Palin's Ebay Jet

There's been a fair amount of discussion around the story of how Sarah Palin sold her predecessor's luxery jet on ebay. Some questions were, who bought it? How much did they pay? When was it sold? My first question was, who sells a jet on ebay? I guess no matter what the question, the answer was always pretty clear - how cool is Govenor Palin for being a reformer that sold off a luxery jet that wasn't necessary.

Unfortunately, reports are coming out today that the jet, while listed on ebay at one time, didn't actually sell on Ebay, or for a profit as claimed by the McCain/Palin ticket - which aside from being a totally sexist report makes Palin and McCain look like liers. But it's really not a big deal. I mean, Palin did eventually sell the jet to an Alaskan businessman (who had donated to her campaign) for a significant loss, but it's almost the same thing. Not to mention after ebay failed to produce a high enough bidder (as if most americans don't just have 2.7 million sitting around) she tried to sell it 3 times at a San Jose auction house, which when that failed, she sold to her fellow Alaskan. Do you see how determined this woman is to sell? While she might not have sold the jet on ebay, she did sell most of America on the non-fact that she did, which in turn does make her a great saleswoman. Just because she sold the jet to a deep pockets insider for a loss, instead of to the winner of a fair democratic auction for a profit doesn't mean that she's not a reformer, or twists the truth, does it?