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About.com - Urban Legends: Politics and Government - - Urban legends, rumors and Internet hoaxes pertaining to government, politics and politicians.

FactCheck.org - - Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Offers email newsletter. From the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

PolitiFact.com - - Fact-checks claims of presidential candidates. A joint project of the St. Petersburg Times and the Congressional Quarterly.

Snopes.com - Urban Legends Reference Pages: Politics - - Urban legends related to politics, grouped by topic, issue and politician.

Washington Post - The Fact Checker - - Michael Dobbs fact-checks the 2008 presidential candidates.