The latest Truth-O-Meter items written by John Martin

“Thirty-four percent of Hispanics don’t have any health care at all, don’t have any health insurance.”
Democrat Dennis Kucinich on Sunday, September 9th, 2007 in a debate in Miami, Fla.
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“Democrats are kind of falling over each other seeing who can raise taxes faster. It looks like they’re going to raise taxes anywhere between 20 to 30 percent.”

Republican Rudy Giuliani on Monday, July 30th, 2007 in a speech in Laconia, New Hampshire.
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The latest Truth-O-Meter items researched by John Martin

"I am a candidate. I have not withdrawn."
Libertarian Mike Gravel on Thursday, March 13th, 2008 in a YouTube video
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"(Ronald Reagan) raised taxes a billion dollars in his first year as governor of California."
Republican Mike Huckabee on Thursday, January 10th, 2008 in a debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
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An anonymous e-mail says that Hillary Clinton advocates communism.
None Chain e-mail on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 in
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"I get the most money from active duty officers and military personnel."
Republican Ron Paul on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg
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"People were hopeless. Sixty percent of the population, 70 percent of the population wanted to live somewhere else. . . . By the time I left, 70 percent wanted to stay."
Republican Rudy Giuliani on Friday, October 5th, 2007 in Washington, D.C.
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Recent stories by John Martin

Giuliani says a little too much about Democrats and taxes: Democrats and taxes make an easy target for a Republican, but Giuliani can't quite justify his claim for how high taxes would go.

Recent stories researched by John Martin

Gravel: I'm not dead yet: In an exclusive interview with PolitiFact, the former Alaska senator confirms his status in the presidential campaign.

Commie e-mail quiz gets an F: An anonymous e-mail makes the case that Sen. Clinton holds the same beliefs as Karl Marx and Joseph Stalin by using communist-sounding quotes. But the e-mail presents her statements out of context or distorts them.

Who made Big Apple sweeter?: Rudy Giuliani presided over an economic rebound in New York City, but his claims ignore the nation's economic expansion. And he doesn't mention the less rosy details of his tenure.

McCain overbids on eBay: The Republicans clashed on taxes, the economy and Iraq during a debate in Dearborn, Mich. They fumbled a few facts along the way.

Giuliani says a little too much about Democrats and taxes: Democrats and taxes make an easy target for a Republican, but Giuliani can't quite justify his claim for how high taxes would go.