Comments on: Factcheck.org on the Palin rumors

By: Legolas

Legolas — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:43:12 +0000

Factcheck.org on the Bridge to Nowhere:
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/gop_convention_spin_part_ii.html

By: minty

minty — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:38:38 +0000

But in January 1997, Palin fired Emmons, along with the police chief. According to the Chicago Tribune, Palin did not list censorship as a reason for Emmons’ firing, but said she didn’t feel she had Emmons’ support. The decision caused “a stir” in the small town, according to a newspaper account at the time. According to a widely circulated e-mail from Kilkenny, “city residents rallied to the defense of the City Librarian and against Palin’s attempt at out-and-out censorship, so Palin backed down and withdrew her termination letter.”
from the same article

By: Lynn David

Lynn David — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:21:08 +0000

Mmmm….. yeah, I suspected that. The original post on the subject…
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/30/palin-wanted-nowhere-bridges/
I think I first saw the problem creep up in the Anchorage Daily News.

By: Warren

Warren — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:02:47 +0000

@Lynn David: I have not looked into this one but after what I have seen in the pages of Washington Post and other mainstream sources, I do not believe much I cannot verify. I will be more inclined to accept a factcheck.org review than thinkprogress.

By: Lynn David

Lynn David — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:48:53 +0000

Interesting website: Lies To Nowhere
http://thinkprogress.org/lies-nowhere/
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/08/lies-nowhere/
Documents the various and number of innacuracies and outright lies which the republicans are putting out on Palin’s views on the “Bridge to Nowhere.”

From the day he nominated Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AZ) to be his vice presidential running mate, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and his campaign advisers have been repeating the lie that Palin opposed the infamous Bridge to Nowhere. (In fact, Palin repeatedly expressed strong support for the project.) ThinkProgress has been keeping track of these lies and compiled them here. Please let us know if we’ve missed any, and you can comment on this document here.

By: Legolas

Legolas — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:08:18 +0000

I’m glad the facts are getting sorted out from the fiction re: Palin, but Obama has been subject to these sorts of nasty, false rumor mill tactics for months now. So it hardly seems a surprise the same would happen to an even less known, less scrutinized candidate on the presidential ticket. Also, there are some discomforting facts about Palin, why no posts addressing those?

By: Lynn David

Lynn David — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:44:21 +0000

Maybe not the WaPo, but can you believe the WSJ?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122065537792905483.html?mod=hps_us_mostpop_viewed
But Palin did make a grievious error while Wasilla mayor. I’m only posting this here because it did not evidently post on the other thread.