DeMint sees Palin as a reformerBy Robert Behre (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., said the GOP ticket offers much more hope to advance one of his favorite causes — eliminating congressional earmarks —than the others. And that's the case, he said, even though recent reports have noted that when Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin served as a mayor, she hired a lobbying firm to help divert almost $27 million in federal earmarks to her small town. "When I was a congressman, I asked for earmarks, too. I'm a recovering earmarker," DeMint said, adding that Palin began to see the problems with earmarks as governor and eventually fought against one of the most infamous of them all, the so-called "Bridge to Nowhere" on the Alaskan coast. "She turned down that Bridge to Nowhere and told the federal government to keep their earmarks," he said. Read more in tomorrow's Post and Courier. |
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Posted by Peacock on September 3, 2008 at 7:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Don't do this Jimmie. 'No comment' is better than one that may boomerang.
We ***demand*** Romney on the ticket.
:)
Posted by Peacock on September 3, 2008 at 11:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Reverse psychology will not work HZC.
She is fabulous. Amazing. Accomplished. Well-spoken. Smart...
But when she starts talking about having taken down the good ol' boy network -- that's where she rings hollow. It would be awfully hard to have gotten to this podium, so EFFORTLESSLY, unless she is in actuality a part of it.
~~ Another shot of My 2 Cents ~~~
Posted by mkris on September 3, 2008 at 11:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Its amazing how the cross-your-legs sex education Palin supports and advocates was such a failure in her family.
She can't even teach her own daughter to cross her legs.
Posted by DawnM on September 3, 2008 at 11:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I'm about as conservative as you can get. Palin just sounded bitter in her speech.
Posted by BillytheKid on September 4, 2008 at 12:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Republicans, your party is in trouble. I want it like it was when you axxes took over the “game”. Obama is half white. I am going to vote for the good part.
DeMint who?