Fact Check: Obama not quite ‘silent’ on Iran
Mitt Romney said that Obama was “silent” on the protests in Iran but that is not quite correct. Obama’s response was initially muted — in part out of caution and also because he was preserving the...
View ArticleFact Check: 5.4 percent unemployment
Romney likes to claim that Obama promised to get the unemployment down to 5.4 percent by 2012, but it is not as simple as that. Before Obama took the oath of office, two aides, Christina Romer, the...
View ArticleFact Check: Debate over Iraq withdrawal
“Just a few weeks ago, you said you think we should have more troops in Iraq right now…. You said that we should still have troops in Iraq to this day.” – President Obama “There was an effort on the...
View ArticleFact Check: The smallest Navy since 1917
Mitt Romney asserted that this is smallest Navy since 1917. Obama had a ready retort: “We also have fewer horses and bayonets.” In other words, it makes no sense to compare the firepower of a modern,...
View ArticleFact Check: Ahmadinejad and genocide
Mitt Romney said that he would seek the indictment of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for genocide, apparently for saying Israel should be wiped off the map. But there is actually a dispute about...
View ArticleFact Check: Obama right about ‘apology tour’
Mitt Romney repeated his claim that President Obama took an “apology tour” around the world early in his term. Obama called that a “whopper.” Obama is right — every fact checker has said the so-called...
View ArticleFact Check: Romney on Osama bin Laden
Obama claimed Romney said he would not move heaven and earth to get Osman bin Laden. The Obama campiagn has made far too much out of this comment. Romney made this statement in a 2007 interview with...
View ArticleFact Check: Massachusetts school test scores
As he did during a previous debate, Romney pointed out that Massachusetts students led the nation in standardized test scores for math and reading while he was governor. He is correct, but many...
View ArticleFact Check: The auto industry bailout
In the tangled debate over whether the auto industry would have survived under Romney’s bankruptcy plan, Obama has the edge on the argument. This exchange is drawn from a headline — “Let Detroit Go...
View ArticleFact Check: The ‘territorial tax’
The president said that Mitt Romney wants to provide more tax breaks for companies that move overseas. He was referring to Romney’s proposal to enact a “territorial tax” system that would allow...
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