September 3, 2008

Examining a few FACTS in Sarah Palin’s speech

First I just have to say how sad it was to see her make so many sarcastic and condescending remarks.
But as well, her speech was full of lies and mis-representations of the truth. Here are but just a few:
I was just your average hockey mom, and signed up for the PTA because I wanted to [...]

September 3, 2008

Stevie Nicks on Palin? Sarah, when you built your house…call it home

Wait a minute baby…
Stay with us awhile
Said you’d do John right
But you never told about the past

Drowning in the sea of mud
Where no VP would want to drown
Is it almost gone
Does it matter anymore
When you build your house
Call it home

And he was just like a great dark thing
Within the wings of a storm
Did he lose [...]

September 3, 2008

AUDIO: Republicans Noonan and Murphy accidentally trash McCain’s pick of Palin on “live mics”

From TalkingPointsMemo.com
Oh those live Mics are such dangerous things:

Thanks to Shrimani for the find.
TRANSCRIPT CAN BE FOUND IN THE COMMENTS SECTION

September 3, 2008

Wasilla woman tells everything you want to know about Palin but were afraid to ask

This account comes from a Wasilla, AK housewife-and-mother who has known Palin for years. She provides all the insight on Palin, and details of her governing first as a mayor and then governor. An insider’s perspective:
During her mayoral administration most of the actual work of running this small city was turned over to an administrator. [...]

September 3, 2008

McCain interviewed Palin only 1 day before he picked her. That’s when he first heard about Bristol

Surprise, surprise.
From the WashingtonPost.com
McCain Says Vetting Process Was Thorough
Aides Say Team Interviewed Palin Late in the Process
Republican presidential candidate John McCain says he’s satisfied that Sarah Palin’s background was properly checked out before the Alaska governor joined the Republican ticket.
By Dan Balz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 3, 2008; Page A01

ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 2 — [...]

September 3, 2008

My dream of Sarah Palin

No, it did not involve anything like this.
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The dream was that Palin had called into the Morning Joe show and Scarborough was interviewing her. At one point near the end of the interview she accidentally let slip she that had an abortion when she was young. Immediately after the broadcast the McCain camp issued the [...]