All True statements involving Mitt Romney
"If you take into account all the people who are struggling for work, or have just stopped looking, the real unemployment rate is over 15 percent."
Says Newt Gingrich’s contract was with "the lobbyists at Freddie Mac."
Says he followed state law and the precedent of other Massachusetts governors when he erased electronic communications as he left office.
"The people in Massachusetts like (the state health care plan) by about a 3-1 margin."
"In writing his book, Gov. Perry pointed out that … by any measure Social Security has been a failure."
"In the month of January, Canada created more new jobs than we did."
"The lifespan of the average American is less than that of people in nations that spend far less (on health care). ... To put it bluntly, we spend more and die sooner."
"Now, I also support the Bush tax cuts. Sen. McCain voted against them originally. He now believes they should be made permanent. I'm glad he agrees they should be made permanent."
"(My dad) used to campaign against the gas-guzzling dinosaurs."
"Sen. McCain says it was not a mistake to vote against the Bush tax cuts ... but now says the tax cuts need to be made permanent."
Former business partner Robert Gay says: "The man who helped save my daughter was Mitt Romney."
Huckabee "granted 1,033 pardons and commutations . . . more clemencies than the previous three governors combined."
"In the African-American community today, 68 percent of kids born are born out of wedlock."
"The mayor said … 'if you happen to be in this country in an undocumented status . . . then we welcome you here. We want you here. We'll protect you here.' "
"The truth of the matter is that during my administration, the FBI's crime statistics show that violent crime was reduced in Massachusetts by 7 percent."
"We had a No Child Left Behind — a similar piece of legislation in our state a number of years ago, well before the federal law. And it's had a big impact here. It's improved schools."
"I don't think that Rudy or Fred or John McCain support the marriage amendment."
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