I think he's saying the press is too liberal to really dig up dirt
against Obama. I beg to differ. If The Enquirer had been able to dig
up dirt against him they would have. Just look at John Edwards.
Kat
Michael H. Collis wrote:
> what do you mean, Ken?
>
> ---- Original message ----
>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> --- 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
>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>>> http://www.zazzle.com/TamarMag*
>>>>>> Tamar Mag Raine
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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