All statements by Chain e-mail
Chain e-mail
Pants on fire!
"His true name is Barak Hussein Muhammed Obama."

Chain e-mail on Friday, April 18th, 2008 in >>Details


Chain e-mail
Pants on fire!
"Obama ... gave almost a million dollars to the (Kenya) opposition campaign who just happened to be his cousin, Raila Odinga."

Chain e-mail on Friday, April 18th, 2008 in >>Details


Chain e-mail
Pants on fire!
Obama thinks the national anthem should be "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing."

Chain e-mail on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 in in a chain email >>Details


Chain e-mail
False
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise taxes on all income brackets.

Chain e-mail on Thursday, March 13th, 2008 in a chain e-mail >>Details


Chain e-mail
Barely True
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise capital gains taxes, which apply to home sales.

Chain e-mail on Thursday, March 13th, 2008 in a chain e-mail >>Details


Chain e-mail
Pants on fire!
"According to The Book of Revelations the anti-christ ... will be a man, in his 40s, of MUSLIM descent ... is it OBAMA??"

Chain e-mail on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 in a chain e-mail >>Details


Chain e-mail
False
Barack Obama has written and co-sponsored more bills in three years than Hillary Clinton has in seven.

Chain e-mail on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 in a chain e-mail >>Details


Chain e-mail
Barely True
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise taxes on dividends, a move that would crash the stock market.

Chain e-mail on Thursday, March 13th, 2008 in a chain e-mail >>Details


Chain e-mail
True
"She flunked the D.C. bar exam."

Chain e-mail on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a chain e-mail based on an article written by Dick Morris >>Details


Chain e-mail
Barely True
"Hillary interned with Bob Treuhaft, the head of the California Communist Party."

Chain e-mail on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a chain e-mail based on an article written by Dick Morris >>Details


Chain e-mail
False
"Hillary's main extracurricular activity in law school was helping the Black Panthers, on trial in Connecticut for torturing and killing a federal agent."

Chain e-mail on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a chain e-mail based on an article written by Dick Morris >>Details


Chain e-mail
False
"While others place their hands over their hearts, Obama turns his back to the flag and slouches."

Chain e-mail on Sunday, January 6th, 2008 in a chain e-mail sent to many people. >>Details


Chain e-mail
Mostly true
Barack Obama's church gave a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan.

Chain e-mail on Friday, January 18th, 2008 in >>Details


Chain e-mail
False
Obama "remains silent" and "is never asked how he feels about his church honoring Farrakhan."

Chain e-mail on Friday, January 18th, 2008 in >>Details


Chain e-mail
Mostly true
The church Barack Obama belongs to has a "nonnegotiable commitment to Africa."

Chain e-mail on Sunday, January 6th, 2008 in >>Details


Chain e-mail
Pants on fire!
Barack Obama's middle name is Mohammed and he's a "covert" Muslim.

Chain e-mail on Friday, January 11th, 2008 in >>Details


Chain e-mail
False
The church Barack Obama belongs to only admits black people.

Chain e-mail on Sunday, January 6th, 2008 in >>Details


Chain e-mail
Pants on fire!
"Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta. Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world."

Chain e-mail on Monday, October 1st, 2007 in >>Details


Chain e-mail
Pants on fire!
When Obama was sworn into office, "he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Kuran (Their equivalency to our Bible, but very different beliefs)."

Chain e-mail on Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 in >>Details


Chain e-mail
Pants on fire!
An anonymous e-mail says that Hillary Clinton advocates communism.

Chain e-mail on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 in >>Details


Chain e-mail
False
Obama "refused to not only put his hand on his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance, but refused to say the pledge."

Chain e-mail on Thursday, November 8th, 2007 in an e-mail circulated by many people. >>Details


Chain e-mail
False
Clinton "refused repeated requests to meet with the Gold Star Mothers."

Chain e-mail on Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 in an e-mail message circulated by many people. >>Details


Chain e-mail
False
"The Clintons now charge the Secret Service $10,000 monthly rent for the use of (a) Secret Service residence and that rent is just about equal to their mortgage payment."

Chain e-mail on Monday, September 17th, 2007 in an e-mail message circulated by many people. >>Details


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