Latest Fact-Checks In Message Machine 2010

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Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on August 11, 2010 in a TV ad.:
"Warren Buffett called credit default swaps financial weapons of mass destruction. And Greene was the first individual to use them."
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By Aaron Sharockman • August 18, 2010
Kevin Boyce
Kevin Boyce
stated on July 14, 2010 in a campaign video:
"I’ve even cut my own salary -- twice."
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By Joe Guillen • August 11, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on July 29, 2010 in a TV ad.:
"Jeff Greene can buy anything" ...  he owns two mansions.
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By Aaron Sharockman • July 30, 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
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
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 7, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
After J.D. Hayworth "was voted out of Congress, he became a registered lobbyist" who was "paid thousands by a Florida corporation to lobby the very committee he used to serve on."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2010
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 20, 2010 in a campaign commercial for Bill McCollum:
Bill McCollum has "recovered $200 million in Medicaid fraud."
True
By Laura Figueroa • June 14, 2010
John Oxendine
John Oxendine
stated on June 4, 2010 in a campaign video on his website:
Georgia has "a dropout rate that’s higher" than Alabama's.
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By Willoughby Mariano • June 14, 2010
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on June 7, 2010 in a video on his campaign website:
California's credit rating is "the worst in the country."
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By Alex Holt • June 11, 2010
Vern Buchanan
Vern Buchanan
stated on April 27, 2010 in in a web video.:
"In the last 50 years, (the federal government has) only balanced the budget five times."
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By Aaron Sharockman • May 7, 2010
Chet Edwards
Chet Edwards
stated on April 21, 2010 in a campaign video:
Republican challenger Bill Flores "has never once voted in a general election in our district."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 27, 2010
Charlie Justice
Charlie Justice
stated on April 14, 2010 in a Web ad:
"Bill Young uses his campaign money for, among other things, a luxury car."
True
By Lukas Pleva • April 26, 2010
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