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Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on July 15, 2010 in a campaign mail piece.:
"Rick Scott's company is partners with Playboy in a social networking website that has community pages specifically geared towards gay dating."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • July 19, 2010
Let's Get To Work
Let's Get To Work
stated on July 14, 2010 in in a TV ad.:
Bill McCollum "diverted a state plane to his home 53 times. A state auditor called it: likely a misuse of state resources."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • July 16, 2010
Dave Aronberg
Dave Aronberg
stated on July 2, 2010 in an e-mail to supporters.:
Dan Gelber's employment by BP's law firm "could disqualify him from representing Florida against BP as Attorney General."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • July 15, 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
Stuart Sternberg
Stuart Sternberg
stated on June 21, 2010 in a press statement:
The Tampa Bay Rays' "prices have been judged the most affordable in all of professional sports."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 24, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on June 22, 2010 in a Democratic U.S. Senate debate:
Jeff Greene "is the king of the undercover Credit Default Swap that brought about the destruction of our economy that we have right now."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 22, 2010
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on May 26, 2010 in an interview on FOX.:
"On the pace that we're on with job creation in the last four months ... we will have created more jobs in this year than in the entire Bush Presidency."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 18, 2010
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on June 16, 2010 in an interview on CNN and a posting on Twitter:
The White House has "refused" international help in dealing with the oil spill.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 16, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on June 6, 2010 in an interview with CNN's Candy Crowley.:
"BP is setting up claims offices throughout the state."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 15, 2010
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on June 13, 2010 in a discussion on ABC's 'This Week':
The Obama administration "has been constrained by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which basically gives the responsible party the lead role in trying to not only fix the problem, but contain the problem."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 15, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 8, 2010 in a campaign mail piece.:
"Bill McCollum holds the same position on (embryonic stem cell research) as Barack Obama."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 11, 2010
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on June 10, 2010 in a statement from his campaign:
Rick Scott's former health care company, Columbia/HCA, committed "fraud."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 10, 2010
Bud Chiles
Bud Chiles
stated on June 3, 2010 in announcing his campaign for governor.:
"Almost 1 million children ... have no health insurance in this state."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 9, 2010
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on June 4, 2010 in a meeting with the St. Petersburg Times editorial board.:
"There's more than 100,000 people working at the Department of Agriculture. That's 1 employee for every 30 farmers."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 8, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 30, 2010 in a TV ad:
"Two-thirds of the top-rated hospitals in Florida were our hospitals."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 4, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 25, 2010 in a speech to young Republicans in Tampa:
Florida ranks "45th out of 50 states'' for its regulatory climate for business.
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman, Louis Jacobson • May 27, 2010
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on May 16, 2010 in interviews with Florida media.:
Bill McCollum on the Arizona immigration law.
Full Flop
By Aaron Sharockman • May 27, 2010
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on May 23, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week.':
The primary election results show Democrats are strong in Kentucky because the Democratic candidates "both got more votes than Rand Paul did."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • May 23, 2010
Michael Steele
Michael Steele
stated on May 23, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week.':
In Hawaii, "they don't have a history of throwing incumbents out of office."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • May 23, 2010
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on May 18, 2010 in a press release.:
"The fact that Rick Scott is running for governor as a 'reformer' would be funny if it wasn't so outrageous. This is a man who barely escaped imprisonment."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • May 21, 2010
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