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"Sarah knows how to field-dress a moose. I know how to castrate a calf. Neither of those things has anything at all to do with this election."Iowa Lt. Gov. Patty Judge (D)
http://iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=135972
A fun read. Click on the link to read the entire article.
Excerpt:
Harkin himself spent a few minutes weighing in on the Republican
ticket. He said what troubled him most was Palin selling herself as a
conservative that has a track record of cutting wasteful government
spending.
“When I saw her get up and talk about all these earmarks, I said
‘Wait a minute, what’s going on here? Did I wake up in a parallel
universe?’ When she was mayor she got more earmarks for her town per
capita than any city in the United States of America,” he said. “This
February, as the governor, she requested $270 million in earmarks from
our committee.”
Harkin also took aim at the factual accuracy of claims Palin
continues to make about specific instances she rejected pork barrel
spending.
“She keeps saying she stopped that ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ -- not
true,” he said. “In November of 2006 Congress stopped the ‘Bridge to
Nowhere.’ Here’s the kicker -- she kept the money.”
Harkin concluded by saying Palin has “more earmarks than John McCain has houses.”
Comments (1)
Gad, this is a good one! Great to know there's still humor coming out of IA.
And: Go HARKIN!
September 15, 2008 2:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
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