[Rhodes22-list] Politics - Who Is Sarah Palin?

[Brad Haslett]

Greta is airing a documentary on Gov. Palin tonight.  Much of the
footage is from this guy-

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3591532,00.html

Attached is an e-mail circulating the net from an Alaskan lodge owner.
 Enjoy (and visit the website at the end, nice photos).

Brad

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Subject: Who is Sarah

Hi Eddie:

Fishing is good here at Wildman and I rarely have time for politics,
but many of our friends are asking us "Who is Sarah Palin?"  Of
course, as Alaskans, Kathy and I are extremely proud of her. We just
want to let you know that Sarah "Barracuda" Palin is a straight
shooting, hard charging, get it done gal.  She knows when to listen,
how to analyze the facts and how to make a decision, then implement
the plan.  She doesn't do a poll before jumping in with both feet like
too many of the Washington types.  She has little legislative
experience because she has always held the EXECUTIVE position; in
private life, as mayor of Anchorage's largest bedroom community or
more recently as Governor of our State.  She is a smart, attractive
home grown Alaska girl with excellent moral and family values.  She
can see what needs to be done and does not hesitate to get it done.

One of our State's major problems is that its Capital is in Juneau,
500 miles from the nearest road and 800 air miles from the population
base which is Anchorage, Wasilla and Fairbanks.  Our legislature and
most of the State government is in Juneau and they ALL behave like a
bunch of freshmen in a college town.  It has been this way since
Statehood in 1959.  When Sarah moved to Juneau, so did accountability
and responsibility.  When the oil revenue started flowing and a barrel
of North Slope Crude hit $23.00, these people began spending money
like drunken sailors.  You can only imagine what was happening when
oil hit $100.00 a barrel, about the time Sarah took command.  My wife
Kathy has first-hand experience with this fiasco, as her father and
also her ex-husband were Alaska Legislators who served in Juneau as
Senators, Senate President, or members of the State House for a
combined period spanning nearly three decades.

About the time Sarah took the HELM as Governor of Alaska, about half
of the State legislature was in the pocket of big oil companies or
contractors doing big projects for Native Corporations around Alaska,
all funded by State oil revenue.   Alaska government was nothing but a
good old boys club riding the perpetual wave of prosperity.  This
filtered down from the legislature, through the Department of Natural
Resources, Department of Labor and even spilled in to the Public
Safety, who are supposed to "preserve and protect".

When Sarah walked into the Governor's Mansion, she promptly dismissed
the State Trooper detachment assigned to Governor and had her and her
husband's gun case brought in from Wasilla. Then, she got rid of the
former Governor's STATE Jet and told legislators that there were no
more free rides, they would have to fly Alaska Airlines, just like her
and her family if they wanted to travel.  Next came the nut cutting
(the Barracuda part) the heads that rolled were too numerous to name,
but when Sarah finished cleaning house, a number of our legislators
ended up in jail for on corruption charges, or tendered their
resignations along with numerous department heads and those who have
been riding the gravy train for way too long, AND THEN SHE HAD LUNCH.
By the end of the day, Sarah Palin had saved the people of Alaska
millions and has not yet slowed down.

She has truly brought CHANGE to Juneau.  I personally know several
persons in the private sector in Alaska that hold her in high esteem.
She surrounds herself with smart people, many from my hometown of
Anchorage; she listens to them but makes her own decisions.  Sarah
Palin is a no B.S. politician.  It is refreshing that there is such a
thing anymore.  You want to talk about CHANGE?  You should see a
before and after picture of the State government in Alaska.  That's
CHANGE!  Sarah will bring a number of things to the election.  I am
sure she will appeal to many voters who may otherwise have gone the
other direction on election day.  The conservative block will not be
for Barack.  We have their vote.  We need what Sarah will bring, first
to the election and second, what she will bring to Washington D.C.
McCain has been advised well. Let's just hope the American people can
get the straight scoop on her in the weeks ahead.   This is just the
opinion of one Alaska Bush Pilot and Guide, who pays attention to
national politics, watches the news and is deathly afraid of the
direction our nation is headed.  I guarantee that if Sarah gets a
chance to dig her spurs into the flanks of the liberal Washington
types, they will know that she is in the saddle.

Butch King

Pilot/Guide

Butch & Kathy King

Proprietors

Wildman Lake Lodge

  www.wildmanlodge.com