Fact Check Posts – Page 85

Focus on the Family Action
stated on March 26, 2008 an article written by Tom Minnery:

Obama "supports hate-crimes expansion ... potentially putting churches at risk if they preach the truth about homosexuality."

By Robert Farley • April 23, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on April 16, 2008 Philadelphia:

"I have never said that I don't wear flag pins or refuse to wear flag pins."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 18, 2008

Chain email
stated on March 13, 2008 a chain e-mail:

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise taxes on all income brackets.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 17, 2008

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..."

By Robert Farley • April 16, 2008

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."

By Robert Farley • April 15, 2008

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."

By Adriel Bettelheim • April 14, 2008

Hillary Clinton
stated on April 5, 2008 Eugene, Ore.:

"I actually started criticizing the war in Iraq before (Obama) did."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 7, 2008

Dick Morris
stated on March 21, 2008 an opinion article in the "New York Post":

Hillary Clinton's international travels included "no serious diplomacy."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 4, 2008

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."

By Adriel Bettelheim • April 3, 2008

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.

By Adriel Bettelheim • March 28, 2008

John McCain
stated on March 19, 2008 a news conference in Israel:

The Jewish holiday Purim is "their version of Halloween here."

By Robert Farley • March 20, 2008

John McCain
stated on March 18, 2008 Amman, Jordan:

It's "common knowledge" that al-Qaida is receiving training from Iran.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 19, 2008

Campaign to Defend America
stated on March 5, 2008 a television ad:

Both McCain and Bush favor tax breaks for oil companies.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 17, 2008

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."

By Robert Farley • March 14, 2008

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."

By Bill Adair • March 5, 2008

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."

By Shawn Zeller • March 4, 2008

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 28, 2008 a campaign event in Hanging Rock, Ohio.:

Obama "only wants your children to have health insurance."

By Bill Adair • February 29, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on February 13, 2008 a flier sent to voters in Ohio:

"Hillary Clinton believed NAFTA was a 'boon' to our economy."

By Adriel Bettelheim, Bill Adair • February 25, 2008

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."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 22, 2008

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."

By Bill Adair • February 19, 2008

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