Posted on 10/12/2008 12:18:34 AM PDT by pissant
Sarah Palin sat down Friday night with Tribune-Review political reporter Salena Zito for a wide-ranging interview that covered the economy, education, energy and the Alaska governor's approach to governing. It was Palin's first face-to-face interview with a print reporter as Republican vice presidential candidate. John McCain's running mate was in Pittsburgh for a fundraiser at the Westin Convention Center Hotel, Downtown.
Palin: Energy independence ... certainly will stimulate our economy, circulating the dollars that we're presently spending overseas and in other countries; ... but also the clean coal technology that we got to be able to tap into; and the alternative sources of energy; and also, and as we wean ourselves off the hydrocarbons, the conservation efforts that Americans have got to undertake. So, we got that all-of-the-above approach towards energy independence that we need.
But also -- reducing taxes on our businesses, so that our businesses can keep more of what they're owing and what they are producing and what they are earning, and that way they'll be able to hire more people. That's how jobs are created.
So, those two parts of the solution ... and then also government spending, reining that in for now so that we can get a handle on this $10 trillion debt. ... We got to get a handle on every agency, every expenditure. Those things that are absolutely vital ... keeping those things going, but then freezing the spending on other areas of government. We get in there and find the efficiencies that can be created and just spending other people's money wiser than how we're spending it today to get a handle on that debt.
About small businesses:
Palin: My husband and I ...
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
Good answers by Palin.
Salena, Sarah bump
Wow! Hey, Salena, you go girl!
It made my smile when I saw she conducted the interview.
Is Selena one of us? That is awesome!
Yes, but I mispelled her name. It is Salena. ooops
I also want to hear about deregulation, like getting rid of sarbanes oxley for starters
My favoraite part:
“As a federalist, he’s saying — come on — let our states and let our local districts have more control of curriculum, have more control of their districts, get the federal government out of the business of telling our local districts what they can and cannot do,”
Let’s first start with the deadly socialism called the “bailout”
“About improving education:
Palin: I’m a governor of a state where I believe in state’s rights and John McCain too. ... As a federalist, he’s saying — come on — let our states and let our local districts have more control of curriculum, have more control of their districts, get the federal government out of the business of telling our local districts what they can and cannot do, especially unfunded mandates coming down from the feds ... too many politicians in D.C. (are) so out of touch with the most responsive and responsible level of government — that’s the local level; that’s your city councils and your borough assemblies and your county commissioners and your local school districts. Let them have more say and more control and really that is the way to turn things around in education also.”
She should have said the magic word that begins with the letter P. Parents.
That is too cool that she scored an interview with Governor Palin.
Great coup in snagging an interview with Governor Palin.
Great interview, too, letting us learn about Sarah in her own words.
McCain gets it:
If a school will not change, the students should be able to change schools. John McCain believes parents should be empowered with school choice to send their children to the school that can best educate them just as many members of Congress do with their own children. He finds it beyond hypocritical that many of those who would refuse to allow public school parents to choose their child’s school would never agree to force their own children into a school that did not work or was unsafe. They can make another choice. John McCain believes that is a fundamental and essential right we should honor for all parents.
http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/19ce50b5-daa8-4795-b92d-92bd0d985bca.htm
SHe should have said the magic T word. As in TERMINATE the Dept of Education.
even that won’t get the govt out of education.
The “gov’t” does not need to be out of education. The FEDs do. Many states have public education in their constitutions.
let’s put it a different way. Parents should be *in* education.
Governors know about stuff like that. Senators ...not so much.
WOW! Salena and Sarah! A FReeper & and the potential Republican VP. GRRRRREAT!
Agree. Socialists are ready to take advantage of the economic situation, not help it. Only the slow steady hand of a free market will get us out of this but it will take time. The people could use some straight talk about this.
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