Posted on 08/18/2011 6:42:04 AM PDT by Anamnesis
There are two areas where an Alaskan Governor is weak, though,
1) The Governor has a restricted role in appointing judges. A special panel selects two nominees and the Governor has to choose between the two.
2) There are unusual powers to investigate (and harass) the Governor, both from the legislature and what is available through FOIA. Imagine if FOX had the power to demand all Obama's emails and those of his staff since he came into office, not due due any special prosecutor or ethics investigation, but just because the reporters were curious!!! That is what Palin had to produce, and she did, ----without any smoking guns.
Go read Alaska’s constitution and get back to us.
Screw Rick Perry! I ain't voting for any more RINOs EVER, and if Obama wins, then so be it. The country will get the president and government it deserves.
That's what they decided when they wrote the Alaska state constitution. If not the people, then who? The state itself?
Someone owns those resources, why should it not be the citizens of the state?
Whaddaya know, another Palin thread where however often you say you like her you always have an often groundless criticism.
Including here, where it has presumably previously been pointed out to you that according to Alaska’s state constitution all of the oil extracted by oil companies in the state actually belongs to the citizens of the state.
For her to assure they get a cut of that is a good thing. But what’s more, she changed the system so there was an alignment of interests and incentives for the oil companies to extract more oil.
Again, you probably know this already, but just think if you falsely tear Palin down it’ll somehow boost your candidate Perry.
No. I think she is a very smart pragmatic person who has probably figured out it would be a big stretch to win the nomination. She has no organization nor is she doing what is needed to compete. I like her, but I am getting on the Perry bandwagon because I think he can first beat Romney and then Obama. Bachmann killed herself in S. Carolina on the 16th and I don’t see anyone else in the field who can win. Now we have the Bushies trying to get Ryan in the race but that probably wont happen either. Pretty soon, Republicans will discover the job is to beat Obama and Perry can do it.
Your response leads me to believe that you’re either ignorant of the facts or just dishonest. Which is it?
I agree, Palin’s got to do better than she has on immigration and I’m hopeful she will when she rolls out the specifics of her platform.
Bachmann is IMO more right on the issues than anyone, but being right and ineffective doesn’t get you anywhere—especially in the office of the presidency.
Palin has been extraordinarily effective in getting conservative cost-cutting (especially) through bipartisan legislatures. She’s accomplished real, substantial change at every level she’s been in government.
Unfortunately, that is not the case with Bachmann at all. First IMO Bachmann would never win the nomination, let alone beat Obama, and second IMO Palin has the best chance at both.
Oh, and I have no question as to Palin’s support for Israel, our Constitution, and an unPC truth seeing and telling on Islam.
Alaskans as a group had to preempt federal government claims. As it is, 75% of Alaska is owned or controlled by the feds or tribes.
Here is another example oh how she isn't perfect:
what is one of the most important jobs a president has to perform? selecting judges and other political appointments! right?
Think about that for a moment... then think of all the people you hate that Palin as supported.. McCain, Perry, ect, ect... you see that's the kind of people she would nominate to fill positions! the exact people you hate.
Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE Palin, and if she runs I will most likely end up voting for her. But to pretend she is perfect is just folly. There is no perfect candidate, period.
It’s not socialism because it doesn”t require violence or coercion.
That is to say, it’s not socialism because it doesn”t require violence or coercion.
You don’t “LOVE” Palin and you should stop the crap with claiming you do while you pan her at every chance you get. Your favorite bit is throwing lies and misrepresentations at her, which surely you know you’re doing when you try to suggest she’s promoted poor judges. Already, anyone here who’s paying attention knows that by state law she had to pick among only those couple recommended to her and so they weren’t 100% of the time 100% ideal choices.
If you wanted to bring up a genuine weakness she has had so far, you could bring up her not being tough enough on illegal immigration. But your boy JR is 10X worse than she ever was on immigration, so that’s a particularly losing argument.
Again, stop the “I LOVE Palin” crap, when you’re primarily on threads to spread disinformation about her.
Perry....Rino? What have you been smoking? You’re so hung up on Palin that you can’t see the forest through the trees. Suggest you take a better look at Pery’s record. He’s about as conservative as it gets. I don’t want to hear that bit about how he used to be a Democrat. 80% of the South and Ronald Reagan were once Democrats
The reason your argument doesn’t work is that it is founded on an unviable premise.
Your premise is that the Constitution of Alaska should not dictate legal matters in Alaska.
Exactly.
And there isn't and never has been any appetite in Alaska to auction off the rights. It's a political impossibility, no matter how powerful or popular a governor is. You may as well argue that FedEx or UPS should bid a contract to run the Defense Department. It simply will never happen. A waste of breath.
If it doesn’t require violence or coercion, it cannot be socialism.
lol
you need to learn to use the history feature of the site.
If you did you would learn that I have been a Palin 2012 supporter since BEFORE the 2008 election!
I have been 100% behind Palin forever.
But today I felt the need to being some sanity onto the Palin boards by pointing out that even though I support her and want her to run, she isn’t Jesus Christ, she isn’t perfect.
Every single Freeper that brings up that false canard loses the argument, and yet, they keep on trying, and then, they prop up a known Moderate and ignore all the real evidence pointing to that label.
And they have the gall to call Freepers worshippers or cultists.
Simply amazing.
I’ve watched Rick Perry for years and know his record extremely well. He’s RINO to the core, and I will never vote for him, period.
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