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Palin’s Pork History, Part 2
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Paul Kiel, ProPublica -
September 5, 2008 11:19 am EDT
When Gov. Sarah Palin was introduced as John McCain's running mate, she was touted as an adherent to McCain's anti-pork orthodoxy. She was a committed foe of "the abuses of earmark spending," and had rebuffed the notorious "bridge to nowhere."
But as a barrage of stories showed, the reality was far more complicated, particularly the bridge. It seemed hard to reconcile Palin's supposed anti-earmark bona fides with the mayor's glee in 1999 at landing a $1 million earmark for her town of 7000.
Today, McClatchy -- despite the unkind … more…
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Paul Kiel wrote for TPMmuckraker, Talking Points Memo’s investigative reporting blog, from 2006 to 2008. TPM’s coverage of the firings of U.S. attorneys and politicization of the Department of Justice won a George Polk Award for legal reporting.
