Video: Palin announces she’ll reject $515 million of stimulus money; Update: Actually, $288 million
posted at 7:50 pm on March 19, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Excellent. She’s up for re-election next year and this move won’t do her any favors inside the state, so I can only assume it’s a sign that she’s keeping her options open for 2012.
“We will request federal stimulus funds for capital projects that will create new jobs and expand the economy,” Governor Palin said. “We won’t be bound by federal strings in exchange for dollars, nor will we dig ourselves a deeper hole in two years when these federal funds are gone. For instance, in order to accept what look like attractive energy funds, our local communities would be required to adopt uniform building codes. Government would then be required to police those codes. These types of funds are not sensible for Alaska.”…
“Our desire is to foster a discussion about what is true stimulus and what is just more federal interference in Alaskans’ lives through the growth of government,” Governor Palin said. “We think stimulus items devoted to government agency growth and program expansion ought to be examined in light of the funding needs already being addressed with our pending budget requests.”
Follow the link up top for the full press release or click the image and scroll down for video of her presser. According to the ADN, the biggest chunk of the money that she’s turning down would go to education, so look out for a “Palin hates children” story on “Countdown” tonight or tomorrow. She also promised to work with the legislature if they decide they want to invoke the stimulus’s “Sanford Amendment” and accept the money. Exit question: Er, is the “Sanford Amendment” constitutional? Survey says: No.
Update: My bad: Debbie Schlussel e-mails to note that Palin actually rejected $288 million, not $515 million. Overall, that means she’ll accept 69% of the funds. Sorry for the error.
Update: Why did Palin initially say she was rejecting roughly half the funds when the actual number’s just north of 30%? The ADN explains:
Palin first told the news media that she’s turning down nearly half the federal stimulus money — but later conceded that does not count the Medicaid money she is accepting. That brings down what she’s refusing to 31 percent of what the state government could get. Local governments and nonprofits could still compete for stimulus grants.
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So, what does that make you?
joey24007 on March 20, 2009 at 11:57 AM
Wow, I see the Palinmessiah fanatics haven’t advanced much from the sandbox “I know you are but what am I.” Pat yourself on the back. I’m at least someone who can read, since allah completely got this entire story wrong. And you blind Palin followers all fell for it.
Debbie Schlussel on March 20, 2009 at 12:00 PM
I heard that she rejected some of the funds and offered to steer them to you for make-up.
And that name “Debbie” … that is a weirdo name … your family must be weird too
joey24007 on March 20, 2009 at 12:01 PM
Hmmm … is this coming from the same person who makes fun of the names of children?
Also, read the breakdown of the stimulus requests/denial
Hint: … it has to deal with Medicaid
joey24007 on March 20, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Yes, someone who names her first kid after what she runs on is simply brilliant and the person that we need for sure in the Oval Office. I made fun of the idiot who named her special needs kid Van Palin. Yup, unbelievable of me. If Barack Obama had named his kids 2 Live Crew and Treadmill, I’m sure no conservative would ever say a word.
I did read it, and even the Sarahmessiah’s lying press release admits she is ACCEPTING–not rejecting as allahp is claiming–$515 million. She’s no conservative. She’s a fraud. And despite the fact that you blind followers refuse to wake up, she will never be President. If she is the nominee in 2012, and she won’t be, Barack will be Prez for 8 years, as a symptom of your blindness.
Debbie Schlussel on March 20, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Hey dude, you need to read the updated headline and coment by Allahpundit. He admits I was right. But maybe your Sarahvision prevents you from seeing it.
Debbie Schlussel on March 20, 2009 at 12:10 PM
Debbie, lets be friends
I’m not middle eastern so it might work out
joey24007 on March 20, 2009 at 12:11 PM
Hint Hint:
Medicaid
Read here
joey24007 on March 20, 2009 at 12:13 PM
You were right about what?
KTVA reported the big number first and then it was reduced after the Medicaid provision was inserted.
We knew about this last night
joey24007 on March 20, 2009 at 12:15 PM
Wow, I’m likin the Debbie Schlessel gal, because she can see through all your idiot Palin-worshipping.
Even if she did piss on Tasha Richardson’s grave, for which she will get her reward in hell.
