Anti-Palin rally draws hundreds in Alaska
USA Today
September 13, 2008
ANCHORAGE (AP) — Hundreds of people protesting the policies of Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lined a busy street on Saturday, waving signs and chanting "Obama!"
The protest came about two hours after Palin delivered a rousing speech at Anchorage's new convention center before leaving the state to return to the campaign trail. Palin was named John McCain's running mate on Aug. 29. This was her first return since then to her home state.
The protesters, including supporters of presidential candidate Barack Obama and those who don't agree with Palin's positions on abortion, polar bears, Iraq and other issues, lined one side of the street near Anchorage's main library building.
A much smaller number of mostly pro-Palin supporters were on the other side of the street, chanting "Sarah! Sarah!"
Police were at the scene, but there were no immediate reports of clashes.
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Saturday, September 13, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Sarah Palin Threatens War With Russia
And her foreign policy experience?
"You can see actually see Russia from land here in Alaska"
"You can see actually see Russia from land here in Alaska"
Alaskans Notice Palin Sticking to Her Script
September 11, 2008, 9:51 pm
Alaskans Notice Palin Sticking to Her Script
Wall Street Journal Blog
Elizabeth Williamson reports from Fairbanks, Alaska, on the presidential race.
Alaskans hang on every word Gov. Sarah Palin has been saying on the campaign trail — and they’re noticing a lot of those words are the same.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner today had a big above the fold piece on Gov. Palin’s homecoming Wednesday that called her out with the headline: “Palin sticks close to same speech.” The lede of the story noted that the state’s governor “offered many of the same lines Wednesday at her welcome home rally that are fast becoming her standard.”
That’s what stump speeches are all about, but Alaskans clearly expected straight talk from their favorite daughter: the story notes virtually every made-for-Alaska deviation in the speech. Even Gov. Palin seemed to pick up on the “duh” moment she was providing for people in this oil-rich state, as she served up her canned plea for oil drilling. After the briefest pause, she added: “I feel like I’m preaching to the choir.”
The McCain campaign is tightly controlling Gov. Palin’s media availability. Other than the ABC interviews running now, they have shielded her completely, and she has made no casual forays into the press section of the plane on her Alaska trip.
The media are none too happy about this — but it may be her friends in Alaska who miss the unscripted Sarah the most.
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Alaskans Notice Palin Sticking to Her Script
Alaskans Notice Palin Sticking to Her Script
Wall Street Journal Blog
Elizabeth Williamson reports from Fairbanks, Alaska, on the presidential race.
Alaskans hang on every word Gov. Sarah Palin has been saying on the campaign trail — and they’re noticing a lot of those words are the same.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner today had a big above the fold piece on Gov. Palin’s homecoming Wednesday that called her out with the headline: “Palin sticks close to same speech.” The lede of the story noted that the state’s governor “offered many of the same lines Wednesday at her welcome home rally that are fast becoming her standard.”
That’s what stump speeches are all about, but Alaskans clearly expected straight talk from their favorite daughter: the story notes virtually every made-for-Alaska deviation in the speech. Even Gov. Palin seemed to pick up on the “duh” moment she was providing for people in this oil-rich state, as she served up her canned plea for oil drilling. After the briefest pause, she added: “I feel like I’m preaching to the choir.”
The McCain campaign is tightly controlling Gov. Palin’s media availability. Other than the ABC interviews running now, they have shielded her completely, and she has made no casual forays into the press section of the plane on her Alaska trip.
The media are none too happy about this — but it may be her friends in Alaska who miss the unscripted Sarah the most.
Read the rest of the story:
Alaskans Notice Palin Sticking to Her Script
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Palin's gas pipeline is still not done deal
Palin's gas pipeline is still not done deal
From wire reports
Sept. 10, 2008, 9:47PM
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, has sought to burnish her executive credentials by telling how she had engineered the deal that jump-started a long-delayed gas pipeline project.
Stretching more than 1,700 miles, it would deliver natural gas from the North Slope of Alaska to the lower 48 states and be the largest private-sector infrastructure project on the continent.
Palin has asserted the pipeline will help lead America toward energy independence.
An examination of the project has found that she has overstated both the progress that has been made and the certainty of success.
The pipeline exists only on paper. The first section has yet to be laid, federal approvals are years away, and the pipeline will not be completed for at least a decade.
In fact, the pipeline might never be built.
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Palin's gas pipeline is still not done deal
From wire reports
Sept. 10, 2008, 9:47PM
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, has sought to burnish her executive credentials by telling how she had engineered the deal that jump-started a long-delayed gas pipeline project.
Stretching more than 1,700 miles, it would deliver natural gas from the North Slope of Alaska to the lower 48 states and be the largest private-sector infrastructure project on the continent.
Palin has asserted the pipeline will help lead America toward energy independence.
An examination of the project has found that she has overstated both the progress that has been made and the certainty of success.
The pipeline exists only on paper. The first section has yet to be laid, federal approvals are years away, and the pipeline will not be completed for at least a decade.
In fact, the pipeline might never be built.
Read the rest of the story:
Palin's gas pipeline is still not done deal
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