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To: Lane3 who wrote (82054)	9/4/2008 11:49:28 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542114

Huh? Bush got elected by that constituency and he barely threw them a couple of bones. I could make a list but the big things were the judicial appointments. Only the tip of that iceberg shows in the SC appointments.

To: Lane3 who wrote (82054)	9/4/2008 12:26:56 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542114

I agree, Lane, things could go either way. Before she spoke last night, I was prepared to like her candidacy as VEEP because I liked the way the Palins were handling their personal challenges. But her speech left me cold. I saw too much of the same smug, glib, self-righteous persona the right-wing has an abundance of. The thing that probably irritated me most was her glib statement of how her state has such a wonderful surplus that she could return the 'people's money to them', i.e. the $1200 per person rebate. Alaska's surplus is coming from its wealth of natural resources. The surplus says nothing about her fiscal skills. She had a chance here to show gratitude for this and a little humility. And at the same time express concern for all the states that are laboring under falling revenues thus giving the public something substantive about her understanding of the current economy.