Obviously, her handlers haven't given her an updated script yet.  It will be fixed soon enough.

The problem with all this lying is that the Republicans have a theory that the media consider identifying a lie an editorial comment.  

The Republicans believe, rightly I think, that the media won't characterize a republican claim as a lie without also characterizing a Democratic Party claim as a lie.

This need for "balance" which the media appears to be illogically serving is protecting the Republicans from    the criticism their ridiculous assertions deserve.

Have you seen these quotes from Joe Vogler head of the Alaskans for Independence and Alaskan Independence Party that Todd Palin was a member
for over seven years and Sarah Palin was so well known they thought she was a member?

1. "I'm an Alaskan, not an American. I've got no use for America or her
damned institutions."

or

2."The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government. And I won't be buried under their damn flag. I'll be buried in Dawson. And when Alaska is an independent nation they can bring my bones home."

Shouldn't she have been so vocal in opposition to this thinking that they would know she is not a member? Alternatively, do we have a separatist on
the Republican VP ticket? What would Lincoln think of his party's nominee? Why hasn't Sarah Palin denounced this group in the press?

I don't get it.  We all know Palin was for the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against it. So why is she using it as a talking point? Is this some stupid new strategy?

Q One wonders what the next GOP lie will be and why they keep spinning these woppers?

A Cause they think we are stupid and can't read the research for ourselves.

Think again GOP spinmeisters! Barack and Biden and even some honest journalists will keep knocking them down as fast as your slime machine can make them up.

Obama-Biden  '08

She didn't oppose the funding. But once it was approved, she killed the project and used the money elsewhere. So she did, in fact, kill the Bridge to Nowhere.

Hey, you know who VOTED FOR the Bridge? Barack Obama and Joe Biden is who.

Why does she get away with the "bridge to no-where" and the plane on e-bay? Is there no one who will call her out on these missleading comments?


LET'S TALK FACTS!

Why do news organizations have such a difficult time calling something John McCain, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, and/or Joe Biden say a "lie?" If you say something untrue, and you know it's untrue, it's a lie.

Sarah Palin is lying, plain and simple. It shouldn't take an Obama spokesperson to point that out to you numbskulls.

This is getting weird! Does anyone besides me sense some tendency toward delusional psychosis on the Rep side?

Can we say Liar. It is good that the media is debunking these lies, so why does she continue to tell them? Let me guess this campaign is not about the issues, it is about who are you cormortaable seeing in the White House mccain or obama? mccain and palin can not speak of the issues because they do not support any for middle class america. this is karl rove politics tell the same story over and over and maybe the low information voter will buy it or worse because i am corfortable with you the lie does not matter. Obama and Biden are the true agents of change and i hope that America sees it. I teach an accounting course at the local college, i have s tudent that has been a teacher for 20 years that says that as a single parent that she can not afford to be a teacher and wanted to purse a career in corporate america. this is what Obama meant when he says that mccain just does not get it. should a professional educated middle class american leave a career they love becuse in this economy they can not make ends meet.

Okay MSNBC you slammed Clinton for the Bosnia flap, but oh no...let's not criticize McPalin..she is the GOLDEN CHILD OF AMERICA!

Get that woman off the stage!  She is not ready for prime time.  She hasn't been on stage for a good 2 weeks and she is already lying.  4 more years of this and her lying to the American people and we will be doomed.    

I've heard nothing but lies come out of her mouth and yet she receives swooning praise from the on-air media. The truth seems to be the biggest casualty of this campaign and of the last eight years.  

Palin requested $750 Mio. in earmarks in just 19 months ... for a state with a population with 660,000 !!
She lies about Obama having requested $1 Bio in his career ... he actually received $300 Mio.

But since the American Public does not care about these "details" and "issues" it's all fine. The media is asleep and more worried about the ratings than the truth.

I have to ask myself why the world does not see us as the model for democracy anymore ? Would you know ?

