Here a another example, it too easy:

BC’s Political Punch reports on Sarah Palin’s speech today:

“She said she “championed reform of earmark spending by Congress, and I told the Congress thanks but no thanks on that ‘Bridge to Nowhere’”, she said, ommiting (sic) mention that she’d campaigned for governor supporting the bridge.”

This is a flat out documented by her statements (recorded) and numerous interviews for the record.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_09/014598.php

More straight talk from the GOP.

“Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?
Because her father is Janet Reno.”
-John McCain

I believe that Chelsea was 13 at the time.

Leadership and judgment.

Citation: http://www.salon.com/news/1998/06/25newsb.html

Yes, twice. Next question please.

It’s called real reporting, not NRO wishful thinking.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/fired_commissioner_palin_hasnt.php

Fired Commissioner: Palin Hasn’t Been Truthful on Trooper-Gate By Zachary Roth – September 4, 2008, 12:47PM

“Palin has been caught out in falsehoods on Trooper-Gate at least twice before. She originally said that her administration didn’t exert pressure on Monegan to fire Wooten, but had to backtrack after evidence emerged that contradicted that stance.

She also has claimed that she discussed Wooten with Monegan only in the context of the safety of her family. But yesterday, the Washington Post published emails from Palin to Monegan in which she expressed frustration that Wooten was still employed.”

Let’s also not forget she has tried to ban books and then attempted to fire the librarian the said no. (Citation will be provided if needed.) I know, to most Repub’s there’s nothing wrong with that kind of behavior.

“Sarah campaigned in Wasilla as a “fiscal conservative”. During her 6 years as Mayor, she increased general government expenditures by over 33%. During those same 6 years the amount of taxes collected by the City increased by 38%. This was during a period of low inflation (1996-2002). She reduced progressive property taxes and increased a regressive sales tax which taxed even food. The tax cuts that she promoted benefited large corporate property owners way more than they benefited residents.

The huge increases in tax revenues during her mayoral administration weren’t enough to fund everything on her wish list though, borrowed money was needed, too. She inherited a city with zero debt, but left it with indebtedness of over $22 million. What did Mayor Palin encourage the voters to borrow money for? Was it the infrastructure that she said she supported? The sewage treatment plant that the city lacked? or a new library? No. $1m for a park. $15m-plus for construction of a multi-use sports complex which she rushed through to build on a piece of property that the City didn’t even have clear title to, that was still in litigation 7 yrs later–to the delight of the lawyers involved! The sports complex itself is a nice addition to the community but a huge money pit, not the profit-generator she claimed it would be. She also supported bonds for $5.5m for road projects that could have been done in 5-7 yrs without any borrowing. While Mayor, City Hall was extensively remodeled and her office redecorated more than once. These are small numbers, but Wasilla is a very small city.

As an oil producer, the high price of oil has created a budget surplus in Alaska. Rather than invest this surplus in technology that will make us energy independent and increase efficiency, as Governor she proposed distribution of this surplus to every individual in the state. In this time of record state revenues and budget surpluses, she recommended that the state borrow/bond for road projects, even while she proposed distribution of surplus state revenues: spend today’s surplus, borrow for needs.”

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“Don’t be fooled,” Obama told the crowd surrounding him in a large barn. “John McCain’s party, with the help of John McCain, has been in charge” for nearly eight years. “I know the governor of Alaska has been saying she’s change, and that’s great,” Obama said. “She’s a skillful politician. But, you know, when you’ve been taking all these earmarks when it’s convenient, and then suddenly you’re the champion anti-earmark person, that’s not change. Come on! I mean, words mean something, you can’t just make stuff up.” McCain has vowed to wipe out earmarks, which are targeted funding for specific projects that lawmakers put into spending bills. As governor, Palin originally supported earmarks for a controversial $398 million Alaska project dubbed the “bridge to nowhere.” But she dropped her support after the state’s likely share of the cost rose. She hung onto $27 million to build the approach road to the bridge. Under Palin’s leadership, Alaska this year asked for almost $300 per person in requests for pet projects from one of McCain’s top adversaries: indicted Sen. Ted Stevens. That’s more than any other state received, per person, from Congress for the current budget year. Other states got just $34 worth of local projects per person this year, on average, according to Citizens Against Government Waste, a Washington-based watchdog group.The state government’s earmark requests to Congress in her first year in office exceeded $550 million, more than $800 per resident.

Yes, that’s exactly what i though you’d say. Unfortunately for you, those “obscure left wing bloggers” are the ones that started the frenzy -

In less than 48 hours, the allegations by a Kos diarist known as ArcXIX ricocheted into the mainstream media

No “significant democrat” has to dirty themselves with this because the liberal blogosphere and the media do their work for them. Remember that link i provided to a deleted Kos diary? That was the ArcXIX diary that “ricocheted into the mainstream media”. But, i found it posted somewhere else. As for Troopergate, well, good luck with that. But don’t worry, i’m sure those “obscure left wing bloggers” will start another meme soon enough.