Sep 5, 2008 5:11pm

Jake Tapper: Palin Didn’t “Sell” Plane on Ebay

ABC’s Jake Tapper reports today that McCain misspoke, stating that his running mate, Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, "sold" her predecessor’s luxury jet on ebay…it’s not quite true.  Palin’s office "put" the plane up for bidding on ebay…but things didn’t go so well. Read here.

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Wow, this is really pathetic. This is the best you can come up with against Palin??

Posted by: JA | September 5, 2008, 5:25 pm 5:25 pm

This is pathetic. She was obviously joking. The media is running scared trying to come up with some kind of dirt on this amazing woman. Leave her alone.

Posted by: ohiogirl | September 5, 2008, 5:29 pm 5:29 pm

JA
it’s not the best they can come up with against Palin it’s just No.126 on the list.
Numbers over 200 have not been discovered because the McCain campaing has shut down the old Bush Cheney wall of silence and won’t allow Palin to answer questions from people who actually know their stuff…
BIG RED FLAG
not as much the lies as the way they are covering them up and letting them slip in speeches…
sound familiar?
MccainPalin – Nothing changes.

Posted by: dl | September 5, 2008, 5:39 pm 5:39 pm

OhioGirl
“she was obviously joking”?
is that why McCain announced it as his favorite thing about her today?
or is it that he thinks the lie is cute… kind of like the “No thanks on that bridge”
the real statement was
“no thanks on that lobbyist earmark bridge but we’ll keep the money”

Posted by: dl | September 5, 2008, 5:42 pm 5:42 pm

Just one more ‘little’ inaccuracy in what is beginning to amount to quite a laundry list.

Posted by: freedomfighter1975 | September 5, 2008, 5:47 pm 5:47 pm

She didn’t say she ‘sold’ it on ebay. She said that she put it on ebay. So she was totally truthful.

Posted by: Abe | September 5, 2008, 5:47 pm 5:47 pm

Do you people or reporters ever listen, she said that she put it on Ebay, she did not say that she sold it on ebay, you are all a bunch of idiots, why is it that you do not pick apart the crap that Obama is saying that are truly lies? Biased as ever.
I came to office promising major ethics reform, to end the culture of self-dealing. And today, that ethics reform is the law.
“While I was at it, I got rid of a few things in the governor’s office that I didn’t believe our citizens should have to pay for.
That luxury jet was over the top. I put it on eBay.
I also drive myself to work.”

Posted by: Kim | September 5, 2008, 5:50 pm 5:50 pm

McCain/Pain ‘No

Posted by: My | September 5, 2008, 5:55 pm 5:55 pm

Any way you look at it she saved the taxpayers a lot of money. No more upkeep and fuel for that jet and no more personal chef for the taxpayers to pick up the tab for.

Posted by: julie | September 5, 2008, 5:56 pm 5:56 pm

If you listen to her speech she NEVER said she SOLD it on ebay, she did infact say she “put” it on ebay. Another made up story by liberal media looking for anything to bash her on. Instead of talking about criminal and terrorist befriending, coke snorting, throw grandma under the bus, biracial racist, above my pay grade, “present” polititcians

Posted by: Dennis | September 5, 2008, 5:58 pm 5:58 pm

Nobody is trying to come up with anything about Palin. Jake is just stating a fact. She clearly was not joking as she and the McCain campaign have mentioned this more than once.
Don’t be mad at Jake for calling Sarah out on her lies. Keep ‘em coming Jake. We need to know the truth since she’s not talking.

Posted by: Leslie | September 5, 2008, 5:59 pm 5:59 pm

I don’t care what she did with her plane. I do care about the fact the Sarah Palin has made us the laughingstock of the world. McCain’s choice of vp is totally, totally insulting to the women of this country. He’s playing to the lowest common denominator and hoping it flies. It’s a gimmick and woman are being played for fools. Pit bull with lipstick indeed. What an intelligent remark. What class. What verbal skill. THIS is going to help the country get out of the mess we’re in? Folks, she’s a bad joke and this country will pay a very dear price if these two get elected.

