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In Office, Palin Hired Friends and Hit Critics (NY Slimes hit piece)
NY Slimes ^

Posted on 09/13/2008 1:35:41 PM PDT by Chet 99

WASILLA, Alaska — Gov. Sarah Palin lives by the maxim that all politics is local, not to mention personal.

So when there was a vacancy at the top of the State Division of Agriculture, she appointed a high school classmate, Franci Havemeister, to the $95,000-a-year directorship. A former real estate agent, Ms. Havemeister cited her childhood love of cows as one of her qualifications for running the roughly $2 million agency.

Ms. Havemeister was one of at least five schoolmates Ms. Palin hired, often at salaries far exceeding their private sector wages.

When Ms. Palin had to cut the 2007 state budget, she avoided the legion of frustrated legislators and mayors. Instead, she huddled with her budget director and her husband, Todd, an oil field worker who is not a state employee, and vetoed millions of dollars of legislative projects.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: demsmearcampaign; hatinpalin; ibtz; mccainpalin; palin; palinrecord; smearcampaign; wasilla
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1 posted on 09/13/2008 1:35:42 PM PDT by Chet 99
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To: Chet 99
Keep up the good work, NYTimes! It's really paying off!


2 posted on 09/13/2008 1:37:33 PM PDT by andyandval
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To: Chet 99
The Founding Fathers envisioned ordinary citizens participating in government, rather than a “ruling class”.

SO SCREW YOU NY TIMES!

3 posted on 09/13/2008 1:38:09 PM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: andyandval

How dare she hire people she trusts and knows.


4 posted on 09/13/2008 1:38:13 PM PDT by stocksthatgoup (No Way, No How, NoBama)
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To: Chet 99

Well I guess it’s a good thing she doesn’t have friends like Tony Rezko, Billy Ayers and the good “reverend Wright.”


5 posted on 09/13/2008 1:38:21 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("Whites lift McCain to slim lead over Obama in poll" - Ass. Press ---09-12-08)
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To: andyandval

I wish they’d go under already.


6 posted on 09/13/2008 1:38:26 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: Chet 99

Imagine that, she hired trustworthy people and opposed those who wouldn’t support her.

What next? Todd once peed in the snow?


7 posted on 09/13/2008 1:39:15 PM PDT by DakotaRed (Don't you wish you had supported a conservative when you had the chance?)
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To: Chet 99

The MSM has lied at every opportunity. Why listen to anything that they say now?


8 posted on 09/13/2008 1:39:21 PM PDT by SampleMan (Community Organizer: What liberals do when they run out of college, before they run out of Marxism.)
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To: Chet 99
She's a politician? I'm shocked, shocked, shocked! That's earth-shattering news!!!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

9 posted on 09/13/2008 1:39:22 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Chet 99

Now why couldn’t she hire her enemies, like Democrats do when they are in office.

And as far as who she huddled with before vetoing spending, I couldn’t give a rat’s Obama, as long as she did in fact veto the pork.


10 posted on 09/13/2008 1:39:52 PM PDT by NavVet ( If you don't defend Conservatism in the Primaries, you won't have it to defend in November)
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To: Chet 99
I dunno .... "real estate agent" to "State Division of Agriculture" ... sounds about right to me as being qualified ...

Where is the 'scandal', NY Slimes ???????????????

11 posted on 09/13/2008 1:39:56 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
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To: Chet 99

LOL...is this the best the NYT can do? It’s a far cry from their usual hit pieces on Republicans and almost seems a parody.


12 posted on 09/13/2008 1:40:52 PM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: NavVet
So she rewards friends and punishes enemies? Every politician has done that since the beginning of time! Earth to New York Times - where's the scandal?

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

13 posted on 09/13/2008 1:41:33 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Well I guess it’s a good thing she doesn’t have friends like Tony Rezko, Billy Ayers and the good “reverend Wright.”


FlingWingFlyer - Speaking of the good Rev. Wright, check out what this NY minister has to say about Obama....................WOW!

Click Here

Manning's Fierce Prayer For Bristol Palin

(This guy doesn't leave much out - may be over the top for those with "tender ears"!)

14 posted on 09/13/2008 1:42:00 PM PDT by B-Cause (It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived.)
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To: Chet 99
How strange! I always prefer to surround my self with critical losers, and dump my worthy friends. ( sarcasm)
15 posted on 09/13/2008 1:42:16 PM PDT by Jaxmum (Anglicans, serving God since 100 AD. AlpineAnglican.com)
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To: SampleMan
Why listen to anything that they say now?

Exactly. Who reads the NY Times? Liberals in NYC? No big deal. NY Times = Fish Wrap.

16 posted on 09/13/2008 1:42:16 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: andyandval

At this point what ever comes out on the left will be viewed as Sarah Palin bashing. What we see in Sarah the left does not. What we do beieve is that we will not forget where all this nonsense came from! Get those shopping carts out you will be hitting the streets soon.


17 posted on 09/13/2008 1:42:25 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (IF YOU ARE NOT CONSERVATIVE BY 35 YOU HAVE NO BRAIN. W CHURCHILL)
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To: stocksthatgoup

And maybe, just maybe, getting advice from ... her husband?! Imagine Bill Clinton asking for help from his spouse. Unimaginable./s


18 posted on 09/13/2008 1:42:35 PM PDT by GOPPachyderm
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To: Chet 99

Just pathetic.

When I look back to what the democrat party was when JFK was elected and compare it to what it has become today I almost want to weep.


19 posted on 09/13/2008 1:44:03 PM PDT by scory
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To: Chet 99

She knew everybody in town. Of course, she hired a friend. They’ve got nothing, and every one of these “dud” articles innoculates her further from future smears. You know, NYT, when you have an 80% approval rating in your state, you’re doing something very right. If you want a story go look into Bill Ayers.


20 posted on 09/13/2008 1:45:26 PM PDT by shteebo
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