Palin McCain: More text, lies and video tape
Mirror on America has posted more lies from Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. It's becoming increasingly clear that the poorly vetted vice presidential nominee is more fairy tale than true reformer. The right wing's angel's halo is becoming more tarnished with each revelation. I pointed out some of the lies told at the RNC a couple of days ago in my post, At RNC, when their mouths were moving they weren't telling the truth.
Here's some of what the Mirror on America blog had to say:
Lie/Distortion #1:
She claimed to be an advocate for Special needs children and presented
the McCain/Palin Ticket as Shepards for the Health of children.
Fact: Palin eliminated funds for teenaged mothers in her State. She also slashed funding for Special Needs Education by a significant amount. And as for McCain... he voted against expanding Schip to millions of American children. Remember the 12 year old boy who Republicans attacked last year? Here's a link to refresh your memory.
Lie/Distortion #2:
She compared herself to Harry S. Truman (as a way of saying that he was
from a small town too....and as a way to deal with the experience
question).
Fact: Yes, Truman was from a small
town in my home State. But before being nominated for Vice President,
Truman had years of experience as an Army officer and Veteran of World
War I, was a Judge, and was a U.S. Senator for a decade.
This woman can't be serious.
Lie/Distortion #3:
Claimed extensive experience to be VP based on her time as Mayor of
Wasilla Alaska, and her one full year as Governor. She claimed in the
speech that she would explain what her daily duties were as Mayor...
but she never got around to explaining.
Fact: The town of Wasilla had a population of about 6 or 7 thousand when she was Mayor. This is hardly proper preparation to
run a Country of 300 million and to deal with a $3 Trillion annual
budget....the biggest budget in the World. Pat Buchanan (who Palin once
supported) and other respected commentators, and former officials
agree....she's not ready. Even Karl Rove agrees; Palin does not meet the qualifications for Vice President.
To read more, click here.
You may also want to check out Roger Simon's tongue-in-cheek apology from the Eastern Elitist Media on his Politico.com blog:
Why the media should apologize
By: Roger Simon
September 4, 2008 10:50 AM EST
ST. PAUL, Minn. – On behalf of the media, I would like to say we are sorry.
On behalf of the elite media, I would like to say we are very sorry.
We have asked questions this week that we should never have asked.
We have asked pathetic questions like: Who is Sarah Palin? What is her record? Where does she stand on the issues? And is she is qualified to be a heartbeat away from the presidency?
We have asked mean questions like: How well did John McCain know her before he selected her? How well did his campaign vet her? And was she his first choice?
Bad questions. Bad media. Bad.
It is not our job to ask questions. Or it shouldn’t be. To hear from the pols at the Republican National Convention this week, our job is to endorse and support the decisions of the pols.
Sarah Palin hit the nail on the head Wednesday night (and several in the audience wish she had hit some reporters on the head instead) when she said: “I’m not a member of the permanent political establishment. And I’ve learned quickly, these past few days, that if you’re not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.”
But where did we go wrong with Sarah Palin? Let me count the ways:
First, we should have stuck to the warm, human interest stuff like how she likes mooseburgers and hit an important free throw at her high school basketball tournament even though she had a stress fracture.
To read the rest of Simon's commentary, click here.
And finally, how about some viral video, The 'Liptstick Pitbull' from TheRealNews.
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