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Fact-checking the Arizona presidential debate

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

PolitiFact - By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan - Feb. 23 (Fact Check) - Wednesday night's Republican debate in Arizona was a welcome return of our favorite show, but it ended with something of a cliffhanger. It was Episode 20, but because no more Republican debates are scheduled, it's possible it was the last of the season. The debate covered some familiar ground and had plenty of interesting new claims. We'll be updating this story as we post new Truth-O-Meter items. Mitt Romney repeated a couple of claims on the Democratic health care law that we've checked before. He said he opposed the law because, "I don't believe the federal government should cut Medicare by some $500 billion."

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Fact-Mauling in Mesa

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

FactCheck - By Eugene Kiely, Robert Farley, Lori Robertson, Brooks Jackson - Feb. 23 (Fact Check) - The four remaining GOP presidential candidates met in Mesa, Ariz., for another debate, and mauled a few facts. Rick Santorum claimed earmarks were done in an “open” process during his time in Congress. Mitt Romney said dispensing morning-after pills to rape victims was “entirely voluntary” for Catholic hospitals in Massachusetts. … More >>

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Ron Paul Is Being Cheated Out of the Republican Nomination

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

infowars.com - Feb. 22 (News) - Paul Joseph Watson | The GOP establishment has resorted to vote fraud in almost every state.

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Maddow: Does Ron Paul’s Delegate ‘Sneak Attack’ Strategy Undermine Voter Will?

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

infowars.com - Feb. 11 (News) - You Tube | Doug Wead on The Rachel Maddow Show MSNBC 2/10/12

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Paul: 'I Was The Only Candidate' Who Didn't Kiss Trump's Ring

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - Feb. 05 (News) - Ron Paul claimed he didn't get the endorsement of Donald Trump because he was the only Republican presidential "candidate that didn't kiss his ring." Paul...

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Ron Paul is the only candidate who stands against tyranny

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

infowars.com - Jan. 28 (News) - Paul Craig Roberts | Both Republicans and Democrats have demonstrated disregard for the civil liberty protections guaranteed by the US Constitution.

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Did Ron Paul Lose Iowa Delegates?

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

infowars.com - Jan. 23 (News) - Kurt Nimmo | CNN and CBS are reporting wildly divergent numbers following the South Carolina primary.

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Rep. Ron Paul and the Truth-O-Meter

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

PolitiFact - By Angie Drobnic Holan - Dec. 28 (Fact Check) - We've been rating Ron Paul since the 2008 campaign, the last time he ran for president. All told, we’ve rated 28 statements from him, as well as a couple of interesting attacks against him. His overall record leans toward truth. We’ve rated seven statements True and seven statements Mostly True, on issues such as his claim about torture, the size of the U.S. military stationed abroad, and foreign aid to Israel and the Arab world. We’ve rated four statements Half True, which included two attacks on Gov. Rick Perry.

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Ron Paul says torture is banned under U.S., international law

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

PolitiFact - By Louis Jacobson - Nov. 15 (Fact Check) - During the CBS-National Journal Republican presidential debate in Spartanburg, S.C. , on Nov. 12, 2011, one of the moderators, Major Garrett, invited Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, into a discussion of torture. Both Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and former Go

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Checking Ron Paul and Barack Obama on torture

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

PolitiFact - By Louis Jacobson - Nov. 15 (Fact Check) - On Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, in South Carolina at the Republican candidates' debate, the subject was foreign policy. When the subject of waterboarding detainees came up, both Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and former Godfather's Pizza executive Herman Cain said they favored allowing interrogators to use the practice of simulating drowning to elicit information from a detainee. Waterboarding was permitted under the George W. Bush administration, but the policy was rescinded soon after President Barack Obama took office. Then moderator Major Garrett asked Paul for his opinion. Paul responded that "torture is illegal by our laws. It's illegal by international laws." ... >>More

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Ron Paul nets over $2.7 million in "money bomb" campaign

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

OpenGlobe - By Tempodivalse, OpenGlobe contributors - Oct. 22 (News Report) - US presidential candidate Ron Paul has raised around $2.7 million for his campaign over the past three days, in one of his signature "money bombs".

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Fact-checking the CNN/Tea Party Express GOP debate

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

PolitiFact - By Bill Adair - Sep. 13 (Fact Check) - The CNN-Tea Party Express debate in Tampa on Monday night was dominated by talk about Social Security and the need for government to balance its budget. Mitt Romney led the attacks on the Republican frontrunner, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, by saying that Perry didn't support the retirement program. "In writing his book, Gov. Perry pointed out that … by any measure Social Security has been a failure," Romney said. We checked Perry's book and found Romney was right. We rated the claim True.

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Ron Paul: President Obama Is Not A Socialist

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Talking Points Memo - By Evan McMorris-Santoro - Apr. 10 (News) - "The question has been raised about whether or not our president is a socialist," Paul said. "I am sure there are some people here who believe it. But in the technical sense, in the economic definition of a what a socialist is, no, he's not a socialist." "He's a corporatist," Paul continued. "And unfortunately we have corporatists inside the Republican party and that means you take care of corporations and corporations take over and run the country."

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Ron Paul is blowing up real good

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:01:36 -0700

Salon - By Michael Scherer - Jun. 01 (News Report) - The rambunctious GOP candidate wants to drag the U.S. out of Iraq, can the war on drugs, and overturn the Patriot Act. No wonder Republican power brokers want to boot him off the stage.

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