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To: combjelly who wrote (414320)	9/5/2008 7:25:13 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578528

>> "Apparently, she is chronic when it comes to lying and exaggerating:" Then perhaps the liberal media will be able to come up with one example. The story tejerk posted wasn't. And to date, there has been no other evidence of a Palin lie.

To: combjelly who wrote (414320)	9/5/2008 7:29:37 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578528

Investigation into Palin Now on Fast Track Sources Tell ABC News that Report Will Be Released Almost Three Weeks Early By LEN TEPPER September 5, 2008 ABC News has exclusively learned that Alaska Senator Hollis French will announce today that he is moving up the release date of his investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her office to get the Alaska public safety commissioner, Walt Monegan, fired. The results of the investigation were originally scheduled for release Oct. 31 but will now come almost three weeks earlier, according to sources. The announcement is set for 9 a.m. AKDT time. 'October Surprise' Over Palin Investigation? The Alaska state senator running an investigation of Gov. Palin had accused the McCain campaign of using stall tactics to prevent him from releasing his final report by Oct. 31, four days before the November election. "It's likely to be damaging to the Governor's administration," said Senator Hollis French, a Democrat, appointed the project manager for a bi-partisan State Senate Legislative Counsel Committee investigation. Palin, who has denied any wrongdoing and has said she has nothing to hide, has hired private lawyers to represent her in the matter. abcnews.go.com

To: combjelly who wrote (414320)	9/5/2008 7:33:35 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578528

Bizarre! Mystery Solved! 09.05.08 -- 2:39AM By Josh Marshall A lot of people were asking tonight: what the hell was that mansion up behind John McCain tonight during the first part of the speech? As I noted below, the TV close-ups only showed McCain's head against the grass in the picture, which made it look like he was reprising his famed green screen performance. And when they panned out, it looked like McCain was showing off one of his mansions. Well, several readers have written in to tell me that the building is actually the main building on the campus of the Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood, California. And sure enough, this page on the school's website makes it pretty clear that they're correct. You can compare below ... So it's not a mansion, but a middle school. But that still doesn't answer the question of why they picked this picture to have him standing in front of -- when I would imagine that 99.9% of the US population would have no idea what they were looking at. (ed.note: Thanks to TPM Readers JR and EK for cluing us in.) Late Update: I'm surprised this hadn't occurred to me. But several readers have suggested that perhaps one of the tech geeks charged with setting up the audio/visual bells and whistles for the evening was tasked with getting pictures of Walter Reed Army Medical Center but goofed and got this instead. At first I thought, No, that's ridiculous. This is a major political party with big time professionals putting this together. Nothing is left to chance. I mean, is this the RNC or a scene out Spinal Tap or Waiting for Guffman? I still have a bit of a hard time believing they're quite that incompetent. But when you figure in what appears to be the utter lack of any logic for this school being behind McCain and the fact that it has 'Walter Reed' in its name, I'm really not sure you can discount this possibility. (ed.note: Special bonus snark: That's not stock photo keyword searching we can believe in.) talkingpointsmemo.com