Sarah Palin's Speech: Full Of LIES!
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Looks like the lipstick wearing pit bull proved herself to be just like the typical politico types she slammed!
She's a liar and exaggerator!
The Associated Press closely watched Governor Sarah Palin, the GOP's VP pick, at last night's RNC convention and has outlined the many ways she exaggerated and lied.
Right or Left, a lie is a lie. It doesn't matter where on the political spectrum you are, right?
These are not 'personal' digs, mind you.
She's lying on the 'professional' stage, y'all.
Check out Pinocchio Palin's claims and the truth:
PALIN: "I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending … and championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. I told the Congress 'thanks but no thanks' for that Bridge to Nowhere."
THE FACTS: As mayor of Wasilla, Palin hired a lobbyist and traveled to Washington annually to support earmarks for the town totaling $27 million. In her two years as governor, Alaska has requested nearly $750 million in special federal spending, by far the largest per-capita request in the nation. While Palin notes she rejected plans to build a $398 million bridge from Ketchikan to an island with 50 residents and an airport, that opposition came only after the plan was ridiculed nationally as a "bridge to nowhere."
PALIN: "There is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening to him speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform — not even in the state senate."
THE FACTS: Compared to McCain and his two decades in the Senate, Obama does have a more meager record. But he has worked with Republicans to pass legislation that expanded efforts to intercept illegal shipments of weapons of mass destruction and to help destroy conventional weapons stockpiles. The legislation became law last year. To demean that accomplishment would be to also demean the work of Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, a respected foreign policy voice in the Senate. In Illinois, he was the leader on two big, contentious measures in Illinois: studying racial profiling by police and requiring recordings of interrogations in potential death penalty cases. He also successfully co-sponsored major ethics reform legislation.
PALIN: "The Democratic nominee for president supports plans to raise income taxes, raise payroll taxes, raise investment income taxes, raise the death tax, raise business taxes, and increase the tax burden on the American people by hundreds of billions of dollars."
THE FACTS: The Tax Policy Center, a think tank run jointly by the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, concluded that Obama's plan would increase after-tax income for middle-income taxpayers by about 5 percent by 2012, or nearly $2,200 annually. McCain's plan, which cuts taxes across all income levels, would raise after tax-income for middle-income taxpayers by 3 percent, the center concluded.
Obama would provide $80 billion in tax breaks, mainly for poor workers and the elderly, including tripling the Earned Income Tax Credit for minimum-wage workers and higher credits for larger families.
He also would raise income taxes, capital gains and dividend taxes on the wealthiest. He would raise payroll taxes on taxpayers with incomes above $250,000, and he would raise corporate taxes. Small businesses that make more than $250,000 a year would see taxes rise.
The AP report also showed how Palin's champions have exaggerated the Alaskan governor's 'acheivements':
MCCAIN: "She's been governor of our largest state, in charge of 20 percent of America's energy supply … She's responsible for 20 percent of the nation's energy supply. I'm entertained by the comparison and I hope we can keep making that comparison that running a political campaign is somehow comparable to being the executive of the largest state in America," he said in an interview with ABC News' Charles Gibson.
THE FACTS: McCain's phrasing exaggerates both claims. Palin is governor of a state that ranks second nationally in crude oil production, but she's no more "responsible" for that resource than President Bush was when he was governor of Texas, another oil-producing state. In fact, her primary power is the ability to tax oil, which she did in concert with the Alaska Legislature. And where Alaska is the largest state in America, McCain could as easily have called it the 47th largest state — by population.
MCCAIN: "She's the commander of the Alaska National Guard. … She has been in charge, and she has had national security as one of her primary responsibilities," he said on ABC.
THE FACTS: While governors are in charge of their state guard units, that authority ends whenever those units are called to actual military service. When guard units are deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, for example, they assume those duties under "federal status," which means they report to the Defense Department, not their governors. Alaska's national guard units have a total of about 4,200 personnel, among the smallest of state guard organizations.
FORMER ARKANSAS GOV. MIKE HUCKABEE: Palin "got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States."
THE FACTS: A whopper. Palin got 616 votes in the 1996 mayor's election, and got 909 in her 1999 re-election race, for a total of 1,525. Biden dropped out of the race after the Iowa caucuses, but he still got 76,165 votes in 23 states and the District of Columbia where he was on the ballot during the 2008 presidential primaries.
FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOV. MITT ROMNEY: "We need change, all right — change from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington! We have a prescription for every American who wants change in Washington — throw out the big-government liberals, and elect John McCain and Sarah Palin."
