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Happy 4th of July from Governor Palin & Alaska!
Governor Palin 4 President ^

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.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: governorpalin; palin; sarahpalin

1 posted on 07/04/2009 9:03:56 PM PDT by MaxCUA
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To: MaxCUA

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 Palin’s 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.


2 posted on 07/04/2009 9:05:27 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: MaxCUA

3 posted on 07/04/2009 9:06:48 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: MaxCUA

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.


4 posted on 07/04/2009 9:25:56 PM PDT by ReneeLynn (Socialism, it's the new black.)
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To: MaxCUA

Happy 4th of July from (Former) Governor Palin & Alaska!


5 posted on 07/04/2009 9:26:13 PM PDT by flowerplough (Bammy = Oprah = Clinton = most elected Democrats, successfully feigning compassion for money&power)
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To: MaxCUA; Admin Moderator

Already posted- quite a few times.


6 posted on 07/04/2009 9:26:52 PM PDT by rintense (Senior Marketing / IT / UX architect unemployed and looking for work. Freepmail me if you have leads)
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