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	<title>Comments on: Palin thinks there is a &#8216;Department of Law&#8217; at the White House. (There isn&#8217;t.)</title>
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		<title>By: smidget</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/07/palin-law/comment-page-3/#comment-5716817</link>
		<dc:creator>smidget</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I fail to see how, if this Administration doesn&#039;t get public health care, a Republican who doesn&#039;t support, never has supported, and never will support public healthcare will be the appropriate replacement.

Could someone explain that line of thinking?  That&#039;s like saying &quot;That&#039;s not the right shade of purple, so instead of getting the correct shade, we&#039;ll just paint it orange instead.&quot;  WTF sense does that make?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I fail to see how, if this Administration doesn&#8217;t get public health care, a Republican who doesn&#8217;t support, never has supported, and never will support public healthcare will be the appropriate replacement.</p>
<p>Could someone explain that line of thinking?  That&#8217;s like saying &#8220;That&#8217;s not the right shade of purple, so instead of getting the correct shade, we&#8217;ll just paint it orange instead.&#8221;  WTF sense does that make?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5716817', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Max Anax junius -1</title>
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		<dc:creator>Max Anax junius -1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ElBruce,
Imagine, Palin picks her nose with that finger, too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ElBruce,<br />
Imagine, Palin picks her nose with that finger, too.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5716769', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Max Anax junius -1</title>
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		<dc:creator>Max Anax junius -1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>.

Put Palin in charge of the Department of Unwed Mothers.

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<p>Put Palin in charge of the Department of Unwed Mothers.</p>
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		<title>By: Max Anax junius -1</title>
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		<dc:creator>Max Anax junius -1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>.

I&#039;m just glad that we aren&#039;t saddled with a McPresident...
... And his Barbie McCheese, you betcha.

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<p>I&#8217;m just glad that we aren&#8217;t saddled with a McPresident&#8230;<br />
&#8230; And his Barbie McCheese, you betcha.</p>
<p>.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5716767', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
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		<dc:creator>EugeneDebs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Deuce Coupe Says: 


Please even YOU cant be THAT stupid. Bimbostien only has any brains compared to people as staggeringly stupid as YOU. I mean dryer lint stupid.</description>
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<p>Please even YOU cant be THAT stupid. Bimbostien only has any brains compared to people as staggeringly stupid as YOU. I mean dryer lint stupid.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5716749', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
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		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey look, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-07-07-palin-poll_N.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;7 of 10 R&#039;s would be likely to vote for Palin in 2012&lt;/a&gt;.

&lt;em&gt;Deuce Coupe Says:

This lady has more brains in her little finger then Obama and all his goons in the White House.&lt;/em&gt;

Too bad she doesn&#039;t have any in her head.

You do know that &quot;brains&quot; refers to intelligence and not boobs, right?  

What has she ever said or done that&#039;s intelligent?  Ever?  Anything?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey look, <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-07-07-palin-poll_N.htm" rel="nofollow">7 of 10 R&#8217;s would be likely to vote for Palin in 2012</a>.</p>
<p><em>Deuce Coupe Says:</p>
<p>This lady has more brains in her little finger then Obama and all his goons in the White House.</em></p>
<p>Too bad she doesn&#8217;t have any in her head.</p>
<p>You do know that &#8220;brains&#8221; refers to intelligence and not boobs, right?  </p>
<p>What has she ever said or done that&#8217;s intelligent?  Ever?  Anything?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5716613', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Deuce Coupe</title>
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		<dc:creator>Deuce Coupe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This lady has more brains in her little finger then Obama and all his goons in the White House.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This lady has more brains in her little finger then Obama and all his goons in the White House.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5716548', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Cats r Flyfishn</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cats r Flyfishn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Palin just loves the limelight.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://tpzoo.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/move-over-britney-here-comes-sarah/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;She has pushed Britney Spears&lt;/a&gt; out the way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Palin just loves the limelight.  <a href="http://tpzoo.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/move-over-britney-here-comes-sarah/" rel="nofollow">She has pushed Britney Spears</a> out the way.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5716466', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: pete</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/07/palin-law/comment-page-2/#comment-5716351</link>
		<dc:creator>pete</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ElBruce Says:
&lt;em&gt;That&#039;s what they keep howling about Geithner.&lt;/em&gt;

I don&#039;t like or trust Geithner. On the other hand, he admitted his mistake and payed the fines and survived the media storm. 

