Palin Report Overstates Costs Of Ethics Complaints: $30,000 An Hour Attorney?

McClatchy:

There's some double counting and other problems with a spreadsheet outlining $1.9 million in state costs for ethics complaints, public records requests and lawsuits directed at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

Read the whole story: McClatchy

Comments

[stylenease]

10:54 PM on 07/12/2009

Has the Frank Burns in drag of Alaska politics been trying her hand at math again??

[roshni]

07:14 PM on 07/12/2009

Sarah "per diem" Palin double counting? Surely not!
Keep up the pressure everyone!

[confidance government]

04:49 PM on 07/12/2009

$30,000 An Hour Attorney?

Now that, is top-notch legal representation. Who did she hire, Johnny Cockren?

[rigmoten]

10:27 AM on 07/12/2009

Her handlers should earn that much. It's a wonder they were able to keep her on message at all.

[Nyla785]

09:09 AM on 07/12/2009

Palin needs to go into a line of work where factual accuracy is not required...like, say, talk radio propagandists or perhaps Fox News show host.

[confidance government]

04:56 PM on 07/12/2009

Fox is 95% B$, but I do enjoy Judge Napolitano and his withering critique of the ongoing infringements on our civil liberties and the crony capitalism that is being so blatantly practiced,

If you can suggest a decent alternative so less advertising dollars are going to Murdoch, I would be most appreciative.

[Whinger]

01:51 AM on 07/12/2009

Trying to justify the fact she cut and ran, but people, it's merely a tactical withdrawal.

She'll be back!

[AlaskanToo]

12:01 AM on 07/12/2009

Sadly, she thinks everyone is as dumb as her base.

[JamesA1102]

04:55 PM on 07/11/2009

Why is there a blackout of this story here? : http://mediamatters.org/columns/200907100029

[SharpDressedMan]

09:10 PM on 07/11/2009

Mike has her father's genes but not his brains.

[SharpDressedMan]

04:24 PM on 07/11/2009

Sarah Palin took 18 minutes to say "Hey Alaska! Take this job and shove it."

[Norge]

03:49 PM on 07/11/2009

Simply a mistake, it is not news.

[serialcoma]

04:15 PM on 07/11/2009

Sure thing Sparky... it certainly wouldn't be Saint Sarah padding the numbers to make her quitting her post appear more reasonable now would it....

[Alcove-One]

04:51 PM on 07/11/2009

Yeah, its all a plot to try to fool serialcoma. your too smart for them.

[SharpDressedMan]

03:40 PM on 07/11/2009

Blackberry Barbie tried to govern Alaska from her phone. How did that work out for her?

[mcmutter]

03:27 PM on 07/11/2009

If this country elects anybody that dumb, then we really deserve the havoc that she will bring to all of us.

[hrholmes]

03:48 PM on 07/12/2009

Like the situation we got now from Bush, you can only imagine how bad it would be if the mcclame-failin ticket had gotten into the WH. Havoc would be the good days....

[Rain-man]

03:16 PM on 07/11/2009

Is Palin laying low today? No new issues?

[Alcove-One]

04:52 PM on 07/11/2009

The left need their Palin flogging material.

[YankinCanada]

07:01 PM on 07/11/2009

we're actually waiting for the self flagellation, thanks.

[roshni]

07:16 PM on 07/12/2009

You'd better believe it. And she is no co-operative. Ain't life grand.

[Openeyes]

03:07 PM on 07/11/2009

This is all smoke and mirrors.

If the state actually contracted out for attorney services, then those costs should be easily disclosable.

If the state relied on state attorneys only, then using the "state rate" is a joke. Presuming state attorneys in Alaska are on salary like state attorneys in every other state, you can't compare how many hours they worked on state time and then say what it "cost" the state in terms what they would have paid an outside attorney - that's just false - they didn't pay that to an outside firm if state attorneys did the work, and they certainly didn't pay it to the state attorneys.

Either they paid outside costs for outside counsel or they didn't . You can't value the state attorney's time in terms of what the state pays outside counsel, because the state didn't spend that for state attorneys.

[Zen0469]

02:46 PM on 07/11/2009

Typical Palin bullsh*t.

Listen to her at your own risk.

[mcmutter]

03:21 PM on 07/11/2009

She stirs the base with her patriotism and homey sayings....

[Alcove-One]

04:53 PM on 07/11/2009

..and get your undies in a bunch as a bonus. Keep stirring.......