Palin asked for 4.5 million for airport to serve fewer than 100 people.

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=8&theme=&usrsess=1&id=222970

Palin halo starts to slip off

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16: There were growing signs yesterday that the "Sarah Palin effect" is starting to wear off and that the Republican candidate, Mr John McCain, has peaked.
Democrats took heart from four national opinion polls which show that despite the bounce caused by interest in Mrs Palin, Mr McCain now leads by an average of just 1.6 points, his smallest margin since the Republican convention. The latest polls come amid a flurry of critical news reports into Mrs Palin which cast doubt on some of her claims to be a squeaky clean reformist. Senator Mr McCain's claims that his running mate had not sought special interest funding from Congress have been shown to be wrong.

It emerged yesterday that she had asked the US to fund $453m worth of projects in oil-rich Alaska for the past two years. Among the requests was $4.5m for an airport serving fewer than 100 people on a Bering Sea island and $9m to help Alaska's already hugely profitable oil companies.

[Fridays Child]

1. k/r

[27inCali]

2. you could base a drinking game of this practically

the chick is eyeballs deep in every single corrupt thing going on in Alaska.


note to Republicans: this is why you vet your VP pick before you announce.

What did you think we wouldn't dig all this stuff up?

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. I want to call this "Airport to Nowhere"