Video: I’m not closing the door on 2012, says Palin
posted at 8:51 pm on January 6, 2009 by Allahpundit
Ten minutes with the Canadian answer to Carson Daly for your edification on a slow news night. Nothing too provocative, although there’s an enjoyably tense moment around 10:30 when she’s asked if she ever thought her critics were right about her being unqualified.
In any case, I need an excuse to update the poll post from this morning and this’ll do. An eagle-eyed reader checked Newsmeat, which I should have done, and found out that the polling firm involved has a history of donating to — ta da — Frank and Lisa Murkowski. So if you’re wondering how reliable the data is, weigh that accordingly.
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It’s +51 in Los Angeles at the moment… and I am freezing.
ramrocks on January 7, 2009 at 1:11 PM
Great interview. Wish there was a cure for PDS. Some peeps sure need a shot in the ass…
Buckeye Babe on January 7, 2009 at 1:12 PM
This is why Romney lost. And this is why he’ll lose again.
As Margaret Thatcher said, “Conservatives who raise taxes lose elections.” Mitt raised taxes and fees and was multiple choice on every thorny social issue. He would just keep talking until he said something we liked.
I think he’s our Howard Dean. He’s not going to win the nomination, but he’s a savvy political mind. The real shame is that he didn’t run for RNC chair. He would have been awesome in that role. He’s the ultimate CEO.
ramrocks on January 7, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Sarah Palin is a Socialist:
“We’re set up, unlike other states in the union, where it’s collectively Alaskans own the resources. So we share in the wealth when the development of these resources occurs.” – Sarah Palin
So much for the myth.
Poptech on January 7, 2009 at 1:37 PM
That is a lie, Romney never raised taxes. He did raise fees but your failure to understand basic economics is the problem:
How service fees work in the free market is they must equal their cost + profit. In Government they must equal their cost otherwise you are subsidizing them through taxes. That is the reality. You cannot get something for nothing. Raising fees to cover their costs REDUCES taxes. The solution after that is to cut the cost of the service to reduce the fees. But the Mass Government had been subsidizing their costs through taxation and that had to stop.
Poptech on January 7, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Wow, you have completed the PDS and become truely redundant.
FYI there jacka$$, Alaska (as in the people whom live here in the State) own the mineral rights, oil, etc. I.E. the Government does not own it.
We have our own infrastructure for energy, food in some cases and…. say it with me.. MONEY!
What other State is self suffcient? Name one. Also… How many States have a Budget Surplus? Hmmmmmmmmmmm
upinak on January 7, 2009 at 1:42 PM
When he took office, Romney faced a budget deficit of $3.2 billion, which he eliminated. He did not hike personal income or sales taxes. He is now highlighting his efforts to cut Massachusetts’s income tax rate from 5.3 percent to 5 percent and his successful shepherding of a $250 million capital gains tax refund through the Democrat-dominated state legislature.
But he increased fees for getting married, buying a house, bringing a case to court, and using a public golf course, to name a few reported examples. However, in a move that could prove controversial with social conservatives, Romney decided not to raise fees for convicted sex offenders. He vetoed a $75 fee for offenders required by law to register with the state.
Romney and taxes??? Hmmmmmm
upinak on January 7, 2009 at 1:44 PM
A rose by any other name….
cs89 on January 7, 2009 at 1:46 PM
What exactly did Palin have to do with resource agreements that were made decades before her term? And how does that make her a Socialist?
cs89 on January 7, 2009 at 1:48 PM
Absolutely nothing.
He is just trying to grasp at straws. That is what Straw men do!
Heck we had our 50 Anniversary on the 4th … number 50. It was awesome!
upinak on January 7, 2009 at 1:50 PM
that is in the state constitution doofus
joey24007 on January 7, 2009 at 1:51 PM
Limey,
As much as it would be cool if Sarah ran in 2012, if she holds off to finish her second term as governor first and then devote 2015/2016 to run for POTUS, that would be OK with me too.
And NO, you ain’t spanking our Sarah evah. I’ll be there with Megyn Kelly as my lawyer, rip your head off, and then plead insanity defense.
But, I feel your … want…need… for Sarah to run. I could never criticize anybody for that.
Sapwolf on January 7, 2009 at 1:51 PM
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2008/11/03/081103taco_talk_hertzberg?printable=true
This where you got your talking point, Poptech?
cs89 on January 7, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Joey, take a look at what Poptart wrote at:
Wasn’t that the discredited USA Today article?
ramrocks on January 7, 2009 at 1:55 PM
If Mitt had a past record of some more conservative accomplishments, he’d be and excellent choice for RNC.
