McCain campaign says Palin Alaska travel story tests well with Hillary women
October 22nd, 2008 . by MartyWhen I read the AP report that Sarah Palin had charged the state of Alaska for travel expenses, I thought - wow! this is great news for the McCain-Palin ticket! Just two weeks before the election, the left-wing media at NBC and CNN are going to get all high and mighty about Sarah bringing the brood to such things as the National Governor’s Association. As expected, there was pretty-boy Anderson Cooper bloviating tonight about the “breaking news.” He could barely contain himself (ironic, since as a three-year old kid, Cooper appeared on The Tonight Show, when his mother Gloria Vanderbilt was Johnny Carson’s guest… that’s little Anderson on the left….)
The point is that this is a sucker’s bet for the left. From what I heard from Charlie Black today, the campaign did some quick testing with women, and this story comes out a winner for the McCain campaign. What working mom wouldn’t want to take her daughters to New York’s Central Park South Essex House or Philadelphia’s Ritz-Carlton for a weekend away from dad and the boys? And I think it was far more educational for Bristol to go with her mom to meet with Goldman Sachs executives and go to the New York Stock Exchange than stay in Alaska for the week with Levi. If anything it beefs up Sarah’s economics credentials, and should get Bristol lined up for a nice internship at the Treasury Department. All in all, this story will be a plus for all those Hillary Clinton women still sitting on the fence about McCain/Palin.
The real question is how Sarah negotiated a room rate of $215.46 a night at the Ritz-Carlton in Philly for the girls, when their quoted rate is $399 a night. In my book, that shows sound fiscal responsibility and the kind of tough negotiating skills Sarah will need to deal with Wall Street bailouts and Kim Jong-Il. The people of Alaska should be thanking her.
But the left should be happy, too. Despite Sarah’s explicit pro-life views, nowhere in the AP report does it appear that Sarah charged the state of Alaska for travel expenses for either her own or her daughter’s unborn children.
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Oh, this is ridiculous spin. You know this is wasteful spending, and unethical.
Well, I suppose it’s good she was able to get her kids out of Alaska - what a great opportunity to see how an actual society functions! That’s something they probably haven’t seen a lot of up there.
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Sure J, much more wasteful than it would have been to fire up the Gulfstream with it’s private staff. That would have cost more, and she still would have taken the family, rightfully so.