Palin Rumors

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Originally Posted by Ðiego

That list is total crap and a great deal of it already proven. such as 'yes, she did finally turn down the money for the bridge'. No, she didn't. She didn't build one of the two bridges she still supports, but she never returned any money.

Try to get a list from someone who isn't biased.........

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maybe i should get a list from Elisabeth Bumiller, the "unbiased" reporter you leaned on for your AIP rant. the source retracts her statement, yet Bumiller is "completely confident about the story". is she taking reporting lessons from Dan Rather?

http://www.johnmccain.com/mccainrepo...c-e7b083e2bc2d

Bumiller Stands By Her Story...After Paper Retracts

Yesterday the New York Times ran a front-page story by Elisabeth Bumiller that was riddled with factual errors. Among them was the assertion by Bumiller that Governor Palin "was a member for two years in the 1990s of the Alaska Independence Party." There was no evidence offered to support this statement, and as this campaign pointed out, it is untrue. Now the Times reports:
The information in the Times article was based on a statement issued Monday night by Lynette Clark, the party’s chairwoman, who said that Ms. Palin joined the party in 1994 and in 1996 changed her registration to Republican.

On Tuesday night, Ms. Clark said that her initial statement was incorrect and had been based on erroneous information provided by another member of the party whom she declined to identify.
Just to be clear, Bumiller asserted as fact what turns out to have been an "incorrect" statement by a single, unidentified source. Given that the story appeared on the front-page of this country's 'paper of record,' we might be forgiven for expecting a slightly more rigorous standard of reporting, yet Bumiller makes no apologies. Howard Kurtz reports in today's Washington Post:
Elisabeth Bumiller, the lead author of the Times report, said she is "completely confident about the story." As for the campaign's criticism, she said: "This is what they do. It's part of their operation."
She is completely confident in the word of a single source who has since retracted her claims? What kind of operation are the editors at the Times running?

[Ðiego]

Oh aye, because attending the convention several times over the years and addressing your support of them, while your husband is a member, doesn't mean you agree with them.

But had Michelle Obama attended so much as one pro-'Black Panther' or pro-'Communism' group in College then the Republicans would be on it like stink on shit and calling Barack Obama a Black Militant.

Contrast how the Republicans cast Rev Wright on Obama for the things he said while Obama wasn't there to how they ignore what Palin's reverend said while she was there. Stark difference.


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