Isn’t It Terrible?

What the press is doing to poor Sarah Palin is just terrible, don’t you think? Now they're attacking her for charging necessary expenses to the state. What are they thinking?

In another scurrilous attack by the obviously biased liberal press, The Washington Post claims that Palin billed the state of Alaska for nights she spent at home, to the tune of 312 nights during her first 19 months in office. They also make the dastardly claim that taxpayers funded her family's travel. The governor's daughters and husband charged the state $43,490 to travel, and many of the trips were between their house in Wasilla and Juneau, the capital city 600 miles away, the documents show. Other expenses are listed in the Post, in an obvious attempt to discredit the GOP vice-presidential pick.

All of these charged expenses are perfectly legitimate, because Alaska is such a big state, and the governor needs to be present to her people. So, apparently, do her husband and children. What would the Great Alaska Shoot-out or the Iditarod do without their presence? How would moose-hunting survive?

Besides, previous governors and other state officials have followed similar practices:

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In 1988, the head of the state Commerce Department was pilloried for collecting a per diem charge of $50 while staying in his Anchorage home, according to local news accounts. The commissioner, the late Tony Smith, resigned amid a series of controversies.

"It was quite the little scandal," said Tony Knowles, the Democratic governor from 1994 to 2000. "I gave a direction to all my commissioners if they were ever in their house, whether it was Juneau or elsewhere, they were not to get a per diem because, clearly, it is and it looks like a scam--you pay yourself to live at home," he said.

Ooops!

Corruption stinks, except when it is comitted by a fine, upstasnding, Conservative, AIP er I mean Republican. As the duly elected governor this is not corruption, it is stealing from the tax payers and we all know that is allowed.

coincidentally this interesting little list appeared in my inbox today...

I know it's a bit longer then usual, but I don't have the time to go Huffington and find the original

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From the Huffington Post by John Ridley

If you're a minority and you're selected for a job over more qualified candidates you're a 'token hire.'

If you're a conservative and you're selected for a job over more qualified candidates you're a 'game changer.'

If you live in an Urban area and you get a girl pregnant you're a 'baby daddy.'

If you're the same in Alaska you're a 'teen father.' (Actually, according to your own MySpace page you're an F'n redneck that don't want any kids, but that's too long a phrase for the evil liberal media to take out of context and flog morning noon and night).

Black teen pregnancies? A 'crisis' in black America.

White teen pregnancies? A 'blessed event.'

If you grow up in Hawaii you're 'exotic.'

Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, you're the quintessential 'American story.'

Similarly, if you name you kid Barack you're 'unpatriotic.'

Name your kid Track, or Bristol, you're 'colorful.'

If you're a Democrat and you make a VP pick without fully vetting the individual you're 'reckless.'

A Republican who doesn't fully vet is a 'maverick.'

If you say that for the 'first time in my adult lifetime I'm really proud of my country' it makes you 'unfit' to be First Lady.

If you are a registered member of a fringe political group that advocates secession that makes you 'First Dude.'

A DUI from twenty years ago is 'old news.'

A speech given without proper citation from twenty years ago is 'relevant information.'

And, finally, if you're a man and you decide to run for office despite your wife's recurrence of cancer you're a 'questionable spouse.'

If you're a woman and you decide to run for office despite having five kids including a newborn... Well, we don't know what that is 'cause THAT'S NOT A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK.

GP

One gets the feeling that certain decks are stacked, huh?

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Originally posted by graypanther:
coincidentally this interesting little list appeared in my inbox today...

I know it's a bit longer then usual, but I don't have the time to go Huffington and find the original

quote:

From the Huffington Post by John Ridley

If you're a minority and you're selected for a job over more qualified candidates you're a 'token hire.'

If you're a conservative and you're selected for a job over more qualified candidates you're a 'game changer.'

If you live in an Urban area and you get a girl pregnant you're a 'baby daddy.'

If you're the same in Alaska you're a 'teen father.' (Actually, according to your own MySpace page you're an F'n redneck that don't want any kids, but that's too long a phrase for the evil liberal media to take out of context and flog morning noon and night).

Black teen pregnancies? A 'crisis' in black America.

White teen pregnancies? A 'blessed event.'

If you grow up in Hawaii you're 'exotic.'

Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, you're the quintessential 'American story.'

Similarly, if you name you kid Barack you're 'unpatriotic.'

Name your kid Track, or Bristol, you're 'colorful.'

If you're a Democrat and you make a VP pick without fully vetting the individual you're 'reckless.'

A Republican who doesn't fully vet is a 'maverick.'

If you say that for the 'first time in my adult lifetime I'm really proud of my country' it makes you 'unfit' to be First Lady.

If you are a registered member of a fringe political group that advocates secession that makes you 'First Dude.'

A DUI from twenty years ago is 'old news.'

A speech given without proper citation from twenty years ago is 'relevant information.'

And, finally, if you're a man and you decide to run for office despite your wife's recurrence of cancer you're a 'questionable spouse.'

If you're a woman and you decide to run for office despite having five kids including a newborn... Well, we don't know what that is 'cause THAT'S NOT A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK.

GP

and Joe, bless him, added--and I altered slightly...

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One gets the feeling that certain all MSM, true believer's, and even the barely partisan decks are stacked

All of which leads to... making it unfortunately very except it's so awfully capable of causing and Plus, such idiocy causes much for all that hear what is being said, and can actually read the lines, and what is between those lines.

Sigh.