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2012 Players Guide
Author Archives: Emi Kolawole
McCain’s First Marriage
Q: Did John McCain cheat on his first wife? A: He courted his current wife, Cindy, for months before divorcing Carol Shepp in 1980. He recently called the breakup of his first marriage "my greatest moral failure." But Shepp has been quoted as saying "we are still friends."
McCain’s Anecdote
Q: Did McCain lift his cross-in-the-sand anecdote from Solzhenitsyn’s "Gulag Archipelago"? A: There’s no such story in "Archipelago." There is a somewhat similar story attributed to Solzhenitsyn, which we’ve traced back to Rev. Billy Graham by way of former Richard Nixon aide Charles Colson. But that’s not proof that McCain’s …
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Breakdown of Government Revenue
Q: What’s the percentage breakdown of the government’s tax revenue stream? A: Nearly half of federal revenue came from income taxes on individuals last year, and another one-third came from social insurance taxes, mainly for Social Security.
Drilling Off the Coast of Cuba
Q: Are the Chinese drilling off the coast of Cuba? A: No. George Will and Vice President Cheney got that wrong. But Cuba has allowed for exploration by at least six other non-Chinese firms in the region and onshore testing and exploration by China’s Sinopec.
