Anchorage Times: Bad News with a Nice Hair-Do

[Blue Meany]

From the Anchorage Times July 21, 2006:

While Sarah Palin tries to spin herself into a legitimate candidate for governor, the past becomes her mortal enemy...

She ran much of her failed 2002 campaign for lieutenant governor from her office as mayor of the tiny community of Wasilla. Records and interviews indicate she used city time, city telephones, city employees and city computers in the effort to one extent or another...

She actually listed the Wasilla City Hall fax telephone number, 373-9096, on her Alaska Public Offices Commission candidate registration form for "candidate information." She used her mayor's e-mail address, [e-mail], for "campaign chairperson" on the same form...

Records show Palin called on city telephones, at all hours of the work day, supporters, contributors, media contacts, the guy who made her political campaign media buys and at least one company that does a lot of election work.

A search through surviving city computer records indicates campaign materials were ordered from City Hall and even were to be delivered there, "Attn: Mayor Palin." She had city employees on city- paid time arrange travel to benefit her campaign and perform other campaign tasks. Then, there are accounts of her doing everything from cobbling up campaign signs to drumming up campaign money from her office. The city's business in the last few months of the campaign, many observers say, seemed to be the very last thing on her mind. To top it off, there is no indication she repaid the city for the incidental expenses the city incurred...

Fast forward. Palin nowadays is desperate to be a "new" politician -- honest, forthright, bright, a better choice. Frankly, she is just bad news with a nice hair-do...

When you strip away her halo, the one preserved by a press corps that has, in large part, given her a free ride, she looks like any other politician -- but with less experience, less knowledge and less sense. Sarah Palin is the least qualified of the major gubernatorial candidates.

[justiceischeap]

1. Harsh words from a state that *LOVES* her so much! (eom)

[spinbaby]

2. I'd argue with that

It's not a nice hairdo.

[a kennedy]

9. LOL , nice hairdo, yeah right straight out of the 70's !!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[RichGirl]

21. Her hair last night was...

...a version of the mullet. Business in the front, 'let your hair hang down' in the back.

[progressivebydesign]

26. C'mon. the poor thing said she HAS to wear her hair up/wear glasses because she's TOO HOT!

No seriously, she's said that. That she has to TRY to look "frumpy" so people will take her seriously. Vindictive, religiously extreme, untruthful, AND vain. Quite a combo.

I feel her pain.. it's so HARD not to look hot!! I struggle with it every day. :(

[Left Is Write]

19. ...

:thumbsup:

:rofl:

[ashling]

3. Link please

[Blue Meany]

6. Sorry, I got this from Lexis-Nexis, no link

[stillcool]

16. I found it here..

Published: July 21st, 2006 04:01 AM

Palin's record does not merit halo

http://www.adn.com/1621/story/174153.html

[tomg]

4. Now we know why she and McSame

are "soul mates" - each has a halo "preserved by a press corps that has, in large part, given her a free ride."

[DangerousRhythm]

5. Wow, good one!

Thanks for sharing it! :D

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. The problem is, that Republicans have accepted this style of business.

They don't see the different between public and private. It's one and the same to them.

[Armstead]

8. Please forward as widely as possible

Remember how the GOP went after Al Gore for making a few poilitical calls from the White House?

[K Gardner]

10. K&R, K&R, K&R

[K Gardner]

11. "Given a free ride by the press corps"... some things never change, huh?

[sunnystarr]

12. Do you have a link for that article? (nt)

[crazylikafox]

13. k&r

[stillcool]

15. I found it here...

http://www.adn.com/1621/story/174153.html

[sunnystarr]

18. Thanks so much :) (nt)

[stillcool]

14. Here's the same story with a link...

Published: July 21st, 2006 04:01 AM

Palin's record does not merit halo

By PAUL JENKINS

While Sarah Palin tries to spin herself into a legitimate candidate for governor, the past becomes her mortal enemy.

It turns out Palin, who made her political bones and won her halo by rightfully outing Republican Party chief Randy Reudrich's questionable use of state computers, has ethical warts of her own.

She ran much of her failed 2002 campaign for lieutenant governor from her office as mayor of the tiny community of Wasilla. Records and interviews indicate she used city time, city telephones, city employees and city computers in the effort to one extent or another.

That is a no-no, but some of it, I gotta tell ya, showed chutzpah. She actually listed the Wasilla City Hall fax telephone number, 373-9096, on her Alaska Public Offices Commission candidate registration form for "candidate information." She used her mayor's e-mail address, [e-mail], for "campaign chairperson" on the same form.

That's just the tip of the iceberg. There are many reports that Palin's office was little more than a command center for her lieutenant governor campaign and fund-raising effort over a series of months.

Records show Palin called on city telephones, at all hours of the work day, supporters, contributors, media contacts, the guy who made her political campaign media buys and at least one company that does a lot of election work.

A search through surviving city computer records indicates campaign materials were ordered from City Hall and even were to be delivered there, "Attn: Mayor Palin." She had city employees on city-paid time arrange travel to benefit her campaign and perform other campaign tasks. Then, there are accounts of her doing everything from cobbling up campaign signs to drumming up campaign money from her office. The city's business in the last few months of the campaign, many observers say, seemed to be the very last thing on her mind. To top it off, there is no indication she repaid the city for the incidental expenses the city incurred.----------------------------

Paul Jenkins is an editor of The Anchorage Times.
http://www.adn.com/1621/story/174153.html

[Obamarama]

17. Great, thanks!

[WA98296]

20. K&R

[Egnever]

22. that ones gonna leave a mark.

[apnu]

23. Nice one Blue! Welcome to DU!

We need links for this stuff but our good brothers and sisters already tracked it down for you.

[democrat2thecore]

24. Great find from 2006! She was being called unqualified as governor of AK! -nt

[Vinca]

25. Ouch! nt

[me b zola]

27. K&R