THE FACTS: A Back-to-the-Future moment. George W. Bush, a conservative Republican, has been president for nearly eight years. And until last year, Republicans controlled Congress. Only since January 2007 have Democrats have been in charge of the House and Senate.
We say if the 'means' are shady then it must mean the 'end' is shady.
No more shade!
[Image via AP.]
Keep bashing instead of facing the truth that your canidate is an empty sack!
7 bucks o' chic-a -fil for me!
Right on, P!
Perez, you are SOOOO 1 sided.
Do you REALLY think that Opr-bama Husain hasn't done his share of lieing and hiding things???
Opr-bama Husain is only as big as Hollywood has made him. Just look at his supporters; Hollywood acters etc.
Who's the fake??
Is anyone shocked?
Next!
I always wondered why Senator McCain's voice was so high pitched. I figured Cindy was a ball buster. I see how who will have the balls in DC. The pit bull comparison was a really bad analogy. They are the loose cannons of the canine world, can attack without provocation, and most people who own them do so for a sense of power. Godspeed America. We're so screwed with these two.
Perez, you're a gossip blogger, not a political pundit. All I see when you post this crap is "blah blah blah whine whine blah". Get back to the gossip.
LIAR LIAR LIAR!!!! No she wasn't a community organizer. She isn't much of anything but the woman showed last night she can read a hate filled speech and she can lie. And isn't that what we need? Another hateful out of touch conversative. She is nothing more than a pawn for the republician party. Obama and his speeches, that he writes, inspires people. Her speech made me sick and made me wish to GOD that she could not claim the same gender as me. She is an embarassment to woman and then to trot her pregnant unwed teenage daughter around as if it's all ok. OMG, go home and raise your dysfunctional family.
All she did was piss of the dems and they are going to come out swinging and I don't want to hear anymore BS whining her the republicians about her being picked on. And during the debates there are no teleprompters, there will be no one to tell her what to say, it's not scripted like the RNC, so let's she how the hockey mom does then.
Obama 08/12
Thanks for posting this…The republican's are vile. They bash and mock the opposing side, but don't offer an alternative to DUBYA.
I thought she was crap - sarcastic - mocking, etc. She delivered the speech well, but remember, she has a degree in journalism, and was a anchor for sports news. She knows how to read a teleprompter..
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Perez, we already knew it was full of lies. This chick is so full of shit. McBush did a piss poor job in choosing his sidekick .
Obama/Biden '08!
I started watching her speech but all I was hearing was a bunch of lies so I turned the channel. I wasn't impressed.
Blah, blah, blah, blah….. more psycodribble from Perez.
Or Avon, furry scrotum.
rePUBElicans are liars!!
She SUCKS!
i'm so not surprised…
Sarah Palin is absolutely the worst Republican candidate I've seen in a LONG time…McCain really shot himself in the foot with this one. As a former Republican turned Democrat, OBAMA '08!!!! There is something seriously wrong if you're considering voting for the Republican party this year.
disgusting
Well, DUH!
Any idiot who believed all that has to be a Republican.
Perez, I didn't expect anything less from the republicans….McShame should be embarrased to choose Palin as his VP. Nothing against women becasue I am one but she was NOT the best pick!! I do not care what anyone says!
Ok, now post the detailed report of all the shady shit that was in Obama's speech P!! I DARE YOU.
Juicy? Ahhhh, i don't care about this hag
That's a long list of of reason's why this puppet is unfit to serve our country. And there are plenty more reasons that will come tumbling in. This is just the beginning of the ridiculousness. Thank you for sharing PEREZ! Keep trying to educate the people who don't want to hear the truth- it's the right thing to do!
PEREZ, the truth is that for all this "dirt" you can "find" (because ultimately you are just copying and pasting from other sites) on Governor Palin, 100 times more can be found on Obama. Obama has proclaimed MANY MANY MANY false things…Get over it Perez! Start reporting on all of Obama's dirt that has YET to hit the media because the media has already decided that it wants Barack Obama to be the next president! It is a scary time when the media is as biased as it is now! The media is in panic mode because of how energized the Republican party now is to get McCain-Palin elected! So, Perez, why don't you start thinking for yourself and STOP VOTING ON ONE ISSUE! YOU VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE OF THEIR STANCE ON HOMOSEXUAL ISSUES! DON'T YOU REALIZE THAT MR. OBAMA IS AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE! I BET YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE TOO BUSY THROWING YOUR SUPPORT TO THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET WHEN YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT!!!! IT IS TIME TO GROW UP PEREZ!
Re: bouge – Where's Andy? These two bitches went all Dr. Phil on his ass yesterday after he checked out so I stepped in and told them to FUCK OFF for him!
