A Handy Guide to Governor Palin's Accomplishments

The Palination ^ | THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010 | WHITNEY THE PIPSQUEAK

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Due in part to the ineptness of the McCain campaign in 2008 and the mischaracterization and flat out lies from the media over the 20 months, Governor Palin's gubernatorial accomplishments are largely either misunderstood or unknown. However, Governor Palin accomplished quite a lot in her 2 and a half years as governor of Alaska. As supporters of the Governor, I thought it might be a good idea to have a handy resource of Palin's gubernatorial accomplishments. This may allow us to correct the record for our friends and family who may still think that the Governor personally shot wolves from a helicopter or cut funding for special needs children. Additionally, while none of us know the Governor's political future, many of us hope that she runs for President. I feel that having something tangible that we can hand out to individuals at GOP events, Tea Parties, other political gatherings, or wherever else to let others know about the Governor's accomplishments will open the eyes of many who are skeptical or uninformed Even many conservatives and Republicans still do not have a firm grasp of what Governor Palin did while in office.

With the wonderful assistance of some of the contributors at The Palination, Conservatives4Palin, The Design Conservative and US4Palin along with other knowledgeable Palin supporters, I have put together a two page (or, ideally, one page double sided) PDF summary of Governor Palin's accomplishments while she was in office. These accomplishments range from energy issues to 10th amendment issues to budgeting and national security. Please go here to download and print or e-mail the document, and please share it as you have opportunity. Should the Governor be a candidate in any future elections, her accomplishments will speak volumes regarding her political abilities and policy chops.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

She also defeated both a former Governor and a popular incumbent Governor.

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It doesn't matter if Alaska's population was 100.
She was elected by the people to be chief executive of their state.
That in itself is a huge accomplishment for someone who was not part of a political machine, dynasty, or career.

So you would rate the respective Governorships of Alaska, New York, Texas, California and Florida as being equal, since all of those office holders were elected by the people?

Big fish, little pond, there is no denying that. And it isn't criticism, it is simply stating fact.

By that logic, the incoming new President of Centre College in Danville Kentucky (approximate student body of 1200) is on a par with the President of the University of Notre Dame with nearly 10x the number of students.

Sorry Triple-E, that math doesn't work.

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She also defeated both a former Governor and a popular incumbent Governor.

Which is an admirable task, however: considering that she accomplished that with a voter base of only 183,259 (votes actually cast) does not necessarily mean that Sarah Palin is automatically Jack the Giant Killer.

Consider the classic 'bum of the month club' which applies to the sport of boxing, once a boxer wins the Championship, it sometimes develops that their agent steers them to easy wins over unknown contenders, which keeps their name in the headlines, establishes a record of wins/knockouts for the Champ, but that cannot be considered the same as going out and taking on someone with the skills of an Ali, Holmes, Foreman, Holyfield, Tyson, etc.

I'm not saying that Sarah isn't capable of knocking out someone like 'Kid' 0bama, far from it. But the fact of the matter is, her resume', be it viewed in the perspective of boxing or any other analogy, is a little thin. There is no way to pump that up into anything more than it is.