Inevitable: Media needles Palin for requesting earmarks
posted at 9:00 pm on March 13, 2009 by Allahpundit
What better way to wind down a long week than with an angry 800-comment thread? MSNBC’s antagonism is predictable, but hearts will break at the thought of one of the few reporters the righty blogosphere respects piling on. Et tu, Tapper? Palin’s spokesman, Bill McAllister, tries to set the record straight:
“Let’s start with the overwhelming mischaracterization of Gov. Palin’s stance on earmarks that has been repeated and repeated since Aug. 29,” McAllister wrote. “The governor never said that earmarks should be abolished or that the State of Alaska wouldn’t seek or accept any. Didn’t happen. What she said well before she was a national candidate (going back at least to October of 2007) was that earmark reform was necessary and the state would need to rely less on federal money than it had been.”
McAllister then pointed out that Palin made 51 earmark requests for the FY 2008 budget, totaling $256 million; and 31 requests totaling $197 million, for the FY 2009 budget.
McAllister said that for next year’s budget, Gov. Palin will only make eight requests, totaling $69 million, which will include “six ongoing federal appropriations and just two new projects: an upgrade at the Kodiak Missile Defense Facility, which is relevant to national security, and a bridge replacement critical to construction of the pending Alaska natural gas pipeline, also in the national interest.”
Follow the link for Tapper’s pungently snarky response. Exit question: Who’s going to be our favorite White House correspondent now? That guy who called the Democrats ugly looks promising.
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Palin 2012! I’m sending my donation!!
I want the bumper sticker with the lipstick on it!!
JellyToast on March 13, 2009 at 9:02 PM
I’ve never really had a favorite WH reporter so this isn’t all that heart breaking for me.
myrenovations on March 13, 2009 at 9:03 PM
MSNBC is a left wing propaganda rag and you must just consider the source.
rplat on March 13, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Bring on the trolls.
HornetSting on March 13, 2009 at 9:05 PM
pity western union doesn’t do telegrams…
the President of the United States lied on this subject and is actually empowered to do something about it….and the newsies????
*crickets*
sven10077 on March 13, 2009 at 9:05 PM
Not earmarks, Palinmarks.
hanzblinx on March 13, 2009 at 9:06 PM
sven10077 on March 13, 2009 at 9:05 PM
Good point.
myrenovations on March 13, 2009 at 9:06 PM
*yawn*
aikidoka on March 13, 2009 at 9:06 PM
In the Name of Mike!…………
…………….. We CAN’T have any of THAT!!!
Seven Percent Solution on March 13, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Huh?!? Not another Frum article?
Kini on March 13, 2009 at 9:08 PM
why post this???
winston on March 13, 2009 at 9:09 PM
I heard David Schuster is the only man that has been seen buying tampax and their not for his woman.
HornetSting on March 13, 2009 at 9:09 PM
How does David Shuster not get his ass kicked every time he sets foot outside of the MSNBC studio?
myrenovations on March 13, 2009 at 9:09 PM
katy on March 13, 2009 at 9:14 PM
HornetSting on March 13, 2009 at 9:05 PM
I hear them charging us from behind them there hills
FontanaConservative on March 13, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Tapper might be better than the rest but he is still a liberal.
johnt on March 13, 2009 at 9:15 PM
The thing about Tapper isn’t that he’s some righty that won’t go after righties. He’s married to a Planned Parenthood exec. It’s just that he has no problem going after the Obama Administration as well.
amerpundit on March 13, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Question: “Abusive Earmarks” and “No Earmarks” are they one in the same?
Amadeus on March 13, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Earmarks are OK.
Sending money to a state and saying “do what you want with it” is just stupid.
Earmarks add accountability, if you earmark funds, your name is on it.
I would be all for the “Edward Kennedy memorial Chappaquaddick Island guardrail system” earmark.
Canerican on March 13, 2009 at 9:17 PM
Obama swore that he would ban all earmarks.
He lied.
Barry is the b.s. artiste El Supremo.
Every campaign promise he made for useful reforms has been broken.
Only the suicidally-stupid stuff, like closing Gitmo, have been followed through upon.
Barack rebuked, the Constitution puked.
profitsbeard on March 13, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Not true, most house Democrats do.
Except “big balls” Pelosi.