By the way, did anybody see the RNC Chair debates on Monday? This was a WAY good idea.
Although I was initially for Michael Steele or Saul Anuzis, I’m definitely for Blackwell and Anuzis for his CTO (Chief Technology Officer). These two would be dynamite.
I especially loved the way that Blackwell emphasized how the GOP power must come from the grassroots and run without the meddling of the inside-the-beltway leadership that is really out of touch. I read his plan too. Impressive.
He’s our man. Almost every word out of his mouth rang the political/philosophical/economic bell. This guy knows his s**t.
Sapwolf on January 7, 2009 at 1:58 PM
Poptart is reading this ONE paragraph
I guess it doesn’t matter that our Perm Fund Dividened has been around since 1980 (estabished in 1976) and anyone who has lived in Alaska for more then 2 yrs and is and stays in Alaska gets this check. It is a Dividend to the people who own the Oil and Gas.
But we also pay quite a bit more for fuel, nautral gas and other items to KEEP US WARM! So Palin gave us a Econimoic Stimulus Check for 1200 this year.. which helped out enormously.
Most people do not understand. The money isn’t free I have to pay taxes on it still as income. Some people will never get it, and can be jealous. I have been here since 80 and recieved it…. why should I stop getting it since I have lived here almost my whole life because other don’t want me to have it because they do not understand.
upinak on January 7, 2009 at 1:59 PM
Please close the damn door on 2012 and every year after that Gov. Palin. Your 15 minutes is up.
dakine on January 7, 2009 at 2:01 PM
If it was Up.. why does the MSM keep bring her up?
upinak on January 7, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Americans in the other 49 states have no clue how harsh the environment is up there. I have a lot of respect for people who can live that life. We bitch and moan in the lower 48 as total pussies when the temperature drops to 40.
Sapwolf on January 7, 2009 at 2:03 PM
You people still don’t get it.
The more you attack the woman unfairly, the more her supporters dig in to defend her. Think Leningrad ’41-44. I and others would eat bread made of wood chips for this woman. Attacking her in this fashion only breaks Ronald Reagan’s 11th commandment and betrays that you are not a real HotAir member. There are HA members who are not as big fans of Sarah, but you don’t see them attacking her unfairly.
The Team Sarah site gets spikes in new members every time Sarah or her family is unfairly attacked by the MSM.
Her grassroots support is growing. They are like white blood cells attacking malignant dangers to her body politic.
Will it last? I don’t know. I like her and Jindal. If she fails me, I’ll gravitate to whoever looks like the real deal.
Sapwolf on January 7, 2009 at 2:11 PM
Giving the people of a state a stake in their natural resources is an excellent way to promote development. That’s why the Republicans were calling for state revenue sharing of off shore drilling. If the state’s get some of the money, they will be eager to develop.
ramrocks on January 7, 2009 at 2:14 PM
-30 at my house this morning
My friend in Fairbanks.. the high will be -35, the low -48 to -54.
Feel warmer now??
upinak on January 7, 2009 at 2:14 PM
Oh this is BS.. I have been banned for this blog?
upinak on January 7, 2009 at 2:14 PM
Yes it is … Poptart is using the DEBUNKED article
Poptart says that Palin “requested 27 million in earmarks as mayor of Wasilla”
FALSE FALSE FALSE
Even Chris Wallace ran with this story and I emailed him asking him to correct the record
The earmarks were not requested by Wasilla but by the neighboring county
Have a nice day Poptart
joey24007 on January 7, 2009 at 2:14 PM
And remember people, one reason Obama will be POTUS on the 20th is because the people on HIS campaign were more loyal, dedicated, professional, fierce, take-no-prisoners and made his campaign a…
CRUSADE!
In their minds, it is a war, not an election. And until Republicans unite under one banner and sacrifice for victory, we will continue to be the minority party. We will be ready when the RNC Chair, with one twitter, triggers action of the millions of GOP grassroots united in focused purpose.
Sapwolf on January 7, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Sap.. the weather sucks. Look at NOAA for Alaska nad you will see why.
upinak on January 7, 2009 at 2:19 PM
upinak on January 7, 2009 at 2:14 PM
???
cs89 on January 7, 2009 at 2:20 PM
I just got an email from John McCain asking for a donation to his new “grassroots organization called Country First.”
Let’s see if he gets more members than Team Sarah…
ramrocks on January 7, 2009 at 2:20 PM
Is it true that if you were to spit a big lugy on someone it would freeze up mid-air and give them a concussion?
