Quote:I don't see why she should be labeled an imbecile. I've watched her speak many times and always came away thinking she really knows what she's talking about. Unfortunately if you subscribe to liberal media outlets you've probably been bombarded with their attempts to degrade her by all means possible, and that's why she'll never have a shot at a fair election, which of course was their intent in doing so all along.


 

What are you suggesting about why she was so popular in Alaska?

 

No one needs to degrade what Palin says - just televise her.  Every time she opens her mouth, her party gets further away from the White House.

 

As for why she was so popular in Alaska?  She gave the voters money.  She signed the Alaska Resource Rebate Program that gave every qualified resident 1200 bucks in addition to money they had already been receiving from the state under a similar program that has been law since the 70s.

 

That's the dirty little secret about Alaska:  it's a gigantic welfare state.  Not that I have a problem with it, just don't paint yourself as some bastion of free-market capitalism when you're handing out money gained from taxing companies using state-owned property and giving an equal share to everyone.

 

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