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
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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> >>> Tamar Mag Raine
> >>>
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