Sarah Palin for Secretary of the Interior makes sense: Whether or not Romney will nominate her is something else. Im sure he has a list of establishment Republicans lusting after the job Republicans he is indebted to. I dont think he owes Sarah enough for her to beat out the stiffs for a cabinet post. Sarah did help a few conservatives get nominations, but I doubt If Romney considers that a plus. The last thing he wants in Congress is Tea Party conservatives obstructing business as usual. There is also the question of how much leeway he would give Sarah if she did get the job? I dont trust Romney on very much; least of all on energy policy when it runs afoul of the EPA and the United Nations. Finally, Sarah might not want the job. Secretary Sarah By Bill Croke on 8.8.12 @ 6:08AM An outdoor job for Gov. Palin in the Romney administration. Now that I'm reasonably certain that Mitt Romney will prevail on November 6, I thought I'd make a suggestion for a cabinet post: Sarah Palin for Secretary of the Interior. Despite her controversial media-magnet political baggage, she should at least be on Romney's short list thanks to her familiarity with the workings of the public lands agencies. Most of the half billion acres of federal land (the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management and other agencies under the purview of the Department of the Interior; the United States Forest Service governed by the Department of Agriculture) in the United States is located in the American West. Depending on the party controlling the Oval Office, the job of Interior Secretary many times goes to a Western pol, many times a governor or ex-governor. Wally Hickel, Bruce Babbitt, and Dirk Kempthorne are good examples. Some such as Gale Norton and James Watt gathered their expertise in think tanks and legal foundations concerned with public lands policies. Ken Salazar (him of the smart bolo tie), the current Interior Secretary, is an ex-U.S. Senator from Colorado. The successful nominee to the post should have a thorough knowledge of the multiple functions of the public domain, roughly a quarter of the land area of the United States. While governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009 Sarah Palin reacted to federal policy on 222 million acres of public land (60% of the land area) in her state used for everything from timber sales and oil and gas leases, to hunting and fishing and other recreational activities. She supported the first steps to build the Alaska gas pipeline, a project of TransCanada and Exxon-Mobil designed to deliver natural gas to the Lower Forty Eight, and still in early development stages. To be sure, her attempt to raise taxes on energy companies doing business in Alaska was a bad idea. Taxes on energy production are already responsible for 90% of annual state revenue. Palin can take partial credit for Alaska's current $12 billion dollars budget surplus, not bad for a state twice the size of Texas with a population of 723,000. Her policy of pursuing multiple-use (public land utilized in both extractive and recreational ways to maximize local economic benefits) was -- as every Western governor knows -- a constant battle to assist the creation of jobs, and to help keep her Alaskan constituents prosperous in the face of bureaucratic dictates from Washington driven by green legislation and the unending litigation of environmentalists. Palin also has a personal connection with the public lands; in fact, risking shrieking green lefty hysteria, I'll call her a conservationist. She grew up in Alaska and, with her husband Todd, has enjoyed hunting and fishing, and just plain "getting out there." The Hook and Bullet demographic is usually denigrated as troglodytic by Gaia-type greens, yet hunting and fishing organizations work hard for habitat preservation. Being lampooned as "Caribou Barbie" by the likes of Maureen Dowd looks good on Palin's résumé given that the New York Times columnist herself might not know the difference between a caribou and a moose. Dowd probably thinks the mission of federal Bureau of Reclamation is the regulation of cosmetic surgery. Indeed, Palin as a lightning rod for loony green left savagery should be a plus from Romney's point of view. Her notorious line, "Drill, baby drill," is a good fit for a Romney energy policy that includes the promotion of such projects as the Keystone XL pipeline, a decision which President Obama ceremoniously punted into his second term (assuming we are so blessed) as a bouquet to his environmental left constituency. Shelving Keystone XL coupled with failing to develop at least a portion of an estimated 85 billion barrels of oil on America's Continental Shelf at a time when Americans are paying almost four dollars for a gallon of gas is a good indication of the president's disregard for consumers in order to satisfy a radical portion of his Democratic base more supportive of Solyndra-type boondoggles then a working energy policy. Sarah Palin has never been shy about criticizing President Obama's national energy policy or lack thereof. Her Facebook page states that "President Obama doesn't have an energy plan. He has an energy speech that he continues to give regardless of the facts or his obvious failures." High gas prices are "one of his campaign promises." The Keystone pipeline: "If we're worried about instability in the Middle East, it makes no sense to shun safe and reliable oil from Canada." Secretary Salazar continues to stonewall energy leases on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) tracts in the West, and others along the coastal continental shelf. Upon his appointment one of his first acts was to kill 77 leases in Utah previously approved by the Bush Administration. Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming by themselves have roughly 1.8 trillion barrels of "recoverable" oil shale (the U.S. Geological Survey estimates a total of 3 to 6 trillion barrels for that region) that currently sits in bureaucratic limbo. Salazar implemented Obama's six month moratorium of Gulf of Mexico development following the British Petroleum (BP) "Deepwater Horizon" spill in 2010, and development in that sphere proceeds at a snail's pace. Salazar maintains a no-drill policy in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). And this past May, new Interior Department regulations governing seismic hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," now add another layer of bureaucracy to that controversial natural gas extraction technique. Thanks to the Bakken Formation in the western part of the state, North Dakota has America's lowest unemployment rate (2.9% -- June, 2012), its energy boom giving North Dakotans the sort of economic prosperity other Americans can only barely remember. I would think that both Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin are popular public figures in the Peace Garden State. http://spectator.org/archives/2012/08/08/secretary-sarah
The reason why Romney won't pick Palin for any spot in his upcoming administration is because during the primaries she basically snubbed him when she was doing a New England tour. You're right, she's too much of a Tea Party faithful and more Conservative then Romney, and thus the reason(s) she won't be picked for a spot in his administration or at the Convention for that matter. Bad blood. But I am glad to see you acknowledging that Romney will be out next president. Romney is no Reagan, but I do believe he's going to fool and possibly impress many people including yourself of just how Conservative he'll be once he grabs the POTUS.
I think you have a good point LH, and I tend to agree. But, one just never knows. Take a look at Pawlenty, the Romney opponent in the primaries that coined the phrase "Obamney Care," then wasn't man enough to back it up when confronted on stage about it. Total coward in my personal opinion. And now, he and Romney are apparently inseparable. Even considered to be in the running for VP. *sigh*
Yeah, that's a hard one to figure since both santorum and gingrich were nasty toward Mitt as well, and you don't see either of those two guys picked to speak at the convention. I like Palin a lot mostly because she's the epitome of Conservatism and nobody does a better job of getting under the anti American skins of liberals than Sarah does, but I doubt she'll be getting any invites to join the Romney team any time soon. Palin keeps the Tea Party moving and involved, and for that I'm content.
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To dujac: Hussein already took care of that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws&feature=player_embedded
To dujac: I had Hussein pegged as a moron before he got his party’s nomination. I don’t think about it much anymore because back when Eisenhower was running against Adalai Stevenson the media beginning selling the Democrat as brilliant while the Republican could not walk and chew gum at the same time. That’s been the template since 1952. It is a waste of time fighting it so close to Hussein’s departure. Nevertheless, I do recall a few of Hussein’s memorable intellectual stumbles like saying corpseman instead of corpsman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=A10jEZt53Y0 “France is America’s greatest ally.” is another one that belongs in the Moron Hall of Fame. And who can forget Hussein referring to the “English embassy.”? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wat8ON_YXS0&feature=player_embedded I’ll let Alan Caruba take it from here: America Elected an Ignoramous Alan Caruba Sunday, April 15, 2012 I do not write unpleasant things about Barack Hussein Obama because he is a Democrat, a far-left liberal ideologue, a confirmed liar, or the sock-puppet of whatever cabal that chose him long ago to be the President. I write unpleasant things because he is all of these things, but also because he is the most stupid man to have ever held the office of President. As far back as January 2, 2010, I wrote that Obama had “an imaginary life” because there was no proof that anything he claimed in his two memoirs, written by the age of 45, was true. His resume listed “community organizer”, an amorphous term that could mean anything, as his primary occupation. By October 2010 the Washington Times published a commentary of mine that said “millions of Americans are beginning to ask: Is President Obama just a moron?” Even prior to his election, he had ensured that his entire paper trail of birth certificates, passports, college records, and other items most people can produce in under five minutes were “sealed” from public review, despite the fact that most modern presidents have had to submit their personal records, short of a colonoscopy exam, for examination. Among his first executive orders was one issued on January 21, 2009, to ensure none of these records saw the light of day. When he finally produced a birth certificate, forensic analysts deemed it a forgery. So, what really occurred on Election Day in 2008 was that a majority of voters, guided by an adoring mainstream press, elected an enigma. He rewarded their obsequiousness by being the