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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of May 7-13.
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Tag Archives: Mike Huckabee
‘RomneyCare’ Facts and Falsehoods
It has been nearly five years since Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney signed the state’s landmark health care law amid the political flourish of a fife and drum corps and 300 guests in Boston’s Faneuil Hall. The overhaul is largely seen as a blueprint …
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Tagged health care, health care reform, Massachusetts, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Romneycare
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A Big, Fat Mistake
Mike Huckabee cited a bloated statistic, claiming obesity disqualifies three out of four young Americans from military service. The actual total is closer to one in four. The former Arkansas governor (and possible GOP presidential contender in 2012) was on "Fox News Sunday" on Feb. 27, explaining why he has …
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Tagged Mike Huckabee, military, obesity, sunday talk shows
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The 2012 GOP Field
In episode 43 of our podcast, we take a look at what some of the potential Republican presidential candidates have been saying. [podcast]http://factcheck.org/Images/image/radio/FactCheckRadio.43.mp3[/podcast] For more on the claims discussed in this podcast, see: Let the Distortions Begin Dec. 23
Posted in FactCheck Radio
Tagged Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, podcast, Republican Presidential candidates, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty
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Let the Distortions Begin
It has been seven whole weeks now since the midterms, and – like you, perhaps – we’ve enjoyed watching football and “Glee” uninterrupted by campaign ads. But that doesn’t mean there’s no campaigning going on. Potential Republican presidential aspirants …
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Tagged cap-and-trade, estate tax, health care, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty
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Huckabee an Evangelical
Q: Is it correct to refer to Mike Huckabee as an evangelical? A: Yes. Huckabee describes himself as an evangelical.
Simi Valley Showdown
Summary With a nationwide wave of nominating contests looming next week, Republican presidential candidates held their last scheduled debate against the backdrop of Ronald Reagan’s retired Air Force One. But we found some of the candidates' facts just won’t fly. Romney complained that McCain used "the wrong data" about job …
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Tagged GOP debate, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul
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Bogus Claims in Boca
Summary In last night's debate, held days before Tuesday's Republican primary in the Sunshine State, the remaining GOP candidates came up with a few new factual distortions and repeated several old ones. Among them: McCain said he had won the Republican vote in both the South Carolina and New Hampshire …
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Tagged John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Republican debate, Rudy Giuliani
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Myrtle Beach Blarney
Summary Another debate, another round of fact-checking. The GOP meeting in South Carolina was the third for Republican candidates in a week, but they haven’t run out of exaggerations or misstatements: Romney claimed Massachusetts gained jobs "every single month" he was governor after hitting a low point. In fact the …
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Tagged fred thompson, GOP debate, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani
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One-Two Punch for GOP
Summary In the final debate before New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary election, five Republican candidates appeared on Fox News. We found no shortage of recycled bunk, and a new twist or two: Huckabee repeated his claim to have made 94 tax cuts including the "first broad-based tax cut" in the history …
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Tagged fred thompson, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Republican debate
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N.H. Debate: The GOP Field
Summary Republican and Democratic candidates participated in double-header debates in New Hampshire Jan. 5 in advance of the state's first-in-the-nation primary. Republicans were up first, and they got a little wild with their swings: Romney claimed that the 47 million Americans who lack health care are not covered because they …
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Tagged John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Republican debate, Rudy Giuliani
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