[Vision2020] The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin I: Firing Monegan

[lfalen]

I did retract it publicly. On vision2020 and in a rebuttal to Jim Fischer.
Roger
-----Original message-----
From: "Sue Hovey" suehovey at moscow.com
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:39:20 -0700
To: "lfalen" lfalen at turbonet.com,  thansen at moscow.com, sunilramalingam at hotmail.com,  vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin I: Firing Monegan

> Roger, this was a campaign ago, but it continues to have relevance.  The 
> charge came out in the Daily News in a letter to the editor from Don Meyer. 
> You did not retract it when you found out it was untrue. When I called Don 
> on it he blamed Gary Schroeder and Tom Trail, but backed off that claim and 
> hung up on me when I told him I was going to call them for verification. I 
> didn't have to talk with him but a few minutes to realize he had no valid 
> information to support the claim.   You continued to circulate the story. 
> Right up till election day I had people call to ask if it were true.    If 
> you had retracted it publically, Shirley's campaign could have saved 
> hundreds of dollars because we had to pay for an ad to rebut Don's letter 
> and your continued talk.  I know you didn't start the lie, but it was 
> written to advocate a  vote for you instead of Shirley and you had a 
> responsibility to validate it if you were going to continue to spread it. 
> You may have apologized to her personally after the campaign.  I think you 
> probably did, but the damage was done by then.  Fortunately she won anyway 
> even though I know that lie cost her votes.
> 
> Sue Hovey
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> To: "lfalen" <lfalen at turbonet.com>; <thansen at moscow.com>; 
> <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>; <thansen at moscow.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 2:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin I: Firing Monegan
> 
> 
> > Roger Falen stated:
> >
> > "I did not lie. Repeating something that you think is true and retracting
> > it when you find ot that it is not, is not lying. If it is you are guilty
> > of a lot of it. I am sure that if I had the time I could go back though
> > the archives and find plenty of time where you have been less than
> > truthful. These kinds of personals attacks are ar reflection of you, no
> > one else. Please argue the facts as you understand them and or opinions
> > and leave out the personal insults."
> >
> > I simply asked you to substantiate your claim that Barack Obama announced
> > his candidacy for the Illinois state senate from the house of Bill
> > Ayers . . . nothing, nothing less.
> >
> > I AM arguing the facts, Roger.  Senator Obama NEVER announced his
> > candidacy for the Illinois state senate (or any other elected office), at
> > ANY time, from the house of Bill Ayers.
> >
> > If you desire to attack me with your claims of my dishonesty . . . please
> > do.  I can handle the "weight".  Besides, I have come to expect such
> > criticism from you.
> >
> > Otherwise this conversation has not only lost any sense of validity, it
> > has lost my interest.
> >
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> >
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