Sliming Palin

Simon...are you an idiot?? They were not talking about "out of print" books. They were talking about books NOT EVEN IN PRINT ie books that HAD NOT EVEN BEEN WRITTEN YET!

The books did not exist in ANY LIBRARY or BOOKSTORE anywhere on this earth! unbelievable

simon, you idiot. They were talking about books NOT IN PRINT, not OUT OF PRINT!

Some of the books on the list had YET to be written...they DID NOT EVEN EXIST YET!!!

Is it true that the court record in the case of Palin's sister and the Wooten the trooper found the Palin family, to include Sarah, to be outrageous? It seems that the judge threatened to give custody to Wooten if they did not stop.

Why is it that all Republicans have such quick tempers and thick skins? I think that down deep they are embarassed to support a new version of Dan Quayle only this time with lipstick and glasses.

Apparently you ***'n republicans can say anything and it is alright - frickin hypocrites (just saying).

LOL LOL - the masters of slime (GOP) get a little come upance, about time. Remember Max Cleland, McCain's illigit black kid et etc, Kerry's war record, lying about Bush's Natl Guard time et etc etc....

Do the writers of this piece understand what "out-of-print means"? They have claimed that the list of books that Sarah Palin allegedly wished to ban contained some which were out of print, and that this means the list isn't genuine. That's nonsense: some of the books in any library will be out of print at any time, and those are just as bannable as the books that aren't.

oops. Walter Annenberg, not William Annenberg.

It's nice to see that Newsweek has finally decided to start debunking some of these myths, although I do take exceptions with exaggerations being called outright lies. Palin did make inquiries into having books banned and she does advocate teaching Creationism in school. So these issues are not complete fabrications. Luckily, for her, she had the good sense not to push them further. It would have been nice to balance the article with some of the legitimate arguments that have been levied against her, namely "The Bridge to Nowhere" and her record on earmarks.

Moreover, it would be nice if Newsweek afforded the same courtesy to Obama, who has been on the receiving end of the most disgusting I've seen since Scaife went after Bill Clinton. I have received, multiple times, claims that he is muslim, doesn't love America, is pro-Infanticide and that he is espousing the values (or is secretly a member) of the Black Liberation Army, etc, And while you would HOPE that reasonable people would not fall for these ridiculous rumors, I continue to receive them.

This political season has been exceptionally vile so far and it would be nice to see the media finally work to dispel this nonsense once and for all. So how about it?

Jack McSplat married the porkbarrel priestess.
Roll out the barrel, Pork a porkbarrel for fun

Palin is just a distraction cooked up to get the religious right fired up and hide the fact that after 8 years of republican control, we are in a terrible mess. Our economy is in terrible shape, the defecit just hit 408 billion, the highest in our history, banks are failing, unemployment is rising, health care is becoming less and less available and affordable. Our standing in the world has declined. Our relations with other nations especially our allies are damaged. After Guantanamo bay, Abu Graihb, the Weapons of mass destruction that weren't there, our neglect of Afganistan, secret prisons now being found in Poland where we torture people. Oh, and lets not forget the whole Plame debacle, and the justices that were fired and the multitude of sex scandles with pages and in bathrooms etc. I could go on and on.... Why would anyone trust a party that has been this destructive enough to give them another 4 years? I want our country to be a good example to the world again. I want fiscal repsonsiblity ... and not by continuing tax cuts for the wealthy and cutting social programs for the poor. How is that even moral? I want to not cringe every time my President opens his mounth and sticks his foot in! President Bush is an embarrassment and McCain has promised to follow most if not all of his policies. How can we expect a different out come?

McCain & Palin are dogs. How can you trust anything they say - both of them lie so much. We cannot afford worse than the same nor can we allow them to put us in a third World War. Do not vote for these people. They are both devils!

According to Scientific American:

That didn't stop Republican vice presidential nominee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, from expressing the idea that creationism???the biblical notion that God created Earth and its life forms a few thousand years ago???should get equal footing with evolution in public school science classes. "Teach both," she said during a 2006 televised gubernatorial debate. "You know, don't be afraid of information."

This contradicts the claim that "Palin has not pushed for teaching creationism in Alaska's schools." Care to refute Sci-Am's quotation?

Glad to see the comment section back. Glad to see all the Obama supporters/Newsweek doing their best to slime Palin. The more you bash the better McCain/Palin's chances are in November.