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Palin Distorts Record, Gets Heckled at Colorado Event

By Jeralyn

The Denver Post has more on Gov. Sarah Palin's campaign event in Colorado today: She repeated her lie about opposing the Bridge to Nowhere and was heckled by a woman in the back who sporadically yelled "You're Not Qualified."

The audience response to the heckler: It turned to her and shouted "U.S.A., U.S.A."

Colorado Rep. Ed Perlmutter, a long-time Obama supporter, has this terrific response to Palin:

"If Governor Palin wants to represent 'change' in Washington," U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Golden, said in a statement, "she could try something like telling the truth about her record of support for the bridge to nowhere or for other pork-barrel earmarks, her outdated and extreme positions on women's issues, her heaping of millions of dollars in debt upon the small town of Wasilla, Alaska, or her abuse of power investigation.

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"The Republican presidential ticket does not represent change; this ticket represents the same old lobbyist-driven attempt to preserve the George W. Bush policies."

The press is not happy Palin still isn't taking questions. Of course, she can't, she's not fully prepped yet. But she better hurry up -- as Bob Dylan sang decades ago, "You better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone." I'm beginning to see the rock around her neck.

On a related note, Obama isn't about to let McCain- Palin co-opt the faith voters the way they've tried to steal the change voters. Via G-d-o-Meter at BeliefNet, he's rolling out a line of faith merchandise. You can view a few here, here and here.

Coming soon:

God-o-Meter hears that the campaign will be unveiling gear for other Christian denominations very soon, along with "Clergy for Change," and "Pro-Israel Pro-Obama" merchandise.

Update: About 100 protesters were on hand for the Palin event, many of them women:

More than 100 protestors, including Women Against Palin and Mamas for Obama, massed outside the Westernaires horse arena by about 8 a.m. They also picketed down at the fairgrounds' gates. Subjected to mostly good-natured chatter from Palin supporters, they smiled through some occasionally nasty heckling.

Madeline Cohen, 37, said she showed up to protest because she was "enraged" by McCain's choice of a running mate."It felt like a slap in the face to women that the Republicans selected a woman who is so profoundly unqualified to lead this country, a woman who opposes abortion in all cases," Cohen said.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 15, 2008 (boomark / email).