Republicans feel that they are ABOVE THE LAW, just like the Bush administration. We have seen this time and time again.  McSame is telling everybody he is for change, where he is up to the same lies. Accountability where?

So the "Mavericks" continue to LIE.  This shouldn't really be a surprise to anyone.  Disgusting and embarrassing, but not surprising.   And I justy loooove how Sarah Palin talks about earmarks, all but leaving out the fact that SHE asked for and received 26 MILLION worth in pork for her little town of 6000 as Mayor.   I guess facts like that just don't matter.

No wonder McBush won't let anyone near her for questions.  Between her LIES and incompetence (Fannie and Freddie) they can't let her stray from the speech that was written for her.

McBush= MORE OF THE SAME

You got to love the Republicans and their blindness following. They never let the facts get in the way of their opinions.

I beilieve in Obama/Biden for change.  I am a white female & registered Republican, now voting for Obama.  

At least Obama tells us how he is planning to make changes. And Obama/Biden are sincere about our country.  


Some think that all Obama has done has worked his way up in his career to be the next  President of United States.....You know, I thought about that for awhile.......Why not....Because he studied the government aspects of politics, and economy, worked with people that voted on important issues of the country, Obama listen, learned about the foreign affairs issues, Obama knows and listens to peoples problems, and has lived and seen how people are struggling. Obama is very likeable, and sincere to the American people.  I believe that Obama/Biden will be very likeable with foreign leaders around the world.    Obama can really make his case on any issues, & would be tough on leaders who promote danger to America.    McCain/Palin come across very harsh, cold, and know it alls.  I would hate to see them talking with Foreign leaders.  Not really knowing Palin, she comes across not a strong person, but harsh, conceited, and  snotty.  I would not feel comfortable with McCain/Palin with our would leaders.    We need tough leaders, but we can not afford to have McCain/Palin go in with attitudes, thats how they come across.  Obama/Biden know and learned the many cultures around the world are different.   That does make a difference when leading a country.  We need to respect other countries and their cultures.  I do not believe Palin understands cultures.  You can't understand by learning on the job.   Palin has never visited other countries to understand the real issues of the world.   Obama/Biden learned and understand other cultures and their economy as well as ours.    

Something to think about...... McCain had all the opportunities in the last 30 some years in politics to make changes, he had the opportunity to make changes with our gas problems then. At least Obama knows that it not be a quick fix with gas prices, but we need to something about it now and Obama/Biden plan is smart for all Americans.   How can McCain say he can make changes now,  he did not care in the 30 some years he has been in politics?    Why now?


Look at the college degress  of each candidate.  or Resume'

Another thought....Its not fair to America that the McCain camp can tell america when, where, and how the  V.P. candidate can talk with the press and to us.  If she wants to run for Vice President of United States, she needs to be asked tough & important questions.  Because, running a country will be tough.  
McCain, this is not fair when the elections are so close.  If you care so much about the american people, then we should be allow to know the issues of your candidate without a script.



Obama/Biden for America.    

This woman is a pathological liar.  Isn't NE1 else concerned about that?  The McCain campaign knows the MSM doesn't have the b#@@s to call a lie a lie.  They figure the low info voter will believe it if they say it often enough.  I'm starting to feel like I live in a communist society without freedom of the press.

That's what Republicans do. They come up with an effective lie, and then repeat it over and over, even after it is shown to be a lie. Pretty shameless actually, but their party members (and the press, too) seem okay with it.

Hey, remind this right wingnut of the Ten Commandments.  Remember Sarah--Thou Shalt Not Lie!!!

It's OBAMA and the Democratic 527s that must argue this

Where are the 527's ?
How about Palin BILKING taxpayers for room and board in her own house ?

Come on Obama !!

ATTACK !!
What about attacking McCain's judgment on backing the Iraq War ?