Posted by: outtahere | September 5, 2008, 6:00 pm 6:00 pm

Jake Tapper
She said
“I put that on EBAY”
she did not say
“I sold it on EBAY”
Shame on you.

Posted by: adam | September 5, 2008, 6:02 pm 6:02 pm

For more information on Palin, look up Anne Kilkenny

Posted by: nomorerepublicans | September 5, 2008, 6:04 pm 6:04 pm

Jake Tapper
She said
“I put that on EBAY”
she did not say
“I sold it on EBAY”
Shame on you.
The fact is “she sold the Jet”, period.
She put that on EBAY and then sold it and brought 3 million dollars to State government.

Posted by: adam | September 5, 2008, 6:05 pm 6:05 pm

outtahere-Then I guess we will be a complete laughing stock if Obama is elected, an unvetted, media child, empty suit.

Posted by: Kim | September 5, 2008, 6:09 pm 6:09 pm

Pit Bull with lipstick vs. Putin. Good luck with that! Really! I’m sure he’s shaking in his boots right now at the very thought of the possibility of facing her! One witty crack from her and he’ll crawl back into the Kremlin!
lol

Posted by: CanadianDude | September 5, 2008, 6:10 pm 6:10 pm

Adam:
No, She sold the Jet (not on Ebay) but with a loss of $500,000.

Posted by: My | September 5, 2008, 6:10 pm 6:10 pm

yeah you all need to see that she lied about the bridge…McCain lied about the ebay thing…
well he either lied…or another thing his vetters didn’t catch i guess huh?

Posted by: dl | September 5, 2008, 6:13 pm 6:13 pm

Wow, now ABC and Tapper are making up things about Palin. It wasn’t bad enough this morning when the TOP FIVE stories on ABC.com were all negative about Palin. I just checked the facts on this and Palin NEVER SAID SHE “SOLD” THE PLANE ON EBAY!! She said she “put” it on ebay which is 100% the truth. ABC’s reputation is sinking faster than Obama’s poll numbers. Keep it up though, you are truly making Palin out to be a star, just what the Republicans needed to jump start the fall campaign.

Posted by: JRS | September 5, 2008, 6:13 pm 6:13 pm

PEOPLE THAT WATCHED,MC CAIN, PATRIOTIC CALL, ..HAD STOMACH AND OTHER PAINS,BECAUSE THEY ARE PEOPLE WITHOUT A COUNTRY. ALL GOOD AND PROUD USA CITIZENS ,STAND UP AND FIGHT TOGETHER WITH THE NEW GOVERNMENT ,MC CAIN IS OFFERING WITHOUT CROOKED CORRUPTED POLITICIANS AND THEIRS CHEAT POLICIES OUT OF WASHINGTON.///////

Posted by: ENE M DIAZ | September 5, 2008, 6:15 pm 6:15 pm

so funny these little “slips” and twists in speeches to the American puvblic…the bridge…the jet…
the WMD… oh wait same administration different time.
or atleast the same kind of tactics along with the wall of silence around witnesses …you know …no interviews.

Posted by: dl | September 5, 2008, 6:15 pm 6:15 pm

My-maybe you need to think about the upkeep and fueling of that plane, she saved the government money, it should not have been bought in the first place and the upkeep alone would have cost the taxpayers, so even if it was sold for less, it was still a savings from excessive spending. Basic Economics people, once again I question our education system in this country when I read these blogs. Unreal

Posted by: Kim | September 5, 2008, 6:15 pm 6:15 pm

dl-please read before making comments.

