Time Magazine reveals the real Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin may be a lot of things, like a religious wacko ("Iraq is a mission from God", and not mention her church up until five years ago spoke in tounges), or a pathological liar (I was against the bridge to nowhere), but one thing she is not is a fiscal conservative. Not that that really matters anyway considering the record of our most recent "fiscal conservatives". See graphic below...

Time Magazine had this to say about Ms. Palin's abysmal record:

Of the 50 states, Alaska ranks No. 1 in taxes per resident and No. 1 in spending per resident. Its tax burden per resident is 2 1/2 times the national average; its spending, more than double. The trick is that Alaska's government spends money on its own citizens and taxes the rest of us to pay for it. Although Palin, like McCain, talks about liberating ourselves from dependence on foreign oil, there is no evidence that being dependent on Alaskan oil would be any more pleasant to the pocketbook.

The Day in Pictures

This was too good to pass up.

Hat tip to Ben Smith at Poltico.

First Senator Obama and General Petraeus:

Then two grumpy old men: