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Anything they can do, Palin can do dumber
Political Animal —
ANYTHING THEY CAN DO, PALIN CAN DO DUMBER.... If there's one thing elected officials in Alaska know how to do, perhaps better than anyone else in the country, it's accepting federal dollars for state programs. It was curious, then, to see a certain Alaskan governor decide she'd like to reject economic recovery funds . Gov. Sarah Palin is refusing to accept more than 30 percent of the federal economic stimulus money being offered to Alaska, including dollars for schools, energy assistance and social services. The news Thursday drew anger from those who accused Palin of putting ...
The Rude Pundit — ... The fact that Governor Palin has decided to reject 31% of the federal government stimulus money budgeted for Alaska must be giving the vapors to other Republican idiot governors who are craving that national attention like a hungry baby at a South Carolina Hooters. It's like Palin just saw and raised Bobby Jindal and Mark Sanford, except they're not just playing with cash. They're tossing their citizens' asses into the pot. ...
Palin's Latest Posture
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... Her latest gambit to keep national attention is to turn down a third of her state's stimulus money. Of course, she wouldn't be Palin if she hadn't already lied about it, claiming at first she was refusing half the money, then being forced to acknowledge she was actually only refusing a third. Then this little nugget of joy: ...
Alaskans Unhappy With Palin's Choice To Reject Some Stimulus Funds
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... and does not create strings that will bind the state in the future.
"I can't attest to every fund that's being offered the state in the stimulus package will be used to create jobs and stimulate the economy, so I'm requesting only those things that I know will," Palin said at a news conference at the Capitol. "Public discussion will have to ensue on all those other dollars that some will say 'you left on the table.'"
The Anchorage Daily News reported that Palin's decision is getting mixed reviews from other Alaskan legislators. ...
Alaskans Unhappy With Palin's Choice To Reject Some Stimulus Funds
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... and does not create strings that will bind the state in the future.
"I can't attest to every fund that's being offered the state in the stimulus package will be used to create jobs and stimulate the economy, so I'm requesting only those things that I know will," Palin said at a news conference at the Capitol. "Public discussion will have to ensue on all those other dollars that some will say 'you left on the table.'"
The Anchorage Daily News reported that Palin's decision is getting mixed reviews from other Alaskan legislators. ...
S.C. Governor Rejects Stimulus Money
The Caucus —
... this week against Mr. Sanford, well, Mr. Orszag didn’t address the governor’s calls for the administration to intervene and have them pulled off the air. Meanwhile, we also wanted to keep you posted on developments in some other states. In Alaska, Democrats and some Republicans are furious with the decision by Gov. Sarah Palin to reject about 30 percent of the stimulus money aimed at Alaska. According to the Anchorage Daily News, Ms. Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, announced that she would not accept about $288 million of the $930.7 million coming her ...
Palin rips Obama for Special Olympics joke
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... most precious and unique people, coming from the most powerful position in the world. “These athletes overcome more challenges, discrimination and adversity than most of us ever will. By the way, these athletes can outperform many of us and we should be proud of them. I hope President Obama’s comments do not reflect how he truly feels about the special needs community.” Exit question: Any wild guesses as to how the media will report this tonight? Here’s a hint from yesterday’s ADN : “The biggest single chunk of money that Palin is turning down is about $170 million for ...
ElectionSnark: Denver Airport Edition
PoliGazette —
... Alaska governor Sarah Palin rejects stimulus money, saying, “We Alaskans proudly get Americanish stimulus without Washington having telling us what to stimulate ourselves with it or not.” ...
Irony of the Day
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
... This comes on the same day that Palin refused to accept over 30% of the federal
economic stimulus money being offered to Alaska. According to the Anchorage Daily News, "the biggest single chunk of money Palin is turning down is about $170
million for education, including money that would go for programs to
help... special needs students." ...
Not now, honey, Mommy's pretending to care about you
Some Guy With a Website by August J. Pollak - xoverboard.com —
... Governor Palin said. "This was a degrading remark about our world's most precious and unique people, coming from the most powerful position in the world.
"These athletes overcome more challenges, discrimination and adversity than most of us ever will. By the way, these athletes can outperform many of us and we should be proud of them. I hope President Obama's comments do not reflect how he truly feels about the special needs community."
Sarah Palin, lunatic right-wing governor of Alaska desperate for brownie points for a 2012 nomination: ...
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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... Alaska Governor Sarah Palin rejects over 30% of federal stimulus money - "We are not requesting funds intended to just grow government" ...
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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... Alaska Governor Sarah Palin rejects over 30% of federal stimulus money - "We are not requesting funds intended to just grow government" ...
Shamockery
Rising Hegemon —
A fraud who thinks she should be President does this with Obama's stimulus package: The biggest single chunk of money that Palin is turning down is about $170 million for education, including money that would go for programs to help economically disadvantaged and special needs students. And then has the gall to say this: "I hope President Obama’s comments do not reflect how he truly feels about the special needs community.” Because we already know what you feel asshole. ...
