Palin/McCain lied

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been telling the story of how she sold the jet used by the former Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski on ebay, for a profit!!

Today I saw a news clip showing her running mate, John McCain, repeating this story with Palin in the background and extolling the fact that she even made a profit on the sale.

It would appear that this is not exactly the truth. According to a story in the Washington Post, Sarah Palin did not sell the jet on ebay or make a profit in the eventual sale of the jet. The Washington Post referenced an article in the New York Times.

NY Times

August 25, 2007

It grounded one governor and did not exactly fly off the shelf on eBay, but the jet that came to symbolize the troubles of the former Alaska governor Frank H. Murkowski has landed with a new owner.

A businessman from Valdez, Alaska, Larry Reynolds, paid $2.1 million this week for the state-owned Westwind II jet that Mr. Murkowski’s successor, Gov. Sarah S. Palin, promised to purge from the state inventory when she ran against Mr. Murkowski last fall in the Republican primary.

Mr. Murkowski’s office tried to obtain money from the Homeland Security Department to buy the jet, saying it would help “defend, deter or defeat opposition forces.” He was denied. Later, in 2005, against the wishes of the Legislature, Mr. Murkowski used state money to buy it for $2.7 million.

I don't know how else to describe this other than it's a bald faced lie. The jet was not sold on ebay and it certainly wasn't sold for a profit. It's plain that Palin is lying. Whether McCain has been let in on her dirty little secret is unknown at this point. Is this the kind of people we want running our country?? Oh wait a minute, we already have a lying president in the white house. I guess it would just be business as usual for the Republicans.