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Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on November 14, 2007 in an email press release:
"Gov. Romney's own health care plan in Massachusetts ... requires by law that a representative from Planned Parenthood sit on the MassHealth advisory board."
Mostly False
By Wes Allison • November 27, 2007
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on November 26, 2007 in Web "Spend-O-Meter":
"If Sen. Hillary Clinton could enact all of her campaign proposals, taxpayers would be faced with financing more than $777.6-billion in new spending over one White House term."
Mostly True
By David Baumann • November 26, 2007
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on November 26, 2007 in a Web site.:
"Hillary's baby bond proposal would give $5,000 to each of the 4-million babies born in the U.S. each year, totaling $20-billion per year, multiplied by four years = $80-billion."
False
By David Baumann • November 26, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 15, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nev. :
Barack Obama's health care plan "would leave 15 million Americans out."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 26, 2007
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 15, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nev. :
Obama says his health care plan is "universal."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 26, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 24, 2007 in a newspaper interview.:
"Murder went up" when Romney was governor. "Robbery went up. Violent crimes went up."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 26, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 25, 2007 in an interview:
"The truth of the matter is that during my administration, the FBI's crime statistics show that violent crime was reduced in Massachusetts by 7 percent."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 26, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 5, 2007 in Washington, D.C.:
"People were hopeless. Sixty percent of the population, 70 percent of the population wanted to live somewhere else. . . . By the time I left, 70 percent wanted to stay."
Mostly False
By Neil Skene • November 21, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on July 1, 2007 in "Innovators in Action" magazine:
"The $2.3-billion budget deficit I inherited when I came into office became a $2.9-billion surplus."
Half-True
By Neil Skene • November 21, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 9, 2007 in Dearborn, Mich.:
"I believe in tax cuts. I believe in being a supply-sider. I cut the income tax I think it was 24 percent. We got 42 percent more revenues."
Mostly True
By Neil Skene • November 21, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 11, 2007 in Plymouth, N.H.:
"Americans spend 100-million hours a year filling out these forms (FAFSA). That is the equivalent of 55,500 full-time jobs."
Half-True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • November 20, 2007
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on October 11, 2007 in Manchester, N.H.:
The form students fill out to get college financial aid is "longer than the form to get U.S. citizenship."
False
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • November 20, 2007
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 8, 2007 in Chariton, Iowa:
"John wasn't this raging populist four years ago" when he ran for president.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 19, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 2, 2007 in a television interview.:
"America never made up for the gutting of the intelligence services that Bill Clinton did. I think those are (former CIA director George) Tenet's words ... that Bill Clinton gutted American intelligence."
Half-True
By Shawn Zeller • November 19, 2007
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 15, 2007 in Las Vegas:
"Right now, an employer has more of a chance of getting hit by lightning than be prosecuted for hiring an undocumented worker. That has to change."
False
By David DeCamp • November 16, 2007
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on November 15, 2007 in Las Vegas:
"Congress' approval rating is 11 percent. You know who's higher? Dick Cheney and HMOs."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 15, 2007
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on November 15, 2007 in Las Vegas:
"Well, you know, the Teamsters wanted to drill in Alaska. I voted against drilling in Alaska. So it's not like I'm a slam dunk on every issue."
True
By Amy Hollyfield • November 15, 2007
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on November 15, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nev.:
"Three out of the 18 benchmarks of the (GAO) have been fulfilled. Even among Republican math, that is a failing grade."
True
By Janet Zink • November 15, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 15, 2007 in Las Vegas:
"When Sen. Edwards ran in 2004, he wasn't for universal health care. I'm glad he is now."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 15, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on November 5, 2007 in an interview on the Fox News Channel.:
Huckabee "was one of the highest taxing governors that we had in this country and rivaling Bill Clinton in terms of the Cato ratings."
Mostly True
By Miranda Blue • November 14, 2007
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