SHE FUCKING LIED ABOUT VISITING THE TROOPS! Campaign Now Admits!

[berni_mccoy]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/13/palin.iraq/index.html

(CNN) -- Sarah Palin did not visit troops in Iraq, a spokesperson for the Republican vice presidential nominee confirmed Saturday, as new details emerged about the extent of the Alaska governor's foreign travel.

Gov. Sarah Palin's aide confirmed to CNN details of her foreign travel Saturday.

In July of last year, Palin left North America for the first time to visit Alaskan troops stationed in Kuwait. Palin officials originally said her itinerary included U.S. military installations or outposts in Germany and Kuwait, and that she had visited Ireland.

A Palin aide in Alaska had said Iraq was also one of the military stops on that trip.

The Boston Globe, however, reported Saturday that in response to questions about the trip, Alaska National Guard officials and campaign aides said Palin did not go past the Kuwait-Iraq border.

[Ioo]

1. Another Lie? Wow, and she looks so honest and sweet.. LOL

[berni_mccoy]

2. If Obama had Lied about visiting the Troops, his campaign would be over.

[AwakeAtLast]

8. Don't forget they tried to pin that on him during his trip to Europe.

Shameful!

[L. Coyote]

13. "A Palin aide in Alaska had said...." Poof, end of story!

[berni_mccoy]

17. No, she allowed the falsehood to perpetuate. She did not correct her SPOKESPERSON. It's her lie now.

[L. Coyote]

26. Bill Moyers on this stuff is really good:

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09122008/watch2.html

[berni_mccoy]

18. dupe.

[Blarch]

3. Wow.

using the troops in a false story for political points.

Who would have thought the republicans would stoop so low ? :sarcasm:

[Enthusiast]

22. Yes, such a surprise. nt

[Coexist]

4. from now on, I fully expect any responsible journalist to follow any statement

or clip of Palin saying anything at all with, "we will of course, check into the truth of that statement for you, as Gov. Palin has a record of lies and half-truths."

[BlueManDude]

5. This needs to exploited - this can resonatee with people. She a freak and a liar.

[Dawgs]

6. And, what will the Obama campaign do with this?

Hopefully not the same thing they did with all of the other lies.

[Fire1]

35. NADA! ZIP! 0!

[formercia]

7. Mooselini can't dirty her lungs with Depleted Uranium.

but it's good enough for the troops.

[madville]

9. Did Palin lie or did an aide lie/get it wrong ?

Seems pretty weak if an aide just misspoke or something because that is how they are going to paint it.

[berni_mccoy]

10. If she did not correct the statement made by the aide, then she lied by allowing it to perpetuate.

And it was her SPOKESPERSON who made the statement.

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. But she is so damn cute!!

:evilgrin:

[demokatgurrl]

12. Thank God MSM is finally onto them.

Will it stick? That is the question.

[senseandsensibility]

14. The article doesn't explicitly say she didn't visit troops

unless I missed something. Aren't there troops stationed in Kuwait? Also, I would like to read her exact quote claiming to visit troops. Did she claim to visit them in Iraq? Nevertheless, I'm glad they're covering it. They even covered the lies about the crowd size and earmarks.

[druidity33]

27. i believe the distinction

is that her aide said she went to Iraq to visit Alaskan Nat'l Guard troops, when in fact she only went to the Iraqi-Kuwait border to a secure checkpoint/station. Perhaps the aide implied she had gone into a war zone? It got Clinton in trouble, why not Palin?

It seems less atrocious a lie than a lot of the others we've been hearing lately...


:shrug:

[niceypoo]

15. Everything they say is a lie....

That is becoming very clear. Rove is very, very, desperate; he knows he will go to prison if Obama and Biden win.

[Bluenorthwest]

16. She just lies so much, it is amazing

She's just a torrent of lies. And now using the troops as yet another prop. Guess she got sick of lugging the baby around. And the 9-11 fake deployment speech really made me sick.

[bridgit]

19. Got it, Sarah Palin's a big ole liar, check!

[enough already]

20. We have to nail the lying bitch on this one.

It's one fucking lie after another.

[Coexist]

21. everything out of her mouth is a lie.

[lonestarnot]

23. What is so surprising about the Grand ol Perverts doing what they do best, lie?

[hisownpetard]

24. Remember when McCain kept saying, "It's been 900 days since Obama went to Iraq."

Well, DU math majors - how much is 44 x 365??

[NYC_SKP]

25. Sorry, this is not a huge scandal.

This was covered last night, she visited soldiers at a checkpoint on the Iraq-Kuwait border.

Technically, she didn't enter Iraq, so didn't visit soldiers IN Iraq, or rather, the soldiers were in Iraq, but she wasn't.

I'll assume she visited with Alaskan soldiers while in Kuwait.

While I think what she (or her aide) said was very misleading, it's not the kind of flat-out fabrication that could become a big news story.

Sorry to have to report that.

[berni_mccoy]

28. It's part of her pattern of lies. She and McCain have NOTHING BUT LIES.

[NYC_SKP]

29. Oh, I agree, and it should be on the list of their lies...

It's just not, by itself, a Tuzla level gaffe...

I'm confident more and more is coming...

:hi:

[berni_mccoy]

32. Well, I never said it *was* a Tuzla level gaffe...

But it's outrageous enough by itself.

[enough already]

31. You're wrong. It's another fucking lie

Whose side are you on, anyway?

[NYC_SKP]

37. It's an all too common stretch of the truth.

Calm thyself down, I'm on the right side....

[Cha]

30. Kick to expose more of the pigliar's

lies.

[eleny]

33. Another illuminating post to kick and recommend today

With many thanks for the good information.

[Fire1]

34. Debbie Schultz (D), Florida congresswoman

called her out on that, this a.m. on Meet the Press!! I liked the part when Debbie compared her interview responses with Gibson, to that of a highschool student who didn't read the assignment and used 'cliff' notes to 'get by'! LOL!!!

[spanone]

36. if biden lied once, they'd crucify him.....this is insulting to the american electorate

[Cosmic Charlie]

38. Honey, you can't hide your lyin' eyes...

[grytpype]

39. Can somebody collect how many times Palin has said she visited troops in Iraq?

[texasleo]

40. thanks