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Sliming Palin

False Internet claims and rumors fly about McCain's running mate.

By Brooks Jackson, Jess Henig, Emi Kolawole, Joe Miller and Lori Robertson | factcheck.org
Sep 8, 2008 | Updated: 6:55  p.m. ET Sep 8, 2008

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  • Posted By: tinker thinjer @ 01/02/2009 3:23:23 PM

    The far left has nothing to complain about except that she doesn't believe what they do. They should do as they said during the election and stick to the issues.
    Bush policy? Which one? There were 4. Palin talked about the last one the 4th one, Gibson was talking the 2nd one. So if anyone was stupid it was Gibson for not knowing the 3rd and 4th.
    Newspapers she reads? Huh? To ask a VP presidential candidate such an irrelevant question was disgusting to begin with,, why didn't she ask about any issues? It was an insult, like people in Alaska don't read.... the VP is what ever and merely talking to child on their level doesn't cut the criticism jwtrotman claims...

  • Posted By: jwtrotman @ 11/12/2008 3:31:58 PM

    While this "sliming" article seems BENT on DEFENDING moose mama, why didn't they report on obvious matters such as her NOT KNOWING THE NAME OF A NEWSPAPER SHE READS? THere is no mention of her not knowing what her republican president's "DOCTRINE" IS. No mention of knowledge by a governor of the second amendment of the US Constitution as it relates to the respopnsiblites of the US VP. No mention of foreign affairs knowledge as it related to her personal dealings with trade with Russia. HOW ABOUT TELLING TRUTHS ABOUT BOTH SIDES OF PALIN AND HER SO-CALLED "READINESS? Very digusting article!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Posted By: Ankhorite @ 10/16/2008 12:20:40 AM

    So the Associated Press said on September 3 that her kids are in public school? Then what are they doing following her around on the campaign trail? Not just Bristol, but the younger kids too? (Not the newborn, obviously). Bristol's boyfriend has dropped out of high school. Has Bristol dropped out too? I'm not trying to insult Palin, I really want to know.

  • Posted By: palinsucks @ 10/11/2008 11:33:41 AM

    If Palin somehow found herself president , would citizens have to take "loyalty tests" ?
    Since when did we allow political witch hunts in this country ? Ohh yeah Mccarthy . . . . She sounds a bit like hitler . . .

  • Posted By: edantes-usa @ 10/09/2008 9:17:00 PM

    I find the stories about creationism especially emblematic of Sarah Palin's positions. Of course she doesn't believe in man and dinosaur roaming the Earth, she just won't deny it. The reason she got picked for the vice-presidential spot was to qualm the religious wing of the Republican party. She is trying to play both sides of the fence. She built her career on this electorate without ever explicitly agreeing with them. The rapture, dinosaurs, teenage abstinence, book banning the list goes on. Her electorate likes all of the above and takes the deserved ridicule. If Sarah Palin wants to rid of all this stories just go out say she doesn't in all that nonsense. Of course, she will also have to admit she played her supporters for fools. Fine for me either way.

  • Posted By: roland thick @ 10/06/2008 12:52:08 PM

    This story is weak. The ONE thing America IS sure of, Shes a dunce.

  • Posted By: roland thick @ 10/06/2008 12:49:43 PM

    John McCain is using Palin's idiotic statements to distract America from himself. Throwing her out there with CRAZY statements so we talk about that instead of how him and his good ol' buddy Bush have ran the economy into the ground! McCain also knows there are enough CRAZY bigoted Americans who will follow this mess as well. Its not like its the first time people have gotten behind someone insane, Hitler had alot of followers as well.

  • Posted By: edantes-usa @ 10/03/2008 10:36:12 PM

    Sarah Palin: "John McCain knows how to win a war."

    Harking back to the glorious day when McCain led US troops in a victory parade through Hanoi's main boulevard.

    No reaction from Joseph Biden. American politicians regardless of generation can't shake off the ghost of Vietnam. Both sides seem to be arguing over who they are going to bomb next just to "support the troops". Is the any hope then?

  • Posted By: trazer @ 09/19/2008 10:32:23 PM

    The media - of which Newsweek is a very bad example - has failed to ask hard questions of Barrack Obama, who has a whole lot of explaining given his racist comments, his hatred of women (Hillary Clinton slam), his taxiing seniors hard earning savings accounts. Barack Obama hates Parent Teachers League and their presidents and has implied they are pigs per his comment on pigs and lipstick., Ugh...what a leader he is!

    • Posted By: roland thick @ 10/06/2008 12:55:40 PM

      Calm down. You use the word hate like you know him. Hush, you sound like a maniac!

  • Posted By: Davole @ 09/17/2008 7:06:48 PM

    John McCain knew that Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac would collapse, and thereby unjustly burden the American public!

    In 2005, Senator John McCain cosponsored the Federal Housing Enterprise Reform Act to regulate the powers and procedures of Fanny Mae and Freddie Mack.

    These 2 massive federal finance agencies had been operating without controls in a blatant irresponsible manner, and had been found guilty in court of falsifying financial records and statements in order to provide supposed justification for bonuses to be given to their higher echelon administrators.

    These 2 organizations had been coerced by Democrats, who because of political opportunism, wanted them to grant mortgages to individuals who would be unable to make their required monthly payments. That would be in accordance with the irresponsible Democrat belief that everyone should be entitled to have their own home, irrespective of their actual ability to afford that luxury.

    Both of these mortgage lending institutions have contributed massive financial sums to support the political aspirations of Chris Dodd and Barack Obama.

    Senator John McCain realized 3 years ago that fraudulent transactions were rampant within these 2 enterprises, and that they would soon collapse if remedial action was not undertaken.
    Their bankruptcy would result in the American taxpayers having to go into debt to resurrect or ???bail-out??? these fraudulent Congress protected entities.

    As was to be expected, this proposal to institute meaningful financial reform measures was obstructed by the Democrats in the Senate, and the proposal failed to be adopted.

    This year, due to the Democrat furor over the collapse of Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac, the American taxpayers are burdened by having to pay a minimum of 450 billion dollars to ???bail out??? these 2 recklessly managed lending companies.

    John McCain exposed and opposed the corrupt lending practices of Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac.
    Barack Obama ???milked the system??? and profited by obstructing reform of their corrupt lending practices.

    Democrats have demonstrated that they can wreck the mortgage industry.

    Are you willing to vote them into office, and give them a blank check to mismanage the American economy, security, and health care?

  • Posted By: ekraft @ 09/17/2008 9:29:10 AM

    Good, balanced reporting. You even cite your sources! Wow! its alarming that more reporters do not do that, even on the internet, where column space is not an issue.

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/17/2008 7:58:01 AM

    i remember when hilary tried everything to knock obama down even the kitchen sink and it did not work! now the obama camp is trying everything including the kitchen sink on palin and its not working ! she gets bigger crowds at her rallies and he gets small ones his ego is crushed and he is worried that he will lose the white house ! and he should be ! McCAIN / PALIN 08 ! >>>>>>>>>> OBAMA / BIDEN BACK TO THE SENATE !
    as history suggests issues of policy will ultimately trump the politics of identity. obama is all about who he is and nothing about what he has done ! McCain is all about what he has done not who he is ! the choice is clear !

  • Posted By: joe_mama @ 09/16/2008 9:33:45 PM

    It's funny how people are so willing to believe the internet rumors about Obama but act outraged when the same thing happens to Palin.

