"In April, Sen. McCain came out against helping women earn equal pay for equal work."
Barack Obama on Monday, October 20th, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
John McCain's health care plan "won't guarantee coverage of cancer screenings or maternity care."
Planned Parenthood on Friday, October 24th, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
"Barack Obama's plan gives a driver's license to any illegal who wants one."
National Republican Trust PAC on Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 in a television ad >>Details
"Obama raises taxes on seniors (and) hard-working families to give welfare to those who pay none."
John McCain on Thursday, October 16th, 2008 in a Web ad >>Details
John McCain accused Barack Obama "of letting infants die."
Barack Obama on Monday, September 1st, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
John McCain's health care plan "leaves you on your own to pay McCain’s health insurance tax."
Barack Obama on Friday, October 3rd, 2008 in in a television ad >>Details
"Palin (proposed) a $150 bounty for the severed foreleg of each killed wolf."
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund on Friday, September 26th, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
"The average South Korean is 3 inches taller than the average North Korean, a huge gulag."
John McCain on Friday, September 26th, 2008 in a debate in Oxford, Miss. >>Details
Obama says McCain went to Bermuda and "pledged to protect tax breaks for American corporations that hide their profits offshore."
Barack Obama on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 in in a television ad >>Details
McCain "voted to cut education funding, against accountability standards. He even proposed abolishing the Department of Education."
Barack Obama on Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
Obama's one education accomplishment was "legislation to teach 'comprehensive sex education' to kindergartners."
John McCain on Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 in in a television ad >>Details
Palin "stopped the Bridge to Nowhere."
John McCain on Monday, September 8th, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
Obama is the Senate's "most liberal."
John McCain on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
"Obama says Iran is a 'tiny' country, 'doesn't pose a serious threat.'"
John McCain on Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
Says McCain "supported George Bush's policies 95 percent of the time."
Joe Biden on Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 in a rally in Springfield, Ill. >>Details
"The fact is that although we have had a president who is opposed to abortion over the last eight years, abortions have not gone down.''
Barack Obama on Saturday, August 16th, 2008 in a TV interview with megachurch pastor Rick Warren in Lake Forest, Calif. >>Details
McCain's attacks on Obama are 'not true,' 'false,' 'baloney,' according to media outlets.
Barack Obama on Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
John McCain offers "billions in tax breaks for oil and drug companies, but almost nothing for families like yours."
Barack Obama on Monday, August 11th, 2008 in a television ad >>Details
"Sen. McCain would occupy Iraq indefinitely, against their wishes."
VoteVets.org on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
Says Obama flip-flopped on withdrawing troops from Iraq.
Let Freedom Ring on Thursday, July 24th, 2008 in a TV ad airing on cable networks such as Fox and MTV. >>Details
"Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump? O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma!"
John McCain on Monday, July 21st, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
"I have a perfect voting record from organizations like the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and all the other veterans service organizations."
John McCain on Monday, July 7th, 2008 in a town hall meeting in Denver >>Details
Obama worked with "Sen. Dick Lugar, a Republican, to help lock down loose nuclear weapons."
Barack Obama on Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 in a television ad >>Details
John McCain has given erratic and inconsistent answers on when troops should return from Iraq.
The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 in in an ad on the Internet >>Details
Says Obama opposes lower gas taxes, nuclear power, new offshore drilling and doesn't have "new solutions" to the energy crisis.
Republican National Committee on Sunday, July 6th, 2008 in a TV ad. >>Details
Obama says his bill "reduced welfare rolls nearly 80 percent."
Barack Obama on Monday, June 30th, 2008 in a TV ad. >>Details
Says Obama opposes offshore drilling and a gas tax holiday.
John McCain on Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 in a Web ad. >>Details
Barack Obama "extended health care for wounded troops who’d been neglected."
Barack Obama on Thursday, June 12th, 2008 in a television ad >>Details
Barack Obama "passed laws moving people from welfare to work."
Barack Obama on Thursday, June 19th, 2008 in a television ad >>Details
"John McCain stood up to the president and sounded the alarm on global warming ... five years ago."
John McCain on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 in a TV ad >>Details
Obama's plan to raise the capital gains tax "hurts the middle class."
Republican National Committee on Sunday, May 18th, 2008 in a Web ad >>Details
"I had an uncle ... who was part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps."
Barack Obama on Monday, May 26th, 2008 in a speech in Las Cruces, N.M. >>Details
"Ten years ago, John McCain offered a bill that said he would ban a candidate from paying registered lobbyists."
Barack Obama on Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 in Tampa, Fla. >>Details
“They (Clinton and Obama) have never to my knowledge been involved in legislation nor hearings nor engagement on this issue (climate change).”
John McCain on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 in North Bend, Wash. >>Details
A gas tax holiday "would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28."
Barack Obama on Monday, May 5th, 2008 in a television interview >>Details
Hillary Clinton advocates "a freeze on foreclosures. Barack Obama said no."
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 in in a television ad >>Details
Barack Obama's health care plan "will cost taxpayers $1,700 more to cover each new person."
Hillary Clinton on Sunday, April 20th, 2008 in in a television ad >>Details
Obama served on a board with former Weather Underground member William Ayers and "that relationship with Mr. Ayers on this board continued after 9/11."
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 in Democratic debate in Philadephia >>Details
"He took on special interests and won, passing the toughest ethics law yet."
Barack Obama on Monday, April 14th, 2008 in a television ad. >>Details
Both McCain and Bush favor tax breaks for oil companies.