Blueneck on March 20, 2009 at 12:17 PM
Palin = Governor of a State
Debbie = Jealous chick calling her an idiot on a blog
go figure
Palin is much better looking too
joey24007 on March 20, 2009 at 12:21 PM
AP now buying into the 31% misinformation in the header.
joey24007 could you please explain the discrepancy again.
technopeasant on March 20, 2009 at 12:24 PM
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joey24007 on March 20, 2009 at 12:24 PM
Um, please read Allahpundit’s update above. And please re-read your heroine Palinmessiah’s press release. She and Allahp disagree with your weird interpretation of her straight admission she took $515 million, not rejected it, and for the record, AllahPundit–who told me in an e-mail that no-one cares about accuracy on this but me, which is interesting coming from someone who constantly criticizes the MSM for getting things wrong–still gets it wrong. Palin claims and admits in the press release that she accepted $515 million or 55%, but the rest of the media looked closer and it’s actually $642 million or 69% that she’s accepting. That’s where your Medicaid distinction might come in.
Yup, saying I feel sorry for Richardson and her family, but calling “The View” chicks to task for lying about her pro-PLO/Gitmo terrorists mother Vanessa Redgrave is “pissin on her grave.” Wake the heck up.
Debbie Schlussel on March 20, 2009 at 12:26 PM
You rule, Joe. Plus, be easy on Deb. She’s got a bit of a “Maureen Dowd” problem, if you know what I mean.
Pasalubong on March 20, 2009 at 12:28 PM
The Medicaid was already accepted by the House Debbie! It is part of the budget already
Allahpundit doesn’t care about accuracy either … this is the guy who reported an AP story that Palin “Lobbied for the stimulus” and AP story that had no source
There is no point arguing with you over this Debbie, good day.
You know, I have no problem debating issues but you called Palin an idiot because of the names of her children
You are suffering from a severe case of Palin Derangement Syndrome
Bye now
joey24007 on March 20, 2009 at 12:30 PM
From Sarah Palin’s own lying press release:
Reading is not your friend, since you refuse to do it.
Debbie Schlussel on March 20, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Ok,
So with these numbers:
Jindal rejects 3% of the Stimulus Money
Perry rejects 5% of the Stimulus Money
Palin rejects 30% of the Stimulus Money
Sarah’s 10x more of a fiscal conservative than Bobby Jindal.
Norwegian on March 20, 2009 at 12:33 PM
No No No
Her kid’s name is “Track” so she is not a conservative
joey24007 on March 20, 2009 at 12:36 PM
hahahahahahahahaha
Amadeus on March 20, 2009 at 12:36 PM
Poor, predictable Debbie. Hits on her own site must really be down if she’s back to flaming in Palin threads.
HuskerNate on March 20, 2009 at 12:38 PM
Debbie Schlussel on March 20, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Yeah, your “sorryness” was about as heartfelt as Josef Frtzl’s. Sometimes decorum should trump politics. Save venting your sorry ass political spleen for an appropriate time.
Blueneck on March 20, 2009 at 12:39 PM
I don’t know who Debbie Schlussel is…sorry. If she’s anything like my ex-wife (she sounds allot like her) then she probably gets this way every few weeks or so…..
repvoter on March 20, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Typical…do you think she is really a fraud? Or are you just upset that a beautiful women can command so much respect…jealousy eats at you.
She diverted the funds to more appropriate road building…even Stevens said she was never really behind the building of the bridge, but was behind accepting money to be diverted.
You charade is tiresome…I used to respect you, but you have really been derailed by your name calling.
Her initial statement did not include Medicaid money, as she was clearly speaking about “infrastructure”, you didn’t hear the words “infrastructure”.
So the intial figures are correct, and yours are almost correct…$930.7 million, rejecting $288 million. 31% is what she is rejecting.
The most important part…that you left out.
She said all this will be debated openly, by the peoples representatives…
Now please…relax, when you look in your mirrors you can tell yourself you are still beautiful and people still love you…
right2bright on March 20, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Debbie, until you can talk about someone being a prositute (yourself due to dating some people I.E. Hollywood type), I would suggest you cut the crap out.
upinak on March 20, 2009 at 12:43 PM
That makes her a bitter old b1tch who fluffs the biggest whore of them all… Obama.
chunderroad on March 20, 2009 at 12:44 PM
Ya know, you don’t have to be an accountant to know AP (or his staff) have a mathematics deficiency. I’m only a lowly retired engineer, but I have had the math. Based on $515M offered and $288M rejected, that leaves $227 accepted. that is a 56% rejection or 44% acceptance. Where does that translate into: Update 1 – 69% accept and Update 2 – just north of 30% reject?
