Sarah Palin
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Excerpt from acceptance speech released
From McCain VP-pick Sarah Palin’s prepared remarks, excerpts of which were just released: Our opponents say, again and again, that drilling will not solve all of America’s energy problems — as if we all didn’t know that already. But the fact that drilling won’t solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all. […]
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Fred Thompson on moose and exotic dancers
Former Tennessee Senator and presidential candidate Fred Thompson on Sarah Palin: “I can say without fear of contradiction that she is the only nominee in the history of either party who knows how to properly field-dress a moose … with the possible exception of Teddy Roosevelt.” OK, so there was nothing really environment-related in Thompson’s […]
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Palin asked folks to pray for natural-gas pipeline
The Huffington Post did some digging on the church that Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin spent most of her life attending. Apparently the church films and posts all of its services. In June, Palin gave a speech to the graduating class of commission students at her former church, Wasilla Assembly of God. In the video, […]
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Some enviros self-censor, but should progressives?
A friend forwarded me an email titled "Gustav and Hannah" that was written to environmental activists by one of the top environmental leaders in this country. I am going to write on it at length because it is illustrative of the catastrophic messaging failure of the environmental community on issues of climate, government action, and […]
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Palin was for the bridge before she was against it
Remember the Bridge to Nowhere? Last week, in her VP acceptance speech, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told the crowd, “I told Congress, thanks but no thanks on that bridge to nowhere.” Turns out she was for the bridge before she was against it. The bridge (actually called the Gravina Island Bridge) was the mother of […]
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A look at Palin’s preferred method of killing wolves
Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin strongly supports aerial hunting of wolves in Alaska. Here’s what that looks like:
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Alaskan greens say McCain’s VP pick has anti-environmental record
John McCain’s surprise pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate has a lot of environmentalists in the state worried about the influence she might have on the presidential candidate’s environmental policy. McCain has worked hard to portray himself as a green Republican, but Palin has developed an anti-environmental reputation during her 20 […]
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McCain’s veep pick talks energy, ANWR, and the improbability of being tapped for VP
During a June 25, 2008, appearance on CNBC’s Kudlow & Company, Sarah Palin said, "Sen. McCain is wrong" on the issue of oil drilling. Â She said, "I think he’s going to evolve into eventually supporting ANWR opening also …Â I’d like the opportunity to change his mind about ANWR."Â She was also asked about the […]
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The eco-rundown on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, John McCain’s VP pick
In a surprise move this morning, John McCain chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. Palin, a conservative Republican, was the ethics commissioner of the Alaska Gas and Oil Conservation Commission from 2003 to 2004 and has a reputation for integrity and fighting corruption. She has pushed to open the Arctic National Wildlife […]