Bible Spice, on the other hand, is running around proclaiming that &quot;all the investigations have been dismissed&quot; when she has been found liable and made payments to make the investigations go away. And then the media keeps repeating her lie that all charges were dismissed.

It&#039;s a subtle difference but, I think, a significant one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ElBruce Says:<br />
<em>That&#8217;s what they keep howling about Geithner.</em></p>
<p>I don&#8217;t like or trust Geithner. On the other hand, he admitted his mistake and payed the fines and survived the media storm. </p>
<p>Bible Spice, on the other hand, is running around proclaiming that &#8220;all the investigations have been dismissed&#8221; when she has been found liable and made payments to make the investigations go away. And then the media keeps repeating her lie that all charges were dismissed.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a subtle difference but, I think, a significant one.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5716351', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: flight</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/07/palin-law/comment-page-2/#comment-5716314</link>
		<dc:creator>flight</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;I think on a national level, your department of law there in the White House would look at some of the things that we’ve been charged with and automatically throw them out.&lt;/strong&gt;

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There was a time Ms. Palin when the Whitehouse would have insured these frivolous matters were not investigated. Times have changed and the Cheney/Bush machine has been put out into the street.&lt;strong&gt; You need a different mind set, the Republicans are not in power and it is not business as usual!&lt;/strong&gt;

 By resigning you can’t be impeached!

You may get lucky like Stevens and any charges may get dropped for technicalities!

The determination that you were a potential liability to the GOP remaining in the governor’s house may have been factor in your resignation.

&lt;strong&gt;I think you have some big problems that the GOP can’t fix and you may be looking at your days in court and hopefully time in jail.&lt;/strong&gt;

Just a thought, flight</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>I think on a national level, your department of law there in the White House would look at some of the things that we’ve been charged with and automatically throw them out.</strong></p>
<p>==============================================================</p>
<p>There was a time Ms. Palin when the Whitehouse would have insured these frivolous matters were not investigated. Times have changed and the Cheney/Bush machine has been put out into the street.<strong> You need a different mind set, the Republicans are not in power and it is not business as usual!</strong></p>
<p> By resigning you can’t be impeached!</p>
<p>You may get lucky like Stevens and any charges may get dropped for technicalities!</p>
<p>The determination that you were a potential liability to the GOP remaining in the governor’s house may have been factor in your resignation.</p>
<p><strong>I think you have some big problems that the GOP can’t fix and you may be looking at your days in court and hopefully time in jail.</strong></p>
<p>Just a thought, flight<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5716314', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: MapleStreet</title>
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		<dc:creator>MapleStreet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The more I think about it, am I correctly understanding that she is making 2 arguments.  (For the moment, I am giving her a pass that she really meant White House Council / Department of Justice and just gave the wrong name):

1) 2 years as governor in Alaska is adequate experience to be president.

2) She couldn&#039;t hack 2 years as Alaska governor due to all the scandals, but 4 years of president of the US will be just all peachy-keen neat-o ?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The more I think about it, am I correctly understanding that she is making 2 arguments.  (For the moment, I am giving her a pass that she really meant White House Council / Department of Justice and just gave the wrong name):</p>
<p>1) 2 years as governor in Alaska is adequate experience to be president.</p>
<p>2) She couldn&#8217;t hack 2 years as Alaska governor due to all the scandals, but 4 years of president of the US will be just all peachy-keen neat-o ?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5716285', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
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		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;pete Says:

If all the ethics charges are frivolous, why was she required to pay back money on two separate occasions? In my corner of the world if one is forced to repay monies it&#039;s a sign of wrongdoing.&lt;/em&gt;

That&#039;s what they keep howling about Geithner.</description>
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<p>If all the ethics charges are frivolous, why was she required to pay back money on two separate occasions? In my corner of the world if one is forced to repay monies it&#8217;s a sign of wrongdoing.</em></p>
<p>That&#8217;s what they keep howling about Geithner.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5716228', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: pete</title>
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		<dc:creator>pete</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was struck by the odd phrase, &quot;barracudas hunt in packs&quot;. The obvious gaffe is that fish travel in schools, not packs. But, I decided to do a little reading about barracuda because I used to fish for them and recalled that we seldom caught more than one at a time/place.

