More ethics problems for Mooselini: accepted a free "awesome facial", fish, & zoning exemptions

[Bluebear]

WASILLA, Alaska - Though Sarah Palin depicts herself as a pit bull fighting good-old-boy politics, in her years as mayor she and her friends received special benefits more typical of small-town politics as usual, an Associated Press investigation shows.

When Palin needed to sell her house during her last year as Wasilla mayor, she got the city to sign off on a special zoning exception — and did so without keeping a promise to remove a potential fire hazard.

She gladly accepted gifts from merchants: A free "awesome facial" she raved about in a thank-you note to a spa. The "absolutely gorgeous flowers" she received from a welding supply store. Even fresh salmon to take home.

She also stepped in to help friends or neighbors with City Hall dealings. She asked the City Council to add a friend to the list of speakers at a 2002 meeting — and then the friend got up and asked them to give his radio station advertising business.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080928/ap_on_el_pr/palin_ethics

[FlyingSquirrel]

1. Is there a smiley with zipped lips?

Dude, an awesome facial? Can you even SAY that outside of the Lounge?

[Bluebear]

2. Never let it be said that I can't write a headline.

:)

[ogneopasno]

3. She's more Madame Nhu than Mooselini.

nt.

[norepubsin08]

4. Or maybe Imelda

Let's see how many pairs of shoes she has hidden in her closet!

[RufusTFirefly]

5. These revelations might be troubling if she weren't a highly qualified Vice Presidential candidate

:sarcasm:

[DS1]

6. *approves*

[Ghost in the Machine]

7. Sarah Pornstar got a facial??

Do we *really* wanna know how awesome it was?


**moneyshot**

[ColbertWatcher]

8. She was increasing her GOP cred.

[OakCliffDem]

9. I need no further reason to vote for Obama

Palin is not going to be my vice president