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Tag Archives: fraud
New Hampshire Debates, Take 2
Less than 12 hours after the ABC News/Yahoo! debate in Manchester ended, the Republican presidential candidates were at it again — debating on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” As they did the night before, the candidates at times distorted the truth on a variety of topics, including Medicare, job creation, gasoline …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged fraud, gasoline prices, health care, jobs, Jon Huntsman, medicare, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum
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Gingrich Overshoots the Truth
Republican Newt Gingrich mistakenly claimed on "Meet the Press" that a U.S. helicopter involved in the Osama bin Laden raid "was shot down." There’s no evidence of that. U.S. officials say it crash landed and was destroyed by Navy SEALs. Gingrich also was wrong to say Pakistan’s intelligence chief did not …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged food stamps, fraud, medicaid, medicare, Newt Gingrich, terrorism, uninsured
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ACORN and the Census
Q: Is ACORN providing workers for the 2010 census? A: No. ACORN employees will not be taking the census. The group is one of more than 30,000 "partners" that will help publicize the event.
Posted in Ask FactCheck
Tagged ACORN, Bachmann, Census, fraud, Gregg, Judicial Watch
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An Unlawful Congress?
Q: Have 84 members of Congress been arrested for drunk driving in the last year? Have seven been arrested for fraud? A: We judge these statistics to be not credible. They originated nearly a decade ago with a Web site that still refuses to provide any proof or documentation, or …
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Posted in Ask FactCheck
Tagged capitol hill blue, Congress, drunk driving, fraud, George W. Bush
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