    JM

  • Posted By: srg13 @ 09/16/2008 3:39:10 PM

    As a woman, I am afraid that Palin's religious fervor and her belief that the government should make the rules governing my body, may affect my hard-won gender freedom. I see her as a pit bull with lipstick where I would rather see a woman with all her nurturing, sensitive and assertive values intact. S.R. Green, NYC

  • Posted By: 916124 @ 09/16/2008 3:07:24 PM

    So far as John McCain being a POW, while I respect that, how about my father and 5 uncle's spending some 80 years between all of them in the armed forces and still having to come home to racism and seperatism in the country that they fought and were wounded for? Now that's some patriotism for you! Let anyone of them run for President if that's all it takes!

  • Posted By: 916124 @ 09/16/2008 3:03:53 PM

    Who said it was the Obama campaign, you think the Obama campaign has something against her? There are a lot of folks who just disagree, it's America. Obama has been under the gun for 2 years now and he weathered it and so shall she, equal rights remember? There are a lot of people who don't agree with her and they are not Obamicans!

    • Posted By: Davole @ 09/17/2008 9:57:49 AM

      916124 -

      Yes, "Obama has been under the gun for 2 years", but now Sarah Palin actually has her finger on the trigger, and Obama is sighted - KBOOM!

  • Posted By: 916124 @ 09/16/2008 3:00:16 PM

    Who said the Obama campaign was the one putting all this stuff out? You'd better blame the media. Obama's been under the same scrutiny for two years, he weathered, so shall she, equal rights remember?

  • Posted By: Davole @ 09/16/2008 10:32:36 AM

    The Obama Campaign Sinks to a New Low in Decency

    The Obama campaign, as it continues to flounder and sink in the polls, has descended to a new low, even for itself.

    Recently it has launched a new TV ad in which a mocking narrator alleges that John McCain is so out of touch with the current generation because of his inability to use a computer.

    The narrator does not admit that the reason John McCain doesn???t use a computer is because 5 and a half years of torture as a POW in the Vietnam war cause him to experience severe pain by attempting to do many of the day to day menial tasks which most of the American population take for granted.

    Obviously the Obama campaign does not demonstrate any appreciation and respect for the veteran and current members of the US military!

    The obamabot ship is sinking, and the crew are sure grasping at straws in their pitiful attempt to deceive the voting public. Yes, Obama approved that deceitful ad - it is consistent with his decrepit morally corrupt standards.

    Obviously that empty suit has no heart, courage, sincerity, honour, and respect!

    Do you expect a presidential candidate to be truthful in striving to win the election?
    If so, Obama just doesn???t ???measure up??? in that consideration!

    Obama is an unscrupulous do-anything community agitator who has revealed his true previously hidden self!

    On November 4, you, the legal American voting public, have the opportunity and ability to cast Obama back to that slag heap of Chicago manipulators who permeate the slum areas of that city.

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/16/2008 7:50:51 AM

    BREAKING NEWS ............Obama taps Barbra Streisand

  • Posted By: Huberc @ 09/15/2008 10:48:51 AM

    Its funny. I think who has won is Rove. Americans by in large are moderates, but the hate and fear mongering from the far right and the far left create stale mate and anger. Nothing gets accomplished - except the slow decline of this country.
    I went door to door for Obama this weekend in my town. A major employer went out this summer and we were walking the neighborhood right across from it. All the mud slinging and lies does nothing for the people I talked to. I guess I'm one of the people the right laughs at.... a community service person. I'm not a raving liberal, but I think the republican's economic policies have caused terrible damage to this country's middle class. If McCain was the person he was 8 years ago, I wouldn't be so worried, but his "maverick" stances were few even then and now no longer exists. He had to cave to get the right behind him. I believe we will have a continuation of the last 8 years if he is elected and our contry will continue this slow slide down the tubes. Giving the rich more, only makes them horde more. The number of off shore accounts has grown expenentially over the years. I really think abortion is just a carrot they use to get the chrisian fundamentalists to follow them. If they ever overturn roe-v-wade and the issue goes to the states... I wonder what new thing they will come up with.......

    • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/15/2008 1:52:51 PM

      just remember if you come across a fence that says my 200lb dog can make the fence line in 3 seconds its true! so don't come knocking because at my age i just might forget my dogs name to get him off ya !!

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/15/2008 7:50:32 AM

    McCAIN HAS BEEN RUNNING ON CHANGE FOR 30 YRS.. HE HAS GONE ACROSS PARTY LINES TO GET THINGS DONE (IE;CHANGE!) HE HAS WAITED A LONG TIME TO HAVE THIS CHANCE TO MAKE REAL CHANGE IN WASHINGTON! IF ELECTED HE WILL HAVE A CABINET OF DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDANTS AND REPUBLICANS THAT HE HAS WORKED WITH OVER THE LAST 30 YRS! HE KNOWS THOSE IN WASHINGTON THAT WANT CHANGE BUT WERE TO AFRAID TO SPEAK UP FOR FEAR OF THIER PARTIES REPRISAL.. SO THOSE FOLKS WILL BE APPOINTED TO HIS CABINET ! NOW A QUESTION FOR YOU WHO WILL OBAMA PUT IN HIS CABINET ? WHO HAS HE WORKED WITH IN HIS SHORT TIME AS A U.S. SENATOR? AND WHO DOES HE KNOW IN WASHINGTON THAT WANTS REAL CHANGE ( NOT THE LIBERAL VERSION OF IT ) WHO ? IF YOU WANT A NSWER TO THIS YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS (1) GO TO MOVE ON .ORG AND SEE WHO IS PAYING HS WAY INTO THE WHITE HOUSE ! OR (2) LOOK AT THE COMPANY HE HAS KEPT FOR THE LAST 20YRS ! THAT???S WHO HE WILL APPOINT TO HIS CABINET MAYBE NOT THOSE FOLKS .. BUT ONES EXACTLY LIKE THEM !

    • Posted By: Huberc @ 09/15/2008 11:17:09 AM

      I am one of the millions who is paying for Obama to run. My husband and I are middle class and have donated roughly $100 to Obama's campaign so far this year. Most of my friends who donate give 25 or 50 to the campaign when they can. We are not able to give alot, but we are the middle class the republicans are destroying.

      • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/15/2008 2:22:36 PM

        Obama says I have the best plan to cure the Mortgage Crisis ??? this is a Lie. He and his campaign buddy Penny 'Sub Prime Bank Collapse' Prizker have had your little fingers full of subprime cash - Obama has taken $1,180,103 from the top issuers of subprime loans: Obama received $266,907 from Lehman, $5395 from GMAC, $150,850 from Credit Suisse First Boston, $11,250 from Countrywide, $9052 from Washington Mutual, $161,850 from Citigroup, $4600 from CBASS, $170,050 from Morgan Stanley, $1150 from Centex, and last but certainly NOT LEAST - Obama received $351,900 from Goldman Sachs. I am sure that cash all came from folks who knew the subprime loan they had was a dream, eh? And in case you haven???t noticed Lehman is now bankrupt and the Freddie and Fannie fiasco is now our problem! That is the taxpayers!

      • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/15/2008 1:59:12 PM

        save your money you are going to need it for his tax plan remember he's a politican not your freind he is lying about the tax plan he supports there is no way possible to run this country on 5% of the population's taxes no way and just think he came up with this long before the 4 trillion dollar bail out of freddie and fannie did you know that for the last two yrears he has be supporting these two companies and that the ceo's of these companies are both democrats and have given huge donations to his camp ! and he voted to give them thier bonus even after the bail out hmmm yep he's got your best intreast in mind ! shhhess some people !

    • Posted By: Mimi13 @ 09/15/2008 9:52:03 AM

      Cabinet members are rarely chosen from the ranks of the Congress, or even from among the governors -- so "reaching across the aisle" is a bogus contention. I don't know whom Obama would select for his cabinet, but judging from the way he has operated his campaign, I would guess he will mirror John Kennedy and reach out to the best intellects in each field without consideration of party. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a Warren Buffet, ofr instance, running economic policiy, with a T. Boone Pickens at he energy post?

      • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/15/2008 2:16:28 PM

        Raila Odinga, David Axelrod, Ali Abunimah, Nadhmi Auchi,, Rev. Wright , Professor Khalidi, william ayres , and Bernadine Dorn these could be cabinet members of obama???s after all he feels very strongly about these folks !

      • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/15/2008 2:01:39 PM

        what about william ayres as his chief of staff ?? that sound good to ya ??

  • Posted By: Ira Cord Rubnitz @ 09/14/2008 6:45:14 PM

    Ok, fair enough! But what about her sadistic, rampant killing of protected wolves and bears? Are they not G-d's creatures who have lived there pre-man? What about her meeting with moronic, judgemental and WRONG "Jews" for Jesus and tolerating that? What about her inability to "crack" down on drug factories in her town. What about her complete lack of info on foreign policies? She is ONLY fit for Moose stew recipes.


    Ira

  • Posted By: AMCNYC @ 09/14/2008 11:56:50 AM

    Schlang - - are you just travelling around all the Newsweek articles dropping off this little unrelated gem about Soros because a) in some way you think it's relevant to Sarah Palin, but don't want to actually discuss how in anyof your posts, or 2) you're one of the publicized legion of McCain blog visitors and article commentators, who spend each day "dropping off" whatever the MCain camp identified as the internet bomb du moment?

    Really, I'm genuinely fascinated and would love to know.

    Also, could you at least be a tiny bit creative and change a word or two here and there in your post, when the article in question seems to be light years away from the topic of Soros' $40 million to "take down" John McCain. It gets so boring coming up with your same old comment on a dozen or so different articles.

    I do hope, however, that while Soros is "taking down" McCain that he also "cleans up and civilizes" his sordid ad campaign that all the Bush campaign aides are running for him (I see the last two ads got 3 Pinnochios for inaccurate and misleading content!). Obama could so easily release an ad calling McCain a wife beater (rumor has it she ended up in the hospital) but not only would he rather talk about the issues facing American voters today than stoop to lies, whining, mud-slinging and erratic diversions to avoid talking issues. That's why I lost respect for McCain who I once thought was honorable

  • Posted By: rehma @ 09/12/2008 5:05:04 PM

    Oh my. I hope a piece on the lies McCain and his running mate have been telling about Barack Obama will soon be published. And will you give it a catchy name like you gave this one? I have a suggestion: "McCain's desperate attempt to distract and mislead the American public with slimy lies about Barack Obama"

  • Posted By: cincinnatimom @ 09/12/2008 4:45:50 PM

    As a professional woman and a mother, I applaud Sarah Palin's success. Just because I like her personality and admire her spunk, it does not mean I think she has the capability to run this country. She does not have the capacity to be a world leader. Yes, there are untrue rumors circulating about her, but at least there are not smear ads on the air which portray lies as facts, sponsored by Obama/Biden campaign. The McCain/Palin campaign has been airing ads which are absolutely unethical. Give me a break about the trying to protect her like she is not a professional and can't handle it. Did you hear her RNC speech? Her stump speeches are sarcastic and arrogant. It is like listening to Dick Cheney with lipstick. I am sure that she can take care of herself. Let her respond to tough questions and clarify her positions on her own. If she offers solutions to resolve our nation???s problems, then great, support her, but don't glorify her just because you "like" her. We "liked" George Bush (I voted for him), but we can do better. McCain/Palin are more of the same.
    Good video reminder of the last eight years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnyUPktNIP0

  • Posted By: mccaincursingonyoutube @ 09/12/2008 3:51:19 PM

    Sarah Palin is a mom of 5, a soon to be grandmother, and loves to hunt. She is the Governor of a state of 600,000 and was the Mayor of a town of 6000. She hired a lobbyist to bring in earmarks over 28 million dollars, and as Governor has requested more earmarks than any other state per ca pita.

    She is tough. When the news media keeps telling everyone that she did not sell the state jet on ebay, or that she was not always against the bridge to nowhere, she sticks to her scripts. In the face of truth, she is able to repeat her stomp speech and not change a thing. Not many politicians can say that.

    She stood up to Charlie Gibson in her interview and said, "Yes, I am ready to be president." She is ready. How many people can say they are ready to be president. Why do the liberals want to ask her questions about her past or what she believes in? This is not fair. She has a right to be VP without explaining herself.

    She also stated that she did not blink when McCain asked her to be VP. This is proof that she is a patriot. She will take on Russia, and go to war if necessary to protect our great US of A. She is ready to be VP and even President.

    McCain knew it after meeting with her twice that she was his soul mate. McCain's gut told him- now that is the kind of guy that I want leading the country. A man that tosses reason and logic out of the window and goes with his gut. Unlike that wimp Obama; who wants to talk or use diplomacy first.

    Proven by all of the things I have listed. Who cares about The Bush Doctrine? She is a mother of 5, not a baby killer. She looks like the girl next door, and has a comprehensive energy plan that includes only drilling. She will not drill in Indiana, Ohio or Michigan, but there will be lots of jobs in Alaska- America's Last Frontier.

    • Posted By: AMCNYC @ 09/14/2008 4:21:38 PM

      When the media keeps telling people she was not always against the bridge to nowhere.....she sticks to her scripts"
      Precisely. Rather than tell the truth, she stands up at a mike and teleprompter and reads the script the Bush aides wrote for her. She is only a parrot for Bush-McCain mantras. It is now confirmed by the records in Alaska: SHE WAS ENTHUSIASTICALLY FOR THE BRIDGE BEFORE SHE WAS AGAINST IT. So much for "I said thanks, but no thanks, to the Government ". Lying convincingly is neither virtue, nor qualification for President.

      "She'll go to war with Russia....unlike that wimp Obama, who wants to talk or use diplomacy first"
      You may remember that other great wimp who wanted to talk or use diplomacy first. His name is Henry Kissinger, and I believe he's a Republican and former much admired Secretary of State. Two weeks ago he gave an interview about the importance of diplomacy. You must be a trigger happy , blood thirsty neocon who wants to run all over the world warmongering....never first thinking about justification for engagement, over-facing a volunteer-only military, the cost to the US and issues such as long-term occupation, disengagement, creating turmoil in the Middle East. No, you sing "bomb, bomb, bomb Iran". Well, my youngest son will soon be a US Marine officer, having pledged to give his life for his country. I prefer to have a Henry Kissinger or Obama ???using reason and logic??? to make thoughtful and careful decisions, rather than rely on McCain???s bellicose ???gut???, before my son becomes ???collateral damage???.