Canerican on March 13, 2009 at 9:19 PM
He didn’t challenge this nonsense either.
It’s true. Tapper has been a bit of a disappointment lately.
Rae on March 13, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Shuster is such a douche I can’t even bear to watch. Tapper, however, is pretty balanced and still very much a hottie. I am giving him a pass for this.
msmveritas on March 13, 2009 at 9:23 PM
I believe you can appropriate money for a specific project without an earmark. Maybe I’m wrong, but you can put it up for a vote and make spending on the project the law. Otherwise you have a situation where the earmark isn’t binding but rather a “suggestion” that tends to be followed. I could be wrong in this.
amerpundit on March 13, 2009 at 9:23 PM
It’s all those castrati that pass as men in DC.
sondiehl on March 13, 2009 at 9:23 PM
So governor Palin requested 69 million for worthy projects
the Kennedy family gets 25 million for themselves
interesting
joey24007 on March 13, 2009 at 9:24 PM
The media has no shame left if they jump all over Palin on this without having taken the Golden Boy to task first.
Mallard T. Drake on March 13, 2009 at 9:25 PM
$5 dollars on its way to Sarahpac. God Allah, your killing me with all the Palin postings.
Could you imagine the perfect Allah post?
Palin,Jesus,Technology,Huckabee,& a Dude post all in one. He would have a Blog-gasm.
portlandon on March 13, 2009 at 9:26 PM
:)
HornetSting on March 13, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Off topic a little, but I read where Olympia Snowe requested no earmarks. Not sure of the truth of this though. And, wonder if susan Collins did all of it for her.
jeanie on March 13, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Sarah we love ya!
Cinday Blackburn on March 13, 2009 at 9:28 PM
On the one hand, I think that if Palin was requesting earmarks, she deserves to be called on it.
On the other, it’s really up to Congress to stop adding them, and the President to stop approving them. Palin is neither.
malclave on March 13, 2009 at 9:29 PM
OK, I want someone to point out a state to me that receives no federal money at all. Folks, states dependent on the federal government is the game. Governors getting federal money is how the game is played.
I still like Tapper. He at least tries to play it down the middle.
I didn’t click on the link — but I wonder how many times Obama has been the subject of MSNBC’s “Hypocrisy Watch”?
ddrintn on March 13, 2009 at 9:31 PM
The left seems very, very afraid of Sarah. Did she actually request these, or did her Legislators or did the latter at her request?
jeanie on March 13, 2009 at 9:31 PM
I can taste their fear and it tastes like…well, not really “victory,” but fairly sweet, a little crunchy, a tad over done though…
29Victor on March 13, 2009 at 9:32 PM
All the way…………!
………. I don’t think the Left and MSM have any idea what running these tripe filled stories do to keep Gov. Palin alive, and well with the Conservative base.
Keep ‘em coming boys…….
……….. it’s like rain drops fillin’ up the well.
Seven Percent Solution on March 13, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Or the governor. Maine will get money from somewhere.
ddrintn on March 13, 2009 at 9:32 PM
I understand she thought they said stretch marks… I could be wrong.
katy on March 13, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Here is Palin’s release:
We did an original post on the subject here
joey24007 on March 13, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Speaking of earmarks,
the Tiger Stadium in Detroit is to get 3.8 million,
however,Levin has it attached to the 30 million dollar
funding for the Soo Locks,across the(ditch)St.Marys
River on the American side!
So in order for the locks to get funding,for the shipping
season to run smoothly,and move raw materials across Lake Superior,
Tiger Stadium needs a make-over!!
canopfor on March 13, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Did Palin say that all earmarks are bad?
I heard McCain say something simular but Palin with her 15 min on the world stage trying to carry McCain to the finish line was a little more careful. She after all had accepted earmarks in the past, so whats changed?
She promised to stop abusive earmark spending. Which was a way for her to be able to run with McCain and not be a total hypocrit.
Palin Has not changed.
Amadeus on March 13, 2009 at 9:37 PM
http://earmarks.omb.gov/
Earmarks are funds provided by the Congress for projects or programs where the congressional direction (in bill or report language) circumvents the merit-based or competitive allocation process, or specifies the location or recipient, or otherwise curtails the ability of the Executive Branch to properly manage funds.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/earmarks/preview-public-site/definitions.html
http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-03-10/ron-paul-slams-cavuto-on-earmarks/
http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-03-11/ron-paul-on-earmarks/
PrincipledPilgrim on March 13, 2009 at 9:38 PM
http://earmarks.omb.gov/
Earmarks are funds provided by the Congress for projects or programs where the congressional direction (in bill or report language) circumvents the merit-based or competitive allocation process, or specifies the location or recipient, or otherwise curtails the ability of the Executive Branch to properly manage funds.