Palin Takes Lead In GOP War On Education--Special Needs Kids Take Big Hit
Open Left - Front Page —
Anchorage Daily News has reported that Sarah Palin has rejected 31% of Alaska's stimulus package--$288 million--with more than half of that--$170 million--coming from education. ...
Red State Socialism and the Politics of the Stimulus
Crooks and Liars —
In just their latest posturing for the 2012 Republican presidential race, governors Sarah Palin (R-AK) and Mark Sanford (R-SC) joined Texas' Rick Perry, Mississippi's Haley Barbour and Louisiana's Bobby Jindal in announcing they would reject some of the federal stimulus funds allocated to their states. But as the steady one-way flow of tax dollars and earmarks spreading the wealth from Washington to their states shows, de facto red state socialism is alive and well.
As a 2007 analysis (above) of federal spending per tax dollar ...
With No Obstructionists Sabotaging Its Stimulus Program, China Takes Advantage Of The Worldwide Economic Slowdown
DownWithTyranny! —
... Mark Sanford (SC), Rick Perry (TX) and Bobby Jindal (LA) to stand in the way of Obama's Stimulus package. Yesterday a cold wind blew down from Alaska: "Gov. Sarah Palin is refusing to accept over 30 percent of the federal economic stimulus money being offered to Alaska, including dollars for schools, energy assistance and social services." ...
Gov. Sanford, You Are Not South Carolina
Comments from Left Field —
... In other words, in an emergency, one should not accept temporary assistance because it’s not permanent assistance. How stupid is that? Not to mention irresponsible: ...
Sarah Palin 'Special Olympics Hypocrisy' Argument Unfair
Politics Daily —
... , but some are trying to paint her as a hypocrite on the issue. The narrative springs from a paragraph in this Anchorage Daily News article: ...
Palin's bad timing
Political Animal —
... . Explaining her decision to turn down aid, Palin complained about the dangers of "growing government," and described recovery funds as "a bribe." Today, facing public criticism, Palin's lieutenant governor said Palin isn't necessarily rejecting the stimulus aid, but just ...
We used to bitch about politics sometimes
Bitch. Ph.D. —
... 4. Remember how Sarah Palin (yes, I know, I'm sorry) was all "oh i hav such sympathy and understanding of the poor downs syndrome babies because i haz my own and i luv all the little children so vote for me becuz i has long hair and is a girl and we iz the party of feminizm!!!!"? Yeah, right: ...
More Republican Infighting, Alaska-Style
Daily Kos —
... from a confrontation over her decision (a.k.a. political grandstanding) to turn down a portion of Alaska's share of the stimulus money: ...
Palin Says No, State Legislature Says Yes
Daily Kos —
... between Sarah Palin and the state’s Republican Senate President over her grandstanding refusal of a portion of Alaska's stimulus money, the state's legislature ...
The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin, XXVII: The Stimulus Money
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
You may recall the Alaska governor's signature move last month. She declared that she would only take half the stimulus money: ...
Palin will accept the cash after all
Political Animal —
... Palin spokeswoman Sharon Leighow said the governor changed her mind after the public weighed in during legislative hearings prior to lawmakers passing bills to seek almost all of the funding. [...] Alaska's Legislature conducted more than 20 public hearings on the federal stimulus package, and legislative leaders said they couldn't find any of the strings attached to the funds that Palin had warned about . [emphasis added] That's the hilarious part. Just a month ago, according to a report in the Anchorage Daily News , Palin said it's not a gift when Congress offers dollars ...
Palin Goes From "To Me It's A Bribe," To "Show Me The Money"
Daily Kos —
Just over a month ago, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announced that she was: ... refusing to accept over 30 percent of the federal economic stimulus money being offered to Alaska, including dollars for schools, energy assistance and social services. [...] "To me it's a bribe," Palin said. And yesterday, she decided to accept that "bribe." Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has directed state agencies to begin applying for federal stimulus funds after indicating she wouldn't veto legislative approval of ...
Geoffrey Dunn: Pinocchio in Drag: Sarah Palin's Latest Lies
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Recovery and Reinvestment Act, approved overwhelmingly by the Alaska Legislature, a small portion of which she vetoed last week. This in and of itself reflected some serious backpedaling on behalf of Palin, from her initial position opposing the plan carte blanche (she called it "an unsustainable, debt-ridden package of funds" and likened it to "a bribe"), then later declaring that she would only accept about "half" the stimulus, which in turn got revised down to approximately "one third," then down to the teensy-weensy less-than-3-percent rejection of State ...
Shannyn Moore: It's Not Sarah's Fault...Just Ask Her
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... heated press conference of their own. Palin blamed them for not having the meeting "telephonically"...then it got messy.
Her failed appointment of a "if you can't rape your wife, who can you rape?", secessionist, gun toting attorney general, Wayne Anthony Ross, was the fault of the Alaska bloggers.
The failure of Palin's bills last session were the fault of partisan legislators.
In March, the governor said she wasn't "rejecting" the stimulus money, she just wasn't "accepting" it. ...
