Wasilla rape victims BILLED for exams!

[LuckyTheDog]

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/523708.html

When Sarah Palin was mayor of Wasilla, the city billed sexual assault victims and their insurance companies for the cost of rape kits and forensic examinations.

Palin had been in office for four years when the practice of charging rape victims got the attention of state lawmakers in 2000, who passed a bill to stop the practice.

Former Democratic Rep. Eric Croft, who sponsored that bill, said he was disappointed that simply asking the Wasilla police department to stop didn't work. Croft said he doubts Palin was unaware of the practice.

Maria Comella, a McCain-Palin campaign spokeswoman, said Palin "does not believe, nor has she ever believed, that rape victims should have to pay for an evidence-gathering test." To suggest otherwise, she said, is a "misrepresentation of her commitment to supporting victims and bringing violent criminals to justice."

[Cronus Protagonist]

1. In what respect, Charlie?

lol

[Hansel]

2. What was it Sarah Palin said about community organizers?

"I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a 'community organizer,' except that you have actual responsibilities." Oh yes Sarah, and this is one of your responsibilities. A community organizer certainly would have known about it and would have taken some action.

They can cut that crap that she didn't know this was going on and didn't support it. She has been using her experience as a mayor to claim she is more qualified than Obama. If she has never believed rape victims should have to pay for an evidence-gathering test, then this should not have happened under her watch. It's a small town. Nothing happens in small towns that everyone doesn't know about. I'm sure this came to her attention. It certainly had statewide attention.

I can't believe they can say this crap with a straight face. Even more so, I can't believe the hoards of people who believe the crap they spew. They hate the politicians that respect and care about them and love the ones who spin them like tops until they emptied their pockets.