Latest Fact-checks Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: John McCain wants to "give oil companies another $4-billion" in tax breaks. John McCain stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: "Senator Obama has the most liberal voting record in the United States Senate." John McCain stated on September 26, 2008 in in debate in Oxford, Miss.: "He has asked for $932-million of earmark pork-barrel spending, nearly a million dollars for every day that he’s been in the United States Senate." John McCain stated on September 26, 2008 in the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.: House Republicans "weren't part of the negotiations" on the Wall Street bailout plan. John McCain stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: "President Eisenhower, on the night before the Normandy invasion...[wrote a] letter of resignation to the United States Army for the failure of the landings at Normandy." John McCain stated on September 26, 2008 in in debate in Oxford, Miss.: "You know, we spent $3-million to study the DNA of bears in Montana." John McCain stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: Obama "has voted in the United States Senate to increase taxes on people who make as low as $42,000 a year." Sarah Palin stated on September 22, 2008 in the New York Sun: "If an Iranian woman shows too much hair in public, she risks being beaten or killed." Barack Obama stated on September 24, 2008 in a speech in Dunedin, Fla.: "I introduced a bill that would’ve helped stop the multimillion-dollar bonus packages that CEOs grab on their way out.. (McCain) opposed that idea." Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in a radio ad: McCain "has opposed stem cell research." Barack Obama stated on September 23, 2008 in in a television ad: Obama says McCain went to Bermuda and "pledged to protect tax breaks for American corporations that hide their profits offshore." Barack Obama stated on September 23, 2008 in in a television ad: "Grateful insurance company executives and their lobbyists" from Bermuda gave McCain $50,000. National Rifle Association stated on August 1, 2008 in a direct mail piece: "Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' The Second Amendment….Ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns." John McCain stated on September 22, 2008 in Reading, Pa.: "Last week Senator Obama's running mate said, get this, 'Raising taxes is patriotic.' " John McCain stated on September 15, 2008 in a news release.: "Barack Obama has the longest track record of any candidate in this election in support of the 'Bridge To Nowhere.' " National Rifle Association stated on August 1, 2008 in direct mail piece: "Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' the Second Amendment…Ban use of firearms for home defense." Barack Obama stated on September 22, 2008 in a TV ad.: John McCain would "reduce oversight of health insurance." Barack Obama stated on September 20, 2008: "But if my opponent had his way, the millions of Floridians who rely on it would've had their Social Security tied up in the stock market this week." Bloggers stated on September 12, 2008 in blog postings on many Web sites.: Sarah Palin endorsed a Wasilla policy that charged sexual assault victims for their "rape kits." John McCain stated on September 19, 2008 in Green Bay, Wis.: Barack Obama got more campaign contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac "than any other member of Congress, except for the Democratic chairmen of the committee that oversees them." Barack Obama stated on September 18, 2008 in a video ad.: Obama ad contends that John McCain endorses Rush Limbaugh's comments about immigration. John McCain stated on September 17, 2008: On whether the government should bail out insurance giant AIG. Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in Elko, Nev.: Obama's tax plan cuts taxes "for 95 percent of all working families." Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in Golden, Colo.: "In January, I outlined a plan to help revive our faltering economy, which formed the basis for a bipartisan stimulus package that passed the Congress." Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in Elko, Nev.: McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm is "the architect of some of the deregulation in Washington that helped cause the mess on Wall Street." John McCain stated on September 16, 2008 in an interview on CNN's "American Morning": "I said two years ago that the Fannie and Freddie thing was a very serious problem and we had to work on it." Douglas Holtz-Eakin stated on September 16, 2008 in a conversation with reporters.: Holding up a BlackBerry, McCain campaign adviser says, "you’re looking at the miracle John McCain helped create." Barack Obama stated on September 9, 2008 in a TV ad: McCain "voted to cut education funding, against accountability standards. He even proposed abolishing the Department of Education." John McCain stated on September 16, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.: "I have never asked for a single earmark, pork barrel project for my state of Arizona." Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in Golden, Colo.: John McCain said last year he didn't know of a solution to the mortgage crisis.
