Sarah Palin: More Earmark Hypocrisy


	Sarah Palin: More Earmark Hypocrisy

BobbyRutan

3-15-2009 11:30 AM

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BobbyRutan says:

The earmarks that Palin apparently will accept could also be ridiculed in a McCain-ish fashion.

They include $475,000 to construct a "heritage center" in the Chilkat Indian Village; $150,000 to support private industry participation in two international fishery groups; $200,000 for investigating and prosecuting bootlegging; $200,000 for researching the king crab; and $855,000 for building fairgrounds. The Alaska earmarks also include $1.2 million for construction work on an airport on Akutan, a tiny island that relies on seaplane for contact with the Alaskan mainland. (The Coast Guard handles medical emergencies.)

The island has roughly 800 residents. Could this be dubbed the Airport to Nowhere?

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3-16-2009 1:32 AM

darkeforce

Palin was full of shite then, and she still is now.

3-16-2009 6:12 AM

tabsey

Does being full of shit mean she was not an empty vessel?

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