Poor pathetic Republicans……..trying to get the Hillary vote…..and look what you got instead. I fucking love it!!!
Our government has slowly washed up in the last 8 years. Are we really willing to let it go on for another 4 years?
I left CNN's website to get away from the politicking. So here I am at my fav site looking for meaningless facts about people I don't know and what do I get???? More politicking. I'm voting McCain - period. You just nailed it for me Perez! Thanks budzo!
First of all…we ALL know that McCain deep down does not support GW…He is everything the republicans wished they could have had and hoped for in GW! I know that the dems want more power in a central gov and that is the LAST thing we need! Obama is all smoke and mirrors…how about you do the same for all the "claims" about Obama being african american. He only used the parts of himself that will make him popular to the masses…it's bs…Her speech was right on and motivating and inspiring. Keep the bs coming Perez…you just made me support McCain/Palin 08!!! Your candidate is a Joke! and his wife is a bigot…that's what really sucks. I have kept an open mind for Obama since he started running for the dem ticket. I have always wanted the best guy/gal for the job…it more and more seems to NOT be Obama. Thanks P!
How is all that "horrible, horrible"?
All politicians exaggerate facts when they make speeches. At least Palin USED facts, at least she has things to say about ACTUAL AMERICAN LIFE!
All Obama prattles on about is "hope" and "change" and all this total bollocks, and you can see that he is SUCH an actor. You can see in his eyes that none of it really comes from his heart.
When I watched Palin's speech, there was no doubt in my mind that she meant every single word she said. She actually cares about America. Obama cares about getting loads of cheers and claps.
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BUT NOOOOOOOOOOO MC GILLY AND NJP01WHAT THE FUCKEVER AND ALL THOSE OTHA PPL BACK IN THE OTHER BLOG THOUGHT i was "a lil dem who "cant do her research"" fuck off asswipes!!!!
Perez, don't apologize for going after this POS bitch! Idiots on the right seem enamored by her persona… people need to know the truth… keep it up, Sweetie!
xoxo
Oh honey, you know The Daily Kos isn't a reliable source. I think you need to put down the Kool-Aid before Jim Jones opens fire.
I love how you redefine the word "Fact". Do me a favor Perez, look up the word Orwellian.
She is absolute rubbish! She can't even take care of her own family, let alone a whole country. A pregnant teenage daughter and a special needs child will both need the FULL TIME support of a mother. She's going to leave their upbringing in the hands of her alcoholic husband? Good idea, genius! That'll really give the people confidence in you! If McLame and Apallin' get elected, this nation is as f*$!ed as her daugther.
Re: jaycie –
Well, when he said something about John McCain caring about his country, that was shady. We all know THAT's NOT TRUE!
I AM DONE COMING TO THIS SITE. I THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT CELEBRITY GOSSIP?
ITS NICE TO SEE WE AS AMERICANS HAVE STRONG VIEWS WHICH I LOVE, BUT THIS ISN'T THE FORUM FOR IT.
Remember all you left wing little brains, if you don't like what I say, go on the internet and complain!
liar liar, vadge on fire..
I don't mean to sound shallow, but I wish she would lose the glasses or at least get a semi stylish pair… Maybe a flat iron?
Re: cleobelle –
She cares about Alaska. Cuz that's all I heard. Alaska this, and Alaska that. No wonder she was a member of a group that wanted to separate Alaska from the U.S.
READ ABOUT THAT!
I thought it was offensive that she compared her measley career to Barack's time as a community organizer. He was a community organizer between college and Harvard Law School! And then he went on to work as a lawyer, an Illinois State Senator and then a US Senator! That would be like if the Democrats said "Barack was president of the Harvard LAw review whick is kinda like running for Ms. Alaska except he won and she lost!"
Perez,I loove how you just bring facts to the table. This is our COUNTRY,our COUNTRY
Thank you Perez. I am so proud of you for trying to educate the ignorant masses that visit your site, especially when EVERYONE is sucking up to this woman selected from obcurity SOLELY because she is a female. The republicans finally realized there is a significant voting block there. It should be called "pimp the vote" instead of "rock the vote". Guess what GOP, the majority of woman are too smart for that crap.
Thank you for posting this. I only watched about 5 minutes of Romney's speech, then became frustrated and changed the channel to something a little less political (America's Got talent, LOL). Anyway, the quote from Romney mentioned in this post caught my attention too. Thank you to AP for fact checking. It seems the Republican's have forgotten the last 8 years except for this stupid war. And btw, the video blog you did was great. Keep posting political entries because it is important to keep people informed. You're doing a great job!
get over yourself and just admit that obama is nothing more than a bag of hot air and the democrats shot themselves in the foot once again by nominating him.