Liberal, meet polar bear........who's the endangered species, now?....
Posted on 08/29/2008 1:42:49 PM PDT by rightinthemiddle
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are probably cobbling together the campaign ad right now: "John McCain's running mate is for big oil and against the environment," a somber voice intones as cute baby polar bears scamper across the screen.
If McCain hoped to stop Democrats from getting much mileage out of the oil issue in this presidential election, he picked the wrong vice presidential candidate.
His choice, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, comes from a state whose lifeblood is oil. Palin favors opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development, something McCain opposes. Her family even gets one of its paychecks from the oil industry: Palin's husband, Todd Palin, earned $46,790 last year as a facility operator for BP Alaska in Prudhoe Bay.
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Democrats could also accuse Palin of picking on polar bears.
Palin opposes the Bush administration's decision to list polar bears as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Alaska sued Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne earlier this month to try to overturn his decision.
Palin argues there isn't enough evidence to support a listing, and she fears it will harm oil and gas development in prime polar bear habitat off Alaska's northern and northwestern coasts.
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I read this earlier and LAUGHED my butt off....didn’t this woman stand up to big oil...
I find this paragraph terrific....
“His choice, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, comes from a state whose lifeblood is oil. Palin favors opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development, something McCain opposes. Her family even gets one of its paychecks from the oil industry: Palin’s husband, Todd Palin, earned $46,790 last year as a facility operator for BP Alaska in Prudhoe Bay.”
I can only hope the rats use it as fodder as it will open the door for the McCain team to talk about hussien’s bitter half getting a $200K salary increase from a hospital he later earmarked $1-million....
“If McCain hoped to stop Democrats from getting much mileage out of the oil issue in this presidential election, he picked the wrong vice presidential candidate.”
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Ah, no, he picked the RIGHT candidate, you moronic AP Liberal Hack.
Liberal, meet polar bear........who's the endangered species, now?....
Yeah! Get Katie Couric to ask experienced politicians at the GOP convention about their views on polar bears!!!
Yup, her husband is a regular working guy. She’s a regular mom.
The snobbish, elitist Libs can’t stand Real Americans.
What medication is this moron taking? OIL is a GOP issue and we're cleaning the dhimmis clock w/ it.
And oh yeah, we just hired a clockmaker!
Very very funny....thanks for posting...
He did hard grunt work, above the Arctic Circle, in the winter — and the Dems want people to think he's got big oil in his back pocket. He just did an honest day's work for an honest dollar.
The dems and the media are misfiring on all cylinders.
They are going to get rocked on this stuff.
She has been quite tough on the oil industry in Alaska and reactionary dems are about to find out in the weeks ahead.
My only problem with Gov. Palin is the law she signed last year imposing a Windfall Profits Tax on the oil companies operating in Alaska.
I heard a greenie saying Alaska’s polar bears were having a tough time. Is that because there are so many of them now?
I understand that she was on Glen Beck yesterday making just such a case.
I further understand that she said she was “working on” McCain’s position on drilling and that he was listening with an open mind.
I don’t care what Palin thinks of polar bears, what matters is that she loves unborn children more than the bears.
He did hard grunt work
When meeting dignitaries after Saras speech today, he seemed solid, self assured and classy. In other words, not a redneck.
Especially if their gunless?
Man, the libs are scraping the bottom of their ideological barrrel here.And Palin is the person who can make it happen.
No dem and their pet polar bear will stop her.
Especially if their gunless?
Man, the libs are scraping the bottom of their ideological barrrel here.And Palin is the person who can make it happen.
No dem and their pet polar bear will stop her.
Just facinating the AP article writes a democrat attack ad for them.
Palin is in step with a huge majority of Americans on this issue.
The election is now Drill or No Drill. $2/gal or $10, you decide.
Pray for W and Our Troops
I laughed too, but the comment that really got me was: “$46,790 last year as a facility operator for BP Alaska in Prudhoe Bay.” Her husband is Jed Clamplett—getting rich off of oil!
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