yet another source debunking Huckabee's Biden vote total slam

[Muttocracy]

Guess the McCain folks didn't vet the other speeches either. I got a vote total more like 79,000 earlier, but in any case, Huckster is full of it.


http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/03/bidens_vote_total_higher_than.html

Biden's Vote Total? Higher Than Palin's

By Juliet Eilperin
ST. PAUL -- Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee got a big laugh from the crowd at tonight's convention when he said that as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin outpolled her Democratic counterpart, Joseph Biden.

"She got more votes running for mayor of the town of Alaska than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States," Huckabee declared, sparking applause.

There's just one problem with Huckabee's statement: it's not true. Biden collected a total of 63,157 votes during the Democratic primaries and caucuses this year. By contrast, Wasilla boasts a population of 9,780.

Running statewide, Biden still comes out on top. Palin got the backing of 114,697 Alaskans in her 2006 gubernatorial bid, compared to the 135,253 votes Biden got in his 2002 Senate race.

[gateley]

1. Olbermann took exception to this snarky little remark, too. nt

[Muttocracy]

5. yep, MSNBC put it on First Read too

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/03/1338894.aspx

FACT CHECK: Biden, almost 80,000 votes
Posted: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 9:51 PM by Domenico Montanaro
Filed Under: 2008, Biden, Huckabee, Republican convention

From NBC's Domenico Montanaro
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Mike Huckabee made the claim that Palin got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States.

For the record, Joe Biden got 79,754 total votes in the Democratic primaries.

As of the 2000 census, the population of Wasilla was 5,469. It has been reported at currently more than 9,000.

That would mean, conservatively, the entire town of Wasilla would have had to have had a 100% turnout for nine years at 9,000 to top Biden's primary numbers.

[npk]

2. Since when do facts matter to the GOP's

Preaching to the choir.

[TeamsterDem]

3. Republicans not being honest about stuff? The hell you say! n/t

[Just-plain-Kathy]

4. That's how republicans work, they lie and lie and see what sticks.

They don't even care if they're caught in a lie.

They're motto is, "You ain't trying, if you ain't lying".

[faithfulcitizen]

6. And how did that work out for Huckabee or Guiliani?

[Muttocracy]

7. I bet Biden spent less on those votes than Ghoul did on his. That fiscal responsibility thing. nt

[Riddler]

8. The way Republicans count votes, a town of 9,780 could easily cast more that 80,000 votes

[WheelWalker]

9. OMFG that is so, so, so fucking cognizable.

[1corona4u]

10. That's what I'm saying...

where the fuck do these repukes get their shit? Are these speeches being written by the same people who supposedly vetted her?

Unreal.

[1corona4u]

11. Kicking for the morning crowd.