i mean the media has not really done it's job. the networks especially and the major newpapers.
--- On Sat, 9/6/08, Michael H. Collis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Michael H. Collis <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Palin's little lies
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Saturday, September 6, 2008, 7:12 PM
> 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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