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Why did Palin steer the pipeline deal to a company she used to lobby for ? Why not use competitive bidding ?

Is she just another Ted Stevens, using public office to line her pockets and carry out her petty vendettas ? http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-10-26-palin-pipeline_N.htm?csp=34 Just in response to some answers - Obama worked on a case with Acorn, along with the US Dept of Justice !!! He wasnt acting as a lobbyist for them.

Public Comments

1. Yes. McCain supporters are dumb, deaf, blind, and stupid.
2. The AP report show one thing while the government advisory panel said something completely different.
3. Because she`s a politician!
4. Happens all the time people don't do something for nothing. If you're going to call people out for doing things. How come Obama is using ACORN for his election,a group he used to be a lawyer for? Also,in the last $700 billion bail-out(which I wasn't for)how come it was written in that bill to also to donate 4% of it to ACORN?
5. Want more of the same, vote McCain. Curious Governor Palin trumpeted she is building a $40 B natural pipeline. Have you seen it? Oh, wait, it's out on the Bridge to Nowhere. I saw that last week on Yahoo News: Palin pipeline terms curbed bids http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081025/ap_on_el_pr/palin_pipeline ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Gov. Sarah Palin's signature accomplishment — a contract to build a 1,715-mile pipeline to bring natural gas from Alaska to the Lower 48 — emerged from a flawed bidding process that narrowed the field to a company with ties to her administration, an Associated Press investigation shows. Beginning at the Republican National Convention in August, the McCain-Palin ticket has touted the pipeline as an example of how it would help America achieve energy independence. "We're building a nearly $40 billion natural gas pipeline, which is North America's largest and most expensive infrastructure project ever, to flow those sources of energy into hungry markets," Palin said during the Oct. 2 vice presidential debate. Despite Palin's boast of a smart and fair bidding process, the AP found that her team crafted terms that favored only a few independent pipeline companies and ultimately benefited the winner, TransCanada Corp. And contrary to the ballyhoo, there's no guarantee the pipeline will ever be built; at a minimum, any project is years away, as TransCanada must first overcome major financial and regulatory hurdles. It's at least 15 years from start-up.