The 12 Lies of Sarah Palin ... Plus Chris Rock :)

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/the-twelve-odd.html

By Andrew Sullivan
(Author of The Conservative Soul: How We’ve Lost It, How to Get it Back)

And some insightful commentary from... Chris Rock!

http://gawker.com/5053486/chris-rock-to-bill-clinton-hillary-lost

I like the quote about Alaska - “It’s like the Road Warrior with snow”! It kind of is, too – ha!

Also, am I the only one who thinks we need Hillary to get out there and fervently, loudly, and visibly campaign for Obama? To talk to her supporters who are now supporting Palin and tell them they are idiots? How could anyone who supported Hillary Clinton now support Palin? What are you, voting for genitals? Hilary needs to tell her supporters that Obama is a better candidate for women – by FAR.

Yes, it would be nice to have a woman in the white house, but as Gloria Steinem said very well, this is the Wrong Woman, Wrong Message!
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-steinem4-2008sep04,0,7915118.story

Palin the Book Banner?

A friend forwarded me an email with a long list of books "Palin had tried to have banned." I wanted to believe it, but it looked a little too "good" to be true, so I checked it out, and, sure enough, it was a hoax. Here is the letter I wrote back to my friend. In a nutshell, we don't need hoaxes or exaggerations - the truth is powerful enough to make our case.

Sorry – this is not true:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/sarahpalin/a/banned_books.htm

Here’s an article – she did ask the librarian if she would remove objectionable books if asked, but didn’t ask for specific books to be banned. The librarian said absolutely not. Later Palin tried to fire the librarian. That’s enough, in my mind, along with the other “loyalty tests” - ick. She’s evil. EEEEEEEEEEvil.

I hate her stupid anti-science creationist anti-reproductive freedom guts, but don’t want to pass on false info about her – I think there are plenty of true things that are against her already.

Of course you’ve read the Anne Kilkenny letter, who some Republicans are now trying to say is not even a real person. Looks like she is. And more power to her!!
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_anne_kilkenny_on_palin.htm

I love this Gloria Steinem op-ed piece in the LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-steinem4-2008sep04,0,7915118.story
There were a couple others on latimes – let me see if I can find them...
Here’s a good one, about her “independent spirit” - as an Alaskan Secessionist!
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-brooks4-2008sep04,0,3731150.column

And, Andrew Sullivan, one of the conservatives I still have respect for, wrote this:
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/email-of-the--1.html

And this is a good article about her speech:
http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=09&year=2008&base_name=palins_speech
Good comments, too.

And I love this science article that quickly becomes an anti-Palin piece:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ratcliffe/?p=362

And of course, omg, Jon Stewart, HOW I love thee!!
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=184086&title=sarah-palin-gender-card
(and he has so much more – maybe I’ll change my Facebook religion to Stewartist – he is god!!)
Here’s another:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vm0P4LmHHM&NR=1

Maggie

Update - It turns out that while she did not try to get any specific books banned as mayor, she may have while on the city council.