15, 2008 in debate in Las Vegas:
"So that 2005 energy bill was a big step backwards on the path to clean, renewable energy. That's why I voted against it."
False
By Dina Cappiello • January 16, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 5, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.:
"The fact is it's not amnesty."
True
By Adriel Bettelheim, Ryan Kelly • January 15, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 14, 2008 in a TV interview on CBS.:
"(My dad) used to campaign against the gas-guzzling dinosaurs."
True
By John Frank • January 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 6, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.:
"I have never asked for nor received a single earmark or pork barrel project for my state."
False
By John Frank • January 15, 2008
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on January 8, 2008 in Dartmouth, N.H.:
Barack Obama "said in 2004 there was no difference between (Obama) and George Bush on the war."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 14, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 6, 2008:
The church Barack Obama belongs to only admits black people.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 11, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on January 10, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.:
"I took on the worst road system in the country, according to Trucker's magazine. When I left, they said it was the most improved road system in the country."
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • January 11, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 10, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.:
"I supported (the surge), I argued for it. I'm the only one on this stage that did."
False
By Shawn Zeller • January 11, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on January 10, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.:
"(Ronald Reagan) raised taxes a billion dollars in his first year as governor of California."
True
By Robert Farley • January 11, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 6, 2008:
The church Barack Obama belongs to has a "nonnegotiable commitment to Africa."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 11, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 11, 2008:
Barack Obama's middle name is Mohammed and he's a "covert" Muslim.
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 11, 2008
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