:)
Sapwolf on January 7, 2009 at 2:21 PM
at -54 yes.
upinak on January 7, 2009 at 2:23 PM
HA ate my comment.
upinak on January 7, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Jesus… how long is McCain going to try? What is this… number 6 for trying POTUS?
upinak on January 7, 2009 at 2:24 PM
all of this reminds me of the passage from “Sarah” by Kaylene Johnson
If I remember correctly she wrote about a man, who when coming face to face with radio host Fagan, said ” everytime your unfairly attack this women … I write another check”
joey24007 on January 7, 2009 at 2:25 PM
upinak on January 7, 2009 at 2:24 PM
It’s +47 in the NW tip of Mississippi. Be careful up there, kiddo. That’s dangerous weather.
Michelle started a thread about the Mc Cain letter on her sight. She told him “not this time”.
Was that snob we dealt with last night a new guy ? He took his Master’s degree and said he was leaving. Too bad.
kingsjester on January 7, 2009 at 2:36 PM
Anyone else see this new email scam? just started making the rounds this morning..
DaveC on January 7, 2009 at 2:40 PM
lol … “my friend”
joey24007 on January 7, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Ace is great. I saw the McCain email and just rolled my eyes. He really needs to retire.
ramrocks on January 7, 2009 at 2:48 PM
Good grief. The twat has no shame.
LimeyGeek on January 7, 2009 at 2:49 PM
I just gotta love anyone the liberals hate this much … kinda reminds me of how Reagan used to rattle them.
Done That on January 7, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Governor Palin discusses the media and the campaign:
http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2009/01/governor-palin-discusses-media.html
joey24007 on January 7, 2009 at 5:22 PM
Dude, she was pissed about that SNL joke. I saw that line live, and was pretty annoyed about it myself. I like Tina Fey, but it was over the line.
meltenn on January 7, 2009 at 6:38 PM
I did in my original post.
Yes, you did.
Poptech on January 6, 2009 at 11:38 PM
chunderroad on January 7, 2009 at 4:32 AM
chunderroad on January 7, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Hmmm, I wonder what the MSM reaction would be if Sarah Palin slammed Tina Fey’s kids?
Great interview, joey – I am SO buying that DVD when it’s released.
Jim62sch on January 7, 2009 at 6:57 PM
I am sure we will see Poptech’s idiocy reposted again in a couple weeks, though all of these stupid arguments were shot down during the election…
Alaska was a territory of the United States before it became a state. In the early days of the country, before the U.S. constitution was written Congress had worked out a territorial system for the areas such as the Louisiana Purchase, the Oregon Country or Alaska that wanted to be part of the United States. They had to first prove that the area had a large enough resident population and a way to sustain itself economically. Until then, Congress would hold those areas in a sort of second class status, as a territory.
SNIP (but the enire page is really worth reading.)
To become a state, the residents of a territory had to persuade Congress that they were law-abiding, that they could run a state responsibly, and that they could plan and build for the future of the new state. Alaskans had already proved that it could in the statehood campaign from 1946 to 1958.
The population of Alaska was small in 1959 when it became a state – barely over 225,000 (c. 45,000 Native). Congress did not think that such a small population could generate enough tax dollars to pay for state government. Therefore Congress included two measures in the statehood act to help pay for the new state. The first involved federal land in Alaska. Sixty percent of the land in Alaska – 225 million acres – was set aside as federal land. By the first measure, the federal government gave to Alaska 90% of the profits from mineral lease sales on the federal land in Alaska. Oil is one of the most important minerals in Alaska, and to this day wherever oil or gas leases are sold for exploration or development on federal land, 90% of the revenue is given to Alaska.
http://www.akhistorycourse.org/articles/article.php?artID=138
chunderroad on January 7, 2009 at 6:58 PM
you think he is going to read that?
Just keep it in favorites when he pops off again.
upinak on January 7, 2009 at 7:05 PM
I thought that was disgusting, too. His father helped him get a job on the Slope, and this jackass calling himself a conservative raises a hue and a cry that the young father lacked the requisite GED.
What a way to promote the nuclear family.
chunderroad on January 7, 2009 at 7:06 PM
She needs to keep in the ring until 2010 then launch.
Sarah is the one …
tarpon on January 7, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Go Sarah.
