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cwo_ghwebb · 10-11-2008, 08:16 AM

Why the visceral hatred?

The Dawn Patrol

Gawker—the same online rag that called me a "Crazed Christ-Loving Re-Virgin"—is engaging in some craziness of its own: It's asking readers to judge the validity of what it says may be 'Sarah Palin's High-School Grades'—but is in fact a forgery made from my SAT scoresheet, which I posted in January 2004.

A sleuth on the Straight Dope message board identified my scoresheet as the source of the forgery.

The forger lowered the grades and scores on the printout to make Palin, an honor-society member, look like a mediocre student—but wasn't smart enough to hide the obviousness of the Photoshop job. Still, Gawker publisher Nick Denton—who earlier published e-mails stolen from Palin's personal account— asserted the fake was credible: "The grades are mediocre—appropriately the small-town girl scores a D in foreign language—but not so dreadful as to immediately stretch credulity. And the first five digits of the social security number do match Sarah Palin's."

I'm always amused by the argument that because conservatives disagree with progressives on policy, conservatives must be stupid.

A good analysis of this story by Ace.

Obamasphere So Scary Smart It's Taken In By Another Moronic Hoax

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/275346.php

10-11-2008, 08:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
cwo_ghwebb No Use for Donk Twits Member Since: Jul 2005 Location: Costa Rica bound Posts: 6,675	Another Nutroots Smear of Palin Why the visceral hatred? The Dawn Patrol Gawker—the same online rag that called me a "Crazed Christ-Loving Re-Virgin"—is engaging in some craziness of its own: It's asking readers to judge the validity of what it says may be 'Sarah Palin's High-School Grades'—but is in fact a forgery made from my SAT scoresheet, which I posted in January 2004. A sleuth on the Straight Dope message board identified my scoresheet as the source of the forgery. The forger lowered the grades and scores on the printout to make Palin, an honor-society member, look like a mediocre student—but wasn't smart enough to hide the obviousness of the Photoshop job. Still, Gawker publisher Nick Denton—who earlier published e-mails stolen from Palin's personal account— asserted the fake was credible: "The grades are mediocre—appropriately the small-town girl scores a D in foreign language—but not so dreadful as to immediately stretch credulity. And the first five digits of the social security number do match Sarah Palin's." I'm always amused by the argument that because conservatives disagree with progressives on policy, conservatives must be stupid. A good analysis of this story by Ace. Obamasphere So Scary Smart It's Taken In By Another Moronic Hoax http://ace.mu.nu/archives/275346.php __________________ I don't accept the false premise that I'm not the Messiah and I'm not infallible! - B.O.
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