Obama Will Raise Your Taxes
ACTUALLY : Obama's tax plan lowers taxes for almost all of the middle class – McCain is assuming Obama will repeal his own tax cuts once in office. factcheck.org
"Thanks, but no thanks" (repeated 36++ times)
ACTUALLY : Palin supported the Bridge, then opposed it, and kept the money for a bridge that won't be built. politifact.com
McCain refuses special interest money
ACTUALLY : McCain takes millions from big oil and foreign military contractors – and his campaign is run by lobbyists - mccainslobbyists.com
Sarah Palin commands the Alaskan National Guard
ACTUALLY : Sarah Palin has next to no authority to command the National Guard - vetvoice.com
McCain never asks for pork
ACTUALLY : Arizona keeps getting pork via McCain's influence. - politifact.com
Obama agrees that the economy is fundamentally strong
ACTUALLY : Obama disagrees with McCain's foolish claim. - CNN PoliticalTicker
Alaska Produces 20% of US Energy
ACTUALLY : Alaska produces just 3.5%. Neither fact means Palin is qualified. - factcheck.org
McCain's Campaign has no Connections to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac
ACTUALLY : John McCain flat lied – his lead campaign adviser Rick Davis took checks from Freddie Mac until August 2008. - NY Times
Obama will Tax Electricity
ACTUALLY : Obama said he supported taxing dirty fuel like coal to pay for clean energy like wind and solar. - factcheck.org
Palin Rejected $500 million Earmarks
ACTUALLY : Palin pushed for federal earmarks as both Mayor and Governor. - MSNBC and The Washington Post and TPM
Obama is 'mum' on the economic crisis
ACTUALLY : Obama has offered a variety of proposals, but held off on a full bill because he didn't want to play politics with the economic crisis. - factcheck.org
Obama Supports Kindergarten Sex Ed
ACTUALLY : The bill (which never passed) supported warning Kindergarteners about the danger of sexual abuse. - politifact.comObama voted against funding troops
ACTUALLY : Obama backed funding at least 10 times, while McCain has flip-flopped on Iraq funding. - factcheck.org
Palin sold the Govnr's jet on EBay
ACTUALLY : In a political stunt, Palin put the jet on eBay for much less than its worth – and it didn't sell. - The Washington Post
Obama gave big oil millions in subsidies
ACTUALLY : This claim has no basis – Obama subsidized alternative energies and taxed oil companies. - factcheck.org
Palin took on big oil
ACTUALLY : Palin only disagreed on where to place one pipeline, otherwise she supports ANWR drilling and other disastrous policies. - factcheck.org
Obama Killed Immigration reform
ACTUALLY : Obama voted for bipartisan immigration reform bills, while McCain decided he would vote against his own immigration bill- hardly a step forward for reform. - The Washington Post
Palin visited troops in Iraq
ACTUALLY : Palin grandstanded on a US base in Kuwait, but never quite made it over to Iraq. - The Boston Globe
McCain Tried to Reform Freddie and Frannie
ACTUALLY : McCain only showed his support for a report on Fannie/Freddie corruption – and his campaign aides lobbied for both, working for deregulation. - The New York Times and DKos
Obama wants to increase government size by 23%
ACTUALLY : McCain invented this figure from faulty assumptions and misstatements. - politifact.com
Obama opposes the electric car
ACTUALLY : Obama backs clean energy, he said 'no' to McCain's ineffective free-market solutions to the energy crisis. - politifact.com
Obama is advised by the former CEO of Freddie Mac
ACTUALLY : Obama only spoke with the Freddie head once, on the phone. John McCain's campaign adviser was taking checks from Freddie until August '08. - liecount.com
Obama wants to bomb Pakistan
ACTUALLY : Obama merely supported taking action against Osama bin Laden when the US knows where he is, using special forces troops. - The New Republic
McCain supports a 'bipartisanship' in the bailout
ACTUALLY : McCain has openly blamed Democrats for the economic collapse, and Obama for the bailout bill's failure in Congress. - Talking Points Memo
Obama opposes all free trade
ACTUALLY : just a plain lie – Obama supports free-trade with significant protections for workers and the environment. - liecount.com
Obama asked for a million $ a day in pork
ACTUALLY : Fuzzy math. - liecount.com"23,000 People at our rallies"
ACTUALLY : No one knows where this number came from. It appears to be a fabrication. - Bloomberg
FactCheck.org Agrees with Us
ACTUALLY : FactCheck.org disagrees, particularly about this lie. - factcheck.org
Palin Fired Trooper for Performance Reasons
ACTUALLY : Palin's story keeps changing, lying about her previous lies. - ABC News
Obama thinks Iran isn't a serious threat
ACTUALLY : Obama supports aggressive diplomacy with Iran – this is a vicious misquoting. - factcheck.org
"McCain invented the Blackberry"
ACTUALLY : McCain voted against the law making the Blackberry and similar devices possible. Give Al Gore his cliché back. - Think Progress
Obama is part of the corrupt Chicago establishment
ACTUALLY : McCain's assertions make mountains out of molehills. - factcheck.org
This list acquired from http://pinocchiopolitics.org/long_list.htm
A list of 106 McCain-Palin lies http://www.mccainpedia.org/index.php/Count_the_Lies
Politifact truth-o-Meter http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/
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