Latest Fact-Checks By Alexander Lane

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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 6, 2008 in a Web site:
McCain intervened on behalf of Charles Keating with federal regulators... that allowed Keating to continue his fraud at an incredible cost to taxpayers.
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • October 6, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on October 2, 2008 in St. Louis:
"You had supported John McCain's military strategies pretty adamantly until this race."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • October 3, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on October 2, 2008 in St. Louis, Mo.:
"We're building a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline, which is North America's largest and most expensive infrastructure project ever."
False
By Alexander Lane • October 3, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 2, 2008 in St. Louis:
"John McCain said...in December he was surprised there was a subprime mortgage problem."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • October 2, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on October 1, 2008 in a radio ad.:
"Obama, Biden and their liberal allies oppose clean coal."
False
By Alexander Lane • October 1, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 30, 2008 in an advertisement:
"John McCain fought to rein in Fannie and Freddie...but Democrats blocked the reforms."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • September 30, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.:
"President Eisenhower, on the night before the Normandy invasion...[wrote a] letter of resignation to the United States Army for the failure of the landings at Normandy."
False
By Alexander Lane • September 26, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 22, 2008 in the New York Sun:
"If an Iranian woman shows too much hair in public, she risks being beaten or killed."
False
By Alexander Lane • September 25, 2008
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on August 1, 2008 in direct mail piece:
"Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' the Second Amendment…Ban use of firearms for home defense."
Pants on Fire!
By Alexander Lane • September 23, 2008
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on August 1, 2008 in a direct mail piece:
"Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' The Second Amendment….Ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns."
False
By Alexander Lane • September 23, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 6, 2008 in a radio address:
"I fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • September 15, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on September 10, 2008 in Virginia:
"Through competition as governor, I got agreements to build a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • September 15, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 4, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.:
"My opponent promises to bring back old jobs by wishing away the global economy."
False
By Alexander Lane • September 4, 2008
Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman
stated on September 2, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.:
Obama voted "to cut off funding for our American troops on the battlefield."
Mostly False
By Alexander Lane • September 2, 2008
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on August 29, 2008 in Dayton, Ohio:
"As governor, I've stood up to ... the big oil companies."
True
By Alexander Lane • September 1, 2008
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 27, 2008 in Denver:
(McCain) says "we can't have ... timelines to draw down our troops from Iraq."
Half-True
By Alexander Lane • August 27, 2008
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
stated on August 25, 2008 in Denver:
McCain "said he was 'stumped' when asked whether contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV."
True
By Alexander Lane • August 26, 2008
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on August 13, 2008 in its platform:
"More than 12,500 service men and women have been discharged on the basis of sexual orientation since the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was implemented, at a cost of over $360 million. Many of those forced out had special skills in high demand, such as translators, engineers, and pilots."
True
By Alexander Lane • August 25, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 19, 2008 in Orlando, Fla.:
"Sen. McCain was already turning his sights to Iraq just days after 9/11, and he became a leading supporter of an invasion and occupation of (Iraq)."
True
By Alexander Lane • August 21, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on August 16, 2008 in Saddleback Valley Community Church in Orange County, Calif.:
"It (Georgia) was one of the earliest Christian nations. The king of then-Georgia in the third century converted to Christianity."
Mostly True
By Alexander Lane • August 19, 2008
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