Sarah Palin wins and award! For biggest lie of the year. From PolitiFact.

[Hamlette]

Of all the falsehoods and distortions in the political discourse this year, one stood out from the rest.

"Death panels."

The claim set political debate afire when it was made in August, raising issues from the role of government in health care to the bounds of acceptable political discussion. In a nod to the way technology has transformed politics, the statement wasn't made in an interview or a television ad. Sarah Palin posted it on her Facebook page.

Her assertion — that the government would set up boards to determine whether seniors and the disabled were worthy of care — spread through newscasts, talk shows, blogs and town hall meetings. Opponents of health care legislation said it revealed the real goals of the Democratic proposals. Advocates for health reform said it showed the depths to which their opponents would sink. Still others scratched their heads and said, "Death panels? Really?"

The editors of PolitiFact.com, the fact-checking Web site of the St. Petersburg Times, have chosen it as our inaugural "Lie of the Year."

PolitiFact readers overwhelmingly supported the decision. Nearly 5,000 voted in a national poll to name the biggest lie, and 61 percent chose "death panels" from a field of eight finalists

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2009/dec/18/politifact-lie-year-death-panels/

Runner-ups are also interesting. One from Obama, one from Joe Biden, the rest from republicans.

[chandler2]

1. TRACK Palin's father isn't Todd & Trig isn't the son of S or Todd

see http://palingates.blogspot.com/ for the latest

[Blue_In_AK]

2. Speculation,

but fun speculation, nevertheless. :evilgrin:

[chandler2]

5. Not just speculation. READ the evidence.

Fun to say it's just speculation, but that's no excuse for ignorance.

[Blue_In_AK]

7. Hardly ignorance.

I've been following all this as surely as you have, I would guess. I'm an Alaskan.

[Egnever]

3. Pretty sure that wasnt sarahs Idea.

Even though she did jump on it early.

[question everything]

4. Here, too

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=433&topic_id=72781

[Bravo Zulu]

6. The stupid people of the country,

want one of their own to lead them.

[Political_Junkie]

8. Didn't we just go through that?

You'd think they would be satisfied after the last eight years.