Posted on 09/05/2008 2:02:59 PM PDT by mnehring
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been subjected to an intense amount of media and public scrutiny since she was named as John McCain’s vice presidential pick one week ago. Many of the attacks have come in the form of unconfirmed reports on the Internet. Among them:
1) Palin “Joined a Secessionist Political Party”
The Charge: Unsubstantiated Internet reports insisted Palin was once a member of the Alaska Independence Party, which critics call a secessionist political movement and supporters say is dedicated to seeking greater state control over federal lands across Alaska.
The Facts: Palin has been a registered Republican since 1982. There is no record of her ever being a member of the AIP, or any party but the GOP. Palin’s huband has been a member of the AIP in the past, but since 2002 has been a registered independent.
(See: Party Official Says Palin Was Not a Member http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/alaska-party-official-says-palin-was-not-a-member/?scp=2&sq=palin%20independence%20party&st=cse)
2) Palin Supported a “Nazi Sympathizer”
The Charge: “Palin was a supporter of Pat Buchanan, a right-winger or, as many Jews call him: a Nazi sympathizer,” Obama Florida spokesman Mark Bubriski was quoted as saying in a Miami Herald article.
The Facts: While mayor of Wasilla, Palin wore a Buchanan button during the sometimes presidential candidate’s 1999 visit. But Palin actually supported Steve Forbes in 2000, and served as a co-chair on his Alaska campaign.
In the weeks after the 1999 report of her wearing the Buchanan button, Palin said: “When presidential candidates visit our community, I am always happy to meet them. I’ll even put on their button when handed one as a polite gesture of respect. … The article may have left your readers with the perception that I am endorsing this candidate, as opposed to welcoming his visit to Wasilla.”
(Excerpt) Read more at elections.foxnews.com ...
You may have to add one- I heard the latest rumor is Osama bin Laden for leader of Al Qaeda and held a fund raiser for him at the Wasilla Olive Garden.
Huh?
There’s an Olive Garden in Wasilla? Cool!
I can’t be sure.
But I googled it and this is what I know RE: the Olive Garden in Waslia, AK
http://articles.directorym.com/Olive_Garden_Wasilla_AK-r854633-Wasilla_AK.html
I was about to say the same thing, and I live in Wasilla. no OG, no Red Lobster, no TGIFriday. We do have Chilis and IHOP, though.
Sarah Palin has never posed for the cover of Harvard Law Review, says Newsweak
Bristol Palin saw someone shoplift chewing gum and did not report it; leads LA Times to wonder if Palin “reformer” narrative is a myth.
NPR is set to report Palin covered up environmental damage resulting from crude oil sticking to bottom of husband’s shoes while working at BP. “This is the worst oil spill since Exxon Valdez!”, NPR asserts.
“Palin not executive material” states Chris Matthews after she failed to make anything happen in his leg.
NY Times front page today contained one story that was NOT about trashing someone named Palin. Pundits claim Republican pressure being applied to cover up the truth.
http://thepeoplescube.com/red/viewtopic.php?t=2280
Specifically said the pipeline is not under construction (did she claim it was) and may not start for another 10 years and
the Dems really wrote the ethics legislation and have been working on it long before Sarah became Governor.
Palin “Joined a Secessionist Political Party”
Considering how big and oppressive the federal government has become, this is hardly a bad thing.
Olive Garden in Wasilla, man there really are some vile rumors out there. The only chain resturants here are the usual burger doodles and a brand new Chili’s. We have to go to Anchorage to for fine dining. In case they are listening I would love for the Olive Garden chain to open a store here.
Didn’t one Liberal clown bring up that thing about the “Bridge To Nowhere” where Alaska kept the money anyway?
I think there’s more to that ....you just can’t return money that easily to the fed’s .... or that fast ....
That is not Palin. That picture is a well-documented hoax.
It is in fact Saturn (D-Latium), a Titan and father of Jupiter. Saturn used to eat all His kids before Jupiter chased Him out of Washington under a cloud of suspicion that He had employed an undocumented cleaning lady.
Palin, the records show, never ate any of her children.
It is sad, how the MSM has misused images of the Gods this way.
ping
But I did find this...
Krazy Moose Subs 1401 E Parks Highway WasillaDo they serve Moose Burgers? Moose Ale?
Sound like a fun place.
Where can I get a poster of Sarah Palin?
