132 - Right-Wing Deception Is Exemplified By Sarah Palin And John McCain: A Case Study In Earmarks

BLAST THE RIGHT

Jack Clark

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4.7 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2008

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Today, you'll hear all about earmarks, one of John McCain's pet issues.Sarah Palin claims to be a reformer, yet she is the Empress of Earmarks, requesting this year more per capita than the governor of any other state.Would it surprise you to learn that McCain seems quite confused about the facts, and that Palin is clearly outright lying?Plenty of clips of these two esteemed elected officials to

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0:00.0	Greetings, y'all listening to Podcast No. 132 of Blast the Right.
0:24.2	I'm your host Jack Clark.
0:26.0	Great to have you on board.
0:27.8	Hey, you'll hear one of the mother of all examples of right-wing lying.
0:32.9	It's about ear marks, one of John McCain's pet issues.
0:36.8	Would it surprise you to learn that?
0:38.8	McCain seems a bit confused about the facts, and Paylon is clearly outright lying.
0:44.9	Plenty of clips of these two esteemed elected officials to keep your blood boiling.
0:50.2	Let's get right into it.
0:52.2	Sources you'll hear include.
0:53.8	I almost hesitate to list these all, there are so many, maybe the longest list ever.
0:58.7	Here goes.
0:59.7	The Washington Post, CBS News, CNN, Newsmax.com, BDMatters.org, The Seattle Times, Politifact.com, The
1:08.9	New York Times, ThinkProgress.org, Common Dreams.org, The Associated Press, The U.S. Census
1:15.4	Bureau, Newsweek, Politico.com, Rasmussen Reports, The Los Angeles Times, The Tax Foundation,
1:22.8	And The Wall Street Journal.
1:25.3	Listener Alex K. from Santa Fe wrote in to ask, Are you planning to do some kind of reassuring
1:30.7	podcast for those of us who are extremely concerned about the hockey mom as president?
1:36.8	I replied that I didn't know if the next show would be reassuring as much as a call to
1:41.9	arms.
1:42.9	Here are the polimentaries to your call to battle stations.
1:47.2	A mantra on blast the right is, whatever a right-winger says, the exact opposite is true.
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