Comments on: Fact-checking The Sarah Palin Acceptance Speech

By: Irene Bohmann

Irene Bohmann — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:32:05 +0000

I wouldn’t vote for this Palin woman to become dog-catcher, much less as a candidate
for vice-president! What in the world are they thinking? What an idiot she is, and is McCain really as stupid as he seems? Has he read the above article? Mind now, all these things have been researched and documented! Just can’t believe it! I sure hope everyone in the country is able to read these things, cause they just re-enforce what a poor choice she(and he) really is!

By: Anita Ferla

Anita Ferla — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:41:18 +0000

Letter from Wasilla: Deb Frost on Sarah Palin
Netlore Archive: Email by Wasilla, Alaska resident Deb Frost hails Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin as the ‘U.S. answer to Margaret Thatcher.’
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Email example contributed by Pat R., Sep. 5, 2008:

This report is from an AK resident. Don’t know the author, but enjoyed the endorsement!

Judy, Sarah Palin is the US’s answer to Margaret Thatcher! Anyone who thinks she cannot handle the job or deal briskly and efficiently with ANY issue, including foreign governments … well, they haven’t met our Sarah .

As an Alaskan resident as well as a resident of Wasilla, AK, where Sarah Palin was at one time Mayor … I can speak with confidence. Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska is exactly what she portrayed during her introduction this morning and exactly what our US Government needs. She is ethical to a fault (if there is such a thing), a refreshing change to the status-quo and as smart and determined a PERSON (gender really isn’t an issue here as far as I’m concerned) as anyone could ask for at the head of government.

Sarah is no naïve “small town mayor” – she just *started out* there. Btw, as Mayor of Wasilla, she brought this “small town” through a lot of GOOD changes and left it at the end of her term having grown to the 4th largest CITY in Alaska – a lot of growth and a stronger economic base than ever before.

She has EXECTUTIVE experience *running a government* (something NONE of the other candidates can actually boast, even John McCain ) as Governor of Alaska and got there by defeating the *incumbent* Republican Governor, who was definitely part of the “old school” and who WAS very much in the pocket of the big oil companies. We in Alaska wanted change – and we got it in the person of Sarah Palin!

Sarah Palin is everything she looks to be and more. Her approval rating as Governor of Alaska has been as high as 95% and is currently leveled out consistently in the upper 80 percentile throughout the state (and in both parties) – the HIGHEST approval rating of ANY sitting Governor.

Sarah has been turning around corruption in the Legislature of Alaska – turning things on their ear for that matter; cutting spending in spite of the increased income the state is currently receiving due to the high oil prices – she has insisted on putting a huge amount of the “windfall” into savings for the future rather than spending, spending, spending – and has insisted from the get-go on what she refers to as “honest, ethical and transparent governing” – no more closed door meetings and dealings – the big oil companies thought she would be a pushover and have learned better to their chagrin.

She understands the “real people” and the economic issues we all face (Alaskans along with the rest of the country) – she was one of “us” not long ago. Rather than passing useless “laws” or throwing money at pet projects, she (most recently) temporarily suspended the state gas tax (on gasoline at the pumps, fuel oil and natural gas for homes, etc.) and has ordered checks issued to ALL residents of Alaska this fall in an attempt to assist with the burden of high fuel costs for the upcoming winter. I could go on and on, but that’s enough for now . She isn’t doing these things to be popular – she is doing it because her constituents are HURTING financially and she can help.

She became Governor of Alaska by defeating the Incumbent Republican Governor and doing it *without* the money or the support of the Republican Party, which was amazing in itself – and she won by a landslide. The “powers that be” at that time totally underestimated Sarah and learned better the hard way. She has done exactly what she claimed she was going to do and is just as popular today as the day she was elected – perhaps more so since even the Democrats up here seem to like her – she works well with both sides in the Legislature here.

Sarah “belongs” to us (Alaskans) … and although we are going to be terribly sorry to see her leave before she finishes the job she started here (two years ago) straightening out OUR State .. we understand she is needed for a bigger purpose and hopefully her Lt. Governor will be able to fill her shoes here and continue the job.

As for worrying about what would happen if McCain were to die or step down or whatever … Theta, up here in AK we’ve only been wondering how long we would be able to KEEP Sarah in Alaska and have seen her as our first woman President of the USA from the start. It’s always been a matter of whether she would wait until the end of her TWO terms as Governor (no doubt at ALL that she would be re-elected if she ran for a second term at the end of her current term) … or end up in Washington sooner. She could do the job TODAY.

Personally, I feel a lot better about McCain now that I know he has someone as savvy, as strong, as ethical and as steady as Sarah at his back. She will be an excellent Vice President … and my guess is will be our US Republican Presidential candidate in four years – AND by then the country will KNOW here – will love and respect her as we do here – and she’ll win by as much of a landslide as she did here in Alaska. I only wonder if McCain has a clue what he is unleashing on the US of A . She is going to be a fresh wind, but also a strong wind.

