Sliming Palin

It is interesting that the mainstream "liberal" press is going way out of thier way to prove that Palin's record is stated accurately and that internet and other rumors are varified or checked, however the same media does not run expansive stories on al the Obama slime that has been sent all over the world. Treat her like you treated every other politician..... Palin had "about faced" on a lot of things and why does the media give her a pass for not being interviewed or keeping her at bay just long enough so an intelligent answer can be drilled into her head for a real hard question. No doubt she is a good mother, but don't tell me she doesn't use her kids to further her career. It is OK for her to use Trig to point out what a leader she is for the Disabled Children and families of our nation, but we can't ask her if she is in favor of sex education in schools because it touches on her daughter's pregnance. Can you imagine if Chelsea Clinton had gotten pregnant? The right wingers and the press would have been all over that one in a second and making a big moral thing about it. Dan Quayle criticiizes Murphy Brown and now the Republican right treats this girl as if she and her hockey " I dont want to have children..." boyfriend like Mary and Joseph with no room in the inn. Why was his My Space taken down???? He isn't even related to this woman and his space was removed. Wierd......But let's not ask Madonna Palin.....it will hurt her family. Remember what the press did to Geraldine Ferraro???? Equal footing with media darlings is never quite the same.

Just when I was going to change the news page on my internet screen you finally print somethng objective. No one is asking you to print pro-Palin stuff. But all this pro-Obama and anti-Palin stuff from you guys was getting scary. I hope you keep it on the center track from here out. Otherwise, I'm ready to change my news source.

Gimmee a break!!! Can we get on about the issues and STOP all the mud slinging mostly absurd rumors?

It's interesting that Newsweek is posting this bit of investigation from FackCheck.org, but not all the falsehoods that were in her speech, in McCain's speeches, in RuGui's speeches, etc. Nor the FactCheck.org bits on how false some of the McCain ads are. Judging by that amount of falsehood, the campaign is more interested in spreading falsehood themselves!

Way to go "liberal media" --- love that balance.

Sarah Palin continues to not answer questions from the media. This matter needs to be addressed for citizens to be able to make an informed decision. If she won't answer questions now, how can she be ready to be the Vice President. MSNBC can you please address the fact that she will not answer questions about foreign policy, her experience, and how she continue to lie about her stance on the bridge to nowhere.

It doesn't matter if these things are true or not. All we need to know is that McCain/Palin is just like Bush/Cheney. All we need to know is that we don't want four more years of misery. All we need to know is that NO Repulican, including and perhaps especially McCain/Palin has not earned the right for four more years.

So let's get back to the issues of deficits, long-term energy, affordable healthcare, quality education, etc. -- and let's get our economy back on track starting with an end to the war in Iraq. "Drop McCain Not Bombs"

Isn't it funny. The republicans have been spreading lies since Reagan was elected. Their lies are always believed by their adoring fans. Now some truth comes out via the grapevine and they are crying foul. What a bunch of loser hypocrites!

In all your effort to be strictly 'factual', you're spinning the truth around most of these accusations. Testing someone's loyalty is another way of making it clear to someone subordinate to you that they better agree with you or else. The 'facts' are that the librarian didn't agree to a hypothetical request about removing books Mayor Palin said might need removing, and the librarian was subsequently fired. Dance around the definition of censorship or book banning all you like, but what Palin did was to try and enable censorship, period and end of discussion. Whatever you think of Gov. Palin's views on creationism, holy wars, global warming, and her right to fire people who disagree with her wishes---she has a highly authoritarian and singleminded approach to exercising executive power. Just what we need waiting in the wings to take over the Presidency: Another head-strong, righteous Republican with all the answers for the rest of us.

CNN Just had a story on Factcheck and what the facts are between who offers more change from the Bush 8 years that have made this country the mess that it is. When they took all the plans of Barack/Biden vs McCain/Palin. McCain /Plains policy do not differ from Bush /Cheny at all. So let's see insanity is when you do the same thing everyday and hope for a different result. Come on people this is exactly what the GOP wants blind them with the small stuff and they won't notice the big screw ups. When are the people of this country going to say "ENOUGH". Who cares if she tried to Ban books I am tired of living pay check to pay check. I am tired of other countries getting our jobs I am tired of sending our sons and daughters to die for oil. Please do not say it had anything to do with 9?11 that we all know is a lie. I SAY ENOUGH We need to retake our country..

