Sliming Palin (FactCheck.org)

Thanks to madinmd for sending me this.

False Internet claims and rumors fly about McCain's running mate.
September 8, 2008

"We’ve been flooded for the past few days with queries about dubious Internet postings and mass e-mail messages making claims about McCain’s running mate, Gov. Palin. We find that many are completely false, or misleading."

Read the full article at FactCheck.org
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/sliming_palin.html

FactChecking McCain (FactCheck.org)

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September 5, 2008
"We checked the accuracy of McCain's speech accepting the Republican nomination and notedthe following:"

Read the entire article at FactCheck.org
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/factchecking_mccain.html

Palin can't seem to admit she erred (Anchorage Daily News)

If you want to hear about the Governor of Alaska, go to an Alaskan newspaper. -BV

August 16th, 2008
"Gov. Palin is revealing her ugly side during this, her toughest political battle to date. As she continues to dig a deeper hole for herself day by day in the so-called Troopergate scandal, the more desperate she appears. Sarah Palin is not handling the pressure well."

Read the whole editorial at the Anchorage Daily News
http://www.adn.com/opinion/comment/story/496302.html

An Open Letter to God, from Michael Moore (MichaelMoore.com)

Sunday, August 31st, 2008
"Dear God,...The other night, James Dobson's organization asked all believers to pray for a storm on Thursday night so that the Obama acceptance speech outdoors in Denver would have to be canceled."

Read the full letter at MichaelMoore.com
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?messageDate=2008-08-31

Michael Moore Responds to Joe Lieberman (MichaelMoore.com)

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
"(Last night, during his primetime speech from the podium at the Republican National Convention, Senator Joe Lieberman made the following statement: '... if John McCain is just another partisan Republican, then I'm Michael Moore's favorite Democrat. And I'm not. And I think you know that I'm not.')"

Read the full article at MichaelMoore.com
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?id=231

Palin pressured Wasilla librarian (Anchorage Daily News)

September 4th, 2008
"WASILLA -- Back in 1996, when she first became mayor, Sarah Palin asked the city librarian if she would be all right with censoring library books should she be asked to do so."

Read the full article at the Anchorage Daily News
http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/515512.html

Mayor Palin: A Rough Record (Time magazine)

"...But in the first major race of her career — the 1996 campaign for mayor of her hometown, Wasilla — Palin was a far more conventional politician. In fact, according to some who were involved in that fight, Palin was a highly polarizing political figure who brought partisan politics and hot-button social issues like abortion and gun control into a mayoral race that had traditionally been contested like a friendly intramural contest among neighbors."

Read the whole article from Time magazine
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1837918,00.html

Through Outer Republica with Gun and Camera

Some items of note from various sources regarding Sarah Palin and the GOP convention.

Palin Disclosures Raise Questions on Vetting
A series of disclosures about Gov.Sarah Palin, Senator John McCain’s choice as running mate, called into question on Monday how thoroughly Mr. McCain had examined her background before putting her on the Republican presidential ticket.

Read the full article from the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/us/politics/02vetting.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

NOTE: A correction to this article was posted to the Times site on September 5.

GOP Convention Spin
Lieberman and Thompson make misleading claims about Obama on Day Two of the party in St. Paul.

Read the full article from Factcheck.org
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/print_gop_convention_spin.html

GOP Convention Spin, part II
Palin trips up on her facts, and Giuliani and Huckabee have their own stumbles on Night 3 of the Republican confab.

Read the full article from Factcheck.org
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/gop_convention_spin_part_ii.html

Thanks to madinmd for passing these along.

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