I have to comment about this as well. While I respect the fact that she's a working mother, I have serious questions about her. Does the term flip-flopper ring a bell? Sounds like a typical politician to me. Saying your for something to get elected, and changing your mind once you're in office. Why couldn't she just tell the truth, and say that she made a bad decision?
http://www.johnmccain.com/about/governorpalin.htm
In office, Governor Palin championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending. She has used her veto pen to eliminate nearly a half a billion dollars in wasteful spending. She told the Congress "thanks, but no thanks," for the "Bridge to Nowhere."
http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed7/idUSN3125537020080901In the city Ketchikan, the planned site of the so-called "Bridge to Nowhere," political leaders of both parties said the claim was false and a betrayal of their community, because she had supported the bridge and the earmark for it secured by Alaska's Congressional delegation during her run for governor.
When she was running for governor in 2006, Palin said she was insulted by the term "bridge to nowhere," according to Ketchikan Mayor Bob Weinstein, a Democrat, and Mike Elerding, a Republican who was Palin's campaign coordinator in the southeast Alaska city.
"People are learning that she pandered to us by saying, I'm for this' ... and then when she found it was politically advantageous for her nationally, abruptly she starts using the very term that she said was insulting," Weinstein said.
"She said 'thanks but no thanks,' but they kept the money," said Elerding about her applause line.
No comments:
Post a Comment