Palin’s Back to Lovin’ Her Some Earmarks

As if we needed it, more proof that she isn’t the sharpest crayon in the box.

“We have drastically, drastically reduced our earmark request since I came into office,” Palin told ABC News’ Charles Gibson last year after he pointed out that Alaska received $231 per person in earmarks in 2008.”
“That works out to $209.71 per state resident…”
That looks like a reduction to me, Jake. And if I’m not mistaken the number from 2008 is a reduction from 2007 and the number from 2007 was a reduction from 2006. She told Alaskans during the 2006 gubernatorial campaign that she was going to wean them off earmarks, and she said essentially the same to Charlie Gibson. I think you might need to use another quote to back up your argument since those numbers seem to show that she’s been doing what she said.
She also said that she was opposed to the “abuse of the earmark system” not of earmarks themselves. I believe that she explained that in her view “abuse” was shoving in projects behind closed doors, and not requesting them publicly. Is there some evidence that she’s shoved in her projects behind closed doors? Because, if not, I’m not sure how she’s being hypocritical here.

Wow, mel, a whopping 10% decrease! Governor Palin sure is hatin’ them there ear-marks, what with there wastefulness and so forth, in these arenas.
If earmarks are so bad, why doesn’t the hypocritical governor just not accept them?

Can you immagine how Sarah Palin and John McCain would handle this economic crises?

She’s a MAVERICK! Wow. Highest in earmarks……still. But they woulda got all mavericky and changed this corruption in govament.

Typical Republican hypocrisy.
What’s so scary is that there are tens of millions of Americans still stupid enough to fall for it and vote for them.
It’s tantamount to watching someone load a gun, point it in your face and pull the trigger again and again, while listening to them scream that they guy next to you plans to shoot you tomorrow, and taking your own guy and shooting the guy who’s doing nothing, while trusting the guy who’s shooting you to death.
Felons are stripped of the right to vote. Voting for “conservative” Republicans should be the worst felony of all. No governor or president should be able to grant a pardon.

“Sarah Palin requested an unspecified number of earmarks in the omnibus spending bill”…One hundred earmarks worth $144 million are headed for Alaska, Taxpayers for Common Sense says”
A little misleading implying Palin requested those earmarks. Perhaps asking Palin herself about them would be appropriate.

“It’s tantamount to watching someone load a gun, point it in your face and pull the trigger again and again, while listening to them scream that they guy next to you plans to shoot you tomorrow, and taking your own guy and shooting the guy who’s doing nothing, while trusting the guy who’s shooting you to death.”
A little overly dramatic, don’t you think? lol

I hate to do this,,,,…
And then.

Oh come on, who’s surprised?

If anyone thinks that governors don’t talk to their congressmen and request that earmarks get sent, they need a reality check. Not that I’m against earmarks…they are not all bad people. Our Congressman tried unsuccessfully to get technology funded for out schools for two years. Someone finally clued him into the idea of slipping it in as an earmark. We got new computers and tutors for our kids. Oh, and by the way, he’s a Republican.

“Can you imagine how Sarah Palin and John McCain would handle this economic crises?”
My pet gerbil could handle it better than Obama!

Is there ant evidence she requested those earmarks? She has no power to do so.
Also, is it surprising the per capita ratio? Alaska is big, far away and sparsley populated, it would be natural to spend more per capita.

the point of this article is the hypocracy… but people still love her because she’s ‘saved’… proof religious affiliation is not a good justification for being president… but i certainly encourage her to continue her quest to run in 2012, her or any of the top republican leaders would be great for obama to run against in 4 years… lets see, the current leaders of the repubs: palin, limbaugh, ann coulter, joe the plumber and a pro-choice RNC leader… yay!

it is NOT the governors job to collect as much money as possible, that is a super poor definition of their job, or even one of their jobs… with that kind of logic, if one governor got all the money and the others none, they would be doing a better job?… please, such simpleminded logic is not needed in this country

“her or any of the top republican leaders would be great for obama to run against in 4 years”
Assuming he’s not impeached or forced to resign before then, which is a real possibility.

