Open thread: Palin on “Hannity & Colmes”
posted at 8:40 pm on September 17, 2008 by Allahpundit
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You’ll all be watching so let’s open a thread. Here’s the extended excerpt from the interview, thick with populist laments about “corruption” on Wall Street, in case you missed it in Headlines. Some commenters were grumbling that it’s too vague and boilerplate, but most people will be studying her less for flashes of insight than for reassurance that she has some basic sense of what she’s talking about. Grade on the curve for now; the debate with Biden is the final exam.
If the public at large is cooling to her, the crowds most assuredly are not.
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The oil companies do not own the land. It’s owned by the state, the people of Alaska. The oil companies lease the land for the right to drill.
The lease fees are based in part on barrels of oil produced, the difficulty in producing it, and the price of oil.
Alaska does not take money from the oil companies and give it to its residents. Those refunds are based on excess “profits” the state has accumulated after all costs have been deducted from the revenue received from the oil production.
Most, if not all, of the money distributed to Alaskan residents last year was due to the high price of oil.
The “lease” arrangement that the oil companies have with Alaska is the most common arrangement that oil companies have for production of oil and natural gas. While they most certainly do own vast tracks of their own oil and gas fields, for the most part, they lease the rights to production from federal, state, county, city, and individuals.
Rod on September 18, 2008 at 9:56 AM
Let me just get back on topic and say Palin did very well and came across as smart, relaxed, and strong. Granted it’s easy to be relaxed when you’re not being interrogated by the enemy (Gibson) but all in all people who liked her before will still like her and people who were undecided about her will have more reason to like her.
I do like the populist tone about reform and whatnot but I would like to hear less of this “wall street corruption” business and more focus on the government corruption, esp. with regard to Fannie and Freddie.
t.ferg on September 18, 2008 at 10:01 AM
Send_me,
Having the full weight of the executive branch behind her gives her power to do a great deal.
If you are not familiar with how the three branches of federal government work, here’s a link to “Ben’s Guide to the Branches of Government.”
If you find that site a little to simple, here’s another link to the executive office. Take a look at the Executive Departments over which the President, and by extension, the Vice President have control. I bet you’ll find at least a couple there that might have something to do with “energy”, “prosperity”, and “safety”.
Rod on September 18, 2008 at 10:20 AM
Gov. Palin has shown, in short order, she is not afraid of and welcomes the tough problems facing this country. She also shows her leadership by not ducking the tough questions and uses humor to keep followers from becoming stressed and her detractors off guard.
A good right hand/partner is able to offer solutions without demanding credit and has a sense of what their partner is thinking and has a response available and provides that response when asked, not before.
She also exemplifies her leadership by being a great follower.
MSGTAS on September 18, 2008 at 10:44 AM
I missed the show last night. Did Hannity ask Palin what her views were on illegal immigration? If so what was her answer?
Ernest on September 18, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Spot on!
SaintOlaf on September 18, 2008 at 11:56 AM
I TiVo’d H&C last week — don’t remember what it was supposed to be, other than something about Palin — and when I watched it, remembered why I hate that show so much.
I did not watch this. Until the memory fades, there isn’t enough money in the world for me to put up with that show.
rightwingprof on September 18, 2008 at 12:12 PM
Yes, she’s agreed to 2 interviews over a period of over 3 weeks. Now that’s the kind of bravery and leadership that this country needs. As for tough questions, in some cases she’s demonstrated candid ignorance. Only a candidate like George W. can handle a more demanding interview schedule.
bayam on September 18, 2008 at 1:19 PM
We watched it last night.
Palin had some good moments; she seems genuine and bright. Overall, I think the interview was a good one.
Disappointed that Sean had to steer her to admitting that part of the problem was Freddie/Fannie and not those mean old corporations. This is typical GOP; try to look like you’re not beholden to capitalist institutions, lest the Dems call you a stooge for big business. Instead of being honest and talking about the whole high risk loan mess as well as ‘corporate greed’, it was ALL corporate greed until Sean brought up Johnson and Obama’s lobby dollars from Freddie and Fannie. I noticed one of the commenters later had trouble explaining Obama’s Fannie lobby money. Ha!
I think they have Palin on a bit of a leash. Really, she should have taken that opportunity to say “You know, we need to have investigations, particularly in light of Sen. McCain trying to reform the system 3 years ago and there was tons of pushback, including some from those who benefited the most from the F/F lobby”. The Dems like to make hay of McCain’s ‘lobbyist’ connections, but I’ve never seen a more egregious and co-ordinated acceptance of corruption than that displayed by Dodd, Frank, et al. Where is that Fed investigation that the WSJ was calling for?
Really sick and tired of being the party of wimps.
As for someone that makes me sick, the way O’Reilly talked over and bullied Cavuto the other night just reinforced why I don’t watch him. He’s a total fake and didn’t want Cavuto’s points to get out, because O’Reilly would be shown to be WRONG and couldn’t set himself up as champion of the little guy. The fact is oil companies aren’t part of some huge cabal to gouge; I’ve heard figures all over the place about how much money it actually takes for the Saudi’s to pump oil out of the ground, and it usually hovers around a few bucks. By the time they price it up (which everyone knows they do… OPEC is the cabal) and the cost of refinement and shipping (and taxes) is added on, it’s an expensive endeavour. Record profits can come from one of two ways; volume or high prices. The profit margin for ‘big oil’ isn’t egregious, it’s average, so O’Reilly is dead wrong about it being all company greed, but if that’s true then he doesn’t have his shtick.
What a tool.
linlithgow on September 18, 2008 at 1:32 PM
Perfect example of BOR SPINNING.
Sapwolf on September 18, 2008 at 2:00 PM
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