U.S. Election Junk Talk #2: from the Candidates, their Spin-Meisters and Hangers-On.

FORMER ARKANSAS GOV. MIKE HUCKABEE said:

"Sarah Palin got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States."

THE FACTS:

In the 1996 mayoral election Palin garnered a total of 616 votes. In her 1999 re-election race she received 909 votes. My abacus tells me that over 2 elections Palin received 1,525 votes.

As you will recall Joe Biden dropped out of the race after the Iowa caucuses, but still received 76,165 votes in 23 states and the District of Columbia where he was on the ballot during the 2008 presidential primaries.

Palin with 909 votes ....... Biden with 76,165 votes ........ hmmmmmm!

CONCLUSION: Either he told one "doozie" of a lie, or poor Gov. Mike is severely mathematically challenged. I would hope that it was the latter!