Pitbull with Lipstick?

Doug karlberg  //  Thu, Sep 04, 2008, 12:11 pm

Tip,

Nice piece. I have to disagree and correct your statement as to Palin’s support of Big Oil.

She has been a pitbull with big oil, while most of Alaska politicians in Alaska were bought off, she took them on.

Currently Exxon and Conoco want a gas pipeline on their terms, which have never been very advantageous, as Alaska’s elected officials were bought off.

Palin told them no way. Alaska will control the pipeline process and we are going to be bringing in pipeline operator, Trans-Canada. This really pissed off Exxon. The nerve.

Exxon is quietly refusing to put gas in the pipeline.

One of Exxon’s major gas fields has been untapped and Exxon by contract, was required to drill as a term of the lease. Exxon refused to drill.

Palin sued Exxon and is now taking the lease away from Exxon.

I can’t think of a single politician that Exxon fears more, than a pitbull with lipstick.

There is a lot that we don’t know about her, which is why I needed to correct this record.

No offence meant.

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Tip Johnson  //  Thu, Sep 04, 2008, 1:30 pm

None taken!

Just seems that the position on drilling is big oil.

But I agree.  Lots to learn.

Doug karlberg  //  Thu, Sep 04, 2008, 2:05 pm

If Alaska cannot access their natural resources, the state would dry up and blow away.

You can’t blame them for wanting to drill for oil.

If our state only had oil, we might want to drill it too, especially when you have to provide for schools and such, from somewhere.
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Scott Wicklund  //  Thu, Sep 04, 2008, 2:20 pm

If Alaska has all the oil, and gives the residents a healthy share of the profits each year, why did Sarah Palin hire an associate of Jack Abramoff to bring 9k population Wasilla 27 million in earmarks from us that could have been better used in States that need it?

Horsesass.org - for John Stewart comments

This is pretty funny and thought provoking!  Now if John Stewart would be on the ticket the debate would be elevated....

Scott Wicklund  //  Fri, Sep 05, 2008, 5:46 am

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/The_antiPalin_email.html

This Wasilla resident has some very good insights into McCain’s VP wannabee....
A read of the whole email shows a much different person than Craig Mayberry talked up.

Scott Wicklund  //  Fri, Sep 05, 2008, 6:50 am

http://www.politicalbase.com/profile/Mark%20Nickolas/blog/&blogId=3591

This worth checking out.  McCain’s campaign says Sarah Palin will not answer questions from the press during the campaign!  What a piece of work....

Doug karlberg  //  Fri, Sep 05, 2008, 10:54 am

Scott,

Who could possibly argue with horsesass.com.

I won’t, which means that there may be nobody left to argue with.

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Tip Johnson  //  Fri, Sep 05, 2008, 11:00 am

Doug,

Listening to McCain’s speech, I got the distinct impression that the Republican position on new offshore drilling extends well beyond the state of Alaska’s natural resource base.

How do fishers feel about that?

Craig Mayberry  //  Fri, Sep 05, 2008, 11:35 am

Many years ago a young women in England married a prince.  She was a commoner (not of royal blood) and suddenly appeared on the scene.  The press was always brutal, watching her every move and providing a fair amount of criticism.  She quickly grew to be one of the most popular of any of the royal family, drawing even more ire from the “old-boy royal blood network”.  The more the press vilified her, the more popular she became.  You can make many arguments as to why, Diana certainly made her fair share of mistakes, but in the end the people loved her because she was truly one of them and the British royal elite hated her because she was not one of them.  Despite the treatment by the press, and ultimately the royal family, she always acted with dignity and grace.

We have yet to see if Sarah will handle the elite fury with the same class and dignity that Princess Diana handled the British elite, but based on what I have sen, I think we can start printing the figurative “Princess Sarah” signs. 

Obama wants us to believe he is one of us, but there is that whole Harvard Law Degree and all those celebrities that follow him around, drolling with every word.  Gov. Palin is one of us.  I seriously doubt much is going to change in Washington no matter who gets elected, but frankly, I would rather have a “commoner” try than someone from the political and educational elite. 

It will be an interesting few weeks, but I have a feeling that by early November we will not be talking about whether Obama will win the election, but whether Obama will even win a state.