      "Who cares about the Bush Doctrine?"
      The Bush Doctrine is what has cost us 4,200 young American lives, $3 trillion and $10 billion more for each month we're still in Iraq. Neocons may NOT "care" what the incumbent President's 'rule of engagement' doctrine is, but we "wimpy Eastern liberals" DO care, because we feel it's the difference between life and death for thousands of young US patriots, the difference between preserving the large budget surplus left by Bill Clinton and the massive budget deficit Bush will leave us, the difference between squandering the surplus on "a dumb war" or having used it to serve the needs of US citizens, such as education, healthcare, jobs, infrastructure. THAT'S WHY you should ???care???, so you don't vote for 8 more years of dumb ???gut??? decisions. Any politician today who hasn't got a clue what the Bush Doctrine is, yet claims ???Yes, I am ready to be president??? of the most powerful country in the world, is not only embarrassingly ignorant, delusional, inexperienced and unqualified, but also arrogant and dangerous.

      As for "she has a right to be VP without explaining herself." You cannot seriously be suggesting that American voters have no right to demand to be apprised of credentials and experience of Presidential/VP candidates before they choose which to vote for? If so, yo

  • Posted By: mccaincursingonyoutube @ 09/12/2008 3:50:04 PM

    Sarah Palin is a mom of 5, a soon to be grandmother, and loves to hunt. She is the Governor of a state of 600,000 and was the Mayor of a town of 6000. She hired a lobbyist to bring in earmarks over 28 million dollars, and as Governor has requested more earmarks than any other state per ca pita.

    She is tough. When the news media keeps telling everyone that she did not sell the state jet on ebay, or that she was not always against the bridge to nowhere, she sticks to her scripts. In the face of truth, she is able to repeat her stomp speech and not change a thing. Not many politicians can say that.

    She stood up to Charlie Gibson in her interview and said, "Yes, I am ready to be president." She is ready. How many people can say they are ready to be president. Why do the liberals want to ask her questions about her past or what she believes in? This is not fair. She has a right to be VP without explaining herself.

    She also stated that she did not blink when McCain asked her to be VP. This is proof that she is a patriot. She will take on Russia, and go to war if necessary to protect our great US of A. She is ready to be VP and even President.

    McCain knew it after meeting with her twice that she was his soul mate. McCain's gut told him- now that is the kind of guy that I want leading the country. A man that tosses reason and logic out of the window and goes with his gut. Unlike that wimp Obama; who wants to talk or use diplomacy first.

    Proven by all of the things I have listed. Who cares about The Bush Doctrine? She is a mother of 5, not a baby killer. She looks like the girl next door, and has a comprehensive energy plan that includes only drilling. She will not drill in Indiana, Ohio or Michigan, but there will be lots of jobs in Alaska- America's Last Frontier.

  • Posted By: justanothervet @ 09/12/2008 2:31:17 PM

    SARAH tells the truth and the truth hurts liberals.

    • Posted By: Mimi13 @ 09/13/2008 3:36:32 AM

      I"m sorry, but Sarah P{alin would not know the truth if it bit her in the butt!

  • Posted By: EricTheRed @ 09/12/2008 12:10:42 PM

    Thank you Newsweek for trying to set the record straight. Nice to see at least one media outlet doing its job.

    http://VocalMinority.typepad.com
    Jewish and Republican?? Oy gevalt

  • Posted By: mccainsupporter @ 09/11/2008 9:43:01 PM

    Newsweek reports that Wooten had once been the subject of a court-imposed domestic-violence protection order. Newsweek further reports that a court filing by Wooten's lawyer indicates that within months of being issued, the violence protection order was dismissed.

    There is no language in the federal criminal statute Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban that states or provides that Alaskan State Troopers are exempt from its provisions. Anyone including State Troopers are guilty of a federal felony punishable by five years in prison and a $100,000 fine for simple mere possession of a firearm if they are subject to an ordinary protective order for domestic violence. Importantly the reports state that the estranged spouse filed for divorce and a domestic violence protective order on April 11, 2005 against the State Trooper. This article reports that a protective order had been issued for a period. In most cases protective orders are customarily issued. Under new federal law, anyone subject to a protective order or convicted of misdemeanor domestic assault or felony assault is subject to a ban on possession or use of a handgun for a minimum of five years or at least to the end of the protective order. Some have argued that the ban is forever even after the protective order expires. The Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban is a federal law that applies to everyone including police officers and servicemen and servicewoman. Anyone in the military is subject to a discharge if a protective order is issued against them. It is a felony to violate the federal law Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban and the penalty is five years in prison. Every day that the trooper wore his sidearm or rode in his patrol car with a shotgun in the trunk, he was committing a felony and violating the federal law. If a protective order was issued and the trooper became subject to the order, the trooper should have been ineligible to be a State law enforcement officer and it would have been a slam dunk to terminate him. The State Police Commissioner should have been aware of this law and should have terminated the brother-in-law without being asked. The State Commissioner failure to uphold the federal law should have been enough grounds for his own termination.

  • Posted By: Charles_BCCA @ 09/11/2008 3:50:54 PM

    McCain who called his own wife C**T is offended by lipstick remark. What kind of bull is that? Why are the news media even discussing that? Do they lack intellect to discuss the real issues like stock marked, a barometer of economy is going down the tube, and the war is Afghanistan is going so badly. Seven years into the war, billions of dollars spent and or wasted, many American lives lost, McCain and Bush continue to insist they are winning the war when the Secretary of Defence and his General just yesterday admitted that the victory is nowhere in sight and in fact things are going badly. What is wrong with you people talking of lipstick? News media is failing, the Americans, as much if not more than Bush/McCain.

  • Posted By: zoommom @ 09/11/2008 2:29:05 PM

    Well, the timing is suspect. Sarah Palin signs "historic" legislation to increase funding for special education in March of this year. Her special needs child was born in April of this year. While she's slashing many other programs this one increasing by about 300% in the next 3 years. A little suspicious.

