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McCain Says His Former Running Mate Simply "Changed Her Priorities" in Resigning as Alaska's Governor

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by Omni-Present101 July 12, 2009 9:28 PM EDT
Sarah Palin: Is a Hollow,Floating, Bubble....

Period
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by Omni-Present101 July 12, 2009 9:27 PM EDT
Excerpts Prom Portfolio Magazine: Sarah Palin's Pipe Dreams

Editor's Note: On July 3, Sarah Palin stunned the nation's political establishment and her own state of Alaska when she announced she'd be resigning as governor.

What she did (or didn't do) to promote the development of a $40 billion gas pipeline will be a crucial part of her short history in office. This story, which was first published on March 17, delved into the long and complicated history of a pipeline that doesn't exist.


Sarah Palin Pipeline Lies: During the vice-presidential debate, she said it again...

?We?re building a nearly $40 billion natural-gas pipeline, which is North America?s largest and most expensive infrastructure project ever.?

How better to defang the industry that had ruled Alaska like a colonial master for 40 years than to make sure its major players would be no more than spectators at the state?s next grand pageant, the building of a new pipeline that would carry natural gas from Alaska?s North Slope to what Palin called the ?hungry markets? of the Lower 48?

In her zeal, however, Palin overlooked one salient fact: It was Alaska?s three largest oil producers?Exxon Mobil Corp., BP, and ConocoPhillips Co.?that controlled the natural gas the new pipeline would need if it were ever to pump anything more than hot air.

By writing the rules in a way that excluded the oil companies from the process,

Palin, although she gained the short-term approval-rating points that made her seem attractive to McCain last summer,

But assured that the ?largest private-sector infrastructure project in North America? would never be anything more than her personal field of dreams.
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by martin9p2 July 12, 2009 9:25 PM EDT
Palin not leaving politics? That's what SHE thinks.
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by Omni-Present101 July 12, 2009 9:23 PM EDT
The Sarah Palin Mindest [Make No Sense]

Sarah Palin:Makes No Sense and that Sense Makes Sense to [Her] ....

And when Rational, Real True Logic Appears and Starts make Sense, its Non Sense to [Her]

Sarah Palin Logic at its Very Worse
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by stevex47 July 12, 2009 9:19 PM EDT
Gee, do you think it was her looks that caught mcsame?

Noooo, he's not known for decisions based on something so superficial.
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by nirak2-2009 July 12, 2009 8:14 PM EDT
And here I was hoping we never have to see her again!
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by jsilver2th July 12, 2009 8:04 PM EDT
Thanks to Gee Whilikers you betcha~

Who will hold up the banner of ignorance without her!
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by straightmate July 12, 2009 8:02 PM EDT
McCain got thrown under a bus on this deal. She quit, and even if she didn't the opposition will play it that way. The Republicans no longer have a party...they just have a mess after a party.
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by erasmus111 July 12, 2009 7:55 PM EDT
"I will go around the country on behalf of candidates who believe in the right things, regardless of their party label or affiliation,"


WHY?

Is she thinking about changing sides maybe? Whichever side will take her?
Hoping to get on the good side of the Democrats? She probably doesn't care what side it is as long as she get's to be Queen of the castle.
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by imnho July 12, 2009 7:50 PM EDT
Failing Palin saw the money and is now bailing. Failing Palin got critized and now is wailling. Failin Palin was very overbearing and now she's qualing.

Ii would have been better if she had quit while she was ahead. The only problem with that is that she was always behind. Since she walked out on the goverenship of a state it is not likely that most voters will give her any thought of all when selecting a leader for higher office. She basically screwed herself politcally.
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