Some of Palin's remarks stretch the truth: Politics

Anchorage Daily News | Sep. 4, 2008 (News Report)

Gov. Sarah Palin's remarks to the Republican National Convention about her record in state government stretched the truth.THE FACTS: Palin implies that construction has begun on a major natural gas pipeline from the top of Alaska into Canada. That is not correct.

In fact, no building has begun and actual construction is years away, if it ever happens. This summer the Alaska Legislature, at Palin's request, passed a bill under which the state will ... Full Story »

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 by Denise Clendening - Oct. 1, 2008

The Anchorage Daily News provides some fact checking on statements made by Palin at her speech to the RNC, specifically about the gas pipeline and earmarks. Based on her speech I thought the pipeline had been or was in the process of being constructed but approvals have not even been obtained with the federal energy regulators.

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