Did anybody really watch Palin's speech?

Question

I've heard people say it was all attack and she didn't say anything about what she's accomplished. Here's what she actually said she's done in Alaska:

"Our state budget is under control. We have a surplus. And I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending, nearly $500 million in vetoes.

When oil and gas prices went up dramatically and filled up the state treasury, I sent a large share of that revenue back where it belonged: directly to the people of Alaska

And despite fierce opposition from oil company lobbyists, who kind of liked things the way that they were, we broke their monopoly on power and resources. As governor, I insisted on competition and basic fairness to end their control of our state and return it to the people

we began a nearly $40 billion natural gas pipeline to help lead America to energy independence."

ummmm, maybe it's just me, but those sound like legitimate accomplishments as governor. So, tell me, what has Obama accomplished? That's just a question, not an attack.

Answer 1

Here is what Obama has accomplished:

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Answer 2

I am very proud of my governor!  Her speech was amazing and made me feel so proud to be American and actually made me almost cry.  She knows the way, knows how to lead, knows what to do.

And I am confident that John McCain can lead our country and put our country first!  

McCain/Palin 2008!

Answer 3

Her scope is so limited. All she talked about was drilling, her brief political career (i'm sorry, being a mayor and a first term governor IS NOT ENOUGH for this position), her family, and most of all, bashed Obama.

I thought her speech was boring, condescending, sarcastic, and trite. Yes, she may have delievered it well, but it was empty. She said what people want to hear. All full of holes.

Answer 4

the state budget was already under control before she took office so that was a lie..

Published: September 22, 2005

"Gov. Frank H. Murkowski says that the state will see a $1.5 billion budget surplus this year"

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no building has begun on the pipe line and actual construction is years away, if it ever happens. This summer the Alaska Legislature, at Palin's request, passed a bill under which the state will issue a "license" to a Canadian energy company, TransCanada Corp., and pay it up to $500 million as an incentive to someday build this enormous project, which Alaska politicians have long sought with little success. The license is not a construction contract, and federal energy regulators have not yet approved the project.

Palin also puts the price tag for the project at $40 billion, an exaggeration. This is roughly $10 billion more than most cost estimates industry players and consultants have made to date.

so again she lied

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Barack has Written a total of 890 Bills and Co-sponsored Another 1096 since he started serving in the U.S. Senate.

** First legislation, the HOPE Act, which increased Pell Grants to $5100, and later joined Senator Kennedy on the Higher Education legislation that passed July 20, by a vote of 78-18. That legislation also included funding for Predominantly Black Colleges to assist with counseling, tutoring and other needs of low income students. It also creates the Teaching Residency Act which will create a school-based teacher preparation program in high needs schools to provide each teacher with a mentor, content instruction, classroom management skills, a master’s degree and state certification, and a 2 year follow-up program.

**The Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006

is an act that requires the full disclosure of all entities or organizations receiving federal funds beginning in fiscal year (FY) 2007 on a website maintained by the Office of Management and Budget.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Fun...

**The Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act

Authored by U.S. Sens. d**k Lugar (R-IN) and Barack Obama (D-IL), the Lugar-Obama initiative expands U.S. cooperation to destroy conventional weapons. It also expands the State Department's ability to detect and interdict weapons and materials of mass destruction.

Signed into Law on January 11, 2007.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community...

**The 2007 Government Ethics Bill

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/53_17/new...

http://www.commonblog.com/story/2007/9/1...

** The “Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd...

** S116 - Summer Learning demonstration project to provide summer learning grants and encourage new teaching methods.

http://www.pasesetter.org/demonstrationP...

and this one, moved out of committee just a few days ago:

Obama's Global Poverty Act of 2007, passed out of committee just a few days ago

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA) today hailed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's passage of the Global Poverty Act (S.2433), which requires the President to develop and implement a comprehensive policy to cut extreme global poverty in half by 2015 through aid, trade, debt relief, and coordination with the international community, businesses and NGOs. This legislation was introduced in December. Smith and Congressman Spencer Bachus (R-AL) sponsored the House version of the bill (H.R. 1302), which passed the House last September.

http://obama.senate.gov /

Amendments, that have all passed:

S.Amdt.159 to S.Con.Res.18 - To prevent and, if necessary, respond to an international outbreak of the avian flu.

S.Amdt.390 to H.R.1268 - To provide meal and telephone benefits for members of the Armed Forces who are recuperating from injuries incurred on active duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.

S.Amdt.670 to H.R.3 - To provide for Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) refueling capability at new and existing refueling station facilities to promote energy security and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

S.Amdt.808 to H.R.6 - To establish a program to develop Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuels from Illinois basin coal.

S.Amdt.851 to H.R.6 - To require the Secretary to establish a Joint Flexible Fuel/Hybrid Vehicle Commercialization Initiative, and for other purposes.

S.Amdt.1362 to S.1042 - To require a report on the Department of Defense Composite Health Care System II.

S.Amdt.1453 to S.1402 - To ensure the protection of military and civilian personnel in th

Answer 5

Obama who?