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Introducing Sarah Palin Although I am not a republican and do not agree with Senator John McCain's war policy on Iraq - my son was killed there - I respect Sarah Palin for her decision to keep her Down-syndrome baby [Sept. 15]. I am the father of a 28-year-old Down-syndrome daughter, whom I've cared for almost single-handedly since the death of her mother 16 years ago. My daughter has been a source of joy and hope in the midst of family setbacks. Even if Palin does not win the election, she at least...
...TIME's great photo of governor Palin on this week's cover should scare the Democrats. You see a strong, intelligent, attractive and determined mien and an ideal partner for McCain, one who will help bring this country back to the position of strength it has occupied in the world. Joe Chernicoff, Las Vegas...
...know that John McCain thinks Latinos are stupid? Or that Barack Obama wants your 5-year-old to watch sex videos? Sure, neither of those claims (just two of the charges traded by the presidential nominees in dueling campaign commercials over the past few weeks) are actually - what's the word? - true. But in the world of political advertising, truth is irrelevant. The growing number of whoppers piling up in the 2008 campaign are reminders of an oft-forgotten, unfortunate political fact: it's perfectly legal for candidates to lie to voters in commercials or other advertising...
...Such bitter language can seem a bit high-minded for the scrappy political arena. In a country with a free press, after all, journalists are able to fact-check campaign advertisements and let voters know when claims are exaggerated or misleading. What does it matter if McCain says Obama would impose a new tax burden on middle-class families or if Obama claims that McCain proposed abolishing the Department of Education? Candidates lie, fact-checkers out them, and voters have all the information they need to make their choices...
...Politifact.com is the fact-checking enterprise of the St. Petersburg Times, and it tracks the veracity of presidential campaign statements and advertisements. As of late September, with the two candidates virtually tied, Obama's mostly true to mostly false tally was 65 to 33, while McCain's was 47 to 51. Jackson thinks it's possible that McCain's record is now lopsided enough that he may actually be in the rare position of risking a backlash from voters. "We may be seeing the start of a narrative that John McCain and Sarah Palin are running an untruthful campaign...