Johan Klaus on January 7, 2009 at 7:22 PM
On several occasions now SP has stated she was being flippant in her interview with Couric regarding the ‘newspaper’ question. But let me put it another way: while being interviewed by Couric did SP come across as drunk or stoned, did she suggest that criminal activity be engaged in, did she reveal state or national secrets to the world, for the bulk of the solo interview, not just snippets (the interview was shown over 4 days) did she embarrass herself, McCain, Alaska and America, given that McCain and SP the next week sat down with Couric with few comments from the peanut gallery to the joint session with Couric? Sure I will be the first one to say she was NOT at her best when interviewed solo by Couric, but to keep bringing that interview up time and time again to somehow prove how incompetent SP is and not a worthy candidate for national office is like referring to 2006 when Tiger Woods missed the cut at the US Open and claiming that Tiger is no longer a force in golf; everybody has a bad day-anybody out there even you pesky trolls-you have faltered on occasions-yes SP did not have her best day but so what-Sarah Palin has moved on from the election but so have many of the 60m voters who voted McCain-Palin. McCain is yesterday’s news; Sarah Palin is the voice of today and tomorrow, no matter how much you want to make out that she is ‘permanently damaged’ and that she will never be able to recover from being perceived to being a moron. Trolls of the world: SP will recover despite your best efforts to send her to the back of the bus or throw her off the bus or under the bus. She has talent and charisma; you can’t teach it or bottle it-some people would refer to it as political genius. Finally over the next 4 years whatever lack of performance you perceive in SP regarding the Couric interview, it will be overshadowed by the ruthless attempts by Obama and his merry men and women to impose socialism on America, to end right-wing talk radio and to dismantle the Constitution. Going forward there will be far greater issues to contend with than what Sarah Palin reads at breakfast or on her computer.
technopeasant on January 7, 2009 at 8:08 PM
That is just beautiful. Good job. Pop tart isn’t going to like you anymore.
Cindy Munford on January 7, 2009 at 8:11 PM
The was the best post election interview with her that I’ve seen.
When he showed her the reaction to that SNL clip on “The View” and then asked her for her reaction, she looked genuinely hurt. It’s moments like that that really humanize politics. I can’t imagine having to see members of my own family being treated like that.
Best line from the interview: “Because, Katie, you’re not the center of everybody’s universe.”
ramrocks on January 7, 2009 at 8:23 PM
You are totally clueless and cannot even get your facts straight. Here is your post:
This is my post:
This was Squid’s:
Squid talked about his Dad switching votes NOT me. It is sad that you cannot even follow a simple conversation.
Poptech on January 7, 2009 at 8:27 PM
So you support Socialism? I had no idea you were such a supporter of collectiveness and sharing the wealth. Now you want to implement your socialism on the rest of us? No thank you.
Poptech on January 7, 2009 at 8:30 PM
You have no idea what I just said, go reread it until you do.
Poptech on January 7, 2009 at 8:33 PM
So you have no respect for Constitutional rights?
ramrocks on January 7, 2009 at 8:35 PM
Ah more Socialism, “Sharing the Wealth”. No wonder the GOP lost.
Poptech on January 7, 2009 at 8:38 PM
I don’t support socialism, sorry if you do. Now it is all making sense why Palin fans are acting like a collective.
Poptech on January 7, 2009 at 8:39 PM
What a bunch of crap. She could not name a newspaper she read. Questions don’t get any easier than that. No other candidate had these problems with simple questions. Palin bumbled along like the inexperienced candidate that she is.
Sarah Palin Can’t Name a Newspaper She Reads (Video)
Poptech on January 7, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Most governors and senators do not have much or any at all foreign policy experience or credential to bear when they run for POTUS.
Obama will simply screw everything up over the next 4 years and see a repeat of the Jimmy Carter years. Just look at the people he’s picked so far.
Kokonut on January 7, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Poptart is a classic axelrod clone
he keeps repeating the same thing over and over and over and over again
the best advice would be to just ignore the dude, maybe he will go away
joey24007 on January 7, 2009 at 9:04 PM
According to the Alaska state Constitution the people are the owners of the state’s natural resources.
That’s not “socialism.”
ramrocks on January 7, 2009 at 9:16 PM
From you mouth to God’s ear.
Cindy Munford on January 7, 2009 at 9:17 PM
Poptech on January 7, 2009 at 8:45 PM
It’s not that she could not name a newpaper she reads–it’s that she WOULD NOT name a newspaper she reads. Sarah says she was being FLIPPANT, which for those of you in Rio Linda means she thought Katie disrespected her by considering a rube or trailer trash with that question and Sarah dealt with the question the same way by being dismissive.
