Campaign money hurts Palin's outsider image (took 'legal' donations in same scheme as Stevens)

[Divine Discontent]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080903/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_palin
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Campaign money hurts Palin's outsider image

By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer 33 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - GOP vice presidential pick Sarah Palin accepted at least $4,500 in campaign contributions in the same fundraising scheme at the center of a public corruption scandal that led to the indictment of Sen. Ted Stevens.
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The contributions, made during Palin's failed 2002 bid to become Alaska's lieutenant governor, were not illegal for her to accept. But they show how Palin, a self-proclaimed reformer who has bucked Stevens and his allies, is nonetheless a product of a political system in Alaska now under the cloud of an ongoing FBI investigation.

It's the latest in a string of revelations that have forced John McCain's campaign to defend his choice and the thoroughness of the background check of Palin, 44, a little-known governor who is new to the national stage. Palin stunned delegates at the GOP convention Monday when she announced through the McCain campaign that her unmarried 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, is five months pregnant.


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[shey1218]

1. this great.glad it's out there

[Divine Discontent]

2. and honestly... does it EVER end with this woman's hypocrisy? eom

[shey1218]

3. you should repost this after the convention toight

[Mnemosyne]

4. Good. knr n/t