Barack Obama voted against "born alive" legislation in Illinois that was "virtually identical to the federal law."
National Right to Life Committee on Monday, August 11th, 2008 in a published piece on their Web site >>Details
Under Barack Obama's health care proposal, "if you've got a health care plan that you like, you can keep it."
Barack Obama on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn. >>Details
"Two years ago...I wrote to Secretary Paulson, I wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke, and told them [subprime lending] is something we have to deal with."
Barack Obama on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn. >>Details
"Sen. Obama has never taken on his party leaders on a single major issue."
John McCain on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn. >>Details
"I have disagreed strongly with the Bush administration on this issue" of global warming.
John McCain on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn. >>Details
"Senator McCain has been talking tough about earmarks, and that's good, but earmarks account for about $18-billion of our budget."
Barack Obama on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn. >>Details
"John McCain voted against funding the troops because of . . . a timeline in it to draw down American troops."
Joe Biden on Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 in a debate in St. Louis, Mo. >>Details
"Barack Obama ... 96 percent of his votes have been solely along party line."
Sarah Palin on Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 in St. Louis >>Details
"You ... said that Barack Obama was not ready to be commander in chief."
Sarah Palin on Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 in St. Louis, Mo. >>Details
"Palin (proposed) a $150 bounty for the severed foreleg of each killed wolf."
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund on Friday, September 26th, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
Palin supports "aerial hunting of wolves and other wildlife."
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund on Friday, September 26th, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
Says that under his tax plan, seniors making less than $50,000 per year won't pay any income taxes.
Barack Obama on Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 in a TV ad. >>Details
"The average South Korean is 3 inches taller than the average North Korean, a huge gulag."
John McCain on Friday, September 26th, 2008 in a debate in Oxford, Miss. >>Details
John McCain wants to "give oil companies another $4-billion" in tax breaks.
Barack Obama on Friday, September 26th, 2008 in Oxford, Miss. >>Details
"Grateful insurance company executives and their lobbyists" from Bermuda gave McCain $50,000.
Barack Obama on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 in in a television ad >>Details
Obama's tax plan cuts taxes "for 95 percent of all working families."
Barack Obama on Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 in Elko, Nev. >>Details
John McCain said last year he didn't know of a solution to the mortgage crisis.
Barack Obama on Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 in Golden, Colo. >>Details
"My grandfather came home from ... (World War II) exhausted from the burdens he had borne, and died the next day."
John McCain on Thursday, September 4th, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn. >>Details
"That luxury jet was over the top. I put it on eBay."
Sarah Palin on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 in a speech in St. Paul, Minn. >>Details
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid "said, quote, 'I can’t stand John McCain.' "
Sarah Palin on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 in a speech at the Republican National Convention >>Details
"Governor Palin is the most popular governor in the country."
John McCain on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 in a campaign news release. >>Details
Sarah Palin "already has more executive experience" than Barack Obama and Joe Biden "combined."
Rudy Giuliani on Sunday, August 31st, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn. >>Details
"As governor, I've stood up to ... the big oil companies."
Sarah Palin on Friday, August 29th, 2008 in Dayton, Ohio >>Details
Joe Biden "voted against the first Gulf War. He opposed the surge. He wanted to partition Iraq."
Lindsey Graham on Sunday, August 31st, 2008 in an interview on ABC News' This Week >>Details
Sarah Palin "has had 12 years of elected office experience."
John McCain on Saturday, August 30th, 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pa. >>Details
When oil and gas prices sent state revenues up, Palin sent "a large share of that revenue directly back to the people of Alaska."
Sarah Palin on Friday, August 29th, 2008 in Dayton, Ohio >>Details
McCain voted 19 times against a minimum-wage increase.
Joe Biden on Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver >>Details
"John McCain has voted with George Bush 90 percent of the time."
Barack Obama on Thursday, August 28th, 2008 in a speech at Democratic National Convention >>Details
Three years ago, John McCain said, "Afghanistan — we don't read about it anymore in papers because it succeeded."
Joe Biden on Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver >>Details
"Today, we import triple the amount of oil than we had on the day Senator McCain took office."
Barack Obama on Thursday, August 28th, 2008 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver >>Details
Biden is "one of the least wealthy members of the U.S. Senate."
