The Absurd Report

Senator Obama’s “management experience” in running a major national political campaign, is now lauded in favorable comparison with Gov. Palin’s experience as a small town Mayor or Governor. How can a comparison be made between an elected executive office, which in full view, serves and is subject to its constituents; and a political campaign, which by its nature, is a self-serving, and often a sub-rosa enterprise?

Apples and oranges? Make that apples and road apples.

Today’s NY Times website’s first two stories cover the McCain vetting process for Sarah Palin, and then whether this mother should really stay at home, rather than running for VP. I must have missed the story they ran on Obama’s vetting of Biden. How did this process miss the fact that Biden’s son and his brother are embroiled in lawsuits alleging they swindled another man out of millions? Guess the vetting also missed the fact that the same Biden son, a lobbyist, successfully petitioned Obama for a $3.4 million earmark for his [Biden's] client. And as Rush asked, if Biden’s shameless plagiarism was grounds for him to drop his candidacy in ‘88; did Obama’s vetting decide that this no longer mattered?

OK it really wasn’t much of a deal for a man who has been closely associated with people like Bill Ayers, Tony Rezko, and of course that esteemed man of God, the Reverend Wright Makes you wonder though, who the heck “vetted” Obama? Michelle and Father Pfleger?

Just returned to the Times site. Guess what they pulled down? Yep,,, the wretchedly ignorant article, which implied that Palin should just go home and start rattling those pots and pans. It was an awful piece, even for this reeking carcass of a once great newspaper.

Among the propositions explored, were, “whether there are enough hours in the day”, and whether, “she has a right, to try” for the VP office. None of the genius “feminists”, who wrote the story, or commented therein, seemed to be aware that Palin already has a rather substantial, demanding job.

Are they getting dumber, or is it just that they think we are?

Alaska Party Official Says Palin Was Not a Member

The chairwoman of an Alaskan political party that advocates a vote on the state’s succession from the union said Tuesday that she had been mistaken when she said Gov. Sarah Palin was a member of the group.

A front-page story in The New York Times on Tuesday and articles in other news media reported that Ms. Palin was a member of the Alaska Independence Party for two years in the 1990’s.

The information in the Times article was based on a statement issued Monday night by Lynette Clark, the party’s chairwoman, who said that Ms. Palin joined the party in 1994 and in 1996 changed her registration to Republican.

On Tuesday night, Ms. Clark said that her initial statement was incorrect and had been based on erroneous information provided by another member of the party whom she declined to identify. The McCain campaign also disputed the Times report, saying that Ms. Palin had been registered consistently as a Republican.

Read more here…

From an e-mail I received

We are having a great week on Silvers here at Wildman, You know, I don’t often get very political, but recently 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 flown and a barrel of North Slope Crude hit $23.00, these people began spending money like drunken sailors. You can only imagine what was happenings 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 many voters who my otherwise could 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