Posted by: Kim | September 5, 2008, 6:17 pm 6:17 pm

and Adam
she then had to pay and constantly book for commercial airlines to fly she and her staff and her family around the biggest state and least infrastructurely developed state …in the union.
smart …very smart… can we say gimmick
you think gimmicks will work with Putin…or to help her tell when Global warming might be real?
or how to decypher the intracacies of constitutional laws regarding the separation of powers…
or the historical nature of our agreements with NATO
or the cultural difference between southeast asian al qaeda and African al qaeda?
she sold it at a loss… and she actually has brought in a lot more money than that into Alaska… that bridge…you know the one…she decided to just keep the money.
but they did get a great sports complex built (tee hee you know I use to be a sports reporter 10 years ago but then I founf out I would have to move to Bristol CT…and I moved too much with college…and I would have had to get a Passport…now lets talk immigration)
oh and the sports complex…huge money pit.
but atleast we have John mcCain’s judgement hiring the people who will get us out of this mess
ugh

Posted by: dl | September 5, 2008, 6:22 pm 6:22 pm

Kim
problem for you is I do…obviously a lot more than you do.
do you understand the mobility of a state like Alaska?
really effective…huh?

Posted by: dl | September 5, 2008, 6:25 pm 6:25 pm

Media’s Selective Hearing problem. Obama Obama Obama Oprah oops Obama Obama

Posted by: Tim | September 5, 2008, 6:26 pm 6:26 pm

Hey adam,
Settle down. McCain is the one who said she “sold” it on eBay for a profit. She just implied that it was sold. If you want to argue with that, ask yourself why should would mention eBay at all.
But I guess if we have to be literal about all this, McCain is the liar. Or maybe this is yet another one of his senior moments we’re supposed to excuse.
You want to vote for these two?

Posted by: really | September 5, 2008, 6:27 pm 6:27 pm

More important than the E-bay fib is: Why won’t she hold a press conference? Is she so unprepared that she can’t be trusted to talk on her own?
Jake, can we start a Days-Without-Palin-Avail counter?
Day 1 from the RNC convention is today.

Posted by: Ed from MA | September 5, 2008, 6:27 pm 6:27 pm

The plane was sold to a Republican guy losing $500,000. What a joke this lady is.

Posted by: Liz | September 5, 2008, 6:27 pm 6:27 pm

She didnt say she sold it on Ebay, McCain said she sold it on Ebay. He lied.

Posted by: Jo | September 5, 2008, 6:29 pm 6:29 pm

Is anything the Republicon party says true? I mean they haven’t come out with a single policy statement in at least 8 weeks, and McSame hasn’t taken direct questions from the media for 10. Now they have Palin lying about selling a plane. These people are fricking pathetic.

Posted by: Bob Lees | September 5, 2008, 6:29 pm 6:29 pm

Palin didn’t lie, but McCain did. Why in the world would McCain lie about this?? It’s just really stupid to lie about it. It was a cool idea to put it on EBay, and then McCain has to go and embellish it, lie, and break some trust (not a lot of trust, but these individual lies add up)!

Posted by: Eric | September 5, 2008, 6:35 pm 6:35 pm

The real question is what did the money go towards… Why don’t you report on that…

Posted by: Jack | September 5, 2008, 6:40 pm 6:40 pm

Sarah Pollen won’t take questions because her TUTORING isn’t going so well. lol
Sarah Pollen won’t take questions because Sarah Pollen IS A BLANK STATE, like Alaska — ENDLESS NOTHINGNESS! lol
Sarah won’t answer questions is PROOF OF HER INCOMPETENCE, like bush, like McCaint, like Republi-cons!

Posted by: Patriot | September 5, 2008, 6:41 pm 6:41 pm

JA
OK, here’s more. That bridge to nowhere crap. First she was for it, then she was against it and the state of Alaska actually kept the 300 million dollars and are now building a road that leads to nowhere. As mayor of Wasilla she left the town 20 million dollars in debt. Wasilla is also the meth capital of Alaska! The McCain campaign claimed that the Obama campaign went after her family but when they were asked to name one instance, they couldn’t come up with one example!

