Latest Fact Checks By Alexander Lane

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McCain teams up with old rival, scandals notwithstanding

By Alexander Lane
August 13, 2008
McCain is "raising campaign cash with one of (Jack) Abramoff's closest business partners: scandal-plagued conservative activist Ralph Reed."
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Obama tried to defund troops? Not exactly

By Alexander Lane
August 12, 2008
"First, he (Obama) opposed the surge. Then he confidently predicted that it would fail. Then he tried to prevent funding for the troops who carried…
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Obama inflates this tire claim

By Alexander Lane
August 8, 2008
Fully inflating tires is "a step that every expert says would absolutely reduce our oil consumption by 3 to 4 percent."
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Make that at least $2-million

By Alexander Lane
August 6, 2008
"Big oil's filling John McCain's campaign with $2-million in contributions."
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Not overinflated (though it sounds like it)

By Alexander Lane
August 5, 2008
"We could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups."
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No fresh evidence of what McCain would do

By Alexander Lane
July 30, 2008
"Sen. McCain would occupy Iraq indefinitely, against their wishes."
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Event was delayed as group talked to troops

By Alexander Lane
July 28, 2008
Obama "shunned the opportunity to talk to soldiers to thank them for their service."
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He probably should have some doubt

By Alexander Lane
July 25, 2008
"I have little doubt that we've moved into recession at this point."
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You didn’t actually have to live that long

By Alexander Lane
July 23, 2008
"We now have a pro-American president in France, which shows if you live long enough, anything can happen in this world."
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Sure, and blame Obama for bad tomatoes, too

By Alexander Lane
July 21, 2008
"Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump? O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma!"
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Senator, did you check all those State of the Union addresses? We did

By Alexander Lane
July 18, 2008
"We've heard talk about curbing our use of fossil fuels in nearly every State of the Union address since the oil embargo of 1973."
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