FactCheck has these factual pearls of wisdom.
Q: Do middle-income persons pay lower federal income taxes under Bush than they did under Bill Clinton?
A: Yes, middle-income taxpayers pay less, but not nearly as much less as claimed in a widely circulated chain e-mail. Moreover, both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton propose additional middle-income cuts, contrary to what the message insinuates.
Q: Is the Secret Service paying the Clintons' mortgage?
A: No. And Hillary won't get a full-salary Senate pension, either.
Q: Has any presidential candidate won the general election without winning the Ohio primary?
A: Yes. Richard Nixon did it in 1968, and John Kennedy in 1960. But "favorite son" candidates won the Ohio contest both those years.
A: Not true at all. He voted in support of President Bush 95 percent of the time last year, for example.
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