‘Palin “had made the largest veto totals in the state’s history.” Well, context is important. An observer parachuting into a state without knowing all the local factors can think something is utterly inexplicable which in truth is easily defensible.’
I love her more!
Spending was up. What was the deficit?
‘she kept the federal money and used part of it for a “road to nowhere” that leads to where the bridge was meant to begin.’
Oh my, a poorly planned road?
(To nitpick ...) I’m “shocked” by such honesty.
Short career speil, small town crack — no ‘nitpick’ alert there.
” ... the town’s long-term debt reportedly jumped from $1 million to $25 million. ...”
Now there’s a way to make a point. Buried under pettiness.
Smear as “quitter”, partly because she didn’t suck up to college professors enough.
CPAC getting catty with her? I’ve already begun to wonder about CPAC.
” ...her thin-skinned touchiness begins ...”
Good grief! Thin skinned? She’s been through HELL!!!! HOW DARE that writer accuse her of being thin skinned!
“(Palin never overcame such a counter-attack.)” Quite a reach to be certain of that.
” ... that which is done with good intentions in the name of ethics can hobble good government rather than promote it. That appears to have happened in Alaska with Palin ...”
... [snip] ... “Yet it doesn’t seem to occur to her that this imbalance was the eminently predictable result of her own reforms.”
Yeah, so Palin was blindsided by just how thuggish leftwing lawyers can be when a Chicago thug airdrops them. She should have realized what few Americans realized when Obama tricked people into voting for him? That’s a huge over-reach. Petty twist.
I’m willing to forgive a poor road mistake, and I’m certainly willing to forgive a little naivitee about leftist lawyer-thugs. Live and learn. Now she knows better than most.
She sold the governor’s jet on ebay. That tells me a LOT about her character on fiscal responsibility. The only legitimate gripe is the raised deficit of her town.
OK, I stopped reading after that.
OK Arthur, how about Sarah Palin going on the record to state that she “shares John McCain’s vision for America”?
Q - Is John McCain a conservative?
Q - Would his ‘vision’ for America be conservative?
Q - Would this make anyone ‘sharing’ his vision conservative or not?
Back to you Arthur.
I’m willing to forgive a poor road mistake, and I’m certainly willing to forgive a little naivitee about leftist lawyer-thugs. Live and learn. Now she knows better than most.
It was NOT Palin’s reforms that got her. The previous state legistrature before Palin changed the law as it releated to the Governor. To allow citizens to air the complaints with no repercussions.