Repuglican VP Nominee's Record Includes Charging Victims For Forensic Tests

Another despicable policy in Palin's record as mayor: charging rape victims for forensic tests. 
 
So much for justice and fairness.
 
From McClatchy Newspapers"....former Gov. Tony Knowles and current Ketchikan Mayor Bob Weinstein -- both Democrats -- accused Palin of misleading the public in her new role as the vice presidential running mate of Arizona Sen. John McCain.

"While some of their complaints have already been aired, Knowles broke new ground while answering a reporter's question on whether Wasilla forced rape victims to pay for their own forensic tests when Palin was mayor. 

"True, Knowles said.

"Eight years ago, complaints about charging rape victims for medical exams in Wasilla prompted the Alaska Legislature to pass a bill -- signed into law by Knowles -- that banned the practice statewide.

" 'There was one town in Alaska that was charging victims for this, and that was Wasilla,' Knowles said

"A May 23, 2000, article in Wasilla's newspaper, The Frontiersman, noted that Alaska State Troopers and most municipal police agencies regularly pay for such exams, which cost between $300 and $1,200 apiece.

" '(But) the Wasilla police department does charge the victims of sexual assault for the tests,'  the newspaper reported.

"Knowles and Weinstein also went after the Republican ticket on several statements now airing in campaign ads around the nation, including Palin's claim that she opposed federal money for the "bridge to nowhere."

"The governor has refused to acknowledge her explicit support for the $230 million Gravina Island Access Project in her effort to sound more like an anti-earmark reformer to a national audience, Weinstein said.

"And she still supports spending $400 million to $600 million on "the other Bridge to Nowhere," the Knik Arm Crossing, which would provide residents in Palin's hometown of Wasilla faster access to Anchorage, Knowles added.

" 'That project is moving right ahead,' said Knowles, who served as governor of Alaska from 1994 to 2002. 'The money for that project was not diverted anywhere else. ... So (for her) to say she said, 'Thanks, but no thanks....' I would say she said, 'Thanks!'

Obviously, Moose Woman has no scruples and is unfit for the presidency.

"By the way, Palin, the religious zealot, who crows about small town values lives in the largest state by size but one of the smallest population, a state that has the highest rape rate at 65% with only 2% of the victims not knowing their rapist.  

 "It's uncle. It's dad. It's big brother," public safety Commissioner Walt Monegan said. "It's not a guy with a ski mask out in the shadows."

"We lead the nation in forcible rapes," State Trooper Commander Audie Holloway said. "What we are doing is not working."

Moose Women certainly doesn't cite or brag about these "family values' statistics on the campaign trail.

 

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