Post by birddog on Sept 10, 2008 9:50:58 GMT -5
>>>>>>>>> From a former Marine...
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> And from a Alaska man who is a very serious cynic about all
>>>>> things political here is my take on Sarah.
>>>>> I met and spoke with Sarah Palin about two years ago at our
>>>>> downtown Park Strip. It is a place for walking, carnivals,
>>>>> political outdoor
>>>>> things and
>>>>> such. She was cooking hotdogs at a fund raiser and introducing
>>>>>
>>>>> herself to
>>>>> the public as a Governor hopeful.
>>>>>
>>>>> She came by and said the usual "Hi, I'm Sarah Palin
>>>>> and I am running for
>>>>> Governor"...and I expected her to keep on to the next
>>>>> person but
>>>>> she asked me who I was and what I did in Alaska and we ended up
>>>>> talking
>>>>> for 15
>>>>> minutes about me, Air America (she was all agog!) and my career
>>>>> in the
>>>>> Army and AAM.
>>>>> She is a pilot (Super Cub) I'm told although all she told
>>>>> me about that was that she loved flying.
>>>>> As I watched her over the next six months as she successfully ran
>>>>> for Governor I was really impressed. I was impressed greatly even
>>>>> before that after she resigned a good position (Alaska Gas and Oil
>>>>> Regulatory Commission) because a fellow Commission member (Chair
>>>>> of the
>>>>> Alaska Republican Party) misused their office and position. He was
>>>>> using the FAX,computers, printing room and all to promote the
>>>>> Republican
>>>>> endeavors while in a State job. That is a huge no-no in any
>>>>> government
>>>>> employment position. She resigned and made her point and within
>>>>> weeks Randy
>>>>> Ruderich (the above bad guy) found his ass out on the street and a
>>>>> subsequent
>>>>> investigation found him guilty and he was fined $12,000. Small change
>>>>> actually but a giant point was made.
>>>>> Next she went after our most horrible Governor ever, Governor
>>>>> Murkowski,
>>>>> and damned if she didn't beat him! All of us here in except the
>>>>> Democrats, are sick of our State's corruption. That fact
>>>>> was shouted to the heavens after she was elected with an
>>>>> overwhelming point
>>>>> spread.
>>>>>
>>>>> After she got into office she started after corrupt
>>>>> legislators and with
>>>>> the FBI's help we've put four of them in prison, indicted
>>>>> six more and the "Corrupt
's Club" as they arrogantly
>>>>> called themselves (even had hats
>>>>> made with CBC on the front!) suddenly found it no fun anymore.
>>>>>
>>>>> Club membership is now in the toilet!!
>>>>> The current flap which has cost her a ten point loss of
>>>>> popularity (she's still 82%!) was over firing a popular
>>>>> Commissioner of Public
>>>>> Safety who is responsible for our Alaska State Troopers. She
>>>>> fired him for
>>>>> no STATED reason which was her prerogative as the Gov. He served
>>>>> entirely at her option. She and her whole family had a bad, bad
>>>>> experience with a
>>>>> rogue Trooper who was married to Sarah's sister. His name is
>>>>> Trooper Wooten.
>>>>> This dimwit Trooper had threatened Sarah's father (death threat!),
>>>>> threatened Sarah ("I'll get you too"), tasered his 12 year
>>>>> old stepson, drove drunk in his AST cruiser, got a pass by a
>>>>> fellow Trooper who stopped
>>>>> him for
>>>>> erratic driving a second time while in civvies and just a host of
>>>>> other things
>>>>> not yet released to the public. He got away with it and got
>>>>> another pass by the Commissioner's appointed AST Trooper Internal
>>>>> Affairs
>>>>> investigator with a
>>>>> tiny slap on the wrist. Five days off without pay to be
>>>>> exact!!
>>>>>
>>>>> This maverick Trooper is still on the payroll but only just.
