Untruths can become facts before they are undone

[DogPoundPup]

Source: A/P

From the moment Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin declared that she opposed the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere," critics, the news media and non-partisan fact checkers have called it a fabrication, a whopper or, at best, a half-truth. But Tuesday in Lebanon, Ohio, and again in Lancaster, Pa., she crossed that bridge again.

"I told Congress: 'Thanks but no thanks for that Bridge to Nowhere up in Alaska,' '' Palin told the crowds at the "McCain Street USA" rallies. "If we wanted a bridge, we'll build it ourselves."

Palin's position on the bridge that would have linked Ketchikan to Gravina Island is one example of a candidate staying on message even when that message has been publicly discredited. Palin has continued to say she opposed a project she once campaigned for — then killed later, only after support for it had collapsed in Congress.

As the presidential campaign moves into a final, heated stretch, untrue accusations and rumors have started to swirl at a pace so quick that they become regarded as fact before they can be disproved. A number of fabrications about Palin's policies and personal life, for instance, have circulated on the Internet since she joined the Republican ticket.

Palin and John McCain, the GOP presidential nominee, have been more aggressive in recent days in repeating what their opponents say are outright lies. Almost every day, for instance, McCain says rival Barack Obama would raise everyone's taxes, even though the Democrat's tax plan exempts families that earn less than $250,000.

Fed up, the Obama campaign broke a taboo Monday and used the "L-word" of politics to say that the McCain campaign was lying about the Bridge to Nowhere.

Nevertheless, with McCain's standing in the polls surging, aides say he is not about to back down from statements he believes are fundamentally true, such as the anecdote about the bridge.

Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/politics/ci_10422976?nclick_...

[kurth_]

1. Lesson No. 1 in political campaigning

and No. 1 item in Karl Rove's playbook.

[DogPoundPup]

2. The lies and dishonesty seem to be getting headlined as such

this election year quicker than previous years. Am I wrong or just my imagination?

[benh57]

3. finally

I'm glad at least some of the MSM is starting to pick up on this. The republicans would argue the sky is green.

[and-justice-for-all]

4. Call'em what they are; FUCKIN' LIARS...nt

[Tutonic]

5. Wooohoo! The Calvary is on its way! The 527s have been unleashed

and you can expect very quickly that McCain is going to get a bloody street fight! If Palin thought she was a pitbull with lipstick wait until she gets kissed by a slap of concrete! Karl Rove should have stayed out of this. The two most powerful 527's are Democratic leaning organizations--McCain won't get a dime out of them. He may pull money from Newtie but that ain't nowhere near SEIU. The bridge to nowhere just got blown sky high! Its time to rejoice rejoice rejoice, the calvary is coming!!!!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

6. DogPoundPup, your link doesn't work and your post exceeds DU copyright rules

Copyright rules state that there's to be no more than four paragraphs posted in a snip.

If you could please fix this before your edit time expires.

Thank you,

Lone_Star_Dem

[Politicalboi]

7. She's on a bridge to nowhere

Come on inside
Taking that ride to nowhere
We'll take that ride.
I hope they keep riding her about this and the many other LIES she has told.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

8. Locking

Please, feel free to repost with a working link and within the four paragraph copyright restrictions.

Thank you,

Lone_Star_Dem
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