Associated Press in Full Attack Mode

First they illegally obtained the book. Then they posted distorted takes on excerpts from the book. Now they are "fact checking" the book, and they have devoted ten writers to the project!

Examples:

PALIN: Says Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession than the one that appears to be ending now, and "showed us how to get out of one. If you want real job growth, cut capital gains taxes and slay the death tax once and for all."

THE FACTS: The estate tax, which some call the death tax, was not repealed under Reagan and capital gains taxes are lower now than when Reagan was president.

Where in her claim did she say that Reagan lowered the death tax? She is simply offering solutions that would lift us out of this recession. Who cares what the capital gains tax rate was in the 1980s? She is offering a tax cut now! Oh, brother.

PALIN: Says Obama has admitted that the climate change policy he seeks will cause people's electricity bills to "skyrocket."

THE FACTS: She correctly quotes a comment attributed to Obama in January 2008, when he told San Francisco Chronicle editors that under his cap-and-trade climate proposal, "electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket" as utilities are forced to retrofit coal burning power plants to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Obama has argued since then that climate legislation can blunt the cost to consumers. Democratic legislation now before Congress calls for a variety of measures aimed at mitigating consumer costs. Several studies predict average household costs probably would be $100 to $145 a year.

Show us the several studies. The Heritage Foundation has a detailed explanation of the costs of Obama's climate change policies. (And, by the way, even $145 is a lot of money for some of us.)

PALIN: Describing her resistance to federal stimulus money, Palin describes Alaska as a practical, libertarian haven of independent Americans who don't want "help" from government busybodies.

THE FACTS: Alaska is also one of the states most dependent on federal subsidies, receiving much more assistance from Washington than it pays in federal taxes. A study for the nonpartisan Tax Foundation found that in 2005, the state received $1.84 for every dollar it sent to Washington.

I know the the AP likes to blame Sarah Palin for all of the world's problems, but was she governor in 2005? As Governor, the earmark requests from Alaska decreased. Governor Palin is responsible for all of the money that has historically been earmarked for use in Alaska? She made it a priority for Alaska to become less dependent on Washington D.C. and encouraged Washington to open up land for Alaska's use in order to become less reliant on the federal government. Palin is correct that Alaskans exhibit a libertarian streak. Alaskans do not want the federal government controlling their land and preventing them from drilling!

Who is fact checking the AP?

Did the AP fact check Obama's books?

This is a full blown Pravda attack.

Is there any question that the AP is dangerously biased and at war personally with this woman?

Take a look at this "fact-check":

PALIN: Says she tried to talk about national security and energy independence in her interview with Vogue magazine but the interviewer wanted her to pivot from hydropower to high fashion.

THE FACTS are somewhat in dispute. Vogue contributing editor Rebecca Johnson said Palin did not go on about hydropower. "She just kept talking about drilling for oil."

Um, that was obviously a play on words. "hydropower to high fashion," get it?

And how about this "fact-check":

PALIN: "Was it ambition? I didn't think so. Ambition drives; purpose beckons." Throughout the book, Palin cites altruistic reasons for running for office, and for leaving early as Alaska governor.

THE FACTS: Few politicians own up to wanting high office for the power and prestige of it, and in this respect, Palin fits the conventional mold. But "Going Rogue" has all the characteristics of a pre-campaign manifesto, the requisite autobiography of the future candidate.

See! She wrote a book. Therefore she's ambitious and running for president! I had no idea that writing a memoir meant you were running for president. We have a whole lot of people running in 2012 then.