>>>>> The Union intervening saved his malcontent ass. He'll yet get his
>>>>> I'm sure.Incredible heat is being heaped on the Troopers. Public
>>>>> heat, not the
>>>>> Governors office.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Democrats had the audacity to appoint a obviously biased
>>>>> investigator,Rep. "Gunny" French (so called because he lied about
>>>>> being in the USMC while running for the Legislature) is a staunch
>>>>> liberal and under
>>>>> the orders of
>>>>> Senate President Lyda Green who hates Sara. She hates Sarah
>>>>> because after being elected Governor Sarah told the whole
>>>>> Legislature in one
>>>>> of her first meetings with them that, quote; "All of you here need
>>>>> some Adult Supervision!!!". Sarah was seriouslyed and not
>>>>> afraid of anyone there.That played wonderfully well with Alaskans
>>>>> after all of
>>>>> our corruption
>>>>> and after all of her successful battles against a seriously
>>>>> entrenched
>>>>> corrupt government here in Alaska . Ited off the whole
>>>>> Legislature
>>>>> though! They have stayeded but also afraid of her because
>>>>> of her popularity.
>>>>> She reminds me personally of our Alaska wolverine which will fight
>>>>> anything in it's path if it see's fit to do so. No respect at
>>>>> all for size or position. Wife Cindy is in this category too.
>>>>> Unfortunately.
>>>>> In closing I must tell you that she is the best, most moral
>>>>> and most focused leader I've seen since President Reagan. I feel,
>>>>> really
>>>>> strongly, that like Alaska the rest of our country will love her
>>>>> within a few
>>>>> weeks. Put simply,she represents middle America like NO leader
>>>>> we've ever
>>>>> had. I think McCain made a totally brilliant move in choosing her.
>>>>> She's a
>>>>> maverick who is
>>>>> probably tougher and more focused than McCain himself....and
>>>>> she won't be a total "Yes Man" or more appropriately, woman. McCain
>>>>> will love her.
>>>>> In 2012 she will be President.
>>>>> My best to all of you in the hurricane belt. I hope you are
>>>>> all
>>>>> OK. We just had another mini Air America reunion here in beautiful
>>>>> Soldotna , Alaska
>>>>> along the Kenai river. We'll be doing this every year now
>>>>> I guess. Like
>>>>> our
>>>>> Flying Tiger pal's before us there are not that many Air
>>>>> America
>>>>> guys
>>>>> left.
>>>>> I'm 71 myself this September 16. Where the hell did the
>>>>> years go
>>>>> so fast?
>>>>>
>>>>> My best to you old buddy
>>>>>
>>>>> Semper Fi,
>>>>>
>>>>> George W. Murray
>>>
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> And from a Alaska man who is a very serious cynic about all
>>>>> things political here is my take on Sarah.
>>>>> I met and spoke with Sarah Palin about two years ago at our
>>>>> downtown Park Strip. It is a place for walking, carnivals,
>>>>> political outdoor
>>>>> things and
>>>>> such. She was cooking hotdogs at a fund raiser and introducing
>>>>>
>>>>> herself to
>>>>> the public as a Governor hopeful.
>>>>>
>>>>> She came by and said the usual "Hi, I'm Sarah Palin
>>>>> and I am running for
>>>>> Governor"...and I expected her to keep on to the next
>>>>> person but
>>>>> she asked me who I was and what I did in Alaska and we ended up
>>>>> talking
>>>>> for 15
>>>>> minutes about me, Air America (she was all agog!) and my career
>>>>> in the
>>>>> Army and AAM.
>>>>> She is a pilot (Super Cub) I'm told although all she told
>>>>> me about that was that she loved flying.
>>>>> As I watched her over the next six months as she successfully ran
>>>>> for Governor I was really impressed. I was impressed greatly even
>>>>> before that after she resigned a good position (Alaska Gas and Oil
>>>>> Regulatory Commission) because a fellow Commission member (Chair
>>>>> of the
>>>>> Alaska Republican Party) misused their office and position. He was
>>>>> using the FAX,computers, printing room and all to promote the
>>>>> Republican
>>>>> endeavors while in a State job. That is a huge no-no in any
>>>>> government
>>>>> employment position. She resigned and made her point and within
>>>>> weeks Randy
>>>>> Ruderich (the above bad guy) found his ass out on the street and a
>>>>> subsequent
>>>>> investigation found him guilty and he was fined $12,000. Small change
>>>>> actually but a giant point was made.
>>>>> Next she went after our most horrible Governor ever, Governor
>>>>> Murkowski,
>>>>> and damned if she didn't beat him! All of us here in except the
>>>>> Democrats, are sick of our State's corruption. That fact
>>>>> was shouted to the heavens after she was elected with an
>>>>> overwhelming point
>>>>> spread.
