# Sarah Palin Knew That The USA's Credit Rating Was Going To Be Downgraded; What Else Does She Know?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-knew-that-the-usas-credit-rating-was-going-to-be-downgraded-what-else-does-she-know/592265>\
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**Created:** [August 10, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-knew-that-the-usas-credit-rating-was-going-to-be-downgraded-what-else-does-she-know/592265 "2011-08-10T23:24:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-knew-that-the-usas-credit-rating-was-going-to-be-downgraded-what-else-does-she-know/592265/61 "2011-08-12T19:50:38Z")

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> [@Bricker](#):
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> Not that I’m aware of, but as this board made a habit of pointing out, Glen Beck never denied murdering a girl, either.
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> And Obama has never denied sending naked pictures of himself to actress Scarlett Johansson.
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> Nonetheless, I don’t believe we can conclude that Beck is a murderer or Obama is corresponding inappropriately with Johansson.

What is the point of becoming President if I _can’t_ send nude pictures to Scarlett Johansson? It’s not like I am a lowly Congressman, or something.

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**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-knew-that-the-usas-credit-rating-was-going-to-be-downgraded-what-else-does-she-know/592265/62 "2011-08-15T00:01:11Z")

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> [@Bricker](#):
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> I’m not certain.
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> But I didn’t claim to be certain. I’m asking the OP how he became certain. The OP asserts as fact that Palin’s daughter liked to get blackout, falling-down drunk. I didn’t assert that she didn’t – I aksed how he knew that she did.

You’re right; you didn’t make that claim. I got off track somewhere and convinced myself that you did make that claim. My apologies.

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