Wake up, Obama !!

to everyone asking "why would she keep saying that?", the answer is simple:

THEY THINK YOU'RE STUPID

It's a lie, lie, lie. Why don't we call it that? Then it's not a leap to say she who said it is a LIAR!

And to boot she KEPT the already approved monies for this infamous 'bridge' and is RIGHT NOW using the funds to build a road that leads to the coast where this 'bridge' was supposed to be!!!!

Come on!!!  MSM DO YOUR JOBS!!!

There is nothing polite about a bold-faced lie.  So stop being polite MSM and call it what it is: A LIE!

Maddow and Keith are the only ones on the network with cohones?!

I used to be a huge fan of Charlie Gibson, but I've since lost all respect for him. The McCain camp picked him for a reason and it's not because he asks tough questions. Look at his interview last week when McCain said Alaska was close to Russia when asked about Palin's foreign policy experience. Not one follow-up question.

Palin will be asked about sexism, about how she is enjoying her new found popularity, about her experience as a mayor. She will also be asked about her opinions of Obama and that will be about it.

Charlie Gibson should go to work at FOX.

Tried posting this earlier-it wouldn't behoove Obama to attack her on this - he voted for the Bridge to Nowhere along with his running mate, he's secured millions in earmarks for his wife's hospital, and in the end she did the right thing on the bridge.  Heaven knows we've seen Obama shift positions on everything under the sun.

How stupid do the pubs think we are??
They picked a person for vp who can do nothing
but attack and lie. Course, that is common
ground for the pubs, as they certainly cannot
run on accomplishments as they have none,
cannot run on policies as theirs have almost
destroyed our country.
The American voters are too intelligent to fall
for the same o, same o.
ENOUGH!!

READ, folks.  Saw an investigative report on the bridge business. In the beginning, the bridge started out to be "some type of transportation link" to Ketchikan and Palin supported that. However, by the time she went into office, the "link" had grown into an overly-expensive bridge.  With that new information and the glut she could see in it, she then nixed the bridge.  A while back saw people here justifying a flip-flop by Obama because he had "new information."  If changing ones behind withnew info is good enuf for Obama, it's good enuf for Palin.

re the jet, she DID "put it on ebay".  When bids were too low, it was sold thru a broker.  Where's the lie ?  She said she "put" it on ebay.  I think t he point of emphasizing that is that she is a practical person.  First, she got rid of a money-hogging asset and she approached selling it with an everyday tool that people all over the world use.  

You people really need to read "the rest of the story" as Paul Harvey would say.

Maybe your friends over at the NBC Nightly News can finally call out Sarah Palin on her BLATANT LIES!!!

Sarah palin is a Liar.  She is nicknamed the Earmark Queen!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxbOyhhVYPE

First, it seems that the word "claim" is inappropriate.  Its a lie.  "Claim" is "To state to be true, especially when open to question."  This isn't "open to question."  The assertion is a false one.  The press should call it a false claim or a lie.

Second, someone should start the Palin "Days of Deception" clock and update it for everyday she keeps trying to deceive the American people, until she stops.  Right now, by my count, its 7 days.  

How many more "Days of Deception" will the press let her get away with?

JIm Ft L., I've been calling this a psychotic episode since Bush claim MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

The right wing in this country would be certifiable, if the country weren't in the throes of a ....psychotic episode.

Bald-faced, look-in-your-eyes lying: it's in republican DNA. They breed for it.

Like coming on TV and saying what amounts to: "Why are you snivelling over Iraq? After only 6 years, 3 trillion dollars, thousands of Americans (the real number we hide from you by saying DIED IN IRAQ - not German hospital) and A 1,000,000 Iraqis, the country is within sight of someday being as stable as it was before we went in and trashed the place for reasons we've never been able to explain the same way twice. Are we good government, or what?

Look, Palin is going to self-destruct.  She already is.  It appears that the media is getting impatient with McCain's recent treatment of them, Palin is not going to get away with lying, or avoiding the press.  

