State paid for trip when Palin told students to pray for pipeline

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Anchorage Daily News

Gov. Sarah Palin used state funds in June when she traveled from Juneau to Wasilla to speak to graduating evangelical students and urge them to fan out through Alaska "to make sure God's will be done here."

State records show that Palin submitted a travel authorization for a quick round-trip visit to attend the June 8 graduation of the Master's Commission program at the Wasilla Assembly of God, the church where she was baptized at age 12. The only other item on the agenda for that trip was a "One Lord Sunday" service involving a network of Mat-Su Christian churches earlier that morning at the Wasilla sports complex.

The records show Palin flew from Juneau on Saturday, June 7. She returned to Juneau that Monday afternoon. The plane tickets cost the state $519.50, and she claimed an additional $120 for meals and other expenses.

Palin couldn't be reached for comment Friday as she campaigned for vice president. Her spokeswoman at the McCain campaign said she wouldn't grant an interview.

But Palin's spokeswoman in the governor's office, Sharon Leighow, said the state paid for the trip because Palin was invited to the events as the governor, not as a private citizen.



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[rwenos]

1. Jesus Wept /nt

[young_at_heart]

2. If I paid taxes in Alaska, I wouldn't be too happy about this:

-----fan out through Alaska "to make sure God's will be done here."

[mwb970]

4. If your family got thousands of free dollars every year, you might forgive her.

It's funny what handing out free money to everyone buys you.

[ladywnch]

9. why, she has nothing to do with it....the Perm Fund has been around

since the early 80s

[mwb970]

14. I understand she added a bonus recently...

...then used earmarks to make the rest of us pay for Alaskan infrastructure. No?

[ladywnch]

16. yes and no.

yes, she did add a 'fuel offset' bonus which is still seperate from the Perm Fund dividend but she is actually borrowing (ie: running up debt for the state the same way she ran up debt for the city of wasilla when she was mayor) to fund infrastructure projects in addition to getting some earmarks. She inheritied a 5 BILLION dollar surplus and is doing her level dammnedist to piss it all away like junior did.

[ladywnch]

8. there really are no taxes in AK....just local property taxes. n/t

[young_at_heart]

13. Well-----how about governors aren't supposed to spread their religious views publicly

I think we have a separation of "church and state" in this country. If I was an Alaskan I'd be upset to hear that my governor said such an outrageous thing!

[ladywnch]

15. that I don't deny. I was just pointing out that AK doesn't pay taxes. n/t

[CitizenPatriot]

3. stop questioning the queen! it's treason.

show your respect and deference or you will be cut off forever.

this is an example of her making a responsible choice to serve jesus on the tax payers dollar. that would be the US taxpayer, since we all helped alaska get the most earmarks per capita of any state. praise the lord, he has delivered us his queen. all hail Queen Boleyn.

SARCASM

[daleo]

5. Oh, Holy Pipeline God

Give us this day, our daily oil...

[HopeHoops]

6. Geeze, is she one of those Planet of the Apes people who worship the bomb?

[Joey Liberal]

7. Jesus probably isn't happy with Palin

By RICHARD MAUER
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Published: September 7th, 2008 01:57 AM
Last Modified: September 7th, 2008 02:39 AM

Gov. Sarah Palin used state funds in June when she traveled from Juneau to Wasilla to speak to graduating evangelical students and urge them to fan out through Alaska "to make sure God's will be done here."

State records show that Palin submitted a travel authorization for a quick round-trip visit to attend the June 8 graduation of the Master's Commission program at the Wasilla Assembly of God, the church where she was baptized at age 12. The only other item on the agenda for that trip was a "One Lord Sunday" service involving a network of Mat-Su Christian churches earlier that morning at the Wasilla sports complex.

The records show Palin flew from Juneau on Saturday, June 7. She returned to Juneau that Monday afternoon. The plane tickets cost the state $519.50, and she claimed an additional $120 for meals and other expenses.

Palin couldn't be reached for comment Friday as she campaigned for vice president. Her spokeswoman at the McCain campaign said she wouldn't grant an interview.

http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/518522.html

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It sounds like Palin is a graduate of Jesus Camp. I don't think Jesus would approve Palin's use of God's name in politics. Of course, if I'm wrong, and God is a greedy, oil drilling, money hungry, war mongering republican, then I'm just headed straight for hell.

[McCamy Taylor]

10. Holy moly! She really is royalty!

[McCamy Taylor]

11. Her job must be to make McCain look good. As in "At least I'm not Gov. Palin!"

Maybe he thinks that God will not call him to Heaven if there is a chance that Palin will succeed him as president.

[bluesmail]

12. Nobody's saying it. Separation of church and state.

What's wrong with these peoples??