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Smoking gun
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
... Here you go: Sarah Palin signed off on a budget document that forced rape victims to pay for their own investigations. It appears it was the idea of the police chief that Palin hired after firing another one for insufficiently obsequious ass-kissing. It’s now getting close to impossible to believe that this went on without Palin’s knowledge. ...
Palin Signed Off on Budget to Charge Rape Victims for Exams
Firedoglake —
... Congratulations to Jacob Alperin-Sheriff of the Huffington Post who found the smoking gun, and to the Daily Kos commenters who first raised the issue. ...
Family Values for Hateful Sexist Pigs
BlondeSense —
New Evidence: Palin Had Direct Role In Charging Rape Victims For Exams "...Palin, as mayor, fired police chief Irl Stambaugh and replaced him with Charlie Fannon, who with Palin's knowledge, slashed the budget for the exams and began charging the city's victims of sexual assault. The city budget documents demonstrate Palin read and signed off on the new budget. A year later, alarmed Alaska lawmakers passed legislation outlawing the practice." Oh she knew. Labels: ...
Weekly Feminist Reader
Feministing —
... Makes You a Top Earner, Census Report Shows
Womens eNews: Two Views on Sarah Palin and Women of Color
MSNBC: Honor killings persist in 'man's world'
Rinku Sen with Fekkak Mamdouh: The Accidental American
YouTube: Planned Parenthood Action Fund, "Sexual Abuse" election ad
Katha Pollitt, The Nation: Lipstick on a Wing Nut
Zuky: Foreign Exchange -- Global Summit of Women
Huffington Post: New Evidence: Palin Had Direct Role In Charging Rape Victims For Exams
Guanabee: ...
‘Pro‐Life As Any Candidate’ Palin Picketed Abortion Doctor
Wonk Room —
... As mayor of Wasilla, the Palin administration “cut funds that had previously paid” for rape kits “and began charging victims or their health insurers the $500 to $1200 fee.” Palin expressed support for a constitutional amendment ...
Friday McCain/McSame Bashing (Repaired)
Discourse.net —
... TPM, Two High-Ranking McCain Campaign Officials Lobbied For Companies At Center of Sex-For-Oil Scandal
TalkLeft, Palin’s Climate Change Flip-Flop
Hullaballoo, Of Course They Cheated And Broke The Truce. Duh.
TalkLeft, How The Media And The Left Blogs Are Allowing McCain To Escape The Bush’s Third Term Label
TPM, Question of the Day & Lying McCain
HuffPo, New Evidence: Palin Had Direct Role In Charging Rape Victims for Exams.
Hunter, Kos, ...
Still Undecided?
Garling Gauge —
... itself against enemies sworn to its destruction.” And: By the way, Obama’s supposed Muslim comrades are angry over this. He exhibits such strange behavior for a radical Muslim, doesn’t he? 5. Palin horrifies me. Let me explain this. She claims to be a Christian; all right. Lots of people claim to be Christians. a. However, she manages to do things like signing into law that rape victims have to pay for their own health kits . Link and link and yes, this is real, link and link . Some people are trying to claim ...
