Sarah Palin: The Ultimate Good Old Boy

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Sarah Palin: The Ultimate Good Old Boy

by BarbinMD
Sat Sep 13, 2008 at 02:25:43 PM PDT

When John McCain and Sarah Palin aren't busy lying about their own records or about Barack Obama, they spend most of their time trying to convince voters that only they can bring change to Washington. But as an article in today's New York Times makes clear, Sarah Palin represents a small town version of the worst kind of backroom, good old boy politics that we've gotten from the Bush/Cheney administration for the past eight years:

But an examination of her swift rise and record as mayor of Wasilla and then governor finds that her visceral style and penchant for attacking critics — she sometimes calls local opponents "haters" — contrasts with her carefully crafted public image.

Throughout her political career, she has pursued vendettas, fired officials who crossed her and sometimes blurred the line between government and personal grievance, according to a review of public records and interviews with 60 Republican and Democratic legislators and local officials.

It all sounds too familiar, doesn't it?

NYT title: In Office, Palin Hired Friends and Hit Critics