Want Palin's e-mails? That'll be $15 million

And some actually believe this woman, or for those of us with a brain; the First Dude, is fit to be VP. As Barack keeps saying..."Just vote".

Even at that price, many records won't be available until after the election

"Sarah Palin's office has discovered a renewable resource to bring millions of dollars into Alaska's economy: the governor's e-mails.

The office of the Republican vice-presidential nominee has quoted prices as high as $15 million for copies of state e-mails requested by news organizations and citizens. No matter what the price, most of the e-mails of Palin, her senior staff and other state employees won't be made public until at least several weeks after the Nov. 4 presidential election, her office told msnbc.com on Thursday.

How did the cost reach $15 million? Let's look at a typical request. When the Associated Press asked for all state e-mails sent to the governor's husband, Todd Palin, her office said it would take up to six hours of a programmer's time to assemble the e-mail of just a single state employee, then another two hours for "security" checks, and finally five hours to search the e-mail for whatever word or topic the requestor is seeking. At $73.87 an hour, that's $960.31 for a single e-mail account. And there are 16,000 full-time state employees. The cost quoted to the AP: $15,364,960.

And that's not including the copying costs. Although the e-mails are stored electronically in Microsoft Outlook and on backup servers, and although a blank CD-ROM costs only 41 cents at Capital Office Supply in Juneau, the governor's office says it can provide copies only on paper..."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27228287/

in three easy steps when you can do it in 150. As far as the subject of your thread goes, consider the source.

I thought McCain/Palin were against pork of any kind? $15 million lipstick on that pig is some expensive lipstick...

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I could save them $15,362,960, by doing it for two grand! At that price, I'd throw in the CD, which only costs me 20 cents, in bulk from any reputable dealer on the Internet. I wonder how much they rip off their bosses, the taxpayers, there in Alaska!

Who does she think she is? A Soprano?

Come on. When will this woman's 15 minutes be over with already?