sarah's little ebay lie...

itsmeeeeeee · 09-05-2008, 06:46 AM

Sarah Palin's Strange eBay Exaggeration

Sarah Palin's Strange eBay Exaggeration

September 4, 2008 11:25 PM

Politicians lie. They all do. The ones we have running all will lie, and if you're not choked with pure idealism you'll admit it. In fact, if you're jaded enough, you might even come to accept it, even respect it when it's done well. The concept isn't perplexing, especially when a deftly placed, glibly drawn half-truth can get yourself out of a dead-end argument.

What is perplexing, however, are unnecessary lies. Silly falsehoods, said for no apparent reason, on topics that the world would have totally avoided had you not lied about it in the first place. One strange Sarah Palin falsehood, which she acclaimed as truth yesterday and the campaign reaffirmed tonight in video was that she successfully auctioned a private jet she deemed unnecessary for the State of Alaska to maintain on eBay. It's a strange falsehood because, in the first place, really, who cares? Moreover, it's bizarre because eBay founder Meg Whitman works for the McCain campaign! She's right there! In the building! And surely she can explain to Palin that she is getting that weird bit of biography wrong.

Via Radar, the facts are these:

After going unsold for months, the jet was put into the hands of Turbo North Aviation, an Anchorage aircraft broker, which put an asking price of $2.45 million on the nearly $2.7 million jet. It quickly sold to Alaska businessman Larry Reynolds for $2.1 million ($31,000 of which went to Turbo Aviation). Today the Westwind II jet spends its days ushering wealthy hunters around Alaska and Russia.

So why on earth would Palin lie about this, knowing that it would bring scrutiny to this story, and knowing that the scrutiny would reveal that a) the auction wasn't successful, b) she lost the State of Alaska's money on the deal, and c) the state's valuable resource had basically become a luxury for wealthy elites? I have no idea! But whatever! It's definitely not the worst lie she's ever told.

ciaobox2007 · 09-05-2008, 06:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itsmeeeeeee

Sarah Palin's Strange eBay Exaggeration

Sarah Palin's Strange eBay Exaggeration

September 4, 2008 11:25 PM

Politicians lie. They all do. The ones we have running all will lie, and if you're not choked with pure idealism you'll admit it. In fact, if you're jaded enough, you might even come to accept it, even respect it when it's done well. The concept isn't perplexing, especially when a deftly placed, glibly drawn half-truth can get yourself out of a dead-end argument.

What is perplexing, however, are unnecessary lies. Silly falsehoods, said for no apparent reason, on topics that the world would have totally avoided had you not lied about it in the first place. One strange Sarah Palin falsehood, which she acclaimed as truth yesterday and the campaign reaffirmed tonight in video was that she successfully auctioned a private jet she deemed unnecessary for the State of Alaska to maintain on eBay. It's a strange falsehood because, in the first place, really, who cares? Moreover, it's bizarre because eBay founder Meg Whitman works for the McCain campaign! She's right there! In the building! And surely she can explain to Palin that she is getting that weird bit of biography wrong.

Via Radar, the facts are these:

After going unsold for months, the jet was put into the hands of Turbo North Aviation, an Anchorage aircraft broker, which put an asking price of $2.45 million on the nearly $2.7 million jet. It quickly sold to Alaska businessman Larry Reynolds for $2.1 million ($31,000 of which went to Turbo Aviation). Today the Westwind II jet spends its days ushering wealthy hunters around Alaska and Russia.

So why on earth would Palin lie about this, knowing that it would bring scrutiny to this story, and knowing that the scrutiny would reveal that a) the auction wasn't successful, b) she lost the State of Alaska's money on the deal, and c) the state's valuable resource had basically become a luxury for wealthy elites? I have no idea! But whatever! It's definitely not the worst lie she's ever told.

i thought everybody knew that was a joke?

itsmeeeeeee · 09-05-2008, 12:18 PM

just heard mc cain addressing a crowd in wisconsin telling them that she sold it on ebay "and for a profit, too!"

among other lies.

so i just fired off two letters to the editor, one to the local cedarburg paper and one to the milwaukee journal clarifying the truth on all counts and saying that i hoped the good people of wisconsin were smart enough to look into the FACTS and not fall for all his lies about this, and obama's tax plan, etc...

guest1234567 · 09-05-2008, 12:24 PM

Not for nothing, put Palin never said she sold the plane on Ebay, she said she put it on Ebay.

