Sliming Palin

THis article is a JOKE!!! You focus on the things that can be debunked. What about all of the other lies - the bridge to nowhere and the selling the airplane on eBay. This is the most cynical attempt to justify a totally unqualified Republican since... George Bush. The media is complicit in perpetuating the myth of the maverick Palin and your article certainly is reflective of that. Anyone who would fall for this crap again is STUPID!

Is America this dumb? Come on Palin for VP of America?
There are better and much more qualified Republican women than her, come on !!!
McCain = McSTUPID !!

ANCHORAGE ??? Gov. Sarah Palin???s church is promoting a conference that promises to convert gays into heterosexuals through the power of prayer.

???You???ll be encouraged by the power of God???s love and His desire to transform the lives of those impacted by homosexuality,??? according to the insert in the bulletin of the Wasilla Bible Church, where Palin has worshipped for about six years.

Palin???s conservative Christian views have energized that part of the GOP electorate, which was lukewarm to John McCain???s candidacy before he named her as his vice presidential choice. She is staunchly anti-abortion, even in cases of rape and incest, and opposes gay marriage and spousal rights for gay couples.

Focus on the Family, a national Christian fundamentalist organization, is conducting the ???Love Won Out??? Conference in Anchorage, about 30 miles from Wasilla.

Palin, campaigning with McCain in the Midwest on Friday, has not publicly expressed a view on the so-called ???pray away the gay??? movement. Larry Kroon, senior pastor at Palin???s church, was not available to discuss the matter Friday, said a church worker who declined to give her name.

Gay activists in Alaska said Palin has not worked actively against their interests, but early in her administration she supported a bill to overrule a court decision to block state benefits for gay partners of public employees. At the time, less than one-half of 1 percent of state employees had applied for the benefits, which were ordered by a 2005 ruling by the Alaska Supreme Court.

Palin reversed her position and vetoed the bill after the state attorney general said it was unconstitutional. But her reluctant support didn???t win fans among Alaska???s gay population, said Scott Turner, a gay activist in Anchorage.

???Less than 1 percent of state employees would even apply for benefits, so why make a big deal out of such a small number???? he said.

???I think gay Republicans are going to run away??? if Palin supports efforts like the prayers to convert gays, said Wayne Besen, founder of the New York-based Truth Wins Out, a gay rights advocacy group.

Americans have a right to ask questions about the positions and character of the person who will be a heartbeat away from the Presidency. Asking questions is not the equivalent of sliming. McCain, Obama and Biden have been scrutinized for years. We know virtually nothing about Sarah Palin. Yes, technically Sarah Palin never registered as an AIP member, but she did attend at least one convention and as recently as six months ago she taped a message of support. This group is as far out on the fringe as I have seen. Their platform should disturb any American. There is no reason Governor Palin should not answer quedstions about her association with them. The American people deserve answers.

Jill from Florida is a typical Republican, she has all the facts as she believes them to be unfortunately she is spreading lies. If she enjoys spreading lies and untruths then she should just stick to something she knows. regurgitating the Republican spin.

It is nice to see the Newsweek finally address spurious emails. I wonder where they have been all year long. OH, it wasn't a Republican on the end of them.

Let us remember that Karl Rove has a history of pulling stunts. I seem to recall the Gore campaign getting a Bush debate prep video, the FBI being called in and it turned out to have come from the wife of a Bush staffer. Or the time he bugged his own office and called the FBI. Or the time he stole an opponent's letterhead.

Do the writers of this piece understand what 'out of print' means? Their claim--that the list of books Sarah Palin allegedly wished to ban contains out of print titles, and that this proves the list false is absurd. Some of the books in any library will be out of print at any particular time. The fact the list names OP titles tells you nothing at all about the authenticity of the list.

Wake up America, you are about to elect the same old crowd! Demand that the Republicans put Ms. Palin to the test by allowing her to answer the questions that need to be asked, do not be fooled by another puppet backed by Cheny, Rove and Co.

Congress are the ones who WRITE the laws and VOTE in the laws. Congress has the responsibility of overseeing the enforcement of the laws. It's the 110th Congress under the control of Senator Harry Reid and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi who have done NOTHING to benefit our country and our citizens. Rather than allow debate and amendments to bills, both leaders have tried to push through laws that needed corrections - the "It's My Way or the Highway" attitude. For the past two years, the Democratic leadership has only been trying to increase the sheer numbers of Democrats in office (we need an absolute majority to get anything done.) rather than actually having legislation to protect our economy and our people. They have put their POLITICS ahead of our COUNTRY.

Rather than address the oil prices with solutions, they ONLY want their special interest and lobbyists businesses to succeed. Pelosi has heavily invested in Wind Energy - therefore she refuses to allow funding for research in carbonless coal emissions. They offered ZERO solutions for transportation energy, other than electric cars. And, our prices of gas are still outrageous. And, they STILL are not addressing the problem.

(Now that the consumers are not buying as much gas, the highway tax fund is WAY under budget. Expect the 111th Congress immediately in January, 2009, under Pelosi and Reid to add a HUGE increase to the Gas and Diesel per gallon tax!) -- Stick it to the peons who shouldn't be using the fossil fuels for going to work, Pelosi needs that fuel for her weekly trips back home or around the world.)