Posted on 09/13/2008 1:35:41 PM PDT by Chet 99
WASILLA, Alaska — Gov. Sarah Palin lives by the maxim that all politics is local, not to mention personal.
So when there was a vacancy at the top of the State Division of Agriculture, she appointed a high school classmate, Franci Havemeister, to the $95,000-a-year directorship. A former real estate agent, Ms. Havemeister cited her childhood love of cows as one of her qualifications for running the roughly $2 million agency.
Ms. Havemeister was one of at least five schoolmates Ms. Palin hired, often at salaries far exceeding their private sector wages.
When Ms. Palin had to cut the 2007 state budget, she avoided the legion of frustrated legislators and mayors. Instead, she huddled with her budget director and her husband, Todd, an oil field worker who is not a state employee, and vetoed millions of dollars of legislative projects.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
The rich mexican guy CARLOS just gave these mutts a new infusion of capital.
They’ll just keep peddling the same old crap.
At 80% support of a population of approx. 700,000, she has about the same number of supporters as the NY Slimes does subscribers.
EIGHTY PERCENT SUPPORT, think about that, N.Y. Slimes!
“She’s a politician? I’m shocked, shocked, shocked! That’s earth-shattering news!!!”
Yes, she is. This article shows that she has the experience, and can make the tough decisions needed, to fulfill the office hse seeks.
Great, I knew this was going to happen. Why didn’t John McCain pick Kate Bailey Hutchison? Completely vetted and respected. Now all of this small-time, back woods, hick politics is going to blow up and make him look like a big joke.
Oh, wait...you just signed up so you could pick on our Veep candidate? I, for one, don’t appreciate you associating MY choice for Veep with being a hick, small time, or backwoods.
Perhaps DU would have been a better fit for your veiwpoints.
BTW, IBTZ!
Spill on aisle 104...calling the Viking Kitties!
It’s Kay. If you’re promoting candidates get their names right. IBTZ?
Kate ?
Kay ain’t so respected around here, also she bent over backwards saying how she didn’t want it. Also your buddy Biden is the real hick.
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