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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.

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

Could it be any sweeter than that the big opening salvo is courtesy of WaPo?


21 posted on 07/13/2009 8:47:19 PM PDT by jessduntno ("We have elected the King of the POst TUrtleS.")
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To: jessduntno

Nope. Its awesome. Can’t wait to see what is next.


22 posted on 07/13/2009 8:49:10 PM PDT by The Californian (The door to the room of success swings on the hinges of opposition. Bob Jones, Sr.)
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To: Lancey Howard

and so it begins.

As in, the race is on,
The game is afoot


23 posted on 07/13/2009 8:49:14 PM PDT by ak267
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To: redk

Nice job.


24 posted on 07/13/2009 8:51:05 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: jessduntno

Yeah, I was shocked that the Washington Compost(As my man Mark Levin calls them) would even have any contact with Sarah Palin


25 posted on 07/13/2009 8:51:48 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: redk
The writer, a Republican, is governor of Alaska.

I don't know if Palin penned this, or the Washington Post.

If it was Sarah, any speculation about her leaving the Republican party has been refuted.

Does she have the power/clout to clean up the republican party and make them worth voting for again?

26 posted on 07/13/2009 8:52:09 PM PDT by Washi
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To: redk

Energy IS a winning issue if framed the correct way. Compare the vast amounts of cheap affordable energy via oil, natural gas and nuclear versus the high cost of “windmills and sunshine”. It’s so easy to paint liberal as idealistic hippies not connected with reality when you say their ideas of energy are “windmills and sunshine”.


27 posted on 07/13/2009 8:52:54 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: redk
Wait a minute. I thought she was an incoherent backwoods Mom who needed to study up on the issues?


28 posted on 07/13/2009 8:53:07 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist ("President Obama, your agenda is not new, it's not change, and it's not hope" - Rush Limbaugh 02/28)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Ditto.


29 posted on 07/13/2009 8:54:16 PM PDT by piytar (Take back the language: Obama axing Chrystler dealers based on political donations is REAL fascism!)
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To: redk
Aha, Sarah is taking my advice, she has found a signature issue, leading the charge against Cap and Tax. She'll garner a lot of mainstream Republican support from the industries that are in line to be gored.

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Prepping for a run for president?

Friday, July 03, 2009 4:43:05 PM · 18 of 41
Plutarch to Kansas58
I can see Sarah being a professional fundraiser.

She could make like Ronaldus Maximus 1976-1980. A lot of support for Republican candidates, and leading the charge on a signature issue, as did Reagan on the Panama Canal Treaty.


30 posted on 07/13/2009 8:56:13 PM PDT by Plutarch
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To: redk
And so it begins.

Yup, and I'm glad to see it begin so quickly. I don't believe most Americans are interested in the economy-busting lunacy that the environmentalists and their stooges in the Democratic Party have in mind. Palin is smart to try to make herself the face of common sense on this issue. She also needs to speak publicly on this issue and others, early and often.
31 posted on 07/13/2009 8:56:19 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: redk

The first shot has been fired over the bow of the SS Obama.


32 posted on 07/13/2009 8:57:30 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

It’s sweet to see this opening policy statement appearing in the Washington Post.


33 posted on 07/13/2009 8:58:19 PM PDT by tgdunbar
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To: Lancey Howard
Sarah's assault on Obama and his minions.
34 posted on 07/13/2009 8:58:27 PM PDT by redk
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To: redk

You Go Girl!


35 posted on 07/13/2009 8:58:27 PM PDT by libbylu ( Palin begins from Wasilla not only a campaign, an Iditarod of a crusade)
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To: Lancey Howard

It means all the leftdolts, LSM hacks, and MittBots were dead wrong and are about to get a year long smackdown.

Can Mr. Momma Bear poster please drop his image here? TIA!


36 posted on 07/13/2009 8:58:33 PM PDT by piytar (Take back the language: Obama axing Chrystler dealers based on political donations is REAL fascism!)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

They are still in business to make a profit — and nothing sells papers more than a good cat fight.


37 posted on 07/13/2009 8:58:48 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: redk

“We have an important choice to make. Do we want to control our energy supply and its environmental impact? Or, do we want to outsource it to China, Russia and Saudi Arabia? Make no mistake: President Obama’s plan will result in the latter.”

This is a very good point. Its the second weakest argument of Cap and Trade. Without agreements across the world, some countries will be better off, some will be worse off, and under Obama’s plan, the US will fall into the latter category. It’s a another transfer of wealth.

The weakest argument of course is that its not proven at all that global warming is man made.


38 posted on 07/13/2009 9:00:54 PM PDT by militanttoby
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To: ak267

So, there’s a game or a race beginning? Okay.
Thanks.


39 posted on 07/13/2009 9:02:11 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Plutarch

Yup. One big difference, though: At this stage, even Ronaldus Magnus didn’t have the national support and exposure that Gov. Palin has...


40 posted on 07/13/2009 9:02:45 PM PDT by piytar (Take back the language: Obama axing Chrystler dealers based on political donations is REAL fascism!)
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