The invocation at the Sarah Palin rally in Greenville this evening called on God to close the mouths of Democrats who are “lying” about GOP presidential nominee John McCain and Palin, the Raleigh News & Observer's Barb Barrett says.

It was led by a local pastor, Rev. Walter Leake, who prayed: “Father, you said the truth will set us free. We know the truth is out there, and the truth is that the other side is lying, unbelievably lying. ... God, we ask you to close their mouths.”

Stay classy, Republicans! We wouldn't want you to say anything that might raise the ire of Democratic Voters in a swing state like My North Carolina any more than you already have!

This also from the same rally:

Palin spoke for about half an hour, reading mostly from a teleprompter and delivering lines meant to charm along with attacks on Obama. Palin called Obama's plans "a left-wing agenda that's been prettied up to look like mainstream policies."

Palin pledged to help families keep their houses and help more youths attend college. She also touted McCain's plan to offer families $5,000 tax credits to pay for health insurance -- a plan she said was better than Obama's idea for near-universal health care.

"The phoniest claim in a campaign that's been full of them is that Barack Obama's going to cut your taxes," Palin said. She then gave two examples -- one of them disproven by independent fact checkers, the other questioned by independent media.

First, she said, Obama "has voted 94 times for higher taxes."

(A nonpartisan group, FactCheck.org, declared the claim "misleading." Obama voted 23 times against proposed tax cuts. In seven of the votes, taxes would be lowered for many people but raised for either corporations or wealthy individuals. Another 53 votes were nonbinding budget resolutions, not tax bills. FactCheck.org says he did vote repeatedly to restore taxes on the wealthy, but not for the middle or low income.)

Second, Palin said, Obama once voted to raise taxes on those earning $42,000 a year. (According to FactCheck.org, this is correct, but only for single earners. Married couples would have had to earn nearly twice as much.)

Obama's campaign said Palin continues to stretch the truth. "She continues to recycle the same attacks that are not true and clearly not working," Lagana said.

If you can't beat them with your lies, ask God to shut them up? Right Sarah?