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Monthly Archives: September 2008
The Bush Doctrine?
In her first sit-down interview since securing the Republican v.p. slot, Sarah Palin talked about her position on the Bush Doctrine with ABC’s Charlie Gibson: Here’s the relevant section of the exchange: Gibson: The Bush Doctrine, as I understand it, is that we have the right of anticipatory self-defense; that …
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Tagged Bush Doctrine, charlie gibson, foreign policy, President Bush, Sarah Palin
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About That Kilkenny E-Mail
So far, we’ve received roughly 43,937,809 (note: number is exaggerated for effect) e-mails asking us whether the chain e-mail from Wasilla’s most famous non-Palin, Anne Kilkenny, is accurate. As we wrote earlier this week, yes, Kilkenny is a real person and she did in fact write the e-mail. We looked at …
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Tagged Alaska, Anne Kilkenny, factcheck.org, politifact.com, Sarah Palin
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Energetically Wrong
Summary Palin claims Alaska "produces nearly 20 percent of the U.S. domestic supply of energy." That’s not true. Alaska did produce 14 percent of all the oil from U.S. wells last year, but that’s a far cry from all the "energy" produced in the U.S. Alaska’s share of domestic energy …
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Distorting Quotes and Voting Records
We neglected to inform Wire readers yesterday that we published two new articles on factcheck.org. (So much content to keep track of!) We looked at a new McCain-Palin ad that distorts quotes from the Obama campaign to make it sound as though Obama and Biden have made sexist remarks and …
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We’re On TV, Too
No, it’s not a new feature. But if you’re not watching Sarah Palin on ABC tonight, you should check out CBS News. That’s where you’ll find factcheck.org deputy director Viveca Novak who’ll be bringing you our latest on recent ads from the McCain and Obama campaigns. Oh, and if you …
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Palin’s VP Experience
As long as we’re talking about Sarah Palin’s first v.p. interview, it’s worth noting that she may have stretched the facts a bit when Gibson asked whether she had ever met a foreign head of state. Gibson: I’m talking about somebody who’s a head of state, who can negotiate for …
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Tagged charlie gibson, foreign policy, interview, Sarah Palin
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Palin’s Change on Climate Change
Dipping one more time into last night’s Gibson/Palin interview, we found another misleading claim, this time on climate change. When Gibson accused Palin of flip-flopping her stance on the causes of global warming, Palin denied her position had changed on whether humans are partially responsible. But that doesn’t quite jibe …
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Tagged Alaska, charlie gibson, climate change, energy, global warming, Sarah Palin, vice presidential debate
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Palin’s big energy blooper
We published this article on our home page late Friday: Energetically Wrong September 12, 2008 Palin says Alaska supplies 20 percent of U.S. energy. Not true. Not even close.
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Fact-Checking…’The View’?
We generally don’t take it upon ourselves to parse ABC’s morning gabfest. But we noticed that when the chat turned to Palin’s record on earmarks McCain got it wrong. He was correct on one point: Palin vetoed $500 million in spending as governor. She axed over $230 million in state …
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Tagged Alaska, earmarks, John McCain, Sarah Palin, spending
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