Palin on Rep. Young in 2006: ‘God Bless Him’

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) has campaigned hard as a reformer, frequently bringing up her fight against the corrupt “old boy network” in Alaska that is responsible for earmarks such as the notorious “bridge to nowhere.”

But when she was running for Governor in 2006 Palin had some kind words for some of those “old boys.”

“Our congressional delegation, God bless ’em. They do a great job for us,” Palin said at a 2006 forum hosted by the Alaska Professional Design Council. “The strength of our delegation there in D.C. is the envy of all other states. But we have to help them in their efforts by making out wish lists into target lists and we can’t kid ourselves.”

“Representative Don Young, especially God bless him, with transportation,” Palin said. “Alaska did so well under the very basic provisions of the transportation act that he wrote just a couple of years ago. We had a nice bump there. We’re very, very fortunate to receive the largesse that Don Young was able to put together for Alaska .”

Young, who is under FBI investigation, is the Alaska Republican that requested much of the earmark funding that Palin has frequently said she has fought against.

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