MSNBC's Brewer and PolitiFact's Adair did not note that McCain falsely claimed Palin "sold" jet on eBay and "made a profit"
SUMMARY: On MSNBC, PolitiFact.com's Bill Adair said that Gov. Sarah Palin's claim to have put a jet airplane owned by the state of Alaska on the Internet auction site eBay was true and noted that "[t]he state was unsuccessful selling it on eBay, and they had to hire an aircraft broker to sell it, ended up selling it for considerably less than the state had paid for it." However, neither Adair nor Contessa Brewer noted that Sen. John McCain falsely claimed that Palin "took the luxury jet that was acquired by her predecessor and sold it on eBay. And made a profit."
During an interview with anchor Contessa Brewer on the September 9 edition of MSNBC Live, PolitiFact.com's Bill Adair said that Gov. Sarah Palin's claim to have put a jet airplane owned by the state of Alaska on the Internet auction site eBay was true. Adair also noted that "[t]he state was unsuccessful selling it on eBay, and they had to hire an aircraft broker to sell it, ended up selling it for considerably less than the state had paid for it." However, neither Adair nor Brewer noted that Sen. John McCain falsely claimed at a September 5 rally in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, that Palin "took the luxury jet that was acquired by her predecessor and sold it on eBay. And made a profit."
According to an April 22, 2007, Anchorage Daily News article:
The state has tried selling its unwanted jet online four times and failed. So last week, the Palin administration signed a contract with an Anchorage aircraft broker who thinks he can succeed where eBay couldn't. "The eBay thing didn't work out very well," said Dan Spencer, director of administrative services for the Department of Public Safety. He's the person charged with trying to get rid of the infamous Westwind II. The administration made a deal last week with Turbo North Aviation, promising the broker a 1.49 percent cut of the selling price.
McCain's falsehood was noted on September 5 by ABC News' Jake Tapper, the Politico's Ben Smith, and The Washington Post's Anne E. Kornblut.
From the 12 p.m. ET hour edition of the September 9 edition of MSNBC Live:
BREWER: And, finally, let's talk about Sarah Palin's jet plane. She talked about it at the convention, she's talked about it continuously on the stump. She says, "The governor doesn't need a private jet. I put it on eBay." Let me play it.
PALIN [video clip]: The luxury jet, it came with the office. But I put it on eBay.
BREWER: Well, there it was. You heard me say it and you heard her say it too. Is that true?
ADAIR: It is true. We gave this one a true on our truth-o-meter. She did put it on eBay. It's important, though, to note -- and we've gotten a lot of e-mails about this from your viewers -- that she did indeed not sell it on eBay. The state was unsuccessful selling it on eBay, and they had to hire an aircraft broker to sell it, ended up selling it for considerably less than the state had paid for it. But what she said and the way she said it was true, so that one gets a true.
BREWER: Yeah. Putting it on eBay and selling it on eBay -- two different things, as anyone who's ever done eBay commerce knows. Bill Adair.
ADAIR: Exactly.
BREWER: Thank you very much.
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September 9, 2008 4:19
How to Sell Your Gubernatorial Airplane
Posted by Karen Tumulty | Comments (189) | Permalink | Trackbacks (0) | Email ThisEd Rendell has some advice for Sarah Palin on that whole eBay thing. Turns out there's sort of a Craigslist for airplanes:
UPDATE: This email from Danny Diaz at the RNC:
Sarah Palin's grip has been measured to be 5 times more powerful than the jaws of a beaver trap.
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UPDATE: This email from Danny Diaz at the RNC:
“Ed Rendell needs to get a grip.”
If this is typical of the "thought processes" at the RNC, things are looking better and better for my side every day......
I think MMFA should remove this story and desist from running any further stories in any way concerning Sarah Palin. She is a darling princess and saying anything mean about her makes baby Jesus cry.
Isn't that just adorable how she sold that jet on e-bay...and for a profit! ;>)
...and then flew it by herself to deliver it to the buyer. She then took a dog sled team back to Anchorage to save gas. Of course, this was in January, so she travelled in complete darkness, navigating by the stars.
During one of the many polar bear attacks along the way, she lost her knife in a 20 foot snow drift, but quickly fashioned a gun out of pine branches, an empty bean can, and some husky dung. The 9 polar bear pelts she had claimed as the spoils of battle slowed her progress, but she knew that the orphan children in Nome desperately needed blankets, so she pressed on through the blizzard with her valuable cargo, stopping only briefly to deliver her baby.
When the dogs became fatigued about 200 miles out of Anchorage, Sarah gently loaded them onto the sled, freshened up her mascara and lipstick, and then took the harness herself.
Anchorage saw her glide into town that evening, her glasses iced over and her hair matted with polar bear blood. But alas, she knew there was no time for the heroes welcome awaiting her. Leaving the dogs, baby, and pelts to the delirious crowd lining the snow-covered streets, she dashed past the Welcome banners and into the auditorium, where she waltzed up on stage, adjusted her toque, and took second place in the Miss Perma-frost pageant.
LOL...great satire. :>)
I just read in my morning paper that Sarah Palin will continue to campaign alongside John McCain. Usually, the Presidential and VP candidates split up to campaign separately in order to cover more territory. Not so with Palin/McCain. She would probably draw bigger crowds than McCain alone so I'm sure they don't want to be embarrassed. But the real reason is that when campaigning with McCain all Palin has to do is deliver the same introductory speech and McCain's staff shields her from the press. They are afraid to put her out there alone. Why? Because she'll get eaten alive. And yet they say she's ready to be VP (or President) in a heart beat? I can't wait for the VP debate...
It had to cost at least $25,000 just to list the damned thing.
But once in a while, Ebay sends you those "25 cent listing- one day only!" emails, so maybe she took advantage of one of those.
Or she just could have placed an ad in the Thrifty Nickel.....
If it was an earmark, then wouldn't Sarah "Earmark Queen" Palin have kept it for her own state? If we are getting into the discussion of who loves earmarks more, don't you realize you're gonna lose?
Alaskans got more earmarks per capita than any state in the country over the past two years.
Caribou Hate Hag Liar Sarah Palin LIED about selling the plane on e-Bay, among other things, and the corporatist conservative Republican Party controlled news media won't call ehr a liar, because they want Liar McCain-Liar Palin elected, AND because they have no spine!
It's obvious that BOTH Brewer and Adair are right wing Republicans themselves, and they want McCain-Palin elected, too.