# they really ARE using pre-emptive lying! Palin clears self! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 10, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288 "2008-10-10T04:53:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288/1 "2008-10-10T04:53:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Trying to head off a potentially embarrassing state ethics report on GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, campaign officials released their own report Thursday that clears her of any wrongdoing. > **[Politics News | Breaking Political News, Video & Analysis-ABC News](https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory?id=5990499)** > > ABC News is your trusted source on political news stories and videos. Get the latest coverage and analysis on everything from the Trump presidency, Senate, House and Supreme Court. > [@](#): > > The campaign’s report instead blames former campaign opponent, Andrew Halcro, who has a blog, of conspiring with Wooten to pin Monegan’s dismissal on the family’s dispute with Wooten. :rolleyes: Is that a tank with a shark in it I see? I wonder what’s gonna happen over there? ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288/2 "2008-10-10T05:10:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Trying to head off a potentially embarrassing state ethics report on GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, campaign officials released their own report Thursday that clears her of any wrongdoing. Why didn’t O.J. think of that? ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288/3 "2008-10-10T05:28:22Z")
Heck, the headline is the funniest part: **Palin Pre-Empts State Report, Clears Self in Probe** \* McCain-Palin campaign pre-empts state ethics report, clears governor of wrongdoing\* ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288/4 "2008-10-10T05:30:00Z")
That title is a complete non-sequitur. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288/5 "2008-10-10T05:37:54Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > That title is a complete non-sequitur. How do you figure? It’s what the entire article is about. Unless you’re implying something else? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288/6 "2008-10-10T05:51:45Z")
I can’t seem to be able to find a copy of the report online. I would have thought a PDF would have been disseminated as widely as possible – to not only reassure Palin supporters but also to confuse people searching for the real report. But for some reason I can’t find it. Anyone have a link? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288/7 "2008-10-10T07:12:22Z")
I just saw it on Yahoo when I logged in for my mail. I swear, I thought it had to be a joke. It does, though, doesn’t it? _Somebody’s_ pulling my leg, right? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288/8 "2008-10-10T07:14:43Z")
haha yeah it’s prolly just more of that gotcha journalism, doncha know ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288/9 "2008-10-10T08:09:12Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > Why didn’t O.J. think of that? Sarah isn’t really campaigning, she is traveling the country looking for the real perpetrator of this outrage. I have this feeling that not only isn’t she qualified to be president, she couldn’t even pass a citizen test. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288/10 "2008-10-10T10:07:25Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Sarah isn’t really campaigning, she is traveling the country looking for the real perpetrator of this outrage. Man, those guys selling all that Palin memorabilia better get out of Vegas quick! Her team with the moose rifles are probably closing in. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288/11 "2008-10-10T14:28:58Z")
I still think she’s gonna be cleared… but mannn. Chutzpah! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288/12 "2008-10-10T14:40:24Z")
Fucking genius is what it is! Think of all the practical uses. > [@](#): > > Sir, I clocked you doing 75 mph in a 15mph school zone. > > Oh, I’m sorry, officer, I have this sworn affidavit from me that I was only doing 12 mph. Good day, sir. > [@](#): > > Sir, you can’t just walk out of here with that keg of beer without paying for it. > > My good lady, I have a receipt right here, that I printed up on my own computer which proves my ownership. Good day to you. The possibilities are endless! ---
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288/13 "2008-10-10T14:42:44Z")
“…I know, for I told me so…” -Spinal Tap I think someone’s taken Adam Savage a little too literally: “I reject your reality and substitute my own!” ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288/14 "2008-10-10T14:42:44Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > I have this feeling that not only isn’t she qualified to be president, she couldn’t even pass a citizen test. At this point, I have real doubts that she’d even pass a Voight-Kampff test. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288/15 "2008-10-10T14:46:03Z")
> [@Darth\_Nader](#): > > At this point, I have real doubts that she’d even pass a Voight-Kampff test. I’m with you. Where’s Decker when you need him? Palin needs to be retired. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288/16 "2008-10-10T14:46:15Z")
If Palin were on the SDMB, she’d say “My post is my cite.” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288/17 "2008-10-10T14:57:10Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Think of all the practical uses. Would you like to see my certificate of marriage, between me and Carla Gugino? Give me a minute to change the ink cartridge in my printer… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288/18 "2008-10-10T15:09:41Z")
Oh, can you imagine what a hoot she’d be HERE? ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288/19 "2008-10-10T15:13:28Z")
> [@Darth\_Nader](#): > > At this point, I have real doubts that she’d even pass a Voight-Kampff test. Hell, I doubt she could pass a Turing Test ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288/20 "2008-10-10T15:17:55Z")
This is absolutely beautiful. This stuff is what really makes elections entertaining. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-really-are-using-pre-emptive-lying-palin-clears-self/467288.md?page=2)