first President since Grover Cleveland to not attend their annual Gridiron dinner. Since then, anyone paying any attention has had to conclude that Americans elected an ignoramus, based solely on his own words and actions. Here’s just a quick look at some of them: Hans Bader, a scholar with the Competitive Enterprise Institute, addressed recent examples of Obama’s ignorance when he mocked Republicans as members of the Flat Earth Society in Columbus’ day for their skepticism of his green energy policies, among which was a hearty endorsement of algae—pond scum, but Columbus’ contemporaries knew the Earth was round, but doubted he could reach Asia via the Atlantic Ocean. Bader noted that Obama “falsely attributed to Muslims the invention of printing and even falsely claimed that Morocco was the first country to recognize the United States as a new nation.” The problem for many Americans, mostly registered Democrats and self-identified liberals is that his gaffes are dismissed despite the evidence that his policies have proved to be huge failures. His “stimulus” program wasted billions without producing any jobs, shovel-ready or not. We still have an 8.2% unemployment rate. The fate of Obamacare will be decided shortly by the Supreme Court after 26 States brought suit against it as unconstitutional, but Obama, who was the editor of the Harvard Law Review and taught constitutional law, apparently has not read the document, claiming the judges are “unelected” (they are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate) and therefore have no right to pass judgment despite Marbury v Madison that established the Court’s role of judicial oversight. Obama’s disdain and contempt for just about everyone except Muslims is astonishing. He has insulted just about every element of American society and many world leaders. In ways large and small this has been a constant element of his presidency. After gratuitously insulting doctors, bankers, and the insurance industry, he pushed hard to provide the planner of 9/11 a civil trial without all the protections afforded by the Constitution—in New York City. Between January and July 2009, Obama sent a bust of Winston Churchill back to the British embassy. He gave the Queen of England an iPod with 40 show tunes, photos of his inauguration, and two of his speeches. Former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, was given a box set of 25 DVDs, all in a format that does not work in England. Later, eager to empty Guantanamo, he authorized the transfer of some detainees to a British protectorate, Bermuda, without consultation with the UK. Obama’s contempt for Catholics has long been on display before the Obamacare demand that they jettison their consciences regarding the sanctity of human life. His nomination of Kathleen Sebelius, a Catholic apostate, as Secretary of Health and Human Services earned her a warning from Bishop Joseph Naumann not to present herself for Holy Communion. His antipathy for Israel and its Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu has been on display from the beginning of his term, at one point admonishing the Israelis for building new housing in their own capitol and at another suggesting they retreat to their 1967 borders, a suicidal notion that Israelis found appalling. At one point he said, “One thing I’m proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify issues.” His campaign motto was “Yes we can.” Early on, he sent Air Force One to do a low fly-by of New York City for a photo op, neglecting to tell anyone there and generating 9/11 flashbacks and panics. Then he embarked on a global trip that quickly was dubbed his “apology tour” for an America about which he could little good to cite. At one point, he actually bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia. We do not dip our flag to any other and no U.S. President bows to any other state leader, let alone a monarch. His ignorance has been on display for so long the public hardly takes notice. “I’ve now been in 57 states. I think one left to go,” he said during his 2008 campaign. He referred to “Austrian” as a language when no such language exists; Austrians speak German. His ignorance of economics is legendary. He referred to a “profit and earnings ratio” when the correct term is price-to-earnings (P/E). He still thinks that, as long as the Federal Reserve can print money out of thin air, the nation can never go broke. He actually believes the economy will improve if taxes are increased; something that has never before happened in the history of the nation. Whole books can and will be written about Obama’s ignorance and failures of judgment that Americans will have to live with for a very long time, especially as future generations try to dig out from his tripling of the national debt, the highest unemployment rates since the Great Depression, and a housing market that has yet to have rebounded. Add in gas prices Americans have never seen since gasoline was invented to power our cars and you have a man who is not what he claims to be and is too stupid to be the President of the United States, let along serve as a White House tourist guide. http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/45996
To dujac: Yes they do. See the OP in this thread: http://www.politicalforum.com/global-issues/259494-political-twofers.html
Sarah Palin is a good deal brighter than Obama. The JUS would do well to set aside land for the National parks and military bases, then deed the rest of the land to the states and essentially dissolve the Department of the Interior.
