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Jake Tapper: Palin Didn't "Sell" Plane on Ebay
September 05, 2008 5:11 PM
ABC's Jake Tapper reports today that McCain misspoke, stating that his running mate, Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, "sold" her predecessor's luxury jet on ebay...it's not quite true. Palin's office "put" the plane up for bidding on ebay...but things didn't go so well. Read here.
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Wow, this is really pathetic. This is the best you can come up with against Palin??
Posted by: JA | Sep 5, 2008 5:25:09 PM
This is pathetic. She was obviously joking. The media is running scared trying to come up with some kind of dirt on this amazing woman. Leave her alone.
Posted by: ohiogirl | Sep 5, 2008 5:29:20 PM
JA
it's not the best they can come up with against Palin it's just No.126 on the list.
Numbers over 200 have not been discovered because the McCain campaing has shut down the old Bush Cheney wall of silence and won't allow Palin to answer questions from people who actually know their stuff...
BIG RED FLAG
not as much the lies as the way they are covering them up and letting them slip in speeches...
sound familiar?
MccainPalin - Nothing changes.
Posted by: dl | Sep 5, 2008 5:39:53 PM
OhioGirl
"she was obviously joking"?
is that why McCain announced it as his favorite thing about her today?
or is it that he thinks the lie is cute... kind of like the "No thanks on that bridge"
the real statement was
"no thanks on that lobbyist earmark bridge but we'll keep the money"
Posted by: dl | Sep 5, 2008 5:42:11 PM
Just one more 'little' inaccuracy in what is beginning to amount to quite a laundry list.
Posted by: freedomfighter1975 | Sep 5, 2008 5:47:23 PM
She didn't say she 'sold' it on ebay. She said that she put it on ebay. So she was totally truthful.
Posted by: Abe | Sep 5, 2008 5:47:48 PM
Do you people or reporters ever listen, she said that she put it on Ebay, she did not say that she sold it on ebay, you are all a bunch of idiots, why is it that you do not pick apart the crap that Obama is saying that are truly lies? Biased as ever.
I came to office promising major ethics reform, to end the culture of self-dealing. And today, that ethics reform is the law.
"While I was at it, I got rid of a few things in the governor's office that I didn't believe our citizens should have to pay for.
That luxury jet was over the top. I put it on eBay.
I also drive myself to work."
Posted by: Kim | Sep 5, 2008 5:50:50 PM
McCain/Pain 'No
Posted by: My | Sep 5, 2008 5:55:27 PM
Any way you look at it she saved the taxpayers a lot of money. No more upkeep and fuel for that jet and no more personal chef for the taxpayers to pick up the tab for.
Posted by: julie | Sep 5, 2008 5:56:25 PM
If you listen to her speech she NEVER said she SOLD it on ebay, she did infact say she "put" it on ebay. Another made up story by liberal media looking for anything to bash her on. Instead of talking about criminal and terrorist befriending, coke snorting, throw grandma under the bus, biracial racist, above my pay grade, "present" polititcians
Posted by: Dennis | Sep 5, 2008 5:58:29 PM
Nobody is trying to come up with anything about Palin. Jake is just stating a fact. She clearly was not joking as she and the McCain campaign have mentioned this more than once.
Don't be mad at Jake for calling Sarah out on her lies. Keep 'em coming Jake. We need to know the truth since she's not talking.
Posted by: Leslie | Sep 5, 2008 5:59:38 PM
I don't care what she did with her plane. I do care about the fact the Sarah Palin has made us the laughingstock of the world. McCain's choice of vp is totally, totally insulting to the women of this country. He's playing to the lowest common denominator and hoping it flies. It's a gimmick and woman are being played for fools. Pit bull with lipstick indeed. What an intelligent remark. What class. What verbal skill. THIS is going to help the country get out of the mess we're in? Folks, she's a bad joke and this country will pay a very dear price if these two get elected.
Posted by: outtahere | Sep 5, 2008 6:00:44 PM
Jake Tapper
She said
"I put that on EBAY"
she did not say
"I sold it on EBAY"
Shame on you.
Posted by: adam | Sep 5, 2008 6:02:35 PM
For more information on Palin, look up Anne Kilkenny
Posted by: nomorerepublicans | Sep 5, 2008 6:04:37 PM
Jake Tapper
She said
"I put that on EBAY"
she did not say
"I sold it on EBAY"
Shame on you.
The fact is "she sold the Jet", period.
She put that on EBAY and then sold it and brought 3 million dollars to State government.
Posted by: adam | Sep 5, 2008 6:05:04 PM
outtahere-Then I guess we will be a complete laughing stock if Obama is elected, an unvetted, media child, empty suit.
Posted by: Kim | Sep 5, 2008 6:09:31 PM
Pit Bull with lipstick vs. Putin. Good luck with that! Really! I'm sure he's shaking in his boots right now at the very thought of the possibility of facing her! One witty crack from her and he'll crawl back into the Kremlin!
lol
Posted by: CanadianDude | Sep 5, 2008 6:10:45 PM
Adam:
No, She sold the Jet (not on Ebay) but with a loss of $500,000.
Posted by: My | Sep 5, 2008 6:10:58 PM
yeah you all need to see that she lied about the bridge...McCain lied about the ebay thing...
well he either lied...or another thing his vetters didn't catch i guess huh?
Posted by: dl | Sep 5, 2008 6:13:08 PM
Wow, now ABC and Tapper are making up things about Palin. It wasn't bad enough this morning when the TOP FIVE stories on ABC.com were all negative about Palin. I just checked the facts on this and Palin NEVER SAID SHE "SOLD" THE PLANE ON EBAY!! She said she "put" it on ebay which is 100% the truth. ABC's reputation is sinking faster than Obama's poll numbers. Keep it up though, you are truly making Palin out to be a star, just what the Republicans needed to jump start the fall campaign.
Posted by: JRS | Sep 5, 2008 6:13:33 PM
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