yawn zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz On Sep 23, 5:48 am, "mike532 [ Republicans for Obama ]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sarah Palin, by the Numbers > Sarah Palin may lie, but numbers don't. Her record speaks for > itself:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-kurtzman/sarah-palin-by-the-numb... > 2007: the year in which Sarah Palin first obtained a passport (Source) > > 312: the number of nights during her first 19 months in office that > Palin charged taxpayers a "per diem" totaling $16,951 for staying in > her own home -- an allowance intended to cover meals and incidental > expenses while traveling on state business (Source) > > $500 to $1,200: the fee that Wasilla charged rape victims to pay for > post-sexual assault medical exams, after the city cut funds during > Palin's tenure that had previously covered the exams (Source) > > $150: the cash payment offered by the Palin administration to hunters > who turn in legs of freshly killed wolves gunned down from airplanes > (Source) > > 3: the number of times during her first few weeks as mayor that Palin > inquired with the Wasilla librarian about banning books (Source) > > 3: the number of months after the censorship discussion that Palin > fired the librarian (Source) > > 100: the approximate number of Wasilla residents who rallied to > support the librarian, prompting Palin to withdraw her termination > letter (Source) > > 0: the number of foreign heads of state Palin has met (Source) > > 0: the number of commands Palin has issued as head of the Alaska > National Guard (Source) > > 2: the number of times in Palin's ABC News interview that she said the > word "nucular" (Source) > > 0: Wasilla's long-term debt when Palin took office in 1996 (Source) > > $18.6 million: the long-term debt Palin racked up by the time she left > office in 2002, amounting to about $3,000 per resident (Source) > > $50,000: the amount of city funds Palin used without authorization to > redecorate the Wasilla mayor's office, including adding flocked, red > wallpaper that made it look "like a bordello," according to a former > Wasilla City Council member (Source) > > 33: the percentage by which Palin increased the budget of Wasilla > during her tenure, despite billing herself as a fiscal conservative > and champion of smaller government (Source) > > 25: the percentage by which Palin raised the local sales tax in > Wasilla to pay for a sports center, despite claims that she cut taxes > (Source) > > $27 million: the total amount of federal earmarks Palin secured for > Wasilla's town of 6,700 people while she was mayor, thanks to the help > of a Washington lobbyist with ties to indicted Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) > and convicted felon Jack Abramoff (Source) > > 3: the number of times John McCain specifically criticized earmarks > requested by Sarah Palin when she was mayor of Wasilla, citing them as > examples of wasteful spending (Source) > > $453 million: the total amount of earmarks Palin has asked U.S. > taxpayers to fund for Alaska projects over the past two years, despite > McCain's insistence that she hasn't sought earmarks or special- > interest spending from Congress (Source) > > $506.34: the amount of federal earmarks Alaska residents will receive > per capita in 2008, the highest level of any state (Source) > > $223 million: the earmark secured for the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere" > that Palin initially supported before opposing (Source) > > $223 million: the amount of money designated for the "Bridge to > Nowhere" that Palin ultimately used for other projects, rather than > returning it to the federal government (Source) > > 20: the percentage of domestic energy that Palin claims Alaska > produces (Source) > > 3.5: the actual percentage share of domestic energy Alaska produces > (Source) > > 0: the number of people in America who know more about energy than > Sarah Palin, according to John McCain (Source) > > $600,000: the loss at which Palin sold the governor's jet after making > a show of placing it on eBay. It was eventually sold to a Palin > campaign contributor who paid $2.1 million (more than 20% less than > the original $2.7 million purchase price). (Source) > > 1: the number of private tanning beds Palin installed in the > governor's mansion after taking office (Source) > > 1.5: the approximate number of hours Palin spent on a refueling > layover in Ireland, which the McCain campaign cited as part of her > foreign policy experience (Source) > > 0: the actual amount of time Palin spent in Iraq during a 2007 visit > to the region, despite the McCain campaign's claim she had visited the > Iraq battle zone. She never made it beyond the Khabari Alawazem > Crossing in Kuwait. (Source) > > 2006: the year in which Palin declared she favors abstinence-only > education and that "the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my > support" (Source) > > 2008: the year in which Palin's 17-year-old daughter was impregnated > by a self-described "f***ing redneck," who wrote on his MySpace page > "I don't want kids" and "ya f*** with me I'll kick ass" (Source) > > 9: the number of U.S. Geological Survey studies concluding that the > habitat of Alaska's polar bears is threatened by global warming, which > Palin discounted as "insufficent evidence" when she sued the Bush > administration to overturn its decision to list polar bears under the > Endangered Species Act (Source) > > 5: the number of colleges Palin attended over six years before > graduating in 1987 from the University of Idaho with a major in > journalism (Source) > > 500: the number of Fortune 500 companies Sarah Palin is not qualified > to run, according to McCain adviser Carly Fiorina (Source) > > 50: the number of days after Palin announced she "will fully > cooperate" with an ethics investigation into the "Troopergate" scandal > that the McCain campaign announced she was "unlikely to cooperate" > because it had been "hijacked" by Obama operatives. The probe was > unanimously authorized by a bipartisan panel of eight Alaska > Republicans and four Democrats. (Source) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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