What is your opinion of this article boasting about Palin's accomplishments almost a year ago?

Question

Will they now join the rest of the MSM, drudging up half truths and attacking her family members?

This is an article written in Oct. of 07.

Excerpts:

In Alaska, Palin is challenging the dominant, sometimes corrupting, role of oil companies in the state's political culture. "The public has put a lot of faith in us," says Palin during a meeting with lawmakers in her downtown Anchorage office, where—as if to drive the point home—the giant letters on the side of the ConocoPhillips skyscraper fill an entire wall of windows. "They're saying, 'Here's your shot, clean it up'." For Palin, that has meant tackling the cozy relationship between the state's political elite and the energy industry that provides 85 percent of Alaska's tax revenues—and distancing herself from fellow Republicans, including the state's senior U.S. senator, Ted Stevens, whose home was recently searched by FBI agents looking for evidence in an ongoing corruption investigation. (Stevens has denied any wrongdoing.) But even as she tackles Big Oil's power, Palin has transformed her own family's connections to the industry into a political advantage. Her husband, Todd, is a longtime employee of BP, but, as Palin points out, the "First Dude" is a blue-collar "sloper," a fieldworker on the North Slope, a cherished occupation in the state. "He's not in London making the decisions whether to build a gas line."

In an interview with NEWSWEEK, Palin said it's time for Alaska to "grow up" and end its reliance on pork-barrel spending. Shortly after taking office, Palin canceled funding for the "Bridge to Nowhere," a $330 million project that Stevens helped champion in Congress.

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What are your thoughts?

Answer 1

She done good.

I might even vote Republican if she was the presidential candidate, but I could never vote for McCain and his 100-year war and bigger and better deficits.

Answer 2

She lobbied for the bridge until the backlash against it became too strong, then she flip flopped.  She also hired lobbyist to GET earmark money when she was a mayor.  

Answer 3

Good story

Answer 4

My bad. I didn't even read the article - coming from you I just assumed... well, you know.

Like one of the other posters pointed out - the article fails to mention the FACT that Palin CAMPAIGNED on building the Bridge to Nowhere.

She flip-flopped on her position when it became politically expedient to do so.

You guys KILL me. Never tire of selective vision, do you?

Answer 5

Palin was OK when she was not a threat to Obama...and Newsweek is too liberal for me but my Dad loves it...he is a little on the liberal side but voted for Hillary in the primary and will vote for McCain...haven't heard his opinion on Palin yet but probably it will be 'Pretty and smart.'

Answer 6

Obviously these people aren't visionaries that think about new energy and overcoming our oil issues.  Alaska profits every time an oil company takes a drop of their oil - and she's like to keep it coming while staying powerful.  To stay powerful she has to seem like she's independent of these influences.  

Palin and McCain are out of touch with the average American and by no means do they put country first, as they so proudly tout.

Answer 7

I believe her to be a refreshing change from Washington hypocrisy.  She has come a long way from hockey mom to a governor with an 80% approval rating.  She had some stops along her way to becoming governor and to rid the state of the corruption, and even when it was in her own party.

We should understand the arrogance of liberalism.  During the storm erupting over the nomination of Sarah Palin, I for one, marveled at the default position of the liberal media. If you are not one of them you are stupid and gullible. Isn't this a great device for them? This is one way they avoid debate. It really isn't because it just shows how unprepared they are with their undefenseable positions, not because they rely on emotion over intellect.

They may have liked Sarah better if she didn't take the moral high ground, and was more PC by sleeping with numerous men, and having multiple abortions.  She might have been more acceptable.  Instead that stupid woman with her high standards, kept her child and stands by her daughter like a loving mother should.  

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Answer 8

Well youve seen "their thoughts" by now havent you? From what ive seen  many of them prefer to live in their made up lil fantasy worlds.  Thats fine i really dont care except that it does rather gall me me when someone puts out a real effort to debate the issues and the best many of you can come up are lies and a skewing of the truth.   But then again thats what your life amounts to isnt it?------------I Belive in the truth and in real people such as Sarah Palin not some made up manufactured "heroic" community organizer turned US Senator who has "heroically voted present almost as many times as hes actually served in the senate  133 to 147.  

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Answer 9

The article neglects the FACT that Palin was for the Bridge To Nowhere before she was against it.

Answer 10

Yes, their attitude today is a flip flop,, lol,,, now that we all see Obama for an inexperienced jerk,,he should have never told his minions to attack Palin on her womanhood like he did to Hillary. And conservative women don't lay down and just 'take' it like Hillary did.

Answer 11

I think that the Dems. are scared to death of this woman and they will use any tactic or spin to discredit her. The fact is that she is the real candidate of "change". This is proven by her record as Governor and Mayor, not by some lofty speeches.