>>>>>>>IMHO, two totally different situations. In Obama's case, it's more an issue of taking a stance but doing the opposite. With Palin, it's typical political cleaning house and bringing those whom you trust into the fold.
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>>>>>>>Neither are good (except that what Palin did is expected and standard practice but I don't see any corruption there or professing one thing and doing another), but this issue with taking a public stance on equal pay and rights for women but not practicing it concerns me more.
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>>>>>>You noted, of course, that the article doesn't mention whether those are all full-time staff or what their job titles and descriptions are, right? That article is insufficient to answer the question of whether he's giving equal pay for equal work.
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>>>>>>Tamar
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>>>>>Of course position and responsibility is everything:
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>>>>>http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/36234
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>>>>And then I read this in the Toronto Star, which I realise, for having written anything criticising McCain, is nothing but a left wing propaganda rag, but read it anyway.
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>>>>http://www.thestar.com/News/USElection/article/502839
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>>>Interesting leadin to an article. I don't think I've ever premised an article with 'right wing proganda rag' or 'left wing propaganda rag' ...
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>>I'm just heading off the expected major 'debating point' that others will use to attack the piece.
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>Oh, I thought you were playing Mike...

An easy role to play ;-)