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To: tejek who wrote (421317)	10/1/2008 1:05:48 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577031

No matter how pleasant and unthreatening Couric presents her questions Palin becomes defensive. Clearly, she can't answer even the simplest of questions. I wonder what she's really been doing the past 15 years. George Will repeated last night in a speech to congressional aides that she is not fit for the office of VP... Al

To: tejek who wrote (421317)	10/1/2008 3:04:07 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577031

"I wonder what she's really been doing the past 15 years." She was learning the ins and outs of Alaska politics. Her mistake was deciding that would translate onto the national scene. However, Alaska is unlike any other state. For one, we have several cities that have more people than the entire state. For another, they get hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks so they can afford to give thousands of dollars to each man, woman and child who is a state resident. Last year, for example, we subsidized a $20k check to the Palin's, whose family income exceeded $100k.