Saturday, September 06, 2008

Debunking bogus Palin rumors

From Explorations

A sampling:
58. yes, she did fire the public safety guy - but he said in the Anchorage paper that, for the record, she never, and no one else in her administration ever, tried to make him fire her ex-brother-in-law

59. and yes, the state trooper (her sister's ex-husband) she was worried about did: tase her 10 year old nephew; drive his state patrol car while drinking or drunk; did threaten to "bring her down"; and did threaten to murder her father and sister if they dared to get an attorney to help with the divorce.

60. yes, the state trooper was suspended when he was put under a court protective order

61. no, the trooper wasn't fired

62. yes, she did fire the Wasilla Chief of Police as Mayor; yes, it was because he was lying to the City Council.

63. Yes, she did try to cut her own salary as Mayor by $4000 a year; yes, she had voted against the $4000 a year raise while on the City Council.

64. No, she didn't cut funding for unwed mothers; yes, she did increase it by "only" 354 percent instead of 454 percent, as part of a multi-year capital expenditures program. No, the Washington Post doesn't appear to have corrected their story. Even after this was pointed out in the comments on the story.

65. No, she didn't cut special needs student funding; yes, she did raise it by "only" 175 percent.
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