{"id":4761,"date":"2008-09-03T10:45:45","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T18:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/09\/03\/sarah-palin-liar\/"},"modified":"2008-09-03T10:45:45","modified_gmt":"2008-09-03T18:05:33","slug":"sarah-palin-liar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=4761","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Palin, Liar"},"content":{"rendered":"

The whole kerfuffle about Sarah Palin’s family has obscured a more important problem: that Gov. Palin is an unrepentant liar. She lied to America in her very first speech to us, when she declared, “I told Congress, ‘thanks but no thanks on that bridge to nowhere.'” Of course, she’d told Congress no such thing<\/a>; she’d supported the Bridge to Nowhere, early and often<\/a>. For example:<\/p>\n

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Now, I frankly would be willing to give Palin a pass on this particular issue, at least on the merits of the issue. She’s Alaska’s governor; she’s supposed<\/em> to try to wheedle federal money for her state, at least until they secede.\u00a0 That’s part of the job. And if she’d been quiet about her support of the Gravina Island Bridge, I wouldn’t see it as a particularly surprising or negative development when the story came out.<\/p>\n

But lying about that support — especially when you’re on record supporting it<\/a> —\u00a0 well, I seem to remember the GOP being really upset about lying politicians. I guess it really is okay if you’re a Republican.<\/p>\n

Palin, of course, hasn’t just lied about the bridge. She’s lied about Troopergate<\/a>. She’s lied about her stance as a pork-buster<\/a>. She lied about visiting Ireland<\/a>. Hell, she lied about being voted Miss Congeniality in the Miss Wasilla pageant<\/a> — and who lies about something like that?<\/p>\n

Palin has taken on the mantle of moral crusader, fighting against legal abortion, espousing conservative Christianity, and even going so far as to look into banning books during her tenure as mayor. But a moral crusader, one would hope, would at least be familiar with the foundational morality of their own faith tradition. It seems to me the Ten Commandments have something to say about bearing false witness — and if I recall correctly, they’re against it. Of course, what do I know? I’m just a Unitarian blogger. Maybe Christianity allows you to lie repeatedly, on issues of great import and issues of tangiential value, as long as it’s convenient. I don’t think it does, though, and moreover, I don’t think America wants a liar as its vice president. Then again, we’ve elected Cheney twice; maybe I’m wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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