what do you mean, Ken?
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>Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 15:34:27 -0700
>From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Palin's little lies
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
>given the media's performance so far, i'd not be so sure that if there were anything it'd be out by now.
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>--- On Sat, 9/6/08, Kathy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> From: Kathy <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: Palin's little lies
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Date: Saturday, September 6, 2008, 5:29 PM
>> I'm sure it is, but I don't have to watch it or
>> participate in it. My
>> mind is made up and nothing will change it unless someone
>> uncovers a
>> shocker about Obama or Biden. If anything was there,
>> it'd have been
>> aired by now, I'm sure.
>>
>> Kat
>>
>> Michael H. Collis wrote:
>> > The mudslinging is only going to get worse, until
>> it's a virtual landslide.
>> >
>> > ---- Original message ----
>> >
>> >> Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 13:49:05 -0400
>> >> From: Kathy <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> Subject: Re: Palin's little lies
>> >> To: [log in to unmask]
>> >>
>> >> Thank you for that, Anthony. I'm not voting
>> for her or McCain, but I
>> >> don't want to see wild, negative accusations
>> on both sides. Pah! I'm so
>> >> sick of negative political mudslinging!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Kat
>> >>
>> >> Anthony Arnold wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Do you think they are going to lose some votes
>> because of Palin's acceptance
>> >>> of their teenage daughter's pregnancy? I
>> don't know about you, but I do know
>> >>> quite a few who frown on teenage pregnancy,
>> one is my cousin who really
>> >>> surprises me she is a sweetheart but when it
>> comes to that she turns her
>> >>> face. I myself think if you parent, you
>> haven't to worry, it could still
>> >>> happen but less likely.
>> >>> I had a friend look into the budget cuts in
>> Alaska, here's what he found.
>> >>> Okay, I think I found the issue, and I'm
>> relieved to say that it looks like
>> >>> the 62% "cut" in special education
>> funding is actually due to funding for
>> >>> one program, the Alaska Challenge Youth
>> Academy Program, being moved to a
>> >>> separate budget item:
>> >>>
>> http://gov.state.ak.us/omb/08_OMB/budget/EED/comp2837.pdf
>> >>> According to that figure, she actually
>> increased funding for the program.
>> >>> I still have no intention of voting for
>> McCain/Palin for a host of other
>> >>> reasons, but I'm glad to see that unless
>> I'm missing something, she didn't
>> >>> actually cut this funding. She may be wrong
>> for America, and I believe that
>> >>> she and McCain are, but at least she's not
>> the monster I was beginning to
>> >>> fear that she might be.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks,
>> >>> Anthony Arnold
>> >>> Remote Troubleshooter for PRC
>> >>> 1-800-262-1984 ext. 494
>> >>> www.anthonyarnold.net
>> >>> Proud Member of Speak Share
>> >>>
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> From: Cerebral Palsy List
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> >>> Tamar Raine
>> >>> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 1:01 AM
>> >>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> >>> Subject: Palin's little lies
>> >>>
>> >>> If the truth be known...
>> >>> Now that we've had a chance to see Sarah
>> Palin and to hear her speak -- or
>> >>> at least read the big rolling white block
>> letters on the teleprompter in
>> >>> front of her -- we can see that she's
>> prone to telling whoppers.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> Now we know politicians as a group have a
>> propensity to embellish the
>> >>>> truth -- particularly when describing
>> their opponents or themselves --and
>> >>>> even to lie outright, but Palin does it so
>> well, she's like a George Bush
>> >>>> with reading and pronunciation skills.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> In her acceptance speech last night, Palin
>> told a whole string of lies. My
>> >>>> favorite was talking about little Trig,
>> her latest offspring, who was born
>> >>>> with Down syndrome. Looking right out into
>> the camera, she told the
>> >>>> parents of America with special needs
>> children that if she and John McCain
>> >>>> win in November, "You'll have an
>> advocate in Washington."
