Thursday, September 11, 2008

Governor Palin and eBay

During her acceptance speech and other speeches ever since, Sarah Palin couldn’t resist boasting about her getting rid of the Alaska state jet by saying "that luxury jet was over the top. I put it on eBay" to show how thrifty she was, but the plane never sold on eBay.

According to the Anchorage Daily News, her state actually lost money on the deal, despite John McCain telling an audience last week, "she made a profit, too." Palin's predecessor paid $2.7 million for the jet. The state tried to sell it on eBay for $2.5 million, but ended up using a broker who sold it to a businessman for $2.1 million. Good job John for picking such a factual and transparent candidate for V.P.!

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