As to the polls?  They reflect what we know. This is a polarized country.  McCain said that he would work to bring people together, it is evident that he has already forgotten that promise.  

I do expect an explanation from MSNBC why Moron Joe was not sanctioned for his treatment of David Shuster.  That bullying, out of control behavior exhibited by Moron Joe should not be tolerated by any employer.  I will not be watching election coverage from MSNBC or NBC due to their sidelining of Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann.  You have made your channel another Fox wannabe.  I will be watching First Read for an explanation of why Moron Joe is still on the air after that disgraceful performance.

It is funny that the love-affair with Ms. Palin is beginning to run thin.  Like with any affair, there has to be substance underneath it all.  

They provide no substance...just sizzle.  How long can they keep this sizzle going on?  Obama is talking substance, so why not McCain?  Maybe they don't have anything substantive to say!  

Remember....Palin & McCain (..or is it McCain & Palin) will SAY ANYTHING and DO ANYTHING  to win.   Period.

The two of them are nothing but phony operators.   They are very scary for this beloved country.

If you want integrity and leadership & true change, vote OBAMA/BIDEN.

I can’t wait to see what the polls do after we start hearing Palin speak off her one and only approved speech. Her one, shallow-minded speech that talks about how great she is and how it was so hard to make all those tough decisions like selling the 2.1 million dollar private jet and boohoo…firing her gourmet chef. Can I have those problems…because I'm a regular American who doesn’t have a million dollar plane to sell on eBay. I'm just trying to find affordable education for my preschooler so I can work 10+ hours a day to pay the bills. I'm working to put gas in our cars, milk in the refrigerator and hopefully have a little time and mental energy leftover at the end of the day to spend with my kids. These are real issues, Sarah. Do I care if her husband is a snow mobile champion? I'd love to have time and money to take up a sport like snowmobiling. Here's what I'm saying. I would, on any given day, choose to have a president that worked as a community activist for the disenfranchised and forgotten than a president who's resume claims accepting millions of dollars of federal money (my tax payer money) for her small town in Alaska. Do I think she's a person who cares about the poor, the underrepresented, the sick, the elderly. No, because she's never been a member of the forgotten and let's face it she never will. So here are my words to you Sarah Palin, from this white, middle class working mom...Thanks but no thanks, never in a million years.

I hope my fellow women are really paying attention here.  I know and like many sports and PTA moms.  But I don't want to elect someone who reminds me of ME, I want someone who reminds me of a PRESIDENT.  Sarah Palin has too many negatives, and her lies and extremist views are coming to the forefront (sounds like someone we've had in office for eight years,eh?).  I'm not giving her props (or my vote) just because I can "relate to her."

I GUESS IF YOU TELL A LIE INSTEAD OF TELLING THE TRUTH YOU KEEP TELLING THE LIE.  MAYBE SOME POINT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE THE LIE.  I DOUBT IT THOUGH WE ARE NOT THAT STUPID!!!!!!

Jennifer T., Des Plaines, IL:'... Why do news organizations have such a difficult time calling something John McCain, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, and/or Joe Biden say a "lie?" If you say something untrue, and you know it's untrue, it's a lie....'

Jennifer, IT'S NOT THEIR JOB !!

It's the job of the Obama campaign
Time for them to get their hands dirty
Time to show a killer instinct
They DIDN'T DO IT against Clinto
They HAVE TO DO IT against McCain !!

The problem ISN'T IN THE MEDIA !
The problem is in the Obama Campaign

Time to get tough !

Why are we rarely hearing about Todd's membership in this organization?  WHY are we not hearing over and over about the horrible sermon Sarah Palin sat in her church?  Pat B (surprise, surprise) justifies it by saying he was a guest preacher.  If Obama had sat there and not walked out, we would hear about it for three weeks!  The media is handling her with kid gloves!

Whats more important is that Palin received and kept the earmark funds for the Bridge. It was used for other projects including a highway to the proposed location for the Bridge.  