Howard Dean on Sunday, August 24th, 2008 in a TV interview >>Details
"Less than four cents of every health care dollar is spent on prevention and public health."
The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 in the Democratic Party platform >>Details
McCain "said he was 'stumped' when asked whether contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV."
Planned Parenthood on Monday, August 25th, 2008 in Denver >>Details
"We spend more on health care than any other country, but we're ranked 47th in life expectancy and 43rd in child mortality."
The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 in the Democratic Party platform >>Details
Says McCain once said that on "the most important issues of our day, I’ve been totally in agreement and support of President Bush."
Joe Biden on Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 in a speech in Springfield, Ill. >>Details
"Sen. McCain was already turning his sights to Iraq just days after 9/11, and he became a leading supporter of an invasion and occupation of (Iraq)."
Barack Obama on Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 in Orlando, Fla. >>Details
The musical Mamma Mia! has "been selling out for years."
John McCain on Thursday, August 14th, 2008 in a town hall in Aspen, Colo. >>Details
"John McCain's top foreign policy adviser lobbied for... the Republic of Georgia, and McCain has mirrored the position advocated by the government."
Barack Obama on Saturday, August 9th, 2008 in a statement by Obama spokesman Hari Sevugan >>Details
McCain is "raising campaign cash with one of (Jack) Abramoff's closest business partners: scandal-plagued conservative activist Ralph Reed."
The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 in >>Details
"McCain opposed a requirement that the government buy American-made motorcycles. And he said all buy-American provisions were quote 'disgraceful.' "
Barack Obama on Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 in a radio ad >>Details
"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."
Barack Obama on Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 in Springfield, Mo. >>Details
"I have repeatedly said that many of the predatory loans that were made in the mortgage system did target African-American and Latino communities."
Barack Obama on Friday, August 1st, 2008 in a town hall in St. Petersburg, Fla. >>Details
Obama said his proposed $1,000 emergency energy rebate "will be enough to offset the increased cost of gas for a working family over the next 4 months."
Barack Obama on Friday, August 1st, 2008 in a town hall in St. Petersburg, Fla. >>Details
"McCain got more money from Airbus’ U.S. executives than any other politician."
Campaign Money Watch on Monday, June 9th, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
"Wild Bill Hickok had his first duel in the town square here. And the family legend is that he is a distant cousin of mine."
Barack Obama on Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 in Springfield, Mo. >>Details
Says Obama has flip-flopped on public campaign financing.
Let Freedom Ring on Thursday, July 24th, 2008 in a TV ad airing on cable networks such as Fox and MTV. >>Details
McCain has switched to Obama's position on more troops to Afghanistan.
Barack Obama on Saturday, July 19th, 2008 in an e-mail from Obama spokesman Bill Burton to reporters >>Details
"For at least a year now, I have called for two additional brigades, perhaps three."
Barack Obama on Sunday, July 20th, 2008 in Afghanistan >>Details
Says Obama flip-flopped on warrantless wiretapping.
John McCain on Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 in a news release from McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds >>Details
Obama worked with "Sen. Dick Lugar, a Republican, to help lock down loose nuclear weapons."
Barack Obama on Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 in a television ad >>Details
U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan include a "few thousand that are still green card holders who are not even citizens of this country."
John McCain on Friday, July 11th, 2008 in a TV ad airing Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico >>Details
McCain tells of a fellow Vietnam POW who was beaten for fashioning an American flag that became an inspirational symbol to fellow POWs.
Chain e-mail on Sunday, May 18th, 2008 in >>Details
"The legislation ... that Senator McCain supports would provide the authority for the federal government to surveille American citizens in their own country without any suspicion whatsoever that they're engaging in discussions with terrorists or about criminal activity."
Bob Barr on Sunday, June 29th, 2008 in an interview with Fox News. >>Details
"He won't even support his colleague's ... motion to censure the Bush administration for systemic repeated illegal wiretaps."
Ralph Nader on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 in a radio interview with Democracy Now! >>Details
Says Obama opposes offshore drilling and a gas tax holiday.