Well. I found this tidbit at Wikipedia:
&lt;em&gt;Adult barracudas are more or less solitary in their habits, while young and half-grown fish frequently congregate in schools. &lt;strong&gt;These fish do not care for their young.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;

So? Barracuda do not &quot;hunt in packs&quot; or schools once they are adults and the part about not caring for their young is just funny. But then, I dug up an old booklet, ca. 1970, about the sport fish of California and I found this bit that describes Bible Spice even better.

Under the heading &quot;sport value&quot; I found this:

&quot;&lt;em&gt;The barracuda strikes quickly from ambush. Good for one strong run then becomes exhausted and submits to the net.&lt;/em&gt;&quot;

Hell&#039;s bells! She really is a barracuda.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was struck by the odd phrase, &#8220;barracudas hunt in packs&#8221;. The obvious gaffe is that fish travel in schools, not packs. But, I decided to do a little reading about barracuda because I used to fish for them and recalled that we seldom caught more than one at a time/place.</p>
<p>Well. I found this tidbit at Wikipedia:<br />
<em>Adult barracudas are more or less solitary in their habits, while young and half-grown fish frequently congregate in schools. <strong>These fish do not care for their young.</strong></em></p>
<p>So? Barracuda do not &#8220;hunt in packs&#8221; or schools once they are adults and the part about not caring for their young is just funny. But then, I dug up an old booklet, ca. 1970, about the sport fish of California and I found this bit that describes Bible Spice even better.</p>
<p>Under the heading &#8220;sport value&#8221; I found this:</p>
<p>&#8220;<em>The barracuda strikes quickly from ambush. Good for one strong run then becomes exhausted and submits to the net.</em>&#8221;</p>
<p>Hell&#8217;s bells! She really is a barracuda.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5716178', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: regulararmyfool</title>
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		<dc:creator>regulararmyfool</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I find using Palin and think in the same sentence extremely annoying.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I find using Palin and think in the same sentence extremely annoying.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5716153', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: kasinca</title>
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		<dc:creator>kasinca</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t think anyone has ever accused Failin Palin of being the sharpest knife in the drawer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t think anyone has ever accused Failin Palin of being the sharpest knife in the drawer.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5716133', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: pete</title>
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		<dc:creator>pete</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey! Maybe she&#039;s going to run for President after all? She&#039;s going to run for President of the Lonely State of Alaska.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey! Maybe she&#8217;s going to run for President after all? She&#8217;s going to run for President of the Lonely State of Alaska.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5716117', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: har5125</title>
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		<dc:creator>har5125</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Uncle Ho Said 
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Aren&#039;t you glad this bug-wit is not a heartbeat away from the presidency?

I know I am.&lt;/em&gt;

Uncle that is true, but I think Shannyn Moore said it best last night on Countdown.

