[Above My Pay Grade]

The Cap & Trade charge is bull. Palin, saw the reality that even if based on junk science and hysteria, Federal “Climate Change” legislation, that would deeply affect her energy producing state, was a very real possibility. Because of this, like any good governor should, she formed a committee to determine what the implications of this might be on her state, and what the state could do to deal with those implications.

As for TARP, it would be asking a lot to expect either VP candidate could go against the top of the ticket on an issue as big as that, in the middle of what was sold to the American people as the greatest economic crisis of our time. It would be even harder to expect a newcomer VP candidate to also go against the sitting POTUS from her own party.

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"The Cap & Trade charge is bull. "


It is not. One of the items supported by the EO was participation in a regional Cap and Trade scheme. There was also the debate with Joe Biden. When debate host Gwen Ifill asked Palin whether she supported capping carbon emissions, her answer was unequivocal: "I do," she said. "I do." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89FbCPzAsRA)




"Palin, saw the reality that even if based on junk science and hysteria, Federal “Climate Change” legislation, that would deeply affect her energy producing state, was a very real possibility. Because of this, like any good governor should, she formed a committee to determine what the implications of this might be on her state, and what the state could do to deal with those implications."


Read it again, it was not created to deal with Federal Climate Change "legislation", but the effects of Climate Change. Back in 2007 under Bush, such federal legislation was not an imminent threat. The language of the sub-panel parrots the line that climate change effects would be negative and that we could do something about it by curbing emissions.




As for TARP, it would be asking a lot to expect either VP candidate could go against the top of the ticket on an issue as big as that, in the middle of what was sold to the American people as the greatest economic crisis of our time.


Again, this is an excuse. She expressed a difference of opinion with McCain on drilling in Alaska. Furthermore, she threw the GOP House members, who opposed this mess, under the bus in her book. The book was written AFTER the campaign was over.