Posted on 07/08/2007 11:02:33 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
The Most Popular Governor Alaska's Sarah Palin is the GOP's newest star. by Fred Barnes 07/16/2007, Volume 012, Issue 41
Juneau The wipeout in the 2006 election left Republicans in such a state of dejection that they've overlooked the one shining victory in which a Republican star was born. The triumph came in Alaska where Sarah Palin, a politician of eye-popping integrity, was elected governor. She is now the most popular governor in America, with an approval rating in the 90s, and probably the most popular public official in any state.
Her rise is a great (and rare) story of how adherence to principle--especially to transparency and accountability in government--can produce political success. And by the way, Palin is a conservative who only last month vetoed 13 percent of the state's proposed budget for capital projects. The cuts, the Anchorage Daily News said, "may be the biggest single-year line-item veto total in state history."
As recently as last year, Palin (pronounced pale-in) was a political outcast. She resigned in January 2004 as head of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission after complaining to the office of Governor Frank Murkowski and to state Attorney General Gregg Renkes about ethical violations by another commissioner, Randy Ruedrich, who was also Republican state chairman.
State law barred Palin from speaking out publicly about ethical violations and corruption. But she was vindicated later in 2004 when Ruedrich, who'd been reconfirmed as state chairman, agreed to pay a $12,000 fine for breaking state ethics laws. She became a hero in the eyes of the public and the press, and the bane of Republican leaders.
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Linda Ronstadt was SUCH a babe!
1. Dunno for sure.
2. Not unless you’re one of those that thinks all women should weigh 107 pounds.
Yup, in ye olde days...
“Not unless you’re one of those that thinks all women should weigh 107 pounds.” - RockinRight
No, they should just weigh less than Mrs. Bush.
a politician of eye-popping integrity, was elected governor. She is now the most popular governor in America, with an approval rating in the 90s, and probably the most popular public official in any state.
Her rise is a great (and rare) story of how adherence to principle—especially to transparency and accountability in government—can produce political success. And by the way, Palin is a conservative who only last month vetoed 13 percent of the state’s proposed budget for capital projects. The cuts, the Anchorage Daily News said, “may be the biggest single-year line-item veto total in state history.”
As recently as last year, Palin (pronounced pale-in) was a political outcast.
They are unusual if you are not from here in Alaska.
And best of all she isn’t a lawyer! That cuts the sleaze factor way down
I lived in Alaska for 30+ years, 4 of them in Juneau. I always liked the easy going style of the Gov(s). The mansion is right downtown. No security fence (at least not in ‘04), no armed security (at least not obvious).
Governor Palin is known in Juneau as Sarah Barracuda and is also being considered for national GOP VP nomination.
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