There are some vicious lies circulating through viral e-mail about Sarah Palin. Snopes does a great job of refuting two of them:

• One of them involves a number of quotes attributed to the Governor of Alaska. Snopes identifies the source as a satiric blog. The blogger responsible for those "quotes" has actually had to make it clear that he "made them up" for the benefit of readers who don't understand the concept of satire.



• Another viral e-mail purports to list a number of books that Palin tried to "have banned" from the local library when she was Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. Snopes reveals that list as a total fraud. In fact, some of the books on the list hadn't even been published during Palin's time as Mayor.

There's also an old clip of Sarah Palin doing sports stories on a small-town local news show. I have no idea why that clip is considered scandalous or detrimental to Palin's political career. All I see when I watch it is a fairly hot newscaster. I do note from the clip that her abilities as an orator have improved greatly. Still, I don't think that clip of Palin is anywhere near as embarrassing as this:

So Senator McCheese dances like a nerdy white guy and allowed his three year old daughter listen to Snoop Dog. Weird, man. But, hey, that's just me.

There are, of course, a number of vicious lies circulating the net about every public figure out there, including Barack Obama. Obama, for instance, isn't really a Muslim ... he doesn't really hate all white people ... etc. I could get specific and site articles at Snopes, but I'll leave that to his supporters. I'd imagine that there's a blog or two out there dedicated to defending Obama's record.

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