Not bad at all IMHO!
Any comments, Alaskans?
Being kinda cute doesn’t hurt matters...
its a shame the folks of kentucky couldnt have done the same in the primary to fletcher.
I voted for her. I’ve liked her ever since I was a caucus member of the Republican party and she spoke at the convention about 7 years ago. She’s quick, articulate, on point, self-confident and doesn’t get pushed around by the good-ole-boy powerhouses. She will get some things done.
Not bad at all IMHO!
One of the cool things about Alaska is that we all know each other. Alaska is a very big very small town. I knew Sarah when she was in Wasilla working as a mayor and I was at a local newspaper. Later, when I returned to college for a year to get my teaching certificate, I delivered pizzas to her house. She’s a great tipper.
Sarah Palin is also, by far, one of the most beautiful women you’ll ever meet. (She had to actually “ugly” herself during the election.) She’s also intellectually sharp, morally centered, and tough without being nasty. She’s proving that right now, since our legislature (a real citizen legislature, by the way, not a bunch of lawyers) can be quite ornery. She’s also going up against the oil companies, who basically owned the previous governor, and doing it in a smart and pro-Alaskan manner.
The last time we had a small town mayor as governor his name was Jay Hammond, and he came up with the idea of the permanent fund, the fund which takes oil revenue and uses it as an investment portfolio for the future, including a check for all of us who put up with cold and mosquitoes. The permanent fund is now worth billions. Imagine if Pennsylvania, Texas, or California had done the same with their oil revenue. I expect Sarah Palin to leave that kind of imprint on the future of our state.
By the way - anyone up here who is really popular with everyone is really, really rare. Sniping about politicians and government is the only sport we have in the winter. The fact that she’s so popular says something about her.
AK is one state with smart Republicans.
In 2006, AK had a Republican Governor with lower approvals than Fletcher. GOP voters wisely bounced the incumbent Governor out for a conservative women.
She hasn’t done anything yet. So far so good.
We can have the first Mormon in 2008 and the first woman in 2016.
Trailblazers! LOL.
Not an Alaskan, but a recent visitor. Your Governor is a Class Act. I'd move there except for minor stuff like a job, a Neiman-Marcus store for her, and some more motorcycle-friendly road miles around Juneau for me.
Interesting...am I surprised I had to read to the 5th paragraph to figure out she was a Republican. If she was a Democrat, I can guarantee you the story would have started out, “Democratic Governor Sarah Palin.”
I lived in North Pole, Sitka, & Juneau from 74 until ‘04 and still have many friends there. I understand her innaugeration was in Fairbanks rather than the traditional Juneau location (?). The fact she did that would boost her status in the minds of many of my friends.
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Was looking this this earlier. YouTube clips of the announcement and her acceptance speech for VP.
Enjoy.