Flip flops Palin comparison . . .

I'm listening to Sarah Palin's acceptance speech. It's tough. Probably because I am for the other team. But, on the other hand, I like politics, and I still just don't get McCain's choice for VP. There is so much smoke around this woman, one wonders if there is fire, or if she is just terribly unlucky or has ruthless enemies.

I wondered about this trooper scandal that apparently a nomination for VP is enough to stop, at least for awhile. The scandal was not created by the Democratic opposition. It has been the talk of Anchorage for several months. See http://www.anchoragepress.com/site/basicarticle.asp?ID=748 If you want the udated local report on the scandal, check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UojMnCgqVA
It seems that for several months Governor Palin said that no one in her administration had ever communicated at all about firing her brother-in-law. Then she changed her mind just recently. Maybe there was some communication. Yeah, that's the ticket.
I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens.

Palin makes a big deal out of cutting wasteful spending of federal government. In her speech after McCain announced his choice last Saturday, Palin said she stood up to Congress about the $310,000,000.00 Bridge to Nowhere and said Alaska did not want the money. McCain touted this as well. She did ultimately say that she was against the bridge, but that was only after her support for the bridge was a plank of her election platform. It was only after Alaska had spent tens of millions of dollars of the money on a road that was to lead up to the bridge that was never built. In October, 2005, there was significant talk in Congress that the money earmarked for the bridge to nowhere should be shifted to post-Katrina reconstruction efforts in Louisiana. This was never done, but the earmark for the bridge was lifted, and Alaska and the money could be used as Alaska chose. There was an outcry from Alaska citizens for the money to be given back to Congress. It was never returned, not by anyone, certainly not by Governor Palin. For instance, check this Reuters report http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN3125537020080901?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=10112&sp=true
Similar reports appear in Alaska newspapers as well. I am not sure how Palin stood up to Congress. But I guess we will have to wait to find out.

Flip flops are back in style. More to come. I'm sure. Unless I'm not. I guess we'll just have to find out.