Latest Fact Checks By Shawn Zeller

Not perfect with all the veterans

By Shawn Zeller

July 17, 2008

"I have a perfect voting record from organizations like the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and all the other veterans service organizations."

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This dog won’t hunt

By Shawn Zeller

July 11, 2008

The U.S. government spends less on energy innovation "than the pet food industry invests in its own products."

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It sure looks like pork

By Shawn Zeller

June 17, 2008

"McCain lobbied for (a) $10-million pork project honoring conservative justice."

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Billions of difference amounts to not much

By Shawn Zeller

May 13, 2008

Eliminating earmarks "would make barely a drop in the bucket with regard to the national debt, the deficit."

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Selectively choosing his votes

By Shawn Zeller

April 28, 2008

"McCain has voted repeatedly at least six times against funding for global HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB fund, once as one of only 14 senators."

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One major tax cut, then lots of raises

By Shawn Zeller

April 18, 2008

After Reagan took office, "we didn't raise taxes and we didn't cut entitlements. What we did was we cut taxes."

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He was campaigning, not ducking

By Shawn Zeller

March 4, 2008

John McCain has "a consistent pattern of ducking important environmental votes."

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His numbers are old or just wrong

By Shawn Zeller

January 31, 2008

"Every billion dollars we spend on highway construction results in 47,500 jobs. But the fact is the average American is sitting in traffic 38 hours…

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‘Songbird John’ McCain? No evidence McCain helped enemy in Vietnam

By Shawn Zeller

January 17, 2008

Says McCain was a "Hanoi Hilton songbird" who collaborated with the enemy.

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McCain led the charge, but he wasn’t alone

By Shawn Zeller

January 11, 2008

"I supported (the surge), I argued for it. I'm the only one on this stage that did."

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So true, he’s understating it

By Shawn Zeller

December 19, 2007

"It used to be the policy of the Republican Party to get rid of the Department of Education. We finally get in charge and a…

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He didn’t say that, but he did shift to the left

By Shawn Zeller

December 11, 2007

"He's (Romney) the one who said that he would be to the left of Teddy Kennedy on gay rights."

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