This is why the fact that Palin requested all sorts of earmarks, more in per-capita requests than any other state actually received, is relevant:
Because John McCain and Sarah Palin keep lying about it.
WALTERS: What is she going to reform specifically, senator?
MCCAIN: Well, first of all, earmark spending, which she vetoed a half a billion dollars worth in the state of Alaska.
WALTERS: She also took some earmarks there.
BEHAR: A lot.
MCCAIN: No, not as governor she didn’t, she vetoed…
WALTERS: As Mayor.
MCCAIN: Well, look, the fact is that she was a reform governor.
Because John McCain and Sarah Palin keep lying about it.