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Hard to square that with the truth,
>> though, which is that as governor,
>> >>>> Palin has proposed a reduction in funds
>> for special needs grants to
>> >>>> schools in both her budgets -- this at a
>> time when the state of Alaska has
>> >>>> been benefiting from record oil tax
>> revenues, which Palin is pushing to
>> >>>> return to citizens as cash rebates.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Left unsaid by Palin was the fact that
>> McCain himself, in Congress, has
>> >>>> voted against funding for the Head Start
>> program, an early childhood
>> >>>> program particularly important to children
>> of teen mothers, and that he
>> >>>> has opposed bills to increase funding for
>> special education. So in fact,
>> >>>> parents of children with special needs
>> such as Trig not only won't have an
>> >>>> advocate in the vice president's
>> office, but also they won't have an
>> >>>> advocate in the White House either.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Palin has also tried to turn a family
>> tragedy -- her 17-year old daughter
>> >>>> Bristol's getting pregnant by a local
>> self-described 18-year-old "redneck"
>> >>>> athlete from the same high school -- into
>> a virtue by saying that she and
>> >>>> her husband will be helping their daughter
>> "keep the child" and raise it.
>> >>>> To keep things cool in the eyes of god,
>> she also announced that the two
>> >>>> teen parents would be getting married.
>> Both kids were prominently on
>> >>>> display at the Republican National
>> Convention during her speech.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> What Palin didn't tell
>> convention-goers or the national viewing audience
>> >>>> was that as governor, she cut the funds
>> for a program in the state to
>> >>>> support single teen mothers and that as a
>> PTA member, mayor, and finally
>> >>>> as governor of Alaska, she has opposed sex
>> education in the schools --
>> >>>> something her daughter and future
>> son-in-law clearly could have used. Less
>> >>>> advantaged single mothers in Alaska and,
>> should she be elected, in the
>> >>>> rest of America, will not have a friend in
>> the Blair House. She also
>> >>>> failed to mention that McCain has voted
>> against funding of teen pregnancy
>> >>>> prevention programs in Congress.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Palin continued, in her acceptance speech,
>> to spout another lie that she
>> >>>> had already been making in her first days
>> on the stump since being picked
>> >>>> by McCain as his choice for running mate:
>> she had said "No thank you" to
>> >>>> the $439-million "Bridge to
>> Nowhere" which, as perhaps the biggest single
>> >>>> earmark in a year of record earmarks last
>> year had become a national joke
>> >>>> line. The truth: Palin backed that bridge,
>> and was even ready to add state
>> >>>> funding to get it built, until it became a
>> national joke. Then she thought
>> >>>> better, and killed the bridge, while still
>> taking the money, which the
>> >>>> state's senior senator, Ted Stevens
>> now under indictment for taking bribes
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>> >from contractors) , had earmarked.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> Palin went on to lie about her opponent,
>> Barack Obama's, tax plan, saying
>> >>>> it would raise taxes on businesses and on
>> all Americans. In fact, Obama's
>> >>>> plan calls for lowering the corporate
>> profits tax, while increasing the
>> >>>> tax on dividends and capital gains, both
>> of which fall not on businesses
>> >>>> but on investors, and for lowering taxes
>> on most Americans, while raising
>> >>>> them for people earning over $250,000.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> John McCain likes to ride around in a bus
>> he dubs the "Straight-Talk
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>> Express."
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> Sarah Palin, in her debut on the national
>> stage since being named as
>> >>>> McCain's Number Two, has lied enough
>> times to deserve the sobriquet Sure
>> >>>> A. Pallin'.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> DAVE LINDORFF is a Philadelphia- based
>> journalist and columnist. His latest
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> book is "The Case for
>> Impeachment" (St. Martin's Press, 2006 and now
>> >>>> available in paperback). His work is
>> available at www.thiscantbehappe
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>> ning.net.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> http://www.buzzflas h.com/articles/
>> lindorff/ 137
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>> >>> Tamar Mag Raine
>> >>>
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