John McCain on Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 in a Web ad. >>Details
"When he was asked a few years ago whether he could see himself lifting the cap on the payroll tax, (McCain) said, 'I could.' But today he's attacking me for holding the very same position."
Barack Obama on Friday, June 13th, 2008 in Columbus, Ohio >>Details
"You know, the approval rating of Congress is down to 13 percent."
John McCain on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 in an interview with Springfield, Mo., News-Leader >>Details
"More than half of all black children live in single-parent households, a number that has doubled — doubled — since we were children."
Barack Obama on Sunday, June 15th, 2008 in a speech at a Chicago church >>Details
"I joined the Gang of 14, seven Republicans, seven Democrats, so that we wouldn’t blow up the United States Senate. Sen. Obama had the opportunity to join that group. He chose not to."
John McCain on Saturday, June 14th, 2008 in a virtual town hall meeting >>Details
"John McCain stood up to the president and sounded the alarm on global warming ... five years ago."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
John McCain opposed bankruptcy protections for families "who were only in bankruptcy because of medical expenses they couldn't pay."
Barack Obama on Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 in a speech in Chicago, Ill. >>Details
"The U.S. Navy has sailed ships around the world for 60 years with nuclear power plants on them and we’ve never had an accident."
John McCain on Monday, June 2nd, 2008 in a speech in Nashville, Tenn. >>Details
When the United States invaded Iraq, Saddam Hussein wanted to acquire weapons of mass destruction, and "he said so himself after his capture."
John McCain on Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 in St. Petersburg, Fla. >>Details
"John McCain decided to stand with George Bush 95 percent of the time (last year)."
Barack Obama on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn. >>Details
"Obama voted to support President Bush between 40 and 50 percent of the time over the past two years."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 in a campaign e-mail >>Details
John McCain "has not led on nonproliferation issues when he had the chance in the Senate."
Barack Obama on Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 in a statement by campaign spokesman Bill Burton >>Details
"Sen. Obama has been to Iraq once."
John McCain on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 in a town hall meeting in Reno, Nev. >>Details
McCain "hired some of the biggest lobbyists in Washington to run his campaign."
Barack Obama on Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 in Tampa, Fla. >>Details
When McCain was questioned about hiring lobbyists to his campaign staff, "his top lobbyist actually had the nerve to say, 'The American people won’t care about this.' "
Barack Obama on Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 in a speech in Tampa, Fla. >>Details
"Ten years ago, John McCain offered a bill that said he would ban a candidate from paying registered lobbyists."
Barack Obama on Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 in Tampa, Fla. >>Details
"Sen. Obama has declared, and repeatedly reaffirmed his intention to meet the president of Iran without any preconditions."
John McCain on Monday, May 19th, 2008 in Chicago >>Details
"NATO hasn’t provided enough troops (in Afghanistan) because they are still angry about us going into Iraq."
Barack Obama on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 in Cape Girardeau, Miss. >>Details
McCain sought the political support of minister John Hagee, "who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church 'the Antichrist' and a 'false cult.'"
MoveOn.org on Saturday, April 5th, 2008 in an e-mail message >>Details
Tax rates were significantly higher "in the '40s, the '50s, and the '60s."
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 in South Bend, Ind. >>Details
Every family health insurance policy has "a $900 hidden tax" to subsidize health care costs of the uninsured.
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 in South Bend, Ind. >>Details
"A year ago, in March 2007, I called for immediate action to address abuses in the subprime market, and I laid out detailed concrete proposals for how to do so."
Hillary Clinton on Monday, March 24th, 2008 in a speech at the University of Pennsylvania. >>Details
Hillary Clinton advocates "a freeze on foreclosures. Barack Obama said no."
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 in in a television ad >>Details
"As a state senator, he (Obama) even refused to support a measure to stop sex businesses from opening near schools or places of worship!"
Focus on the Family Action on Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 in an article written by Tom Minnery >>Details
"Barack Obama accepted $200,000 from executives and employees of oil companies."
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Pennsylvania. >>Details
"Hillary Clinton has taken over $800,000 from lobbyists."
Barack Obama on Thursday, April 17th, 2008 in an online ad. >>Details
Says she is the subject of 60 books.
Hillary Clinton on Sunday, April 13th, 2008 in a forum on faith-related issues at Messiah College in Grantham, Penn. >>Details
The United States is "seeing greater income inequality now than any time since the 1920s."
