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Marcia Fudge

Marcia Fudge

False

More in poverty, but numbers wrong

"When George Bush became president of the United States, 17 million people were in poverty. When he left, 30 million people were in poverty."

People's Majority

People's Majority

Pants on Fire!

Super PAC has zero evidence

"Sheldon Whitehouse [got] a secret closed-door briefing, warning of the [2008 economic] crash."

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

False

A misleading cut and paste

Says U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson "admitted" that Washington, D.C., "changed" him into an insider selling his influence to make millions from powerful special interests.

Eric Hovde

Eric Hovde

False

That level actually was reached due to Bush-era policies

Since President Barack Obama took office, "you have 1,700 employees just at the Department of Transportation" earning over $170,000.

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Half-True

Depends on when you start clock

"We've brought trade cases against China at nearly twice the rate as the last administration."

Gerry Connolly

Gerry Connolly

Mostly False

Dates are crucial

Says Obama has "doubled the stock market from where we started when he was sworn into office"

Cory Booker

Cory Booker

Mostly True

Taxes down in "war on terrorism"

Says for the first time in the history of the United States, the government cut taxes during wartime

Dennis Kucinich

Dennis Kucinich

True

Without them, there would have been a surplus in 2007

The Bush tax cuts "helped to create a substantial part of the deficit."

Tim Kaine

Tim Kaine

Mostly True

Lots of new people, fewer new jobs

Under former President George W. Bush’s administration "while the population in that period grew by 10 percent, the number of jobs in the nation grew by 1 percent."

Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly

True

Somewhat different wordings, same general point

Tells President Barack Obama that he also asked former President George W. Bush about how he felt about Americans hating him.

Barbara Boxer

Barbara Boxer

Pants on Fire!

Wasn't asked. Wasn't answered.

"I asked (then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice) how many people had died and she did not know the answer to that question."

Lee Fisher

Lee Fisher

Mostly False

Willingness to listen doesn't equal a slash and tax plan

Rob Portman’s "plan to tax, slash and privatize" Social Security "would devastate Ohioans."

Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown

True

He's more right than he realizes

Twenty-two million jobs were created during Clinton’s two terms but only 3 million during Bush’s.

Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow

Mostly True

Projections are on Maddow's side

Marco Rubio's "economic proposals will add $3.5 trillion to the federal deficit."

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Half-True

Fails to mention huge job losses in 2009

"On the pace that we're on with job creation in the last four months ... we will have created more jobs in this year than in the entire Bush Presidency."

Dana Milbank

Dana Milbank

Mostly False

Several were equally unpopular, or worse

George W. Bush was "the least popular president in modern history."

Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow

False

Actually, he gave them a few

"President Bush never did one interview with the New York Times during his entire presidency."

Joe Biden

Joe Biden

Half-True

McCain supported Republican-backed investigation

"When George Bush said we shouldn't investigate why the government's response to Hurricane Katrina was so incompetent, John McCain stood with him."

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

True

Update. Obama nailed it

"John McCain has voted with George Bush 90 percent of the time."

Joe Biden

Joe Biden

True

That's what McCain said -- in 2005

Says McCain once said that on "the most important issues of our day, I've been totally in agreement and support of President Bush."

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