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Keith Perine

Reporter, CQ

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The latest Truth-O-Meter items written by Keith Perine

Pants on fire! Sarah Palin "got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States."
Republican Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 in a speech at the Republican National Convention
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Mostly true "Gov. Palin ... is somebody who actually doesn't believe that climate change is man-made."
Democrat John Kerry on Sunday, August 31st, 2008 in an interview on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos."
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False Oil companies "haven't touched" 68 million acres where they already have rights to drill.
Democrat Barack Obama on Monday, August 4th, 2008 in Lansing, MI
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The latest Truth-O-Meter items researched by Keith Perine

False "Oil companies ...currently have 68-million acres that they're not using."
Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
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Pants on fire! Sarah Palin "got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States."
Republican Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 in a speech at the Republican National Convention
>> Details

Mostly true "Gov. Palin ... is somebody who actually doesn't believe that climate change is man-made."
Democrat John Kerry on Sunday, August 31st, 2008 in an interview on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos."
>> Details

False Oil companies "haven't touched" 68 million acres where they already have rights to drill.
Democrat Barack Obama on Monday, August 4th, 2008 in Lansing, MI
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Keith Perine is a reporter for Congressional Quarterly.

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