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The latest Truth-O-Meter items edited by Scott Montgomery
"My friend, we have increased the size of government by some 40 percent just in the last few years."
Republican John McCain on Sunday, April 20th, 2008 in a television interview.
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A gas tax holiday "would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28."
Democrat Barack Obama on Monday, May 5th, 2008 in a television interview
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"If Senator Clinton or John McCain had stood up in previous years for increases in fuel efficiency standards . . . then we would not be in this same situation in the first place."
Democrat Barack Obama on Sunday, May 4th, 2008 in an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press.
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"His true name is Barak Hussein Muhammed Obama."
None Chain e-mail on Friday, April 18th, 2008 in
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"Obama ... gave almost a million dollars to the (Kenya) opposition campaign who just happened to be his cousin, Raila Odinga."
None Chain e-mail on Friday, April 18th, 2008 in
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Recent stories by Scott Montgomery
5 conservative concerns about McCain: Attacks by conservatives became so sharp last week that Sen. John McCain asked for a cease-fire. Here's a look at why they're unhappy and what PolitiFact has said about their complaints.
A Dartmouth numbers game: From the outlandishly wrong to the solidly right.
Recent stories researched by Scott Montgomery
5 conservative concerns about McCain: Attacks by conservatives became so sharp last week that Sen. John McCain asked for a cease-fire. Here's a look at why they're unhappy and what PolitiFact has said about their complaints.
A Dartmouth numbers game: From the outlandishly wrong to the solidly right.
Debatable claims in N.H.: In a New Hampshire debate, the GOP candidates discuss immigration, Iraq and chicken dinners for Guantanamo detainees. Some of their facts aren’t quite right.
Recent stories edited by Scott Montgomery
By request: keeping count: We've made a few improvements to PolitiFact. For the first time, we're providing a tally of our ratings for each candidate and group.
Even missionaries botch their facts: The latest scurrilous e-mail about Barack Obama has real-live authors, Christian missionaries in Africa, but they're no better with the truth than anonymous bloggers.
Clinton's long haul on foreclosures: Clinton — and Obama — spoke up early on mortgage problems.
McCain steps in on Wright: McCain chastises the North Carolina GOP for political ads that use the Rev. Jeremiah Wright; then McCain weighs in on other Wright statements.
A lesson in cherry-picking: Voting records make senators east targets for attack ads, and nobody knows it better than Sen. John McCain. The DNC is only doing what George W. Bush did back in 2000.
Scott Montgomery is the Government & Politics Editor of the St. Petersburg Times. He joined the Times in 2003 after a tenure as managing editor of CQ Weekly, the magazine of Congressional Quarterly. He also worked for the Dayton Daily News and the Palm Beach Post.
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