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Obama says Venezuela defense budget 1/600th of the U.S.’s

April 21, 2009

"Venezuela is a country whose defense budget is probably 1/600th of the United States."

Obama claims 90 percent of guns recovered in Mexico come from U.S.

April 17, 2009

"More than 90 percent of the guns recovered in Mexico come from the United States."

DHS report on right-wing terror risks more cautious than Bilirakis

April 16, 2009

It is "the Department of Homeland Security's view that returning military veterans and gun owners are likely to commit terrorist acts."

Here’s the scoop: Obama has worked in the ice cream business, among many others

April 15, 2009

President Obama has never received a paycheck from a profitmaking business in his entire life.

Boehner says some want to scrap 401(k)s

April 13, 2009

"Some even advocate wiping out 401(k)s entirely and replacing them with government-run accounts."

Olbermann is right about base defense spending increase

April 13, 2009

"President Obama is actually increasing Bush-era defense spending by $21 billion in the new fiscal year."

Rush Limbaugh incorrect about Washington’s religious views

April 10, 2009

"You can't read a speech by George Washington . . . without hearing him reference God, the Almighty."

Maddow claims Palin got zero support for her idea, only it wasn’t hers, and others supported it

April 10, 2009

Gov. Sarah Palin "got precisely zero support for her call for Alaska's Democratic Senator Mark Begich to resign because Ted Stevens' corruption conviction was overturned."

Columnist Will correct that initial TARP money did not buy toxic assets

April 9, 2009

"Congress shoveled $700 billion into the Troubled Assets Relief Program, $325 billion of which has been spent without purchasing any toxic assets."

O’Donnell alleges Gingrich laid off Bush, record indicates otherwise

April 7, 2009

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

Daschle didn’t say seniors should accept rather that treat conditions that come with age

April 3, 2009

Claims that former Sen. Tom Daschle said, "Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them."

Cato Institutes claim on global warming disputed by most experts

April 1, 2009

"There has been no net global warming for over a decade now."

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