"Opposition Researchers," Headlines and Truth

I was in line in the grocery store a couple days ago and at least 4 weekly magazines had big pictures of a smiling Sarah Palin holding her baby on their covers with various headlines that used words like embarrassing, scandals, lies, secrets, attack, investigation and other key words that make you think, boy there must be a lot of dirt on this woman...otherwise they wouldn't be allowed to print it, right? Wrong.

In an interview with FoxNews.com's Megyn Kelly, US Weekly admits that the lies referred to under the headline "Babies, Lies & Scandals" are the lies being spread by the "liberal bloggers" about Palin and not lies told by Palin. I heard on the radio Tuesday that about 40 "lawyers, investigators and opposition researchers" were landing in Wasilla, AK this week to dig up anything they can on the GOP's vice presidential candidate. I guess the theory is if you sling enough mud, some of it's bound to stick.

Kristy Sayles, Lathrop's beleaguered mayor, has her own personal "opposition researcher" who is digging up anything and everything he can find on her, slinging mud and hoping that something sticks. The latest "news" on Sayles reports that there was an incident of domestic violence in front of children in her daycare. Nevermind that there was no finding of any such thing by investigators, but putting it out there in big bold statements means it must be true, right?

How low can we go? Another attack is made on Sayles' spending habits, accusing her of blowing over $1,000 on eBay purchases while claiming indigency and inability to pay a $750 filing fee to run for mayor. She's accused of making lots of money from her daycare business and from selling on eBay. Does anyone really believe that? I did a little investigating myself and my conclusion is that this is a hard-working woman trying to make ends meet in a tough economy. The purchases on eBay appear to be related to her day care business and/or her store on eBay and buying clothes for her kids.

Let's see...buy clothes for the kids or run for mayor?