Nailin' Palin: AP finds governor billed taxpayers more than $21,000 for creative daycare

Gov. Sarah Palin has flown her children across country and around Alaska at taxpayer expense for the past two years, housing them in expensive hotels and amassing a bill of more than $21,000.

An AP investigation uncovered the damaging revelations to Palin's maverick reputation, countering her claims that she is someone who fights business as usual in government.

One of the trips at taxpayer expense included a trek to see Palin's champion husband and the children's father race in the Iditarod. Another public expenditure was for a trip to New York City where Gov. Palin had a five-hour meeting.

Many of 64 trips were to events at which the children were not invited. And Palin amended expense accounts to make it appear that the trips were for official public business.

What else can one say? Both political parties betray.

To read more about these damaging revelations, go to:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_el_pr/palin_family_travel