Via Ben Smith, it seems Former Half-Gov Fabricata McFibLips is blahblahblahing that “Democrats are poised to allow [the] largest tax increase in U.S. history” by letting the Bush tax cuts expire. Wrong:
Palin’s main defense was the absence of any clear proposal from President Barack Obama or congressional Democrats stating an intention to limit the increase to wealthy taxpayers. But PolitiFact noted in a rebuttal posted today, “Obama has indeed published his proposals in some detail — at least twice, in the annual budget documents that the White House releases.”
You can go to PolitiFact for details about the little spat. You’ll find that not only are her pants on fire, but her Mama Grizzly fur got badly singed in the process:
Either Palin is confused about the revenue numbers involved with extending the tax cuts, or she’s willfully distorting the Democratic plans. We’ll let you be the judge of that. Regardless, Wallace was very specific about asking her about tax increases for the top 2 percent. And that does not represent the largest tax increase in history. The unlikely outcome that she seems to be talking about — that all of the Bush tax cuts will be repealed – wouldn’t be the largest tax increase in history either. Palin read the number on her hand correctly, but that’s about all she got right. So we rate her statement Pants on Fire.
Ben then follows up with a broader point, other than the obvious one that McFibLips is an inveterate liar. There’s that nagging issue of her disdain of the press:
The whole flap underscores just how dismissive of traditional news outlets Palin is at this point, as an organization generally considered scrupulous and fair falls under the “lamestream media” umbrella.
The press has been compliant at times, and critical of her at other times. She continues to lie, they continue to cover her lies, and the two have a relationship as stable and respectful as Bristol’s and Levi’s.
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