Re the DU topics claiming David Sirota mentioned Palin's "fake pregnancy" to Thom Hartmann [View All]

[highplainsdem]

Sirota has debunked that story in his diary at Kos, in his reply to a comment on this page:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/29/17733/9261/419/579265


Look for the comment from Inky99 posted on Fri Aug 29, 2008 at 02:22:51 PM PDT, and Sirota's reply directly beneath that.



These are two of the DU topics spreading this rumor and using what Sirota allegedly said to support it:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3878605

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6812872


I don't know how many other DU topics might have misreported this.

But I have to wonder what's going on what there are posts here alleging Sirota said something he didn't say, offered as confirmation for a smear that hits Palin's daughter as well as Palin.

I don't like Palin. I don't want her close to the Oval Office, but that's because of her political beliefs and her lack of experience.

But I've been trying to figure out where this smear that also targets her teenaged daughter came from.

And the claims that David Sirota had anything to do with it are clearly false, and they indicate someone is out to smear Palin in any way possible and is willing to lie about what Sirota said to help make this story more credible.

Note: I am not saying that any DUers posting about what Sirota allegedly said made this part of the story up. They might have read it elsewhere. But wherever the claim about what Sirota said originated, it was a lie, according to Sirota's own diary.