From the moment when Sarah Palin was first introduced at the
Republican Convention, we learned that truthfulness was not a
virtue she considered to be important.  She had no compunction
about reporting that she said “thanks but No Thanks to the
Bridge to Nowhere”, even though she originally favored it.  She
said that she had sold the Governor’s private plane on eBay,
when in fact she had not. Later she said that she opposed
earmarks, but in fact Palin had requested, and obtained,
millions of dollars of federal tax dollars for Alaska while
acting as the Governor.  Some might find the mating habits of
crabs or the DNA of harbor seals to be less than an urgent
national concern, but obviously Palin must have had a different
perspective, about their importance, and/or the characterization
of those dollars as “earmarks”.   While the mayor of Wasilla,
Palin hired a lobbyist for the very purpose of obtaining
earmarks for the tiny town of Wasilla, which boasts a population
of less than 7000 people.  For a mere $38,000