Sarah Palin's 18 Lies

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/3/08 at 7:38am

A handy rejoinder from John Aravosis at AmericaBlog.com:

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Sarah Palin's 18 lies tonight
John Aravosis (DC) · 10/03/2008 01:23:00 AM ET

SARAH PALIN’S 18 LIES TONIGHT

1. FANNIE MAE/FREDDIE MAC: Palin said “it was John McCain who pushed so hard with the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reform measures,” but fact checkers say that’s “Quite A Stretch” And “Barely True,” and that McCain was a “latecomer” to the discussion.

2. FUNDAMENTALS ARE STRONG: Palin tried to say “John McCain saying our economy was strong” but McCain has used the phrase “The Fundamentals Of The Economy Are Strong” At Least 16 Times This Year.

3. PARTISAN POLITICS: Palin said McCain is “known for putting partisan politics aside to just get the job done,” but he has voted with Bush 90% of the time in the Senate and bragged about his support for Bush on important issues.

4. TAXES ATTACK: Palin repeated the attack that Obama voted for higher taxes 94 times, which the New York Times says is “false,” CNN says is “Misleading,” and FactCheck.org says is “inflated.”

5. TOBACCO REGULATION: Palin said to “look at the tobacco industry” as an example of McCain pushing for even harder and tougher regulations. But McCain opposed expanding the SCHIP children’s health insurance program for 5.8 million children because it would increase tobacco taxes.

6. SPENDING INCREASES: Palin said Obama is is proposing “nearly a trillion dollars in new spending,” but didn’t mention that he has also proposed cuts to balance it out, an attack CNN has already debunked as “misleading” and that ignores the far larger cost of McCain’s tax cuts and spending hikes.

7. HEALTH CARE: Palin claimed Obama’s health plan is “government run” which has been widely debunked as a “canard.”

8. HEALTH CARE. Palin says taxes wouldn’t go up under the McCain health care plan, a fact even his own campaign has acknowledged isn’t true.

9. TROOPS: Palin repeated what the AP called the “highly misleading” attack that Obama opposed funding for the troops, and Factcheck.org notes that the same methodology would lead to the same conclusion for McCain.

10. GLOBAL WARMING: Palin said “I don’t want to argue about the causes” for global warming, when she has clearly taken the position that she doesn’t not believe it is man-made.

11. MCCAIN IS CONSISTENT: Palin said McCain” doesn't tell one thing to one group and then turns around and tells something else to another group,” when that is exactly what he has done on immigration, telling Hispanic leaders he was for comprehensive reform instead of the enforcement focused approach he has taken with conservatives.

12. MCCLELLAN NOT MCKIERNAN: Palin referred to the US commander in Afghanistan, David McKiernan as “McClellan.”

13. MCKIERNAN ON “SURGE:” Palin said that [McKiernan] did not say a surge wouldn’t work in Afghanistan, when just yesterday he said “The word I don’t use for Afghanistan is ’surge,’ ” McKiernan stressed, saying that what is required is a “sustained commitment” to a counterinsurgency effort that could last many years and would ultimately require a political, not military, solution

14. KILLING CIVILIANS. Palin said “Obama had said that all we're doing in Afghanistan is air raiding villages and killing civilians and such a reckless, reckless comment and untrue comment again hurts our cause. That's not what we are doing there.” Unfortunately, the Associated Press says that Obama was right in discussing a critically important point about avoiding civilian casualties.

15. TEACHING: Palin said we need to make sure “that education in either one of our agendas, I think, absolute top of the line,” when McCain has repeatedly favored tax cuts for the wealthy over funds for more teachers and class size reduction.

16. PARTISAN APPOINTMENTS: Palin said “You do what I did as governor. And you appoint people regardless of party affiliation. Democrats, independents, Republicans, you walk the walk, don't just talk the talk” when she repeatedly appointed friends and supporters to positions for which they weren’t qualified.

17. FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE: Palin falsely claimed that she was the first governor to form a climate change subcabinet, when at least 28 states had already taken action.

18. DARFUR DIVESTMENT: Palin claimed that “when I and others” found out that the state had money invested in Sudan that “we called for divestment,” when the reality is that Palin’s appointees worked to kill a Darfur divestment plan.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/3/08 at 8:12am

Say it ain't so, Joey, there you go again pointing backwards again. Now doggone it, let's look ahead and tell Americans what we have to plan to do for them in the future!

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 10/3/08 at 8:15am

And when Joe says "we," he means "The Team of Mavericks"!

Gosh darnit, is everyone named Joe? This is gonna make it soooo much easier for me to memorize names!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/3/08 at 8:17am

It is a JoeBama nation, doncha know?

[madbrian]

Posted: 10/3/08 at 8:18am

Have we heard Palin answer her last question of the campaign? We know she won't hold a press conferece, but will she even grant any more interviews (Fox doesn't count)?

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 10/3/08 at 8:19am

I know this is completely irrelevant and unimportant, but nobody else has mentioned it, so I'm going to:

Who thought it was a good idea for her to wear black?

[supportivemom]

Posted: 10/3/08 at 8:25am

Yeah Miss P- I thought she would be wearing red- but I guess it would have clashed with the set. Navy blue would have been good- you know- the color on the flag of our great nation.

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 10/3/08 at 8:27am

Updated On: 1/13/09 at 08:27 AM

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/3/08 at 8:30am

Oh I betcha that was the Alaska flag, doncha know. Alaska is our only Arctic state and shares a narrow maritime border with Russia.

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 10/3/08 at 8:35am

Updated On: 1/13/09 at 08:35 AM

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/3/08 at 8:38am

Watch out for Putin! When he rears his head, and American airspace, with flyovers and what have you, that's Alaska.




I LOVE talking like Sarah Palin! I don't think I'm ever gonna stop! TODD! Can you start my snow machine? I gotta take Bristol to her near-natal classes!

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 10/3/08 at 8:41am

Yea, but if that happens, all you have to say is "shoo" and they'll go back.

[kelzama]

Posted: 10/3/08 at 8:48am

Petite, the pin represents the Service Flag, first hung in windows of families of servicemen in WWI.

A blue star indicates a family member in active service; a gold star indicates death in line of duty.
Updated On: 10/3/08 at 08:48 AM

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 10/3/08 at 9:00am

Updated On: 1/13/09 at 09:00 AM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/3/08 at 10:02am

I want Anderson Cooper to do the in-depth interview with Todd Palin.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/3/08 at 10:13am

Yes! There are many facets of Todd that need probing!

Sorry about the Alaska flag, hon, I read that somewhere. That just goes to show ya the mainstream media and their you know, whatchacallit.

[violet72]

Posted: 10/3/08 at 10:25am

here is some fact checks from the BBC...there are some that Biden made...but none as bad as hers
bbc fact check

[Auggie27]

Posted: 10/3/08 at 11:19am

Updated On: 10/3/08 at 11:19 AM