A little diversion.... Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin is officially a part of the birther movement. During a radio interview with conservative radio host Rusty Humphries, Palin sympathized with the segment of the population that, despite all evidence to the contrary, still does not believe that Barack Obama was born in the United States. The former governor and book promoter was asked if she planned to make it an issue during her 2012 campaign "if" she decided to run.
I think the public rightfully is still making it an issue," Palin said. "I don't have a problem with that. I don't know if I would have to bother to make it an issue, because I think that members of the electorate still want answers."
When pressed further by Humphries, who asked if it was "a fair question to be looking at?" Palin continued:
I think it's a fair question just like I think past associations and past voting records. All of that is fair game," Palin responded, adding that "the McCain-Palin campaign didn't do a good enough job in that area. We didn't call out Obama and some of his associates on their records and what their beliefs were, and perhaps what their future plans were, and I don't think that was fair to voters to not have done our job as candidates and a campaign to bring to light a lot of things that now we're seeing manifest in the administration."
Palin also mentioned the conspiracy theories that surrounded the birth of Trig, her youngest son as examples of conspiracy theories from the other side of the aisle.
That weird conspiracy theory freaky thing that people talk about that Trig isn't my real son, and a lot of people that went 'Well, you need to produce his birth certificate, you need to prove that he's your kid,' which we have done, but yeah, so maybe we can reverse that, and use the same [inaudible] thinking on the other one.
It is worth noting that Sarah Palin is again not telling the truth. While she claims that she produced Trig's birth certificate which proved that he was her son, neither she nor her campaign did any such thing. In fact, out of the four presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2008 elections, Palin was the only one who never released her medical records for review.
But someone must have contacted Palin after the interview and given her some good advice, because she posted the following status on her Facebook at 1:16 AM ET:
Stupid Conspiracies
Voters have every right to ask candidates for information if they so choose. I've pointed out that it was seemingly fair game during the 2008 election for many on the left to badger my doctor and lawyer for proof that Trig is in fact my child. Conspiracy-minded reporters and voters had a right to ask... which they have repeatedly. But at no point - not during the campaign, and not during recent interviews--have I asked the president to produce his birth certificate or suggested that he was not born in the United States.
All of this talk about birth certificates and conspiracies can be confusing. Popular conservative blogger (who recently announced his departure from the right) Andrew Sullivan has compiled an excellent list keeping track of Sarah Palin's lies here. |
