A reader of Jonah Goldberg's spends some time on the Google and determines that Sarah Palin was entitled to a per diem for all the days that she spent at home.
Talk about not getting it. The point isn't whether she was allowed to claim the money or not -- the point is that she practiced politics as usual. Palin has lived at home, hundreds of miles from the state capitol, for more than half the time that she's served as governor.
And she decided to charge the state extra for the privilege of allowing her to live at home.
Most people don't understand that kind of arrangement. Most people don't get the chance to be paid to live at home. It's the same kind of scam -- legal or not -- that is typical of politics. And it's the same old sense of self-entitlement that people hate about politicians.
When it comes to reform, Sarah Palin talks a mean game, but the more we learn, the more it seems that her image is just another myth spun up by the Republican Party.
Remind you of anything?
© Jed Lewison