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Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 13, 2008 a chain e-mail
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise taxes on all income brackets.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 17, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2008 Associated Press Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.
"He's promising four more years of an administration that will push for the privatization of Social Security..."
False
April 16, 2008
Focus on the Family Action
Focus on the Family Action
stated on March 26, 2008 an e-mail message
"Among his (Obama's) pet projects is a bill ... which would commit the U.S. to spending 0.7 percent of gross national product on foreign aid."
False
April 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 7, 2008 a poll on McCain's Web site
Democrats' budget resolution would raise America's tax bill by "$500-billion."
False
By Adriel Bettelheim • April 14, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 5, 2008 Eugene, Ore.
"I actually started criticizing the war in Iraq before (Obama) did."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 7, 2008
Dick Morris
Dick Morris
stated on March 21, 2008 an opinion article in the "New York Post"
Hillary Clinton's international travels included "no serious diplomacy."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 4, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on April 3, 2008 interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
Obama "has no experience or background at all in national security affairs."
False
By Adriel Bettelheim • April 3, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 20, 2008 a chain e-mail
Barack Obama has written and co-sponsored more bills in three years than Hillary Clinton has in seven.
False
By Adriel Bettelheim • March 28, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on March 19, 2008 a news conference in Israel
The Jewish holiday Purim is "their version of Halloween here."
False
March 20, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on March 18, 2008 Amman, Jordan
It's "common knowledge" that al-Qaida is receiving training from Iran.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 19, 2008
Campaign to Defend America
Campaign to Defend America
stated on March 5, 2008 a television ad
Both McCain and Bush favor tax breaks for oil companies.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 17, 2008
Tennessee Republican Party
Tennessee Republican Party
stated on February 25, 2008 in a press release
"You don't even have to go outside Obama's campaign to find advisers who are anti-Israel."
False
March 14, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 26, 2008 a debate in Cleveland, Ohio.
"We are bogged down in a war that John McCain now suggests might go on for another 100 years."
False
By Bill Adair • March 5, 2008
Sierra Club
Sierra Club
stated on February 23, 2008 a letter from Sierra Club executive director Carl Pope to supporters
John McCain has "a consistent pattern of ducking important environmental votes."
False
By Shawn Zeller • March 4, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 28, 2008 a campaign event in Hanging Rock, Ohio.
Obama "only wants your children to have health insurance."
False
By Bill Adair • February 29, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 13, 2008 a flier sent to voters in Ohio
"Hillary Clinton believed NAFTA was a 'boon' to our economy."
False
By Adriel Bettelheim, Bill Adair • February 25, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 21, 2008 Austin, Texas
"As has been noted by many observers, including Bill Clinton's former secretary of labor, my plan does more than anybody to reduce costs."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 22, 2008
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 13, 2008 a campaign event in Robstown, Texas.
Says the difference between her and Barack Obama is "about 35 years of experience."
False
By Bill Adair • February 19, 2008
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 24, 2008 a chain e-mail based on an article written by Dick Morris
"Hillary's main extracurricular activity in law school was helping the Black Panthers, on trial in Connecticut for torturing and killing a federal agent."
False
February 15, 2008
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on February 7, 2008 Portland, Maine
"Everything I have said (on the campaign trail) has been factually accurate."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 12, 2008
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