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Top Palin Videos
Troopergate: Palin fired Monegan for weakness in rural alcohol issues, offered him a job days later based on strength in rural alcohol issues
Palin tells the Alaskan Independence Party, whose goal is a vote on seceding from the U.S., to ‘keep up the good work.’
Palin skits on Saturday Night Live
As of July 31st, Palin did not know what the vice president does
Palin rallies the crowd at the Republican National Convention in Minnesota
Palin says her proposed $30 billion pipeline project is "God's will"
Palin says reductions in earmarks were because of Obama and McCain, not her
Introduction to the country by John McCain: first speech in Ohio
Palin incorrectly claims Alaska has accounted for "much progress" towards U.S. energy independence
How many pigs with lipstick are there in America?
Palin criticizes Hillary for complaining about sexist coverage; after being nominated, flip flops and says Hillary handled it well
McCain said readiness to be president would be chief factor; nine vice-presidents have become president in the past
Palin played significant role in planned gas pipeline, though has exaggerated some parts
As governor, Palin billed state for 312 nights she spent in her own home
Palin accepted $25,000 in gifts as governor; also received gifts from consituents while mayor
Palin children traveled on state
Palin did not cut special needs funding by 62%, she increased it
Palin's record on pork barrel earmark spending: among the worst in the U.S.
McCain attacked Wasilla three times during Palin's tenure for earmarks Palin won from Congress through lobbying
Palin's relationship to Ted Stevens, master of pork barrel spending
Record of Washington pork spending as mayor of Wasilla
Record of Washington pork spending as governor is worst in the country
Did not veto $500 million in earmarks as claimed
Affirmed her support for earmarks while governor
Alaska's earmark cutbacks were due to Congress, not Palin, Palin and her top official say.
Palin criticized Obama for having 1/30th the amount of earmarks she had as governor and 1/60th the amount she had as mayor
Palin's churches, and her speech as governor at the Wasilla Assembly of God
Said her proposed $30 billion pipeline project was “will of God” and asked that Iraq war be “task of God”
Palin spoke at the church as the governor, not as a private citizen; charged the state for airfare and other expenses
Pastor of Palin's church said people who criticized Bush would go to hell, and that Jesus was in ‘war mode‘ and favored going to war in Iraq
Palin's current church trying to get gay people to change their orientation
Speaking at Palin's church, founder of Jews for Jesus says Jews are being punished by terrorists
Major speeches and interviews since being selected
Palin blew the whistle twice on a fellow Republican
Jet not sold on eBay and not sold for a profit
Palin, Democrats appear to share credit for oil tax increase
The Bridge to Nowhere
Palin claims she killed the Bridge to Nowhere
Palin supported the bridge, accused ‘spinmeisters‘ of painting a negative image of it and used it to get elected
She criticized use of the phrase “bridge to nowhere” as insulting
Palin flip-flopped after the bridge became an embarrassment, and after Congress removed the funding earmark
Palin reversed her support without telling anyone in Ketchikan first
Palin announced her opposition to it at 5 a.m. Alaska time, a move critics say was timed to reach East Coast media before deadlines
Palin did not say “no thanks;” kept the originally earmarked money and used it for other projects.
Troopergate: Palin's firing of the public safety chief
A series of contradictory statements
State troopers' union calls for investigation of breach of confidential files
Advisor warned Palin to apologize about Monegan firing
Palin cited trip to Washington as reason for firing Monegan, despite authorizing the trip earlier
Palin did not endorse Buchanan in 2000; did attend a rally and wear a Buchanan button
Position on abortion
Palin favors teaching both contraception and abstinence
Laughed three times in a radio interview when opponent who had cancer was called a cancer, overweight and a bitch
Palin accepted money from known corrupt oilman later convicted in political scandals
A month before her selection, she didn’t know what the vice president does
Foreign policy and security
A beginner on national and international issues
Has only been to three foreign countries; never left North America before last year
Palin has put little focus on Iraq; equated the war with 9-11
Small involvement in Alaska National Guard
Proximity of Alaska to Russia
Palin did not appear to know what the Bush doctrine was
Palin and the press
Contradictory statements on Hillary Clinton's demeanor in the primary and the issue of news coverage of women politicians
Palin did not take one question from a reporter in her first 7 days
McCain campaign says Palin won't speak to the press unless it's in McCain's “best interest” and “best to win.”
Palin restricts press access while meeting with world leaders at UN
Presidential historians say Palin is least experienced person on a major party ticket in modern history
The two largest newspapers in Alaska have raised concerns about her experience and readiness
Palin and Democrats joined together to pass ethics bill
Alaskans mad about intrusions from McCain campaign into state government
The Environment
Believes global warming is not man-made
Palin is suing the Bush administration to prevent listing the polar bear as a threatened species
Drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Support for the practice of shooting wolves from airplanes
Bush campaign veterans brought in to help Palin
Husband was member of the fringe Alaskan Independence Party; Palin told ‘08 convention “keep up the good work.”
Photo of Palin in a bikini holding a rifle is fake
Palin criticized for mocking community organizing
Taxes
Supported new sales tax in Wasilla while running for city council
Increased sales tax by 25% as mayor of Wasilla
Palin reduced Wasilla property taxes by 75 percent
Increased tax on oil companies as governor; suspended 8 cent per gallon gas tax for one year
Spending
Palin increased spending by 63% as mayor of Wasilla
Left Wasilla with $20m in debt at end of term as mayor
Increased spending by 30% as governor
Alaska's budget was in surplus during Palin's two years
Cut 10% of capital budget requests submitted by legislature; later approved some
In her convention speech, Palin quoted a racist author who advocated killing
RFK
Alaska supplies 3.5% of the U.S. domestic energy supply, not 20% as claimed by Palin
Did Obama call Palin a pig?
Palin returned donation from indicted politician
TIME
magazine analysis of the Palin phenomenon
Experts: Palin's email practices raise questions about security, openness
Years as mayor of Wasilla
Palin tried to fire the Wasilla police chief and head of the town library in 1997 for “not fully supporting her”
Palin asked town librarian about banning books and told department heads they needed her permission to talk to reporters
Claim that Palin got more votes in Wasilla than Biden did for president
Wasilla charged rape victims for forensic exams
With a city administrator and no school system, Palin had limited duties as mayor
Editorials, columns and opinion pieces about Palin
In favor of Palin
Against Palin
Mixed
Palin's husband has returned to BP after a leave of absence
Palin did not cut funding for teen moms, she increased it
Statements on teaching creationism in public schools
Did Palin take a pay cut as mayor?
As mayor, Palin got zoning aid on sale of her home
Palin tells a voter U.S. should invade Pakistan if needed; McCain blames journalists
Palin and Drilling in
ANWR
Palin booed at
NHL
game
RNC
spends $150,000 on Palin and family's wardrobe
Palin pipeline terms curbed bids
Some in the McCain camp accuse Palin of going 'rogue'
Palin in 2012?
Obama ad features Palin
Suggestions and corrections
Palin blames Bush administration for defeat
Palin's return to Alaska may not be so warm
McCain Campaign Spent $110,000 on Palin's Stylists
Palin files late disclosure for free 2007 trips
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