Palin trips up on her facts, and Giuliani and Huckabee have their own stumbles

Crabtownboy · Sep 6, 2008

Sarah Palin’s much-awaited speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night may have shown she could play the role of attack dog, but it also showed her to be short on facts when it came to touting her own record and going after Obama’s.

We found Rudy Giuliani, who introduced her, to be as factually challenged as he sometimes was back when he was in the race. But Mike Huckabee may have laid the biggest egg of all.

Palin may have said “Thanks, but no thanks” on the Bridge to Nowhere, though not until Congress had pretty much killed it already. But that was a sharp turnaround from the position she took during her gubernatorial campaign, and the town where she was mayor received lots of earmarks during her tenure.
Palin’s accusation that Obama hasn’t authored “a single major law or even a reform” in the U.S. Senate or the Illinois Senate is simply not a fair assessment. Obama has helped push through major ethics reforms in both bodies, for example.
The Alaska governor avoided some of McCain’s false claims about Obama’s tax program – but her attacks still failed to give the whole story.

Giuliani distorted the time line and substance of Obama’s statements about the conflict between Russia and Georgia. In fact, there was much less difference between his statements and those of McCain than Giuliani would have had us believe.

Giuliani also said McCain had been a fighter pilot. Actually, McCain’s plane was the A-4 Skyhawk, a small bomber. It was the only plane he trained in or flew in combat, according to McCain’s own memoir.

Finally, Huckabee told conventioneers and TV viewers that Palin got more votes when she ran for mayor of Wasilla than Biden did running for president. Not even close. The tally: Biden, 79,754, despite withdrawing from the race after the Iowa caucuses. Palin, 909 in her 1999 race, 651 in 1996.
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http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/gop_convention_spin_part_ii.html

Who lied, Palin or her speech writer .... or both?

Doubting Thomas · Sep 6, 2008

Crabtownboy said:

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/gop_convention_spin_part_ii.html

Who lied, Palin or her speech writer .... or both?
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But, you see, it doesn't matter. She's the darling of the neo"conned" GOP right now, so as long as she's on board with the "Global War on Terror" and the agenda of the PNAC, and she kisses AIPAC's rear, what's a few white lies?

targus · Sep 6, 2008

" Obama has helped push through major ethics reforms in both bodies, for example."

Specifics?

If so why is he keeping it a secret?

Chessic · Sep 6, 2008

Just curious...why do you choose to believe that highly-misleading article over the highly-misleading speeches of politicians?

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