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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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