Ok Jake….I’ve been with ya up to now…..I think a lot of us are double darn tired at the whipping Sarah has had to put up with….
Biden and Pelosi and others have said some mighty stupid things…And if we ever catch Obama without his promt-o-meter…He can look pretty stupid…..
But their gaffes are mentioned in passing…and quickly forgotten….
I’m almost to the point of hanging out a window…to yell….I’m mad as hell!!…etc. etc..
Alaska is one of the largest states in land area….they still need roads and infrastructure…regardless of the population numbers…..
So cut her some slack already…..
And I think she can give a hell of a speech without the aid of an ‘edit-o-meter’
I never bought into the Obama thing…But I was at least ready to give him his much touted ‘orator’ skills….until….he was outed…
The guy is a COMPLETE fraud…

I think she is an idiot, along with the GOP, but I still don’t give a dam about earmarks.
The whole argumment is one that amounts to an ant hill, and if there is reform it will just be hidden, never done away with. Those earmarks will just be part of the Bill, bargined for, give and take, to pass the bill. They will just be moved into the body of the bill.
Can we end this absurd argument?

Wow, what a hypocrite,this woman is a big joke.

Californian, oh please! How many school lunches could have been bought with the $1 million Obama spent taking Air Force One to Denver to sign the porkulus bill? Like THAT was necessary.

When is ABC going to finish the rest of this story? Never. Too far left reporting….Shame on ABC….

What do you expect from Sarah, she contradicts herself quite often! By the way, her daughter’s wedding has been called off…..funny how Sarah proudly paraded her unwed daughter on national television and Bristol’s boyfriend. a couple of months of Trig’s birth, they call off the wedding! Truth, there probably wasn’t going to be a wedding at all…but had to make it look good for Sarah during the campaign!

WAIT A MINUTE….
ABC News is accusing Sarah PALIN of being hypocritical?
Meanwhile, Obama has broken just about every campaign promise he has made, his cabinet is an embarrassment of tax cheaters, socialists and lobbyists, he has shoved 3 TRILLION dollars in pork spending down everyone’s throats, is expanding government to proportions not seen in the history of America, has insulted the British Prime Minister, and has looked like a BUFFOON in front of Russia, Iran and Canada. Economists, the press, other world leaders and even Washington Democrats are coming to the realization that he is in over his head as the economy continues to reel out of control and the stock market plummets by the day…..
And THIS is the best ABC can come up with?
It is SO OBVIOUS that the mainstream media is clawing at ANYthing…. ANY story… to deflect what a bozo President Bojangles has become.
SHAME ON YOU, ABC, AND SHAME ON YOU, JAKE TAPPER. You are throwing your last jouranalistic credentials OUT THE WINDOW.

I guess I missed Tapper’s report on Comrade Obama’s flip-flop on earmarks.

She has reduced earmarks every year she’s been governor, like she said she would. I never heard her say that she was going to eliminate earmarks immediately, just steadily reduce them. A governor does not request earmarks, members of congress do, and members of congress approve them, not governors. So, she has kept her word, and that is being called hyptocritical. 0bama said he’d eliminate earmarks, yet signed a bill containing 9,000 of them, with no cameras around. Is he being hypocritical or just being a liar?
Mother Jones seems to be operating on the David Axelrod rules, keep whining about whatever Sarah Palin does, doesn’t do, says or doesn’t say. If there isn’t anything current whine about something in the past, if there isn’t anything truthful to whine about, make things up. The important thing is to keep up a steady drumbeat of nasty, negative comments about Sarah Palin and her family at all times, 24/7.

“The important thing is to keep up a steady drumbeat of nasty, negative comments about Sarah Palin and her family at all times, 24/7.”
And why not? That is exactly what right-wingers are doing to Obama.

Palin looks like a saint compared to obama.
Obama has already broken 6 of his campaign promises
1.lobbyists
2.review a bill 5 days before voting
3.transparency
4.patriot act
5.earmarks
6.bipartisanship
Obamagates
ayersgate
Iowa caucusgate
sorosgate
Pakistangate
AcornGate
taxcheatgate
blagogate
loganactgate
reskogate
Churchgate
Odingagate
kenyagate

Republicans have lost all their credibility. Who cares what they think, or what their positions are. They had their shot and have bankrupted the country with their world view. Their time is over and anytime they open their mouths they are wrong – so I hope they shut up because their opinion doesn’t matter anymore.

Go ahead Sarah, take the money. I double-dog dare ya.

C4P debunks this laughable 2 cent palin smear
http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2009/03/mother-jones-vs-reality.html

The highest per capita? That means she’s doing a great job compared to other governors at taking care of constituents. Don’t YOU want money in YOUR state? Money = jobs and better quality of life. Go Sarah!

