Hypocrisy, Palin is thy Name
From the WaPo
By Paul Kane
ST. PAUL — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee who revealed Monday that her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, earlier this year used her line-item veto to slash funding for a state program benefiting in need of a place to live.After the legislature passed a spending bill in April, Palin went through the measure reducing and eliminating funds for programs she opposed. Inking her initials on the legislation — “SP” — Palin reduced funding for by more than 20 percent, cutting funds from $5 million to $3.9 million. Covenant House is a mix of programs and shelters for troubled youths, including , which is a transitional home for teenage mothers.
According to Passage House’s web site, its purpose is to provide “young mothers a place to live with their babies for up to eighteen months while they gain the necessary skills and resources to change their lives” and help teen moms “become productive, successful, independent adults who create and provide a stable environment for themselves and their families.”
Palin’s own daughter, Bristol, is five months pregnant and has plans to wed.
“Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realize very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family,” Palin said in a statement released by the McCain campaign.
[tags]Palin,GOP,Election 2008,hypocrite[/tags]
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Comments
Comment from Mike
Time: 9/6/2008, 5:43 pm
Hey Doug, the blog’s new look is looking good! And,as always, all that’s going down here is great.
Comment from Doug Alder
Time: 9/6/2008, 5:57 pm
Hey thanks Mike - I still have to work on the background colour and the font colour, but it’s coming along.
LJ - She got that position because she’s the perfect distraction. She’s taken the heat of McCain and fired up the extreme Christian base. I very much fear McCain is going to win this election. This election for the GOP is all about the 2-3 Supreme Court appointees that will arise over the next four years. If McCain gets in you can expect Roe vs. Wade to be overturned along with a lot of other “rights”.
Comment from lucyjane
Time: 9/6/2008, 5:03 pm
I happen to contribute to the Covenant House and think Palin is heartless and deserves to be investigated thoroughly for all that won her this position so quickly in her rise it baffles me.