And how did this come about? It's all thanks to Palin's insight and determination that got the green light for this project some months ago. This is a feather in her cap, and in her cap alone. Anybody who tells you any different is lying. I have been a follower of the TransCanada Pipeline as a small time investor and I, alongwith others who know about this project , know that it was Palin who made this possible. There were the usual naysayers who thought this was just a "pipe dream" of Palin's and would never happen, just like similar naysayers are now blowing their horns about her non-electability.
She never gave up and she cut through the mile-thick bureaucracy tape to make this project happen. Those who think that Palin is not electable are probably in awe of the man in the WH who does not have even 5% of the accomplishments that are a merit to Sarah Palin's acumen, intelligence and proof of leadership.
The link above has an updated map of the pipeline project.
Exxon Mobil's surprise decision to join Trans-Canada on a vast Alaska gas pipeline project is a big step toward making the U.S. self-sufficient in domestic energy. By defying naysayers, Sarah Palin is now vindicated.
It must be sweet vindication for Alaska's governor. Against critics who said her 1,712-mile natural gas pipeline project would never get off the ground, who should the project bag but the "big gorilla" of American energy — Exxon Mobil.
In a major surprise, Exxon announced Thursday that it had forged a partnership with TransCanada, the Canadian pipeline company that holds the state license for Palin's $26 billion Alaska Gasline Inducement Act project.
It's a big vote of confidence in Palin's top project from a by-the-books company known for its rigid investment standards.
"We evaluated all the options and it came down to our belief that this approach with TransCanada and Exxon Mobil was going to be the most successful project," said Marty Massey, U.S. joint interest manager of Exxon Mobil Production Co. He said Exxon might look at expanding its participation.
Rival oil firms had whispered to IBD that it would never happen. "It's gonna happen and we're very excited about this development," Palin told "Good Morning America" on Friday.
Doubters of Palin's pipeline plan were numerous...............
.....“I think it’s very shortsighted” to assume that “market conditions are going to stay as they are today,” Palin told CNN. In an interview with IBD last July when gasoline hit $4 at the pump, she noted that if drilling had started in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge just five years ago, when policymakers were dismissing the idea of $100-a-barrel oil, “we wouldn’t be in our predicament today.”.........
..........If there are any doubts left, note that it's Alaska's officials giving Palin the most credit. As Deputy Natural Resources Commissioner Marty Rutherford told IBD, Palin relentlessly drove this project, walking the process through the bureaucracy, asking questions, even going to Texas on Thursday to hear from Exxon itself.
"We're sitting here and in a short two-and-a-half years we have two premier companies in the world moving this process forward," said Alaska Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Irwin. "Thank you Gov. Palin, thank you participants and thank you Alaskans."
With praise like this, maybe it's time Palin started getting some attention for helping to secure America's energy future — and less for having to defend herself from the dirty jibes of over-the-hill comics..........
If you are a fan of Palin's you will like to read the whole article here from Investors' Daily if you think she is a nitwit, kindly get away from this blog.
But but this takes away the idea that she's a mental midget.. (see rex murphy's article)
ReplyDeleteGreat post Dodo, I just love it when someone eviscerates the lefty thinking class.
It's your blog so you can call people who aren't "fans" of Sarah Palin anything you want, but many of us who don't see Palin as the next great candidate for the GOP are anything but Democrat/Liberal supporters. I've been pro-Republican since Eisenhower.
ReplyDeleteBy your logic, if we support,Jindal,Paul,Thompson,Romney,Bush,or any of the 24 current Republican State Governors, we're dimwits?
And NONE of us hold Obama in anything but CONTEMPT,laced with a little fear. The man should never have gotten beyond Chicago politics where he could have become a legendary ward heeler.
I believe Palin is a reasonably intelligent and very accomplished person, that she happens to be a woman means she probably had to work harder and smarter than most men to get where she is, as only a small percentage of voters,I hope, would vote for a "pretty face",which she also is.
Many of us also cheered her energy policy,get the product to the consumer despite the raging of the environmental lobby against it.
I don't believe she's electable,especially as President. She could probably make it if she was VP candidate alongside a very strong Presidential candidate.
Many Republicans are old fashioned and want to be led by a Reagan or Eisenhower,but are uncomfortable with a young woman as top candidate.
And the Democrats,many of whom will abandon the manifestation of the "Peter Principle" currently in the White House,absolutely detest Sarah Palin, and will never vote for her.
And if I'm considered a "dimwit" because I don't believe Sarah Palin can win the Presidency of the U.S., can you send me a statement to that effect,so I can quit work, apply for a disability pension and stay home blogging all day?
DMorris
Thank you for calling me a dimwit. Much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteIf Palin runs in 2012, the happiest person on the planet will be Tina Fey, followed by Levi Johnston.
Kudos given, but not enough for Americans, I would hope. I think they have learned from electing Obama that broad experience is important. Charisma is not what American needs.
ReplyDeleteYou do know Lyn that saying Palin has what it takes does not take away from any of the other potential candidates. Saying Romney has what it takes doesn't mean the Palin is lacking either.
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