  • Posted By: Get on the Bus @ 09/11/2008 1:27:42 PM

    Dear Editor,
    > I am a nurse who has just completed volunteer working
    > approximately 120 hours as the clinic director in a
    > Hurricane Gustav evacuation shelter in Shreveport ,
    > Louisiana over the last 7 days. I would love to see someone
    > look at the evacuee situation from a new perspective. Local
    > and national news channels have covered the evacuation and
    > 'horrible' conditions the evacuees had to endure
    > during Hurricane Gustav.
    > True - some things were not optimal for the evacuation and
    > the shelters need some modification.
    > At any point, does anyone address the responsibility (or
    > irresponsibility) of the evacuees?
    > Does it seem wrong that one would remember their cell
    > phone, charger, cigarettes and lighter but forget their
    > child's insulin?
    > Is something amiss when an evacuee gets off the bus, walks
    > immediately to the medical area, and requests immediate free
    > refills on all medicines for which they cannot provide a
    > prescription or current bottle (most of which are
    > narcotics)?
    > Isn't the system flawed when an evacuee says they
    > cannot afford a $3 copay for a refill that will be delivered
    > to them in the shelter yet they can take a city-provided bus
    > to Wal-mart, buy 5 bottles of Vodka, and return to consume
    > them secretly in the shelter?
    > Is it fair to stop performing luggage checks on incoming
    > evacuees so as not to delay the registration process but
    > endanger the volunteer staff and other persons with the very
    > realistic truth of drugs, alcohol and weapons being brought
    > into the shelter?
    > Am I less than compassionate when it frustrates me to scrub
    > emesis from the floor near a nauseated child while his
    > mother lies nearby, watching me work 26 hours straight, not
    > even raising her head from the pillow to comfort her own
    > son?
    > Why does it insense me to hear a man say 'I ain't
    > goin' home 'til I get my FEMA check' when I
    > would love to just go home and see my daughters who I have
    > only seen 3 times this week?
    > Is the system flawed when the privately insured patient
    > must find a way to get to the pharmacy, fill his
    > prescription and pay his copay while the FEMA declaration
    > allows the uninsured person to acquire free medications
    > under the disaster rules?
    > Does it seem odd that the nurse volunteering at the shelter
    > is paying for childcare while the evacuee sits on a cot
    > during the day as the shelter provides a 'daycare'?
    > Have government entitlements created this mentality and am
    > I facilitating it with my work?
    > Will I be a bad person, merciless nurse or poor Christian
    > if I hesitate to work at the next shelter because I have
    > worked for 7 days being called every curse word imaginable,
    > feeling threatened and fearing for my personal safety in the
    > shelter?
    > Exhausted and battered,
    > Sherri Hagerhjelm, RN
    >

  • Posted By: prosoldier @ 09/11/2008 12:54:32 PM

    It's just crazy to me that there are so many people out there that are so strictly tied to their parties, that even after you give them proof that something is false and site sources for the information, they will still stick to the lies. I just know that there's probably enough people out there to actually populate a small city that believe the 'Palin bikini photo" is still real.

    • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 09/11/2008 5:43:26 PM

      Your right. The problem with this country is partisanship. Nothing will change until we have a viable third party.

  • Posted By: paproudmom @ 09/11/2008 11:02:04 AM

    On this anniversary of 9/11 it is so sad to see the way that Americans attack each other. Just because someone has a different viewpoint does not make them a bad person. Be honest, stick to the issue, research your facts before offering an opinion, and keep an open mind. In the end we are all Americans and have to live together. We can do so positively or negatively it is our choice. Only by working together will there ever be any meaningful change.

  • Posted By: heudriss @ 09/11/2008 10:05:34 AM

    Why does Obama have to be a sexist just because he didn't choose Clinton as his running mate? That kind of argument trivializes the feminist movement. There is real, and tangible examples of sexism in our society. For example, when women don't get equal pay for an equal day's work. Obama favors legislation that supports equal pay for equal work. Palin and McCain oppose it. Why doesn't that get you angry?

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/11/2008 9:58:05 AM

    SARAH PALIN IS NOW BEING JUDGED FOR ALLOWING ARIEL WOLF HUNTS IN ALASKA ! SHE HAS SIGNED A BILL THAT WILL ALLOW WOLF HUNTS AND THE PETA PEOPLE ARE GOING NUTS ABOUT IT AND THE LEFTIST LIBERALS TOO !! ITS NOT OKAY TO FLY A PLANE IN A STATE THAT IS ALMOST ALL WILDERNESS TO HUNT DOWN WOLFS THAT HAVE BEEN DEPLETEING THE OTHER WILD LIFE IN THE STATE ! THESE WOLFS HAVE GROWN IN POPULATION SO MUCH THAT THEY ARE NOW COMMING INTO CITIES AND TOWNS TO HUNT THEY ARE KILLING OFF LIVESTOCK AND DOMESTIC DOGS AND CATS PLUS LAST YEAR IN THE STATE THERE HAVE BEEN 19 REPORTS OF HUMANS BEING ATTACKED 14 OF WHICH WERE CHILDREN ! (GOOD THING SOMEONE WAS THERE TO HELP THEM ) SO THE LIBERALS AND PETA ARE IN A UPROAR !! BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT LIKE I DO YOU WILL COME TO THIS ......... WOLFS HAVE AS MANY AS 12 PUPS AT A TIME BUT NO FEWER THAN 5 AND IN A PACK 85% OF THE PUPS SURVIVE ! SO THAT BEING SAID THE WOLF POPULATION IS VERY HEARTY NOW MOST PEOPEL HAVE 1 KID AT A TIME SOME TIMES 2 OR 3 RARELY MORE ! WHY IS IT WRONG TO KILL OFF SOME WOLFS THAT ARE NOW BEING REAL BOLD AS TO ATTACK HUMANS BUT ITS OKAY FOR THE LIBERALS TO SAY HEY IF YOU DON'T WANT THAT KID GO GET RID OF IT ! SO WHAT I SEE IS ITS OKAY TO KILL BABIES IN THE LIBERAL POINT OF VEIW BUT IF YOU KILL A WOLF THEN YOUR A BAD PERSON !

    • Posted By: busby @ 09/11/2008 1:00:59 PM

      No, the wolves are not growing in population to the point of depleting prey animals for HUNTERS. Wolves are so threatened as a species that, in order to bring balance in places like Yellowstone, they have had to be reintroduced from captive rehabiitation programs back into the wild. They can be shot ONLY if a farmer or rancher has proof of lose and then the government reimburses them for the lose. And shooting from small private planes has been outlawed in this country since 1972. Whether states have the right to ignore this I don't know. Presently, I believe it is Idaho that is trying to introduce shooting from planes. While I don't always agree with PETA's tactics, they are right on this one. There is something immoral about shooting predators to save prey species so that humans can kill them, mostly for trophies or fun. There is not enough of an impact on prey animals to deprive hunters who do so because they use the meat for their families Their hunting is not that excessive. Under no circumstances should a depleted species such as the wolf be subject to this kind of slaughter. As far as politics go, while I'm not an Obama fan, Palin has lost me on this one. Right now, any and every aspect of our environment is precious and under seige. And everything has a place in maintaining the balance of nature.

      • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/11/2008 2:05:36 PM

        you are misinformed check the dnr website for alaska and re-think your position !

        • Posted By: busby @ 09/12/2008 9:05:23 AM

          What do you think the Alaskan website is goingt to say? Killer wolves are overrunning the cities and must be stopped. The occasional coyote even comes into the city where I live. Wolves have a genetic fear of humans and will avoid them whenever possible. They do take domestic pets but will sometimes mate with them. Coyotes are much more likely to attack humans and much more likely to kill small dogs and cats. The most injuries to people and particularly to children in the US are from family owned dogs. Do you suggest we shoot them from the air? My brother is a veterinarian who does occasional consulting at a wolf recovery center where he lives. No where are wolves overrunning wildlife and domestic stock. Most wolf recovery programs end with a majority of wolves being killed (mostly illegally) by ranchers or hunters within the first year. If a pack in the wild can raise four cubs to adulthood, they are doing well. All wild infants are subject to huge mortality rates. Look at the reality and not through your own bias. What Palin has done is sanction an unnecessary brutal slaughter. Some of the wolves being shot could be nursing mothers. We need them just as we need the rest of the environment to be put back into balance from what we in our ultimate stupidity have done to the natural world. I think God knows more than you and Palin. And, again, don't make this political. I support neither candidate. Don't like either one of them.