BlofeldBuildings, keep dreaming.
I’ve got family over from the Netherlands and the first day we met, we talked all day about Obama, about the end of the Dark Ages, and about what a disaster a McCain/Palin Administration would have been for the US and the World.

Are you saying that earmarks are allocated by the square mile?
Posted by: Skip
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LOL

Why are there any earmarks in the bill? I thought Teleprompter Jesus was going to go line-by-line through the budget eliminating them.

Lets not talk about the haul the Kennedys in Mass. made from the spendulous bill…..
$5.8 Million…for the planning and design of a building to house a new Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the Senate.
$22 Million to expand The John F Kennedy Presidential Library
$5 Million for the Rose Kennedy Greenway…A park system in Boston..
This is for just ONE FAMILY!!!!
Talk about your earmarks!!

Jake Tapper,
Thank you for equal and unbiased news concerning both parties. Appreciate it.
independent viewer/reader

Sorry folks, she is no more of a hypocrite then anyone else, Obama, Reid, Pelosi, ect. Obama being the biggest. Its funny, we never hear anything like this being reported on those people. Especially the big O. Ever notice how they have to keep defending Obama? I think they just have to do it to convince themselves he was the man for the job. I think time will show us he is NOT. The msm and dems have to keep trying to distract the american people with this kind of thing. Sarah, Rush, Steele, all just distractions to the real story. We need to focus on the president and what he is doing/not doing, Forget all the other stuff for now. FOCUS ON THE PRESIDENT.

Hogs don’t turn their heads from the trough and Politicians don’t turn down free money. Whenever we talk about a welfare state we should always include every demographic.

“Sorry folks, she is no more of a hypocrite then anyone else…”
And no less of one.

@ William J. LePetomane:
You better check the Obama ratings again, Mr. WJ LePetomane.
New ones are out.
Obama has lower ratings now than George Bush did at the same time during his first term.

Where is DrJohn this morning?
I was hoping that he could explain to all our right-wing friends here today what he means when he talks about ‘moral equivalence’.

Sarah Palin…
“A Hollow, Floating Bubble”
“The Alaskan Ear Marks Queen”
“The Yukon Lass”
“The Ear Marks Queen Of The Klondike”

Alaska Garners More Ear Marks Dollars per Person than Any State in the Union…
A Population of 650,000
Alaska is essentially a [[Welfare State]]
Based on Population…
Chicago, New York, Texas, Florida and California get what 5-6 Ear Marked Dollars Per Person !!!
While Sarah Palin’s Alaskan Residence get 150.00 per Person in Ear Marked Dollars, Combined with their Windfall Profit Taxes and other Alaskan State Perks and Bonuses…
Go Cry me a River, then Build a Bridge, we all can Watch Waters Flow…
Boo Hoo Hoo for the Poor Alaskans
PS: Sarah Palin has yet to Send the Federal Government Millions Back, All that Bridge to No Where Tax Payer’s Millions Palin Pocketed !!

“We have drastically, drastically reduced our earmark request since I came into office,” Palin told ABC News’ Charles Gibson last year after he pointed out that Alaska received $231 per person in earmarks in 2008.”
“That works out to $209.71 per state resident…”
That looks like a reduction to me, Jake. ”
It is a reduction. The liberals will not spin it that way. Instead of looking at places like Chicago where most of the stimulus money will fund the 2016 Olympics and jobs created for those who “pay to play” they pick on a state like Alaska where people are self reliant.

“0bama said he’d eliminate earmarks.”
One more time, for all of you who just can’t seem to grasp reality…
HE NEVER SAID THAT.

OGLiberal did she (Palin) or did she not reduce earmarks in Alaska? Keep in mind it will take more than one governor to do that. This article says nothing about how much she actually is taking. It also seems to me that reducing earmarks starts with Congress and the president.

What about your left wing liberal
Mr. Byrd? Take a look at his earmarks for all the time he has been in office and then look at Sarah. No, some of you will defend him. They are all a bunch of leaches, dems and repubs.

