Obama takes first hard hit at Palin

Flag Day for McCain-Palin in Colorado
Flopping Aces — ... Obama accused Palin of just making it up when it comes to her record on reform. “You can’t just make stuff up. You can’t just make stuff up” Obama said about Palin’s record on earmarks. Of course that simply draws attention to the earmarks ...

Making Stuff Up
Patterico's Pontifications — ... aired a radio ad claiming John McCain was “just makin’ stuff up” on Obama’s tax plans. And in June 2008, Obama told CNN that evangelical leader James Dobson was “making stuff up” when he accused the Illinois senator of distorting the Bible and taking a “fruitcake interpretation” of the U.S. Constitution. I sense a pattern. Care to guess what Barack Obama said today in Terre Haute, Indiana, in his first public criticism of Sarah Palin? All together now: “I know the governor of Alaska has been, you ...

Obama Failed With Earmark Attempt, Yet Attacks Others For Taking Earmarks?
Stop The ACLU — ... This is the pot calling the kettle for sure. Earlier this week, Obama made an early attempt to attack Governor Sarah Palin on the earmark issue. He claimed that Palin is responsible for taking many earmarked funds for her state as she sat in the Governor’s office in Juneau and that her attack on him for earmarks is, therefore, illegitimate. “I know the governor of Alaska has been, you know, saying she is change and that is great. She is a skillful politician. But when you been taking all these earmarks when it is convenient and then suddenly you are the champion anti-earmark ...