An incomplete claim about an incomplete plan
Says Mitt Romney's plan "calls for a $5 trillion tax cut."
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, October 4th, 2012
The board doesn't make individual treatment decisions
Says Barack Obama "put in place a board that can tell people ultimately what treatments they're going to receive."
It's about right, but a lot is checks to individuals
"We’re now spending 42 percent of our economy on government."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
A familiar, pretty accurate refrain
Romney "would turn Medicare into a voucher program."
Reduces future spending, not current budget
"On Medicare for current retirees, he's cutting $716 billion from the program."
Indirect effects at best
Says President Barack Obama "already passed all these Obamacare taxes. About a dozen of them hit middle-income taxpayers."
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
Overly amped on China
The Obama administration’s "green" stimulus program "funneled close to $2 billion dollars to overseas firms," creating thousands of jobs in China.
— PolitiFact National on Monday, October 1st, 2012
Tire jobs saved, others lost
Chinese tire imports threatened 1,000 American jobs, so President Obama "stood up to China and protected American workers. Mitt Romney attacked Obama's decision."
Staples, anyone?
Says Mitt Romney’s investments created zero jobs.
Weak economy is a big reason
"Taxes are lower on families than they've been probably in the last 50 years."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, September 28th, 2012
Yes for banks, no for AIG and GM
Says the government has "gotten the TARP money back plus a profit."
Bush helped light the fuse
Deficit spending ‘exploded during the Obama administration’ to $5.3 trillion over four years, compared to $2 trillion in eight years under President George W. Bush.
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, September 28th, 2012
Using a method tilted in Obama's favor
"Over the last four years, the deficit has gone up, but 90 percent of that is as a consequence of" President George W. Bush’s policies and the recession.
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, September 27th, 2012
A 'fevered dream'
"Barack Hussein Obama will … force doctors to assist homosexuals in buying surrogate babies."
Plenty of times, he mentions the line
Says Obama is only president in history who has deliberately removed the words "endowed by their Creator" when referring to the Declaration of Independence.
'Crazy propaganda nonsense'
"Barack Hussein Obama will ... force local authorities to allow Occupy protesters to live in parks."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
A real stretch
"Barack Hussein Obama will ... force Christian schools to hire non-Christian teachers."
To some, morning after pill = abortion
"Barack Hussein Obama will .. force Christian organizations to pay for abortions."
Divorced from the truth
"Barack Hussein Obama will ... force courts to accept Islamic Sharia law in domestic disputes."
Obama and Netanyahu in NYC on different days
"President Obama decided not to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York."
— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, September 25th, 2012