USA Today: McCain Repeats Exaggerated $700 Billion a Year Energy Claim.

October 8th 2008 in Lies

“The claim: Speaking about energy costs, McCain said: ‘We’ve got to stop sending $700 billion a year to countries who don’t like us that much.’ The facts: McCain repeatedly makes this claim, which often has been criticized as exaggerated by non-partisan groups — including FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. The United States spends about $536 billion a year on imported oil, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. But about one-third of that goes to close U.S. allies of Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom.” [USA Today, 10/8/08: http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-10-07-fact-check_N.htm]

USA Today: McCain’s Claim that Obama Encouraged Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Baseless.

“The claim: ‘With the encouragement of Sen. Obama and his cronies,’ McCain said, government-sponsored mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were key drivers of the financial crisis — ‘the match that started this forest fire.’ … The McCain campaign has produced no evidence, however, that Obama did favors for the corporations. In 2005, McCain [...]

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Washington Post: Three Pinocchios for “Distorted” Pakistan Remark.

“In last night’s debate, Sen. John McCain repeated one of his regular complaints — that Sen. Barack Obama said that he would strike targets inside Pakistan under certain conditions. McCain raises the issue to suggest that it is an example of Obama’s inexperience in foreign affairs … McCain has repeatedly mischaracterized Obama’s statement to make [...]

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