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• Palin Kills a Caribou

  December 9, 2010 at 10:24am

  “Technically, it wasn’t perfect, but to me it seemed honest. Unlike a lot of shows that cut everything out, that was a fairly honest hunt,” said Seifert.

  As for what was technically off, Seifert said Palin “shot a lot of times, it’s hard to say what kind of shot she is.” But Seifert noted that Palin “had a good rest, she was calm and she squeezed the trigger.”

  “That’s the hardest part,” he said, “to calm yourself down when you are going to kill a big game animal. She did a good job there.”

  On how often Palin hunts, Seifert said that she struck him as the kind of person who does not hunt every weekend: “She has probably hunted big game a number of times. She probably hunts once a year or every couple years.

  Seifert’s conclusion? “It seemed realistic to me, and I’m a pretty harsh critic of that because I see a lot of unrealistic stuff out there on hunting channels. I thought it was an honest hunt and I thought there are a lot of people out there who would like to have that kind of time with their dad.”

  http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1012/hunting_expert_grades_palins_shot.html

• Palin Kills a Caribou

  December 9, 2010 at 10:23am

  In reply to Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}.

  On the fourth episode of “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” Palin, her father Chuck Heath and a family friend headed above the Arctic Circle to go caribou hunting.

  It took Palin a few shots to hit a caribou and since that clip aired, Palin naysayers have been having a field day over whether she’s a bad shot, while Palin supporters have jumped to her defense, pointing out that the gun she was using at first was off.

  POLITICO spoke to Nick Seifert, a sportsman and conservation advocate who hosted the “Straight Shooting” segment of “American Gun Dog” for five seasons and had a 12-year career with Field & Stream and Outdoor Life magazines, about Palin’s skills as a hunter.

  “Technically, it wasn’t perfect, but to me it seemed honest. Unlike a lot of shows that cut everything out, that was a fairly honest hunt,” said Seifert.

  As for what was technically off, Seifert said Palin “shot a lot of times, it’s hard to say what kind of shot she is.” But Seifert noted that Palin “had a good rest, she was calm and she squeezed the trigger.”

  “That’s the hardest part,” he said, “to calm yourself down when you are going to kill a big game animal. She did a good job there.”

  On how often Palin hunts, Seifert said that she struck him as the kind of person who does not hunt every weekend: “She has probably hunted big game a number of times. She probably hunts once a year or every couple years.”

  Palin also took heat for the questions she asked her father about the gun kicking and when to shoot, but Seifert said that he has heard experienced hunters ask similar questions. “You don’t want to injure the animal,” he said.

  Another big criticism of Palin’s hunt was that the caribou did not move when she shot, even though she missed a few times. Could it have been an editing room trick or did that caribou really stand there? “That was a young caribou. I hate to say it, but caribou are some of the dumbest animals,” said Seifert.

  Seifert also watched the video of Palin and her father and friend packing up the meat to take back to Wasilla. He explained that “In Alaska, you have to take all edible portions of the animal. When they take the rib meat out, it is above and beyond what most hunters do. I give them credit for that, they did that correctly.”

  Seifert’s biggest criticism of the Palin hunt: “She shot when the animal was on the horizon. … You need to know where your backstop is. The bullet could go a little bit further. It’s not like they’re going to hit a house, but by the strictest rule, that’s something you shouldn’t do.”

  Seifert’s conclusion? “It seemed realistic to me, and I’m a pretty harsh critic of that because I see a lot of unrealistic stuff out there on hunting channels. I thought it was an honest hunt and I thought there are a lot of people out there who would like to have that kind of time with their dad.”

  http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1012/hunting_expert_grades_palins_shot.html

• Jindal Declares Palin ‘Absolutely’ Electable

  December 6, 2010 at 1:30am

  In reply to MrButcher.

  Sarah Palin didn’t “quit”; she reloaded in order to fight for what is right on a fairer battlefield.
  She promised to keep the frivolous anti-Palin law suits away from the Alaskan people ( saving tax money and time) and to be more effective on the stump ( supporting candidates , fundraising, etc)
  Sarah Palin was truthful on both accounts!!

  In an article Sarah Palin said:
  “I said, ‘Enough. Political adversaries and their political friends in the media will not destroy my State, my administration, nor my family. Enough.’ I knew if I didn’t play their game any longer, they could not win. I would not retreat, I would instead reload, and I would fight for what is right from a different plane.”

  Sarah Palin resigned because she recognized the cost that the frivolous ethics complaints were having on her state ( these baseless complaints cost Alaskans over $1 million in tax payer’s money, and Gov. Palin’s original legal bills were well over half a million dollars) and she saw how much of her staff’s time and her own time were forced to deal with those issues. She wasn’t able to effectively fulfill her role as Governor, so she passed the reins onto someone who didn’t have to be concerned that if he sneezed in the Lower 48, an ethics complaint would be thrown at him.
  Palin’s entire administration was paralized by those frivolous complaints, only an idiot wouldnt be able to see or admit that.

