Posted on 03/20/2011 9:52:25 AM PDT by Hojczyk
I read the speech first to get my own reaction to it. The entire speech was transcribed by India Today, perhaps a little too enthusiastically, as practically every other sentence gets an exclamation point towards the end. The common theme from my perspective was energy, and not just on energy policy, although Palin had plenty to say about that:
I’m in favour of “all-of-the-above” approach to energy security. But “all-of-the-above” means including “conventional” resources! That means, the kind we actually use to reliably fuel our economy. That means crude oil, for example. And our natural gas, our coal, nuclear power.
Unfortunately, some have stymied resource development – like responsible domestic oil drilling. As a result, hundreds of thousands of well-paying jobs won’t be created in the U.S. until we change course; it means Americans get hit with huge gas prices at the pump unless we change course; it means we’re continuing to transfer hundreds of billions of U.S. dollars to foreign regimes to purchase energy from them – regimes that don’t have our best interests at heart.
While Palin spent a considerable time on energy policy, she tied that more generally to a philosophy of government that unleashes the power of its citizens and incentivizes innovation and ingenuity. And again, Palin didn’t just mean in economics, although that’s certainly a big part of it:
On this: there are no “easy” solutions, but there are “simple” ones, if we just apply courage & political will to confront the problem squarely. Obviously, we need to stop digging the hole we’re in; cut spending; cut government back down to size; get rid of overly-burdensome regulations. And most of all, we need job growth! And that won’t come from ‘top-down government planning’! It’ll come from the ‘Free Market Ingenuity’ of ordinary American entrepreneurs!
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
I've been trying to find that info
According to:
http://anotherblackconservative.blogspot.com/2011/02/sarah-palin-on-libya.html
on, or before, February 22, 2011
Sarah Palin: "NATO and our allies should look at establishing a no-fly zone so Libyan air forces cannot continue slaughtering the Libyan people. "
Sounds like her hat is in the ring... Hope she has gotten some help with speaking in cliche’s as she is known to do... she’s not dumb, but whenever anyone’s speech is too cliched, it sounds like their covering their ignorance on any given topic. I love Sean Hannity, but he is a prime example of cliched speech... initially, cliche’s have a ring to them, but after awhile, they ring empty.
Just back from church, and I seem to be among the first to read this thread.
Sarah Palin is great. Intelligence. Common sense. Energy. Natural leadership abilities. Moral principles. And although not everyone will follow her there, real Christian commitment that means she can be counted on not to flip flop on the basic moral issues.
She won’t consent to spend tax dollars killing babies just because the elite want their free sex without consequences or the population controllers want to get rid of a few billion human beings.
She won’t support gay marriage.
She won’t suck up tons of pork because it might increase her bank account or help her get elected.
She understands that a nation needs to be built from the bottom up, by individuals and families and neighbors and communities, not from the top down by federal agencies and snarky intellectuals. Yes, she’s just as bright, or brighter, than most of those Harvard graduates, but she doesn’t think it’s her job to tell everyone what to do, or to compromise her principles in order to gain power. If she serves, it will be because she is willing to serve, because she thinks that God is calling on her to do her best for her country.
As I said, you don’t have to be a committed Christian to admire her. But it takes something like her devotion to religious principles—Catholic or Protestant, Jewish or Christian, to ensure that if she slips she will get up and try again, and that she will not be sucked down the usual paths that power hungry politicians are so inclined to go.
Here here, someone needs to figure out how to rebuild the middle class in this country. It is slowly eroding away and without it this country is done.
My Opinion..
Good comment! IBPA..(in before pissant)...OOoops! "This account has been banned or suspended."
Could not agree with you more.
She makes a lot more sense than all those who wants to run for President from the Republican side.
If she wanted MSM attention, all she had to say is that the “shot heard round the world” was fired in Concord, N.H. Bob
Stated well and succinctly, Sir. Bob
Yeah. Like the overused cliché that Palin speaks in "clichés," which she does not. Just another phony excuse to find (manufacture?) fault where there is none. You're absolutely right... it rings real empty. Even phony.
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Governor Palin is the anti-Obama. God Bless John McCain for putting her on the ticket in ‘08.
Sarah makes a decision on Feb 22nd based on Feb 22nd facts that it takes Obama almost four weeks to arrive at. The only problem is that during those four weeks, the situation on the ground has changed. Rather than winning, the rebels are now losing which means that a no-fly zone and threat of more won’t cause Ghaddafi to leave. It will now require more involvement and more decisions that Obama has now stepped aside from and has ceded to France.
The American military commanded by the French sounds like a recipe for failure. The WH has put out the word that Hillary was pushing for the no-fly zone. In the event of failure, Hillary will be blamed. In the event of success, Obama gets the credit. Where’s Harry Truman’s old sign, “The Buck Stops Here”?
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