A second theory is that Sarah by naming specific publications would have been asked about other articles in those publications which the she was probably not conversant with or the McCain campaign had given her strict orders not to comment about.
In any event, you have to be a complete moron to believe that a Governor of a State cannot cite any newspapers that he or she reads in a course of day or a week. I loathe Obama but do I think he couldn’t tell reporters what newspapers or magazines he has read in the last month? No! I am not a moron and neither is Obama. And neither is Sarah Palin.
technopeasant on January 7, 2009 at 9:17 PM
You give him too much credit. He’s not smart enough to work for Axelrod. Unfortunately, I think he just might be an incredibly stupid and stubborn right wing crank. (Hey, we have our idiots too. Every side has ‘em.)
ramrocks on January 7, 2009 at 9:19 PM
Yes it is Socialism – Collective Ownership or State Ownership is Socialism. The Alaskan constitution supports Socialism and Palin supports it, she is thus a Socialist.
Poptech on January 7, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Instead of believing, we could just watch the interview and LMAO!
Poptech on January 7, 2009 at 9:26 PM
You were right in your first reason. She was offended by the question. She said so in this new interview she gave to John Ziegler for his upcoming documentary “How Obama Got Elected.”
She said, “To me the question was more along the lines of ‘do you you read?’ ‘what do you guys do up there?’…and perhaps I was just too flippant in my answer back to her. But, of course, I read newspapers. I read publications. I spend a lot of time, of course, reading our local papers and the highly circulated publications here in Alaska because that’s my job — it’s to know the business of Alaska and our communities.” She added that she also reads USA Today and the New York Times.
ramrocks on January 7, 2009 at 9:45 PM
How about we all watch this interview and laugh our asses off at Poptech?
Jim62sch on January 7, 2009 at 9:45 PM
LMAO! She is still spinning, the question was not do you guys read! It was what do you read to get your world view – a simple, simple question. Ut-oh she just got caught in double speak, she told others she read The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the Economists. LMAO! Total bullshit. She reads USA Today and The New York Times not the Wall Street Journal and the Economist. No wonder she knows nothing about economics. Thank you so much for this video! AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Poptech on January 7, 2009 at 9:54 PM
I know that you’re a big fan of Romney. Can you explain to us how MittCare isn’t socialized medicine?
You are attacking the governor of the most libertarian tax free state in the union and praising the former governor of “Taxachusetts” who was “multiple choice” on conservative social issues.
ramrocks on January 7, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Oh please. Why don’t you explain your hero’s answers. They’re much more troubling.
ramrocks on January 7, 2009 at 10:02 PM
1. I don’t support RomneyCare. 2. Libertarians are NOT social conservatives.
Poptech on January 7, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Back in October, TMZ found out from the NYC hotel staff where Palin stayed that “Palin asked for and got copies of the Wall Street Journal, NY Times, New York Post, Daily News, and USA Today.”
I suppose you’ll tell us that she just wanted them for the crossword puzzles.
ramrocks on January 7, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Poptech, what was it like to get banned from Newsbusters? Is that why you’re back here?
Jim62sch on January 7, 2009 at 10:10 PM
He is not my hero, just the most qualified choice the GOP has.
1. Reagan, Bush: I don’t want to return to Reagan-Bush either:
President Reagan Signs Amnesty Bill (The New York Times, 1986)
Bush Defends Reversal on Taxes, Citing Nation’s Economic Needs (The New York Times, 1990)
2. He said he changed his position on Abortion. So did Reagan:
Reagan Reluctantly Signs Bill Easing Abortions (The New York Times, 1967)
3. His political record on gun control has been pro-gun rights:
Governor Romney Signs Pro-Gun Legislation Clarifing Muzzleloader Law (NRA)
Governor Romney Signs Pro-Gun Legislation Allowing Exemptions for Target Pistol Manufacturers (NRA)
Governor Romney Signed Pro-Gun Legislation Providing Free Replacement Licenses (Gun Owners Action League)
Governor Romney Issued a Proclamation Declaring May 7, 2005 as “Right to Bear Arms Day” (Gun Owners Action League)
Poptech on January 7, 2009 at 10:12 PM
I see. So, is the root of your rabid hatred of Governor Palin her social conservatism?
ramrocks on January 7, 2009 at 10:12 PM
LMAO! That was AFTER the Couric interview, this is so sad.
Poptech on January 7, 2009 at 10:15 PM
You didn’t answer my question about your Newsbusters ban!