Barack Obama on Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 in Democratic debate in Philadephia >>Details
"Again today (Ahmadinejad) made light of 9/11, and said that he's not even sure it happened and that people actually died."
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 in a television debate in Philadelphia. >>Details
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
"John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."
MoveOn.org on Saturday, April 5th, 2008 in an e-mail message >>Details
"McCain opposes a woman's right to choose."
MoveOn.org on Saturday, April 5th, 2008 in an e-mail message >>Details
"The Children's Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children."
MoveOn.org on Saturday, April 5th, 2008 in an e-mail message >>Details
"Iraq is costing each household about $100 a month."
Barack Obama on Thursday, March 20th, 2008 in a speech in Charleston, W.Va. >>Details
Obama spent "40 percent of the PAC money, 43 percent to be exact, on Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina politicians."
Bill Clinton on Sunday, March 16th, 2008 in an interview with the mtvU editorial board >>Details
"(Obama) did accept donations from lobbyists and PACs and he spent money in this campaign from that, through his political action committee."
Bill Clinton on Sunday, March 16th, 2008 in an interview with the mtvU editorial board >>Details
"I am a candidate. I have not withdrawn."
Mike Gravel on Thursday, March 13th, 2008 in a YouTube video >>Details
John McCain and George Bush have "absolutely no plan for universal health care."
Campaign to Defend America on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 in a television ad >>Details
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
"I've spent 20 years devoted to working on behalf of families who are having a tough time and are seeking out the American dream."
Barack Obama on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 in Cleveland, Ohio >>Details
"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
Says Clinton did not read the National Intelligence Estimate before voting for the Iraq war.
Barack Obama on Saturday, March 1st, 2008 in a speech in Westerville, Ohio >>Details
"Could I just point out that ... I seem to get the first question all the time?"
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 in a debate in Cleveland >>Details
"He (Obama) chairs the subcommittee on Europe. ... He's held not one substantive hearing to do oversight."
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 in a debate in Cleveland >>Details
Clinton said "great things about NAFTA until she started running for president."
Barack Obama on Sunday, February 24th, 2008 in Lorain, Ohio >>Details
He's been endorsed by "every major newspaper here in the state of Texas."
Barack Obama on Thursday, February 21st, 2008 in a debate in Austin, Texas. >>Details
"We send a billion dollars to foreign countries every day because of our addiction to foreign oil."
Barack Obama on Thursday, February 21st, 2008 in a debate in Austin, Texas. >>Details
"She flunked the D.C. bar exam."
Chain e-mail on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a chain e-mail based on an article written by Dick Morris >>Details
John McCain "said publicly that Hillary Clinton would make a good president."
James Dobson on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 in a statement read on the Laura Ingraham Show >>Details
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
"Senator Obama has, in fact, never had a serious Republican challenger."
Hillary Clinton on Monday, February 11th, 2008 in a conference call to reporters led by Cilnton pollster Mark Penn >>Details
Hillary Clinton "starts off with 47 percent of the country against her."
Barack Obama on Sunday, February 10th, 2008 in a campaign rally in Alexandria, Va. >>Details
"I'm the only Republican who has gotten endorsements in this presidential race from major labor unions..."
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 in an interview on MSNBC >>Details
"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
"When I was in college, we used to take a popcorn popper . . . and we would fry squirrel."
Mike Huckabee on Friday, January 18th, 2008 in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe. >>Details
"Sen. Obama has always had a 100 percent prochoice rating."
Barack Obama on Monday, February 4th, 2008 in an e-mail message sent to voters before Super Tuesday. >>Details
In the Illinois Legislature, Barack Obama "voted 'present,' instead of yes or no" on seven votes involving abortion rights.
Hillary Clinton on Thursday, December 20th, 2007 in Iowa >>Details
John McCain has said the economy is "not his strong suit."
Mitt Romney on Friday, February 1st, 2008 in Denver >>Details
"(John McCain) was even mentioned as a running mate with John Kerry."
Citizens United Political Victory Fund on Friday, February 1st, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
Hillary Clinton "agreed with (John McCain) on voting for the war in Iraq."
