She has excelled at running a business and you forgot to mention that out of all those scandals whipped up by the liberal left which resulted into 17 frivolous ethics lawsuits against her were thrown out of court for lack of evidence and no standing. Palin was the victor. Oh and also she maintained a approval rating in the 80s to 90 percentage range which meant that she did a fantastic job. Compared to Obama who knows more about the energy sector and why doesn't Obama want to entice domestic land drilling? Also if Obama has all this hypothetical experience then why hasn't he enacted positive legislation to improve the economy? Why with the democratic controlled congress has he failed to get anything done. I mean even Hitler landed the Olympics.
The reason you guys never add links is because it's difficult to back up "fantasy".
What policies? What legislation? Did she even balance the budget of a state that has so much oil money it "gives" money to it's residents?
All those frivolous lawsuits were from liberals? Are you sure?
I love it when she kept saying "offshore drilling" during the election. Do you think she understands that the government offers leases? Companies drill, but the oil they find, if any, goes on the global market where we have to compete for it. It isn't "ours", it's theirs.
Worse, if the price starts to fall, they simply hold back until the price goes back up. That's just the way it works. Do you think Republicans understand that? Did they ever?
The Obama administrated so far averted a global financial meltdown.
Even Conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute (AEI) admits that the Stimulus probably worked, at least for now.
AEI - The Year Ahead
ABC, CBS and NBC Verdict: Obama's 'Stimulus' a Success, CBS Frets Public Refuses to See It | NewsBusters.org
The truth is, you guys want him to fail so bad, you can't call anything a success, even if he pulls a wedgie out his butt, you guys will still see a failure. You want it so bad, you can taste it. You need it. Some Republicans even pray for his death. Maybe more than some. We can feel the hate.
Here are a few and she enjoyed a budget surplus in office. She also cut property taxes 60%.
She negotiated and help finally put together a deal and award a contract for TransCanada Alaska for developing and building a pipeline stretching for 1,715 miles from the Prudhoe Bay treatment plant to the US via Canada.
Natives of Alaska have dreamed of a pipeline for more than 30 years. Sarah Palin in less than two years got the bill passed and sealed the deal for them. The pipeline was given the greenlight for construction last month. TransCanada and ExxonMobil signed a partnership agreement to build a natural gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope to Alberta, Canada so that Alaskan natural gas can be brought to market in the Lower 48. The partnership agreement is a product of Governor Palin's Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA).
Palin signed into law SB 4002 which pays $1,200 to each resident who qualifies. The money for these payments comes from the state's natural resource revenue. This bill also suspends the state's tax on gasoline. Residents get the 1,200 on top of the dividend they already recieve.
The other thing she did when she walked into the governor’s office is she got the list of State requests for federal funding for projects, known as “pork.” She went through the list, took 85% of them and placed them in the “when-hell-freezes-over” stack.
Governor Palin signed legislation that will give struggling charter schools a one-year grace period to increase enrollments or integrate with other charter schools. She also signed legislation that authorizes Alaska "to enroll in the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children."
The Governor vetoed $28.6 million in stimulus money that would have involved federal interference with the state of Alaska.
She vetoed $35 million of a $450 million transfer from the oil and gas tax credit fund to the general fund in order to leave a sufficient balance to pay the FY2009 production tax credits
Governor Palin urged Obama to follow a peace through strength methodology regarding North Korea and urged that the missile defense budget in her state not be cut. He complied.
She took on members of her own party and put 4 of them in jail for ethics violations and had 6 of them indicted awaiting trial for violating state codes.
President Obama wants the nation to be on 25% renewable resources for electricity by 2025. Sarah went to the legislature and submitted her plan for Alaska to be at 50% renewables by 2025. They are already at 25%.
She also signed these resolutions and laws that were enacted:
SB-125: Encourage aerospace development in AK
SB-177: Extend sunset for sport fishing guides and address harvest data collection
Pro-energy development and missile defense resolutions
HJR-27: Alaska a Sovereign State
HJR-25: Hydro-Electric a Renewable Resource
HJR-28: Oppose Federal Restriction on Oil and Gas Development
HJR-12: Support Missile Defense System
SB-88: Power cost equalization
Defending Second Amendment rights.
SB-201: Extends Concealed Carry Permit Expiration to 5 Years from Birthday
HJR-17: Urges Congress not to pass HR-45.The federal legislation would put burdensome licensing and registration controls on individual gun owners.
SJR-10: Urges Congress to pass S-371. The legislation was to ensure that citizens of each state who are licensed or authorized by their home state to carry a concealed weapon, could do so in another state as long as they comply with the laws of that state.
SJR-3: The resolution expresses support to Congress for repealing the ban on carrying a firearm on National Park Service lands.
As a businesswoman she is ambitious and operates a succussful salmon commercial fishing fleet during season which in fact she goes out and helps bring in the catch herself along with her employees. She knows how to operate during rough economic times in the seafood business and she had hands on experience of what it is like for everyday people when it comes to working unlike Obama in the low to middle class sector. The thing is she did this when she was mayor and governor. Can you name anyone else who has managed to do that? Obama wouldn't last a minute in the cold waters of Alaska commercial fishing. Just saying.
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