>>>>>
>>>>> After she got into office she started after corrupt
>>>>> legislators and with
>>>>> the FBI's help we've put four of them in prison, indicted
>>>>> six more and the "Corrupt
's Club" as they arrogantly >>>>> called themselves (even had hats
>>>>> made with CBC on the front!) suddenly found it no fun anymore.
>>>>>
>>>>> Club membership is now in the toilet!!
>>>>> The current flap which has cost her a ten point loss of
>>>>> popularity (she's still 82%!) was over firing a popular
>>>>> Commissioner of Public
>>>>> Safety who is responsible for our Alaska State Troopers. She
>>>>> fired him for
>>>>> no STATED reason which was her prerogative as the Gov. He served
>>>>> entirely at her option. She and her whole family had a bad, bad
>>>>> experience with a
>>>>> rogue Trooper who was married to Sarah's sister. His name is
>>>>> Trooper Wooten.
>>>>> This dimwit Trooper had threatened Sarah's father (death threat!),
>>>>> threatened Sarah ("I'll get you too"), tasered his 12 year
>>>>> old stepson, drove drunk in his AST cruiser, got a pass by a
>>>>> fellow Trooper who stopped
>>>>> him for
>>>>> erratic driving a second time while in civvies and just a host of
>>>>> other things
>>>>> not yet released to the public. He got away with it and got
>>>>> another pass by the Commissioner's appointed AST Trooper Internal
>>>>> Affairs
>>>>> investigator with a
>>>>> tiny slap on the wrist. Five days off without pay to be
>>>>> exact!!
>>>>>
>>>>> This maverick Trooper is still on the payroll but only just.
>>>>> The Union intervening saved his malcontent ass. He'll yet get his
>>>>> I'm sure.Incredible heat is being heaped on the Troopers. Public
>>>>> heat, not the
>>>>> Governors office.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Democrats had the audacity to appoint a obviously biased
>>>>> investigator,Rep. "Gunny" French (so called because he lied about
>>>>> being in the USMC while running for the Legislature) is a staunch
>>>>> liberal and under
>>>>> the orders of
>>>>> Senate President Lyda Green who hates Sara. She hates Sarah
>>>>> because after being elected Governor Sarah told the whole
>>>>> Legislature in one
>>>>> of her first meetings with them that, quote; "All of you here need
>>>>> some Adult Supervision!!!". Sarah was seriously
ed and not >>>>> afraid of anyone there.That played wonderfully well with Alaskans
>>>>> after all of
>>>>> our corruption
>>>>> and after all of her successful battles against a seriously
>>>>> entrenched
>>>>> corrupt government here in Alaska . It
ed off the whole >>>>> Legislature
>>>>> though! They have stayed
ed but also afraid of her because >>>>> of her popularity.
>>>>> She reminds me personally of our Alaska wolverine which will fight
>>>>> anything in it's path if it see's fit to do so. No respect at
>>>>> all for size or position. Wife Cindy is in this category too.
>>>>> Unfortunately.
>>>>> In closing I must tell you that she is the best, most moral
>>>>> and most focused leader I've seen since President Reagan. I feel,
>>>>> really
>>>>> strongly, that like Alaska the rest of our country will love her
>>>>> within a few
>>>>> weeks. Put simply,she represents middle America like NO leader
>>>>> we've ever
>>>>> had. I think McCain made a totally brilliant move in choosing her.
>>>>> She's a
>>>>> maverick who is
>>>>> probably tougher and more focused than McCain himself....and
>>>>> she won't be a total "Yes Man" or more appropriately, woman. McCain
>>>>> will love her.
>>>>> In 2012 she will be President.
>>>>> My best to all of you in the hurricane belt. I hope you are
>>>>> all
>>>>> OK. We just had another mini Air America reunion here in beautiful
>>>>> Soldotna , Alaska
>>>>> along the Kenai river. We'll be doing this every year now
>>>>> I guess. Like
>>>>> our
>>>>> Flying Tiger pal's before us there are not that many Air
>>>>> America
>>>>> guys
>>>>> left.
>>>>> I'm 71 myself this September 16. Where the hell did the
>>>>> years go
>>>>> so fast?
>>>>>
>>>>> My best to you old buddy
>>>>>
>>>>> Semper Fi,
>>>>>
>>>>> George W. Murray
>>>