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Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: John McCain wants to "give oil companies another $4-billion" in tax breaks. John McCain stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: "Senator Obama has the most liberal voting record in the United States Senate." John McCain stated on September 26, 2008 in in debate in Oxford, Miss.: "He has asked for $932-million of earmark pork-barrel spending, nearly a million dollars for every day that he’s been in the United States Senate." John McCain stated on September 26, 2008 in the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.: House Republicans "weren't part of the negotiations" on the Wall Street bailout plan. John McCain stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: "President Eisenhower, on the night before the Normandy invasion...[wrote a] letter of resignation to the United States Army for the failure of the landings at Normandy." John McCain stated on September 26, 2008 in in debate in Oxford, Miss.: "You know, we spent $3-million to study the DNA of bears in Montana." John McCain stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: Obama "has voted in the United States Senate to increase taxes on people who make as low as $42,000 a year." Sarah Palin stated on September 22, 2008 in the New York Sun: "If an Iranian woman shows too much hair in public, she risks being beaten or killed." Barack Obama stated on September 24, 2008 in a speech in Dunedin, Fla.: "I introduced a bill that would’ve helped stop the multimillion-dollar bonus packages that CEOs grab on their way out.. (McCain) opposed that idea." Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in a radio ad: McCain "has opposed stem cell research." Barack Obama stated on September 23, 2008 in in a television ad: Obama says McCain went to Bermuda and "pledged to protect tax breaks for American corporations that hide their profits offshore." Barack Obama stated on September 23, 2008 in in a television ad: "Grateful insurance company executives and their lobbyists" from Bermuda gave McCain $50,000. National Rifle Association stated on August 1, 2008 in a direct mail piece: "Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' The Second Amendment….Ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns." John McCain stated on September 22, 2008 in Reading, Pa.: "Last week Senator Obama's running mate said, get this, 'Raising taxes is patriotic.' " John McCain stated on September 15, 2008 in a news release.: "Barack Obama has the longest track record of any candidate in this election in support of the 'Bridge To Nowhere.' " National Rifle Association stated on August 1, 2008 in direct mail piece: "Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' the Second Amendment…Ban use of firearms for home defense." Barack Obama stated on September 22, 2008 in a TV ad.: John McCain would "reduce oversight of health insurance." Barack Obama stated on September 20, 2008: "But if my opponent had his way, the millions of Floridians who rely on it would've had their Social Security tied up in the stock market this week." Bloggers stated on September 12, 2008 in blog postings on many Web sites.: Sarah Palin endorsed a Wasilla policy that charged sexual assault victims for their "rape kits." John McCain stated on September 19, 2008 in Green Bay, Wis.: Barack Obama got more campaign contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac "than any other member of Congress, except for the Democratic chairmen of the committee that oversees them." Barack Obama stated on September 18, 2008 in a video ad.: Obama ad contends that John McCain endorses Rush Limbaugh's comments about immigration. John McCain stated on September 17, 2008: On whether the government should bail out insurance giant AIG. Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in Elko, Nev.: Obama's tax plan cuts taxes "for 95 percent of all working families." Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in Golden, Colo.: "In January, I outlined a plan to help revive our faltering economy, which formed the basis for a bipartisan stimulus package that passed the Congress." Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in Elko, Nev.: McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm is "the architect of some of the deregulation in Washington that helped cause the mess on Wall Street." John McCain stated on September 16, 2008 in an interview on CNN's "American Morning": "I said two years ago that the Fannie and Freddie thing was a very serious problem and we had to work on it." Douglas Holtz-Eakin stated on September 16, 2008 in a conversation with reporters.: Holding up a BlackBerry, McCain campaign adviser says, "you’re looking at the miracle John McCain helped create." Barack Obama stated on September 9, 2008 in a TV ad: McCain "voted to cut education funding, against accountability standards. He even proposed abolishing the Department of Education." John McCain stated on September 16, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.: "I have never asked for a single earmark, pork barrel project for my state of Arizona." Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in Golden, Colo.: John McCain said last year he didn't know of a solution to the mortgage crisis.
Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: John McCain wants to "give oil companies another $4-billion" in tax breaks.
John McCain stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: "Senator Obama has the most liberal voting record in the United States Senate."
John McCain stated on September 26, 2008 in in debate in Oxford, Miss.: "He has asked for $932-million of earmark pork-barrel spending, nearly a million dollars for every day that he’s been in the United States Senate."
John McCain stated on September 26, 2008 in the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.: House Republicans "weren't part of the negotiations" on the Wall Street bailout plan.
John McCain stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: "President Eisenhower, on the night before the Normandy invasion...[wrote a] letter of resignation to the United States Army for the failure of the landings at Normandy."
John McCain stated on September 26, 2008 in in debate in Oxford, Miss.: "You know, we spent $3-million to study the DNA of bears in Montana."
John McCain stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.: Obama "has voted in the United States Senate to increase taxes on people who make as low as $42,000 a year."
Sarah Palin stated on September 22, 2008 in the New York Sun: "If an Iranian woman shows too much hair in public, she risks being beaten or killed."
Barack Obama stated on September 24, 2008 in a speech in Dunedin, Fla.: "I introduced a bill that would’ve helped stop the multimillion-dollar bonus packages that CEOs grab on their way out.. (McCain) opposed that idea."
Barack Obama stated on September 23, 2008 in in a television ad: Obama says McCain went to Bermuda and "pledged to protect tax breaks for American corporations that hide their profits offshore."
Barack Obama stated on September 23, 2008 in in a television ad: "Grateful insurance company executives and their lobbyists" from Bermuda gave McCain $50,000.
National Rifle Association stated on August 1, 2008 in a direct mail piece: "Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' The Second Amendment….Ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns."
John McCain stated on September 22, 2008 in Reading, Pa.: "Last week Senator Obama's running mate said, get this, 'Raising taxes is patriotic.' "
John McCain stated on September 15, 2008 in a news release.: "Barack Obama has the longest track record of any candidate in this election in support of the 'Bridge To Nowhere.' "
National Rifle Association stated on August 1, 2008 in direct mail piece: "Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' the Second Amendment…Ban use of firearms for home defense."
Barack Obama stated on September 22, 2008 in a TV ad.: John McCain would "reduce oversight of health insurance."
Barack Obama stated on September 20, 2008: "But if my opponent had his way, the millions of Floridians who rely on it would've had their Social Security tied up in the stock market this week."
Bloggers stated on September 12, 2008 in blog postings on many Web sites.: Sarah Palin endorsed a Wasilla policy that charged sexual assault victims for their "rape kits."
John McCain stated on September 19, 2008 in Green Bay, Wis.: Barack Obama got more campaign contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac "than any other member of Congress, except for the Democratic chairmen of the committee that oversees them."
Barack Obama stated on September 18, 2008 in a video ad.: Obama ad contends that John McCain endorses Rush Limbaugh's comments about immigration.
John McCain stated on September 17, 2008: On whether the government should bail out insurance giant AIG.
Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in Elko, Nev.: Obama's tax plan cuts taxes "for 95 percent of all working families."
Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in Golden, Colo.: "In January, I outlined a plan to help revive our faltering economy, which formed the basis for a bipartisan stimulus package that passed the Congress."
Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in Elko, Nev.: McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm is "the architect of some of the deregulation in Washington that helped cause the mess on Wall Street."
John McCain stated on September 16, 2008 in an interview on CNN's "American Morning": "I said two years ago that the Fannie and Freddie thing was a very serious problem and we had to work on it."
Douglas Holtz-Eakin stated on September 16, 2008 in a conversation with reporters.: Holding up a BlackBerry, McCain campaign adviser says, "you’re looking at the miracle John McCain helped create."
Barack Obama stated on September 9, 2008 in a TV ad: McCain "voted to cut education funding, against accountability standards. He even proposed abolishing the Department of Education."
John McCain stated on September 16, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.: "I have never asked for a single earmark, pork barrel project for my state of Arizona."
Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in Golden, Colo.: John McCain said last year he didn't know of a solution to the mortgage crisis.