Posted by: roxanne | September 5, 2008, 6:41 pm 6:41 pm

She didn’t say she ‘sold’ it on ebay. She said that she put it on ebay. So she was totally truthful.
Posted by: Abe
She and McCain repeated that she sold it at a profit and that was a lie. And now they are stonewalling with the investigation against her. This harpy is going down!

Posted by: roxanne | September 5, 2008, 6:44 pm 6:44 pm

I find it hilarious every used to knock on Obama for giving speeches, but now that you have a Republican that overshadows McCain speech giving ability she’s the hero.
You do all realize EVERYTIME she has spoken in public she’s reading a teleprompter or looking down at papers and reading off that.
As I watched Obama and Biden today they were both freestyling it with the public, no scripts or prewritten speeches.
I want to see her without a piece of paper in front of her with everything written for her by someone else….

Posted by: Emily | September 5, 2008, 6:46 pm 6:46 pm

outtahere-Then I guess we will be a complete laughing stock if Obama is elected, an unvetted, media child, empty suit.
Posted by: Kim
The empty suit BS is getting old. Sarah Palin is the worst mother I’ve seen!

Posted by: roxanne | September 5, 2008, 6:47 pm 6:47 pm

I hate to say it, but Palin comes off a bit like a real-life version of Dana Carvey’s well-known “Church Lady”: straight-laced, self-righteous and judgmental, but both personally flawed and rather disconnected from reality. (For that matter, McCain also seems disconnected from reality: perhaps that just comes when your wife can sport bling worth 10x the average American family’s annual income. And the Repubs call Obama “elitist”!) I’m think (or prayerfully hope) that sister Palin truly means well, but I think she is either horribly naive or else is being completely dishonest with herself.

Posted by: Jordan | September 5, 2008, 6:49 pm 6:49 pm

OK, looks like I need to help you all out as you are spinning your wheels and getting nowhere:
Democrats: Focus on the important issues, they are far worse than whether or not she said SOLD or PUT. It’s a distraction!
Republicans: Start an internet rumour about Palin streaking naked at her college basketball game. You might be able to stall until November.

Posted by: CanadianDude | September 5, 2008, 6:50 pm 6:50 pm

By the way, it’s nice that all of you McCain/Palin fans are sticking up for her about this issue but we’d all like to hear your thoughts on why she’s too scared to talk to the press? Does she really think she’s going to get away with ducking the press? Pathetic!

Posted by: roxanne | September 5, 2008, 6:50 pm 6:50 pm

What was true in that speech? She sold the plane at a loss of a half a million to the state. E-bay? Just another Palin lie…

Posted by: bearsr154 | September 5, 2008, 6:52 pm 6:52 pm

Just goes to show you if you take away the speech writers that the republicans are good a one thing – telling lies!

Posted by: jozy | September 5, 2008, 6:56 pm 6:56 pm

How many time is McCain gonna misspeak ? it just keeps happening from abortion to gay marriage to Iraq and well everything

Posted by: Dennis Fort Myers Fl | September 5, 2008, 6:59 pm 6:59 pm

Let me repeat–all Sarah did was read off a tele-prompter, just like she read from cards today never once looking at the crowd.

Posted by: loins2tigers | September 5, 2008, 7:01 pm 7:01 pm

Notice how “gramps” just stood there with that “smile” on his face and listened while Sarah was giving her speech in Michigan. She makes him look realllly old. Did you notice how Cindy got pushed out the picture. Wonder how long she is going to play second fiddle to Sarah. This is like a comedy show with sad part is that many people are falling for this show. Sarah is carrying the ticket. If she is so genuine, she needs to go on political talk shows.

Posted by: diana | September 5, 2008, 7:04 pm 7:04 pm

From Dictionary.com:
Sell: to offer something for sale
Neither Palin nor McCain lied. By posting it to eBay, she was engaged in selling something. His reference was simply in past tense, that she had, in fact, offered it for sale on eBay.
Jake, if you are going to act as a Obama attack dog, at least get the facts right

Posted by: AlsoAJake | September 5, 2008, 7:19 pm 7:19 pm

Obama wants to be “his brother’s keeper”.
I wonder if he has actually ever tried to help his (half) brother in any significant way?
Maybe Obama only wants to be his brother’s keeper with public money?

