{"id":322,"date":"2008-09-08T23:04:12","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T03:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=322"},"modified":"2020-03-23T12:09:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T16:09:15","slug":"debunking-several-palin-myths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/08\/debunking-several-palin-myths\/","title":{"rendered":"Debunking Several Palin Myths&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s whole host of false or misleading claims about Sarah Palin flying around the internet. Factcheck.org has laid waste to several of them though.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Palin did not cut funding for special needs education in Alaska by 62 percent. She didn\u2019t cut it at all. In fact, she tripled per-pupil funding over just three years.<\/li>\n<li>She did not demand that books be banned from the Wasilla library. Some of the books on a widely circulated list were not even in print at the time. The librarian has said Palin asked a &#8220;What if?&#8221; question, but the librarian continued in her job through most of Palin&#8217;s first term.<\/li>\n<li>She was never a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, a group that wants Alaskans to vote on whether they wish to secede from the United States. She\u2019s been registered as a Republican since May 1982.<\/li>\n<li>Palin never endorsed or supported Pat Buchanan for president. She once wore a Buchanan button as a &#8220;courtesty&#8221; when he visited Wasilla, but shortly afterward she was appointed to co-chair of the campaign of Steve Forbes in the state.<\/li>\n<li>Palin has not pushed for teaching creationism in Alaska&#8217;s schools. She has said that students should be allowed to &#8220;debate both sides&#8221; of the evolution question, but she also said creationism &#8220;doesn&#8217;t have to be part of the curriculum.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Read &quot;Sliming Palin - False Internet claims and rumors fly about McCain's running mate.&quot; at factcheck.org.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/2008\/09\/sliming-palin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s whole host of false or misleading claims about Sarah Palin flying around the internet. Factcheck.org has laid waste to several of them though. Palin did not cut funding for special needs education in Alaska by 62 percent. She didn\u2019t cut it at all. In fact, she tripled per-pupil funding over just three years. She [&hellip;]<\/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_feature_clip_id":0,"_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],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-politics","tag-sarah-palin","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-5c","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2273,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/30\/upi-dismissed-palin-complaints-rack-up-costs\/","url_meta":{"origin":322,"position":0},"title":"UPI: Dismissed Palin Complaints Rack up Costs","author":"Jeff","date":"May 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"All those frivolous ethics complaints filed against Alaska Governor Sarah Palin are starting to add up the UPI reports they've cost taxpayer nearly \"a third of a million dollars.\" JUNEAU, Alaska, May 28 (UPI) -- The ethics complaints filed against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are running a tab of nearly\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2800,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/30\/palin-already-a-best-seller\/","url_meta":{"origin":322,"position":1},"title":"Palin Already a Best Seller.","author":"Jeff","date":"September 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This should drive liberals nuts... 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 &quot;Books &amp; Movies&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Books &amp; Movies","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/books-movies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2313,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/09\/the-hill-palin-beginning-to-irritate-some-senate-gopers\/","url_meta":{"origin":322,"position":2},"title":"The Hill: Palin Beginning to Irritate Some Senate GOPers","author":"Jeff","date":"June 9, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Hill has a mildly interesting piece about how Alaska Govenor Sarah Palin is beginning to irritate some GOP senators: Sarah Palin has begun to get on the nerves of Republican senators who say the former GOP vice presidential nominee is taking her own White House aspirations entirely too seriously.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2786,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/29\/sarah-palins-memoir-going-rogue-an-american-life-to-be-release-november-17th\/","url_meta":{"origin":322,"position":3},"title":"Sarah Palin&#8217;s Memoir, &#8220;Going Rogue: An American Life,&#8221; to be Release November 17th","author":"Jeff","date":"September 29, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Sarah Palin has finished her memoir, the 400 page book titled \"Going Rogue: An American Life,\" is set to be released on November 17th: Sarah Palin's forthcoming 400-page memoir, \"Going Rogue: An American Life,\" will hit bookshelves just in time for the holiday shopping season. More than 1.5 million copies\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Books &amp; Movies&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Books &amp; Movies","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/books-movies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sarah Palin Book Cover","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/goingrougecover.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":741,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/11\/troopergate-report-says-palin-abused-power\/","url_meta":{"origin":322,"position":4},"title":"Troopergate Report Says Palin &#8220;Abused Power&#8221;","author":"Jeff","date":"October 11, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"MataHarely and Ed Morrissey have complete analysis's of Troopergate Investigator Stephen Branchflower's report. The bottom line on the report is that Gov. Palin had the constitutional and statutory authority fire Commissioner Monegan. Branchflower, however, believes that Sarah Palin abused her power by not stopping her husband, Todd, from talking to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"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":322,"position":5},"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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