Conservatives4Palin

When rhetoric meets record.

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Kaufman may seem himself credentialed, as a film journalist and critic, to make ignorant projections at black conservatives or to claim scandal or incomplete fact when the facts are there. However, to quote another black conservative, Thomas Sowell, “credentialed ignorance is still ignorance”.

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It is very rare to find someone who has defied the normal outcomes of political life by taking on corruption, making transparency a cornerstone of his or her agenda, and calling out the crony capitalism and crony corporatism that is so pervasive in today’s politics by actually fighting all of these ills from the inside. However, it seems that Governor Palin is who has indeed done that–both in word and in deed.

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True leadership involves making decisions in light of what’s best for both the present and the future. When we look in particular at energy, we can certainly see that Governor Palin has exhibited forward focused leadership.

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Despite what the media and Governor Palin’s detractors say, her record has been effective and fiscally sound. It’s ironic that the New York Times’s attempt at journalism in highlighting misrepresentations of Governor Palin’s record comes shortly after they announced that they will be charging for access to their site due to shrinking readership. So, while they generate faux concern for Governor Palin’s fiscal legacy, they should probably be more concerned with their own.

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The New York Times concedes that “some of [Alaska's $12 billion revenue surplus] comes from” the oil tax reform that Governor Palin implemented in 2007.

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Editor’s note: The following is a collaboration between Whitney, Stacy, and myself. The night before last, Ian linked to this absurd bit of nonsense written by Craig “Scoop” Medred (no need to go to the website and give them the traffic). Medred is a simpleton who, inexplicably, gets paid to write for the left-wing blog, [...]

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Apparently, making a fool of himself going after Sarah Palin on economic grounds wasn’t enough for Conor Clarke of The Atlantic, because he’s decided he wants to do it again. This time, Clarke’s target is this exchange between Gov. Palin and Sean Hannity (quoted from his post): Hannity: The price of oil is going up [...]

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In a Compass piece last Sunday in the Anchorage Daily News, Larry Wood breathlessly declared that AGIA is dead. In fact, he thinks any pipeline to the Lower 48 is dead. Apparently no one told the Denali pipeline team. Poor BP and ConocoPhillips haven’t figured out that a pipeline to the Lower 48 is a [...]

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Yesterday, our prayers went out to Dan Fagan as his father struggles with cancer. Today, the gloves come off again. Fagan has a new screed at the Alaska Standard which really should be included in any case study of Palin Derangement Syndrome (PDS). A clear symptom of PDS is the tendency to ascribe base political [...]

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