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by julianw | September 4, 2008 at 03:54 pm
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PALIN: "I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending ... and championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. I told the Congress 'thanks but no thanks' for that Bridge to Nowhere."
THE FACTS: As mayor of Wasilla, Palin hired a lobbyist and traveled to Washington annually to support earmarks for the town totaling $27 million. In her two years as governor, Alaska has requested nearly $750 million in special federal spending, by far the largest per-capita request in the nation. While Palin notes she rejected plans to build a $398 million bridge from Ketchikan to an island with 50 residents and an airport, that opposition came only after the plan was ridiculed nationally as a "bridge to nowhere."
PALIN: "There is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening to him speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform — not even in the state senate."
THE FACTS: Compared to McCain and his two decades in the Senate, Obama does have a more meager record. But he has worked with Republicans to pass legislation that expanded efforts to intercept illegal shipments of weapons of mass destruction and to help destroy conventional weapons stockpiles. The legislation became law last year. To demean that accomplishment would be to also demean the work of Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, a respected foreign policy voice in the Senate. In Illinois, he was the leader on two big, contentious measures in Illinois: studying racial profiling by police and requiring recordings of interrogations in potential death penalty cases. He also successfully co-sponsored major ethics reform legislation.
PALIN: "The Democratic nominee for president supports plans to raise income taxes, raise payroll taxes, raise investment income taxes, raise the death tax, raise business taxes, and increase the tax burden on the American people by hundreds of billions of dollars."
THE FACTS: The Tax Policy Center, a think tank run jointly by the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, concluded that Obama's plan would increase after-tax income for middle-income taxpayers by about 5 percent by 2012, or nearly $2,200 annually. McCain's plan, which cuts taxes across all income levels, would raise after tax-income for middle-income taxpayers by 3 percent, the center concluded.
Obama would provide $80 billion in tax breaks, mainly for poor workers and the elderly, including tripling the Earned Income Tax Credit for minimum-wage workers and higher credits for larger families.
He also would raise income taxes, capital gains and dividend taxes on the wealthiest. He would raise payroll taxes on taxpayers with incomes above $250,000, and he would raise corporate taxes. Small businesses that make more than $250,000 a year would see taxes rise.
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at 15:58 on September 4th, 2008
Somewhere in the news media a new spine is growing.
at 16:03 on September 4th, 2008
julianw, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Cool article - thanks!
at 16:11 on September 4th, 2008
Julianw, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 16:16 on September 4th, 2008
julianw, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 16:16 on September 4th, 2008
Good story julian. I invisibly GSed it.
at 04:50 on September 5th, 2008
I like nothing better than an invisible GS. Thx Jeff.
at 17:19 on September 4th, 2008
And she is not friends with Ayers the terrorist nor a member of a racist church.
at 17:27 on September 4th, 2008
Chuckle
Trying sooooo hard to deflect.
She is friends with indicted Sen. Ted Stevens and was a director on a 527 to raise corporate money in his name. Oh, and she lied about the Bridge to Nowhere. Oh, and she lied about cutting taxes and fighting earmarks. Did I mention she is under investigation? No? Well, she is. Now that she has Bush thugs handling her, she has lawyered up. Why do that if you have nothing to hide? Isn't that the Bush motto?
Gee, I don't know about her church, but I know she tried to ban books from the public library.
All those folks who are having to swallow John McCain thought they had a rescuer, but it is only a flash in the pan. One almost feels sorry for them.
at 22:47 on September 4th, 2008
Wait for November.
at 17:25 on September 4th, 2008
julianw, well look who it is....
Thanks for this. Good stuff!
at 19:50 on September 4th, 2008
julianw, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 20:13 on September 4th, 2008
I believe you may have the title wrong. JIM KUHNHENN often writes for the AP, yet this story is not on the AP as far as I can see. He has had stories on 8/31 and on 9/4, but none on the AP wire show for the 3rd. This may be freelance.
What is also telling, is that on a web site which features much of his work, he did not seem to do any comparable stories on the Democratic convention. The slant of his writing does not seem neutral or balanced, though to his credit he on occasion points out a Democratic flaw as well : Jim Kuhnhenn
at 22:46 on September 4th, 2008
Good points.
