Facts are only important when they benefit US!

For conservative supporters of the McCain/Palin ticket, the morning after effect of Sarah Palin's RNC Convention speech was - like most morning afters - nauseating. This time, the waves of discomfort were brought on by those who would dissect each line of her 40 minutes at the mic as if they were dead frogs in a high school biology class.

Consider this little ditty from none other than the Associated Press (which, you may have heard, used to be a legitimate news organization). It appeared as a top story on the Yahoo! News homepage under the headline, "RNC Speeches Fact-Checked." The story is essentially a list of "examples" from Palin's speech, as well as those of Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, wherein what was said from stage did not stand up to the figures dug up by the fact-checking police.

Since about five minutes after the McCain/Palin ticket announcement six days ago, we've been hearing that Palin was initially in favor of the Bridge to Nowhere. Sorry Jim Kuhnhenn of AP, but this isn't breaking news to most of us. Like most politicians, she changed her mind at some point. In the pundit world, this is called flip-flopping. In the sexist world, this is called a woman's prerogative. Either way, it is not unheard of. When Barack Obama does it, it's called "prudence."

Perhaps even more scrutinized than the claims Palin made during her speech were her comments regarding Obama and his policy stances (the few that we are aware of, anyway). MSNBC "correspondents" and CNN commentators chalked up her largely negative remarks about Obama to "sarcasm" and "belittling." Funny, because when Obama sounds off on the opposition, the same people call it "nuance." So, it appears that facts only matter when they benefit the interests of those who would check for them.