In no way do I support all the earmarks in the $410b spending bill just passed. Earmarks should not have been included.
On the other hand, what other state has 90% of its land controlled by the federal government? We get a lot of federal appropriations because the federal government owns much of our state!
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That headline makes my blood boil. How do you think the left would react if Fox News had a headline in Ebonics: “Obama Ain’t Nobody’s #####”

Palin is getting earmarks? That’s an outrage! And i am going to get really really mad right after I calm down over the pork laden stimulus that nobody read and Obama had to have NOW, all the tax cheats he has appointed in his cabinet, the incompetant treasury department that can’t no one without a record wants to work at, the ear mark laden bill that was signed out of view, and the attacks of the presidents staff on private citzens. Then I’ll get worked up abvout Palin

More Palin Bashing. Jake, I don’t understand where in your post you attribute the earmarks to requests from Palin or her office? Senators Murkowski and Begitch (sp?) are no friends of Palin’s, nor is Don Young (curropticrat congressman). These are the people that requested the earmarks.
Can you amend your post and provide us with the evidence that Palin requested any of the earmarks through any of these 3 individuals. Do we have to tell you it will provide a little credibility to what -right now- looks like the usual one sided reporting.

When you say..
“The abuse of earmarks, it’s un-American, it’s undemocratic,”
…you are going to be called on it later. Palin is generally fiscally responsible, but she over promised. Or over excoriated, or something.
It’s very important to track what politicians actually do, not just what they say. It’s true when their rhetoric is too fiery, and true when their rhetoric sounds soothing and philosophical.

Just in another treasury candidate withdraws…Number 4 now.
What was that about Sarah Palin again?

Ummm, yes skip you mean the Alaskans that actually complete the census right? Which if you bothered to check you would see that most of the census responses are from the areas you mentioned. Again your use of the term “suburban” shows your ignorance. What would you call urban in Alaska, Skip? Tell me. Does Alsaka have a subway system?
Geeze, you have been proven as lame yet again.

Well whatever you want to call these places where most Alaskans live -places where people live in houses, go to work, and drive to the grocery store on roads like eveybody else does.

“Yes Sarah is taking earmarks but she did reduce them and her DEM senator is the one who inserted them n the first place.”
Asked by Mother Jones about the Alaska earmarks, Bill McAllister, Palin’s communications director, pointed to Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) as responsible for these provisions. But in an email, he noted that a “few of [the Alaska earmarks] were requested directly” by Palin. But how many? And which ones? McAllister declined to say. Mother Jones also asked McAllister if Palin believes it was appropriate for Murkowski and Young to insert these earmarks into the legislation and whether she will reject any earmarked funds. He did not answer those queries either.
The lesson as always? Right wingers lie.

“The lesson as always? Right wingers lie. ”
Why not apply some critical thinking to the subject rather than platitudes?

“The ones getting food stamps are lying to welfare about all the free things they are already getting.”
Ignorance and hate go hand in hand with the right wing.
“Under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 2001, beginning in May 2001, qualifying servicemembers can receive up to $500 a month with the new family subsistence supplemental allowance (FSSA).
The program was designed to help families currently on food stamps. Although this allowance does target those families, all total force members may apply.
A survey conducted in 1999, showed that about 6,300 military families were on food stamps. That was a dramatic drop from the 12,000 who received aid in 1995 and represents less than 1 percent of the 1.4 million men and women in uniform. Eligibility is determined by household size and combined income.”
I can’t believe some right winger would slam members of the military who protect us just because they are struggling to get by.

No wonder Sarah Palin and Alaskan Politicians Love the Sweet Smell and Taste of Freshly Cut Pork….
Or Shall I say the [[506.34]] Per Person in Alaska, Versus the 10-18 Dollars Per Person, in the Lower [[48]]
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Arizona, the second fastest growing state in the nation, will receive just $18.70 Per Capita in Federal Earmarks this Fiscal Year.
By comparison, Alaska — with roughly a tenth of Arizona’s population — is set to receive [[$506.34 Per Capita]], the Highest in the Nation, according to…
Taxpayers for Common Sense, a watchdog group which tracks earmarks.

God I wish Palin was my governor. All we’ve got is Dodd and debt.

The total Earmark haul for Alaska is down but not for lack of trying to get the money – the decline in dollars is really a direct result of Sen. Ted “Uncle Ted” Stevens losing his seat due to his conviction in the VECO bribery scandal. Without Unka Ted’s connections and leverage over his cronies on the floor, Alaska was lucky not to lose more Earwhacks.
Remember, Sarah was for Uncle Ted, before she back-stabbed Ted and his buddies and exposed an earlier scandal, and then asked him to step down after his conviction, which was all before she stated her support for him in public after he lost his seat and she lost her own bid for VP.
Damn, imagine the word-salad Sarah would spew explaining her way out of that?