Posted on 07/04/2009 9:03:55 PM PDT by MaxCUA
On this Independence Day, I am so very proud of all those who have chosen to serve our great nation and I honor their selflessness and the sacrifices of their families, too.
If I may, I would like to take a moment to reflect on the last 24 hours and share my thoughts with you.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 4, 2009
On July 3rd, 2009, Governor Sarah Palin announced her intent to resign her gubernatorial duties
and transfer the powers of Governor to Lt. Governor Sean Parnell.
Almost immediately afterwards, several unscrupulous people have asserted false and defamatory
allegations that the real reasons for Governor Palins resignation stem from an alleged
criminal investigation pertaining to the construction of the Wasilla Sports Complex. This
canard was first floated by Democrat operatives in September 2008 during the national
campaign and followed up by sympathetic Democratic writers.1 It was easily rebutted then as
one of many fabrications about Sarah Palin. Just as power abhors a vacuum, modern journalism
apparently abhors any type of due diligence and fact checking before scurrilous allegations are
repeated as fact.
The history of the Wasilla Sports Complex is publicly known. Contrary to the insinuation that
as Mayor of Wasilla, Sarah Palin personally oversaw bidding, construction, funding and
accounting for the project (and thus, the allegation goes, embezzled from the project), the
truth is far more mundane, and publicly available:
Curtis D. Menard was instrumental in spearheading the effort from conception to
realization of the Wasilla Sports Complex. He directed the steering committee
that was responsible for placing the issue before the voters of Wasilla and
1
Wayne Barrett, a writer for the left wing Village Voice, published these insinuations, on October 7, 2008 in a
story entitled The Book of Sarah available at http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-10-08/news/the-book-of-sarah.
This was written in the style of one pretending to be amazed that so many people in a small town like Wasilla
appear to know one another, support one another, and take on big projects together. Apparently that is uncommon
in New York. Rather than recognize that leaders of a community often mobilize to accomplish projects, the
writer offered this up as an unusual and questionable association of special interests.
Had a great Independence Day, made even better with the thought of Sarah coming after Obama. Pray, pray, pray for Sarah and for our country.
Happy 4th of July from (Former) Governor Palin & Alaska!
Already posted- quite a few times.
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