&quot;..And whatever she&#039;s(Palin) going to do after this I wish her well, &lt;strong&gt;but I&#039;m glad that she&#039;s not gonna be making decisions for my state any longer..&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Uncle Ho Said<br />
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<p>Aren&#8217;t you glad this bug-wit is not a heartbeat away from the presidency?</p>
<p>I know I am.</em></p>
<p>Uncle that is true, but I think Shannyn Moore said it best last night on Countdown.</p>
<p>&#8220;..And whatever she&#8217;s(Palin) going to do after this I wish her well, <strong>but I&#8217;m glad that she&#8217;s not gonna be making decisions for my state any longer..</strong>&#8220;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5716055', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Oval12345678 aka James K. Sayre</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/07/palin-law/comment-page-2/#comment-5716025</link>
		<dc:creator>Oval12345678 aka James K. Sayre</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Soon to be former Governor Sarah Palin simply wants to be America&#039;s first Woman Dictator. Give her a medal.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Soon to be former Governor Sarah Palin simply wants to be America&#8217;s first Woman Dictator. Give her a medal.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5716025', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Robert M.</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/07/palin-law/comment-page-2/#comment-5716017</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert M.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I heard a caller from Alaska on the radio last night.  That caller said he had filed a complaint on behalf of the People of Alaska with the State government. Those charges have been adjudicated and Palin has been found to be in violation of a statute governing the use of per diem expense.

Per diem expenses are intended to reimburse State officials whose duties require them to travel &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;and spend the night away from&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; their own residence.

Seems that Palin has been charging the State of Alaska the maximum per diem she can for living in her house in Wasilla instead of in the Governor&#039;s mansion which is in Juneau.

The mansion comes as a perk with the office at no charge and has to be paid for whether someone&#039;s living there or not.

The Governor&#039;s annual salary in Alaska is set at $125,000.00. Palin&#039;s reimbursement checks for these bogus per diem charges have been cashed and exceed the amount of her salary.

This story isn&#039;t really news, as you can find right wing idiots trying to defend Palin against these charges before the election was held last November. What&#039;s new is the fact that the State has officially cited her for violating statutes governing what constitutes a valid per diem expense. 

A legal action is in progress to force Palin to return those per diem fees she charged the State.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I heard a caller from Alaska on the radio last night.  That caller said he had filed a complaint on behalf of the People of Alaska with the State government. Those charges have been adjudicated and Palin has been found to be in violation of a statute governing the use of per diem expense.</p>
<p>Per diem expenses are intended to reimburse State officials whose duties require them to travel <em><strong>and spend the night away from</strong></em> their own residence.</p>
<p>Seems that Palin has been charging the State of Alaska the maximum per diem she can for living in her house in Wasilla instead of in the Governor&#8217;s mansion which is in Juneau.</p>
<p>The mansion comes as a perk with the office at no charge and has to be paid for whether someone&#8217;s living there or not.</p>
<p>The Governor&#8217;s annual salary in Alaska is set at $125,000.00. Palin&#8217;s reimbursement checks for these bogus per diem charges have been cashed and exceed the amount of her salary.</p>
<p>This story isn&#8217;t really news, as you can find right wing idiots trying to defend Palin against these charges before the election was held last November. What&#8217;s new is the fact that the State has officially cited her for violating statutes governing what constitutes a valid per diem expense. </p>
<p>A legal action is in progress to force Palin to return those per diem fees she charged the State.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5716017', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: J. Fred Smug</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/07/palin-law/comment-page-2/#comment-5715964</link>
		<dc:creator>J. Fred Smug</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Did anyone else catch the interview of a Palin friend who claimed that &quot;[Sarah Palin] was getting sick of the commute to Juneau&quot;?  

Unbelievable.  As if Alaska just made Juneau its capital and she didn&#039;t know that before running for governor 2 years ago.

Sarah Palin is such a fraud.  

Don&#039;t miss Andrew Sullivan&#039;s current summary of &quot;The Odd Lies of Sarah Palin&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/the-odd-lies-of-sarah-palin-a-roundup.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did anyone else catch the interview of a Palin friend who claimed that &#8220;[Sarah Palin] was getting sick of the commute to Juneau&#8221;?  </p>
<p>Unbelievable.  As if Alaska just made Juneau its capital and she didn&#8217;t know that before running for governor 2 years ago.</p>
<p>Sarah Palin is such a fraud.  </p>
<p>Don&#8217;t miss Andrew Sullivan&#8217;s current summary of &#8220;The Odd Lies of Sarah Palin&#8221; <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/the-odd-lies-of-sarah-palin-a-roundup.html" rel="nofollow">here.</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5715964', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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