I really do like you AP, but when you get involved with anything on the subject of Sarah Palin, you revert to New York Times journalism.
Old Country Boy on March 20, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Why are all the smelly liberal hippies so afraid of Sarah Palin? Are small town values are such a threat to the homosexual/special interest tax-cheating crowd?
ObamatheMessiah on March 20, 2009 at 12:49 PM
Thanks for reminding us what is important to this news-bimbo…she stooped to making fun of Gov. Palin’s childrens names…classy isn’t in Deb’s dictionary.
right2bright on March 20, 2009 at 12:49 PM
Wow, Ms. Schlussel you give new meaning to the word hateful. You definately have anger issues and should deal with them before they consume you. If you’re not into all that touchy-feely psychobabble stuff, at least consider some prescription strength “happy pills” because you sure need them. I’m not quite sure what your beef with Palin is but I would be willing to bet you pretty much have a beef with life in general. It’s people like you who give conservatives a bad name. Please consider becoming a liberal.
Redneck Woman on March 20, 2009 at 12:51 PM
Go choke on soap you nutjob.
btw, your freaking voice is annoying and you look like a horse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHvGXVshDOA
Why am I engaging in these factual based and petty attacks?
hmmm…..Most folks can’t take you seriously after that comment.
TimeTraveler on March 20, 2009 at 12:56 PM
We also read the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner:
She expected to file an appropriations bill this afternoon accepting about $251.5 million in stimulus funds, coupled with allocations of $262.6 million already requested for transportation and aviation projects for a total state take of about $514.1 million.
And KTVA:
Governor Sarah Palin announced that she is proposing a bill that will allow the state to accept only 55-percent of federal recovery funds. Palin gave several examples that underlined her reasoning for wanting to reject the funds. In total, if the bill were passed, $515-million of the almost $1-billion would be rejected by the state.
Since you’re attacking Palin’s supporters, and this item was originally linked from C4P, I will include their comments.
The ADN is reporting that Gov. Palin rejected 30% of the stimulus money. She claims to be accepting only 55%. So where’s the missing 15%? The discrepancy is over the Medicaid funding. Palin already accepted that and doesn’t consider it part of the stimulus funding; hence, her figure of accepting only 55%.
Here is a breakdown of the Palin administration’s stimulus requests.
And see here for further information.
Also, here’s Gov. Palin’s letter to state lawmakers regarding her decision on the stimulus.
chunderroad on March 20, 2009 at 12:56 PM
If Sarah Palin is a prostitute then Barack Obama is a pimp. While Sarah sells herself to the ‘johns’ of Alaska and their wives and children by working 18 hour day on their behalf, Obama lives off the avails of AIG, Fannie Mae-Freddie MAC and ACORN and millions of male and female prostitutes who have sold themselves out in name of Obama’s socialist agenda and have been seduced by the drug of Messianic illusion of a beckoning nirvana devoid of greed and capitalist pigs.
technopeasant on March 20, 2009 at 12:57 PM
Hot Air only lets this psychotic Debbie out of her cage when there is a Palinmania outbreak. She makes their regular duty trolls Media Hacks, sethstorm and getalife look like pikers.
james23 on March 20, 2009 at 12:59 PM
And a link to Conservatives4Palin, since they do such excellent and thorough work there.
chunderroad on March 20, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Debbie will never admit she was wrong…that Palin’s press release was accurate, and that Debbie didn’t do her homework.
Deb’s is not the type to admit wrong…especially when she has already made up her mind.
Palin is a “fraud”, a “liar”, not a conservative, names her children funny names, is a “fake”, “phony”…and never, never, has made a good decision in her life.
Whenever you see someone posts like that, then you know it is something more then “ideology”…
right2bright on March 20, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Good lord! Wow.. and she calls Palin a “prostitute”??!! I mean, she looks EXACTLY like someone you’d see in the background on “Cops” in that clip.
