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Chain email
stated on August 31, 2008 in a chain e-mail:

Palin "inherited a city with zero debt, but left it with indebtedness of over $22-million."

By Robert Farley • September 9, 2008
Chain email
stated on August 31, 2008 in in an e-mail message:

Palin "fired Wasilla's Police Chief because he 'intimidated' her."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 9, 2008
Chain email
stated on August 12, 2008 in a widely circulated chain e-mail.:

Says Obama replaced the American flag on the tail of his plane with his campaign logo.

By Bill Adair • August 15, 2008
Chain email
stated on January 18, 2008:

Barack Obama's church gave a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 23, 2008
Chain email
stated on January 6, 2008:

The church Barack Obama belongs to has a "nonnegotiable commitment to Africa."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 11, 2008