[stephenjohnbanker]

” BTW, not only has she supported Carbon Credits, but she created a sub-cabinet to deal specifically with climate change.

Take a look at Appendix C Administrative Order 238 Establishing the Alaska Climate Change Sub-Cabinet which former governor palin ordered in Sep 2007. Two items in particular:

9. the potential benefits of Alaska participating in regional, national, and international climate policy agreements and greenhouse gas registries 13. the opportunities for Alaska to participate in carbon-trading markets, including the offering of carbon sequestration; “

Thanks for the info. I’m not surprised either. Look up her record on the “ bridge to nowhere” her advocacy of it, how she flip flopped on it when it went public, and how she kept and spent the money. More like Ted Kennedy than a conservative.

[rob777]

"More like Ted Kennedy than a conservative."


She seems to be more of a populist than ideologically liberal or conservative. Sometimes her populism causes her to lean right and sometimes it causes her to lean left. Even when she takes a position which lines her up with the left, the rationale for taking such a position is devoid of the ideological considerations that characterizes leftist thought.