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stated on October 19, 2008 a chain e-mail
Michelle Obama ordered $400 worth of lobster and caviar at a New York hotel.
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 2, 2008
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stated on October 25, 2008 a widely circulated e-mail
Says Obama wants to redesign the American flag "to better offer our enemies hope and love."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • October 25, 2008
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stated on October 10, 2008 our inbox
"If Barack Obama would apply for a job with the FBI or with the Secret Service, he would be disqualified because of his past associations with William Ayers."
False
By Alexander Lane • October 17, 2008
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stated on September 8, 2008
"The Books Sarah Palin tried to have banned."
Pants on Fire!
September 10, 2008
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stated on August 31, 2008 in an e-mail message
Palin "fired Wasilla's Police Chief because he 'intimidated' her."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 9, 2008
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stated on August 31, 2008 a chain e-mail
"While Sarah was Mayor of Wasilla she tried to fire our highly respected City Librarian because the Librarian refused to consider removing from the library some books that Sarah wanted removed."
Half-True
September 9, 2008
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stated on August 31, 2008 a chain e-mail
Palin "inherited a city with zero debt, but left it with indebtedness of over $22-million."
Mostly True
September 9, 2008
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stated on August 12, 2008 a widely circulated chain e-mail.
Says Obama replaced the American flag on the tail of his plane with his campaign logo.
Mostly True
By Bill Adair • August 15, 2008
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stated on July 23, 2008 a chain e-mail
Barack Obama wants to "restore" the estate tax that George W. Bush "repealed."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 4, 2008
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stated on July 23, 2008 a chain e-mail
John McCain will keep the estate tax at 0 percent, the same as it is now.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 4, 2008
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stated on July 22, 2008 a chain e-mail
"Obama will charge a 28 percent tax on all home sales."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 4, 2008
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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
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stated on May 21, 2008 a chain e-mail
Barack Obama wants to "unilaterally disarm our nation."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 15, 2008
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stated on July 8, 2008 a chain e-mail sent to many people.
E-mail quotes Maureen Dowd column that Obama has received suspicious contributions from Saudi Arabia, Iran and China.
False
By Bill Adair • July 8, 2008
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stated on May 18, 2008
McCain tells of a fellow Vietnam POW who was beaten for fashioning an American flag that became an inspirational symbol to fellow POWs.
True
July 2, 2008
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stated on May 19, 2008 an e-mail message
From Obama's book: "I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 10, 2008
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stated on May 19, 2008 an e-mail message
Obama said he would "stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 10, 2008
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stated on May 13, 2008 a chain e-mail
Obama's wife wrote a paper in college that said America was a nation founded on "crime and hatred" and that whites in America are "ineradicably racist."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 30, 2008
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stated on May 13, 2008 a chain e-mail
Obama's wife said her goal in life was to put the black community "first and foremost."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 30, 2008
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stated on April 18, 2008
"His true name is Barak Hussein Muhammed Obama."
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May 2, 2008
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