I will give her this, I don't think she was that corrupt. Even her work with Ted Stevens 527 seems on the up and up. But one of her major platforms is that she will "shake up" Washington in terms of wasteful earmarks and wasteful spending. And this rape kit story kind of confuses that. Why did she lobby FOR the Bridge to Nowhere, but never lobby for this policy being changed. She HAD priorities as the mayor. She pushed for federal pork for the sports complex. But she never pushed to change this rule. If the kits were so expensive, why wasn't that part of her federal pork push. No matter how you slice it. It stinks.

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Yesterday, John McCain actually said that if he’s president he’ll take on, and I quote, 'the old boys’ network in Washington.' I’m not making this up. This is somebody been in Congress for 26 years, who put seven of the most powerful Washington lobbyists in charge of his campaign. And now he tells us that he’s the one who’s gonna take on the old boys' network,” he said. “In the McCain campaign that’s called a staff meeting!- Obama, 9/17/2008