Hey, That’s My Name

I know they’re not allowed to use the the word “lie” in the mainstream media, because we’re apparently not supposed call a spade a spade. This certainly wasn’t the only lie included in the speeches at the RNC last night. There were plenty and most of them have been debunked several times earlier in the campaign (like that Obama’s going to raise taxes on the normal folk and that Sarah Palin didn’t keep the money for the Bridge to Nowhere), but this gem from the Governor of Arkansas has shiny, pretty numbers to prove how much of a lie it really was.

Mike Huckabee made the claim that Palin got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States.

For the record, Joe Biden got 79,754 total votes in the Democratic primaries.

As of the 2000 census, the population of Wasilla was 5,469. It has been reported at currently more than 9,000.

That would mean, conservatively, the entire town of Wasilla would have had to have had a 100% turnout for nine years at 9,000 to top Biden’s primary numbers.

[From FACT CHECK: Biden, almost 80,000 votes - First Read - msnbc.com]

According to Wikipedia, Palin received 909 votes in her 1999 run for the Mayor of Wasilla. That’s about 1% of the number of votes Joe Biden got for President. (And let’s not even talk about how many votes he’s gotten in his many runs for senator in Delaware or even his 1970 run for County Councilman.)

I’m backdating this post largely because it’s mostly a note for myself to have easy access to the clips of all of SNL Palin bits. I plan to update and add to it as is necessary.

Palin Rap

Governor Palin Cold Open

VP Debate Open: Palin/Biden

Couric/Palin Open

Palin/Hillary Open