  She saw that if she stayed on as Governor it would continue to cost the state millions of dollars in wasted time and resources to defend against false and maliciously ethics complaints and doom it to gridlock.
  Sarah had to step down for the better of her state and it was the honorable thing to do.
  She promised that she would “effect positive change outside of Government”, and she has most definitely done that.
  Sarah has been able to speak more boldly for both Alaska and all Americans for the conservative principles this country was founded on now that she is outside of office and without the concern of a possible ethics violation been thrown at her.
  Sarah Palin told us all why she resigned when she resigned. If some people still don’t get it, well, that’s their problem

  Sarah Palin helped Tea Party candidates all over the country energize their campaigns. She holds the Republican Party accountable for less spending, less debt, and to reduce the size of government.

  Palin’s 71% endorsement success rate thus far—52 wins out of 73 declared races featuring Palin-endorsed candidates is impressive, especially considering that she embraced a number of underdogs in traditionally blue states.

  Of particular importance is the fact that eighteen of the twenty candidates backed in Palin’s Take Back the 20 initiative have won their races . That’s a 90% success rate!

  When other supposed leaders are busy sticking their finger in the wind or sitting on the fence when it comes to current policy, Governor Palin has stood strongly for conservative values and commonsense!

• Jindal Declares Palin ‘Absolutely’ Electable

  December 6, 2010 at 1:27am

  In reply to MrButcher.

  Sarah Palin is in lock-step with the American people on the majority of the issues: immigration, health care reform,off shore drilling, extending the Bush tax cuts,the mosque at Ground Zero, etc. Regarding gravitas, Governor Palin has written, spoken, and commented on issues ranging from the devaluing of the US dollar to the bureaucratization of health care to the Obama administration’s stance on Israel to the overreach of the EPA. She is comfortable discussing social, economic, environmental, regulatory, foreign, and national security issues.

  With regards to leadership, Governor Palin has led a town, a state, and has co-led a family. She has private sector experience in working in journalism and her family’s fishing business. She has public sector experience with her time as city councilwoman, mayor, and governor. She has experience with negotiations between the public and the private sector with her work on AGIA. She worked across party lines with ethics reform legislation. Since stepping aside from the Governor’s office, she has been the leading voice of conservatism. When other supposed leaders are busy sticking their finger in the wind or sitting on the fence when it comes to current policy, Governor Palin has stood strongly for conservative values and commonsense.

  With regards to political achievements, in three legislative sessions as Governor, in addition to what has already been mentioned, she forward funded education, passed major ethics reform, revamped the oil taxation code to make it more inline with the Alaska constitution, and increased funding for children with special needs. She rejected stimulus funds that were unsustainable and had strings attached. She stood firmly for the 10th amendment on numerous occasions and was a constant proponent of energy independence. She took on the Establishment of both parties and won.

• Jindal Declares Palin ‘Absolutely’ Electable

  December 6, 2010 at 1:27am

  In reply to Robert-CA.

  Governor Palin is a wife, mother of five, and grandmother, who has a great impact on the American political landscape by currently unofficially leading a movement without a title. Sarah Palin was a journalist/fisherwoman who first got involved in the public arena as a concerned mom through the local PTA. She later was elected to the Wasilla City Council where she served for two terms. She then served as mayor of Wasilla for two terms and acted as the head of the Alaska council of mayors.
  During her tenure, she reduced property tax levels while increasing services and made Wasilla a business-friendly environment, drawing in new industry.

  Sarah Palin served as a commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Commission where she rooted out corruption in her own party. She later was elected to the Alaska governorship where she served through three legislative sessions. In these three years, she reduced spending by nearly 10% over her predecessor, reduced earmark requests by 80%, invested $5 billion dollars in savings, passed major ethics reform, and negotiated the largest private sector infrastructure project in North American history with the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act

  Governor Palin’s “business experience” comes with the negotiations and dealings she has had with one of the most powerful industries in the world: the energy industry. This includes the negotiations on what will be the largest private infrastructure project in North American history. Governor Palin has successfully negotiated new tax structures, lease deals and other issues that arise in the Alaska energy industry.
  At the end of the day, Governor Palin negotiated billion dollar deals with one of the toughest industries in the world.

  WSJ Editorial page editor Paul Gigot said Gov. Palin “has demonstrated a sophisticated understanding of monetary policy” in this Opinion Journal Video broadcast November 9, 2010. Columnist Daniel Henninger harkened back to Gov. Palin’s first Washington Speakers Bureau speech delivered in Hong Kong, in which “she correctly analyzed the causes of the financial crisis, the government causes, including easy credit from the Fed. This is a consistent message for her. This speech is not something out of the blue.”

  http://online.wsj.com/video/opinion-journal-palin-vs-bernanke/6A8B3973-6069-464E-B48B-4D4564C96DE5.html

  Sarah Palin is past chair of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, a multistate government agency that promotes the conservation and efficient recovery of domestic oil and natural gas resources while protecting health, safety and the environment. She also served as chair of the National Governors Association (NGA) Natural Resources Committee, which was charged with pursuing legislation to ensure state needs are considered as federal policy is formulated in the areas of agriculture, energy, environmental protection and natural resource management.

