Statements by Video
Obama
Mostly true

A gas tax holiday "would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28."

Barack Obama on Monday, May 5th, 2008 in a television interview >>Details


Clinton
True

Hillary Clinton advocates "a freeze on foreclosures. Barack Obama said no."

Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 in in a television ad >>Details


Clinton
Barely True

Barack Obama's health care plan "will cost taxpayers $1,700 more to cover each new person."

Hillary Clinton on Sunday, April 20th, 2008 in in a television ad >>Details


Clinton
True

Obama served on a board with former Weather Underground member William Ayers and "that relationship with Mr. Ayers on this board continued after 9/11."

Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 in Democratic debate in Philadephia >>Details


Obama
Half-True

"He took on special interests and won, passing the toughest ethics law yet."

Barack Obama on Monday, April 14th, 2008 in a television ad. >>Details


Clinton
Pants on fire!

"I remember landing under sniper fire."

Hillary Clinton on Monday, March 17th, 2008 in Washington, D.C. >>Details


Campaign to Defend America
False

Both McCain and Bush favor tax breaks for oil companies.

Campaign to Defend America on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 in a television ad >>Details


Obama
True

Obama says Clinton in 2002 suggested there was a connection between al-Qaida and the Iraqi government.

Barack Obama on Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 in an interview on MSNBC's Hardball. >>Details


VoteVets.org
True

"John McCain says it's okay with him if the U.S. spends the next thousand years in Iraq."

VoteVets.org on Monday, February 25th, 2008 in a television ad. >>Details


Conservative bloggers
Pants on fire!

"Barack Obama loves Che Guevara."

Conservative bloggers on Monday, February 18th, 2008 in blog postings responding to a news video showing the flag. >>Details


The Democratic National Committee
Half-True

The DNC says McCain flip-flopped on whether the Iraq War would be easy.

The Democratic National Committee on Thursday, February 14th, 2008 in a Web video. >>Details


Clinton
True

Hillary Clinton "has the only health care plan that covers every American."

Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 in in a television ad >>Details


McCain
True

"One man sacrificed for his country. One man opposed a flawed strategy in Iraq. One man had the courage to call for change. One man didn't play politics with the truth. One man stands up to the special interests."

John McCain on Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland >>Details


Citizens United Political Victory Fund
Mostly true

John McCain "voted against the Bush tax cuts, both times."

Citizens United Political Victory Fund on Friday, February 1st, 2008 in in a TV ad >>Details


McCain
True

Mitt Romney previously believed "that abortion should be safe and legal in this country." Now he is "prolife."

John McCain on Monday, January 28th, 2008 in an ad on the Internet >>Details


McCain
Half-True

Hillary Clinton wants to "wave the white flag of surrender and set a date for withdrawal."

John McCain on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton. >>Details


Romney
False

"I don't have lobbyists running my campaign."

Mitt Romney on Thursday, January 17th, 2008 in a news conference in a Staples store in Columbia, S.C. >>Details


Huckabee
True

Says Time magazine called him "one of America's best governors."

Mike Huckabee on Thursday, January 10th, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Michigan >>Details


Romney
Pants on fire!

"I don't describe your plan as amnesty in my ad. I don't call it amnesty."

Mitt Romney on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details


McCain
Mostly true

"Mitt Romney says the next president doesn't need foreign policy experience."

John McCain on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 in a Web ad >>Details


Romney
Mostly true

"McCain opposes repeal of the death tax."

Mitt Romney on Friday, December 28th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details


Romney
True

Former business partner Robert Gay says: “The man who helped save my daughter was Mitt Romney.”

Mitt Romney on Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 in >>Details


Giuliani
Barely True

"Iranian mullahs took American hostages and they held the American hostages for 444 days. ...The one hour in which they released them was the one hour in which Ronald Reagan was taking the Oath of Office …"

Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details


Biden
True

"When Pakistan erupted in crisis, I spoke to Musharraf before Bush did."

Joe Biden on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details


Romney
Mostly true

Mike Huckabee "supported taxpayer-funded scholarships for illegal aliens."

Mitt Romney on Monday, December 10th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details


Romney
True

Romney said "'No' to in-state tuition" for illegal immigrants.

Mitt Romney on Monday, November 26th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details


Romney
True

"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.' "

Mitt Romney on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg, Fla. >>Details


Thompson
True

"I'm proud to have had a 100 percent pro-life voting record."

Fred Thompson on Sunday, November 18th, 2007 in >>Details


Edwards
Pants on fire!

Edwards says if Congress won't pass universal health care, he'll tell Congress: "I'm going to use my power as president to take your health care away from you."

John Edwards on Monday, November 12th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details


Tancredo
Half-True

"There was a report that came out from the FBI – a warning, not a report ... saying that, in fact, al-Qaida was planning to attack malls during the Christmas holidays."

Tom Tancredo on Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 in an interview on CNN. >>Details


Richardson
Half-True

"I've got the most international experience here."

Bill Richardson on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 in a Democratic debate in Philadelphia, Pa. >>Details


Romney
Barely True

"She hasn't run a corner store. She hasn't run a state. She hasn't run a city. She has never run anything."

Mitt Romney on Friday, November 2nd, 2007 in a TV ad airing in New Hampshire. >>Details


McCain
True

"Senator Clinton tried to spend $1 million on the Woodstock Concert Museum."

John McCain on Sunday, October 21st, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla. >>Details


Log Cabin Republicans
Mostly true

Mitt Romney has "a pro-choice record."

Log Cabin Republicans on Friday, October 19th, 2007 in >>Details


Clinton
Half-True

"Hillary stood up for universal health care when almost no one else would, and kept standing till 6-million kids had coverage."

Hillary Clinton on Thursday, October 4th, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire. >>Details


McCain
True

"One man opposed a flawed strategy in Iraq. One man had the courage to call for change. One man didn't play politics with the truth."

John McCain on Monday, October 1st, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details


Richardson
Mostly true

"Bill Richardson is the only major Democratic candidate with a plan to withdraw all American troops from Iraq. All of the other major Democratic candidates support leaving American troops in Iraq indefinitely."

Bill Richardson on Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 in >>Details


Romney
Mostly true

"Took on the Olympics and turned them around"

Mitt Romney on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 in a television ad. >>Details


Biden
Half-True

"Joe Biden is the only candidate with a plan to get us out of Iraq and keep us out."

Joe Biden on Friday, September 14th, 2007 in a television ad. >>Details


Obama
True

"Sen. Obama worked on some of the deepest issues we had and was successful in a bipartisan way."

Barack Obama on Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 in a TV ad, in an endorsement by Illinois State Sen. Kirk Dillard >>Details


Richardson
Mostly true

“Bill Richardson passed the first law in the nation giving National Guard soldiers $400,000 in life insurance.”

Bill Richardson on Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 in a TV ad. >>Details


Dodd
Half-True

"Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have changed their positions (on the Iraq war withdrawal) to follow Chris Dodd."

Chris Dodd on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007 in a TV ad. >>Details


Richardson
Mostly true

"I used tax cuts to help create over 80,000 jobs in New Mexico."

Bill Richardson on Thursday, May 10th, 2007 in a TV Ad. >>Details


Brownback
True

“I’m for a three-state political solution in Iraq. (Romney) is not.”

Sam Brownback on Friday, June 8th, 2007 in >>Details


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