McCain's Earmark Lie
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McCain's Earmark Lie: Palin actually grubs $1 mil/day as Gov. by Kagro X
Mon Sep 15, 2008 at 03:00:11 PM PDT
Last week, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain said his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, hadn't sought earmarks or special-interest spending from Congress, presenting her as a fiscal conservative. But state records show Gov. Palin has asked U.S. taxpayers to fund $453 million in specific Alaska projects over the past two years.
It's been 652 days since Earmark Queen Sarah Palin took office as Governor of Alaska.
In that time, she's hustled for $453,000,000 in federal lipstick pork.
That's $694,785.28 a day. Six hundred ninetey-four thousand, seven hundred and eight five dollars and twenty-eight cents. Every day. Even Sundays!
Palin was grubbing six hundred ninetey-four thousand, seven hundred and eight five dollars and twenty-eight cents out of the federal trough on the very day when John McCain looked America in the eye and said she was taking zero.
And she took it again today, too.
And she took it on every one of the 312 nights she spent at home and billed the Alaskan taxpayers for it.
So why say it's a million dollars a day? Well, first, let me show you what Slick Sarah Palin is telling people:
On the campaign trail, Gov. Palin has repeatedly attacked Sen. Obama on earmarks. "Our opponent has requested nearly one billion dollars in earmarks in three years. That's about a million for every working day," she said at a rally in Albuquerque, N.M.
Ohhhh, this feels like it's going to get embarrassing in a second....
And, behold! Look what "The Math" says!
It is difficult to compare Sen. Obama's earmark record with Gov. Palin's -- their states differ in size, for instance, and the two candidates play different roles in the process. But using the same calculation that the McCain campaign uses, the total amount of earmarked dollars divided by the number of working days while each held office (assuming a five-day workweek, every week, for both), Gov. Palin sought $980,000 per workday, compared with roughly $893,000 for Sen. Obama.
Not only is Palin taking much more, but oh my word if the million dollar figure doesn't actually fit her sooooo much better than the person she's trying to use it against! What a surprise!
So that's almost a million dollars a day, whether she showed up at the office or not. A million bucks, plus $60 in her pocket for defrosting one of her own mooseburgers for lunch.
And really, Palin must be asking herself, why not chisel the Alaska state government a little bit? After all:
The state's earmark requests stand out in part because its state government is among the wealthiest in the U.S. Flush with oil and gas royalties, it doesn't impose income or sales taxes. In fact, money flows the other way: Every man, woman and child this year got a check for $3,200.
Gosh, but they're such rugged individualists up there! They're gonna launch themselves into orbit with those bootstraps, don'tcha know?
A million dollars a day. From you and me. Plus $3,200 in the bank for each one of 'em. And $60 in Sarah's pocket for every lunch at home. (Like every working mom, of course!)
It's the new fiscal responsibility, in John McCain's seven house-owning, $5 million middle class living world!

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*** You poor dear - let me refresh your memory, you said, and I quote, ".I'm just trying to figure out what kind of change I'm hoping for?" I recognized that you had sadly lived under such depressing conditions for the past 8 years that you had forgotten HOW to hope and I was merely trying to help you regain the skill.
Not at all, we on the right have a lot of "hope"...but unlike the Obamessiah followers, we choose to "hope" for realistic things and achievable goals. We really aren't swayed by empty slogans and rhetoric like "hope and change" as so many liberals are.
*** Sadly your hoping muscles have atrophied to the point that you just naturally fall back into your right wing attack mode.
In this viciously partisan atmosphere, we have to keep our reflexes honed to avert the barrage of liberal lies and propaganda...but hope lingers. ; )
*** That is ok - it is sometimes a case of one step forward and two steps back with hate addiction.
We know...we've been working on the left to help them curb that tendency. Things get civil for a moment or two but there are always a few Mchaters and bullies who stir things back up again. Oh well.
*** We will get you into a nice twelve step program and you will be spouting some nice healthy liberal propaganda in no time.
That must be the liberal 12-step program that tries to MAKE you drink...the kool-aid. ; )
*** But please, while you are being rehabilitated try to refrain from looking at any political polls. I fear that if you hear that McPain is falling behind it will be devastating to you.
Not at all. I expect Barry to get a few bumps here and there when the faithful get scared or the liberal media feels he needs a push after falling so far, but considering he's outspending McCain 2 to 1 and is still in a statistical tie, I think there are dark clouds a-comin' in November for Barry and Michelle.
*** In fact it might be best if you just avoided the election altogether - the excitement of watching hope and change take hold might bring on a relapse.
Possibly so...good think it isn't. ; )
((Unlike McCain, who came from money, and didn't have to scrimp and save to go to school!))
Exactly. McCain went to school on the GI bill, and he cashes his SSI check Every Month. So big gov't has helped McCain live very well in one of his wife's 7 houses! lol.
Rose
They don't pay state income tax or any sales tax.
In the Sean Hannity interview, Palin said that certain cities in Alaska do pay sales taxes.
*** And Sarah's better?
Better than Ferraro? I wouldn't say that. I've always like Geraldine. Now if you're referring to Obama and the Dems who tried to paint Ferraro as a racist...absolutely, Palin's got it all over cretins like them.
*** She gave the speech with slogans from full-blown racists and loves guns so much that she doesn't think that automatic weapons should be banned.