Sarah Palin GOP convention speech. Transcript. - Lynn Sweet

A lot of things are put on Ebay that don't sell.

itsmeeeeeee · 09-05-2008, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guest1234567

Not for nothing, put Palin never said she sold the plane on Ebay, she said she put it on Ebay.

Sarah Palin GOP convention speech. Transcript. - Lynn Sweet

A lot of things are put on Ebay that don't sell.

i realize that, but mc cain is saying she "SOLD IT ON EBAY, and for a profit, too!!!!" in his stump speech now. i just watched him say it and the crowd went nuts! and she's right there, letting him say it!

EvilMonkey · 09-05-2008, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itsmeeeeeee

i realize that, but mc cain is saying she "SOLD IT ON EBAY, and for a profit, too!!!!" in his stump speech now. i just watched him say it and the crowd went nuts! and she's right there, letting him say it!

Look who you are replying to, this guy defends every last thing Palin does.

She said no to the bridge to nowhere and then kept the millions of dollars that was given for it.

Defend that one guest.

guest1234567 · 09-05-2008, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itsmeeeeeee

i realize that, but mc cain is saying she "SOLD IT ON EBAY, and for a profit, too!!!!" in his stump speech now. i just watched him say it and the crowd went nuts! and she's right there, letting him say it!

Yes, McCain screwed up on that. I hope things like this make it to factcheck.org.

anhailla · 09-05-2008, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itsmeeeeeee

i realize that, but mc cain is saying she "SOLD IT ON EBAY, and for a profit, too!!!!" in his stump speech now. i just watched him say it and the crowd went nuts! and she's right there, letting him say it!

I heard it too, I watched it today

guest1234567 · 09-05-2008, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EvilMonkey

Look who you are replying to, this guy defends every last thing Palin does.

She said no to the bridge to nowhere and then kept the millions of dollars that was given for it.

Defend that one guest.

Fuck that, that's fucked up.

And I'm not so much defending as I'm trying to help people that if they are going to complain, they should do it right. She's obviously not qualified to be in this office, but hammer her on stuff that deserves being hammered on.

Edit: Like her and/or her husband being in that Alaskan Separatist group!

EvilMonkey · 09-05-2008, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guest1234567

Fuck that, that's fucked up.

And I'm not so much defending as I'm trying to help people that if they are going to complain, they should do it right. She's obviously not qualified to be in this office, but hammer her on stuff that deserves being hammered on.

Edit: Like her and/or her husband being in that Alaskan Separatist group!

So you don't think question them on lying is right? Though you don't care and prefer to blindly defend her rather than paying attention to the first post in this thread I would really know if a person who has the potential to be the leader of the free world is honest or not.

Quote:

Originally Posted by itsmeeeeeee

Via Radar, the facts are these:

After going unsold for months, the jet was put into the hands of Turbo North Aviation, an Anchorage aircraft broker, which put an asking price of $2.45 million on the nearly $2.7 million jet. It quickly sold to Alaska businessman Larry Reynolds for $2.1 million ($31,000 of which went to Turbo Aviation). Today the Westwind II jet spends its days ushering wealthy hunters around Alaska and Russia.

So why on earth would Palin lie about this, knowing that it would bring scrutiny to this story, and knowing that the scrutiny would reveal that a) the auction wasn't successful, b) she lost the State of Alaska's money on the deal, and c) the state's valuable resource had basically become a luxury for wealthy elites? I have no idea! But whatever! It's definitely not the worst lie she's ever told.

Case made. Case more than deserving of being hammered on.

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