Barack Obama on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in Denver >>Details
Hillary Clinton "actually differed with (John McCain) by arguing for exceptions for torture before changing positions."
Barack Obama on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in Denver >>Details
"Two-thirds of our economy is a consumer economy."
Mitt Romney on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in Boca Raton, Fla. >>Details
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
Romney used to favor gun control, and said he didn't want to go back to Reagan-Bush.
John McCain on Monday, January 28th, 2008 in an ad on the Internet >>Details
"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."
Mitt Romney on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in Boca Raton. >>Details
"We have more coal reserves in the United States than they have oil reserves in Saudi Arabia."
Rudy Giuliani on Friday, January 25th, 2008 in Boca Raton. >>Details
"The 1990s were a time of prosperity. We created more than 22-million new jobs, moved 8-million people out of poverty, and turned our economy around."
Bill Clinton on Friday, January 25th, 2008 in >>Details
"While I was working on those streets watching those folks see their jobs shift overseas, you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board at Wal-Mart."
Barack Obama on Monday, January 21st, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C. >>Details
"If you are African-American in this country today, you are likely to have a net worth of about 10 percent of what white families have."
John Edwards on Monday, January 21st, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C. >>Details
"I'm proud of the fact that I've raised more money from small donors than anybody else, and that we're getting $25, $50, $100 donations, and we've done very well doing it that way."
Barack Obama on Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 in debate in Las Vegas >>Details
"You know, Sen. McCain said the other day that we might have troops (in Iraq) for 100 years..."
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 in a debate in Las Vegas. >>Details
"The fact is it’s not amnesty."
John McCain on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
"(My dad) used to campaign against the gas-guzzling dinosaurs."
Mitt Romney on Monday, January 14th, 2008 in a TV interview on CBS. >>Details
"(Ronald Reagan) raised taxes a billion dollars in his first year as governor of California."
Mike Huckabee on Thursday, January 10th, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C. >>Details
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
"There are 7,000 kids in New Hampshire who have health care because I helped to create the Children's Health Insurance Program."
Hillary Clinton on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
"Sen. Obama's chair in New Hampshire is a lobbyist. He lobbies for the drug companies."
Hillary Clinton on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
"Ronald Reagan did amnesty."
Rudy Giuliani on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
As secretary of the Department of Energy under former President Bill Clinton, "I created reserves of home heating oil."
Bill Richardson on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
"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."
Mitt Romney on Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 in a press release >>Details
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
Huckabee "granted 1,033 pardons and commutations . . . more clemencies than the previous three governors combined."
Mitt Romney on Monday, December 17th, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa. >>Details
Romney refused to pardon "a decorated soldier" returning from Iraq who had been charged with a crime involving a BB gun when he was 13.
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe. >>Details
"It used to be the policy of the Republican Party to get rid of the Department of Education. We finally get in charge and a chance to do something, so we double the size of the Department of Education."
Ron Paul on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 in a debate in Johnston, Iowa >>Details
" ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding."
John McCain on Thursday, November 29th, 2007 in a campaign event in St. Petersburg >>Details
"George Bush ... used a signing statement (on a FEMA bill) to say, 'I don't have to follow that, unless I choose to.' "
Hillary Clinton on Thursday, December 13th, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa >>Details
"Productivity has risen 18 percent ...yet wages have stayed flat... There are 5-million more people in poverty here in our country than there were in 2000."
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 in New York, N.Y. >>Details
"Five percent of Americans pay over half the income taxes in this country. Forty percent of Americans pay no income taxes at all."
Fred Thompson on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa >>Details
"We've got some 37-million of our fellow citizens who are living in poverty; about 12-million or 13-million are children."
Chris Dodd on Thursday, December 13th, 2007 in debate in Johnston, Iowa >>Details
"When Pakistan erupted in crisis, I spoke to Musharraf before Bush did."
Joe Biden on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details
"This guy didn't even support Ronald Reagan."
Rudy Giuliani on Monday, November 26th, 2007 in MSNBC's "Morning Joe" >>Details
"The oddest thing is he doesn't want to do for America what he did for Massachusetts. He did mandate health care for Massachusetts, which is HillaryCare, and he doesn't want to do that for America."
