Experience of Sara Palin

This should be interesting, while I had my doubts at first about how much experience Sara had and if she really was ready for this giant leap into the national stage, the more I did research and looked into what she has done in her time as mayor and governor I believe she is exactly in the place she needs to be for right now. First, I’d like to present some of the accomplishments that you may not know about Sara then compare it to the record of Obama.

To begin with Sara has 13 years of elected service, 4 years on the city council, then 6 years as mayor of one of the larger cities in Alaska, then Alaskan governor since 2006.

As mayor she drastically cut property taxes and the business inventory tax.

As governor, she introduced AGIA (Alaska Gas Inducement Act), which will provide natural gas to Alaskans and the lower 48 states. And she did it through the open competitive market. AGIA will prove to be as big if not bigger then the Alyeska pipeline was in the 70’s.

As far as international experience goes she has dealt with foreign nations in regards to commerce. Just last year alone the state of Alaska’s exports grew by over 12% and for the first time in our history topped over 4 billion dollars. We export to Asia, which includes Japan, Korea, and China. We export to Europe, which includes Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Russia, and a big one Germany (which increased 34% to $242 million in 2006). And also North America, which is Canada, the lower 48 and Mexico. Did I mention she received the Governor’s Exporter of the Year reward?

Sara also made a budget that cut spending (which made many in the legislator very unhappy with her) and at the end of the year had a surplus that she put into a newly formed savings account for the state. And out of some of that extra cash she gave back to the Alaskan residents a rebate to help with their fuel costs for this coming winter. (Fuel in some places of Alaska like the bush is over $6 a gallon.)

And she did all this while cleaning up the corruption in the State on all levels. She took on a very powerful incumbent Governor Murkowski in the republican primaries then defended a former democratic Governor Knowles in the general. Upon taking office she immediately cut wasteful spending and sold the governor’s jet, refused the “bridge to nowhere” and started cutting pet projects out of the budget.

Now let’s compare her to Obama.

Obama has 1 of 2 votes representing a state.
Sara is THE governor of a state with more diversity then the whole East Coast.

Obama has 2,500 employees running his campaign.
Sara has about 15,000 employees running her state government.

Obama manages a budget of $36 million a month.
Sara manages a budget over $11 billion.

Obama has been a senator for 4 years, 2 of which have been spent mainly running for president. And he has never sponsored any major piece of legislation.
Sara has been governor for 2 years and has a HUGE stack of legislation and accomplishments to her name.

Obama has NO experience with energy resources or solutions. (No, inflating tires isn’t a solution Barry.)
Sara is the governor of a state who economy is mainly based off of energy resources and she want to provide more of it to help ALL Americans!

And NEWS FLASH!!!!! To all those that keep comparing her stats as mayor to he’s credentials I’d like to remind everyone she isn’t the MAYOR anymore she is now the GOVERNOR and has been for the past 2 years!

Sarah Palin

Friday morning when I was waken by a phone call informing me that my governor had been chosen to be McCain's running mate, I felt the need to post a blog about it and why she is a GOOD choice for such a position. But after clearing my head from the initial rush I decided to wait and do a more in depth research into her pluses and minuses. So after the weekend of talking to sources in different areas I have made my list and quickly realized that I cannot make just one long post. It was just be to overwhelming for most readers. So instead I will be post every day on just one of the points at a time. I will be address the issue of her experience, her family and values, "troopergate", and way the Liberals are so afraid of her and why the Conservatives lover her. So check back tomorrow for the first of many. And if you have any questions that I haven't addressed PLEASE leave a comment or e-mail me and I will give you an informed response as soon as possible.