Picking Palin: Loop Fans' Fearless Prognostications

Question No. 3: "Will you support funding for abstinence-until-marriage education instead of for explicit sex-education programs, school-based clinics and the distribution of contraceptives in schools?"

Palin: "Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support."

Obviously not.

Yes, but He's Our Fredo!

Fredo Fights Back! It's the Web site launched yesterday to defend former attorney general Alberto "Fredo" Gonzales-- who was dinged yesterday by an inspector general's report for mishandling "eyes only -- top secret" documents about the administration's surveillance programs.

The site, GonzalesFacts.com, says that it's "written by friends and supporters of Judge Alberto Gonzales to inform the public about the truth about this fine man."

The Justice Department's inspector general, Glenn A. Fine, also investigated the role of politics in hiring and enforcement matters at the department, which Gonzales headed until his resignation a year ago. But the investigations continue.

"Judge Gonzales has been under relentless assault by those who disagree with President Bush about politics and policy," the Web site says, although it's unclear whether Fine is included in that crowd. "This Web site will dispel the myths, rumors and false statements that have been made about Judge Gonzales."

The site features responses by Gonzales's attorney, George J. Terwilliger III, to the IG's reports, contending that Gonzales didn't know about the political shenanigans because no one bothered to tell him. And there are citations of reporting errors and numerous "misstatements of facts" in the media.

There are at least two more reports expected from the relentless Fine. One is on the dismissal of nine U.S. attorneys, the source of the uproar that sparked Gonzales's resignation, and another that focuses on Justice's civil rights division.

That's obviously why we need GonzalesFacts.com. When these or other assaults become public, you'll have a place to find the genuine facts. But wait! There's more. The Web site includes a contact for his spokesman, another for an agent who books his speeches and a link to http://www.gonzalesdefense.com, which accepts contributions for his legal defense fund.