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Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on August 2, 2007 a news release.
"As governor of Arkansas, I cut taxes and fees almost 100 times, saving the taxpayers almost $380-million. I left a surplus of nearly $850-million."
Half-True
By Miranda Blue • November 14, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 9, 2007 Dearborn, Mich.
''The leading Democratic candidate once said that the unfettered free market is the most destructive force in modern America.''
False
By John Frank • November 13, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 30, 2007 Philadelphia
"All of the records, as far as I know, about what we did with health care, those are already available."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 10, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 4, 2007 Clinton, Iowa
"My husband has not withheld a single document."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 10, 2007
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on October 29, 2007 a speech in Manchester, N.H.
"Our children's safety is potentially at risk because nearly half of the apple juice consumed by our children comes from apples grown in China."
Mostly True
By Tom Tobin • November 9, 2007
Chain email
Chain email
stated on November 8, 2007 an e-mail circulated by many people.
Obama "refused to not only put his hand on his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance, but refused to say the pledge."
False
By Bill Adair • November 8, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 6, 2007
"Mayor Giuliani's lawsuit killed the line-item veto."
Mostly True
By David Baumann • November 7, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 9, 2007 an interview on CNBC.
"John McCain is right on that one. The line-item veto is the best tool the president has to rein in excessive spending."
Half-True
By David Baumann • November 7, 2007
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on November 12, 2007 a TV ad
Edwards says if Congress won't pass universal health care, he'll tell Congress: "I'm going to use my power as president to take your health care away from you."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 7, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 30, 2007 Philadelphia
Rudy Giuliani is "probably the most underqualified man since George Bush to seek the presidency."
Pants on Fire!
By Michael Van Sickler • November 6, 2007
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 28, 2007 a speech to the Hispanic Business Expo in Detroit.
"Our tax code is so complicated it extracts $140 billion in extra tax preparation costs every year - one thousand dollars for every American family."
Half-True
By Janet Zink • November 5, 2007
Tom Tancredo
Tom Tancredo
stated on November 13, 2007 an interview on CNN.
"There was a report that came out from the FBI – a warning, not a report ... saying that, in fact, al-Qaida was planning to attack malls during the Christmas holidays."
Half-True
By Lissa August • November 5, 2007
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on October 30, 2007 a Democratic debate in Philadelphia, Pa.
"I've got the most international experience here."
Half-True
By Michael Van Sickler • November 4, 2007
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 2, 2007 a TV ad airing in New Hampshire.
"She hasn't run a corner store. She hasn't run a state. She hasn't run a city. She has never run anything."
Mostly False
By Michael Van Sickler • November 2, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 30, 2007 Philadelphia, Pa.
"It's just outrageous that under President Bush, the National Institutes of Health have been basically decreased in funding."
False
By Rachel Bloom • November 2, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 2, 2007 statement on Web site
"In the 1990s, the Biden Crime Bill added 100,000 cops to America's streets. As a result, murder and violent crime rates went down eight years in a row."
False
By Wes Allison • November 2, 2007
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 30, 2007 Philadelphia
"Here's a man who brags about how he made the city safe. It was the Biden crime bill that became the Clinton crime bill that allowed him to do that."
Mostly False
By Wes Allison • November 2, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on September 5, 2007 a newspaper column
"The Alternative Minimum Tax...was created by Congress in 1969 to affect 155 wealthy Americans. Because it was never indexed for inflation, those original 155 taxpayers has increased to affect about 3.5-million in 2006."
True
By David DeCamp • November 1, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 30, 2007 Philadelphia
"The Alternative Minimum Tax was never intended to hit people in middle income, upper middle income. It was meant for people who are rich and evading taxes."
True
By David DeCamp • November 1, 2007
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on October 30, 2007 a Democratic debate in Philadelphia, Pa.
"More people in this country have seen UFOs than I think approve of George Bush's presidency."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 31, 2007
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