Posted by: William | September 5, 2008, 7:21 pm 7:21 pm

drip, drip, drip. this woman is either clearly unstable, simply cannot be trusted or both. there were so many qualified republican women, why did john have to go and pick this one?

Posted by: gigantor | September 5, 2008, 7:28 pm 7:28 pm

I find it hilarious everyone used to knock on Obama for giving speeches, but now that you have a Republican that overshadows McCain speech giving ability, she’s the hero.
You do all realize EVERYTIME she has spoken in public she’s reading a teleprompter or looking down at papers and reading off that.
As I watched Obama and Biden today, they were both freestyling it with the public, no scripts or prewritten speeches.
I want to see her without a piece of paper with everything written on it by someone else….

Posted by: Emily | September 5, 2008, 7:36 pm 7:36 pm

dl….Whatever! I assumed she was joking. I never thought anyone would PUT a plane on ebay, but I think it was a clever idea. Is there any proof that she WON’T talk to the media? or is the media just creating this to stir up the people? I am sure she will soon.
More importantly, why haven’t any of you Obama lovers commented on how Obama was associated with the Black Panthers? Is it because you all are paid Obama bloggers? It looks to me like the media and all of you dems are really scared.

Posted by: ohiogirl | September 5, 2008, 7:45 pm 7:45 pm

Easy Kim.
I guess you feel the need to vent, but it seems you’ve done it at the expense of your credibility. Do you hear yourself?
Why don’t we take the high road next time and do away with the harsh name calling.
This would be more fun if you weren’t so angry.

Posted by: really | September 5, 2008, 7:53 pm 7:53 pm

Obama and his bitter wife are the worst freeloaders on the planet, affirmative action educations, house bought by a gangster, acquiring public office through the corrupt Chicago political machine.
AND THEY STILL HATE AMERICA.
God Bless America!

Posted by: Mrs. Phoenix | September 5, 2008, 7:58 pm 7:58 pm

Even if she did actually say it was “put” on eBay, the perception she successfully created is that she sold it on eBay as well. She failed to mention that she finally got rid of it at a loss.
I really do fear that the McCain campaign will keep her sheltered and unable to speak without being entirely scripted. This will just add to the view that she is unqualified.
That fact really bothers me. She could potentially become the president – I think we have every right to see her questioned by Gibson, Brokaw, etc. so that we can make an informed decision.
And she’s having to be schooled in foreign policy by Lieberman? This is not something you learn in a couple of months. I hope they can drill enough into her before she debates Biden, although he’s going to be in a precarious position. Go after her as he should and he’ll probably be accused of sexism.

Posted by: Mariana | September 5, 2008, 8:13 pm 8:13 pm

What scares me is that Sarah Palin doesn’t have a clue about the Constitution. She tried to fire the town librarian who wouldn’t ban books. She is on video talking to the Alaska National Guard telling them that the war in Iraq is “a task from God.” As someone with a degree in US History I am appalled that she could possibly be in a position of power in this country.

Posted by: JoAnne | September 5, 2008, 8:16 pm 8:16 pm

The McCain campaign is trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the American people by accusing the media of being unfair to Palin. We deserve and demand to know everything there is to know about Sarah Palin. The media is doing it’s job informing the American people about our potential next VP. How dare the McCain camapign take away our right as guarenteed by the Constitution???

Posted by: Mike M. | September 5, 2008, 8:22 pm 8:22 pm

I am sure Sarah Palin can speak without a telepromptor. Have you ever been to a PTA or PTO meeting? Oh, you can bet she knows how to think on her feet. I can’t wait for the debate with Biden, she will have him for lunch!
Still haven’t heard any of you Obama lovers comment on his Black Panther days…..

