The Palin pick was intended to shore up John McCain’s support among religious conservatives — the megachurch moms — while underscoring his image as a fiscal reformer.
On count two, her cred is quickly unraveling. Not only was she not in fact an opponent of the bridge to nowhere as claimed, but she brought home big-time bacon to her tiny town during her bumpy mayoral tenure:
WaPo:
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin employed a lobbying firm to secure almost $27 million in federal earmarks for a town of 6,700 residents while she was its mayor.
That’s north of $4,000 in pork per person.

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