        • Posted By: HarleyisHere @ 09/11/2008 2:15:25 PM

          WRONG they do it for SPORT only, like a silly video game, and NOT really hunting at all, the only person "hunting" is the pilot. Palin claims to be "pro-life" yet she kills for sport. She must be one of the people who is SO F@#KING DUMB that she thinks the BIBLE says ABORTION is wrong.

          Won't she be in for a shock the first time she actually reads a bible...hmm

          • Posted By: neocon @ 09/11/2008 2:38:41 PM

            Proponents for wolf hunting often point out the apparently adverse effects large wolf populations have on game herds. An example occurred in 2008, in which the Alaska Board of Game approved plans calling for department staff to shoot wolves from helicopters on the southern Alaska Peninsula under the pretense of assisting the survival of the Southern Alaska Peninsula Caribou Herd. Wolves were allegedly responsible for a dramatic drop in the Southern Alaska Caribou Herd's population, which once numbered up to 10,000 in 1983, only to drop to a population of 600 animals in 2008. Wolf predation was also believed to be responsible for virtually no calves surviving for the two years prior the culling plans, despite a 70% pregnancy rate.[2] In the former Soviet Union, depending on the locality, a single wolf can consume 90 saiga, 50-80 wild boar or an average of 50 domestic or wild caribou annually. A pack of 2-5 wolves will often kill 2 caribou every three days. Further reports from the former Soviet Union indicate that rather than prey on exclusively sick or infirm prey, wolves seem to attack young or pregnant animals far more frequently, regardless of their sanitary state. In the Nenetskij National Okrug, wolves were shown to select pregnant female domestic caribou and calves rather than infirm specimens, with some reports showing that wolves bypassed emaciated, sickly animals in favour of well fed ones.

            • Posted By: busby @ 09/12/2008 9:13:59 AM

              Oh stop! Again, you are reading killers' propaganda. ANY wild predator has to work hard for its living. They will ALWAYS pick the easiest target and it is not the strongest and fastest. Why do you think antelopes in Africa pronk. It's to show the predators "don't take me - I'm too healthy and fast". If wolves were taking the vast numbers of caribou stated, they would be so out of shape they couldn't hunt. Again, I think God in his wisdom knows more than you and the ranchers and the hunters. When he ran things, there was balance. Irresponsible "progress and humans" have thrown things out of balance, not an innocent animal.

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/11/2008 9:12:30 AM

    Posted By: HarleyisHere @ 09/09/2008 01:18:09
    Comment: Palin brought on victory herself when she laid claim to "18 million supporters" whom were betrayed by Obama! Women. everywhere said. It is not about Palin; it???s about Hillary! How could Obama care less, about women sure he knows that if he picked Hillary he would be winning right now! But he picked biden who said that Hillary would have been a better pick! But because Obama is a sexist fool who can???t come to terms with having a woman on the ticket even if it costs him the election! Too bad we as women of this great country will stand behind Palin for support of women all across this land!

    • Posted By: HarleyisHere @ 09/11/2008 2:17:49 PM

      WOW you're DUMB, Palin is more anti womens rights than mccain is. She is a MORON, and how has anybody ever been president whop was not first a Mayor, where were teh cries for Hillary's "mayoral" experience, or mccains, or Obama's nevr before now has is been a qualifier, I mean if it were so important where is Guliani?

      • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/12/2008 7:02:27 AM

        wow your the dumb biytch who got my post and did a edit to it now when the shoe is on the other foot you cry ! i would match wits with you but i've noticed your unarmed !

      • Posted By: neocon @ 09/11/2008 2:40:31 PM

        ???White women have moved from 50-42 percent in Obama???s favor before the conventions to 53-41 percent for McCain now, a 20-point shift in the margin that???s one of the single biggest post-convention changes in voter preferences,??? writes ABC???s political analyst Gary Langer. ???The other, also to McCain???s advantage, is in the battleground Midwest, where he???s moved from a 19-point deficit to a 7-point edge.???

        • Posted By: AMCNYC @ 09/14/2008 12:14:29 PM

          Actually, that's all out-of-date now. The polls are beginning to stabilize after the McCain post convention jump and as of today's date, they're readjusting to motsly ties or small leads for McCain. Give them another couple of weeks, and thanks to the media (since camp McCain-Bush certainly gave American voters nothing but censored Palin propoganda and Bush aide-written speeches to go by), as we all learn more and more about Governor Palin's erratic background, ethical issues of abuse of power, cronyism, etc., in addition to incredible lack of qualifications , people who were first enamored will be revisiting their opinions of her (NEVER in the history of the US Presidential race, has a VP candidate - - especially for the oldest ever Presidential candidate - - had to be sequestered for intensive education by an army of aides and experts on national policy, foreign policy, security issues, etc because they didn't have any background themselves. NEVER and I, for one, am shocked at both McCain and Palin's arrogance in thinking that the American people, and women in particular, are stupid enough not to notice and to fall for all the usual GOP "talking points" in her stump rhetoric and ONE media interview so far. Call this woman a "breath of fresh air", she's "a stale gust of Bush" and an insult to the progress of American women's rights, championed by the champion herself, Hillary Clinton.

        • Posted By: HarleyisHere @ 09/11/2008 4:08:38 PM

          Obama 273 McCain 238 Ties 27

          • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 09/11/2008 5:44:21 PM

            And how much was Obama in the lead before the DNC convention?

  • Posted By: meneither123 @ 09/11/2008 8:13:59 AM

    Em, I totally agree with you NOW (national organization for women) here speaking out..... For the life of me I don't get why women are swooning over Palin when she in fact is being used and is promoting sexism by allowing it. Should I be her I myself would lose my mind being treated as an idiot, being put up for VP solely to get the womens vote. , but wait...."I might get to be VP so it doesn't matter" behavior by Palin , I am ashamed of my sisters at the very thought of it. I can't believe that the women who take for granted the right to vote fought so hard for by older women are making it a sham now. Disgusted and appalled.

  • Posted By: cm4297 @ 09/11/2008 6:39:26 AM

    If the Republicans were real feminists, they would acknowledge that actually Sarah does not need McCain. Uh, oh, I've said something progressive, watch out. I am not voting for Palin because how can you be a feminist and allow men to define you? I am not a traditional male hating feminist, but I understand that the voice of men has been one of sexism and oppression. As a woman, she cannot talk about glass ceilings when men continue to pull puppet strings.

  • Posted By: repubshadenoughyet? @ 09/11/2008 3:52:31 AM

    I am preaching to the chior since I appear to be the only one here. Have to say it anyway......It is not about the person. I think that Palin is a very intelligent woman and politician. Unfortunately, I have disnagreed with a few intelligent people and certainly will not vote that far right. Lipstick on a pig was obviously not intended for McOver's running mate. but it does distract from their lack of issues. The emporor has no clothes and half the country can't see it.
    * McBeenthere, McDone that
    * McBoys club strikes again
    * McSwift boat coming soon
    * McEconomy good........that must have been when he was talking to his oil buds
    * McChange, please don't pay attention to all the lobiests running my campaign,
    * I was against change before I was for it........Are you kidding me, please tell me the right is not going to support the moral thing over the good of the country.

  • Posted By: flucky @ 09/11/2008 2:20:07 AM

    I just had a sobering thought. Since Gov. Palin kept the money for the "Bridge to nowhere" and used it for other things, how are the Alaskans going to feel when they find out the money has to be paid back? Even if the state refuses to comply, congress still has the authority to deny payments for other projects in the state until it is repaid. I seriously doubt that the Dems in a Dem controlled congress would risk political suicide with their base by simply letting this one slide.

