Wall Street Journal Scrubs Article On Palin & Replaces It With GOP Talking Points (Confirmed By FR)

At a rally today, Sen. McCain again asserted that Sen. Obama has requested nearly a billion in earmarks. In fact, the Illinois senator requested $311 million last year, according to the Associated Press, and none this year. In comparison, Gov. Palin has requested $750 million in her two years as governor -- which the AP says is the largest per-capita request in the nation.

"The only people 'lying' about spending are the Obama campaign. The only explanation for their hysterical attacks is that they're afraid that when John McCain and Sarah Palin are in the White House, Barack Obama's nearly $1 billion in earmark spending will stop dead in its tracks," Mr. Rogers said

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To: jokyfo
The WSJ might want to fact-check the last line of the story where it say Palin “has requested $750 million in her two years as governor.”

If that is true, I would like to see the documentation.

And I notice that they don’t mention how much Obama requested in earmarks for 2005 and 2006. They mention 2007 and 2008 only. “In fact, the Illinois senator requested $311 million last year, according to the Associated Press, and none this year.”

What about 2005 and 2006, you ask? According to the NY Times from March 14, 2008: “Senator Barack Obama on Thursday released a list of $740 million in earmarked spending requests that he had made over the last three years, and his campaign challenged Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to do the same.”

I thought the WSJ was better than this. What a slanted, misleading story.


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