  Sarah Palin’s successful efforts to stop the cronyism and reform the energy business in Alaska were so impressive Kay Cashman, the publisher and executive editor of Petroleum News, wrote the book entitled: “Sarah Takes On Big Oil” .
  This is a must read for anyone who wants to understand the leadership Sarah Palin has exhibited in the area of reforming government and industry!!

  While Governor Palin has a history of being a reformer and taking on powerful interests for the benefit of ordinary people, Obama’s history is that of a tool of special interests, be they unions, trial lawyers, ACORN, or Wall Street.

• Death Panel? Daschle Encourages ‘Other Options’ for Elderly Patients Needing Surgery

  December 3, 2010 at 10:04am

  In reply to Conserving Ink.

  Obama’s Deficit Commission Vindicates Governor Palin on Death Panels

  http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2010/12/ed-morrissey-obamas-deficit-commission.html

• ‘57 States’: Palin Fires Back on Facebook at MSM’s Gaffe Hypocrisy

  November 28, 2010 at 6:55am

  Given the strategic location of Alaska in the Pacific Theatre, and with the Republic of Korea being a trading partner with Alaska; Governor Palin is well-versed on North and South Korea.

  http://wayback.archive-it.org/1200/20090726174408/http:/gov.state.ak.us/archive.php?id=1236&type=6

  This is clearly a slip of the tongue, given in the previous sentences she was identifying appropriately North Korea as the enemy in this situation. It’d be different if throughout the discussion she thought North Korea was our ally.

  Let’s just go back to Sarah Palin’s public comments about North Korean Missile Testing on April 6th 2009

  (CNN) – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s office reacted Monday to North Korea’s missile test with a statement that “reaffirmed Alaska’s commitment to protecting America from rogue nation missile attacks.”

  Palin herself criticized proposed Obama administration cuts proposed to missile defense programs. “I am deeply concerned with North Korea’s development and testing program which has clear potential of impacting Alaska, a sovereign state of the United States, with a potentially nuclear armed warhead,” she said in the statement. “I can’t emphasize enough how important it is that we continue to develop and perfect the global missile defense network. Alaska’s strategic location and the system in place here have proven invaluable in defending the nation….

• ‘57 States’: Palin Fires Back on Facebook at MSM’s Gaffe Hypocrisy

  November 26, 2010 at 1:44pm

  In reply to what4.

  Governor Palin has a deep understanding of the situation in North and South Korea. Given the strategic location of Alaska in the Pacific Theatre, and with the Republic of Korea being a trading partner with Alaska; Governor Palin is well-versed on North and South Korea.

  http://wayback.archive-it.org/1200/20090726174408/http:/gov.state.ak.us/archive.php?id=1236&type=6

  April 6, 2009, Juneau, Alaska – Responding to the missile test by North Korea, Governor Sarah Palin today reaffirmed Alaska’s commitment to protecting America from rogue nation missile attacks.

  “I am deeply concerned with North Korea’s development and testing program which has clear potential of impacting Alaska, a sovereign state of the United States, with a potentially nuclear armed warhead,” Governor Palin said. “I can’t emphasize enough how important it is that we continue to develop and perfect the global missile defense network. Alaska’s strategic location and the system in place here have proven invaluable in defending the nation.”

• ‘57 States’: Palin Fires Back on Facebook at MSM’s Gaffe Hypocrisy

  November 26, 2010 at 11:26am

  In reply to what4.

  Robert Eugene Simmons Jr.: Sarah Palin Uniquely Qualified to Take on Washington Aristocracy

  Great read:
  http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2010/11/robert-eugene-simmons-jr-sarah-palin.html

• ‘57 States’: Palin Fires Back on Facebook at MSM’s Gaffe Hypocrisy

  November 26, 2010 at 11:10am

  In reply to what4.

  “If the media had bothered to actually listen to all of my remarks on Glenn Beck’s radio show, they would have noticed that I refer to South Korea as our ally throughout, that I corrected myself seconds after my slip-of-the-tongue, and that I made it abundantly clear that pressure should be put on China to restrict energy exports to the North Korean regime. The media could even have done due diligence and checked my previous statements on the subject, which have always been consistent, and in fact even ahead of the curve. But why let the facts get in the way of a good story? (And for that matter, why not just make up stories out of thin air – like the totally false hard news story which has run for three days now reporting that I lobbied the producers of “Dancing with the Stars” to cast a former Senate candidate on their show. That lie is further clear proof that the media completely makes things up without doing even rudimentary fact-checking.)”–Sarah Palin

  April 6, 2009, Juneau, Alaska – Responding to the missile test by North Korea, Governor Sarah Palin today reaffirmed Alaska’s commitment to protecting America from rogue nation missile attacks.

  “I am deeply concerned with North Korea’s development and testing program which has clear potential of impacting Alaska, a sovereign state of the United States, with a potentially nuclear armed warhead,” Governor Palin said. “I can’t emphasize enough how important it is that we continue to develop and perfect the global missile defense network. Alaska’s strategic location and the system in place here have proven invaluable in defending the nation.”