  • Posted By: Hvnly777 @ 09/11/2008 1:41:25 AM

    Bottom line, Palin seems to have no problem slidiing down slippery slopes.

    She was in favor of teaching "Creationism," along side Evolution in public schools before she was against it. I imgine she "ammended" her statement only AFTER consultation from her private councel.

    Please, either Palin cannot make up her mind or her politics is dictated by what APPEARS to look good on the surface.

    Palin is either a liar or a phoney, and neither one is acceptable!

    • Posted By: neocon @ 09/11/2008 2:48:09 PM

      Palin has not pushed for teaching creationism in Alaska's schools. She has said that students should be allowed to "debate both sides" of the evolution question, but she also said creationism "doesn't have to be part of the curriculum."

      http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/sliming_palin.html

      • Posted By: KeriTail @ 09/15/2008 9:48:45 AM

        To debate both sides, doesn't creationism have to be taught? Not all the kids who go to that school will be familiar with creationism if they are brought up athiest, buddhist, muslim, etc.

      • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 09/11/2008 5:45:11 PM

        It's funny that you have to reference the article that these comments are for. Obviously Hvnly777 didn't read the article in the first place.

  • Posted By: Hvnly777 @ 09/11/2008 1:29:05 AM

    I believe Newsweek is engaging in partisan reporting on Sarah Palin.

    While I understand, and yes, willing to accept that some things are "Rumor" and/or "UNTRUTHS" about Palin, there still remains many outstanding questions concerning her public record and personal life.

    For instance, what about the 1100 emails that Palin is refusing to turn over regarding the ongoing investigation into misusing/abusing her political power to dictate her personal agenda? (i.e. "Troopergate")

    What about the allegation that when Mayor of Wascilla, her police municipality was charging rape VICTIMS for the forensic testing of their own "rape kits?"

    What about the injection of her EXTREME religious ideology into such matters as: "Gay Rights," "The Iraq War," and "Israel?"

    The list doesn't stop here. In fact, the list is almost as long as her "Bridge to Nowhere," which has been proven to be a CLEAR misrepresentation, (i.e. "LIE") by Palin!

    What are Sarah Palin's illustruous qualifications to sit in the second most powerful office in this country; and, God Forbid, the MOST powerful office if McCain is unable to serve?

  • Posted By: Hvnly777 @ 09/11/2008 1:28:31 AM

    I believe Newsweek is engaging in partisan reporting on Sarah Palin.

    While I understand, and yes, willing to accept that some things are "Rumor" and/or "UNTRUTHS" about Palin, there still remains many outstanding questions concerning her public record and personal life.

    For instance, what about the 1100 emails that Palin is refusing to turn over regarding the ongoing investigation into misusing/abusing her political power to dictate her personal agenda? (i.e. "Troopergate")

    What about the allegation that when Mayor of Wascilla, her police municipality was charging rape VICTIMS for the forensic testing of their own "rape kits?"

    What about the injection of her EXTREME religious ideology into such matters as: "Gay Rights," "The Iraq War," and "Israel?"

    The list doesn't stop here. In fact, the list is almost as long as her "Bridge to Nowhere," which has been proven to be a CLEAR misrepresentation, (i.e. "LIE") by Palin!

    What are Sarah Palin's illustruous qualifications to sit in the second most powerful office in this country; and, God Forbid, the MOST powerful office if McCain is unable to serve?

  • Posted By: faminchin @ 09/11/2008 1:17:03 AM

    Take notice America! See where the hatred comes from. This election clearly shows the difference between Republicans and Democrats. Notice that you didn't see Republicans marching up and down the streets busting out windows and making threats. Not to say there weren't prostestors in Denver, but they were Democrats protesting...not Republicans.

    This is a Democratic ploy, whipping up people's emotions with lies and spreading hatred and civil unrest.

    • Posted By: repubshadenoughyet? @ 09/11/2008 4:11:07 AM

      Whiping up emotions has been all over my TV...McCain ads by the way. Do you actually believe that they don't have the first amendment McRights? Oh, that is right as I am sure they are now on the terrorist watch list. That is where all of us middle class belong.......we are making too much money and pissing off McDonald's consituents while at the same time figuring out how to raise 4 kids better than I had it. 5 million and under middle class? Who is really out of touch.

  • Posted By: ginare @ 09/11/2008 1:16:15 AM

    How is it that Palin can call herself a pitbull, yet she's afraid of the public, who by the way want's the votes of the public for her and McCain to lead our country. If we allow this foolishness, we deserve 4 more years of Bush/McCain.

  • Posted By: ginare @ 09/11/2008 1:09:02 AM

    Truetawaka: You are a glutton for punishment, or just a complete idiot!

  • Posted By: faminchin @ 09/11/2008 1:07:21 AM

    I would say that the entire Palin attack demonstrates clearly how the liberal left and the media operates. Most of these things have already been reported as facts by media sources. Almost every thing that has been reported about this woman has started by some fringe blog or some lunatics email. But that's how the liberal left works. Lie, lie, then lie some more, repeat the lies over and over, and if you say it enough times, for long enough a period, there will always be some that believe it eventually. Just check some of these posts to this story. Liberal moron's who refuse to believe the truth, still making the same claims, despite the fact the story is about how it's all a lie.

    • Posted By: AMCNYC @ 09/14/2008 12:41:40 PM

      Excuse me Faminchin, the exposure of Sarah Palin's erratic background has been spearheaded by the media. Thank God. And not Obama camp. You wish. Otherwise all we would know about her would be her Bush aide-written speeches, her own bombastic claims and McCain camp's exagerated misrepresentation of her scant qualifications for the Veep position and bold-faced propaganda. Don't you believe American voters have a right to know about the person you're asking them to vote for? Now, before you refer to the "media" I mentioned as the "East Coast elite liberal media", I have read about Gov Palin's background issues from both coasts and in the middle. If you, like other GOP's, want to persist in criticizing the media we rely on for the facts, even when it necessitates them being investigative, I'm going to have to call you an "extreme right neocon whiner". One of those neocon whiners who made a punching bag out of CNN's wonderful Campbell Brown because she asked McCain spokesperson, Tucker Bounds, some tough and impolite questions (LOL), like "what is Sarah Palin's foreign policy experience....give me one specific example of her foreign policy involvement and why you think she's qualified for VP". Tucker Bounds, poor little laddie attack dog, couldn't come up with a single example....possibly because there are none...so he just answered by attacking Obama and the next day camp McCain issued a belicose statement of outrage at CNN and pulled a scheduled McCain interview.

      It should be noted, Campbell Brown received thousands of viewer emails supporting her and telling her that she was in no way out of line, asking her to keep up the good job, many also saying how disapointed they were that Bounds had no answer.

      What should that have told you, Faminchin? That McCain camp is being disrespectful to both American voters and the media by trying to force-feed everyone with only carefully controlled Palin propaganda, and expecting that voters should fall in line and just "believe" then run off and vote for Palin on the ticket. So far the media has done an excellent job of challenging the BS we've heard about Palin and, at the same time, endorsing her achievements, guts and glory.

