Bloomberg News reports that many of Sarah Palin's decisions as governor of Alaska undercut John McCain's argument that he and Palin would "end business as usual and cronyism" in Washington.
Her record shows the Alaska governor engaged in some of the same practices she and McCain now condemn.
Among the actions cited are the appointment of a business partner to a state job, the hiring of a former lobbyist for a pipeline company to oversee a multimillion dollar contract with that company and the section of a new state police chief who was the target of an outstanding sexual harassment charge.
These incidents raise ``some serious questions about her judgment and serious questions about her standards of ethics in public service,'' said James Thurber, director of American University's Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies in Washington. Suggesting a real estate investment partner for a job ``may be acceptable in Alaska; it would not be acceptable in Washington, D.C., a place whose norms she wants to change.''
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