Does Sarah Palin Even Know What the Bailout Is?

Ok, I am beginning to see why the McCain camp is trying to keep her out of interviews. 

Update: Now that the transcripts have been published I am providing the link to those (instead of the video). You will also find the transcripts for her responses on international experience. 

Video…

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4476649n

Transcripts…

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/25/eveningnews/main4479062.shtml

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I Guess Sarah Palin Is A Politician After All…

I think I see at last how Sarah Palin fits the mold of a politician. Her carefully crafted image in the foreground (what we are suppose to see) is maintained well in the background (with secrecy and questionable actions).

If you are on her side, good things happen. Her high-school classmate, Franci Havemeister, was appointed to a $95,000-a-year job.

On her bad side, such as Sherry Whitsine (a local blogger who was chronicling inconsistencies in Palin’s activity online) you then receive phone calls from the governors’ office saying to immediately stop.

The New York Times reported that Palin and her staff sometimes used personal e-mail accounts for state business. Why? Well her staff members studied whether that could allow them to circumvent subpoenas seeking public records.

Yea Palin, you will fit right in…

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“Alaskonomics” and Sarah Palin

I think once everyone gets beyond the charming looks and the “hockey mom” persona, they are going to want to know a little about Alaska and Sarah Plain at the helm. 

Not “just like” the lower 48 states… 

  • Alaska ranks number 1 in spending per resident. 
  • Alaska’s tax burden per resident is more than double the national average. 
  • Alaska residents get an annual check for $2,000 from oil revenues PLUS an additional $1,200 (obtained by Palin last year) to take advantage of increasing oil prices (hey, where was the help for the rest of us?!)

The state has four different taxes on oil before it leaves the state. Despite that revenue…

  • Alaska ranks number 1 in money obtained from Washington.
  • Alaska ranks 18th in federal taxes paid by residents ($5,434).
  • Alaska ranks number 1 in federal spending received by residents ($13,950). 

McCain did well choosing someone that is starting to realize “celebrity” status – it may just be what his campaign needed. 

Palin is now getting the same results that Obama has had – voters get distracted by the speeches and ignore the real (performance) issues behind them. I guess voters can get hypnotized by all those pretty lights…

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Fake Sarah Palin Photographs Hit the Net…

Give any 13-year-old Photoshop and they have a field day cutting off the heads of people and putting them on other bodies. Sarah Palin is now in their sites. 

I have been monitoring emails lately about the campaign and the misinformation that surrounds them. Usually they are “stories” that are made up to support a candidate but in this case Palin is unlucky enough to be a visual target.

The latest is the fake photo show here. 

The body is not hers and the photo (head) was actually taken from this photo… [Read more...]

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Next Story to Emerge Involving Sarah Palin?

Place Your Bet on Sarah! I don’t usually pass on Newswire info but since we were on the subject anyway…

DUBLIN, September 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Ireland’s largest bookmaker, Paddy Power, have reported a “steady flow” of support for Barack Obama to be the next American President. 

The betting company were forced to slash Obama’s odds yesterday 02/09/08) from 1/2 to 4/9 after punters seemed to react negatively to recent revelations around Republican V.P. Nominee Sarah Palin. One Irish based punter wasted absolutely no time [Read more...]

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