Palin and poor leadership

Palin criticizes Obama for not agreeing to another temporary measure that would have funded the military for the rest of the year, but slashed funding for NPR among other things. She believes this shows poor leadership, choosing to protect Car Talk and leaving our troops vulnerable … choosing a non-constitutional duty over a constitutional duty. Ok, but if that is poor leadership, what is it to play politics with military funding in the first place by bundling military funding with cuts that wouldn’t pass on their own through the senate? And since when does the Government only fund what it is constitutionally required to? Since when did non-constitutionally required mean not important? She’s not all wrong though … she is presenting us with evidence of what is wrong with the budget showdown.