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Tuesday, September 02, 2008

i'm NOT stopping

until every rock is turned. i can feel it. this woman is NOT right

kill all the polar bears and secure MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS for a town of under 7,000

she's 'fought against wasting taxpayer's money'? in WHAT alternate universe i ask you?


Palin's Small Alaska Town Secured Big Federal Funds

Washington Post Staff Writer
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 1 -- 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."......



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