Watch the "fact checking" CNN video:
These lies from Palin should be making more headlines. So far, CNN seems to be the only network airing the "fact checking" of Palin. To make such obviously false claims in your first speech in the national spotlight, you deserve to become known as someone who has a problem telling the truth and you deserve to be called an outright liar.
Forget about Palin's family. Concentrate on the issues. That's where she's really vulnerable. The fact that the McCain campaign won't permit Palin to give interviews to any networks, shows exactly how nervous they are about her knowledge of current and past issues. She's a loser. Lets expose why she should never be within 5000 miles of the White House!
Below, find the link to Factcheck.org who has started to compile a list of Palin/GOP lies and misstatements.
http://www.factcheck.org/...
CNN Transcript:
CNN's Deborah Feyerick is here to fact check Ms. Palin's speech and I'm sure whenever politics is involved we have to fact check these.
DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's a little bit relevant.
CHETRY: Right. Exactly.
FEYERICK: Exactly.
Well, you know, Kiran, Governor Palin delivered her speech with conviction, a sense of what you see is what you get. But after checking budget records and speaking to government officials and Alaska lawmakers, some of the claims are a bit of a stretch.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
GOV. SARAH PALIN (R), VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: You know, they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick. FEYERICK (voice-over): Putting Democrats on notice, Sarah Palin fired up Republicans listing what she's done and why she's qualified to be vice president. But is it all true?
PALIN: I stood up to the special interests and the lobbyists.
FEYERICK: Well, not entirely. Palin was the first Wasilla mayor to hire a Washington lobbyist, securing $11 million in special funding for the town.
PALIN: And championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress.
FEYERICK: Not true. In her two years as governor, Palin has asked Congress for $453 million for so-called earmarks, including $1 million for rock fish research. That famous $398 million bridge to nowhere?
PALIN: I told the Congress, thanks but no thanks.
FEYERICK: In fact, Alaska got that money but it was used for other projects.
Steven Ellis is with an advocacy group that tracks public spending.
STEVE ELLIS, TAXPAYERS FOR COMMON SENSE ACTION: Certainly she has got Wasilla into the earmarks game. She, you know, worked the system and was able to bring home earmarks and then certainly has been part of the earmark system in Alaska. And so, it's just something that is interesting to juxtapose with Senator McCain's position which has been stalwart no earmarks ever.
FEYERICK: On cleaning up state government.
PALIN: And today that ethics reform is the law.
FEYERICK: That's true. She signed it last year.
PALIN: I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending nearly half a billion dollars in vetoes.
FEYERICK: Also true. She vetoed 500 million. But the operating budget at $6.6 billion continues to grow at 10 percent a year. On the natural gas pipeline?
PALIN: I fought to bring about the largest private sector infrastructure project in North American history. And when that deal was struck, we began a nearly $40 billion natural gas pipeline to help lead America to energy independence.
FEYERICK: Yes and no. The pipeline project was approved by Alaska lawmakers. But the company still has to do environmental impact reports, deal with aboriginal issues, and get federal approval before any building can start. And most estimates on the pipeline are that it will cost less than $40 billion. The earliest the pipeline could be up and running is in 10 years.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
FEYERICK: Near the end of her speech, Governor Palin reviewed Barack Obama's positions on energy, taxes, terrorism and government spending. Her review of his record also requires some fact checking -- Kiran.
CHETRY: As you say, parts of it are true and parts of it not so much. Deb, thanks for being with us.
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