Chance174

A good article that puts to rest of lot of the lies about Sarah Palin.

By Maxim Lott
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been subjected to an intense amount of media and public scrutiny since she was named as John McCain’s vice presidential pick one week ago. Many of the attacks have come in the form of unconfirmed reports on the Internet. Among them:

1) Palin “Joined a Secessionist Political Party”

The Charge: Unsubstantiated Internet reports insisted Palin was once a member of the Alaska Independence Party, which critics call a secessionist political movement and supporters say is dedicated to seeking greater state control over federal lands across Alaska.
The Facts: Palin has been a registered Republican since 1982. There is no record of her ever being a member of the AIP, or any party but the GOP. Palin’s huband has been a member of the AIP in the past, but since 2002 has been a registered independent.
(See: Party Official Says Palin Was Not a Member http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2...20party&st=cse)
2) Palin Supported a “Nazi Sympathizer”
The Charge: “Palin was a supporter of Pat Buchanan, a right-winger or, as many Jews call him: a Nazi sympathizer,” Obama Florida spokesman Mark Bubriski was quoted as saying in a Miami Herald article.
The Facts: While mayor of Wasilla, Palin wore a Buchanan button during the sometimes presidential candidate’s 1999 visit. But Palin actually supported Steve Forbes in 2000, and served as a co-chair on his Alaska campaign.
In the weeks after the 1999 report of her wearing the Buchanan button, Palin said: “When presidential candidates visit our community, I am always happy to meet them. I’ll even put on their button when handed one as a polite gesture of respect. … The article may have left your readers with the perception that I am endorsing this candidate, as opposed to welcoming his visit to Wasilla.”
(See: Obama campaign advisor quote is from an e-mail sent to the Miami Herald http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2008/08/obama-camp-conn.html)
3) Palin “Wants Creationism Taught in School”
The Charge: Palin opposes the teaching of evolution, and would mandate the teaching of creationism in the state’s public schools.
The Facts: Palin said during her 2006 gubernatorial campaign that she would not push the state Board of Education to add creation-based alternatives to the state’s required curriculum, or look for creationism advocates when she appointed board members. She has kept this pledge, according to the Associated Press.
Palin has spoken in favor of classroom discussions of creationism, in some cases. “I don’t think there should be a prohibition against debate if it comes up in class. It doesn’t have to be part of the curriculum,”Palin told the Anchorage Daily News in a 2006 interview.


(See: ‘Creation science’ enters the race; Palin is only candidate to suggest it should be discussed in schools. By Tom Kizzia, Anchorage Daily News, 27 October 2006)
4) Palin “Was Nearly Recalled” While Mayor
The Charge: Palin was so controversial as mayor of Wasilla that she was almost recalled by a popular voter movement.
The Facts: The Wasilla City Council considered but never took up a recall motion after she fired a longtime police chief, who subsequently brought a lawsuit. A citizen’s group dropped their recall bid, and a judge ruled Palin had the authority to fire the chief.
(See: Foes Back Off Push to Recall Mayor http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/513745.html)

5) Palin “Opposes Sex Education”

The Charge: Palin opponents say Palin supported the end of all sex education in public schools. In light of her daughter’s presumably unplanned teen pregnancy, this has been a particularly well discussed internet topic.
The Facts: “The explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support,” Palin wrote in a 2006 questionnaire distributed among gubernatorial candidates. Palin favors abstinence-based sex education programs.

(See: McCain fought money on teen pregnancy programs, By Sharon Theimer, Associated Press, Sept. 2, 2008)

6) “This Picture Proves Palin is …”
The Charge: A slew of fake, Photoshopped or misdated photographs on the internet purport to show Palin in any number of embarrassing or compromising poses. One photo claimed to show Palin standing poolside, wearing an American flag-themed bikini, toting a rifle with telescopic sight.
The Facts: The various photos are being discredited and shown to be fake on a number of websites. The original of the so-called bikini shot, probably the best-known of the pictures, was shown to have been taken of another woman, with Palin’s head Photoshopped above the body.

