tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069354713843321730.post298753189913662897..comments2023-10-01T09:22:37.695-07:00Comments on Economists for Obama: Earmarks: Mayor Palin vs. Senator ObamaDon Pedrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15438565798505041042noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069354713843321730.post-9169073799102993982008-09-15T14:23:00.000-07:002008-09-15T14:23:00.000-07:00From Talking Points: Palin won a "major upset" in ...From Talking Points: Palin won a "major upset" in the race for the mayor of Wasilla, 616-413! I think I got more votes running for president of my high school class (and I lost!)<BR/><BR/>That would be kind of cute, if her experience as mayor of Wasilla wasn't being touted by GOPers as one sign of her preparedness to be back-up commander-in-chief.<BR/><BR/>Barack Obama took up the argument about the size of Wasilla, pointing out that Wasilla has approximately 50 employees, while his own campaign has 50 times as many, or roughly 2,500.<BR/><BR/>Some "administrative experience." Plus, she's a complete hypocrite on the issue of earmarks, and was avidly for them, before she was against them. Lastly, Alaska is still fishing for federal money to build the bridge to nowhere, and is currently evaluating different designs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069354713843321730.post-84879882747431542652008-09-09T23:29:00.000-07:002008-09-09T23:29:00.000-07:00Have you had a chance to review the 990 for the De...Have you had a chance to review the 990 for the Developing Communities Project? It's worth looking at! Obama claims that his position as director of the Developing Communities Project qualifies him to be president where he was a community organizer. Just to put things in perspective - the annual revenue during Obama's best year at the Developing Communities Project was $400,000. The annual budget for Wasilla, Alaska was $13 million. Let's see.... 13mil vs 400,000! You're comparing earmarks - Obama hasn't even don anything to compare his record. Perhaps if Obama had done something, maybe he could have gone after money for his constituents! Obama's resume doesn't qualify him to run a small business, much less our economy!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069354713843321730.post-84582166952678899832008-09-09T21:06:00.000-07:002008-09-09T21:06:00.000-07:00Why is Obama being a hypocrite about earmarks...Pa...Why is Obama being a hypocrite about earmarks...Palin cut the federal earmark requests by 50 percent in one year and Obama has only increased his earmarks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069354713843321730.post-19041212626653283592008-09-06T14:23:00.000-07:002008-09-06T14:23:00.000-07:00anon, I agree that there is a bigger issue of hypo...anon, I agree that there is a bigger issue of hypocrisy, but I also think the earmarks issue is relevant in an of itself because it is emblematic of her history of corrupt practices:<BR/><BR/>1. hired a lobbyist as Mayor of Wasilla<BR/>2. The lobbyist was tied to Abramoff<BR/>3. She had particularly egregious earmarks that McCain himself singled out as wasteful.<BR/>4. She did this while Wasilla was in need fo basic infrastructure improvement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069354713843321730.post-23706859016094915302008-09-06T13:28:00.000-07:002008-09-06T13:28:00.000-07:00Funny thing, as much as I dislike Palin, I don’t c...Funny thing, as much as I dislike Palin, I don’t citizen her for going after earmarks for her constituents. She was simply living up to the “Alaska First” mentality of the AIP, of which her husband was a member and she clearly supported.<BR/><BR/>What I find bizarre, is McCain’s skewed rationalization that Palin fits into his “Country First” campaign and that a recipient of a bizarrely large amount of earmarks would be his choice to help cut pork barrel spending. Maybe he figures if Palin is by his side in Washington, she won’t have her hand constantly down his pockets looking for more earmarks. Yep, that is one way to handle out of control spending.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069354713843321730.post-72924974713492444122008-09-06T13:15:00.000-07:002008-09-06T13:15:00.000-07:00Jonah,However, one of Palin's earmarks was to desi...Jonah,<BR/><BR/>However, one of Palin's earmarks was to designed to improve <A HREF="http://econ4obama.blogspot.com/2008/09/productivity-in-bering-sea.html" REL="nofollow">productivity</A> as I pointed out here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com