•• BLUE LIES ••

All McCain's ads have been negative

ORIGIN: Barack Obama, 3rd Presidential Debate, October 15, 2008

SOURCES:
Politifact.com, “And 100 percent, John, of your ads . . . 100 percent of them have been negative.”

Report of the University of Wisconsin Advertising Project

Obama will give 95% of Americans tax breaks

ORIGIN: Barack Obama, 1st Presidential Debate, September 26, 2008

SOURCES:
Politifact.com, “Under Obama's tax plan, ‘95 percent of you will get a tax cut.”

Urban Institute and Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center

McCain opposes abortion for rape or incest

ORIGIN: Obama radio Ad, “Choice”: (text quoted here)

SOURCES:
FactCheck.org, “Does McCain Want to Ban ‘All’ Abortions?”

ABCNews.com, “McCain Still Wants GOP's Abortion Platform Changed”

McCain wants to privatize Social Security.

ORIGIN: Barack Obama in Daytona Beach, FL, September 20, 2008

SOURCES:
The Bush SS Plan
FactCheck.org, ”Obama's Social Security Whopper”

McCain voted against education funding

ORIGIN: Barack Obama 2008 Ad "What Kind"

SOURCES:
FactCheck.org, “School Funding Misleads”

Politifact.com, “McCain ‘voted to cut education funding, against accountability standards. He even proposed abolishing the Department of Education.”

McCain and Rush Limbaugh hate Hispanics

ORIGIN: Barack Obama 2008 Ad, “Dos Caras”

SOURCES:
Politifact.com, “Obama ad contends that John McCain endorses Rush Limbaugh's comments about immigration.”

Wall Street Journal, “Obama Is Stoking Racial Antagonism”:

•• RED LIES ••

Earmarks have tripled in the last 5 years

ORIGIN: John McCain, 1st Presidential Debate

SOURCES:
FactCheck.org, "Factchecking Debate No 1" 
Citizens Against Government Waste:
• “2003 Pig Book Summary”
• "2008 Pig Book Summary" 
Google Search, "earmark percentage of budget" 

Obama will raise Joe the Plumber's taxes

ORIGIN: John McCain, 3rd Presidential Debate, October 15, 2008

SOURCES:
FactCheck.org, "Factchecking Debate No 3" 
ABC News, Political Punch, “Joe the Plumber Eligible for Obama Tax Cut?“

Obama and ACORN will steal the election

ORIGIN: John McCain, 3rd Presidential Debate, October 15, 2008

SOURCES:
FactCheck.org, "Factchecking Debate No 3" 
Statement of Interim King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg

Obama “pals around with terrorists“.

ORIGIN: Sarah Palin, speaking in Englewood, Colorado, October 4, 2008

John McCain 2008 ad, “Ayers“

SOURCES:
FactCheck.org, “'He Lied' about Bill Ayers?”

CNN Fact Check, “Fact Check: Is Obama 'palling around with terrorists'?”

New York Times, “Obama and '60s Bomber: A Look Into Crossed Paths“

Obama has never passed bipartisan legislation

ORIGIN: Joe Lieberman's remarks at the Republican National Convention, September 2, 2008

SOURCES:
Politifact.com, "In the U.S. Senate, Barack Obama 'has not reached across party lines to get anything significant done.'"

Senate.gov, "Lugar-Obama Nonproliferation Legislation Signed into Law by the President"

Senate.gov, "Obama, Coburn Introduce Bill Requiring Public Disclosure of All Recipients of Federal Funding"

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, "Sens. Obama, Coburn make unlikely duo"

Obama will raise middle class taxes.

ORIGIN: John McCain 2008 Ad, "Painful”

SOURCES:
FactCheck.org, “More Tax Deceptions”

Urban Institute and Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center

Obama wants government run health care.

ORIGIN: John McCain’s acceptance speech at the RNC, September 4, 2008.

SOURCES:
FactCheck.org, “Factchecking McCain”

BarackObama.com, “Health Care”

Palin opposed the Bridge to Nowhere

ORIGIN: Sarah Palin, RNC Convention, September 3, 2008

SOURCES:
Poltifact.com, "On Support for the Bridge to Nowhere" 

Anchorage Daily News, “Where They Stand”

Obama stayed quiet on the Bailout

ORIGIN: John McCain 2008 Ad "Mum"

SOURCES:
FactCheck.org, "Keeping Quiet"

Barack Obama, Economic speech at Cooper Union in New York, 27 March 2008

BarackObama.com, "A Statement of Principles for the Treasury Proposal from Senator Barack Obama" 21 Sept. 2008"

Barack Obama, Speech in Green Bay, Wisc., 22 Sept. 2008

Obama wants to teach sex ed to kindergarteners

ORIGIN: John McCain 2008 Ad “Education”

SOURCES:
FactCheck.org, "Off Base on Sex Ed" 

Politifact.com, "Kindergarten Sex Ed? Hardly”

Full Text of Illinois Education Bill SB0099

Obama is a corrupt Chicago politician

ORIGIN: John McCain 2008 Ad, “Chicago Machine”

SOURCES:
FactCheck.org, ”Guilt and Associations”

New York Times, "In Illinois, Obama Proved Pragmatic and Shrewd,"

Chicago Tribune, “McCain Paints Obama as born of the Chicago Democratic machine”:

McCain has always voted for alternative energy

ORIGIN: John McCain, 1st Presidential Debate

John McCain 2008 Ad: “Family”

SOURCES:
FactCheck.org, “Factchecking Debate No. 1”

FactCheck.org, “Wind Power Puffery”

John McCain in Warren, MI, July 18, 2008