Here's a question, Senator - Have ya ever BEEN there? Alaska's a nice state, but it has thousands of square miles of thousands of square miles.
Pretend you buy your own gas, not us. You may not care about the price of gas, but those of us who work and pay taxes which (you may not be aware of this) pay your salary, your perks and bennies can't afford the same things you can. We can't just increase taxes when our wallets get a little thin, we have to give up things when gas goes above $3.00/gal.
Tell ya what, Joe, next time gas tops $3.00/gal, I'm willing to sacrifice just for you - I'll sacrifice paying my taxes if you'll start buying your own gas and try to live on what the average American lives on.
Then tell me about preserving Alaska's "pristine" wilderness. After we drill and extract EVERY drop of oil we can get from there, you can preserve this "pristine" wilderness for the caribou all you like. But today, we need to drill HERE and drill NOW!!!
Sarah is being stabbed in the back from all different directions. Just think—Joe came this close to being McCain’s running mate. When I said previously that the selection of Sarah for VP was a miracle, I echo that sentiment again. How she ever got considered with her credentials as a Reagan conservative and her antipathy towards the views of McCain and Lieberman is astounding! Perhaps, the truth is that McCain only saw Sarah a young pretty face who the base would gravitate towards and help him increase his donations and volunteers for the campaign. Perhaps it is as simple as that.