highhopes on September 8, 2008 at 10:26 AM

Talk about a misnomer.

I had my doubts about Palin to begin with, but she has proved to be very much up to the job. She has a very high approval rating in her state as well which tends to suggest that Alaskans are happy with the job she has done for them.

You have been nothing but disapproving of the woman from the first. What have you got against her? There must be something to justify this unrelenting hostility.

Terrye on September 8, 2008 at 4:40 PM

I’m not hostile, I point out her crappy populist politics and her own ethical problems and I’m labeled a Palin hater. I got no use for most of McCain’s crappy politics either. The GOP gives us these pathetic “leaders” and we’re all supposed to jump up and down for joy. It wasn’t two years ago that you could find one good thing said about McCain on this blog or most anywhere else in conservative circles and now it’s our job to praise him? Screw that, he’s done nohing to earn my respect or vote for that matter. I’m still voting against Obama but don’t expect me to disregard the piss poor history of politics and policy from our candidates.

I had my doubts about Palin to begin with, but she has proved to be very much up to the job. She has a very high approval rating in her state as well which tends to suggest that Alaskans are happy with the job she has done for them.

You have been nothing but disapproving of the woman from the first. What have you got against her? There must be something to justify this unrelenting hostility.

She’s done nothing, the pipeline is no further from reality then it was five or fifty years ago.

lowandslow on September 8, 2008 at 1:47 PM

I would have to respectfully disagree. The pipeline is a LOT closer to reality than it was even 2 years ago. The Cheney/Murkowski plan was trashed and an actual plan was APPROVED.

Something missed in all this static is the simple fact that it is a Canadian company with Canadian infrastructure in place. Hmmmm, seems to me there had to have been a fair bit of dialog with Canada for this to get to this stage. Sort of rings a bell in my cobwebbed memory – something about Obama and NAFTA?

Let’s see. Property and right of ways to be negoiated with dozens of local tribes and governements. Environmental studys to be carried out in accordance with the laws of two countrys, one state, one territory and two provinces. And jess a tiny newsflash, you don’t go to the local scrap metal dealer and pick up 1700 plus miles of 48″ diameter 2800 PSIG pipe and 15 or so compressor stations.
Jim708 on September 8, 2008 at 1:19 PM

Only asinine statements coming from this blog are guys like you and from Palin herself that think this AIGA actually did anything other then guaranteeing Alaska to spend 500 million dollars. So spare me your disindigenous horseshit. She’s done nothing, the pipeline is no further from reality then it was five or fifty years ago.

Meanwhile, BP and Conoco Phillips have announced plans to build a pipeline of their own without the state’s backing

To me, this is the most important part of the article.

How can we be so dishonest with ourselves? She didn’t deliver anything, not one foot of pipe has been laid

lowandslow on September 8, 2008 at 11:46 AM

Come on, you cannot really be THAT stupid can you?

Let’s see. Property and right of ways to be negoiated with dozens of local tribes and governements. Environmental studys to be carried out in accordance with the laws of two countrys, one state, one territory and two provinces. And jess a tiny newsflash, you don’t go to the local scrap metal dealer and pick up 1700 plus miles of 48″ diameter 2800 PSIG pipe and 15 or so compressor stations.

Possibly the single most moronic statement made here in a while.

Well done lowandslow!!

Hey, The Obamassiah organized some communities in Chicago that left the people there in pretty much the same shape as when he found them.

rbj on September 8, 2008 at 10:07 AM

And helped ACORN register every name in the cemeteries!

McCain/Palin isn’t right for America it is just less wrong.

Put simply, highhopes, that’s exactly the way it should be.

There are very few saints out there, and certainly, none of them are politicians. The seeds of tyranny exists in all human hearts, as can be easily seen in the extremes of either the left or the right.

What our Founders gave us was a system that was supposed to be kept weak by fighting between parties and branches. And that weakness was one of the key points. It was, IMO, only one of many highlights in the most important political development in the history of humanity.

Leave the kum-by-yaa, utopian thinking to Leftists and Dems.

Real Change You Can Believe In.

gridlock2 on September 8, 2008 at 10:07 AM

McCain-Palin: Right for the Country, Right Now!

BuckeyeSam on September 8, 2008 at 10:17 AM

While we’re thinking up slogans here, how about this one?

REAL Reform.

REAL Change.

Talk is cheap.

Wow, that’s a good idea.

And did you notice — Palin’s headed back to Anchorage this week. She’ll be doing the ABC interview in Anchorage.

And there just happen to be dozens and dozens of reporters up there trying to dig up dirt on her.

Wouldn’t it be a coup if she took them all on a field trip to ANWR?

The TransCanada license was approved by the Alaska legislature on August 1, 2008. Were they supposed to start building it without a license?

Nichevo on September 8, 2008 at 11:57 AM

It’s not a license it’s not even a contract, TransCanada can walk away at any time. It’s merely grants them some exclusive rights and oh yeah, 500 million dollars.

not one foot of pipe has been laid
owandslow on September 8, 2008 at 11:46 AM

The TransCanada license was approved by the Alaska legislature on August 1, 2008. Were they supposed to start building it without a license?

McCain/Palin isn’t right for America it is just less wrong. – highhopes on September 8, 2008 at 10:26 AM

Care to tell us for whom will you be casting your ballot this November?