Statements by comment to a voter during a campaign stop
Obama
Half-True

We're borrowing money from China and Saudi Arabia "to finance this war" in Iraq.

Barack Obama on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 in Cape Girardeau, Mo. >>Details


Clinton
Pants on fire!

"Hillary (Clinton), one time late at night when she was exhausted, misstated and immediately apologized for it, what happened to her in Bosnia in 1995."

Bill Clinton on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 in Boonville, Ind. >>Details


Clinton
False

"I actually started criticizing the war in Iraq before (Obama) did."

Hillary Clinton on Saturday, April 5th, 2008 in Eugene, Ore. >>Details


Obama
True

Clinton said "great things about NAFTA until she started running for president."

Barack Obama on Sunday, February 24th, 2008 in Lorain, Ohio >>Details


Clinton
Half-True

Barack Obama "said in 2004 there was no difference between (Obama) and George Bush on the war."

Bill Clinton on Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 in Dartmouth, N.H. >>Details


Clinton
Barely True

"I can't sign money. That's illegal."

Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, December 18th, 2007 in a comment to a shopper at a supermarket in Des Moines, Iowa. >>Details


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