This Can't Be Good

Although most people may argue that Gov. Sara Palin has not done much while serving in Alaska, it is now apparent that she was busy. She was busy doctoring documents to get free rides (literally) on the state of Alaska. I guess, if Palin saw no harm in using her political powers in the Troopergate Scandal, she surely could see no harm in creating fake official business for her children to accompany her on, just so Alaska could foot the bill.

"The charges included costs for hotel and commercial flights for three daughters to join Palin to watch their father in a snowmobile race, and a trip to New York, where the governor attended a five-hour conference and stayed with 17-year-old Bristol for five days and four nights in a luxury hotel," according to an Associated Press article on cnn.com. It's one thing to take Bristol to New York on supposed official business. Hey, maybe Bristol helped her mom to prepare for meetings - maybe. I would not really care so much about that. But, paying for a family outing to watch dad race? Now that is a waste of the tax payers money! I wonder if the taxpayers hard-earned money went toward watching Mr. Palin pull in part of the "$10,500 in Iron Dog snow machine race winnings," that the Palins claim as income.

Gov. Palin has charged $21,012 to Alaska for children's travel expenses in the short time she has been in office. This only makes me wonder what she would up to while serving four years in the White House.