Jim62sch on January 7, 2009 at 10:15 PM
I don’t hate her, never have. I find her unqualified, inexperienced and wrong on important issues. My problem is with the hysteria about her as the right-wing messiah. All coming from social conservatives who simply care that she is pro-life, while blindly ignoring all other issues or making excuses for them.
Poptech on January 7, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Like I care about you, Squid or his dad enough to tell you apart or commit your opinions to memory.
chunderroad on January 7, 2009 at 10:18 PM
I am not banned from Newsbusters though they keep trying to get me banned simply for not holding the opinion of the Palin Collective.
Poptech on January 7, 2009 at 10:19 PM
upinak, you were absolutely right.
chunderroad on January 7, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Blindly not caring? You blindly don’t care about Romney’s flip flops. You’ll excuse them all away, and yet your only criticism of Palin are these vague accusations and fake resumes that you keep posting.
ramrocks on January 7, 2009 at 10:23 PM
No memory required, it is all documented here and unless you cannot read we have different names.
Poptech on January 7, 2009 at 10:24 PM
He said he changed his mind on Abortion and he has had a pro-gun political record. None of my criticisms of Palin are vague they are all valid and sourced. Her earmark requests, deficits, increased government spending, tax hikes, support of global warming regulation – all damning. Her Resume is accurate.
Poptech on January 7, 2009 at 10:27 PM
In a thread pushing 600 comments, that would *again* imply that I cared.
chunderroad on January 7, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Then maybe you should refrain from making stupid accusations in the future.
Poptech on January 7, 2009 at 10:28 PM
You’ve attacked her and spread discredited stories about her and her record from the first day that she was named to the ticket back in August.
You have some deep-seated hatred of her. It’s quite creepy. We don’t worship the woman. We respect her. We’ve even been critical of her at times. We are critical of all leaders that we respect. I don’t think she’s perfect. I think she’s principled. There’s a big difference.
You think you can slander her record and then accuse everyone who defends her of being cult followers. No, we’re just honest citizen bloggers who have an overweening sense of fair play. We’re tired of watching the media assassinations of our leaders. We’re not going to take it any more.
Our watchwords should be “No More Courics or Macacas.”
ramrocks on January 7, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Figures released in December (last month) show that spending actually went down in Palin’s first year by -0.8% and up her second year by 9.5%. Total increase for Palin over the two years is up 8.7%…
… not the 27% that bogus USA Today article you repeatedly post claims.
Palin slashed earmark requests in half as Governor. The ones she had the most difficulty getting around, like the oft- invoked “halibut” earmarks, are mandatory because of federal Clean Water and Endangered Species Acts.
chunderroad on January 7, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Poptart
the link you cited about earmarks
WAS DEBUNKED
tool
joey24007 on January 7, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Like what? was it your Aunt Tilda instead of your dad who switched? My accusation was on target.
chunderroad on January 7, 2009 at 10:33 PM
and when you look at it … Alaska is the one state that has every right to demand earmarks
they sit on BILLIONS if not Trillions of dollars worth of energy supplies THAT THE FED. GOVERNMENT DOES NOT LET THEM PROFIT FROM
joey24007 on January 7, 2009 at 10:33 PM
30% increase from the same “earmark” article
DEBUNKED
your fake resumes
and so on and so on
you have DONE NOTHING here to PERSUADE anybody
you need to go get your paycheck from Axelrod and realize that you are a failure
joey24007 on January 7, 2009 at 10:35 PM
But didn’t you know that Romney went to Brigham Young v. Idaho State, and his boys (swear to God) always use condoms?
chunderroad on January 7, 2009 at 10:35 PM
You call Palin a “socialist” because she follows the CONSTITUTION
if she didn’t follow the Constitution you would call her an “authoritarian fascist”
Your little game has been figured out
joey24007 on January 7, 2009 at 10:36 PM
He calls Palin a socialist but wants us to support a dude who pushed GOVERNMENT MANDATED HEALTH CARE
joey24007 on January 7, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Figures released in December
chunderroad on January 7, 2009 at 10:41 PM
http://www.cybercastnewsservice.org/StateDeficitsandspendingchart.doc
Having trouble with the link.
chunderroad on January 7, 2009 at 10:42 PM
There are two governors:
One looks at the Constitution and beings to distribute a check to the residents of her state and then proceeds to cut taxes and government spending
The other one introduces Government Mandated Health Care to his state and then, because he is a slick politician … he doesn’t raise taxes but raises fees.
End of story
joey24007 on January 7, 2009 at 10:47 PM
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