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Eerie how you saw the same Sarah Palin I did....gosh, what are the odds? Must be some kinda conspiracy or somethin....or maybe our BS detectors are in full throttle after 8 long years of GWB..

It's available here:

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/records-costs-attachment-2.pdf

But, with a hat tip to "The Mudflats" blog, here's a comment from the governor's newest press secretary--emphasis mine:

David Murrow, a spokesperson for the Governor, said in an interview that much of this money was budgeted to the lawyers in advance and would have gone to them anyway, even if state lawyers hadn’t been defending against these ethics complaints.

In response to our questions, the Governor’s office provided us with a detailed breakdown of the millions Palin has claimed has gone to defending against ethics complaints. It does list roughly $1.9 million in expenditures.

But Murrow, the spokesperson, acknowledged to our reporter, Amanda Erickson, that this total was arrived at by adding up attorney hours spent on fending off complaints — based on the fixed salaries of lawyers in the governor’s office and the Department of Law. The money would have gone to the lawyers no matter what they were doing. The complaints are “just distracting them from other duties,” Murrow said.

In other words, while these lawyers might have been free to do other legal work for the state, the ethics complaints have apparently not had the real world impact Palin has claimed, and didn’t drain money away from cops, teachers, roads and other things.

I must disagree with you about Harry Truman. The pressures he faced were staggering in comparison to those which confront a modern president.

From 1945-1948, he slowly awakened to the fact that the Soviets had no intention of withdrawing from eastern Europe, and in fact western Europe (and thus half the engine of the free world) was in danger of going under. He flirted with World War III over the Berlin airlift, then, taking a breath, woke up in Key West to find the Korean invasion. There was much concern at the time that Korea itself was a head fake for the ultimate Bolshevik advance into Europe, and no sooner did Korea seem to be in order than he found himself in a paralyzing ground war with China. Responding to the collapse of the British Empire, he overruled Marshall and recognized Israel, notwithstanding the latter's insistence that it would make bitter enemies throughout the Arab world.

Meanwhile, back in the states, the country was beset by a series of crippling strikes and emergency state interventions. All of this occurred against the backdrop of ongoing fears of reversion to the Great Depression.

Truman handled these things ably, with no more education than a high school diploma.

I agree with 2R that Truman as president had a lot on his plate. Most of them do. Thanks to ReaderReader, I'm reading how Andrew Jackson avoided civil war with the Nullifiers of South Carolina. He and others like Henry Clay and Daniel Webster managed to delay the civil war by a few decades. Heady stuff.

Truman was also a veteran of the Kansas City Pendergrast machine; it's probably safe to conclude that he was intimate with patronage politics. I'm sure he would quickly dope out today's mess.

But I feel very safe rejecting this salt of the earth mythology. Formal schooling doesn't automatically equate to an education or intelligence, especially the farther you go back in time. Palin has more schoolin' than Harry, after all. Common sense isn't necessarily gained at a University, but neither is it lost there.

Truman didn't make a virtue of being uneducated, he studied law for two years, and only his financial situation prevented more progress there. He paid his dues before becoming VP. He was a Judge, worked for the state of Missouri, and was a two term US Senator who got things done.

I'm thinking, no...since quite a bit of time has been devoted to Sarah in the MSM, I'm thinking that the answer to Joan's question is that Palin can get away with it because the MSM actually wants her in the race in 2012. She is much more exciting than Huckabee and Romney and that really is all that concerns the MSM and opinion leaders. It is 2009 and they want the 2012 horse race to begin...while it does make sense that there are scarce resources, I've also never seen so many people declared "presidential hopeful" so far away from the election.

READ THIS

http://www.henkimaa.com/2009/07/07/the-2-million-dollar-meme/

Readerx2 tells only half the story. Harry Truman may have only had a high school education but he was highly intelligent and curious. 2 things Palin is not. Harry Truman was a self-educated man and read all the classics and ancient literature. Marcus Aurelius was one of his favorites. Palin can't even name which newspapers she reads. Harry Truman was also scrupulously honest. Even though, throughout his political career he was thought to be part of a political "machine," nothing was ever proved against him mainly due to the records he kept and those that could personally vouch for his honesty. I don't see too many people rushing forward with personal knowledge of Palin's honesty. Truman also chaired the committee that sought to root out or at least curb government waste and corruption with regard to government contracts. Palin fights tooth and nail against the public having access to government public records. During his state political career he kept detailed records of his expenditures and never asked for a penny in reimbursement that he wasn't entitled to. Palin puts in for a per diem for staying in her OWN HOUSE and bills the state for her children's travel.

Don't insult Truman's memory by comparing him to Palin. Sarah Palin is a liar, a hypocrite, a cheat, and a grifter. I can only imagine what Harry Truman would have to say about Sarah Palin but it brings a smile to my face to think of it.