Pasalubong on March 20, 2009 at 1:03 PM
Don’t even elaborate on the idiotic metaphor. Barack Obama has been a whore since he took his first piece of candy from Frank Marshall Davis, too, make no mistake about it. He pimps nothing but his rear end. Every time he sells out our country, he does it at the expense of his dignity, any potential civil rights victory and the Office with which he was charged by the American people.
chunderroad on March 20, 2009 at 1:03 PM
If I ever have questions regarding Palin, I always go to Conservatives4palin. They do a great job explaining everything from different perspectives. When it comes to Palin and Hot Air, sometimes the stories are not the most accurate, IMO.
deidre on March 20, 2009 at 1:10 PM
chunderroad on March 20, 2009 at 1:03 PM
What is idiotic about pointing out that Sarah lives off the goodwill that she has consistently fed off from the people of Alaska while Obama has lived off enriching himself off the backs of the taxpayers or off corporate intimidation orchestrated by the Federal govt or ACORN and has recuited millions of disciples to further enrich himself and further his self-interest. What’s idiotic about pointing that out.
technopeasant on March 20, 2009 at 1:13 PM
It is idiotic qualifying how much of an alleged prostitute Palin in comparison to Obama. She is a pearl cast before that swine, no matter how much lipstick you put on him.
chunderroad on March 20, 2009 at 1:23 PM
Did you even listen to her press conference, you know the part where she said the figure comes to 69% if you include the medicaid? ugh.
Erich66 on March 20, 2009 at 1:29 PM
watch the entire press conference? No way
That would require research and stuff
joey24007 on March 20, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Trollmania here! And I haven’t cared to read them all!
Actually I have been wondering about Medicaid, Medicare and SS Admin in all this mess. At least (from what I read) Alaska is taking care of this issue.
At least she doesn’t have to pay almost $100K for a dude in Pennsylvania to explain the folks here about the stimulus in a website, part-time.
ProudPalinFan on March 20, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Trollmania here! And I haven’t cared to read them all!
Actually I have been wondering about Medicaid, Medicare and SS Admin in all this mess. At least (from what I read) Alaska is taking care of this issue.
At least she doesn’t have to pay almost $100K for a dude in Pennsylvania to explain the folks here about the stimulus in a website, part-time.
ProudPalinFan on March 20, 2009 at 2:13 PM
+10 Wonder what these people who waste so much time and energy bashing one of America’s best governors could accomplish if they focused on more constructive pursuits. Well, these Palin threads wouldn’t get as many hits I guess.
As Eleanor Roosevelt said, “Do what you feel in your heart to be right. You’ll be criticized anyway.” Go Sarah!
sarahpalinfan99 on March 20, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Well, I can take the rest of the week off…we took care of that Debbie broad…once she realized that she didn’t quite hear what was said by Palin in the news conference (referencing the actual figures with medicaid, and stating that it was primarily concerned with infrastructure).
The only remaining question is….was Deb’s just sloppy, lazy, or did she purposely distort what was said (or as Deb’s would say…LIE or a FRAUD)…
right2bright on March 20, 2009 at 2:55 PM
What technopeasant said.
oldleprechaun on March 20, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Corrected.
The only help he got was to evade convictions because that would be a Bad Thing. We couldn’t have someone convicted in the same manner as their fans. It’d look bad for the advertisers to be sponsoring a convicted felon.
As for the other person:
Face it, she’s damaged goods. But she can feel free to send that money to Michigan and Ohio.
sethstorm on March 20, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Face it, you are now damaged goods, genius. What makes you think any Governor can send Federal funds to another State?
They can’t, dumbass.
What makes you think that the states of Michigan and Ohio deserve more than they have gotten already?
Why should a state that is trying to be responsible with it’s fiscal future be on the hook for another state that keeps electing Governors that enact bad policies, chasing off businesses and residents?
Have you ever heard of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution?
I don’t expect any answers.
Brian1972 on March 20, 2009 at 4:43 PM
They can send it back and lobby for a bill that would be able to do that at the proper level.
sethstorm on March 20, 2009 at 4:59 PM
It would’ve been “lying” even if it turned out to have been $514 million instead of $515.
I couldn’t care less what his kids’ names are. Your disgust with the Palin kids’ names says more about you than either the kids or their parents.
ddrintn on March 20, 2009 at 5:25 PM
Why so perturbed, then?
ddrintn on March 20, 2009 at 5:25 PM
You are right chunderwhatever, my lack of class obviously showed in my ignorance, she is 69 percent prostitute not 31.
Monkei on March 20, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Talk about class. Chundernoclass or whatever your name is.
