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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (414628)	9/6/2008 3:37:08 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577116

>The plane started off being used 50% of the time for transporting convicts and 25% of the time for the former governor's personal use. The personal use then became a larger percentage. Meanwhile, the plane itself was twice as expensive for convict transport compared to relying on the U.S. Marshall service. >That was all stated in the article itself. Did you read it? No, but if true, it was still not much more than a symbolic gesture. How much money did it save the state? -Z

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (414628)	9/6/2008 3:50:41 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577116

The fact is that these things they're trying to pick her apart on are nothing. The plane. The trooper. The bridge to nowhere. It is obvious she would use the plane and bridge as examples of her fiscal responsibility. But like Obama's campaign rhetoric, they're pictures painted for the consumption of the electorate and obviously will carry the most favorable interpretation. Likewise, the Dems are going to make more of the trooper issue than is warranted. Where the real problem comes in is when you have CNN's Campbell Brown plastering a sign on CNN's screen for a full hour that says, "Palin Trooper Scandal". This is a lie, anyway you cut it. There is no scandal. Palin has not been determined to have done anything wrong, and even if she HAD BEEN, it would be so insignificant as to not warrant more than a mere mention. It is the prerogative, in fact the responsibility, of a governor to rid her government of employees who are not performing adequately. I would hope she would do similar housecleaning if she becomes president some day.