PALIN BAGGAGE CHECK

1. Claimed to have been an anti-corruption crusader, actually ran Ted Stevens' political action committee and made appearances with him even after he was accused of corruption.
2. Palin's 17 Year old daughter is pregnant, but she personally slashed funding for teen pregnancy organization with a line-item veto.
3. She also has a child with Down's Syndrome, but she slashed school funding for special needs children by 62% despite a$5 billion Alaskan budget surplus due to rising oil pric
4. Palin attended convention for Alaskan Independence Party, which is devoted to ensuring that Alaska secedes from the union. Addressed the party convention this year.
5. For all of their talk about her successful mayorship experience, the truth is, Palin left Wasilla mired with $20 million in debt
6. Palin pressured a librarian to ban unspecified books, and threatened to fire her
7. Claimed she was against Bridge to Nowhere, was actually for it
8. Believes that a 14 year old child who was impregnated by rape or incest must carry the child full term under the law thus penalizing the victim.
9. Under investigation for abuse of power for firing a top official for refusing to terminate her ex-brother in law from the police force. The complaint further alleges that the governor or her staff may have have improperly disclosed information from Wooten's personnel records.
10. Despite McCain's straight talk against earmarking and the promise to veto pork barrel spending, his VP candidate has requested about $198 million—$295 per person this year alone—which is the highest amount per-capita in the country, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense. And when she was the mayor of Wasilla, Palin hired an Anchorage-based firm to secure $27 million in federal earmarks for the town.
11. For all of their talk of her quote, unquote "experience", the fact remains that there is so little to do in Alaskan politics that their legislature only meets 90 days per year.