Proof positive that she's evil incarnate! She's in favor of DISCUSSION!!! /moonbat agenda
True dat. But this one is real. And I think it's adorable.
From her college days.
And in other news there is a highway in Wasilla, AK
That there is a pun Shakespeare can be proud of.
Hey, when does the new Target open up?? I want to send my kids Target gift cards.
[Fox News] Megyn Kelly destroys Us Weekly for vicious Palin cover:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M05JiYnjNI&feature=related
9. Palin secretly plans to convert to Islam, will wear burka during swearing in ceremonies.
I think it's a fake, but maybe it isn't.
One of the networks called the shirt ‘suggestive’.
It's too bad she doesn't. I would support that 100% at least until there is school choice via vouchers, charter schools etc. Government should not be teaching children about sex IMO.
The Charge: A slew of fake, Photoshopped or misdated photographs on the Internet purport to show Palin in any number of embarrassing or compromising poses. One photo claimed to show Palin standing poolside, wearing an American flag-themed bikini, toting a rifle with telescopic sight.
Had the picture been real I would find nothing "embarrassing or compromising" about it. In addition I believe the "rifle" is a Crosman pellet gun. I used to own one just like it. But she can go shooting with a Barret .50 BMG for kicks for all I care. Heck, she's the governor, she can spend the weekend with the AKNG shooting howitzers and mortars for all I care.
Of course they did.
Any picture of female candidate not dressed in a pant suit is ‘suggestive’.
That’s just too funny. The one about the dog rooting got belly laughs from me....
Now HERE'S a real one (with apologies to Xena Warrior Princess) ;-):
Nope we got a Mexican restaurant though... (cleaning glasses)..
Kewl, I always were partial to women who observed Saturnalia!
Truth) Well, this one we have to admit is not a lie or a myth.
Snopes says it is but it could have Joe Lieberman’s face on it and I’ll still look!
fyi
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In case they are listening I would love for the Olive Garden chain
to open a store here.
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I know “there’s no disuputing of taste”...as the ancient Romans said.
But based on the restaurants here in Columbia, MO and in Wichita, KS...
forgeddabout Olive Garden.
Petition for a Romano’s Macaroni Grill.
About the same price for much better Italian food.
(IMHO)
http://www.macaronigrill.com/Home/Default.aspx
Real or not... Who cares??!? Not guilty!!
Palin probably looks better in a Bikini than the woman\girl whose body they photoshopped her face onto. If she ever wears one that is.
She'd also be holding something more substantial than a BB gun. A .300 Winchester Magnum perhaps. A 30-06 at minimum. :)
Nah, just Mooseburgers. But she does like to shoot the Moose herself. Then field dress it, butcher it, and grind up the meat for the burgers.
Shhhh... don't tell my wife.. but dam** straight!
Well, that picture is irrefutable proof of her unworthiness to be vice-president; the comma should be before the ‘but’, not after.
They may not of broke ground but they have awarded the contract for the construction of the pipeline. Awarding the contract is an important first part.
The original pipeline effort was a mess, and the legislation encompassed 460 pages. Sarah’s legislation is concise and only 21 pages long.
She said she signed the ethics legislation which she did.
Krazy Moose Subs—Even better!
The photo on the articles web site has a spot for comments but it does not work. I tried twice.
The photo described as “A doctored photo of Sarah Palin” is a fake the only thing of Sarah in the photo is her face. The original is on flickr
Can someone link me to the larger photos that were here on FReeper the photoshop’ed one and the original. I can’t relocate them
This list will expire often, and must be updated with alacrity every few days.
The DNCMSM will continue to sling all sorts of mud, spurious rumors, lies and misrepresentations right up to November.
BTW, didn't the "Bridge to Nowhere" connect a city to 50 people plus an airport? Which end of the bridge was considered "nowhere"? While I don't favor the use of federal dollars for such projects, it would seem entirely reasonable for a governor to think it would make sense to replace a ferry with a bridge, and then change her mind when she discovers the cost.
#25 in case no one else told you, snopes already debunked it. It ain’t real.
“Shhhh... don’t tell my wife.. but dam** straight!”
That’s been my modus around here too! As long as I don’t talk about how hot she is *shhh* my wife is completely enamored with her.
Ditto.. I don’t want to say “d*** she is hot” lest my wife gets in her rebellious mode. Right now, Palin is her hero.
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