PrincipledPilgrim on March 13, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Gee… I thought Sarah was perfect. Not just 99.99% better than Obama and the gang of tax cheats. I guess I’ll have to re-evaluate my opinion…
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Okay. All done. She still smashes the Dems to pieces. Sucks to be MSM losers. No point scored.
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RalphyBoy on March 13, 2009 at 9:40 PM
More on earmarks. I’m afraid I don’t entirely understand them. If someone has a “Earmarks for Dummies” resource, please share it. It is intriguing that earmarks actually put more power into Congress and out of the Executive branch.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/earmarks/preview-public-site/definitions.html
http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-03-10/ron-paul-slams-cavuto-on-earmarks/
http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-03-11/ron-paul-on-earmarks/
PrincipledPilgrim on March 13, 2009 at 9:41 PM
I don’t care what the MSM says… She is their number one threat therefore their number one target… Those of us who like her know enough to go to C4P or other Palin sites to get the unbiased news… those who hate her will eat up whatever the MSM says … This country is getting sicker by the day thanks to the Hatefilled Left
CCRWM on March 13, 2009 at 9:42 PM
One of many hit pieces on our beloved Sarah. More will be forthcoming in the coming months. It doesn’t matter any more. SarahPAC rules the day.
technopeasant on March 13, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Mis-characterization,b#sterdization,and besmirchment of the
facts,
on SarahCuda,will bring a swift rain of verbal airstrikes,
for any trolls who dare criticize Governor Sarah Palin!hehe.
canopfor on March 13, 2009 at 9:46 PM
My only problem with Tapper’s post is the snark about “palling around with terrorists.” William Ayers is a terrorist, and he’s pals with Obama. These are facts.
Jim Treacher on March 13, 2009 at 9:47 PM
ddrintn on March 13, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Yes, it seems they are. A friend from ME mentioned that huge chunks of it were going to fund Medicaid. The same in RI, where more than half of it is funding Medicaid.
jeanie on March 13, 2009 at 9:47 PM
I’m just about to the point of becoming a complete news block-out individual.
I can’t stand to even watch FOX anymore. Liberals are slowly – but surely – taking them over.
I’m being reduced to watching clips and reading articles on my computer. Now, even those sources are beginning to annoy me.
At nearly every turn the liberals and dems are bashing conservatives. 95% of said bashing is just idiotic nonsense.
When is our side going to take off the gloves and fight fire with fire and go toe-to-toe with all those
damnlibs? When are we going to make up 1000s of bold-faces lies a day about libs? When are we going to start rumors that Obama’s kids are not his? When are we going to demand that Polosi stop exercising her ‘mile high club’ privileges every time she flies an Air Force jet? When are we going to photoshop Reed into a Nevada whorehouse and then post the result on the net?I’m tired of getting beat up every day and the only response it to simple expose the dirty tricks of the other side.
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Kudos to Charles Krauthammer for refusing an invite to the White House.
Hal-9000 on March 13, 2009 at 9:47 PM
said the spokesman for the governor who repeatedly referred to then-Senator, now-President Obama as “palling around with terrorists.”
Really? Is this necessary?
KelliD on March 13, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Yellow journalism.
SouthernGent on March 13, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Allah, you magnificent bastard.
SnarkVader on March 13, 2009 at 9:50 PM
She asked for federal money for relevant things like defense and infrastructure. She didn’t ask for a trillion dollar earmark to build plaques to Bobby Kennedy dishonestly disguised as a stimulus.
Calling Palin hypocritical for that is like calling J. Edgar Hoover a hypocrite for going after John Dillinger for bank robbery and then withdrawing $50 from his own bank account.
Crusty on March 13, 2009 at 9:50 PM
I was wondering if anyone can enlighten me as to how funding Medicaid creates jobs and helps with housing defaults. I’d be really interested.
jeanie on March 13, 2009 at 9:51 PM
ill laugh and vote libertarian if the media goads you into nominating palin out of spite.
ernesto on March 13, 2009 at 9:52 PM
AP, I knew you would wait for a negative story like this before posting another specific thread on Sarah.
