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Earmarks and Palin
Interesting article from the hometown newspaper.
Sarah Kugler, Anchorage Daily News, writes:
Obama hasn’t asked for any earmarks this year. Last year, he asked for $311 million worth, about $25 for every Illinois resident. Alaska asked this year for earmarks totaling $198 million, about $295 for every Alaska citizen.
Palin has cut back on pork project requests, but under her administration, Alaska is still and by far the largest per-capita consumer of federal pet-project spending.
Even The Wall Street Journal (a part of that elitist liberal media?) has an articlechallenging Palin’s claims about the bridge. It reads:
But Gov. Palin’s claim comes with a serious caveat. She endorsed the multimillion dollar project during her gubernatorial race in 2006. And while she did take part in stopping the project after it became a national scandal, she did not return the federal money. She just allocated it elsewhere.
I don’t blame Palin for trying to do everything she could to represent her constituents by battling for federal aid. That is a reasonable role for a mayor or governor. But lying about her record to fit some fictional narrative that more easily applies to a national campaign is a different matter. Hopefully the media and the Obama campaign will expose the facts.