Negative Space: Alaska
- Going Rogue: An American Life
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Unlike politicians who have to fall back on their ancestors for middle-class anecdotes, Palin lived them. In the seventies, her father took them from rural Idaho to greater opportunities in Alaska, but it wasn’t her father who built their family business: it was Todd and Sarah.
- My philosophy: stop, look, and listen
- When an election is close, just wait until the results are in. It’s not that hard.
- Sarah
- Published while Governor Sarah Palin was just Governor Sarah Palin and not the 2008 Vice Presidential nominee for the Republican Party, this is a fascinating look at the pre-media frenzy governor.
- Truly principled politicians don’t split the baby
- Too often in politics, we pretend that the principled act is to cut the baby in half. Governor Sarah Palin refuses that compromise. Her ambitions for success were for the success of reform in Alaska. She did what she needed to do to ensure that those reforms survive.
- What is the purpose of a politician?
- Is the purpose of a politician to hold political office? Or is the purpose of a politician to do right by their constituents?
More Information
- Palin Announces No Second Term
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“My choice is to take a stand and effect change - not hit our heads against the wall and watch valuable state time and money, millions of your dollars, go down the drain in this new environment. Rather, we know we can effect positive change outside government at this moment in time, on another scale, and actually make a difference for our priorities - and so we will, for Alaskans and for Americans.”
