Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Sarah Palin collected per diem allowance at home

Palin Collected Money For Staying Home
By Tommy Christopher
Sep 9th 2008 10:59AM
Filed Under:eRepublicans, Featured Stories, 2008 President, Sarah Palin


By Tommy Christopher
Sept. 9, 2008

"...[T]he former governor was moose hunting and could not be reached to comment," the Washington Post is reporting today...

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has billed taxpayers for 312 nights spent in her own home during her first 19 months in office, charging a "per diem" allowance intended to cover meals and incidental expenses while traveling on state business.

The report goes on to say that the expense is within the applicable rules, but are these the actions of a lean, mean crusader against government waste?

On the other hand, the $16,9551.00 in per diem expenses she collected while staying at home could have been a lot more.

I understand she used Expedia to find the lowest fare from her living room to her kitchen...

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Does Sarah Palin believe in reproductive privacy?

Sandy Kerner of La Mesa, California wrote this letter to the San Diego Union Tribune:

"As soon as Sarah Palin allows me the freedom to choose how my family handles reproductive issues, I'll allow her privacy in how she handles hers.

"Until then, it's a fair topic of conversation."




Mat Wahlstrom of San Diego had this to say:

"...[Palin's] 17-year-old daughter... is the same teen they've been making take care of the candidate's own special-needs newborn..."


Blogger's note: I think some teens become pregnant as a cry for help without realizing that having a child is a serious matter. I hope Palin will get some help for her pregnant daughter, who missed five to eight months of school last year due to a case of mononucleosis.

Bristol is clearly not as tough as her mom, who flew in April from Texas to Alaksa, and then drove for several hours more, while being in labor all the while! Apparently Palin's water broke soon after giving a speech in the Longhorn state. It seems Palin didn't trust the obstetricians in Texas, or the ones in Anchorage. She believed she was better off in an airplane, and then a car!

In the light of personal experience, I hope Palin will rethink her stand on abstinence-only sex education and her big budget cuts to funds to support pregnant teens. If we have abstinence-only sex education, we need MORE support for pregnant teens.

Palin isn't ready for an interview, but she's ready to be a heartbeat away from presidency

John McCain says his running mate Sarah Palin will be ready for an interview with the press "in a few days."

Maybe Paula Taylor of San Diego was right when she wrote to the San Diego Union Tribune:

"It appears that Sen. John McCain has entered the Internet age by using Match.com or eHarmony to find a running mate."