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Tuesday, September 16, 2008 12:00 AM

Sarah Palin's powerful "First Dude"

Todd Palin has exerted unusual influence on his wife's Alaska government. In Washington, their methods would do Bush and Cheney proud.
By Mike Madden

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  • Tuesday, September 16, 2008 06:45 AM

    Grab a scoop

    Are you really comparing Todd Palin to Eleanor Roosevelt? Nice try, but Eleanor wasn't employed by oil companies. It is a conflict of interest. He was not elected and he has no business being there.

    Next you will be saying Todd is like Hillary? Oh wait, there it is...

    "I couldn't imagine a Democrat (such as Bill Clinton) letting his spouse hang aroung the office, having her involved in "state business" and exerting "unusual influence on her husband's (state and then federal) government." How shocking of Palin; what a tremendous scandal Mike Madden and Salon have uncovered here!

    -- Fladad "

    So, you are saying that it was alright for Bill Clinton to have Hillary working in the west wing? That's unusual. Most conservatives screamed bloody murder because he allowed her so close to the oval office. Several democrats felt the same.

    This smacks of something...what's the word.....ahh, now I remember.....mendacity.

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