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Palin: I'm No Hypocrite
Sarah Palin's office moved fast last week to protect her (self-proclaimed) standing as a scourge of earmarks. On Friday, Mother Jones published a story reporting that the omnibus spending bill just passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama contained earmarks requested by the Alaska governor, who last year campaigned for the vice presidency as a foe of wasteful government spending, including earmarks. The article also noted that Alaska will receive roughly $140 million in earmarks, which will make it the biggest recipient of earmark spending among all fifty states in per capita terms.
Hours after the article appeared, Palin's office issued a press release headlined, "Governor Palin Continues Earmark Reform." The main point: since she took office in 2006, Palin has each year requested fewer earmarks and has recently only put in requests for a handful of projects. In other words, it's okay to make some earmark requests, just not a lot.
In addition to quickly putting out that press release, Palin's office went after Jake Tapper, ABC News' White House correspondent, who had blogged about the Mother Jones story.
Palin's communications director, Bill McAllister, contacted Tapper and contended, "The governor never said that earmarks should be abolished or that the State of Alaska wouldn't seek or accept any. Didn't happen. What she said…was that earmark reform was necessary and the state would need to rely less on federal money."
But neither Mother Jones nor Tapper had asserted that Palin had sought the abolition of earmarks. Both stories referred to her speech at the Republican National Convention, when she boasted that she had "championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. I told the Congress 'thanks, but no thanks,' for that Bridge to Nowhere." (That last claim was repeatedly debunked.) Tapper also noted that Palin, speaking to ABC News' Charlie Gibson, had said, "The abuse of earmarks, it's un-American, it's undemocratic, and it's not going to be accepted in a McCain-Palin administration. Earmark abuse will stop." Also in that interview, Palin added that John McCain was a crusader against earmark abuse, and "that's what I joined him in fighting." (McCain wants to end the practice of earmarking, not reform it.)
McAllister told Tapper that Palin made 51 earmark requests in FY 2008, totaling $256 million; 31 requests in FY 2009, totaling $197 million; and will request just eight earmarks in FY 2010, totaling $69 million. But when Mother Jones had asked McAllister to detail how many earmarks Palin had requested in the current spending bill, he declined to respond. And McAllister did not tell Tapper that Palin will turn down earmarks requested and won by Murkowski and Young.
Palin remains trapped between her campaign rhetoric and her governing reality. She denounced earmarks as a candidate; she continues to request and accept them as a governor.
Not a hypocrite? Hmmm. To
Not a hypocrite? Hmmm. To quote the character Inigo Montoya, "I don't think that word means what you think it means."
Do you really get paid to
Do you really get paid to write this crap?
First of all Governor Palin stated that she would reduce the amount of earmarks requested by the governor's office ... she has done so
Second, Palin never stated she was against earmarks EVER ... she is against the abuse of earmarks for political reasons.
And where is the article on Obama ... who PROMISED no earmarks ... he was going to go line by line
What a bunch of biased crap
Biased?
Where'd you go for evidence of this assumed bias?
Palin's website? Rush's? Please support your Right-ness before putting a loafer in your
spout. If we reveal our sources, then dissemination and debate can be productive for us all. I may be a "Left Winger" by your channelled definitions, but I'm a skeptic of anyone offering rose colored specs, especially after eight years of greedy, un-American B.S.
Well, let's see: The "fresh
Well, let's see:
The "fresh face" of Republican Party is Palin - compared to McCain, her face covered with makeup looks kinda fresh.
The "fresh thinker" of Republican Party is Joe the Plumber - compared to W, anyone can count as a thinker.
And I agree, compared to Ted Stevens, Alaskan Barbie can count a crusader against earmarks - nobody could bring more money in the bag than the old convicted crook.
I prefer Caribou Barbie
I prefer Caribou Barbie myselfl although that may be insulting to Caribou.
PHIL GRAMM
CORN, YOU ARE THE TYPICAL LIB WRITER THAT IS LUCK ENOUGH TO HAVE AN AUDIANCE. YOU COLUMN ABOUT PHIL GRAMM MAKES MY BAG ACHE. WHAY CAN'T YOU BE TRUTHFUL?? YOU KNOW CLINTON SIGNED THAT BILL. YOU FORGOT TO SAY THAT. AMAZING!!
MOTHER JONES SAYS IT ALL - YOU ARE A REAL MUTHA'
Your bag
It's pretty clear to everyone that your bag has been aching for a long, long time before this.
