Archive: Sarah Palin
Farewell Edition
The Fact Checker is shutting up shop on the last day of the 2008 election campaign. For this farewell edition, he selects a few of his favorite bloopers and howlers from the long, winding campaign trail.
Posted on November 3, 2008 at 09:55 AM ET | Comments (34)
Palin and the Maybe Pipeline
The McCain-Palin campaign talks about the "$40 billion" Alaska natural gas pipeline as if it is a done deal--when it does not even have a price tag.
Posted on October 29, 2008 at 06:31 PM ET | Comments (21)
Is Obama Guilty of 'Infanticide'?
Sarah Palin has accused Barack Obama of wanting to withhold medical treatment from children born alive as the result of bungled abortions. Obama says pro-lifers have "lied" about his record. The Fact Checker adjudicates.
Posted on October 24, 2008 at 04:47 PM ET | Comments (119)
Four Pinocchios for Palin
Sarah Palin claimed over the weekend that an Alaska legislative report cleared her of any "hint of any kind of unethical activity" on the Troopergate controversy. That is untrue.
Posted on October 13, 2008 at 12:10 PM ET | Comments (664)
VP Debate Part II
More bloopers from the vice presidential debate, including gaps in both candidates' foreign policy expertise.
Posted on October 3, 2008 at 06:36 PM ET | Comments (79)
Palin twists the facts on Darfur
Sarah Palin claimed in the vice presidential debate that she "called for divestment" from companies with business interests in Sudan as a protest against the genocide in Darfur. The record shows that her administration initially opposed the divestment campaign.
Posted on October 3, 2008 at 02:36 PM ET | Comments (39)
Palin for Energy Czar!
Four Pinocchios for Sarah Palin who has repeatedly overstated Alaska's share of total U.S. energy production, despite challenges from fact checkers.
Posted on September 16, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (342)
Weekend edition
John McCain claims that his running mate, Sarah Palin, never took earmarks as governor of Alaska. That's like trying to argue that black is white.
Posted on September 12, 2008 at 05:44 PM ET | Comments (207)
Spreading dirt on Palin--and Obama
Three pinocchios for a McCain campaign ad claiming that Barack Obama has "air-dropped a mini-army" of opposition researchers into Alaska in an attempt to "destroy" Sarah Palin.
Posted on September 12, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (101)
Sarah Palin's 'Worst Nightmare'?
According to her supporters, Sarah Palin recovered from "every politician's nightmare" when her teleprompter malfunctioned during her big moment at the Republican convention. True or False?
Posted on September 11, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (135)
Sarah Palin and the Bridge to Nowhere
The McCain-Palin campaign continues to insist that the Alaska governor "stopped" the infamous "bridge to nowhere."
Posted on September 9, 2008 at 11:58 AM ET | Comments (255)
Convention Edition
The Fact Checker is back, with a look at some of the more questionable claims aired at the Democratic and Republican conventions.
Posted on September 7, 2008 at 09:20 AM ET | Comments (57)
Politifact: 'Bridge' Going Nowhere Before Palin Killed It
The Fact Checker is away. In the interim, we bring you the best of PolitiFact, a fact-checking project from the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly. The Statement "I told Congress, 'Thanks, but no thanks,' on that bridge to nowhere." -- Sarah Palin on Friday, August 29th, 2008 She killed...
Posted on September 1, 2008 at 04:30 PM ET | Comments (91)
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