Sympathy for the pitbull: following the money
During the election, Sarah Palin spent over $150,000 of GOP money on new clothes for herself, her husband, and her kids. As governor, she expensed $43,000 worth of travel for her family and didn’t pay taxes on it. Her salary as governor was $125,000; Todd makes $47,000 a year. Sarah Palin has five dependent children plus a grandson she probably supports. Her legal bills, for defending ethics complaints, now exceed $600,000.
Perhaps it just got too expensive to be Governor. Perhaps she hid her pregnancy because was worried about how she’d afford it, what with four other kids and a pregnant daughter. Perhaps she doesn’t understand the intricacies of the ethics laws that govern public money, and was biased in favor of taking what she could get so she could take care of her family.
Sarah Palin also rejected a pay raise on principal, rejected federal money for Alaska on principal, and rejected the abortion of a Downs baby and grandson on principal. I don’t think her scandals reflect a bankrupt morality. I think her morality is bankrupting her into scandal.