Republican's have been hollering about the left wing liberals in the media forever already. Where's the evidence that the media has a liberal bias? Quite a lot of the American public are Democrats and Independents -- we have not seen our viewpoint presented in the traditional media for quite some time. And look at all the posts here, from who really, stating that liberals/democrats/obama/the left/ even your magazine, aren't Real Americans? Seriously? Who is benefiting from the constant drumbeat of liberal media bias anyway? And who is beating the drum? It is very nice, and important , to counter rumors. But, no similar effort has been undertaken for the Democratic nominees. There are extreme dangers when countries veer too far to the right, it would be handy to avoid them.

THE DEMOCRATS ARE THE PARTY OF TAX, TAX, TAX AND TAX SOME MORE. BUT DON'T USE THE MONEY FOR ANYTHING BUT GIVE IT TO THOSE WHO AREN'T WILLING TO WORK FOR IT. JEREMIAH WRIGHT ENDORSES THE IDEA OF MAKING THE POOR RICH BY STEALING FROM THOSE WHO WORK HARD AND THAT INCLUDES BLACKS WHO HAVE SUCCEEDED, GOTTEN AN EDUCATION, WORKED HARD AND YES, PULLED THEMSELVES UP BY THEIR BOOTSTRAPS. BUT HE WON'T HOLD THEM UP AS ROLE MODELS, HE REFERS TO THEM AS UNCLE TOMS. IN ORDER FOR SOMEONE LIKE WRIGHT TO SUCCEED HE HAS TO HAVE FOLLOWERS WHO ARE POOR AND ANGRY. A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER IS ONE WHO WORKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND KEEPS PEOPLE RILED UP AND CONSTANTLY REMINDS THEM HOW THEY ARE SO DESERVING AND SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORK FOR IT, BUT IT SHOULD JUST BE GIVEN TO THEM. IT WORKED FOR THE BOLSHEVIKS IN RUSSIA, LEARN YOUR HISTORY.

Please fact check your fact check. You state

'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."'

How is asking that "both" sides of the issues--thereby asserting that creationism *is* a side not advocating creationism? Evolution is the most verified of all scientific theories, and creationism is not even a theory.

Why is it that fact checkers fail to understand this simple matter?

Let's sum up some of Palin's responsibilities.2003 budget $7.39 billion. http://www.city-data.com/states/Alaska-Public-finance.html That's not chump change.

Commander in chief of the Army and Air national guard. Not the most time consuming but also not just a figurehead position. "As governor, Palin oversees military units whose duties include serving overseas, search-and-rescue missions across the state's vast landscape and manning key elements of the U.S. missile defense system at Ft. Greely." and "The Alaska Air National Guard, with 1,946 service members, is involved in an exceptional number of search-and-rescue missions. Since Palin became governor in December 2006, the Air Guard has flown 521 missions, saving 200 lives and assisting with the rescue of 77 more people, said Kalei Brooks, a spokeswoman for the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs." http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-guard6-2008sep06,0,4238012.story
Alaska, with a land area one-fifth the size of the conterminous US, ranked 47th in population in 2002 with an estimated total of 643,786, an increase of 2.7% since 2000. Between 1990 and 2000, Alaska's population grew from 550,043 to 626,932, or 14%. http://www.city-data.com/states/Alaska-Population.html Approximately 25,000 state employees are her responsibility. http://laborstats.alaska.gov/?PAGEID=67&SUBID=185

Turned mayoral work over to a subordinate. I don't know how to verify or disprove her statement. "precipitous firings", Steep firings? Abrupt? No idea what she means. "recall campaign", again no details here but the city council considered it but DID NOT pursue a recall. The recall was supposedly over the firing of the police chief. He was fired, filed a federal lawsuit, and the lawsuit was dismissed.

The day after her nomination was announced McCain sent a small army of lawyers up to Alaska to do damage control and many people's story changed; what is with that? The general of the Alaska National Guard refuted the claims that she made any commander in chief type decisions for many days until he changed his tune on FOX News on Friday and today he was promoted by Palin!!! What the ????

A similar thing happened with AIP. While true that she was never a registered AIP voter that may not have anything to do with party membership. I'm a registered Dem but I'm not a Dem party member. I think the reverse could be true too. Beyond that though is whether or not she attended the AIP convention in 1996. The AIP was saying she did until the McCain people arrived. Did they do it with threats or with treats?

We don't need any lies to defeat Sarah Palin; the truth is bad enough. She is a very likable personality but her thin record shows questionable alliances, abuse of power, flip-flops, and LIES!

You mean you don't believe Obama's internet thugs? And after all the hard work the Obama camp has done to stir them up?

Obama supporters spread lies and smears about Hillary and now Sarah. And since Obama has never said one word to stop them, the assumption is that the Obama camp is behind it all.