1. she left the city 20 million in debt and whether it came in under budget or not she started building on land she had not yet acquired title to causing an additional 1.3 million in legal fees.
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2008/09/02/gov-sarah-palins-record-on-taxes-and-spending/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122065537792905483.html
2. perhaps some people voted for McCain because Palin was on the ticket but most likely just as many or more didn't vote for him because she was on the ticket. I'm sure neither of us have the #'s and McCain is to blame for the failure (IMO) including his choice of VP (his 2nd biggest failure after suspending his campaign)
3. Winning the campaign is great but when you bail halfway through and your reasons are criticized by many and questioned by ardent supporters it's not exactly a success story
4. Yes Palin preached against abortion but she also preached abstinence only while her own child was having unprotected sex (at least one time we know for sure)
1.She left at debt in Wasilla mainly due the Arena.
Which was one of the main she was elected.
People voted for the tax changes its not like she caused it without peoples consent.
2. I thought she was a good choice for McCain. They came alot closer to the white then most predicted.
There were many republicans that didn't like McCain and she filled that void.
Sure she was polarizing, but so is Obama.
3. Her decision will be judged based on what happens in the future.
4. You don't like abstinence only education. I really couldn't care less.
Her daughter getting pregnant was based on her choices not her moms.
There are may states that teach other forms of sex ed and there are still teen pregnancies with rates much higher than Alaska's.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-01-07-teenbirths_N.htmThe highest teen birth rates are in the South and Southwest; Mississippi is highest with 68.4 per 1,000, followed by New Mexico, with a rate of 64.1 and Texas, with 63.1. The lowest rates are in the Northeast. New Hampshire had the fewest teen births with 18.7 per 1,000. Vermont, with 20.8 per 1,000, and Massachusetts, with 21.3 per 1,000, were also low. Decreases were noted in New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island and the District of Columbia.
Pinning down the reasons that rates have increased so widely isn't easy. Some blame a more sexualized culture and greater acceptance of births to unmarried women. Others say abstinence-only sex education and a possible de-emphasis on birth control may play a part. And just where abortion fits into the puzzle won't be known until late this year or early in 2010, when 2006 abortion data will become available from the New York City-based Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit that has been tracking abortions since 1974. Government abortion statistics are based on voluntary state reports and do not include every state.
