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Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on August 31, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.:
Sarah Palin "already has more executive experience" than Barack Obama and Joe Biden "combined."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 2, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 30, 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pa. :
Sarah Palin "has had 12 years of elected office experience."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 31, 2008
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on August 24, 2008 in a TV interview:
Biden is "one of the least wealthy members of the U.S. Senate."
True
By Robert Farley • August 27, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 14, 2008 in a virtual town hall meeting :
"I joined the Gang of 14, seven Republicans, seven Democrats, so that we wouldn't blow up the United States Senate. Sen. Obama had the opportunity to join that group. He chose not to."
True
By Robert Farley • June 20, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 13, 2008 in a forum on faith-related issues at Messiah College in Grantham, Penn.:
Says she is the subject of 60 books.
True
By Bill Adair • April 16, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 16, 2008 in Democratic debate in Philadephia:
Obama served on a board with former Weather Underground member William Ayers and "that relationship with Mr. Ayers on this board continued after 9/11."
True
By Robert Farley • April 16, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 26, 2008 in Cleveland, Ohio:
"I've spent 20 years devoted to working on behalf of families who are having a tough time and are seeking out the American dream."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 7, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 24, 2008 in a chain e-mail based on an article written by Dick Morris:
"She flunked the D.C. bar exam."
True
By Robert Farley • February 15, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on January 18, 2008 in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe.:
"When I was in college, we used to take a popcorn popper . . . and we would fry squirrel."
True
By Bill Adair • February 7, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 21, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.:
"While I was working on those streets watching those folks see their jobs shift overseas, you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board at Wal-Mart."
True
By Bill Adair • January 22, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 19, 2007:
Former business partner Robert Gay says: "The man who helped save my daughter was Mitt Romney."
True
By David DeCamp • December 28, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 2, 2007 in a news release:
"Senator Obama's relatives and friends say he has been talking about running for president for at least the last 15 years," a campaign spokesman said.
True
By Amy Hollyfield • December 6, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on September 7, 2007 in a speech in Sioux City, Iowa:
"I've cast a couple of 99-1 votes" and been the lone dissenter.
True
By Wes Allison • September 12, 2007
Obama Girl
Obama Girl
stated on July 19, 2007 in a YouTube video.:
"At least Obama didn't marry his cousin," as Giuliani did.
True
By John Frank • September 6, 2007
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