Slogans from racists? I hadn't heard that she quoted Obama. Maybe you can provide links? Thanks.
*** All that she needs now is to belong to some radical group that wants to separate from the United States...Oh, wait...she spoke to the AIP via satellite and said "Keep up the good work". Mission Accomplished. lol.
Radical group? Like Trinity church? Gosh, can you imagine if she had close friends who were racists, America-haters and terrorists like Obama does? LOL!
((We really aren't swayed by empty slogans and rhetoric like "hope and change" as so many liberals are.))
No? Then why do the GOP start salivating when Sarah repeats the now exposed lie, "Thanks, but no thanks" over and over and over? lol. Or "I have the confidence. I am ready", "should we be blessed to get elected". There's that lack of separation and church again. Someone joked about a Sarah doll that when you pull the string she repeats these nuggets of goodness. lol.
((Gosh, can you imagine if she had close friends who were racists, America-haters and terrorists like Obama does? LOL!))
Poor, 75 guy, Sarah's friends ARE far worse than racists, and ultimate America-haters, because they want to NOT be part of America anymore. That is more UNAmerican than criticizing past deeds of Americans. The only reason that she and Todd are not dues paying members is because she knew that it would look bad to be linked to seditionists when she ran for public office.
And the most shocking thing is that the leader of AIP called for members to behave just like terrorists and "infiltrate" the gov't and change laws to help Alaska separate from the union. Conspiracy theory revealed. She's always talking about "small" gov't. Yeah, right. That means leave my state alone so I can shoot all of the moose and wolves that I want. lol.
So, 75 guy, Sarah will make Nancy Hart look like Betty Crocker. lol.
*** Gender has nothing to do with it. Some people need to realize, not all women are going to vote for her simply because she is a female.
Gender has everything to do with it. No one attacked Barak Obama or Joe Biden for seeking office when they have children. No one called them "bad parents. How hypocritical for praising the men and attacking the woman. Sheesh!
*** I find her to be arrogant, a liar, and ready to set our rights back 100 years.
I pretty much feel the same way about Obama and Biden. I have no objection to you attacking McCain or Palin on the issues, but there aren't throngs out there attacking Biden for his hair-plugs and the sails on the side of Obama's head that he calls ears...nothing like they're going after Palin for her appearance or again, hypocritically attacking her parenting.
*** Some people don't have a problem voting for a female whose husband is on the record as saying he hates our government.
Actually, I think the quote was "for the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country"...or it could have been "Our souls are broken in this nation"...or maybe even "this country is downright mean." Oh wait...that wasn't Palin.
*** They don't mind having a VP who participated in the Secessionist organization herself.
Lie.
*** Frankly, I don't like those credentials! She is sadly lacking in experience. Being mayor of a town with a population of less than onethousand, and governor of a state with a population of less than onemillion, does not give the experience needed to be VP of the US.
As opposed to being a community organizer with no executive experience, no economic experience and no foreign policy experience. Quite the comparison...only you actually have the rube running for President. ROFL!
*** BTW, as mayor, she didn't have any duties. The only agency she had any control over, was the library!
Except for the fact that she did run the town...and when she became governor, she controlled the states 11.2 BILLION dollar budget. Granted, that's not quite as impressive as Barry running his silly campaign, but it'll do in a pinch.
*** No, give me someone ethical and experienced, regardless of gender or party.
ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Obama? ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*** I find it insulting, for you to think women won't vote on issues.
Apparently there are some fools who will vote on "hope and change"...er...without actually knowing what kind of "change" they're "hoping" for.
*** There are some women who will vote for her because she is female, just as there were men who wouldn't vote for Clinton because she was a female! Then there are those who won't vote for Obama because he's African-American. Ignorant!!!
I guess all of those blacks who vote for Obama are ignorant too.
*** I wonder if you can read it better in red - isn't that your favorite color?
No, you must have me confused with a pro-abortionist. ; )
*** I did NOT say women SHOULD stay home with kids.
I’ve invited you to post your own quotes and dissect them for us, showing where I got it wrong…and you cannot do so. I’m sorry, but simply repeating “that’s not what I meant” isn’t going to cut it. Your meaning was quite clear…”if woman with kids works, they hurt their families and children.” I presume that you’re not an advocate of “hurting children,” so the only reasonable interpretation left is that you feel “women with kids belong in the home.”
*** That was a decision I made for me and my family. There are many women in this world who would be absolutely miserable staying home with their children. There are many women who can not afford to stay home with their children and even though I am a liberal I would much prefer these women to find employment rather than burden the taxpayer by collecting welfare. I realize that will come as a shock to all of your conservative sheeple out there, but we do actually prefer people to work if they can.
See above.
*** Now if you insist on continuing to say that I said something I didn't say I will have to assume one of two things. Either you cannot read, in which case you might try Hooked on Phonics, or you are deliberately being obtuse - which not a very nice quality and very tedious for the rest of us.
Yawn. See above.
*** So, while I am sure you will remain true to form and demand the last word - even at the sake of twisting the truth until it is no longer recognizable - I officially call and end to this particular discussion. I will not respond to anymore of your deliberate attempts to misread my intentions.
See above.
*** And thank you once again mooseburger for being my knight in shining armor.
LOL! Looks like a pretty dark night.
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