Palin takes to Web for hints of political future

Palin hints at political future in Web posts, threatens legal action against bloggers, media

 

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(WASILLA, Alaska) Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin didn't wait long to give some hint of what her political life might look like after she leaves office at the end of the month.

After staying out of the public eye for most of Saturday, a day after abruptly announcing she would soon give up her job as governor, Palin indicated on a social networking site that she would take on a larger, national role, citing a "higher calling" to unite the country along conservative lines.

"I am now looking ahead and how we can advance this country together with our values of less government intervention, greater energy independence, stronger national security, and much-needed fiscal restraint," the former Republican vice presidential candidate wrote in a posting on her Facebook page. Palin's spokeswoman, Meghan Stapleton, confirmed Palin wrote the entry.

Palin shocked even her closest friends on Friday when she announced she would resign July 26, more than a year before her first term ends. But the controversial hockey mom has not revealed many details of bigger plans and national agenda.

Palin instead cast herself as a victim and blasted the media, calling the response to her announcement "predictable" and out of touch.

"How sad that Washington and the media will never understand; it's about country," the statement said. "And though it's honorable for countless others to leave their positions for a higher calling and without finishing a term, of course we know by now, for some reason a different standard applies for the decisions I make."

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  • Posted By: Omaar @ 07/05/2009 8:19:10 AM

    1. John Weaver,a former Senior Strategist for McCain's Presidential Bids.

    "Policy is Politics and Palin Has No Real Accomplishments as Governor"
    ---------------------------------

    2. Rich Killion, Adviser to Gov. Mitt Romney,

    "How can Palin convince a General Election Audience How Quitting on her Constituents is a Good Thing"

    Those Statements are [Factual & Actual] 2 1/2 yrs as Governor...

    There are No [Accomplishments] There is No [Alaskan Gas Pipeline]

    Palin Gave 500 Million Dollars of State Money to a Company [Trans-Canada] that Cannot Provide [Gas] Only make the Pipeline. The Deal she made was [Dumber than the Dumbest]


    500 Million in Seed Money for a Pipeline that will Cost [27 1/2 Billion $$] minus Palin's 500 Million and Guess where the Financing-Money of such a Project will come From...The Federal Government, that's who !!

    It is Big Oil-Gas who Own All the [Gas Land Leases]

    Meaning, The Dummy [Palin] Passed Legislation that Excluded [Big Oil-Gas] from Bidding on the Project. Leaving Only [Trans-Canada] as the Lone Bidder. The sad thing about all of this is, Big Oil-Gas can Finance this Entire Deal, minus Palin using the State of Alaska's [500 Million] and still give Alaskan's their [Socialist, Windfall Profit Tax Money] Probably More.

    Two of [Big Oil-Gas] Biggest Companies are going Forward with their Own Gas Pipeline Project, they do Own the Gas Land Leases.

    While Palin's Project is Muddied in Litigation which is [Her Fault]

    It will take YEARS to cut through all the Legal issues Involving Palin's Project and she knows it too, let alone the Actual Building of the Gas Pipeline after Litigation, it will also take [8-10 YEARS] after Litigation, that's Exactly why she [Quit] and still tries to [Mislead] Americans via her Rambling Exit, regarding her so called Accomplishments which are [None] to be Exact.

    Especially regarding Palin's Gas Pipeline, that Does not Exist, At All.

    I said before and will say, Now...

    Sarah Palin is a [Hollow,Floating,Bubble]

  • Posted By: Omaar @ 07/05/2009 8:09:46 AM

    1. John Weaver,a former Senior Strategist for McCain's Presidential Bids.

    "Policy is Politics and Palin Has No Real Accomplishments as Governor"
    ---------------------------------

    2. Rich Killion, Adviser to Gov. Mitt Romney,

    "How can Palin convince a General Election Audience How Quitting on her Constituents is a Good Thing"

    Those Statements are [Factual & Actual] 2 1/2 yrs as Governor...

    There are No [Accomplishments] There is No [Alaskan Gas Pipeline]

    Palin Gave 500 Million Dollars of State Money to a Company that Cannot Provide [Gas] Only make the Pipeline. The Deal she made was [Dumber than the Dumbest]


    500 Million in Seed Money for a Pipeline that will Cost [27 1/2 Billion $$] and Guess where the Financing-Money of such a Project will come From...


    The USA, The Federal Government, when Big Oil-Gas Own All the [Gas Land Leases] Meaning, The Dummy [Palin] Passed Legislation to that Excluded [Big Oil-Gas] from Bidding on the Project. Leaving Only [Trans-Canada] as the Lone Bidder. The sad thing about all of this is....


    Big Oil-Gas could Finance this Entire Deal, minus Palin using the State of Alaska's [500 Million] and still give Alaskan's their [Socialist, Windfall Profit Tax Money] Probably More. Two of [Big Oil-Gas] Companies are going Forward with their Own Gas Pipeline Project, they do Own the Gas Land Leases.

    While Palin's Project is Muddied in Litigation which is [Her Fault]

    It will take YEARS to cut through all the Legal issues Involving Palin's Project and she knows it too, let alone the Actual Building of the Gas Pipeline after Litigation, it will also take [8-10 YEARS] after Litigation, that's Exactly why she [Quit] and still tries to [Mislead] Americans via her Rambling Exit, regarding her so called Accomplishments which are [None] to be Exact

    Especially regarding Palin's Gas Pipeline, that Does not Exist, At All.

    I said before and will say, Now...

    Sarah Palin is a [Hollow,Floating,Bubble]

  • Posted By: Apolitical @ 07/04/2009 4:04:05 PM

    Paulejeb. It's incredible you can't discern the difference. Bush spent for unnecessary war and for the largess to the rich. Obama is spending for long term economic stability, energy independence, health care reform and world-class education for our children. There is also a whole lot of difference between Obama and Palin's background. Being president of Harvard Law Review is nowhere near going to 6 colleges to finish a journalism degree with passable grades. I don't know where Sarah (mark my words) got her delusional analysis of the fiscal responsibility. Alaska on her watch was one of the biggest net recipient of federal money getting more in subsidy than what they remit to Treasury in taxes. And give me a break on national defense. Somebody who was quoted as saying "...Putin rears it's head and enters the U.S. (through Alaska)..." does not exactly inspire awe and confidence. In fact, that seems to be a scary evidence of a mental case fit for institutionalization.

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