Today we are debunking a whole lot of SPMs
Thanks to Newsweek and Factcheck.org doing simple research that is apparantly beyond the grasp of most of the mainstream media.
Sliming Palin
False Internet claims and rumors fly about McCain's running mate.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/157986
1. Palin cut funding for special needs kids - False.
Palin actually increased special funding from $26,900 per child to $77,740 per child.
2. Palin tried to have books banned from the library and then fired the librarian- False.
Palin asked for the librarian's resignation before the book banning conversation was even held, along with 3 other employees as part of a loyalty test. They all kept their jobs. The book banning question was a hypothetical question to see what kind of response would be made in such a scenario. The so called "list of banned books" incuded books that were not even in print at the time of the conversation. Mea Culpa, even I fell for this one.
3. Palin was a member of the Alaskan Indepedence Party - False.
Palin's husband was a member and she attended one of its functions in her capacity as mayor. Anyway, who cares? The way Alaska has been ripped on during the past few weeks, I would have wanted to secede too.
4. Palin endorsed Pat Buchanan - False.
Palin was working on behalf of Steve Forbes at the time. Still a good question of her sanity, but as my own husband was working for Steve Forbes then too, I can't cast stones, lol.
5. Palin supports teaching creationism in schools - True.
Palin does support it as far as allowing it to be debated, but has not taken any action as Governor to put it into law.
As a side note, I would just like to say to Anne Kilkenny: Get over yourself already. You admit that Sarah has not liked you for years. Well, now the rest of the world is finding out why. Stop trying to use her candidacy to get your 15 minutes of fame.
And So it Goes...
15 years ago
1 comment:
1- What happened to the good old days when special needs children were kept out of the public eye and sequestered in a nice family attic. Think how much we could cut the budget so we can flush more money into Iraq. Oh wait, we know how much. Apparently, it's $77,740 per child.
2- Wow, that's a cold bitch.
3- All I read was Blah, blah, blah. Aren't we supposed to be tolerant of people's political and religious beliefs? Not using them as an excuse to crucify them? Oh, how we've grown in 2008 years.
4- Blah, blah, blah. That's a complete sentence.
5- I got a better idea. Why don't we just throw everything out of school and teach kids that everything they need to know about life is in the bible. If it's not in there, they don't need to know it.
Oh wait, we tried that once. It was called the Dark Ages. Oh how we've come in a thousand years.
Before we give up the enlightenment half of the Faith vs. Enlightenment days of the Dark Ages, I'll just admit that the above is a straw man argument. But fortunately, if we keep heading the way we're going, no one will know the difference.
Bonus: I tried calling yesterday, but you never answer any of your phones. I think from now on I'll just tell you to call me. :-P
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