Sarah Palin: Week in Review - more scandals and lies

As is nakedly evident, the speech's central argument, that the 72-year-old McCain will magically morph into a powerful change agent as president, is a non sequitur. In his 26 years in Washington, most of it with a Republican in the White House and roughly half of it with Republicans in charge of Congress, he was better at lecturing his party about reform than leading a reform movement. G.O.P. corruption and governmental dysfunction only grew. So did his cynical flip-flops on the most destructive policies of the president who remained nameless Thursday night. (In the G.O.P., Bush love is now the second most popular love that dare not speak its name.)

Even more fraudulent, if that's possible, is the contrast between McCain's platonic presentation of his personal code of honor and the man he has become. He always puts his country first, he told us: "I've been called a maverick." If there was any doubt that that McCain has fled, confirmation arrived with his last-minute embrace of Sarah Palin.

We still don't know a lot about Palin except that she's better at delivering a speech than McCain and that she defends her own pregnant daughter's right to privacy even as she would have the government intrude to police the reproductive choices of all other women. Most of the rest of the biography supplied by her and the McCain camp is fiction.

She didn't say "no thanks" to the "Bridge to Nowhere" until after Congress had already abandoned it but given Alaska a blank check for $223 million in taxpayers' money anyway. Far from rejecting federal pork, she hired lobbyists to secure her town a disproportionate share of earmarks ($1,000 per resident in 2002, 20 times the per capita average in other states). Though McCain claimed "she has had national security as one of her primary responsibilities," she has never issued a single command as head of the Alaska National Guard. As for her "executive experience" as mayor, she told her hometown paper in Wasilla, Alaska, in 1996, the year of her election: "It's not rocket science. It's $6 million and 53 employees." Her much-advertised crusade against officials abusing their office is now compromised by a bipartisan ethics investigation into charges that she did the same.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/opinion/07rich.html
Debt Service Increased 69 Percent Under Palin.

In fiscal 2003 — the last fiscal year Palin approved the budget — the total government debt service was $658,662. In fiscal 1996 — the year before Palin took control of the budget—the debt service was $390,385. The increase was 69 percent. [Wasilla Comprehensive Annual Financial Report 2003, Table 1]

Palin Left Behind Almost $19 Million In Long-Term Debt, Compared to None Before She Was Mayor.

In fiscal 2003—the last fiscal year Palin approved the budget—the bonded long-term debt was $18,635,000. In fiscal 1996—the year before Palin took control of the budget—there was no general obligation debt. [Wasilla Comprehensive Annual Financial Report 2003, Table 10]
Long-Term Debt Was $3000 Per Capita When Palin Left, Compared to None Before She Was Mayor.
In fiscal 2003—the last fiscal year Palin approved the budget—the bonded long-term debt per capita was $2,938. In fiscal 1996—the year before Palin took control of the budget—there was no general obligation debt. [Wasilla Comprehensive Annual Financial Report 2003, Table 10]

When Palin Left Office, 6.24% of Government Spending Was On Debt Service, Compared to None Before She Was Mayor.

In fiscal 2003—the last fiscal year Palin approved the budget—the ratio of debt service to general government expenditures was 6.24 percent. There was no long-term debt before she took office. [Wasilla Comprehensive Annual Financial Report 2003, Table 11]
In so many ways, Palin is a contemporary Republican: no abortions ever but mounds and mounds and mounds of debt for the next generation.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/a-fiscal-conser....

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[kwixotic]

Good analysis of McPaylin

[dwkmi]

GLRII, get a clue. You are a prime example of the un-informed republicans that would vote for Hitler if he were the republican candidate.

[VanGoghsEar1890]

Since when did this patronizing, pretentious, rambling, complete idiot take credit for the women's movement. She's using 'momma bears' as a simile for strong, protective women. Ha-ha. Mother bears are known to eat their young, and this babbling hypocrite has a bear rug adorning her home. The " I quit," candidate is quickly becoming my favourite comic.

[XtraordinaryMT]

palin... ignorant cunt

[theseeker88]

@conservativeinexile your rant on palin is little more than talking points. You offered NO specifics, nor facts. Kinda like palin in that way, all "Gee Gollies" and nothing else.

If palin is your candidate in 2012, I say; "YOU DESERVE IT!". For your ignorant following of this un-curious, un-knowledgeable, un-qualified LIAR, you deserve all the failure she will bring the repug party.

I never thought I would say this about ANYONE, but she is worse than bush.

[conservativeinexile]

Sarah Palin's beliefs in god, integrity, and America are remarkable things this fool cant ever understand. She stands up for what she believes in and never waivers. She is what America needs someone who goes against her party lines, special interests, the media, Republicans, Democrats, liberals, and Conservatives, and stands up for the people who elected her in the first place.

[Robez93]

What I meant to say was complete and utter lie.

[Leviathan9568]

Mets is quite accurate because "other lie" does not qualify as proper english and as far as liberals being in any form uneducated... well a long time ago the GOP was considered the intellectual party. Now they just seem to be a bunch of hicks.

[Leviathan9568]

I bet you feel foolish after saying this a month ago because Sarah Palin is obviously incompetent and unfit to hold any of position of political power

[Robez93]

Learn how to write? Are you shitting me?

[mets3769]

Learn how to write before you call other people dumb, idiot (that would be you).

[ecroehrig]

wow she is a idiot. I like how she calls her a moose hunter but why dont these liberal media whores call obama a baby killer and his buddies at acorn and himself with the democrates are the reason for are bad economy do your research.nobody should vote for somebody whose mentor of 20 years spews hatred of a another race. dont trust Obama!!!