I have done research on the earmarks, and everything I can find says Alaska has the highest per capital earmarks of any state in the country, and that Wasilla didn’t receive earmarks until Palin became mayor and hired Ted Stevens’ lobbyist to secure earmarks for her city.
And I just saw another clip of her saying the she took profits from the oil companies and gave them to the people of Alaska.
Can you give me links that dispute the above? I can’t find anything that does.
You did mean to say per capita, didn’t you?
From the Seattle Times:
Palin’s criticisms strained her relationship with Alaska’s congressional delegation because they were still receiving plenty of earmark requests that they were trying to push through a Democrat-controlled Congress. This year, in addition to the 31 submitted by Palin’s office, there were dozens submitted by smaller communities and borough governments.
“It really drove a wedge between her and the Alaska delegation,” Persily said. “She was branding them as irresponsible, and they felt like she was holding them up to public ridicule.”
Palin also was admonished by the Fairbanks News-Miner, which chided her for “misplaced criticism” for suggestions that the state earmarks were pork-barrel projects.
Palin wrote back an angry response, saying she had reduced the earmarks — but never labeled them as “pork projects.”
Palin wrote that she supports state earmarks “when there is an important federal purpose and strong citizen support.”
CNN or MSNBC?
Still at it, I see.