Fact Checker Archive: History
McCain, Obama, Biden, and JFK
The McCain camp has seized on an unguarded comment by Joe Biden to reintroduce the experience argument into the closing days of the presidential campaign. What do Obama and McCain have to learn from JFK and the Cuban missile crisis?
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Michael Dobbs
| October 23, 2008; 4:26 PM ET |
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Barack Obama, Candidate Watch, History
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From GITMO to the Battlefield
John McCain claims that 30 released Guantanamo detainees have "tried to attack America again." The presumptive Republican nominee is twisting the facts.
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Michael Dobbs
| June 30, 2008; 6:00 AM ET |
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2 Pinocchios, Candidate Watch, History, War on Terror
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What the President Didn't Know
Both Obama and McCain have pointed to JFK's handling of the Cuban missile crisis to emphasize their own readiness for the commander-in-chief position. But history has become confused with myth.
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Michael Dobbs
| June 23, 2008; 12:45 PM ET |
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3 Pinocchios, Barack Obama, Gov Watch, History
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'The People Have Spoken'
Hillary Clinton says that the "people have spoken" and she is the "chosen" one. Her claim to be winning "the popular vote" is highly debatable. It is also meaningless.
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Michael Dobbs
| June 2, 2008; 11:30 AM ET |
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2 Pinocchios, Candidate Record, Candidate Watch, History
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The Pot and the Kettle
Scott McClellan says that the American media failed to do its job properly during the run-up to the Iraqi war. The Fact Checker agrees.
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Michael Dobbs
| May 29, 2008; 3:20 PM ET |
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Geppetto's Checkmark, History, Iraq, MSM Watch
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Obama and Auschwitz, Part II
Barack Obama has made his "Americans liberated Auschwitz" claim more than once. He is not the only presidential candidate to twist the history of World War II.
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Michael Dobbs
| May 28, 2008; 12:05 PM ET |
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3 Pinocchios, Barack Obama, Candidate Watch, History
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