I think you heard what you WANTED to hear. This was ONE of MANY special needs programs.
Palin cut OTHER programs. Try again. http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/09/palin.earmarks/index.html?iref=newssearch#cnnSTCVideo On Sep 10, 7:52 am, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For two straight days, CNN repeated liberal rumors about Republican > vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s political record – rumors > that had already been debunked by their own correspondents, as well as > the respected FactCheck.org, a group led by former CNN reporter Brooks > Jackson. > > During Monday evening’s Election Center program, CNN’s senior legal > analyst Jeffrey Toobin claimed that Palin "wants to ban all > abortions," despite a September 2 report by his own network which > included a quote from the Alaska governor that she is "pro-life... > [w]ith the exception of a doctor's determination that the mother's > life would end if the pregnancy continued." Toobin also claimed that > Palin "wants to treat -- to have creationism taught in public > schools." This isn’t the entire story. A FactCheck.org report released > on Monday, which aimed to refute "dubious Internet postings and mass e- > mail messages making claims about McCain's running mate," clarified > that Palin "supports teaching creationism alongside evolution, though > she has not actively pursued such a policy as governor." > > Less than ten hours later, during Tuesday’s American Morning, > correspondent Jessica Yellin, in a report purporting to give the > "facts" about Palin’s fiscal record at the beginning of the 6 am hour > of the program, stated that "Palin has used her line-item veto to cut > funds for special interest programs called earmarks, but Democrats > criticize her for slashing programs, even for people with > disabilities, a group she's vowed to defend." Yellin, like Toobin, > didn’t tell the whole story. The same FactCheck.org report began by > stating that 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 over just three year." The report cited CNN’s > Soledad O’Brien’s use of the supposed 62 percent figure on September 4 > as an example of how far these "dubious Internet postings and mass e- > mail messages" had gone. > > http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2008/09/09/cnn-contradicts... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
