Palin used a lobbying firm to secure almost $27 mill in fed earmarks for a town of 6,700 residents

[mod mom]

Palin's small town secured big federal funds
As mayor, VP pick obtained millions in funds, a tactic McCain has criticized

By Paul Kane

updated 2 hours, 57 minutes ago
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin employed a lobbying firm to secure almost $27 million in federal earmarks for a town of 6,700 residents while she was its mayor, according to an analysis by an independent government watchdog group.

There was $500,000 for a youth shelter, $1.9 million for a transportation hub, $900,000 for sewer repairs, and $15 million for a rail project -- all intended to benefit Palin's town, Wasilla, located about 45 miles north of Anchorage.

In introducing Palin as his running mate on Friday, Sen. John McCain cast her as a compatriot in his battle against wasteful federal spending. McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, hailed Palin as a politician "with an outstanding reputation for standing up to special interests and entrenched bureaucracies -- someone who has fought against corruption and the failed policies of the past, someone who's stopped government from wasting taxpayers' money."

McCain's crusade against earmarks -- federal spending sought by members of Congress to benefit specific projects -- has been a hallmark of his campaign. He has said earmarks are wasteful and are often inserted into bills with little oversight, sometimes by a single powerful lawmaker.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26504638/

OF COURSE THE HYPOCRITES ARE SPINNING PALIN AS A REFORMER. :eyes:

[AuntPatsy]

1. The msm is backing on on the reformer aspect...the hits keep on coming...

[berni_mccoy]

2. BOOM! Another Bombshell goes off.

She's been the best gift that keeps on giving.

[spanone]

3. k&r

[KansDem]

4. That's $4,029.85 per person!

From the "Party of Fiscal Responsibility"

GOP = "Gang Of hyPocrites"

[libnnc]

5. Oh kewl! It's the Caribou Barbie with the Pork Barrel accssesories!!!

:bounce:

Can I have it, Ma? Please?

:bounce:


The gift that keeps on giving.

[Greyskye]

6. K&R for substance

:kick:

[NJmaverick]

7. K & R for the gift that just keeps on giving

[mod mom]

8. Palin misled OH Audience over being a champion of reform:

Source: Telegraph.co.uk

Sarah Palin's record in office is facing increasing scrutiny after it emerged that she misled Republican supporters when she was presented to the nation as Senator John McCain's running mate.

The Governor of Alaska gave a misleading version of events over a controversial bridge project in her home state when she made her maiden speech as the presumptive nominee.

Mrs Palin told a cheering audience in Ohio that she had turned down an offer from the US Congress to build the so-called "Bridge to Nowhere", which would have connected Gravina Island with Ketchikan International, an airport in Alaska's southeast serving just 200,000 passengers a year. Mr McCain routinely cites the £100 million project as a symbol of wasteful central government spending.

As she introduced herself to Republicans and the American public on Friday, the virtually unknown Mrs Palin said: "I championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. In fact, I told Congress ... 'thanks, but no thanks' on that bridge to nowhere. If our state wanted a bridge, I said we'd build it ourselves."

However it emerged that in a 2006 interview with the Anchorage Daily News during her gubernatorial campaign, Mrs Palin had a different view of the bridge.

Asked "would you continue state funding for the proposed Knik Arm and Gravina Island bridges?" she replied: "Yes. I would like to see Alaska's infrastructure projects built sooner rather than later. The window is now - while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist."

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/johnmccain/2656914/John-McCain-running-mate-Sarah-Palin-misled-Republican-supporters.html

[tandot]

9. PBP - Pork Barrel Palin

[TwilightGardener]

10. This woman is a very smooth, bright liar. A professional liar with a pretty face.

[me b zola]

11. All this and she still left her town $20million in debt?

There's more pork barrel than the public works--and it's all going to come out. There is sure to be the hallmark neocon bloated contracts for friends. It's all coming....

This is so exciting and reminds me of Tantric sex! Building, building, building...hold off on the climax--but it will be mind blowing when it comes! :rofl:

[crazylikafox]

12. k&r