Even Senator John McCain was fooled by the sneaky half-truths of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s convention remarks about selling the state executive jet. Worse, Ms. Palin stood right beside the Senator at a Wisconsin campaign stop yesterday and let him misstate her record. Good work, Governor.
Senator McCain told a crowd that Governor Palin had sold the Alaska governor’s luxury jet (one like Cindy McCain’s, the one he uses) on eBay, for a profit. Wrong on both counts. Ms. Palin stood next to John McCain, smiling and waving, and let him say these falsehoods. There is a video clip of this here.
Sarah Palin ran for Governor saying she would put the Alaska governor’s business jet on eBay and sell it. The catchy everyday image helped her get elected. After wasting a year and taxpayer money trying to sell a $2.5 million jet on eBay, a broker sold the plane to a big GOP donor.
But Governor Palin knows much more about publicity stunts and slogans than she does about governing. That is why she stood a heartbeat away from the elderly Republican presidential candidate and let him lie for her.
Hat tip: Karin Risko
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