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Report: Palin used state taxpayer money for personal expenses
« on: September 09, 2008, 01:27:07 PM »
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080909/ap_on_el_pr/palin_travel_expenses

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Re: Report: Palin used state taxpayer money for personal expenses
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2008, 05:46:01 PM »
Another non issue.

Not unethical.  Just a little smelly....
Compared to her predecessors, her expenditures are a drop in the bucket.

Anyway, there is just something about her that I don't like.
Maybe after the Gibson interview, I will know more about her.
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Re: Report: Palin used state taxpayer money for personal expenses
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2008, 06:50:18 PM »
Haha... Totally funny.

http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/mccain-campaign-makes-palins-plane-no.html

McCain campaign makes Palin's plane the "No Talk Express"
Joe Sudbay (DC) · 9/09/2008 09:10:00 PM ET · Link
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This is about John McCain and his judgment.

McCain picked a running mate who is not allowed to talk to the media because she doesn't know anything. That's the person McCain thinks is most qualified to be President:

    John McCain took a risk in picking little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as a running mate, but now the campaign's playing it safer. She's sticking to a greatest hits version of her convention speech on the campaign trail and steering clear of questions until she's comfortable enough for a hand-picked interviewer later this week.

    More than 40 million people tuned in last week to listen to the speech from Palin, the 44-year-old first-term governor whom McCain announced as his surprise vice presidential pick just days before. Since then, that basic script is all anyone has heard from her publicly, and her only interaction with the media was a brief conversation with a small group of reporters on her plane Monday _ off the record at her handlers' insistence.

    Associated Press reporters were not on the plane, but an aide told the journalists on board that all Palin flights would be off the record unless the media were told otherwise. At least one reporter objected. Two people on the flight said the Palins greeted the media and they chatted about who had been to Alaska, but little else was said.

Only one reporter objected? Wow. The press corps really are being played for fools by their old pal, John McCain.

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Re: Report: Palin used state taxpayer money for personal expenses
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2008, 06:53:32 PM »
Myabe if they hand't tried to smear her with bullshit rumor, the PR people in the campaign would be much more accomodating
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Re: Report: Palin used state taxpayer money for personal expenses
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2008, 06:54:31 PM »
Also an interesting article.

http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/video-shows-sarah-palin-heartily.html

Video shows Sarah Palin heartily endorsing the Bridge to Nowhere and congressional earmarks for Alaska
John Aravosis (DC) · 9/09/2008 05:11:00 PM ET · Link
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So, basically, she's a liar for standing up in front of the American people, every single day, and saying that she was opposed to the Bridge to Nowhere (she wasn't), and that she opposed efforts of Alaska's congressional delegation to get pork for the state through earmarks (she didn't). Josh Marshall spliced together several videos of Sarah Palin supporting both the bridge and the earmarks. She's a liar. Why would McCain pick someone like this? (Because he caved to the religious right.) Why would McCain approve of his campaign repeatedly lying about facts that are already well established? (Because he doesn't think media has the backbone to call him on it.) Does McCain even know what his own campaign is doing any more?


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Re: Report: Palin used state taxpayer money for personal expenses
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2008, 06:55:18 PM »
Myabe if they hand't tried to smear her with bullshit rumor, the PR people in the campaign would be much more accomodating

She's a VP candidate... You get smeared... That's the big leagues.

Is she ready for the big leagues or not?

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Re: Report: Palin used state taxpayer money for personal expenses
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2008, 06:55:48 PM »
Myabe if they hand't tried to smear her with bullshit rumor, the PR people in the campaign would be much more accomodating
Sorry, not all media smeared her.
 I wouldn't vote for anyone who doesn't do one on one interviews.....fox, nbc,cnn, AP.....anyone will do.
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Re: Report: Palin used state taxpayer money for personal expenses
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2008, 06:56:50 PM »
Also an interesting article.

http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/video-shows-sarah-palin-heartily.html

Video shows Sarah Palin heartily endorsing the Bridge to Nowhere and congressional earmarks for Alaska
John Aravosis (DC) · 9/09/2008 05:11:00 PM ET · Link
26 Comments · reddit · FARK · Digg It!  · Stumble It!

So, basically, she's a liar for standing up in front of the American people, every single day, and saying that she was opposed to the Bridge to Nowhere (she wasn't), and that she opposed efforts of Alaska's congressional delegation to get pork for the state through earmarks (she didn't). Josh Marshall spliced together several videos of Sarah Palin supporting both the bridge and the earmarks. She's a liar. Why would McCain pick someone like this? (Because he caved to the religious right.) Why would McCain approve of his campaign repeatedly lying about facts that are already well established? (Because he doesn't think media has the backbone to call him on it.) Does McCain even know what his own campaign is doing any more?



Politically it's not a lie.
It's a flip flop.
Sandra