  • Posted By: NEWSNUT @ 09/11/2008 12:40:33 AM

    In fact there are several witnesses to Palin's membership in the Alaska Independence Party. The posted copy of her registration records available on a PDF exhibit signs of tampering, included obvious cut and pate of the elements, placed down without straight edges to each other and the fact that the record of her registration adress changes is in identical handwriting. Any expert on forgery will tell you that your handwriting changes with time, the same persons handwriting looking un changing indicates that it was writing either at the same time or very close to the same time. There is a cover up going on on her membership in the AIP.

  • Posted By: Truetawka @ 09/11/2008 12:17:35 AM

    Wow! So much fear and hate from the Obama/Biden liberals....you can smell the fear...They are afraid that the empty suit promising everything to each audience w/ no substance is wearing thin...
    McCain '08
    Palin '12

  • Posted By: colbertfan @ 09/10/2008 11:19:54 PM

    My dear man, people are rightfully angry and taking deep breaths and counting to ten will do jack to quell it. But I do agree with you that humor has a place here. For example, I find it hilarious that Palin could become the leader of the free world. That's just a real knee-slapper. Or at least it would be if the idea weren't so terrifying.

  • Posted By: Richard49 @ 09/10/2008 11:07:59 PM

    Now see what I mean? There is another one spewing anger and hatred and pointing the finger at others. Try taking deep breaths and count to ten.

    • Posted By: had_enough @ 09/10/2008 11:19:43 PM

      The wicked witch of the North did a whole bunch of finger pointing and continues to do so. Problem is, most of the subject matter of the finger pointing should have been in front of a mirror. Remember the Republicans have controlled everything for the last 7.75 years. And don't give me this that the Democrats control Congress now. That is a fallacy because it is most definitely not majority rule in Congress anymore either.

  • Posted By: jolio1212 @ 09/10/2008 11:07:17 PM

    Don't need to hear a rumor or some news, follow the truth is a key of
    knowledge. Eight year ago, people didn't know, they vote for bush. four
    year ago, people weren't wiser, they vote for bush. Now, there isn't
    sure that people can learn something or losing mind.

  • Posted By: had_enough @ 09/10/2008 10:57:53 PM

    It is a shame that we have to go through all of this BS from the right. Remember how King George was going to be the great uniter? He ended up the worst presidential failure in American history. He and his cronies created a country so divided in so many ways, left vs right, rich vs poor, educated vs ditto-head, christian(maybe) vs anyone else. This accomplished by doing the same crap that the wicked witch of the North is doing now. By the spewing that has come out of her mouth she deserves to get every aspect of he pblic and private life open for view, after all the republicans set that standard. Another shameless example is the exploitation of a special needs person for political gain. That has got to be the lowest of all tricks. Most of the parents of handicapped and Down Syndrome children that I have spoken to in the last week were insulted by the event. I was a supporter of John McCain in 2000 and was appalled at what the Bushwackers did to him. Kind of makes me sick that he would turn around and do the same thing, lies and stretching of the truth, to another person irreguardless of political affiliation. I guess he really wasn't the man that I thought that he was. What a disappointment. So now that the republicans have stolen the "Change" motto it appears to me that they are running against themselves. So what is a real republican then anymore other than someone that hates people that disagree with them. It's just a shame.

  • Posted By: Richard49 @ 09/10/2008 10:44:48 PM

    Some of you folks need anger management classes. If a candidate you don't like claims they are falsly accused they are liars. If independent sources confirm the candidates claim they are liars too. I still wonder what the odds are of Obama sitting in Rev. wrights church for 20 years and not know that he is a racist and a friend to people who advocate the destruction of the U.S. government. But, I don't get trapped seething about it . It makes for good jokes. In example: why would you want someone running your country who doesn't know whats going on in his own church after 20 years?

  • Posted By: fibfog @ 09/10/2008 10:31:36 PM

    So she INCREASED spending for special needs children in March of 2008... um wouldn't she have been about 8 months pregnant at that time with a special needs child??? Just wondering....

  • Posted By: martin_gray @ 09/10/2008 10:30:58 PM

    I think I know, could it be bitch.

  • Posted By: oneofthelastsaneones @ 09/10/2008 9:10:13 PM

    You so-called "fact checkers" really ought to check your facts before you print your nonsense. Palin did in fact "request" that books be banned from the library and, supposedly, harassed and threatened the librarian who refused to ban those books for some time afterword. If only she had concentrated on banning libelous "fact checkers"... There is much else wrong with your so-called "article," maybe you should go back and check your "facts."

  • Posted By: HarleyisHere @ 09/10/2008 9:03:10 PM

    What McCAin is trying to ABORT a FEDERAL INVESTIGATION on SARAH PALIN as she is guilty of ETHICS VIOLATIONS, I mean if she were INOCENT, let the investigation go on, nothing to hide right. But if SHE IS GUILTY, stop the investigation before it's too late.

    Palin should stick to censoring libraries and trying to fire librarians, because Palin is afraid of Harry Potter.

    Her husband is a member of the Alaskan Independence Party and she has spoken at their meetings, saying" keep up the good work".

    She did want any books having to do with "witch craft", "wizzards" or any other scary unchristian material like that removed and she DID finally FIRE the librarian

    "Palin has not pushed for teaching creationism in Alaska's schools. She has said that students SHOULD be allowed to "debate both sides" of the evolution question". not a question unless you're a thumper of the good book and SHOULD is a strong word, if you want your child to learn fariy tales, tell them at home, leave mine and others children out of it. Hey write a book, publish it and put it next to Harry Potter in the library, sounds fair to me.

    SHe is just a library of LIES is she not, twists and turns, fearful of facing the press and REAL questions, she will not go out or give an interview with out an attorney present to tell her what she can and SHOULD not answer...sad really, if she can't even face our press, or handle the presure of it, how will she EVER handle a hostil leader of a rouge nation?

  • Posted By: aliceo @ 09/10/2008 9:01:56 PM

    You say you will post something "soon" on the Kilkenny claims. I hope that you follow through, because Kilkenny's email seems very genuine to me. The combination of Palin's characteristics she describes: secrecy, forbidding staff to talk to the press, loyalty tests, and personal vindictiveness are shared with other people I've had the misfortune to work for. These people are narcissistic bullies. When a person like this was the head of my organization, the organization became totally dysfunctional. This is not the kind of person we need a heartbeat away from the Presidency.

  • Posted By: donato777 @ 09/10/2008 8:01:04 PM

    As the smears against Gov. Palin continue, the McCain-Palin ticket's poll numbers rise. Voters hate this kind of media and Internet thuggery, especially when they love a particular candidate. And trust me on this - millions of voters love Palin. The smears will only cause a backlash against Obama and undermine media and left wing blog efforts to elect him.

  • Posted By: donato777 @ 09/10/2008 8:00:19 PM

    As the smears against Gov. Palin continue, the McCain-Palin ticket's poll numbers rise. Voters hate this kind of media and Internet thuggery, especially when they love a particular candidate. And trust me on this - millions of voters love Palin. The smears will only cause a backlash against Obama and undermine media and left wing blog efforts to elect him.

  • Posted By: trazer @ 09/10/2008 7:56:09 PM

    If one looks at Obama's tissue thin resume, one will find someone who is so afraid of his own experience, he can only go out and attack others. He has attacked me personally when he said we should not be proud of America. His wife is no better. The only day she liked America was the day Obama got the nomination. So egotistical...and his friends are ones I would not want my children to play with or know about.