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Last Friday, Governor Sarah Palin paused her campaign rhetoric to make her first policy speech, laying out a controversial plan intended to increase educational opportunities for children with special needs. Her proposal provides much-needed funding for a federal law enacted in 1975 that compels school districts to provide a “free, appropriate public education” to any student with a disability. Case law has dictated that, if an administrator or school decides that the public school is incapable of doing so, then the student may enroll in a more suitable private school at the expense...
...held since 1970, after he helped lead Alaska to statehood. This history, combined with his legendary ability to steer federal money his state’s way, makes it no wonder why Stevens, like Kilpatrick, was so revered at home, at least by certain voting blocs. (Governor Sarah Palin, an on-and-off political ally of Sen. Stevens’s, took her time to call outright for his resignation; at first she asked murkily that he “do what’s right for the people of Alaska...
...paper, she sought out the ________ of her colleagues. A) creditable...recommendation B) valid...reprobation C) legitimate...council D) reliable...input E) viable...apprehension Most popular: C Correct: D 4. If McCain can fill one debate with 24 “My friend(s),” and Palin can fill another debate with 6 winks, how long will it take for both of them to fill a debate together? A) Ask Joe the Plumber. B) I don’t know. You know? *wink* C) To infinity... and beyond! D) Too long. E) There is not enough information to answer...
Howk described Palin as someone you would let “take your kids to a baseball game...
...need more proof of Stevens' power, just look at Sarah Palin's mild response to the verdict. She hasn't been shy in the past about calling on tainted politicians to step down; she won the governor's race by running loudly against the corrupt old-boys' network. With Stevens, she was more circumspect. It was a "sad day for Alaska," she said in a statement, adding that the verdict was a reflection of "the culture of corruption I was elected to fight." She cryptically ended with the hope that Stevens "will do what is right for the people...