Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Sarah Update: 1) Another Scandal 2) More People Get it: She is NOT qualified to be president


Here's the latest on the most under qualified candidate  ever to grace a presidential campaign.

We start with the latest scandal:  more proof that this woman has been treating the governor's office like her own personal fiefdom.  

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From ABC News:

AP INVESTIGATION: Palin charged state for children's travel, later amended expense reports

By BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE, ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO Associated Press Writers

The Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska

Gov. Sarah Palin charged the state for her children to travel with her, including to events where they were not invited, and later amended expense reports to specify that they were on official business.

The charges included costs for hotel and commercial flights for three daughters to join Palin to watch their father in a snowmobile race, and a trip to New York, where the governor attended a five-hour conference and stayed with 17-year-old Bristol for five days and four nights in a luxury hotel.

In all, Palin has charged the state $21,012 for her three daughters' 64 one-way and 12 round-trip commercial flights since she took office in December 2006. In some other cases, she has charged the state for hotel rooms for the girls.

Alaska law does not specifically address expenses for a governor's children. The law allows for payment of expenses for anyone conducting official state business.

As governor, Palin justified having the state pay for the travel of her daughters — Bristol, 17; Willow, 14; and Piper, 7 — by noting on travel forms that the girls had been invited to attend or participate in events on the governor's schedule.

But some organizers of these events said they were surprised when the Palin children showed up uninvited, or said they agreed to a request by the governor to allow the children to attend.

FULL ARTICLE

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From NBC News:

Finally, more people are getting it. She is NOT qualified to be  president, much less vice president. Governor maybe . . .   well, I'll have to think about that. 


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