Sarah Palin sought, got federal pork
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin apparently likes a good earmark as much as most other politicians.
The watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense found that when Palin was mayor of little old Wasilla, Alaska she hired a well-connected law firm to lobby for nearly $27 million in earmarks. That's the kind of spending Sen. John McCain, the all-but-official Republican nominee typically rails against as pork.
The TCS report, which the Washington Post ...
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