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Saying that she chose not to play the game of her detractors, Gov. Sarah Palin is ready to get out there and fight for what she believes. Appearing on a radio talk show on Friday, July 10, 2009, she was enthusiastically welcomed by host Michael Dukes' "Firearms Friday" on KFAR in Fairbanks, Alaska and received mostly positive responses from listeners.
Since Palin's announcement that she is resigning as of July 26, 2009, she continues to say it is the best thing for the state as it had already spent close to $2 million defending frivolous ethics law suits, and half a million dollars of her own money for cases that were all of which were thrown out by the courts. She is confident that Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will follow through on many of the programs that she had created.
While in Fairbanks, she signed a bill aimed at helping people with permits to carry concealed weapons to renew in a timely manner, changing to renewal date to the permit holders date of birth. Alaskans are allowed to carry weapons either openly or concealed without a permit in their own state.
Palin has said that she wanted to free herself from constraints she had as governor of Alaska so she could get out there and fight. In her speech, Palin recounted some of the things that have been done since she became governor saying:
We created a petroleum integrity office to oversee safe development. We held the line FOR Alaskans on Point Thomson - and finally for the first time in decades - they're drilling for oil and gas.
We have AGIA, the gasline project - a massive bi-partisan victory (the vote was 58 to 1!) - also succeeding as intended - protecting Alaskans as our clean natural gas will flow to energize us, and America, through a competitive, pro-private sector project. This is the largest private sector energy project, ever. THIS is energy independence.
And ACES - another bipartisan effort - is working as intended and industry is publicly acknowledging its success. Our new oil and gas "clear and equitable formula" is so Alaskans will no longer be taken advantage of. ACES incentivizes NEW exploration and development and JOBS that were previously not going to happen with a monopolized North Slope oil basin.
We cleaned up previously accepted unethical actions; we ushered in bi-partisan Ethics Reform.
We also slowed the rate of government growth, we worked with the Legislature to save billions of dollars for the future, and I made no lobbyist friends with my hundreds of millions of dollars in budget vetoes... but living beyond our means today is irresponsible for tomorrow.
We took government out of the dairy business and put it back into private-sector hands - where it should be.
We provided unprecedented support for education initiatives, and with the right leadership, finally filled long-vacant public safety positions. We built a sub-Cabinet on Climate Change and took heat from Outside special interests for our biologically-sound wildlife management for abundance.
We broke ground on the new prison.
And we made common sense conservative choices to eliminate personal luxuries like the jet, the chef, the junkets... the entourage.
And the Lt. Governor and I said "no" to our pay raises. So much success in this first term - and with this success I am proud to take credit... for hiring the right people! Our goal was to achieve a gasline project, more fair oil and gas valuation, and ethics reform in four years. We did it in two. It's because of the people... good public servants surrounding the Governor's office, with servants' hearts and astounding work ethic... THEY are Alaska's success!
Anyone who expected Sarah Palin to go quietly into the night have already been shown that they are wrong. She will continue to make a stand for what she thinks is good for America no matter how the media tries to destroy her and the message.
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"half a million dollars of her own money"
I doubt she's paid for anything with "her own money." She and her cohorts set up internet sites to raise money for her expenses. Palin's fan club is paying for her expenses--she just took the money and ran!
Fight!!!
She sure didn't want to fight for her own state. What does she want to fight? Her wallet.
Time Mag has her on the cover as "Renegade" like a Geronimo, I guess their thinking. What a joke Time Magazine has become; the can't tell a loser and quiter from a renegade.
My apology to Mr. Geronimo.
I really don't know why the leftist commies are so smug now. Even if Palin decides to stay away from politics, she will make a very comfortable living on the banquet circuit giving speeches, and she is still just as popular as ever with a significant portion of the voting public. She remains a viable, worthy candidate for 2012 much to the chagrin of the commie MSM.
I want Palin heading up a third party effort in 2012. The "Wink & A Nod" Party.
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