It's amazing--there's a
It's amazing--there's a clear correlation between leaning right and a decided lack of an ability to spell or express oneself coherently. W was your champion, indeed.
phil grahm
The bill that Clinton signed was initiated by the investment banks to insure they would never be under ANY federal oversight. The couple hundred page bill was pushed by Phil and he had tried to get it through congress, only on the final day in the final hours after no one believed it had any chance was it pushed through. Repubs. were in control in congress, so the fact that Clinton signed it, well did he support the bill? I know the Repubs. were famous for last minute bills and additions, this likely was more of the same. Clinton was in favor of business, but many people are, and many make the mistake of belief that those engaged in business will be ethical, moral, honest, and fair. Many more of us believe that when it comes to the Repubs. and business, any opportunity to cheat will be fully exploited. Proper oversight would have made selling sub-prime home loans as TRIPLE A bonds impossible, investors would have known exactly what was being merchandised. The machine would not have made all that fast cash, and the USA would not be at risk of being insolvent.
Allen
Allen,
Thanks for including an overview of your educational background in that snappy literary critique.
The only reason "Mother
The only reason "Mother Jones" dislikes the Honorable Gov Palin is that the Honorable Gov Palin is normal and not some waco lesibian.
you are wrong Palin is a
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you are wrong Palin is a joke
Palin
Gov Palin is normal and some waco, now that's closer to the truth. just saying
Grammar
Learn how to spell -- it's lesbian. If you want to be a bigot -- fine. Try not to be a stupid bigot.
Waco Lesbians
Admittedly, I only knew one Waco Lesbian - but she was sharp as a tack and witty as hell. She had a healthy distrust of politicians and people who posture for political effect. She probably had a field day with Palin's candidacy. I can only guess since I haven't seen her for over 20 years.
Spelling
If you can't spell words correctly, then your spam has no meaning.
k.b.
Waco Lesbians Rule
I know some Waco-based lesbians. While Waco, Texas may be known for David Koresh (10 minutes east of town), George Bush (10 minutes west of town), and some other (in)famous persons (Jessica Simpson) and institutions (Baylor University), there are plenty of good, god-fearing women loving women there. Don't knock 'em. There's also a tragic little gay bar there called "Trix."
Palin is a joke
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Palin is a joke
Unfortunately, most of us
Unfortunately, most of us are not laughing. She is more than just a joke! She has lots of power and will use it.
Palin
If anyone thinks she is smart they must have their heads in the sand or snow depending on where they live. This women is sad and I would rather have an intelligent lesbian then this women anyday. She makes me want to throw up. Her family is so bad as well and they act so holy.
...is a joke
you could say that again
She is a consumate hypocrite
She is a consumate hypocrite and as such, should be completely ignored.
Palin more of her is bad
Wish the press would ignore her, it was nice when they got all over Fat Boy Rush.
Gail
What is a "waco lesibian"? Is it some sort of fish from Texas?
Waco Lesbean
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Wikipedia entry: Waco Lesbean is a coffee shop situated half way between the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas and George The Terrible's old ranch/rendition site in Crawford.
Waco Lesbeen is jointly owned by Janet Reno, Condoleezza Rice and Cindy McCain.
Hands off Sarah....
She is the gift that keeps on giving. I hope she climbs to the summit of the GOP greasy pole as their standard bearer for 2012. If that is their best hope for a Republican revival, then they're as realistic as their creationist friends.
Sarah/Joe for 2012.
Obama for 2 terms.
Corey Booker for 2016.
Palin
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Palin went on a crusade with her BFF McShame against earmarks. Don't you reich-wingers retain anything you hear or watch when it comes to GOP politics? I'm sure you can find video of her rants during the Convention, with all her lies, somewhere on YouTube.
Republicans have THE most selective memories, and really cannot face reality.
By the way, Alaska gets more federal dollars per capita, from earmarks, than any other state in the union.
Look it up.
Google it.
Just stop freakin lying all the time.
ARE YOU KIDDING- PALIN IS THE BIGGEST JOKE E-V-E-R!!!
reading some of these comments, i'm shocked that ANYONE can defend Palin! This lady is the biggest dispicable JOKE!!! COME ON---A JOKE!!!!! ie. when asked, the ONLY Supreme Court verdict that this gov't official knew about, was Roe Vs. Wade... Did any of you people who are defending her actually SEE or HEAR some of the interviews she gave in the Mccain campaign??? OMG, END OF STORY, DO I NEED TO SAY ANY MORE???
