Palin Spread Lies About Mayoral Opponent's Religion And Marriage

Salon:

Before Sarah Palin decided to run for the Wasilla mayor's office in 1996 against incumbent John Stein, the Palins and Steins were friends. John Stein had helped launch Palin's political career, mentoring the hockey mom during her 1994 run for City Council, along with veteran council member Nick Carney. Stein's wife, Karen Marie, went to aerobics classes with Palin.

But when she announced her candidacy for Stein's seat, vowing to overturn the city's "old boy" establishment, a different Sarah Palin emerged. "Things got very ugly," recalled Naomi Tigner, a friend of the Steins. "Sarah became very mean-spirited."

Even though Palin knew that Stein is a Protestant Christian, from a Pennsylvania Dutch background, her campaign began circulating the word that she would be "Wasilla's first Christian mayor." ...

The Palin campaign also started another vicious whisper campaign, spreading the word that Stein and his wife -- who had chosen to keep her own last name when they were married -- were not legally wed. Again, Palin knew the truth, Stein said, but chose to muddy the waters. "We actually had to produce our marriage certificate," recalled Stein, whose wife died of breast cancer in 2005 without ever reconciling with Palin.

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Comments

[DAE]

Reminds me of a Roman emperor's conniving consort.

[LMT]

I hope, for Mc.Bush's sake, they don't allow her to have any knives or other sharp objects. He had better watch out because she seems likely to run right over the top of the doddering old man.

[Blue in NH]

The more we learn about Sarah Palin the worse she looks. About all you can say in her favor is that she seems eminently qualified to be a Republican office holder: she's mean, she lies, she's christianist, she's totally unqualified. Sounds a lot like Bush and Chaney.

[Rebecca]

Seriously, why does she have to drag her kids to every event? It makes me wonder just how safe it is on the life of an unborn child (her daughter's pregnancy) to be dragging that girl all over the country. I'm pretty sure that any physician will tell you that a young girl bearing a child has a higher risk than an adult woman in terms of safety to the mom and safety to the baby. If I was "First Dude", I would be at home with the kids taking them back and forth to school - making sure they were my "first" priority. It's just so damned Brittany Spears in its whole appearance like some daily tabloid article/show in the making. I just don't understand the logic behind dragging the kids to every event. Seems to me that the Obamas' at least have the kids in school and are acting like normal parents.

[marinade]

Just what we need, an ignorant, Machiavellian disciple of Rove.

She only knows how to play the game. She doesn't know how to run a government. She is Bush all over again.

[landoffools]

Sarah is an ignorant, flash in the pan !

Your 15 minutes are winding down Sarah !

[Chanel]

Good grief. This woman is unbelievable! The lengths someone like her will go to...

And this Republican "base" that she's supposedly "energized", I wonder what they'll have to say about all these new revelations? Will they even care? The way that this woman operates is not at all Christ like behavior.

I'm voting to keep her butt in ALASKA, I'm voting Obama/Biden '08. Then maybe, HOPEFULLY the state of Alaska will tell her "Thanks, but NO THANKS" when it comes time to re-elect her, and then she can sit herself down "Once and for all!"

[SenatorHopenchange]

I love her. She has alot more fire in her than the supposed "attack dog" Biden...he can't seem to stop stepping on it. http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/obama-on-bidens.html. Oops.

McCain - Palin 2008.

[chefrasta]

Well like P.T Barnum said "There's a sucker born every minute.
Why do republicans hate America/

[SenatorHopenchange]

You forgot to close the quotation...and you should end your second sentence with a question mark.
Why do I always feel like I am talking down to this crowd?

[hoppa]

Fine for Bidden but as he will only be the VP, he then will be told by Obama that it is not happening.

[SenatorHopenchange]

uh...what? Your Miss Teen South Carolina, aren't you!

[RaraAvis17]

You're a joke just like she is...

[SenatorHopenchange]

Nice one.

[skippypicasso]

Fire's great, until you realize she's coming to your house with the torch. God help us all if the American people fall for her malicious nonsense again.

[StillIRise]

What's the big deal? Biden expressed an opinion, and Obama said he should have waited. Biden didn't say anything to hurt himself or Obama; they simply disagreed on the timing of Senator Biden's remakrs.

On the other hand, I'm sure you'll never hear this kind of spontaneous discourse from Palin and MCain, since they rely on the talking points and note cards that they share between them. I'm sure you do love Palin ... I'm sure you can identify with her, which says as much about you as it does about her, and I don't think it's anything that you should be bragging about!

[bola47]

it is disgusting that the un would allow mcbush and mcpalin to use their stage for domestic politics. is she going to come back from her meetings with new found experience with world leaders? what does she really have to say to any world leader, yup, yup charlie? this is so embarrassing for our country on top of the financial meltdown. just a sleazy photo op.

[BPCentrisAmerican]

Whatch your back Mc.

[MadFae]

Nothing surprised me about her anymore. She is Tanya Harding hiding in a beauty queen's body.

[Floralgirl]

But she's just doing God's work... what a b i t c h!!

[RedneckDem]

I've said this before and I'll say it again. Palin, as a political short timer, has proven herself to have a corruptible personality. Vindictiveness, outright lies, revenge and pettyness may make for a good reality show, but VP of the USA??? I feel sorry for anyone who crossed her when she heads back home after losing this election! She'll be in jail or on trial within 10 years. Most people seem to be corrupted once they get in WAshington, but she's already there...

[RobinLandseadel]

Yeah, she's a Pit Bull all right. Her lipstick covers nothing.

Time to call the animal control officers before Palin becomes a major risk to our health and safety.

[emmaspeaks]

McCain's reasoning:
She has an approval rating of 80%....of less than a million people, who just don.t say anything....we have seen differently.
Another shallow reason by McCain.

[imfedup]

That rating isn't accurate any more.