Obama Rewards Palin Muckraker


	Obama Rewards Palin Muckraker

merrie

3-5-2009 5:18 AM

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ak state sen elton, pursued investigation of gov palin, high level job in interior dept., obama camp discussions with blagojevich, paybacks for favors

merrie says:

Sarah is still America’s top rated woman politician, and even The One would not be forgiven for being a modern day Nixon in this case.

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