Oops! She did it again...

[babylonsister]

The statement by Palin:

"If an Iranian woman shows too much hair in public, she risks being beaten or killed."

Sarah Palin on Monday, September 22nd, 2008 in the New York Sun

Iran ain't Miami Beach, but beatings and killings for immodesty? No
False

In arguing for a hard line against Iran, Gov. Sarah Palin invoked not just that country's uranium-enrichment efforts and attitude toward Israel, but also its treatment of women.

"It is said that the measure of a country is the treatment of its most vulnerable citizens," Palin wrote in a Sept. 22, 2008, opinion piece in the New York Sun. "By that standard, the Iranian government is both oppressive and barbaric. Under (President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad's rule, Iranian women are some of the most vulnerable citizens. If an Iranian woman shows too much hair in public, she risks being beaten or killed."

We've looked elsewhere at how candidates from both parties have strayed from the truth in their tough rhetoric about Iran's alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons. Now let's check Palin's grasp of the consequences of improper head-covering. Restrictions in Iran go back centuries, but the strength of enforcement has varied.

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http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/738/

[bushisanidiot]

1. She's cute, so who cares if she's telling the truth.

:sarcasm:

[FatDave]

10. 1) No she isn't, and B) I do.

[bushisanidiot]

14. Did you miss my :sarcasm:?

:P

[FatDave]

16. No, but I still couldn't resist the snark.

I turned to the snark side long ago.

[uponit7771]

11. She loses 50 cute points being so stupid

[gateley]

2. It should be -- ...Palin "wrote" in a Sept22, 2008, opinion piece...

Since I'm pretty damn sure she didn't write a word of it herself.

So the crap that was written is some other dense person's handiwork.

[marmar]

3. If ignorance is bliss, then Palin......

is (complete this sentence).....

[babylonsister]

4. ...in hog heaven?

:spank:

[yellerpup]

5. Is the smeary lipstick on pork.

[secondwind]

6. Palin could NOT have been able to write that piece..........that is BS

and, AND, Iranian women enjoy so many more liberties than Saudi women, or other Middle East women.

Plastic surgery for nosejobs is VERY popular in Iran, even among the men. It is a VERY progressive country

[tandot]

7. Maybe she is talking about pubic hair?

:shrug:

[fifthoffive]

8. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

does not rule Iran. The Supreme Leader (Ayatollah Khamenei) has the power, even over the armed forces. Ahmadinejad does as the Supreme Leader desires.

[seabeyond]

9. so rapist rights and charging a rape victim for her own investigation is indicative, telling

of who we are as a nation

i hear ya woman

about the only thing i agree with palin on

hoo yah

[Essene]

12. the NY Sun? For real? They should have just printed it on postits & handed it out in Times Square

nobody reads that rag...

[benld74]

13. Dumber than a bag of doorknobs

[anonymous171]

15. Funny, I'm sure a large portion of her fundy followers would love it

if women were forced to were "modest" clothing.