Hope you're not referring to obama here, for from all accounts--obama flunked out of that school. Probably a big reason why he's hiding the transcripts, and why he has a select group of socialist professors who are covering up for him.
Sarah Palin is a cannibal Author Thomas Harris Reveals the Grisly Truth AP - 9 August 2012 Bestselling author Thomas Harris, in a recent interview for Esquire Magazine, revealed that the inspiration for the Hannibal Lecter character is actually former Alaska Governor and former Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. She kills and eats people, right? This is common knowledge, at least it is up in Alaska, where she has killed and eaten most of her victims. Harris's 1981 novel, Red Dragon, introduced his most enduring creation, Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant and cultured forensic psychiatrist turned cannibalistic psychopath, sometimes known by the nickname Hannibal the Cannibal. Harris relates, I was visiting Wasilla, Alaska in early 1981 and went out with some friends to enjoy a high school basketball game. There was this point guard on the floor who was brutally effective, a regular scoring machine, and the folks in the bleachers told me the girls name was Sarah Palin. They called her Sarah Barracuda because of her intense play. They told me that she also killed and ate people. Intrigued, the author continued to study the intense, cannibalistic teenager throughout the rest of the game. She would scare the hell out of the opposing teams players, and cause them to miss free-throws. I can remember, right near the end of the game, Wasilla was ahead by one point, and one of the other teams forwards was on the free throw line. The girl was badly rattled by having to shoot standing so close to a flesh-eating serial killer, this was plain to see. The girl took her first shot, and missed. The crowd was noisy and on their feet, as there were only seconds left on the clock. There was just one chance now for the visiting team to tie up the score. Just as the girl was dribbling her last, and preparing to make her shot, the crowd quieted down. You could hear a pin drop, it was that quiet. The suspense was almost unbearable. Harris took a sip of water, and then continued. The girl raised the ball above her head, and arched her wrists back to make the shot, and Sarah Palin leaned in and uttered, Tick-tock, Clarice. It rattled the girl badly, and of course she missed the free throw. Wasilla went on to win the game, and the place was a mad-house. I went back to my hotel immediately, and wrote all night. Sometime before dawn, I had finished the entire novel, and Hannibal Lecter was born. Thomas Harris went on to write three more books featuring Hannibal the Cannibal. Silence of the Lambs in 1988, Hannibal in 1999, and Hannibal Rising in 2006. Im surprised nobody ever made the connection, Harris said. I mean, come on. How many brilliant flesh-hungry hockey-moms-turned-serial killing small town mayor-turned-cannibalistic Governors are there in this world? Just one that I know of. Of course shes the inspiration for Hannibal the Cannibal. Du-uhh!
Sarah Palin is possibly one of the dumbest people to have held a government post in recent years. Not to mention shes a christian reconstructionist, who should not be allowed any where near any form of federal power where she can try to influence her religious beliefs into federal law.
I think she might be qualified to be a secretary though. I will have to wait and see what her typing skills are though...
The problem is that the blathering airhead has never succeded at anything other than to get a bunch of shrieking monkeys riled up. She has no education or experience to qualify her for anything. She FAILED at everything she has ever done at which she could be held to any standards. She bankrupted Wasilla and wimped out as Governor. What a waste of lipstick.
Yeah. She pals around with people who burn children at the stake for being witches. Scarey little goblin.
