Friday, September 19, 2008

McClatchy columnist repeats a lie about Sarah Palin

I've learned you can't trust McClatchy to tell the truth about Sarah Palin.

The latest example is a piece by McClatchy columnist Mary Sanchez. (Her home base is McClatchy's Kansas City Star newspaper -- where 65 employees just got pink slipped.) Her piece was published today in The Stockton Record.

Sanchez twisted Palin's words to make it sound like she said something completely different than what she actually said. From her piece on Palin:
As ABC reporter Charlie Gibson reminded Palin in his recent interview with her, this is how she characterized the war in Iraq before her church: "Our national leaders are sending U.S. soldiers on a task that is from God. ... There is a plan, and it is God's plan."

If God's taking care of the planning, does that mean President Palin doesn't have to? I believe in prayer but also want the guiding strength of a wise president.

Sanchez isn't telling the truth -- here is Palin's exact quote:
“Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending [U.S. soldiers] out on a task that is from God... That’s what we have to make sure that we’re praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God’s plan, so bless them with your prayers..."

Don't believe me? Here is the actual video:



Sanchez is trying to make it sound like Palin is claiming the Iraq war is a mission from God.

"Truth to power"?

Ppffftt.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I like how you switch to another tactic when the McClatchy stock rallies over the past two days, leaving you with nothing else to snipe at. Your blog has a pathetic slant. You're a disgrace to bloggers everywhere.

Anonymous said...

Ah, I love the sound of soon to be unemployed left wing "journalists" whining in the morning.

Dude... the stock is going up because McClatchy is getting rid of the DNC shills that have ruined the credibility of the whole industry.

Make sure you tell the people at the unemployment office that you have a degree in English. That will impress them.