Sarah Palin is at it again. She makes the claim that Barack Obama hasn't "lifted his finger to help." She and John McCain have also repeatedly spoken of Obama's inability to work in a bi-partisan manner to get things done. McCain and Palin have plans to solve your problems! Big plans!
From CNN via TPM:
Sarah Palin likes to tell voters around the country about how she "put the government checkbook online" in Alaska. On Thursday, Palin suggested she would take that same proposal to Washington.
"We're going to do a few new things also," she said at a rally in Cedar Rapids. "For instance, as Alaska's governor, I put the government's checkbook online so that people can see where their money's going. We'll bring that kind of transparency, that responsibility, and accountability back. We're going to bring that back to D.C."
There's just one problem with proposing to put the federal checkbook online - somebody's already done it. His name is Barack Obama.
Oops.
You have got to be kidding me. But that was two years ago! What has Obama done since then, besides run for president?
Here's CNN again:
In June of this year, Obama and Coburn introduced new Senate legislation to expand the information available online to include details on earmarks, competitive bidding, criminal activities, audit disputes and other government information.
Not only does Sarah Palin know nothing about Barack Obama's record, she doesn't seem to know much about McCain's either:
Palin might also have noted that her running mate, John McCain, was an original co-sponsor of the 2006 transparency bill that became law.
Again, oops. Nice try Sarah, maybe next time.
UPDATE
Maybe we need to start a new meme.
Let's start calling the Governor of Alaska See-Thru Sarah.
Whaddya think?
UPDATE 2
Digg the CNN article here.