I've also noticed that Newsweek is carrying a lot of leftwing blogs. Newsweek will have the first paragraph or two and then link to the rest of the blog. How is this news? How is this balanced? I don't see these "news" agencies carrying any rightwing blogs. This is why they are losing a lot of readers.
at 05:09 on September 5th, 2008
The story's headline read:
Source: news.yahoo.com
Source: news.yahoo.com
at 11:21 on September 5th, 2008
Again to clarify, Just because the Logo is "above" the story, and just because it says he is an associated press writer, does not make the story an Associated Press "approved" story. Ie: One can work for McDonalds and not speak for McDonalds.
I admit I could be wrong....But this seems fishy and very un AP.
When I checked on the Official AP web site, and the story was not listed. So my guess is it is a specialty contracted freelance piece from a writer who works for the AP. Also if it was an official AP piece, I think it would have been picked up by more news organizations. Do a Google for the title and see who is carrying the story. Then again I may be wrong on this
Lastly what is interesting is it was written in the style of Factcheck.org, and I now see they have their own version of the story with some very similar wording. One has to wonder which was first the chicken or the egg.
And while on the Subject of Factcheck, I have to say this is probably the first time where I have seen them answer beyond the questions raised. They point out things and issues far beyond the scope of rebuttal. By far the least neutral thing I have read on their web site ever.
at 20:00 on September 4th, 2008
julianw, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 20:50 on September 4th, 2008
julianw, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Yep, see also: http://members.nowpublic.com/world/why-barack-obama-should-be-next-president-usa
http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/palin-calls-war-iraq-task-god
at 21:34 on September 4th, 2008
julianw, I like this story. It's good stuff.
To be Fair, I saw a similar type article when the DNC had their convention. I'll see if I can find it and post on here too.
at 11:22 on September 5th, 2008
If you can find a story from the AP or from an AP writer, please post a link !
at 22:43 on September 4th, 2008
A wire service carrying the water of the democratic party - amazing.
at 03:01 on September 5th, 2008
julianw, I like this story. It's good stuff. The media... the GOP best friend
at 08:25 on September 11th, 2008
A companion piece can be found here.
at 21:42 on October 5th, 2008
MEDIA BIAS ROBS AMERICANS OF THE TRUTH ... NOW, AP IS UNFARILY PLAYING THE RACE CARD ... The media’s continual bias in favor of Obama is not only disgusing, it’s against everything that America, a Free Press, and Freedom of Speech stands for. To suggest that there is no media bias in favor of Obama not only robs Americans of the truth, it insults the intelligence of the American people. TALK IS CHEAP … CHECK OBAMA’S RECORD !!! A candidate’s track record, and associations are always a legitimate issue when running for President. Let’s take a look at the qualifications, judgement, and experience of Obama, who is running for President. Obama had 25 years to fulfill the potential he displayed as a rising start at Harvard Law School … and, how did he live up to that potential? … He chose to align himself with anti-American racist, Jeremiah Wright for TWENTY YEARS … along with Ferrahkan, Rezko, Ayers, and others. As a community organizer, he registered thousands of voters in Chicago … then, when he ran for the state legislature, he took away their votes, by disqualifying his opponent (a black woman) on a technicality. As a U.S. Senator, he voted present 160 times … he never called a meeting on the Afghanistan committee he chaired (although he NOW says we must shift all our military from Iraq to Afghanistan). He claimed Foreign Policy experience from a 9 day whirlwind photo op to 6 countries. And, he spent almost half of his tenure neglecting his responsibilities as a U.S. Senator, so he could run for President. Senator McCain served America honorably for 22 years in the military. He proved his love for America, as well as his honor, integrity and character, by refusing early release as a P.O.W., even while being tortured. He served America as a ‘contributing’ U.S. Senator, working across the aisle, for 20 years. If Obama’s Twentyfive year track record shows he lacks judgement, and can’t be trusted, who cares what he says about Health Care and the Economy! What Obama never learned is Character. He simply can’t be trusted … ask Jeremiah Wright, a friend of 20 years, who Obama betrayed for personal ambition … and, you Obama supporters really think he won’t betray you If he gets elected??? If he gets elected, you Obama supporters will be facing a HUGE disillusionment !!!
at 21:55 on October 5th, 2008
julianw, I like this story. It's good stuff.
yup, she's a first class, dangerous liar