Trucking | Alaska Mythbusters Released!

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1. bloggingzoom.com

   September 10th, 2008 at 2:51 pm

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   Alaska Mythbusters…

   Obama has gathered a bunch of people that have worked with the Alaska Governor and are telling the truth about her record. The ex Governor (whom she beat in the election), the Mayor of Ketchikan (part of the bridge to nowhere) and others whom I’m sure…

2. Cookie

   September 10th, 2008 at 4:29 pm

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   They can start with these:

   Palin-Gate (copied & edited from another blog on firedoglake.com):

   1.Troopergate/ currently stalling the investigation & refusing to turn over 1100 emails.
   2. Replaced the guy she fired in troopergate with someone with a sexual harassment complaint who lasted 10 days – and then gave him a $10,000 severance package in exchange for not suing the state.
   3. Todd’s Alaska Independence Party membership & Sarah’s affiliation
   4. Used a state site to promote mining interests over clean water.
   5. Bridge to nowhere: being for it before she was against it – and still lying about it!
   6. For earmarks before she was against them
   7. Pumping money into a bankrupt Alaska dairy and then selling it off to cronies
   8. Firing employees as mayor over loyalty issues
   9. Inquired about how to ban books & then tried to fire the librarian
   10. Involved in the 527 for Ted Stevens
   11. As mayor hired a lobbyist to secure $27 million dollars in pork for town of 6,000 residents.
   12. Her own still dubious pregnancy/flying 3000 miles after her water broke and then back at work 3 days after the “birth”.
   13. Her expensive ($25 million) screwup with building a sports complex in Wasilla as mayor
   14. Anti-abortion, even in the case of rape & incest. Alaska has one of the highest rates of rape and incest in the country!
   15. Anti-gay marriage
   16. Pro-abstinence education only - and Alaska has one of the highest STD rates in the country!
   17. Pro-gun
   18. Anti-environment (wolves and polar bears & beluga whales)
   19. Pro-drilling, including ANWR.
   20. Global warming denier
   21. Creationist/wants it taught in schools
   22. Thought the Pledge of Allegiance dates to the founding of the country (it was penned in 1892 and “under God” was added in 1954)
   23. She states on her stump speech that she cut her own salary as mayor (she did by $4,000) – but the city had to hire an administrative assistant to help her – a position that did not previously exist.
   24. Attends a church with an anti-Semitic, anti-Islamic pastor that believes you can “pray away the gay”
   25. Charged the state nearly $17,000 in per diem travel expenses when she was living at home
   26. Fannie & Freddie gaffe.
   27. The troopers union is filing suit because Trooper Wooten’s personnel records were looked into.
   28. Supports killing wolves from helicopters.
   29. Sequestered from the media.
   30. That personal chef she fired from the mansion, Stefani Marnon, is still on the state payroll – now cooking at the Legislative Lounge.
   31. Attended 5-6 colleges in 6 years.
   32. Son Track involved in juvenile incident where he and 3 other kids stole vodka, then vandalized fifty school buses. He may have enlisted in an “either jail or military” deal.
   33. Firing her friend and legislative aide, John Bitney, because he was dating the wife of one of her married friends
   34. Still lying about selling the plane on E-Bay for a profit.
   35. Not a “hands on” executive & lacks follow through. One of those executives who doesn’t read much beyond the executive summary. Not unlike Bush.
   36. Vindictive & mean. Does not like dissent. If you are not perceived as loyal, she’ll crush you. Not unlike Cheney, Bush, & Rove.
   37. Video showing her stating that she doesn’t know what a VP does. The rest of us learned this in the 3rd grade.
   38. Palin promotes Alaska National Guard general three days AFTER he indorses her.
   39. Left the city of Wasila 20 million dollars in debt.
   40. In 2005, Judge Suddock issued an order to Palin & her family to stop disparaging the Trooper Wooten.
   41. Another ethics complaint has been filed against Palin’s office regarding the hiring of Tom Lamal.

3. Wayne

   September 10th, 2008 at 4:57 pm

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   Your source is a blog? That’s how this crap gets spread around the net. Idiots reading and believing everything they read. Oh and a progressive blog at that. You think they are going to say anything different?

   Everything is probably sourced from a different blog. Half of those have been discredited by the real news and the other half, WGAF?

   1. The guy was a scumbag and should have been fired.
   2. As soon as she found out, she fired him. Had to protect the state from litigation, so?
   3. So?
   4. Just a guess, but I’m sure the state gets money from mining. Over clean water? I’m sure there’s more to it than that.
   5. She changed her mind and ultimately voted against it. So what?
   6. And every other politician.
   7. ? At least it was sold off.
   8. They were appointed and can be fired at anytime for any reason.
   9. The timeline is not how they say it was. The librarian was fired but long after that conversation of what if questions.
   10. Ted Stevens runs Alaska, everyone is probably involved in it. She’s not anymore.
   11. Good Job on her part.
   12. That’s BS from the start.
   13. Haven’t heard that, but so what? Everyone makes mistakes.
   14. That’s not exactly her position.
   15. Good.
   16. The VP isn’t in charge of education. And so what?
   17. Great!!!!
   18. Alaska has to manage their wildlife in a way the lower 48 PETA freaks wouldn’t understand.
   19. FANTASTIC! RIGHT ON!!!!
   20. Good.
   21. She wants both taught in schools.
   22. So.
   23. So.
   24. Used to attend that church. Moved on to a different one.
   25. Haven’t heard that one. Just heard on Foxnews (a real news source) Completely legal how she was doing that.
   26. So.
   27. So. See #1.
   28. So. See #18.
   29. So.
   30. So. She fired her from the mansion. That’s still true.
   31. So. Even if it was true. I’ve only heard of two. and so what? She finished.
   32. I don’t believe it, judges don’t do that any more.
   33. So, she can hire and fire anyone she wants.
   34. She said she put it on Ebay. They had to hire a broker to actually sell it. So what?
   35. WTF are you talking about?
   36. Good. Get out of her way. Don’t like working for her, leave.
   37. Really? What does a VP really do besides sit around and wait for the Pres to die? And who really knows or cares. She’s going for VP, why the big fuss?
   38. So. Promotes loyalty. It’s done all the time.
   39. I doubt that and I’m sure there’s more to it than that if it is true.
   40. Not exactly true, but go back to #1.
   41. Filed by the Dems for political campaign reasons.

   Idiots.

4. Wayne

   September 10th, 2008 at 6:36 pm

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   Fact Check.org on this page: Sliming Palin for a few of the answers from the above idiotic claims.