Sarah Palin Lied About Supporting Sudan Divestment

For all the talk about how fluffy and lacking in details (and discipline) the Vice-Presidential debate last week was, there was some interesting information that came forth. For example, Joe Biden spoke about how he approves of realistic intervention and would like to create a no-fly zone over Darfur. Sarah Palin then joined in and agreed with him, noting that she had supported Alaska's divestment from Sudan as a form of protest. "When I and others in the legislature found out that we had some millions of dollars in Sudan, we called for divestment through legislation of those dollars," Palin said at the debate. Unfortunately, this tidbit did not hold up to fact-checking. According to ABC News:

A search of news clips and transcripts from the first three months of this year did not turn up an instance in which Palin mentioned the Sudanese crisis or concerns about Alaska's investments tied to the ruling regime. Moreover, Palin's administration openly opposed the bill, and stated its opposition in a public hearing on the measure.

Oct 6, 2008 · posted by Lauren Williams, Stereohyped · Link · 6 Responses

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Comments (6)

No. 1 · afroamericawriter

Is it sad to say I'm not surprised. There's just a whole lot of stuff that makes me scratch my head why Palin was picked.

Posted: Oct 6, 2008 at 10:22 am

No. 2 · TheChunkyBoodah

That heffa was on a roll… she got cocky, started smiling more and then all of a sudden… *blip* *cough*! the lie crept out ever so unnoticed. That's okay Palin… you tried your little Maverick darndest.

Posted: Oct 6, 2008 at 11:31 am

No. 3 · Monie

I'm really starting to hate even the sight of Sarah Palin.

Posted: Oct 6, 2008 at 11:53 am

No. 4 · avidreader

WTF? I think she just says what will get her off the hook in the moment, it's like she's a child getting caught with her hands in the cookie jar.

Posted: Oct 6, 2008 at 12:02 pm

No. 5 · MacChick

Palin is pathetic. She knows only what's been preprogrammed into her like a little pull string, talking doll (which I intend to do a blog post on this week). We've reached an all time low, people.

Posted: Oct 6, 2008 at 3:24 pm

No. 6 · Megs

I don't even get that she's supposedly attractive. Is she a pretty white woman? I honestly don't see it. And her long alliance with that Alaskan group that wanted to secede from the Union… She's a dumb hot mess to me, in just about every way.
Also, I can never be convinced that she was Trig's mother. How can you have your fifth child, and never show? She could only appeal to white racists, being such an incompetent, dishonest, grating individual. Ewww.

Posted: Oct 7, 2008 at 9:11 am

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