Fact Check Posts – Page 2

Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on April 6, 2009 in an appearance on MSNBC.:

"There are no similar clips of Newt Gingrich talking about how ineffective President Bush was in trying to control North Korea."

By Bill Adair • April 7, 2009

Barack Obama
stated on March 24, 2009 in a news conference.:

"As a percentage of gross domestic product, we are reducing nondefense discretionary spending to its lowest level since the '60s, lower than it was under Reagan, lower than it was under Clinton, lower than it was under Bush, or both Bushes."

By Bill Adair • March 25, 2009

Democratic congressional leadership
stated on March 2, 2009 in statements to reporters.:

The omnibus bill has only $3.8 billion in earmarks.

By Bill Adair • March 2, 2009

John McCain
stated on February 23, 2009 in a White House forum on fiscal responsibility.:

A new presidential helicopter "is now going to cost as much as Air Force One."

By Bill Adair • February 27, 2009

Mark Sanford
stated on February 23, 2009 in an op-ed article in the Washington Post.:

Says former Clinton budget director Alice Rivlin said the stimulus bill "won't actually stimulate the economy."

By Bill Adair • February 25, 2009

John McCain
stated on February 25, 2009 in an interview on CNN's American Morning.:

The omnibus spending bill has "9,427 pork barrel items."

By Bill Adair • February 25, 2009

Mark Sanford
stated on February 23, 2009 in an op-ed article in the Washington Post.:

"The Congressional Budget Office has found that (the stimulus) bill will lead to a real 0.1 to 0.3 percent reduction in gross domestic product by 2019."

By Bill Adair • February 23, 2009

Chain email
stated on January 30, 2009 in in many blogs and an email sent to many people.:

"The Obama Administration wants to have soldiers and officers pledge a loyalty oath directly to the office of the President, and no longer to the Constitution."

By Bill Adair • February 11, 2009

Robert Gibbs
stated on February 2, 2009 in a comment at the daily White House press briefing.:

"There are no earmarks" in the stimulus bill.

By Bill Adair • February 4, 2009

John Mica
stated on January 28, 2009 in a comment quoted in the Washington Post.:

Democrats compare the infrastructure programs in the stimulus to the Eisenhower interstate program, "but he proposed a $500 billion highway system, and they're going to put $30 billion" into roads and bridges.

By Bill Adair • January 28, 2009

John McCain
stated on October 28, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Florida:

"Obama says Iran is a 'tiny' country, 'doesn't pose a serious threat.'"

By Bill Adair, Bart Jansen • October 28, 2008

Chain email
stated on October 25, 2008 in a widely circulated e-mail:

Says Obama wants to redesign the American flag "to better offer our enemies hope and love."

By Bill Adair • October 25, 2008

John McCain
stated on October 21, 2008 in a rally in Bensalem, Pa.:

"Sen. Obama's campaign announced that he's choosing his cabinet."

By Bill Adair • October 21, 2008

John McCain
stated on October 7, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.:

"I have disagreed strongly with the Bush administration on this issue" of global warming.

By Bill Adair • October 7, 2008

Joe Biden
stated on October 2, 2008 in a debate in St. Louis, Mo.:

"John McCain voted against funding the troops because of . . . a timeline in it to draw down American troops."

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill Adair • October 6, 2008

Joe Biden
stated on October 2, 2008 in St. Louis:

John McCain said "he wouldn't even sit down with the government of Spain, a NATO ally that has troops in Afghanistan with us now."

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Bill Adair • October 2, 2008

Planned Parenthood
stated on October 1, 2008 in a TV ad.:

Says McCain "voted to let governments charge rape victims" for forensic exams.

By Bill Adair • October 1, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on September 30, 2008 in a TV ad.:

Says that under his tax plan, seniors making less than $50,000 per year won't pay any income taxes.

By Bill Adair • September 30, 2008

Barack Obama
stated on September 26, 2008 in a debate in Oxford, Miss.:

McCain "said the other day that he would not meet potentially with the prime minister of Spain, because he . . . wasn't sure whether they were aligned with us."

By Bill Adair • September 29, 2008

John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 in a debate in Oxford, Miss.:

"The average South Korean is 3 inches taller than the average North Korean, a huge gulag."

By Bill Adair • September 27, 2008

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