(See: Call to Arms, http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/palin.asp)

7) Palin is the grandmother, and not the mother, of Trig Palin
The Charge: The most salacious rumor of all, this theory holds that Palin did not give birth to her son Trig in April, and was actually covering up for her daughter, Bristol.
The Facts: There are a number of photographs showing an apparently pregnant Sarah Palin, as well as a number of published eyewitness accounts of her pregnancy. These include First Lady Laura Bush, who says she spoke with a pregnant Palin at a governor’s conference in February. An assignment manager for KTVA news in Anchorage, Cherie Shirey, has also been quoted saying: “We worked with Governor Palin many times in 2008. Our reporters worked her on location and in the studio and I worked with her myself. She was definitely pregnant. You could see it in her belly and her face. The whole idea that Sarah Palin wasn’t pregnant with Trig is completely, absolutely absurd.”
The McCain campaign, in an apparent effort to counteract the rumors, announced last weekend that Bristol Palin is five months pregnant, which indicated she would have become pregnant before Trig was born.

(See: Palin Rebuts Rumors, Says Daughter Pregnant, http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080901/...itics_palin_dc
Anchorage TV Station: Palin Was ‘Definitely Pregnant’ With Trig’ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lee-st..._b_123029.html)


http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09...t-sarah-palin/

Champ Kind

She must be an angel sent from heaven.

And now what about all the lied about Obama and him being Muslim, not born in the US, not patriotic, etc?

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Chance174

lol....I find it funny that some of the far left are so scared of her that they have to make up lies.

Chance174

"And now what about all the lied about Obama and him being Muslim, not born in the US, not patriotic, etc?"

I thought those have already been addressed, especially on here.

DingoBrigade

Actually, all the 'facts' pretty much support a good part of the accusations. Weird.
1). She didn't join, but her husband did and she attended its meetings. Bad enough, in many people's opinions.
2.) She wore his button to welcome him to town. Well, OK, that explains it.
3.) 'Supports its discussion in school' is not scary-close to 'wants it taught in schools?'
4.) So she was nearly recalled. How is that a rebuttal?
5.) She does oppose sex ed., unless it's abstinence-based, which her own family doesn't follow, according to 'the facts'.
6.) Some of those awful pictures are real. They are embarrassing.
7.) Who cares?

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FloggingSully

Abstinance-based sex ed makes about as much sense as 'walk-everywhere' based drivers ed.

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FloggingSully

If these are the 'top myths' does that mean the rest of the stuff is true?

1) She supported the bridge to no-where until it started getting her bad press, then changed her position but still happily took all of the taxpayer money that was supposed to fund the the bridge.

2) She adopted a windfall tax on oil companies in Alaska and redistributed the money to the people living in the state (note: the oil companies were able to write off these tax payments on their federal taxes so people living in the other 49 states ended up footing the bill for it).

3) She became mayor of a small town with a budget surplus and left them over a million dollars in debt.

4) She inquired about banning books from a library.

5) She governed a state with the highest per-capita rate of pork funding in the US.

6) She supported Obama's energy plan.

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Zapp Brannigan

Well...most of that crap was spread in chain letter e-mails. Most of the stuff being talked about Palin is being reported by "reputable" news services.

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Chance174

1). She didn't join, but her husband did and she attended its meetings. Bad enough, in many people's opinions.

How is that bad? Please explain

2.) She wore his button to welcome him to town. Well, OK, that explains it.
3.) 'Supports its discussion in school' is not scary-close to 'wants it taught in schools?'

She supports discussion but never stated it had to happen....your grasping at straws here

4.) So she was nearly recalled. How is that a rebuttal?

How did you get "nearly recalled" from that.
5.) She does oppose sex ed., unless it's abstinence-based, which her own family doesn't follow, according to 'the facts'.

You forgot to mention the "Explicit" portion of that. You can teach it without showing everything. She also stated she "Prefers" abstinence-based not unless it's abstinence based. Also nice little dig at her daughter.

6.) Some of those awful pictures are real. They are embarrassing.

Where the hell did you get the idea that they are real pictures of Palin?

7.) Who cares?

It doesn't bother you at all that people would make up lies about this?

FloggingSully

How is it bad that her husband is a member of a group that wants Alaska to succeed from the union? Obama's wife says she's proud of her country for the first time and the conservatives in the US have a collective stroke, but Gov Palin's husband doesn't doesn't want to be a part of the country, it's not just that he isn't pround of the country, he doesn't even want his state to be a part of the county, and you don't think that's bad?

Basically, is shows that Gov Palin's husband is very unpatriotic.

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