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The 'Cap And Tax' Dead End (Palin WaPo Op-Ed)
Washington Post ^ | Tuesday, July 14, 2009 | Sarah Palin

Posted on 07/13/2009 8:34:34 PM PDT by redk

There is no shortage of threats to our economy. America's unemployment rate recently hit its highest mark in more than 25 years and is expected to continue climbing. Worries are widespread that even when the economy finally rebounds, the recovery won't bring jobs. Our nation's debt is unsustainable, and the federal government's reach into the private sector is unprecedented.

Unfortunately, many in the national media would rather focus on the personality-driven political gossip of the day than on the gravity of these challenges. So, at risk of disappointing the chattering class, let me make clear what is foremost on my mind and where my focus will be:

I am deeply concerned about President Obama's cap-and-trade energy plan, and I believe it is an enormous threat to our economy. It would undermine our recovery over the short term and would inflict permanent damage.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: capandtax; obama; palin; palin2012
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Obama is afraid of SP. He will do some misogynist attack as he did during the election.


181 posted on 07/14/2009 1:55:34 AM PDT by Fred (Obama Throws the Iranian Citizens Under the Bus)
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To: redk

Gov. Palin wrote an op-ed.
I feel an ethics cpmplaint may be coming soon.


182 posted on 07/14/2009 3:03:52 AM PDT by feedback doctor (The first female president will be a Conservative Republican - Sarah Palin!)
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To: ak267

How about...”Cry Havoc!,and let slip the dogs of war.”


183 posted on 07/14/2009 3:48:26 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
Unfortunately, many in the national media would rather focus on the personality-driven political gossip of the day than on the gravity of these challenges. So, at risk of disappointing the chattering class, let me make clear what is foremost on my mind and where my focus will be:

I am deeply concerned about President Obama's cap-and-trade energy plan, and I believe it is an enormous threat to our economy. It would undermine our recovery over the short term and would inflict permanent damage.

184 posted on 07/14/2009 3:55:30 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: calex59
I have to ask how this got into WaPo? Were the editors drugged or sleeping?

While the Post does have major credibility issues, every once in a while they do post some common sense, even from their own editorial board.

I'd have been far more surprised to see this in the NYT.

185 posted on 07/14/2009 3:58:35 AM PDT by kevkrom
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To: redk
Good article; short and to the point. Nice ending:

..."Can America produce more of its own energy through strategic investments that protect the environment, revive our economy and secure our nation?

Yes, we can. Just not with Barack Obama's energy cap-and-tax plan.

LOL.
186 posted on 07/14/2009 4:49:01 AM PDT by Girlene
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To: piytar
????? Check the byline: “By Sarah Palin.”

I know that the overall article was written by Palin. My question was about the "the writer, a republican, is governor of Alaska" part.

187 posted on 07/14/2009 4:58:30 AM PDT by Washi
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To: upsdriver
And why would Sarah Palin's leaving the republican party be foolish?

Please, tell me what the republican party has had to offer for the last decade?

Conservativism made America a great country, not Republicanism.

If "Republican" equals John McCain in 2008 and G.W.B. the two elections prior to that, then "Republicanism" sucks.

Sarah Palin would be VERY smart to leave the republican part, take the conservatives with her, and try to take America back in the right direction.

188 posted on 07/14/2009 5:04:52 AM PDT by Washi
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To: Washi
My question was about the "the writer, a republican, is governor of Alaska" part.

It's standard practice for the Post to identify an author by position and political party if they're an elected official.

189 posted on 07/14/2009 5:41:52 AM PDT by kevkrom
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To: IncPen

Cap and trade?

Now you know why Enron had to die.

Haven’t seen this idea expressed very often, but buying and selling nothing is precisely what spelled the end of enron. What a scheme, cap and trade looks like Enron on steroids. With predictable results, AFTER ENRICHING A FEW NOTED PROMOTERS, AND PARTICIPANTS, and without the penalties some of the Enron folks received. Actually the ones penalized the most were the workers, the pension holders, and the investors, the little guy.


190 posted on 07/14/2009 7:46:57 AM PDT by wita
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To: NeoCaveman; xsmommy; secret garden; SoothingDave; Texan5; VRWCmember; CholeraJoe; theDentist

A good beginning indeedy.


191 posted on 07/14/2009 10:18:15 AM PDT by tioga
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To: tioga

TFTP!


192 posted on 07/14/2009 10:19:27 AM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: redk

Please read the comments after her article and FREEP this newspaper with your own!


193 posted on 07/14/2009 10:27:46 AM PDT by keats5 (Not all of us are hypnotized.)
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To: keats5

better yet.......send a letter to the editor.......why bother arguing in the comment section with a liberal idiot?


194 posted on 07/14/2009 10:44:31 AM PDT by tioga
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To: tioga

You asked: “why bother arguing in the comment section with a liberal idiot?”

First, I’m not really arguing with anyone. I’m just supporting for Sarah.

Second, I write my thoughts so that those who are sitting on the fence can consider the merit of my words. It’s free P.R. for Sarah, so why not?

I was once liberal myself, as a youth. I came into the light because I noticed conservatives had better arguments.


195 posted on 07/14/2009 10:49:34 AM PDT by keats5 (Not all of us are hypnotized.)
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To: keats5

I suspect that a letter to the editor would be viewed by more folks......


196 posted on 07/14/2009 10:50:36 AM PDT by tioga
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To: tioga

Doesn’t have to be one or the other. It could be both.


197 posted on 07/14/2009 10:59:21 AM PDT by keats5 (Not all of us are hypnotized.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

July 26th?


198 posted on 07/14/2009 1:02:42 PM PDT by nikos1121
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To: redk

Another Governor Palin position paper. Section 13 seems a bit strange. http://gov.state.ak.us/admin-orders/238.html


199 posted on 07/14/2009 1:28:32 PM PDT by Swampmarine
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To: redk

Very good article!

I particularly liked the way she explained it in simple, no nonsense terms. She didn’t need the high flying ‘flourishes’ that are so common in the democrat chattering classes these days.


200 posted on 07/14/2009 3:31:01 PM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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