https://freerepublic.com/tag/americanenrgy/ en-us Sun, 12 Jun 2011 01:02:30 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2733423/posts She was hands-on and averse to partisan politics. She championed openness in government and had normal relations with the media. She was a little starstruck by her interactions with national politicians but unafraid to do battle with the chief executives of the world’s largest oil companies The emails from her governorship, released Friday, brought back the memory of a long-lost Palin: the popular, charismatic, competent woman of the people. Far from being a knee-jerk partisan, she praises then-Sen. Barack Obama for his energy ideas — “pretty cool,” even though he is the “wrong candidate.” She derides the Republican establishment just... Politico https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2733423/posts#comment Sun, 12 Jun 2011 01:02:30 GMT