How Sarah Palin "stretches the truth" on the campaign trail..AP

[madfloridian]

Palin stretching truth

I was glad to see this picked up by The Ledger. It was on page 3, but it was there at least.

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin tells audiences the election is about the "truthfulness and judgment" needed to be president. But the Alaska governor often stretches the truth herself. She has exaggerated the nature of Barack Obama's personal ties to a former 1960s radical and falsely claimed the Democratic presidential candidate plans to raise most people's taxes.

..."On Tuesday, she tried rebutting the Illinois senator's criticisms of Republican presidential candidate John McCain over health care and Social Security. She said Obama was misleading and wrong, but she herself told less than the full story.

..."Palin exaggerated Obama's ties to Raines and Johnson while omitting any mention of a closer relationship between a top McCain aide and the failed housing giants.

..."Her claim that Obama would raise most people's taxes. "The phoniest claim in a campaign that's full of them is that Barack Obama is going to cut your taxes," she tells supporters. Obama has promised a tax cut for those making less than $250,000 per year - about 90 percent of all taxpayers. Only those making over $250,000 would get tax increases under Obama's proposal.

Glad to see some media holding her accountable for what she says.