Rudy Giuliani on Monday, November 26th, 2007 in a Washington Post interview. >>Details
"A ham and cheese sandwich on one slice of bread is the responsibility of the USDA ... But a ham and cheese sandwich on two slices of bread is the responsibility of the Food and Drug Administration."
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 in a speech in Shenandoah, Iowa >>Details
"Senator Obama's relatives and friends say he has been talking about running for president for at least the last 15 years," a campaign spokesman said.
Hillary Clinton on Sunday, December 2nd, 2007 in a news release >>Details
Romney said "'No' to in-state tuition" for illegal immigrants.
Mitt Romney on Monday, November 26th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details
"He was a member of the Iraq Study Group and was either fired or quit from a very important commission that was trying to figure out the way forward in Iraq."
John McCain on Monday, November 26th, 2007 in Interview on Fox News >>Details
MikeHuckabee.com gets "more hits than virtually any other presidential candidate."
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 in interview on Fox News >>Details
"I get the most money from active duty officers and military personnel."
Ron Paul on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg >>Details
"I saved the taxpayers $2-billion on a bogus Air Force Boeing tanker deal where people went to jail."
John McCain on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Fla. >>Details
"In the African-American community today, 68 percent of kids born are born out of wedlock."
Mitt Romney on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Fla. >>Details
"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
"I'm proud to have had a 100 percent pro-life voting record."
Fred Thompson on Sunday, November 18th, 2007 in >>Details
"So what sort of services does Romney's health care plan provide? Per the state Web site: $50 co-pay for abortions."
Fred Thompson on Thursday, November 15th, 2007 in a press release >>Details
"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."
Mitt Romney on Sunday, November 25th, 2007 in an interview >>Details
"When Sen. Edwards ran in 2004, he wasn't for universal health care. I'm glad he is now."
Hillary Clinton on Thursday, November 15th, 2007 in Las Vegas >>Details
"Well, you know, the Teamsters wanted to drill in Alaska. I voted against drilling in Alaska. So it's not like I'm a slam dunk on every issue."
Dennis Kucinich on Thursday, November 15th, 2007 in Las Vegas >>Details
"Three out of the 18 benchmarks of the (GAO) have been fulfilled. Even among Republican math, that is a failing grade."
Bill Richardson on Thursday, November 15th, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nev. >>Details
“The Alternative Minimum Tax...was created by Congress in 1969 to affect 155 wealthy Americans. Because it was never indexed for inflation, those original 155 taxpayers has increased to affect about 3.5-million in 2006.”
Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 in a newspaper column >>Details
“The Alternative Minimum Tax was never intended to hit people in middle income, upper middle income. It was meant for people who are rich and evading taxes.”
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 in Philadelphia >>Details
“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.”
Mitt Romney on Friday, September 14th, 2007 in an interview >>Details
"Dodd brought both parties together to pass the Family and Medical Leave Act."
Chris Dodd on Monday, November 5th, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire. >>Details
"Fifty-six percent decline in overall crime. A 73 percent decline in motor-vehicle theft. A 67 percent decline in robbery. A 66 percent decline in murder. This is way beyond what happened in the nation during this period of time.
Rudy Giuliani on Thursday, May 31st, 2007 in New York, N.Y. >>Details
"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
"What happens is people like Warren Buffett — and he says this himself...pay 15 percent on the millions of dollars that they earn from wealth income... while their secretary is paying a higher rate on her work income. It's not right."
John Edwards on Thursday, September 20th, 2007 in Davenport, Iowa >>Details
"First, he said he would leave residual forces in Iraq, and now he says he wouldn’t."
Joe Biden on Friday, October 12th, 2007 in >>Details
"With one stroke of his pen, President Bush has denied health insurance to 3.8 million kids who were due to get it under this bipartisan expansion of the Children’s Health Insurance Program."
Joe Biden on Monday, October 15th, 2007 in >>Details
"This (SCHIP) is socialized medicine. It is going to go to families that make $60,000 a year. Those aren’t poor children."
Duncan Hunter on Sunday, August 5th, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa >>Details
"We spent approximately $20-billion of that money on pork barrel, earmark projects. Maybe if we had done it right, maybe some of that money would have gone to inspect those bridges and other bridges across the country."
