Monthly Archives: July 2009

Surgery for Seniors vs. Abortions?

Posted on July 31, 2009 , Updated on August 3, 2009

A new TV ad sponsored by an anti-abortion group shows a white-haired man fretting that under a federal health plan, “They won’t pay for my surgery, but we’re forced to pay for abortions.”

“Will this be our future?” the ad asks, merging the fears of seniors …
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July 31, 2009

Posted on July 31, 2009

President Eisenhower named the presidential retreat Camp David after his grandson. President Franklin Roosevelt previously had called it the “USS Shangri La.” Source: WhiteHouse.gov  

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July 30, 2009

Posted on July 30, 2009

Air Force One, the call sign of any Air Force aircraft in which the president flies, is in practice used to refer to one of two Boeing 747-200B series aircraft, which have been customized.  Source: WhiteHouse.gov

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O RLY?

Posted on July 29, 2009

Yesterday, we wearily acknowledged that nothing would dissuade birth-certificate doubters from their conviction that Barack Obama is not a United States natural-born citizen. As if on cue, dentist/lawyer Orly Taitz appeared on the "Colbert Report," and told the faux pundit that nothing short of retroactive zombie naturalization would convince her …
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False Euthanasia Claims

Posted on July 29, 2009

On former Sen. Fred Thompson’s radio show, former lieutenant governor of New York Betsy McCaughey said that the House’s proposed health care bill contained a provision that would institute mandatory counseling sessions telling seniors how “to do what’s in society’s best interest … and cut your life short.” House Minority Leader John Boehner made a slightly more measured …
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July 29, 2009

Posted on July 29, 2009

The president’s aircraft, Air Force One, has a doctor on board at all times and has a medical suite that can function as an operating room. Source: WhiteHouse.gov

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The Last Word? We Wish.

Posted on July 28, 2009

We at FactCheck.org are grateful to the Obama birth certificate conspiracy theorists for hundreds of thousands of page views to our "Born in the U.S.A." article from last November, and to our other items debunking some of their more outrageously false claims. We’re less grateful for their thousands of sometimes …
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Michelle’s European Vacation

Posted on July 28, 2009

Q: Did Michelle Obama and her daughters use taxpayer money to take a European vacation? A: The first lady, her mother and her children did stay in Europe for a private vacation after the president completed an overseas trip on official business. However, no taxpayer money was used for the …
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of July 21-July 27

Posted on July 28, 2009

This week, readers sent us comments on social networking, health care and birth-certificate doubters. In the FactCheck Mailbag we feature some of the e-mail we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length.

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Welcome to Our New Look

Posted on July 28, 2009

You might have noticed that things look a little different around here. We’ve given the site a bit of a makeover. Some of the effects are pretty obvious, like the rotating picture gallery on our homepage. That’s where we’ll feature our newest and most-talked-about content. You can click the picture …
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