Earmarks
People whining about earmarks are missing the point. Earmarks may distort the budget process slightly but they are not a major problem. Earmarks represent a _very_ small part of government over-spending in any FY. Some earmarks are actually for good purposes, but are given silly names by people who are trying to hammer opponents for political reasons. You could cut "defense", which in reality costs $1+ trillion per year, by 10% and you could save many times what total earmarks cost us. I've focussed on cost of earmarks. The real problem is the potential to distort the political process. The pigs must be fed, and the American people are fed. Americans love the earmarks _they_ receive, but have a disconnect between earmarks in general and those that they receive.
Moreover, Obama does not have line-item veto power AFAIK, so he accepts the spending bills as they are in total or he rejects them in total. Line-item veto power for bills could provide the POTUS to punish _anyone_ he chooses and behave as a dictator, so I consider it to be a bad idea.
I don't know Sarah Palin personally, so I have no reason to dislike her. I know about her politics as well as her fundamental beliefs and I don't agree with them. Moreover, she campaigned against earmarks in general, but their not abolition, and she is stuck with that position...actually it is no position. It's having your cake and eating it too. Alaska can have her, but I don't want her in Congress or as POTUS or VPOTUS.
Palin - Obama
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Palin lied? How about Obama, no more ear marks? Who helt a gun to his head and made him sign the ear mark bill?
I think he lost his B - -ls he handed them to Pelosi and Reed on a silver platter.
He did not stand by his promises for the first 100 days, change you can believe in
My A - -, same old Washington Crap!!
Spelling
Try learning to spell, maybe then someone could listen.
k.b.
Palin lies again
Palin still has not returned the $165,000.00 in clothing that was purchased for her during the campaign of which she promised over and over again that once the campaign was over she would donate the clothing to charity. I still see her wearing the ugly clothing that was bought for her, she especially likes the Red jacket. Oh Well, what is another lie for her, why she can charge staying tonight in her home as travel expense to her home from her home, Oh, and also add the cost of her meals at home, can't miss an expense opportunity to screw the people of Alaska!
Palin 2012
Palin is the best the GOP has to offer. She is simply overqualified.
Please, make her the GOP candidate in 2012.
Maybe Joe the Plumber can run with her? Or better yet Palin/Limbaugh!
That would be the ticket, eh?
Limbaugh can't run
How can Rush Limbaugh run. Where is the evidence that he was born in this country? (actually I'm just trying to start a rumor about him possibly being a foreigner, like he and his dittoheads did about Obama - let's see if it catches on!)
Limbaugh can't run...
Where is the evidence that Rush was born on this PLANET? After all, the cretin is SO vicious, it's almost like he's one of the creatures from the ALIEN movies. Guess that's why he's the leader of the (Republican) pack.
Limbaugh can't run?
How about a better rumor - he can't run because he's been busted for drugs : )
k.b.
Ear Marks
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I think any earmark should be treated as a priority application for a federal grant. If it doesn't pass muster, it automatically gets "booted"! As the Brits do: The queu starts here!
palin for prez
I pray for a Palin-Limbaugh ticket in 2012, 2016 and beyond.
That will guarantee increasing Republican irrelevance and failure for years to come.
Palin - "I'm no hypocrite"
utahmink
Palin's - 'I'm no hypocrite' statement sounds familiar to another famous Republican's lie when he said - 'I'm no crook!'
Let's face it the Republican Party is bankrupt in talent, intelligence, American values and common sense. They are functioning totally on the lies of Rush Limbaugh, Fox (Faux) News, Glenn Beck and their other right wing wacko's. Talk about a dumbed down Party, look no further than Palin and Joe the Plumber. This is their best offering for the future . . .
Article on Palin
A lesibian is one who lives on less because of 8 yrs of the Republican Party. In the future, children of those living as lesibians will demonstrate Sibian Rivalry. The RP's future motto will be "The lesibians, the better." Sibians talk funny. They inadvertently place an "sh" sound before saying,"It's Rush Limpbough"..
Lesibian
Love it - maybe you can get it in the dictionary.
k.b.
lesibians from waco
Cojones, you are too funny. I really am wondering if inability to spell is a reichs-wing affliction. On comments section after comments section the reichs-wingers are English language challenged.
