Lew Hodgett wrote:

Agreed, most ear marks could stand a little more time in the light of
day.

That sentiment is echoed in today's Des Moines Register on page 6A,
where the normally slightly-right-of-center newspaper had a list of
not-quite-factual Palin statements including:

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Palin: "I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending ...
and championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress."

The Facts: As mayer of Wasilla [population 6375], Palin hired a lobbyist
and traveled to Washington annually to support earmarks for the town
totaling $27 million. In her two years as governor, Alaska has requested
nearly $750 million in special federal spending, by far the largest
per-capita request in the nation.
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Sunshine is good!

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/