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Janice Hahn stated on June 7, 2011 in a TV ad:

Says that Sarah Palin and Craig Huey "would ban a woman's right to choose in every case"

By Robert Farley • June 8, 2011

Sarah Palin stated on May 31, 2011 in an interview on Fox:

"We're going to be looking at $8 billion a day that we're going to be pouring into foreign countries in order to import that make-up fuel that we're going to need to take the place of what we could have gotten out of the gulf."

By Robert Farley • June 3, 2011

Sarah Palin stated on May 31, 2011 in an interview on Fox News:

We are looking at "150,000 barrels (of oil) per day less next year, and 200,000 barrels per day less being able to be developed from the gulf the year after" because of the moratorium on new drilling enacted by the Obama administration.

By Robert Farley • June 3, 2011

Sarah Palin stated on May 31, 2011 in an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren:

"Look at the debt that has been accumulated in the last two years. It's more debt under this president than all those other presidents combined."

By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2011

Sarah Palin stated on April 16, 2011 in a speech in Madison, Wisconsin:

Says $38 billion in spending cuts in federal budget compromise is "less than $1 billion in real cuts."

By Tom Kertscher • April 21, 2011

Sarah Palin stated on January 12, 2011 in a video statement on Facebook:

Says she condemned violence at a campaign stop in Arizona in March.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 12, 2011

Paul Begala stated on December 6, 2010 in a TV interview.:

Says Lee Leffingwell has been mayor of Austin, Texas "for about as long as Sarah Palin was governor of Alaska."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 15, 2010

Sarah Palin stated on November 7, 2010 in a prepared speech:

Grocery prices "have risen significantly over the past year or so."

By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2010

Future PAC (Oregon House Democrats) stated on October 17, 2010 in a campaign mailer:

Says Julie Parrish is "one of Sarah Palin’s mama grizzlies."

By Ian K. Kullgren • October 25, 2010

Sarah Palin stated on August 5, 2010 in a note on Facebook.:

Democrats do not have a plan for extending the Bush tax cuts.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 6, 2010

Sarah Palin stated on August 1, 2010 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

"Democrats are poised now to cause this largest tax increase in U.S. history."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 4, 2010

Sarah Palin stated on June 30, 2010 in a Facebook posting:

The U.S. "only ranks 25th worldwide on defense spending as a percentage of GDP."

By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2010

Sarah Palin stated on June 30, 2010 in a Facebook posting:

"We spend three times more on entitlements and debt services than we do on defense."

By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2010

Sarah Palin stated on April 14, 2010 in a speech at a Tea Party rally in Boston:

"Americans now spend 100 days out of the year working for government before we even start working for ourselves."

By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2010

Sarah Palin stated on February 17, 2010 in a Facebook post:

"We were promised (the stimulus) would provide 'green jobs' for Americans, but 80% of the $2 billion they spent on alternative energy went to purchase wind turbines built in China!"

By Catharine Richert • February 23, 2010

Sarah Palin stated on February 6, 2010 in a speech to members of the Tea Party:

Vice President Joe Biden's meeting "with the transparency and accountability board . . . was closed to the public."

By Catharine Richert • February 9, 2010

Sarah Palin stated on February 6, 2010 in an address at the Tea Party convention :

"One state even spent a million bucks to put up signs that advertise that they were spending on the federal stimulus projects."

By Robert Farley • February 9, 2010

Sarah Palin stated on February 6, 2010 in an interview with FoxNews.com:

"Barack Obama had 150 days in the U.S. Senate where he was able to vote quite often 'present.' "

By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2010

Sarah Palin stated on November 17, 2009 in her book, Going Rogue:

"Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession" than the current one.

By Louis Jacobson • November 17, 2009

Sarah Palin stated on November 17, 2009 in her book, 'Going Rogue':

The McCain campaign "did not elaborate" on Obama's ties to ACORN.

By Robert Farley • November 17, 2009

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