By the way I just went for the final returns on your Hot Air poll of:
Who is the leader of the Republican Party?
Sarah Palin (38%) 3671 votes
Rush Limbaugh 928%) 2869 votes
9749 votes
AP the resuits speak for themselves. Don’t insult our IQ by posting any more threads that other GOP politicians are more popular than Sarah. it’s just not intellectually honest.
technopeasant on March 13, 2009 at 9:52 PM
We live in an age where observing a crime is considered worse than committing it.
Crusty on March 13, 2009 at 9:52 PM
should be Rush Limbaugh (28%) 2869 votes
technopeasant on March 13, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Be our guest. Bob Barr will probably run again.
ddrintn on March 13, 2009 at 9:53 PM
she has never said she wanted to ban all earmarks that was our favorite senator mr. mccain. Look at how drastically her earmark requests have dropped over the past 2 years. Its not like she is a fan of earmarks.
ousoonerfan15 on March 13, 2009 at 9:53 PM
For the love of God can someone find where Sarah said all earmarks are bad and that as VP she would never allow/ accept them? I dont remember that. I remember the parsing of words to say that Abusive Earmarks would be Vetoed or somthing. I understood that to mean there was a difference between abusive earmarks and other earmarks.
If she said that all earmarks are Wrong then yes it seems Hypocritical but I never heard her say that.
Amadeus on March 13, 2009 at 9:54 PM
He’s seen what’s happened to Jim Cramer.
ddrintn on March 13, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Also lets compare what she is asking for versus what the other states are asking for…I bet that list is quite telling…
So are we now donating to SarahPac everytime Palin is smeared or mischaracterized? Is the amount $5?
CCRWM on March 13, 2009 at 9:55 PM
LOL…she’s damned if she does, damned if she doesn’t. If she refused all those nasty earmarks, she’d be responsible for the starvation and neglect of thousands of Alaskan children.
ddrintn on March 13, 2009 at 9:56 PM
The federal government holds the state of Alaska hostage.
What is West Virginia’s excuse?
joey24007 on March 13, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Even Bill Ayres never had this much venom directed towards him. Oh right, he’s a friend of the Messiah. We can’t touch him or the wrath of God will come down upon us.
technopeasant on March 13, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Allah said it in the first line, “800comments”. He knows the right buttons to push.
Greed on March 13, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Pffft. We don’t really fear Bill Ayers, except for the indoctrination job he’s doing on whatever young charges in his authority. Palin has scared the moonbats sh!tless since August 29.
ddrintn on March 13, 2009 at 10:03 PM
*bingo*
the newsies have been TOLD “our agenda trumps any pretense on your part of objectivity bub”
sven10077 on March 13, 2009 at 10:03 PM
And we’ll care if… if…
Can’t think of a reason.
CK MacLeod on March 13, 2009 at 10:03 PM
you do that Ernie…I’ll be easy to recognize in the “Edward Kennedy Economic Vocational Camp” we link up in….I’ll have the scar over my eye and a sneer…
sven10077 on March 13, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Yellow journalism.
SouthernGent on Mar 13,2009 at 9:50PM.
SouthernGent: And the yellow journalism,looks the same as
warm pee from a Husky dog,when it goes wee
wee,in zee snow!haha:)
canopfor on March 13, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Don’t you love farce?
My fault I fear.
I thought that you’d want what I want.
Sorry, my dear.
But where are the trolls?
Quick, send in the trolls.
Don’t bother, they’re here.
Who in their right mind would complain about two earmarks — both for national security? Tapper must have gooten a call from four White House aides.
chunderroad on March 13, 2009 at 10:06 PM
While earmarks are just a small percentage of federal spending, no conservative should be defending any of them. If these programs and projects are so necessary for a state they should pay for it themselves.
Earmarks are nothing more then Congressman, Senators, Governors, Mayors and anyone else who stick them in bills or request them a way to buy votes.
lowandslow on March 13, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Personally, I don’t think Allah can get to the 800 post target without help – some anti-Palinite Republican seeking to boost his or her favorite candidate, or a lefty troll as a last resort, insisting on something despicably judgmental, inhumane, and uninformed about Palin’s family. Within a few hundred posts, we’d probably see all the same recyclage that most of us were already bored with by October.
