Desperate Dem asks Park Srvc about Palin treatment

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Dem asks Park Service about Sarah Palin treatment. Grasping at straws, Palin's opponents desperately try anything they can to derail the Palin juggernaut.

What I want to know is whether or not this is an issue that demands the time and resources of our representative here? With a nation spiraling towards bankruptcy, skyrocketing energy prices, the prospect of a nuclear armed Iran, inflation, and the most recent jobs numbers that are worse than the last disasterous round of economic numbers-- is whether or not the park service might have afforded Sarah Palin some extra time THE issue he needs to focus on right now? I think not.

Read more: www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56460.html#ixzz1On5jEquJ

Sarah Palin’s bus tour has one House Democrat asking whether the federal government spent too much helping the Alaska Republican learn about American history at national parks and monuments like the Statue of Liberty and Mount Vernon.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) wrote on Tuesday to National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis regarding “serious concerns about the use of federal resources in conjunction with the ‘One Nation’” bus tour.

“Many of the press accounts of stops included in this tour, which provided personal and political benefits to former Gov. Palin, suggest that National Park Service resources were made available to an extent beyond that which an average American family would receive,” Blumenauer wrote.

He cited media reports of Palin and her family receiving a private guided tour of Mount Vernon, early admission to the National Archives and a 10-person escort involving park rangers and New York City police officers at the Statue of Liberty.

“For cases in which the Park Service did not have additional personnel on duty as a result of the tour, was manpower diverted from regularly-scheduled services to accommodate the Palin family’s visits and is this a routine practice for visiting celebrities?” Blumenauer added.

[ed1066]

Sadly, right now a Democrat who isn't spending all his time emailing c^%k shots to underage girls is actually doing better than most of his colleagues...

[marshabar1]

That is so funny and so lame. Talk about

Typical for lefties in my experience.

[Deleted]

After the Giffords shootings I would think anyone should be glad to see high profile people get some extra help when they are out in public. Surely the hate is not so deep that anyone wants the Palin family to run in to a Jared Loughner.. They are hardly an average American family..

[marshabar1]

Ahh krick, they're just sputtering helplessly. . .

[EVT1]

Jun 9, 2011 21:48:07 GMT -5 @krickitt said:

After the Giffords shootings I would think anyone should be glad to see high profile people get some extra help when they are out in public. Surely the hate is not so deep that anyone wants the Palin family to run in to a Jared Loughner.. They are hardly an average American family..

F that- she is a private citizen and can pay for her own security/stand in line like ayone else. I think it is a valid inquiry- as of right now she is nothing but a celebrity/Fox news employee- she is not entitled to any government supplied help.

[cereb]

Palin is a private citizen. She needs to pay for her own security. My taxes shouldn't be paying for it or any other "requirements" she may have.

[cereb]

Jun 9, 2011 21:55:42 GMT -5 @marshabar1 said:

Ahh krick, they're just sputtering helplessly. . .

Tell you what...I'm planning a bus tour of my own. Of course I expect to be escorted from state as well as when I visit all of the national parks. You won't mind paying for my security guards to keep me safe now would you?

[NoMoreLunacy]

We need to get rid of the national park services. Privatize and monetize them. If people want to have access to them, they need to pay. We can pay down quite a bit of the national debt by leasing out the national parks.

[Deleted]

Did anyone say SHE asked for security?? I imagine someplace like NYC would rather not have blood on their hands if some psycho went after the family. You can hate her all you want but she is very famous and has been a target of liberal anger and hate for a long time now, as well as more than one stalker. I don't blame ANY city for getting her and her family in and out safely. Wise move. I lived through the Giffords shootings not 2 miles from my house, right in my neighborhood. All we needed was a couple of cops there and it could have been avoided.

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

Jun 9, 2011 21:12:49 GMT -5 @ed1066 said:

Sadly, right now a Democrat who isn't spending all his time emailing c^%k shots to underage girls is actually doing better than most of his colleagues...

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Jun 10, 2011 0:07:49 GMT -5 NoMoreLunacy said:

We need to get rid of the national park services. Privatize and monetize them. If people want to have access to them, they need to pay. We can pay down quite a bit of the national debt by leasing out the national parks.

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

Jun 9, 2011 22:57:52 GMT -5 cereb said:

Palin is a private citizen. She needs to pay for her own security. My taxes shouldn't be paying for it or any other "requirements" she may have.

Perhaps. I'm more concerned about where we're going to get the Obama / Democrat regime's proposed $1.67 trillion in BORROWING (not spending, but borrowing). And forgive me for thinking that's bit bigger issue than whether or not some government run park is sparing a little too much time for Sarah Palin.

But when you're a Democrat in this current environment and you have no real plan to put the country back on track towards fiscal sustainability I guess lying, obfuscating, and generally distracting from the real issues is not a bad play. I mean, it's either that-- or you have to repent of your past evil ways and do something wise and good.

[ugonow]

Personally,I think we should start thinking about bombing a certain country for dissing our queen. Or at least Thatcher.

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

I know the left is all excited about the alleged 'dis' of Sarah Palin. I know it gives them a hard on that makes them want to capture it on their phones and email out to underage girls. But the FACT of the matter is that Lady Thatcher invited Sarah Palin to meet with her...last year. Sorry. Just another story that was exaggerated and made a big deal out of because the left would rather have tabloid headlines running that distract from the substantive issues they have no plans to address.

I'm more concerned about where we're going to get the Obama / Democrat regime's proposed $1.67 trillion in BORROWING (not spending, but borrowing). And forgive me for thinking that's bit bigger issue than whether or not some government run park is sparing a little too much time for Sarah Palin, or whether or not Sarah Palin is or is not meeting with Lady Thatcher.

[ugonow]

Lol, I was just making fun of the outrage over the story. Even Rush had to get in on it.... I mean really, who cares?