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John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 15, 2008 a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.:
If you're a small business and don't "adopt the health care plan that Senator Obama mandates, he's going to fine you."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 15, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 15, 2008 a debate in Hempstead, N.Y.:
Under John McCain's health care plan, people get a $5,000 tax credit to buy a $12,000 health care policy, and "that's a loss for you."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 15, 2008
BornAliveTruth.org
BornAliveTruth.org
stated on September 15, 2008 a television ad:
Barack Obama opposed a bill that would have saved Gianna Jessen's life.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 1, 2008 a TV ad:
John McCain accused Barack Obama "of letting infants die."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 9, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.:
Barack Obama's plan calls for "mandates and fines for small businesses."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 8, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 Nashville, Tenn.:
"1.3-million people in America make their living off eBay."
False
By Alexander Lane, Janet Zink • October 7, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 7, 2008 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.:
"Oil companies ...currently have 68-million acres that they're not using."
False
By Robert Farley • October 7, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 comment from McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds on Fox News:
"Senator Obama has voted 94 times to either increase your taxes or against tax cuts."
False
By Adriel Bettelheim • October 7, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on October 2, 2008 St. Louis, Mo.:
"We're building a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline, which is North America's largest and most expensive infrastructure project ever."
False
By Alexander Lane • October 3, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 1, 2008 a radio ad.:
"Obama, Biden and their liberal allies oppose clean coal."
False
By Alexander Lane • October 1, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 Oxford, Miss.:
"President Eisenhower, on the night before the Normandy invasion...[wrote a] letter of resignation to the United States Army for the failure of the landings at Normandy."
False
By Alexander Lane • September 26, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 22, 2008 the New York Sun:
"If an Iranian woman shows too much hair in public, she risks being beaten or killed."
False
By Alexander Lane • September 25, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 16, 2008 a radio ad:
McCain "has opposed stem cell research."
False
By Robert Farley • September 24, 2008
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on August 1, 2008 a direct mail piece:
"Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' The Second Amendment….Ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns."
False
By Alexander Lane • September 23, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2008:
"But if my opponent had his way, the millions of Floridians who rely on it would've had their Social Security tied up in the stock market this week."
False
By Robert Farley • September 22, 2008
Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Douglas Holtz-Eakin
stated on September 16, 2008 a conversation with reporters.:
Holding up a BlackBerry, McCain campaign adviser says, "you’re looking at the miracle John McCain helped create."
False
By Robert Farley • September 17, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 16, 2008 Tampa, Fla.:
"I have never asked for a single earmark, pork barrel project for my state of Arizona."
False
By Shawn Zeller • September 16, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 31, 2008:
Palin had "executive experience" in the PTA.
False
By Robert Farley • September 4, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 4, 2008 St. Paul, Minn.:
"My opponent promises to bring back old jobs by wishing away the global economy."
False
By Alexander Lane • September 4, 2008
MoveOn.org
MoveOn.org
stated on September 2, 2008 an e-mail.:
"(Palin) supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000."
False
By Edward Epstein • September 3, 2008
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