Campaign to Defend America on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 in a television ad >>Details
Obama says Clinton in 2002 suggested there was a connection between al-Qaida and the Iraqi government.
Barack Obama on Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 in an interview on MSNBC's Hardball. >>Details
"John McCain says it's okay with him if the U.S. spends the next thousand years in Iraq."
VoteVets.org on Monday, February 25th, 2008 in a television ad. >>Details
"Barack Obama loves Che Guevara."
Bloggers on Monday, February 18th, 2008 in blog postings responding to a news video showing the flag. >>Details
The DNC says McCain flip-flopped on whether the Iraq War would be easy.
The Democratic National Committee on Thursday, February 14th, 2008 in a Web video. >>Details
Hillary Clinton "has the only health care plan that covers every American."
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 in in a television ad >>Details
"One man sacrificed for his country. One man opposed a flawed strategy in Iraq. One man had the courage to call for change. One man didn't play politics with the truth. One man stands up to the special interests."
John McCain on Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland >>Details
John McCain "voted against the Bush tax cuts, both times."
Citizens United Political Victory Fund on Friday, February 1st, 2008 in in a TV ad >>Details
Mitt Romney previously believed "that abortion should be safe and legal in this country." Now he is "prolife."
John McCain on Monday, January 28th, 2008 in an ad on the Internet >>Details
Hillary Clinton wants to "wave the white flag of surrender and set a date for withdrawal."
John McCain on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton. >>Details
"I don't have lobbyists running my campaign."
Mitt Romney on Thursday, January 17th, 2008 in a news conference in a Staples store in Columbia, S.C. >>Details
Says Time magazine called him "one of America's best governors."
Mike Huckabee on Thursday, January 10th, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Michigan >>Details
"I don't describe your plan as amnesty in my ad. I don't call it amnesty."
Mitt Romney on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
"Mitt Romney says the next president doesn't need foreign policy experience."
John McCain on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 in a Web ad >>Details
"McCain opposes repeal of the death tax."
Mitt Romney on Friday, December 28th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details
Former business partner Robert Gay says: “The man who helped save my daughter was Mitt Romney.”
Mitt Romney on Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 in >>Details
"Iranian mullahs took American hostages and they held the American hostages for 444 days. ...The one hour in which they released them was the one hour in which Ronald Reagan was taking the Oath of Office …"
Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details
"When Pakistan erupted in crisis, I spoke to Musharraf before Bush did."
Joe Biden on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details
Mike Huckabee "supported taxpayer-funded scholarships for illegal aliens."
Mitt Romney on Monday, December 10th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details
Romney said "'No' to in-state tuition" for illegal immigrants.
Mitt Romney on Monday, November 26th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details
"The mayor said … 'if you happen to be in this country in an undocumented status . . . then we welcome you here. We want you here. We'll protect you here.' "
Mitt Romney on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg, Fla. >>Details
"I'm proud to have had a 100 percent pro-life voting record."
Fred Thompson on Sunday, November 18th, 2007 in >>Details
Edwards says if Congress won't pass universal health care, he'll tell Congress: "I'm going to use my power as president to take your health care away from you."
John Edwards on Monday, November 12th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details
"There was a report that came out from the FBI – a warning, not a report ... saying that, in fact, al-Qaida was planning to attack malls during the Christmas holidays."
Tom Tancredo on Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 in an interview on CNN. >>Details
"I've got the most international experience here."
Bill Richardson on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 in a Democratic debate in Philadelphia, Pa. >>Details
"She hasn't run a corner store. She hasn't run a state. She hasn't run a city. She has never run anything."
Mitt Romney on Friday, November 2nd, 2007 in a TV ad airing in New Hampshire. >>Details
"Senator Clinton tried to spend $1 million on the Woodstock Concert Museum."
John McCain on Sunday, October 21st, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla. >>Details
Mitt Romney has "a pro-choice record."
Log Cabin Republicans on Friday, October 19th, 2007 in >>Details
"Hillary stood up for universal health care when almost no one else would, and kept standing till 6-million kids had coverage."
Hillary Clinton on Thursday, October 4th, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire. >>Details
"One man opposed a flawed strategy in Iraq. One man had the courage to call for change. One man didn't play politics with the truth."
John McCain on Monday, October 1st, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details
"Bill Richardson is the only major Democratic candidate with a plan to withdraw all American troops from Iraq. All of the other major Democratic candidates support leaving American troops in Iraq indefinitely."
Bill Richardson on Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 in >>Details
"Took on the Olympics and turned them around"
Mitt Romney on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 in a television ad. >>Details
"Joe Biden is the only candidate with a plan to get us out of Iraq and keep us out."
Joe Biden on Friday, September 14th, 2007 in a television ad. >>Details
"Sen. Obama worked on some of the deepest issues we had and was successful in a bipartisan way."
Barack Obama on Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 in a TV ad, in an endorsement by Illinois State Sen. Kirk Dillard >>Details
“Bill Richardson passed the first law in the nation giving National Guard soldiers $400,000 in life insurance.”
Bill Richardson on Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 in a TV ad. >>Details
"Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have changed their positions (on the Iraq war withdrawal) to follow Chris Dodd."
Chris Dodd on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007 in a TV ad. >>Details
"I used tax cuts to help create over 80,000 jobs in New Mexico."
Bill Richardson on Thursday, May 10th, 2007 in a TV Ad. >>Details
“I’m for a three-state political solution in Iraq. (Romney) is not.”
Sam Brownback on Friday, June 8th, 2007 in >>Details
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