Monkei on March 20, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Better than 100% in any case.
ddrintn on March 20, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Somebody call this Springsteen fan a Waaaaahmbulance!
chunderroad on March 20, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Face it,
shemy mother’s damaged goods. But she can feel free tosend that money towork the truck stops in Michigan and Ohio.sethstorm on March 20, 2009 at 4:29 PM
chunderroad on March 20, 2009 at 6:47 PM
That would be too easy to work into a joke about Palin.
sethstorm on March 20, 2009 at 7:27 PM
News report: “Gov. Palin saves 35 people by grabbing the wheel of an out of control bus after the driver passes out on a cliff-side road.”
Liberal media and Deb S.: “Yeah, but she broke the law because she doesn’t have her bus license and then she left Palin sweat on the wheel! String her up!”
Allahpundit: “It was actually 34, since you really can’t count Palin.”
Deb S.: “Oh, and one of the ‘people’ they counted was actually inside a woman still, so it doesn’t count. 33. Allah loves me :) “
PastorJon on March 20, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Why does anyone bother arguing with TOAC? It has repeatedly demonstrated that it is an emotion-driven attention-starved sniveler who’s idea of argument is assertion and insult, so why bother?
Random Numbers (Brian Epps) on March 20, 2009 at 7:53 PM
You remind me of a turkey I once observed that ran itself into a corner and forgot how it got there. It just kept running forward into that dead end. No wonder you’re an Obama supporter.
chunderroad on March 20, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Interesting, just reported about the education funds.
Also reported today, her Office of Budget and Management sent out an email to all state agencies to go ahead with requests for all stimulus funds. She wouldn’t be playing politics would she?
lowandslow on March 20, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Ah well, maybe the earlier figures will become gospel as much as “she’s a book-burning religious kook” did.
ddrintn on March 20, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Oh! Then she DOES love the children! LOL Why wouldn’t she play politics with it? The whole stimulus is a Democrat party “gotcha”.
ddrintn on March 20, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Heh Heh, TOAC. Thanks for the link! See ya around, Debs.
unwashed minion on March 20, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Palin said she would speak with the Legislature on which projects were viable and which were not. That way, nobody can accuse her of using her bully pulpit to turn down “necessary” in an act of political grandstanding.
chunderroad on March 20, 2009 at 11:06 PM
It’s a shrewd political move, maybe. Now we’re finding out that as late as Wednesday Palin let legislators and school officials believe she would be accepting the educational and other funds. She changed her position only after pressure from her SarahPac advisers. It allows her to claim she refused stimulus funds while passing the buck to the legislature. Some pretty nifty political positioning I’ll grant you but not exactly what you would call asserting leadership nor does it tell us anything about her real views, assuming she has any, on the stimulus act.
lowandslow on March 20, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Was Medicare money the government was already spending included in the stimulus?
SDN on March 21, 2009 at 8:25 AM
Debbie; I never criticize a Mom for what she names her child. She carried that baby not you. Besides I like the Palin names. Bristol, Willow, and Piper are lovely names. You never heard of Piper Laurie? What is wrong with Trak and Trigg? At least there won’t be 4 or 5 kids named that in their classes at school.
Any name (or word) sounds strange the first time you hear it. If it has connotations such as Rotunda Chandelier (which someone actually named their child after Kennedy’s assassination) then obviously the child is going to be embarrassed later on.
But to make fun of a name simply because you don’t like the mother. That is overreaching.
http://www.sarah-palin-2012.blogspot.com
History Chaser on March 21, 2009 at 11:23 AM
First Obots, NOW PALINBOTS! I do not like these names Palin gave her children. Just give me Mary and Joseph for my children.
AND YOUR POINT IS….?
And another thing Joey, YOU NEED SOME MEDICINE AND LEAVE DEB ALONE! OR DO YOU WANT ME TO TALK SMACK ABOUT YOUR FAMILY?
You know on this site I have been seeing a lot of neo-con talk (with Debbie being the only exception I know of). It’s thoughts like those from the neo-cons or FAUXCONS as I call them that make me wonder what I am in terms of conservatism. And in case any of you need to vet me, I am registered NO AFFILIATION in my town, which in essence makes me independent. Even voted Libertarian in the race that knocked Chris Shays out and gave us ultra-left radical Jim Himes.
BobAnthony on March 22, 2009 at 7:08 AM
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