Statements Politifact says are Pants on Fire!

J.D. Hayworth
"Up until two weeks ago, John McCain was a leading proponent of amnesty. Now with me challenging him, suddenly he has changed."
No evidence that Hayworth spooked the Maverick


Bill O'Reilly
"We researched to find out if anybody on Fox News had ever said you're going to jail if you don't buy health insurance. Nobody's ever said it."
Apparently, the research wasn't thorough enough


Chain e-mail
Obama said troops "whine about bearing the costs" of going to war.
Satire takes on twisted viral life


John McCain
"I never considered myself a maverick."
Except for all those times he called himself a maverick


J.D. Hayworth
"The Massachusetts Supreme Court...defined marriage as simply, quote, the establishment of intimacy ... I guess that would mean if you really had affection for your horse, I guess you could marry your horse."
Mr. and Mrs. Ed?


Rush Limbaugh
People "can't go fishing anymore because of Obama."
Obama isn't confiscating rods and reels


Americans for Prosperity
"A government panel that didn't include cancer specialists says women shouldn't receive mammograms until age 50...If government takes over health care, recommendations like these could become the law for all kinds of diseases."
Amendments assure mammogram coverage for women over 40


Virginia Foxx
"The economy began its nose dive when Democrats took control of Congress in January 2007."
Is it a nose dive if it's delayed by a full year?


Charles Rangel
"I'm glad for the wording of it (an ethics report on corporate-sponsored Congressional trips) because clearly the wording exonerates me."
Not according to our dictionary


Scott Brown
The stimulus bill "didn’t create one new job."
Despite grim employment numbers, the stimulus has created jobs


Nancy Pfotenhauer
The president's health care proposals will cause "most Americans to have their premiums increased, not decreased, and hundreds of millions of people lose their current insurance coverage."
Pretending clarity while distorting


Rush Limbaugh
There are "high administrative costs" when you donate to Haiti relief through the White House Web site.
No, there's no Pay Pal on White House site


Newt Gingrich
A recent Obama executive order could "lead to a number of investigations by Interpol in the United States, potentially aimed at American officials."
Interpol just doesn't work that way


Rudy Giuliani
"We had no domestic attacks under Bush."
Did Rudy get amnesia?


Dick Cheney
President Obama "doesn't ... want to admit we're at war."
Except for all those times he's said we're at war


Chain e-mail
A data-storing microchip "would be implanted in the majority of people who opt to become covered by the public health care option."
No, and the health insurance exchanges won't turn you into a zombie, either


Chain e-mail
Under the cap-and-trade bill, homes would have to be retrofitted to meet energy and water efficiency standards before they could be sold.
There's no such provision in the bill


Chain e-mail
Maj. Nidal Hasan, the man accused of the Fort Hood shootings, "was an ADVISOR to the Obama Administration."
Once upon a time, he attended a conference. End of story.


Glenn Beck
"In the health care bill, we're now offering insurance for dogs."
No public option for Bo


Michele Bachmann
Page 92 of the House health care bill "says specifically that people can't purchase private health insurance after a date certain."
She should read the other 1,989 pages

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