CK MacLeod on March 13, 2009 at 10:09 PM
“Favorite White House Correspondant” is about as important to me as my “Favorite pimple on my a$$”
omnipotent on March 13, 2009 at 10:09 PM
So why has Palin decreased her earmarks since becoming Governor?
Each year is less than the year before and the mostly concentrate on Roads and military installations ( the state of Alaska did not participate in the infrastructure boom of the lower 48 and the fed. holds them hostage on such things)
How does less earmarks translate into more votes?
using your logic of course
joey24007 on March 13, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Gotten not “gooten.”
OT. Please take a second to click this link and vote 10 stars for a breaking artist. I posted on this earlier in a couple threads and made some headway. The results were a .5% increase within a short time.
chunderroad on March 13, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Poptech! Where are you!!! AP is counting you!
TimeTraveler on March 13, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Poptech! Where are you!!! AP is counting you!
TimeTraveler on March 13, 2009 at 10:11 PM
I agree CK. This thread really needs to heat up if it even wants to get to 400.
ousoonerfan15 on March 13, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Its still hunting season on Governor Palin,
and yet,the Liberal MSM,still are acting as if
their’s still an election on the go,
typical tho,
Liberals hunting in the off-season,
so that means,
the Liberal creeps are poachers!!!!!(Sarc).
canopfor on March 13, 2009 at 10:12 PM
These earmarks are in the national interest. One is for the missile defense system. The other is for the pipeline.
chunderroad on March 13, 2009 at 10:13 PM
I dont disagree but the issue is Hypocrocy. Did SP use Earmarks in the past? Yes. Is she requesting them now? Yes. Did she say all earmarks are wrong? I dont know for certain, but i dont remember her saying that.
Amadeus on March 13, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Jake Tapper, over the past few months, has made a good show of appearing objective regarding asking Obama questions in his press conferences. Now we know it was all a ruse. After all, even the Messiah can’t admit that 100% of the MSM is in the tank for him; he’s got to make it appear there is at least 1 maverick. Welcome home Jake. You have more important business to take care of, like destroying the life of the Governor of Alaska.
technopeasant on March 13, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Tapper is a liberal butt boy. He throws a bone at republicans and I see some of the people drool over this.
Palin requested responsibly for purposes that are worthy of the state. Even Rick Santorum, a conservative, was on Hannity a couple of weeks ago and said there are some earmarks that are good for the state.
Tammy Bruce made an interesting point on her radio show today. McLame claims to be against earmarks, and yes he has a record of that. But his co-senator, Kyl, asks for the earmarks for the state of Arizona. McLame has cover.
jencab on March 13, 2009 at 10:15 PM
LOL, yeah, like we need to see Mitt Romney’s resume for the 1,242nd time.
ddrintn on March 13, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Crap,thats there’s, not theirs!
canopfor on March 13, 2009 at 10:15 PM
ousoonerfan15 on March 13, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Where is Poptech when you need him?
technopeasant on March 13, 2009 at 10:16 PM
I went into more detail on this elsewhere. My intent is not to disrupt traffic from this site, but just help my husband. Here is what I wrote:
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chunderroad on March 13, 2009 at 10:17 PM
I heard Keith Olbermann’s rating are going in the tank. Gee, Shuster just keep this up and you’ll be in worse shape than dear old Keith!
technopeasant on March 13, 2009 at 10:17 PM
You don’t get it, if these projects were vital to our national interests they should be done through appropriations, all spending should. There should be no defending any earmarks from any politician.
lowandslow on March 13, 2009 at 10:18 PM
A governor would be lynched for refusing all earmarks.
ddrintn on March 13, 2009 at 10:19 PM
yes, because a missile defense system and Palin’s pipeline are priorities for the democrats that control Congress
right
nice try
joey24007 on March 13, 2009 at 10:19 PM
I liked how he joked about what earmarks are on SNL’s Weekend Update, but I can’t believe he would deliberately misrepresent his record on that. Ron Paul does it, too, though; it turns out he’s the biggest porker in the GOP.
chunderroad on March 13, 2009 at 10:20 PM
What would the practical difference be? The money’s still spent.
ddrintn on March 13, 2009 at 10:20 PM
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