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Palin has kept a low profile since her sudden announcement Friday at a hastily called news conference at her home in suburban Wasilla, outside Anchorage. All of her public communication since then has been on the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter, or through statements released by her office.

At the same time, Palin informed her spokesman David Murrow early Saturday that someone using the name "exgovsarahpalin" on Twitter was spreading a false rumor that there was to be a party at her suburban home in Wasilla, outside Anchorage. Palin was afraid her home would be mobbed, and security was dispatched, Murrow said.

With only a few weeks before she steps down on July 26, and Alaska Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell takes her place, the governor spent the Fourth of July weekend in the state capital, Juneau, but was only spotted briefly on the sidelines of the city's parade.

She had been invited to ride in a convertible, as she did last year, but never told organizers whether she would attend.

Juneau parade director Jean Sztuk said officials drew up banners in case Palin showed and was willing to take part.

As the last of the parade's clowns and marching bands headed past her, Sztuk gave up on Palin. "What governor wants to be at the end of the parade?" she asked.

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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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