RE: Today's Garvey Blog

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Jones, David M. (JONESM@uwec.edu)
Tue, 9 Sep 2008 13:48:19 -0500



From: "Jones, David M." <JONESM@uwec.edu>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 13:48:19 -0500
Subject: RE: Today's Garvey Blog
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Hi, everyone...I would encourage interested people to read the text of the Factcheck discussions rather than rely on the summaries. The summaries of the conflict with the local librarian and of Palin's participation in/tacit
 support for the Alaskan Independence Party are understated compared to the
 fuller discussions contained right there on the same page. Having read so me of the original news articles related to these controversies, I thought Factcheck.org's info included some reasonable corrections in certain false internet rumors (such as the list of books, which was widely known to be an
 inaccurate list), but I think the net community and the left/mainstream pr ess has brought quite a bit to light with their vetting of Palin's record, and this information ought not to be dismissed amid the genuine effort to s eparate unsubstantiated rumor from legitimate stories. dj

Dr. David M. Jones Associate Professor 414 Hibbard Hall Department of English and Women's Studies University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI 54701
(715) 836-4949 (office phone) From: sfpj-request@listserve.uwec.edu [mailto: [mailto:sfpj-request@listserve.uwec.e du] On Behalf Of Mary Weil Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 1:30 PM To: John & Liz Webster; sfpj@listserve.uwec.edu Subject: Re: Today's Garvey Blog

Info below about Palin from Factcheck.org. If anyone has proven that Factch eck.org is incorrect, let's pass around the info.

Factcheck.org<http://www.factcheck.org/> has done some legwork on the Palin
 rumors flying around the Internet. Here's the start of their report, with a link to their analysis: We've been flooded for the past few days with que ries about dubious Internet postings and mass e-mail messages making claims
 about McCain's running mate, Gov. Palin. We find that many are completely false, or misleading.

 * Palin did not cut funding for special needs education in Alaska by 62 percent. She didn't cut it at all. In fact, she tripled per-pupil funding o ver just three years.
 * 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 tim e. The librarian has said Palin asked a "What if?" question, but the librar ian continued in her job through most of Palin's first term.
 * 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 Stat es. She's been registered as a Republican since May 1982.
 * Palin never endorsed or supported Pat Buchanan for president. She once
 wore a Buchanan button as a "courtesty" when he visited Wasilla, but short ly afterward she was appointed to co-chair of the campaign of Steve Forbes in the state.
 * Palin has not pushed for teaching creationism in Alaska's schools. She
 has said that students should be allowed to "debate both sides" of the evo lution question, but she also said creationism "doesn't have to be part of the curriculum."

----- Original Message ----- From: John & Liz Webster<mailto:webjljt@triwest.net> To: sfpj@listserve.uwec.edu<mailto:sfpj@listserve.uwec.edu> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 12:03 PM Subject: Today's Garvey Blog

  GARVEYBLOG September 9, 2008 Try harder!<http://www.fightingbob.com/weblog.cfm?postID=2673> By Ed Garvey

A member of the Wasilla Library Board sent a list of books and authors Sara h Palin tried to have banned from the library. Vonnegut, Twain, Harper Lee,
 Steinbeck, J.D. Salinger, Solzhenitsyn, J.K. Rowling, Faulkner (White Hous e Named Desire) and, sit down before reading, Maya Angelou's I know Why the
 Caged Bird Sings. (Somehow my mind sees Palin with a shotgun, ready to sho ot the uncaged bird.) Truly nutty.

Palin's church is on God's far-right. She prayed for a gas pipeline and her
 church is sponsoring a prayer confab for gay conversion to the heterosexua l life. "Pray away the gay!" How about a mention of climate change?

The good news? All you have to do is tell the truth about Governor Palin.

She won't meet the press other than People magazine. (Who knew it was still
 being published?) But she will talk with good-time Charlie Gibson. A real treat in store.

Generous: I announced at Fighting Bob Fest <http://www.fightingbobfest.org/
> that we needed $7,500 to meet expenses and the biggest crowd yet put $17,
000 in the buckets. Thank you!

Dick Leinenkugel<http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=791562> is D oyle's most recent Republican appointment; Secretary of Commerce. Another o pening, another Republican. Well, it is okay to find talent on both sides o f the imaginary isle, but did anyone ask his view of unions? One report has
 it he dislikes all unions but one in particular. Someone should ask.



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