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RE: Palin's Kids Travelgate - 10/21/2008 8:06:26 PM
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Zhi
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Well, considering the amount of money saved, comparatively, by flying commercial and getting rid of the official governor's jet, I'd say it would be kind of an odd issue to pursue...
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RE: Palin's Kids Travelgate - 10/21/2008 8:12:57 PM
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These attacks on Palin this year have turned me from a moderate Democrat into likely at the very least a solid Republican for years to come. I admire her for continually standing up to the pirhanas that call themselves the mainstream media.
I'm ashamed to say that I once scoffed at the notion of the liberal biased media.
This year, I have seen the light! 
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RE: Palin's Kids Travelgate - 10/21/2008 8:13:22 PM
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She altered official government records! This is a crime! And Republicans have the audacity to bring up character when the VP obviously is a very unethical person!
Strain for the gnat with Obama and swallow the camel with Palin /McCain!
Well this lady is going to lose the election for McCain guaranteed!
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RE: Palin's Kids Travelgate - 10/21/2008 11:52:54 PM
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As a former resident of Alaska for 18 years, I read the local paper online frequently. There was a letter to the editor in the Fairbanks Daily News Miner several weeks prior to her announcement as the VP pick. The author of the letter wrote about how classy the governor was. A high school football team from Fairbanks was flying home from Anchorage and Sarah was flying coach on the flight. She spent the flight talking with the players and their parents.. After landing, she spoke with everyday, ordinary Joe's in the airport just like the average citizen. She is someone who connects with the middle class. And, being from Alaska she can represent the nation as the majority of Alaskan's come from all parts of the United States and the world.
Barack, like you Mapachito, has spent his life surrounded by those in ivory towers who think they're smarter than the rest of us.
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RE: Palin's Kids Travelgate - 10/22/2008 12:16:05 AM
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Big deal if tax dollars pay for her kids to be with their mother!!! I rather give my tax dollars to that cause rather than someone who expects me to "spread the wealth around". It just goes to show how idiotic the AP really is. They need to get a life.
Besides, when you tally up all the money she's save her state, she deserves it.
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RE: Palin's Kids Travelgate - 10/22/2008 12:21:06 AM
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Better than Obamas terroristgate.
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RE: Palin's Kids Travelgate - 10/22/2008 6:44:51 AM
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Better than Obamas terroristgate.
SHH you can't speak ill of he who must not be named.
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RE: Palin's Kids Travelgate - 10/22/2008 7:37:57 AM
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Wow...
In terms of real dollars, this obviously is not that big of a deal. However, Obama's relationship with Bill Ayers was also tenuous (sat on a board and had a small party with a guy who was a local professor) and you guys have gone off the deep end with that one. It's the principle of charging for your kids' flights that's wrong and to defend it with a bunch of "yeah, but" lines...?
Keep up the hypocrisy, guys, and keep wondering why the rest of America sees you and your beliefs as less-and-less relevant with every election.
-Dan.
< Message edited by iluvatar -- 10/22/2008 7:45:07 AM >
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RE: Palin's Kids Travelgate - 10/22/2008 8:05:45 AM
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I took a course on Alaska for my travel agency and was quite surprised to see that 'you can't GET THERE from here' when it comes to Alaska. You HAVE to fly! There are no roads in many, many areas. Flying is the only option.
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RE: Palin's Kids Travelgate - 10/22/2008 11:34:18 AM
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quote:
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Wow...
In terms of real dollars, this obviously is not that big of a deal. However, Obama's relationship with Bill Ayers was also tenuous (sat on a board and had a small party with a guy who was a local professor) and you guys have gone off the deep end with that one. It's the principle of charging for your kids' flights that's wrong and to defend it with a bunch of "yeah, but" lines...?
Keep up the hypocrisy, guys, and keep wondering why the rest of America sees you and your beliefs as less-and-less relevant with every election.
-Dan.
Agreed. I think she showed a lack of ethics in her position. I think anyone who does that, even if Obama did that with his kids, I would say the same thing. I'm sure she could have paid for them but she didn't, instead she went that route on the tax payer's dime. Hopefully she'll take it as a lesson learned.
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RE: Palin's Kids Travelgate - 10/22/2008 11:44:23 AM
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081021/ap_on_el_pr/palin_family_travel
Hmmm..
Is this an issue?
it's amazing that these little "issues" are blown up out of proportion, when it comes to Sarah.
But, when it comes to Barack, well, those are "attacks"...they are "not an issue"....it's "dirty politics"......time to "kill the messenger".....
But, who is asking Barack about his ties to the domestic terrorist?
Who in the media is showing concern about Barack's past...his "community organizing", with folks like ACORN?
His ties to that Rezko guy...
Why he stuck around the church, who CLEARLY had a "hate america/racist" pastor?
Who is showing any concern for his "spread the wealth around" agenda?
Trent Lott gets kicked out of the senate for being nice to Strom Thurmond....one wonders what would have happened if he had a pastor as racist as Obama's.
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RE: Palin's Kids Travelgate - 10/22/2008 11:56:32 AM
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So then she should have kept the jet, had the kids fly with her, been more comfortable and not had to deal with airports and stuff, and nobody would have complained despite the fact that the cost would have been over 5 TIMES what it was?
That makes a lot of sense. o.O
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RE: Palin's Kids Travelgate - 10/22/2008 12:24:01 PM
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There was a piece on the news last night about the amount of money spent in MN on the Palin's for wardrobe, hair and makeup for Palin and her family. Does the mainstream media have nothing better to do? If they want to look at the dollars spent on the Palin's, why not look into the dollars spent on the )Obama's as well?
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RE: Palin's Kids Travelgate - 10/22/2008 1:29:13 PM
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Zhi
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Well, it's a comparison.
We're comparing the cost of her buying tickets for her kids to go with her for a commercial flight, with the cost of her keeping the private governor's jet and using that for the flight, and frankly, it's cheaper. But ironically, no one would have cared about the kids tagging along on the private governor's jet.
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(Though to be honest I was hoping the Cubbies would go and face TB in the WS.) 
But since she's pro-life we can overlook all the other stuff, right? 
If she saved money by changing things up and adding the family that is wonderful. 
