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April 29, 2009
PALIN WILL ACCEPT THE CASH AFTER ALL.... Remember a few weeks ago, when Sarah Palin said she felt compelled to reject stimulus funds from the federal government? She said, at the time, that the recovery efforts came with too many "strings" and amounted to "an unsustainable, debt-ridden package of funds." The plan, according to the governor's office in March, was to reject more than 30% of the stimulus funds. Well, never mind all that now. Palin is taking the money.
That's the hilarious part. Just a month ago, according to a report in the Anchorage Daily News, Palin said it's not a gift when Congress offers dollars with strings attached that would increase government and require the state to follow mandates from Washington, D.C. "To me it's a bribe," Palin said a month ago. But when policymakers looked, they couldn't identify this string scourge, and didn't see a reason to turn down the money. It's not a total loss for Palin -- the governor will "turn away ... 29 million for a State Energy Program." Something to do with "strings." —Steve Benen 4:45 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (15)Comments
Here's an easy bet. Palin will continue to claim that she refused the money, and the media (as well as factcheck.org and politifact) will confirm it as true. Posted by: Danp on April 29, 2009 at 4:56 PM | PERMALINKapparently the money that la palin is still rejecting is that which would be used to upgrade building codes for energy efficiency. yeah, because alaskans live in such a temperate climate, they don't need no stinking energy efficient buildings. Posted by: karen marie on April 29, 2009 at 4:59 PM | PERMALINKas gomer pyle used to say, "SuhPRISE, suhPRISE, suhPRISE!" Posted by: mellowjohn on April 29, 2009 at 5:11 PM | PERMALINKSo Palin is saying, "Thanks, but no thanks," for the stimulus cash? Posted by: Eric on April 29, 2009 at 5:13 PM | PERMALINKI said, "Thanks, but 'no thanks' on that federal stimulus money to nowhere. -- S. Palin
Doesn't everything have to do with strings? [...] legislative leaders said they couldn't find any of the strings [...] -- google hostednews Looks like they're all a loose-leaf tea crowd. Who'd'a thunk it? Puppets. Posted by: exlibra on April 29, 2009 at 6:13 PM | PERMALINKlegislative leaders said they couldn't find any of the strings attached to the funds that Palin had warned about. That's because few Alaskan leaders are engaged in the "roll up your sleeves" tasks of everyday government like Sarah. Only those with the fortitude to do the hum drum, will catch those strings in the fine print. Posted by: palinoscopy on April 29, 2009 at 6:22 PM | PERMALINKDid Sarah ever back those clothes? Inquiring readers want to know. I want to know. Posted by: inkadu on April 29, 2009 at 7:19 PM | PERMALINKI'm surprised about the "no strings" coming up: is the FG just giving the stimulus money to States, no strings attached? Posted by: Neil B ↕ on April 29, 2009 at 9:36 PM | PERMALINKlike all big name republicans, palin is a congenital liar - being one is a requirements to being a big name republican. So there is nothing at all surprising here. Posted by: pluege on April 29, 2009 at 10:15 PM | PERMALINKLet's get real. This chick should be running nothing more taxing than an Costco food demo. If that. Hell! Even I'd be a better governor and I don't even know how to shoot a frickin' gun. Palin indicates to me that just about all Republicans are merely place-holders. They don't want to govern and individually, they aren't really all that ambitious. They wanna sit on their fat asses and play make-believe, which is exactly why they thought they could plop Palin in and life would go on. I'm guessing they weren't expecting Tonya Harding with a moose cannon. Posted by: MissMudd on April 30, 2009 at 12:16 AM | PERMALINKI guess Palin is practicing "String Theory." Think she as a "Grand Unified Theory" in mind? Posted by: Rick B on April 30, 2009 at 1:17 AM | PERMALINK. She can take the bus! Here's fitty cent. Few human influenza virus infection in pigs. But in recent years also found a number of human cases of swine flu infection, most of them with direct contact with sick pigs have been people. Posted by: runescape accounts on April 30, 2009 at 5:20 AM | PERMALINK
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