Reading, really?
Is this the same Sara Palin who couldn't come up with the name of even one newspaper or magazine that she read regularly (she didn't even cite the "Anchorage Daily News" or "Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman") in her interview with Katie Couric. So how in the world did she find Jake Tapper's blog much less Mother Jones! Ya think maybe she's hired someone to do her reading for her? She's more like Dubya than I thought. If she can see it from her front porch she might read it.... Thank you Sara, you Dubya and Rush are not only a never ending source of entertainment but a godsend to the Democrats.
Palination
She's cute and peppy, but has the ethics of an alley cat, but not the smarts. In contradiction to the fact that Alaska is the largest recipient per capita of federal funds in the US, she's all for small government. How would Alaska survive? They would have no roads, bridges or airports. AS governor, she also charged her state government to live in her own lake front home for the days she did not reside in the governor's mansion (most days), and freely had the state reimburse her to take her children on her business trips although they were not invited. Most loathsome, she smirked and nodded as members of her rabble called Obama the N ward and the T word and screamed "kill him" and "hang him". Like him or not, this is no way to treat an opponent unless you are morally and intellectually bankrupt. What we don't need is anyone who behaves in any of these ways.
Cute and peppy? Are you kidding?
She's a well-worn middle-aged mother of 5 who subsisted on Dr. Pepper and diet pills -- at least in the last year when she was trying to lose all that fake-baby weight and fit into her campaign clothes.
She's looking even MORE well-worn as she continues to put her foot in her mouth on a daily basis, and her crack PR team scrambles to put out the fires her foolishness causes.
As for being a "reformer", she and her cronies are in the process of bypassing and creatively altering (in much the same way Dick Cheney is trying to do re: "legalities" of waterboarding) the constitution of the state of Alaska as well as ethics rules and regulations. Progressive bloggers in Alaska are appalled; Palinbots are thrilled.
Sarah Palin "all for small government"? She's been trying since before her Wasilla mayoral days to catch the eye of more powerful Republicans, so that she could join the Federal Government in some capacity. The closest she got was last fall -- but still, her goal was to be a part of Big Government.
Repub mythology/hypocrisy
Gov. "pallin around" Palin,
Gotcha, gotcha and gotcha, yet again. Caught in your own Repub corruption. Reality really isn't what you Rethugs make it, reality is reality, and gotcha yet again.
I recall that in Booshes(Bushs) first term someone found out that the staunch Rethug states got more earmarks than the other states.
Rethug hypocrisy and Rethug mythology are rampant. Rethugs truly are all image and no substance. They love their St. Reagan-Friedman economics that pander to the super rich one percent of America. The super rich can take care of themselves. So why do the working Rethugs always pander to them. Will they really take care of you. Why don't you get off your butts and off of the Federal dole and do some real work for a change.
The Rethug party, even starving, is riven with hypocrisy. And, yet, still they think they are better than everyone else. It must be the last vestiges of the British class system, arrogant and elite. And these people were actually the dregs of British society.
Will their mythology/hypocrisy never cease.
No One Believed Him Either
I recall that Nixon once announced proudly to the world, "I am not a crook".
Palin's wailin'
So what does "end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress" really mean? By accepting any earmark money, does she contradict her position? By only accepting fewer earmarks every year hardly sounds like a reform campaign.
Why should she be allowed to issue harsh, accusatory statements of her political opponents when she does not intend to walk the walk and make the substantive changes she promotes?
rbrichard
be the change already
Just more hypocrisy from the Puritan Party
What more can be expected from the most ignorant candidate to ever run for that office.
Her buddy in hypocrisy, John FourMoreYears McCain, spouts off about "earmarks" yet he does something even more sneaky - he asks for special spending for his friends by private letter which is not public like earmarks. So who knows how much he actually asks for and gets in Pork each year?
Love the term "Reichs-wing". That says it all!
Palin can cry all she wants
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Palin can cry all she wants that she is not a hypocrite, but actions speak louder than words. She is nothing more than an intensely ambitious, ruthless politician with a combination of dishonesty, extremism, intellectual laziness, & cluelessness that make even W 43 seem benign by comparison.
Nixon's "I am not a crook!" was pathetic, but no less pathetic than Palin's woeful efforts to defend herself from a realistic discussion of her faults.
Perhaps she should become spokesperson for a national movement to promote "Abstinence Only" sex ed. Bristol & Levi can help.