Palin facing new accusations as US campaign grows negative

[Ilsa]

Palin facing new accusations as US campaign grows negative

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080914/pl_afp/usvote;_ylt=AqgonAj_dfJS_MkDUgNJeBGs0NUE

by Jitendra Joshi
Sun Sep 14, 7:40 AM ET


CHICAGO (AFP) - Republican vice presidential pick Sarah Palin faced accusations Sunday of handing jobs to friends while serving as Alaska state governor, as the presidential campaign grew increasingly negative.

The New York Times reported that Palin had given the 95,000-dollar-a-year directorship of the state division of agriculture to a high school classmate, Franci Havemeister, who cited her childhood love of cows as a qualification for running the agency.

Havemeister was one of at least five schoolmates Palin hired, often at salaries far exceeding their private sector wages, the paper noted in an investigative report.

"Throughout her political career, she has pursued vendettas, fired officials who crossed her and sometimes blurred the line between government and personal grievance, according to a review of public records and interviews with 60 Republican and Democratic legislators and local officials," The Times wrote.

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More Bushiness. More inept agency heads if Palin secures more power.

[msongs]

1. pointing out lies n hypocrisy is NOT negative if its true nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. But her friend loves cows!!

:)

[TwilightGardener]

3. Qualification: Loving cows as a child. Wow, there are so many departments

I could head up just based on what I love: Treasury (money), FDA or USDA (food), Interior (Grand Canyon)... I just didn't know the right people.