... AND this:
Posted on 08/30/2009 9:46:31 PM PDT by definitelynotaliberal
The last 45 of my 66 years I’ve spent in a commercial fishing town in Alaska. I understand Alaska politics but never understood national politics well until this last year. Here’s the breaking point: Neither side of the Palin controversy gets it…It’s not about persona, style, rhetoric, it’s about doing things. Even Palin supporters never mention the things that I’m about to mention here.
1- Democrats forget when Palin was the Darling of the Democrats, because as soon as Palin took the Governor’s office away from a fellow Republican and tough SOB, Frank Murkowski, she tore into the Republican’s “Corrupt Bastards Club” (CBC) and sent them packing. Many of them are now residing in State housing and wearing orange jump suits. The Democrats reacted by skipping around the yard, throwing confetti and singing “la la la la” (well, you know how they are). Name another governor in this country that has ever done anything similar. But while you’re thinking, I’ll continue.
2- Now with the CBC gone, there were fewer Alaskan politicians to protect the huge, giant oil companies here. So, she constructed and enacted a new system of splitting the oil profits called “ACES”. Exxon (the biggest corporation in the world) protested and Sarah told them “don’t let the door hit you in the stern on your way out.” They stayed, and Alaska residents went from being merely wealthy to being filthy rich. Of course the other huge international oil companies meekly fell in line. Again, give me the name of any other governor in the country that has done anything similar.
3- The other thing she did when she walked into the governor’s office is she got the list of State requests for federal funding for projects, known as “pork”. She went through the list, took 85% of them and placed them in the “when-hell-freezes-over” stack. She let locals know that if we need something built, we’ll pay for it ourselves. Maybe she figured she could use the money she got from selling the previous governor’s jet because it was extravagant. Maybe she could use the money she saved by dismissing the governor’s cook (remarking that she could cook for her own family), giving back the State vehicle issued to her, maintaining that she already had a car, and dismissing her State provided security force (never mentioning—I imagine—that she’s packing heat herself). I’m still waiting to hear the names of those other governors.
4- Now, even with her much-ridiculed “gosh and golly” mannerism, she also managed to put together a totally new approach to getting a natural gas pipeline built which will be the biggest private construction project in the history of North America. No one else could do it although they tried. If that doesn’t impress you, then you’re trying too hard to be unimpressed while watching her do things like this while baking up a batch of brownies with her other hand.
5- For 30 years, Exxon held a lease to do exploratory drilling at a place called Point Thompson. They made excuses the entire time why they couldn’t start drilling. In truth they were holding it like an investment. No governor for 30 years could make them get started. This summer, she told them she was revoking their lease and kicking them out. They protested and threatened court action. She shrugged and reminded them that she knew the way to the court house. Alaska won again.
6- President Obama wants the nation to be on 25% renewable resources for electricity by 2025. Sarah went to the legislature and submitted her plan for Alaska to be at 50% renewables by 2025. We are already at 25%. I can give you more specifics about things done, as opposed to style and persona . Everybody wants to be cool, sound cool, look cool. But that’s just a cover-up. I’m still waiting to hear from liberals the names of other governors who can match what mine has done in two and a half years. I won’t be holding my breath.
By the way, she was content to to return to AK after the national election and go to work, but the haters wouldn’t let her. Now these adolescent screechers are obviously not scuba divers. And no one ever told them what happens when you continually jab and pester a barracuda. Without warning, it will spin around and tear your face off. Shoulda known better.
It IS like magic...
... AND this:
Interesting!
If we remember, Sarah Palin was the ONLY candidate running for office during the Presidential election that was calling out the words “that is socialism and we don’t need to go down that road”. John McCain allowed her to be tortured by everyone and their brothers while he didn’t help by carrying on that telling and chilling call....”that is socialism”. I loved her before that but I treasured her after hearing her say that.
Now, the idiots who voted for Obama have set up the demise of our Republic. I will vote for Sarah Palin any moment of any day...she is a champ...and she deserves to be the FIRST woman President!! The GOP needs to wise up and start backing her instead of continuing to allow her to be demeaned.
I am so ashamed of that party. The GOP contributed to Obama’s election as much as anything else...and they continue to believe this middle of the road crappola...that the Republican party needs to be in the middle...no, hell no....it needs to be TOTALLY opposite of the Democratic Progressive Party.
Excellent reminder!
The Sarah scoffers are a laugh, are they not?
The Sarah scoffers are a laugh, are they not?
They sure are, and she is quietly building up her base..nearly 850,000 supporters on Facebook alone. Are you one?
well - 'bd (before dog) he bragged he'd get a pound dog - but the dog he has is an expensive purebreed - gift of the late Teddy ;o)
Source? How would one know how many "supporters" they have?
I only wish she would tear somebody's face off. She might be viewed as thin skinned, and perhaps it's because until last year she hadn't faced a lot of strong political opposition. But in the past year a lot has been done to her that totally breached the bounds of reasonableness (assuming at least some fierce Democrat partisans know what that is). A lot of those things warranted much stronger reactions than they received.
Damn. Just when I think I can’t love this woman more.
You go to the person's facebook page and see the number..... http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/sarahpalin?ref=ts
I went to the page you noted and saw nothing that enumerated her supporters.
OK, I see what you mean now.
Nice summary of what Palin basically stands for. Her actions over the past few years really represent what hope and change can in a good way stand for, unlike the zero man’s box of ideals that can only reduce this Republic to a second rate country in due time.
They are a laugh.
I agree!!!
Here's my favorite picture of the Governor:
You are exactly correct.
McCain always disappoints when you really need him doesn’t he.
I will never trust McCain as president because of this in his track record.
There is just something in his character that makes him try and appease and win favor with the enemy rather than his own supporters. And that would not change if he had been president.
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