"Jim Thompson" wrote in
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http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/20.../cthomas_0908/

Try this for a rejoinder:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/us...s/14palin.html . They paint her
very much as a reformer, but unfortunately also very much a part of the "old
boys network" as well -- it's just that her "old boys" are her old high
school classmates, and they haven't (yet) become particularly corrupt.

I don't think there's any of this sort of dirt on McCain.

There's plenty to admire about Palin, certainly, but unfortunately both
parties are very much guilty of exaggerating their own accomplishments and
taking the words and deeds of their opponents out of context. Early on the
republicans seemed to be doing more of this than the democrats, but it now
looks like Obama is rapidly catching up.

Of course, I suppose elections would be quite boring to the average American
if it wasn't so much of a Jerry Springer-esque spectacle.

Here's a recent whopper by Palin:
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2...lly_wrong.html ("Alaska
supplies 20 percent of U.S. energy...")

---Joel