Archive for August, 2008

Barack Obama: McCain, “voted against renewable sources of energy, against biofuels, against solar power, against wind power…. “

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The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly true | McCain has done a little for renewable energy

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Joe Biden: Says McCain “supported George Bush’s policies 95 percent of the time.”

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The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Cherry-picking McCain’s record

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Joe Biden: Says McCain once said that on “the most important issues of our day, I’ve been totally in agreement and support of President Bush.”

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The Truth-o-Meter says: True | That’s what McCain said — in 2005

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Joe Biden: On whether he wants to be vice president.

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The Truth-o-Meter says: Full Flop | He seems interested

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Barack Obama: “Joe Biden brought Republicans and Democrats together to pass the 1994 crime bill, putting 100,000 cops on the streets and starting an eight-year drop in crime across the country.”

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The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Biden’s crime bill helped, some

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Barack Obama: “Joe Biden wrote the Violence Against Women Act … the rate of domestic violence went down dramatically.”

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The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly true | Cause and effect? Possible, but not clear

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Barack Obama: The Bush administration’s latest plans for troop withdrawal from Iraq by 2011 are “more or less the same time frame I announced two years ago.”

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The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly true | More like one year ago

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John McCain: “We spent $3-million of your money to study the DNA of bears.”

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The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly true | McCain’s bear story is no bull

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The Democratic National Committee: “We spend more on health care than any other country, but we’re ranked 47th in life expectancy and 43rd in child mortality.”

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The Truth-o-Meter says: True | U.S. spends more on health care, not necessarily healthier

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Michelle Obama: While in the Illinois Senate, Barack Obama passed “tax cuts for hard-working families.”

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The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly true | Obama sponsored earned income tax credit

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