She did not save the US taxpayers anything. I cant understand why the media does not add this information whne they talk about the Bridge.  

They say everyone lies on their resume.  Well, if you're running for VP, you're gonna be found out!  Since the McCain Campaign did the bulk of their vetting AFTER the 1-day selection process, there's so much more to know about Sarah Palin.  Sure, she's a smart and sassy and attractive politician.  But you can't cherry-pick your narrative and cry foul (i.e. sexism) when your WHOLE record is exposed.  With so many legitimate questions revealing so many legitimate inconsistencies with her story, there's no reason to get personal and attack her family.  Dems can take the high road; Palin will crash and burn on her own the longer she keeps talking.

Since last Saturday I have had at least six posts scrubbed, so I hope this one gets in.

It is time the public take action against Palin. She cannot be allowed to continue sprouting this stream of lies, mainly to low information Americans, who do not follow the news, watch cable or read blogs online. It is time for action. There is no law against you picketing where they are campaigning providing you do so within a reasonable distance from where they are but within the reach of persons going to see them speak. Use placards indicating the lies she has been telling re bridge to nowhere, earmarks, pork barrel spending, troops are being sent to Iraq to fight are being sent by GOD, overturning of Roe vWade, the governor’s plane she sold at a loss of over $600,000.00 etc. If these are put on signs and you conduct peaceful demonstrations, then those interested in Palin will eventually start asking her questions.

Action speaks louder than words Obama organizers and supporters so start organizing these protests. A good on is ‘PALIN IS A LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE’ switch to whatever she is wearing be it dress or skirt.

OBiden voted for the Bridge to Nowhere TWICE even when given the chance to divert the funds to Katrina relief!
Come on MSNBC. You just demoted Chris "thrill up the leg" Matthews and Keith "sh%t don't stink" Olberman, now please do some balanced reporting.

Hey weasel in Boston, yeah Biden and Obama voted for the bridge, because it was part of a senate appropriations bill.  Nothing is black and white.  If Palin was a real fiscal conservative she would not have accepted the $233 million she took.  

She is liar and thief, but whatever, she looks good!

Dear S. Weasel from Boston,
Palin did not kill the bridge once the funding was in.  The bad press against it, as well as the congressional debates on pork spending that year made it an issue.  Congress had beat it to within a inch of its life, Palin "killed" once it was near death and highly unpopular.  She was happy to spend the money for it elsewhere.

It would seem that someone who has been consistently against earmarks would have not accepted the money form the project either...

Oh wait, she was only against earmarks after she was for them.

Two words- political hypocrisy

If you think this is going to be a problem for the Republicans you are wrong.  You are clinging to any little thing that you think will make Palin look bad because you know that the Dems are in trouble. What you really should be concerned about is how B.O. is going to lose the election because of his relationship with racists and terrorists.

"She didn't oppose the funding. But once it was approved, she killed the project and used the money elsewhere. So she did, in fact, kill the Bridge to Nowhere."

Weasel, the House REJECTED her request for funding on the Bridge, and THEN she withdrew it.  Didn't return the money though did she?

How can you tell when a Republican lies?  When he/she moves their lips.

I don't know why the Dems don't release in the form of an ad or in a stump speech, the fact that Alaska ranked NUMBER ONE in all states in EARMARKS while she was governor.  Also that the state is the HIGHEST TAXED IN THE NATION.

Enough of the self-righteous swagger of george Bush. Enough egotistical ignoring Heat's request to stop playing their song at rallies. Enough stretching the bounds of credibility at every turn. Enough playing the PC card when basic questions are asked. Enough Swift Boat-style lying.

Enough politics as usual from the GOP.

Palin is a bald-faced LIAR!
It's bad enough that she is a far-right lunatic, but she's a selfish liar on top of it!  She doesn't deserve to be our Vice President.  We are sick of radical right wingers running our country into the ground.

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