John McCain on Saturday, August 4th, 2007 in a comment to a reporter. >>Details
"She stood by ground zero workers who sacrificed their health after so many sacrificed their lives and kept standing till this administration took action."
Hillary Clinton on Thursday, October 4th, 2007 in a television ad >>Details
"Look, I believe in accountability. In 1983, I led the effort in Arkansas to improve our schools."
Hillary Clinton on Thursday, September 13th, 2007 in a forum hosted by Slate/Yahoo/Huffington Post. >>Details
"I don't think that Rudy or Fred or John McCain support the marriage amendment."
Mitt Romney on Friday, September 14th, 2007 in an interview on MSNBC >>Details
"He's sued gun manufacturers. He was supportive of Brady. He was supportive of things like assault weapon bans."
Mike Huckabee on Friday, September 21st, 2007 in an interview on MSNBC >>Details
“With those first principles, it allowed a fellow like me to get in his truck and go from one end of the state to the other; started 20 points down and wound up 20 points ahead on election night."
Fred Thompson on Friday, September 21st, 2007 in Washington, D.C. >>Details
"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
"I opposed this war from the beginning. I opposed the war in 2002. I opposed the war in 2003. I opposed it in 2004 and 2005 and 2006."
Barack Obama on Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 in Clinton, Iowa >>Details
"Social Security ... is solid through about 2040 without any changes whatsoever."
Dennis Kucinich on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 in Hanover, N.H. >>Details
Mitt Romney: the innovator who created and revolutionized American businesses, turned around major companies.
Mitt Romney on Friday, September 21st, 2007 in a television ad. >>Details
"Obama Skips Out On Condemning Left-Wing Attacks On Gen. Petraeus Despite Casting Other 'Important Votes' Earlier And Later In The Day."
Republican National Committee on Friday, September 21st, 2007 in >>Details
Obama “won health care for 150,000 people.”
Barack Obama on Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 in >>Details
"Each year, 18,000 people die in America because they don't have health care."
Hillary Clinton on Monday, September 17th, 2007 in a speech in Des Moines, Iowa. >>Details
"He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership."
Ron Paul on Monday, September 17th, 2007 in a statement on his campaign Web site. >>Details
Health insurance premiums "have almost doubled ... since 2000.”
Hillary Clinton on Monday, September 17th, 2007 in a speech in Des Moines, Iowa. >>Details
Poor people go to a "payday lender...and they pay 300, 400, 500 percent interest."
John Edwards on Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 in a speech in Americus, Ga. >>Details
"I've cast a couple of 99-1 votes" and been the lone dissenter.
Fred Thompson on Friday, September 7th, 2007 in a speech in Sioux City, Iowa >>Details
Guantanamo detainees “get taxpayer-paid-for prayer rugs…they had honey-glazed chicken and rice pilaf.”
Duncan Hunter on Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 in a debate in Durham, N.H. >>Details
"In New York, when she ran for reelection, she carried 58 of our 62 counties. George Bush had won 40 counties in New York just two years earlier."
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 in a comment by husband Bill Clinton on Larry King Live. >>Details
"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
"At least Obama didn't marry his cousin," as Giuliani did.
Obama Girl on Thursday, July 19th, 2007 in a YouTube video. >>Details
“Thirty-four percent of Hispanics don’t have any health care at all, don’t have any health insurance.”
Dennis Kucinich on Sunday, September 9th, 2007 in a debate in Miami, Fla. >>Details
"Senator McCain voted against the Bush tax cuts. Now he's for them."
Mitt Romney on Thursday, April 26th, 2007 in Stratham, N.H. >>Details
"Currently, we’re at 36 percent of our children born out of wedlock."
Sam Brownback on Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 in a debate in Durham, N.H. >>Details
"You know we can't just pull out now... The truth of the matter is: If we started today, it would take one year, one year to get 160,000 troops physically out of Iraq, logistically."
Joe Biden on Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 in CNN/YouTube debate in Charleston, S.C. >>Details
"Corporate profits are up, CEO pay is up, but average wages of Americans are flat."
Hillary Clinton on Sunday, July 22nd, 2007 in Washington, DC >>Details