Palin v. Reality

[ProSense]

September 03, 2008

Palin v. Reality

Posted by Mark Kleiman

Well, that was quick.

The Obama campaign is doing its job.

Now we get to see whether the media will do their job, or whether they will be cowed into submission. I'm not taking bets either way

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PALIN: “Our opponents say, again and again, that drilling will not solve all of America's energy problems - as if we all didn't know that already. But the fact that drilling won't solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all.”

REALITY: PALIN SAID SHE WOULD BEG TO DISAGREE WITH ANY CANDIDATE WHO SAID WE CAN’T DRILL OUR WAY OUT OF OUR PROBLEM

Palin Said She Would Beg to Disagree With Candidate Who Said We Can’t Drill Our Way Out of Our Problem. Asked by Invester’s Business Daily “Some politicians and presidential candidates say we can't drill our way out of our energy problem and that drilling in ANWR will have no effect. What's your best guess of the impact on prices?” Palin responded, “I beg to disagree with any candidate who would say we can't drill our way out of our problem or that more supply won't ultimately affect prices. Of course it will affect prices. Energy being a global market, it's impossible to venture a guess on (specific) prices.” (Investor’s Business Daily, 7/11/08)

PALIN: “In fact, I told Congress -- I told Congress, ‘Thanks, but no thanks,’ on that bridge to nowhere.”

REALITY: PALIN WAS FOR THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE BEFORE SHE WAS AGAINST IT.


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[Greyskye]

1. This is the best list I've seen so far today

It was posted earlier from a different site. I've already forwarded this one multiple times this morning. Keep this one spread!

:kick: and R!

[AzDar]

2. K & R ...

:kick:

[Tesibria]

3. K&R

[Vattel]

4. some of this is really good,

but it botches the bridge to nowhere stuff. It's not that she changed her mind. She's lying when she says she told Congress no thanks to the bridge. The earmark for that bridge had ceased to exist a year before she took office. Because they took so much flak for the earmarked funds for the bridge, Congress voted to eliminate the earmark in the fall of 2005.

[applegrove]

5. Excellent piece.