Is that enough of an endorsement? If not, I’ll add this .. Jerry and I have for many years felt the best “vote” was to vote for the lesser of two “evils” and hope they didn’t do too much damage. Two years ago during our State Governor’s race was the first time EVER that we actually asked for not just a little sign to put in our yard showing our support of our candidate (something we’ve never felt the desire to do at all before) – we asked for a full 4′ x 8′ “SARAH PALIN FOR GOVERNOR!” sign and were proud to have it. She hasn’t let us or Alaska down. She will do the same for the USA if given the opportunity.

Feel free to pass this on to anyone who may be interested (and spam those who aren’t!).

- Deb Frost in Alaska

Email example contributed by Pat R., Sep. 5, 2008:

This report is from an AK resident. Don’t know the author, but enjoyed the endorsement!

Feel free to pass this on to anyone who may be interested (and spam those who aren’t!).

- Deb Frost in Alaska

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2008 Election — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:17:39 +0000

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By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:29:39 +0000

find the money elsewhere instead of sucking of the government tit

Really? Then please explain the lobbyist that she hired to bring $27 million in federal money (aka “earmarks”) to her small town.

By: Barbara Metzger

Barbara Metzger — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:54:53 +0000

I’m curious if Palin has ever “Thanked” volunteers and/or community workers for their invaluable contributions.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:59:07 +0000

Sarah Palin the Pitball????….. Nah ……. America deserves better.

By: akgypsyrose

akgypsyrose — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:31:19 +0000

Well, I must say that it’s obvious that none of you knows the Sarah Palin I know. A woman of class that can hold her own in a room full of bullies. A woman who HAS lived up to her campaign promises and then some. A woman that has managed her family life and her job as Governor of our great state of Alaska and will continue to do so when she is elected as our VP. She intelligent, thoughtful, courteous, and honest. Yes she has made cuts that affect children, the elderly and the sick but it’s also made the private sector kick themselves into gear and find the money elsewhere instead of sucking of the government tit. She’s sent money back to the people to help with energy costs. We are going to experience the largest Permanent Fund payout the citizens of this state have seen. She suspended the gas tax to help lower the cost of gas since Alaskans pay the highest per gallon of gas than any other state in the Union. She just cut a deal for the Natural Gas pipeline to go through and she did it without the big oil guys. She did put in reforms and is working with our state government to make sure that more is done to stop the thievery that goes on in our government. She is pro family and pro life and that’s great in my book. So before this guy knocks her with his “facts finding” and the rest of you chime in with stuff that you have no idea about, perhaps you should as us Alaskans what we think!

By: caludette stewart

caludette stewart — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:27:42 +0000

I AM POSITIVE NEITHER MRS OBAMA , MRS BIDEN NOR MRS CLINTON WOULD REFER TO THEMSELVES AS PIT BULL BECAUSE THEY ARE CLASSY PROFESSIONAL WOMEN WHO DON’T HAVE TO LIE TO IMPRESS ANYONE.

JOHN MCCAIN IS GOING TO DUMP THE PIT BULL SARAH AS SOON AS HER BARK START ANNOYING HIM TOO MUCH, THE SAME WAY HE DUMPED HIS WIFE FOR THE BARBE CINDY

THE ONLY REASON HE HASN’T DUMPED BARBE CINDY IS BECAUSE SHE IS THE ONE PUTTING FOOD IN HIS BELLY

MCCAIN IS A USER HE USED MIKE TO GET RID OF ROMNEY AND HE IS NOW USING SARAH THE PIT BULL TO GET RID OF THE DEMOCRATS THEN HE WILL DO EXACTLY WHAT MICHAEL VICK DID TO HIS DOGS
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT MCCAIN WILL GET NO JAIL TIME…..HOW UNFAIR

By: Daniel Anaya

Daniel Anaya — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:09:50 +0000

J. Riggs, Did your ADD kick in right after the first sentence or what? Are you a victim of our woefully inadequate educational system? viz. Do you know how to read? This post clearly says something other than, she was not governor of Alaska and she was not mayor of Wasilla. Note: “residents voted 306 to 286″ cited from one of the above newspaper articles. That means that in Wasilla there were 592 voting residents. My high school graduating class was larger than that, our student body president could claim equal “executive experience” to her mayoralty. He did not go on to become governor of Texas, but I’d rather see him in the White House than an Alaskan lipstick wearing hockey mom/pit bull from hell.

By: Daniel Anaya

Daniel Anaya — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:00:35 +0000

At one point Governor Palin characterized herself as a hockey mom, she went on to say that the only difference between a pit bull terrier and a hockey mom was that a hockey mom wears lipstick. So she is a lipstick wearing pit bull? What does that mean? Does she occasionally maul children and kill cats and other small animals on sight? Does she not play well with the other hockey moms at the dog park? Does she favor violence and aggression as the first and best solution to any disagreement? I, for one, do not like the idea of a lipstick wearing pit bull in the white House. I know it was a stupid joke, but you know, stupid people tell stupid jokes, and stupid people laugh at them.