Posted by: ohiogirl | September 5, 2008, 8:49 pm 8:49 pm

ohiogirl – Please state actual facts about Obama’s “Black Panther days.” Then maybe people will be able to comment on it.

Posted by: Mariana | September 5, 2008, 9:01 pm 9:01 pm

ohiogirl,
What are you talking about? Black Panther days? Where do you get this stuff from?
Show me. I’d love to read all about it. Or is the cover-up part of the liberal media conspiracy?
A good speaker is someone who doesn’t need a teleprompter at a PTA meeting? Honestly.
I’ll look for your posts after the Biden-Palin debate for a laugh.

Posted by: really | September 5, 2008, 9:02 pm 9:02 pm

Stop it this is so sexist, nobody would treat Hillary like this….

Posted by: Claim sexism as a shield | September 6, 2008, 7:07 am 7:07 am

The problem is not that she said that she put it on eBay, HE said she sold it on eBay, that just goes to show that he doesn’t know enough about his VP pick and her history. That’s scary!

Posted by: LUC | September 7, 2008, 5:08 pm 5:08 pm

Mariann and really,
Go ahead and google barack obama and the black panthers and see what you get.
The PTA comment I made was a joke. Discussing this whole plane topic is a JOKE!

Posted by: ohiogirl | September 7, 2008, 7:08 pm 7:08 pm

How will this sound, in history? – The U.S.A., a promising experiment in democracy, failed – because of nit-picking. THE MINUTIA THAT DESTROYS. possibly everything, it appears. MCCAIN-PALIN 2008

Posted by: MOOSE-ON-THE-LOOSE | September 7, 2008, 8:15 pm 8:15 pm

No way, no how, NO MCCAIN.

Posted by: Charlie | September 8, 2008, 12:24 am 12:24 am

She did not say, she sold it on ebay. She PUT on Ebay . the fact is that they did PUT on ebay but it did not sell there, they sold it later.
The facts are the she did sell the airplane later and in the end saved tax payers money.
She saved the taxpayers maintenance cost, pilot salary and REDUCE THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF OWNING A PRIVATE JET. Unlike Al Gore and Oprah she walked the talk.

Posted by: FRIEDA | September 8, 2008, 1:00 am 1:00 am

WHO CARES?!?! The fact is, she got rid of it. She “PUT” it on Ebay. I imagine the liberal media is pretty upset and desperate at this point since McCain is now leading Obama in the polls.
NObama 08!

Posted by: Ryan | September 8, 2008, 9:20 am 9:20 am

She said, “I put it on Ebay” not sold it on ebay. It was a joke. Please lighten up. She is going to give Charles Gibson an interview this week. We can hear what she has to say about things that really matter.

Posted by: faith | September 8, 2008, 9:25 am 9:25 am

No, there’s plenty to come up with about palin. How about: her belief in creationism (remember, there are potentially two supreme court justices as stake), her belief that banning books from public libraries is a good idea, her focus on “abstinance only” sex education which has been widely discredited in the medical and educational communities, her ignorance of, or purposeful dismissal of the scientific background of global warming, her belief that the war we started in Iraq is a mission from God, her outward focus on choosing to have Trig while trying to deny all other women any choice in their own reproductive decisions . . if you look at all beyond the hype about what color lpistick she wears you’ll see that there are PLENTY of issues to drive the anti-palin sentiment.

Posted by: jh | September 8, 2008, 12:10 pm 12:10 pm

So really..what books did she want the Librarian to get rid of?

Posted by: Jo | September 8, 2008, 2:05 pm 2:05 pm

Ok left Liberals She said she put it on E-Bay she did not say a word about sell price or buy. What is wrong with every-one’s hearing. At least we are all talking about her speech. I don’t hear anyone talking about Obama’s speech. Actually I do not remember any thing he said.

Posted by: Dar | September 8, 2008, 11:24 pm 11:24 pm

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