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Latest Fact-Checks By Alexander Lane

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Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on August 13, 2008:
McCain is "raising campaign cash with one of (Jack) Abramoff's closest business partners: scandal-plagued conservative activist Ralph Reed."
True
By Alexander Lane • August 13, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 11, 2008 a speech in Las Vegas:
"First, he (Obama) opposed the surge. Then he confidently predicted that it would fail. Then he tried to prevent funding for the troops who carried out the surge."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • August 12, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 5, 2008 a town hall in Berea, Ohio.:
Fully inflating tires is "a step that every expert says would absolutely reduce our oil consumption by 3 to 4 percent."
False
By Alexander Lane • August 8, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 4, 2008 a TV ad:
"Big oil's filling John McCain's campaign with $2-million in contributions."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • August 6, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 30, 2008 Springfield, Mo.:
"We could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups."
True
By Alexander Lane • August 5, 2008
VoteVets.org
VoteVets.org
stated on July 23, 2008 a TV ad:
"Sen. McCain would occupy Iraq indefinitely, against their wishes."
False
By Alexander Lane • July 30, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 22, 2008 a chain e-mail:
Obama "shunned the opportunity to talk to soldiers to thank them for their service."
False
By Alexander Lane • July 28, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 12, 2008 a conversation with reporters aboard plane:
"I have little doubt that we've moved into recession at this point."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • July 25, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 21, 2008 a speech in South Portland, Maine:
"We now have a pro-American president in France, which shows if you live long enough, anything can happen in this world."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • July 23, 2008
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on July 23, 2008 a radio ad:
Obama "voted against critical resources: no to individual body armor, no to helicopters, no to ammunition, no to aircraft."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Alexander Lane • July 23, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 21, 2008 a TV ad:
"Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump? O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma!"
False
By Alexander Lane • July 21, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 11, 2008 a speech in Dayton, Ohio:
"We've heard talk about curbing our use of fossil fuels in nearly every State of the Union address since the oil embargo of 1973."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • July 18, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on July 9, 2008 a news release from McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds :
Says Obama flip-flopped on warrantless wiretapping.
True
By Alexander Lane • July 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 24, 2008 a telephone appearance with Florida voters:
"The Iranians continue – in the view of every objective observer – continue to pursue the acquisition of nuclear weapons."
False
By Alexander Lane • July 7, 2008
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader
stated on June 18, 2008 an interview with "Democracy Now!," an independent radio program:
"The most recent Associated Press poll has Nader-Gonzalez at 6 percent, without any national coverage, against McCain and Obama."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • June 30, 2008
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader
stated on June 18, 2008 an interview with "Democracy Now!," an independent radio program:
"I didn't say" it doesn't really matter whether Gore or Bush is president.
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • June 30, 2008
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader
stated on June 18, 2008 a radio interview with Democracy Now!:
"He won't even support his colleague's ... motion to censure the Bush administration for systemic repeated illegal wiretaps."
True
By Alexander Lane • June 30, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 16, 2008 Flint, Mich.:
"These steps (a middle-class tax cut, national health care plan, foreclosure prevention fund, Social Security fix and more) are all paid for."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • June 25, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 10, 2008 Washington, D.C.:
Sen. Obama wants to "enact the single largest tax increase since the Second World War."
False
By Alexander Lane • June 11, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 2, 2008 a town hall meeting in Nashville, Tenn.:
"Casualties and deaths are at (their) lowest point since literally the beginning" of the war.
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • June 6, 2008
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