i hope you can get this and it is information you can use. i did not know some of these questions were out there. 

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                    Correction: In our original story, we incorrectly said that a few of the claims we examine here were included in the e-mail by Anne Kilkenny. Only one of the claims – about the librarian's firing – was similar to an item in that e-mail. We regret the error. We are sending this corrected summary and links to the story to all readers on our e-mail list. We also have revised the story's section dealing with accusations that Palin wanted to ban books from Wasilla's library to include more detail about what transpired at the time.

                    

                    Sliming Palin
                    September 8, 2008
                    False Internet claims and rumors fly about McCain's running mate. 
                    Summary
                    We’ve been flooded for the past few days with queries about dubious Internet postings and mass e-mail messages making claims about McCain’s running mate, Gov. Palin. We find that many are completely false, or misleading.

                    
                    
                        Palin did not cut funding for special needs education in Alaska by 62 percent. She didn’t cut it at all. In fact, she tripled per-pupil funding over just three years.
                    
                    
                        She did not demand that books be banned from the Wasilla library. Some of the books on a widely circulated list were not even in print at the time. The librarian has said Palin asked a "What if?" question, but the librarian continued in her job through most of Palin's first term.

                        
                    
                    
                        She was never a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, a group that wants Alaskans to vote on whether they wish to secede from the United States. She’s been registered as a Republican since May 1982.

                        

                        
                        Palin never endorsed or supported Pat Buchanan for president. She once wore a Buchanan button as a "courtesy" when he visited Wasilla, but shortly afterward she was appointed to co-chair of the campaign of Steve Forbes in the state.

                        

                        
                        Palin has not pushed for teaching creationism in Alaska's schools. She has said that students should be allowed to "debate both sides" of the evolution question, but she also said creationism "doesn't have to be part of the curriculum."
                    
                    We'll be looking into other charges in an e-mail by a woman named Anne Kilkenny for a future story.  For more explanation of the bullet points above, please read the Analysis.

                    

                     

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