{"id":299,"date":"2008-09-06T19:17:04","date_gmt":"2008-09-06T23:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=299"},"modified":"2010-06-01T12:17:52","modified_gmt":"2010-06-01T16:17:52","slug":"smears-lies-and-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/06\/smears-lies-and-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Smears, Lies and Politics…"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s getting so you can’t keep track of all the smears, lies and half-truths about Sarah Palin without a scorecard… Michelle Malkin has the latest here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I don’t even know what to say at this point… I don’t have a problem with hardball politics, we all know how the game is played and we accept it to certain extent. Unfortunately all these smears, lies and half-truths about Governor Plain and her family go far beyond normal hardball politics… It’s one thing to question a candidates record and\/or qualifications, dragging his or her family through the mud is another matter. It’s unacceptable and I suspect most Americans are disgusted by it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s getting so you can’t keep track of all the smears, lies and half-truths about Sarah Palin without a scorecard… Michelle Malkin has the latest here and here. I don’t even know what to say at this point… I don’t have a problem with hardball politics, we all know how the game is played and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,15],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-politics","category-security","tag-sarah-palin","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-4P","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":343,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/12\/gibson-versus-palin-round-one\/","url_meta":{"origin":299,"position":0},"title":"Gibson Versus Palin – Round One","author":"Jeff","date":"September 12, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Overall I thought Governor Palin more than held her own. The only really cringe worth moments were her answers to Gibson's questions on the so called Bush Doctrine and Pakistan. She clearly didn't know what Gibson meant by the Bush Doctrine and couldn't answer the Pakistan question with anything more\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":591,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/02\/poll-question-who-won-the-vice-presidential-debate\/","url_meta":{"origin":299,"position":1},"title":"Poll Question: Who Won The Vice Presidential Debate?","author":"Jeff","date":"October 2, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"[poll id=\"6\"] On points I'd score it as a narrow win for Gov. Palin, overall on style and substance it was a landslide... She wiped the floor with both Senator Biden and moderator Gwen Ifill. 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Sarah Palin's book hasn't even been released yet and it's already a best seller: Sarah Palin's forthcoming memoir, \"Going Rogue,\" has reached the top spot on the Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com sales rankings \u2013 more than a month and a half before it will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Books & Movies"","block_context":{"text":"Books & Movies","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/books-movies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1173,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/22\/sarah-palin-conservative-of-the-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":299,"position":4},"title":"Sarah Palin: Conservative of the Year","author":"Jeff","date":"December 22, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Human Events has named former Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Alaska Governor Sarah Plain \"Conservative of the Year. You can read Ann Coulter's article about it here and Human Events Political Editor John Gizz's interview with Gov. 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