Latest Fact-Checks In Message Machine 2010

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Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on July 26, 2010 in a television ad:
"Warren Buffett called (Jeff) Greene's scheme 'financial weapons of mass destruction.' "
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 30, 2010
Dave Aronberg
Dave Aronberg
stated on July 26, 2010 in a mailer:
Dave Aronberg "was the first to demand that BP create a billion-dollar fund to pay for the devastation."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2010
Mark Dayton
Mark Dayton
stated on July 14, 2010 in a campaign ad:
"Tim Pawlenty has cut education funding in Minnesota. Classrooms are overcrowded. Districts have gone to four-day school weeks."
Half-True
By Erin Mershon • July 29, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on July 26, 2010 in a television ad:
Democratic candidate Jeff Greene "ran for Congress as a California Republican."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 28, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on July 9, 2010 in an issue advocacy ad:
"Jane Norton supported the largest tax hike in Colorado history."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on July 9, 2010 in a television ad:
The "state bureaucracy" Jane Norton managed "grew by $43 million in just three years."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2010
Jane Norton
Jane Norton
stated on July 9, 2010 in a television ad:
"Ken Buck's (District Attorney's) office? His spending skyrocketed by 40 percent."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2010
Susana Martinez
Susana Martinez
stated on July 22, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
In New Mexico, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish "spent federal stimulus funds on campaign Christmas cards."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 7, 2010 in a campaign ad:
"Of all the illegals in America, more than half come through Arizona."
Mostly False
By Alex Holt • July 23, 2010
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on July 18, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
"Recent data showed Nevada ranks 50th in the money received from" the stimulus bill.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2010
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 14, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Russ Feingold "voted against the law that protected our lakes" and "was the only Great Lakes senator to vote no."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on May 26, 2010 in a political ad:
As a Congressman, J.D. Hayworth was an avid earmarker who supported such pork as "$220,000 to renovate a Maine Blueberry farm" and "$5.8 million for a Vermont snowmobile trail."
Mostly True
July 16, 2010
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on July 6, 2010 in a TV campaign commercial:
"Illegal aliens are costing Georgia taxpayers over a billion dollars every year."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 16, 2010
Rob Teilhet
Rob Teilhet
stated on July 13, 2010 in a telephone interview:
"Ken Hodges badly botched this investigation and, as a result, justice wasn't done in this case."
False
By Eric Stirgus • July 15, 2010
Roy Barnes
Roy Barnes
stated on July 6, 2010 in a campaign ad:
The state Legislature attempted to "outlaw stem cell research, passes bills about microchips in the brain, and talks about seceding from the Union."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 11, 2010
Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
stated on June 30, 2010 in a campaign video:
"At his father's bank, Alexi made tens of millions in risky loans to convicted mobsters. Then, the bank collapsed."
Half-True
July 8, 2010
Alexi Giannoulias
Alexi Giannoulias
stated on July 8, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
"He (Kirk) did violate Pentagon rules, twice actually, for improperly mingling politics with his military service."
True
July 8, 2010
Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
stated on July 8, 2010 in a campaign ad:
"Alexi Giannoulias' top aide was a longtime BP lobbyist."
Mostly False
July 8, 2010
Doug MacGinnitie
Doug MacGinnitie
stated on June 23, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
"When you were casting your vote for Republicans, Brian Kemp was voting for Democrats."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 7, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 23, 2010 in a campaign mail piece.:
"Bill McCollum has accepted thousands from lobbyists for Planned Parenthood."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • June 25, 2010
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