Soon to be former Governor Palin’s column on cap and trade is in many ways emblematic of her public persona: firmly held free-market/conservative positions, a quasi-folksy style that appeals to some and annoys others, and the ability to make liberals froth about that woman in ways that would impress a Taliban illegal combatant. Which is probably directly related to her PAC raising an additional 200K after her resignation speech (H/T: Hot Air Headlines): it should be interesting to see how much she brings in when she starts actively stumping for GOP candidates in 2010*.
Moving back to the article, it is itself fairly familiar, to those following the attempts of the Democrats to inflict cap-and-trade on America without having to take responsibility for it afterward. It takes the reasonable note that, in a situation where we need to put more into the economy, cap-and-trade will take out more from it: more jobs lost, more regulations imposed, more costs to do business:
Job losses are so certain under this new cap-and-tax plan that it includes a provision accommodating newly unemployed workers from the resulting dried-up energy sector, to the tune of $4.2 billion over eight years. So much for creating jobs.
In addition to immediately increasing unemployment in the energy sector, even more American jobs will be threatened by the rising cost of doing business under the cap-and-tax plan. For example, the cost of farming will certainly increase, driving down farm incomes while driving up grocery prices. The costs of manufacturing, warehousing and transportation will also increase.
The ironic beauty in this plan? Soon, even the most ardent liberal will understand supply-side economics.
I sort of doubt that last sentence, actually - ’supply-side economics’ is of Reagan, and the Left still distrusts all that was of Reagan (although we’ve taught them to hide it well). But if passed, cap-and-trade will certainly encourage wavering Republicans, moderates, independents, and the more reasonable liberals to start contemplating their personal interests when deciding who to vote for. As the Governor notes, this is all being condensed into a simple question: do we use our own energy resources for our own purposes, or do we rely on other countries to generate energy for us (with all the complications that result)? Her answer:
Can America produce more of its own energy through strategic investments that protect the environment, revive our economy and secure our nation?
Yes, we can. Just not with Barack Obama’s energy cap-and-tax plan.
And that last sentence was almost certainly written with malice aforethought.
Moe Lane
*I know that people are speculating on a third-party run; I’m not one of them. The practical impossibilities of replacing the Republican party with something else right at this moment are fairly obvious, and they should be more obvious to an Alaskan elected official with experience in third-party dynamics. Besides: while the Governor may have her problems with the Republican establishment, said establishment has never openly gone after her kids.
Crossposted to Moe Lane.
Sarah echoes Adam Smith-Obama rejects him
pilgrim Tuesday, July 14th at 9:56AM EDT (link)Adam Smith had this to say.
Obama believes in a true wealth of silver and gold for his cronies at GE and Goldman-Sachs by developing a new American economic system that makes everything scarce and expensive.
It is a great advantage to a president, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know that he is not a great man.Calvin Coolidge
She's right!
dadofsix Tuesday, July 14th at 10:02AM EDT (link)Greenland is becoming an independent country due to the discovery of a new oil field. Just think of the great jobs and the boost to our economy if we would develop our resources!
Praise be to Jesus Christ, now and forever!
with op-eds like this
Bill@cityonahillpolitics Tuesday, July 14th at 10:04AM EDT (link)and with the national speeches that she will be giving, Palin will be able to convince voters (among them some of our conservative brethren who buy into the notion that she isn’t that smart) that she understands the issues.
As any of us who have been blogging for some time know, it makes us study harder and learn more about the issues. I began my blogging experience last year shortly before McCain picked Palin and I have learned a lot from reading other’s columns and just from the research and thinking through of my own blogs.
Governor Palin will now be free to do that. In the end, that may prove to be a huge support for any future national run similar to Reagan’s radio addresses.
Governor Palin also, right or wrong, has a huge following. So when she speaks out against cap and trade, people will listen. Unfortunately when pretty much any of our other national leaders speak (again right or wrong) nobody pays much attention to them. In this manner, Palin can be a great force for conservative values.
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the ironic beauty of Sarah Palin...
septembergurl Tuesday, July 14th at 10:37AM EDT (link)She’s never more effective than when on the attack as she is here, whacking Obama as few Republicans even now dare to do.
She has a following because she is willing (nay eager) to go after Obama himself (as she did in the 2008 campaign) and tie these disasters firmly to him — the failed Stimulus, the job-killing cap&tax farce, the disaster of healthcare reform. All of these are unpopular and rejected by theAmerican people, yet obama escapes criticism because he is seen as untouchably popular.
Let’s be clear and keep our eyes on the prize. The goal is not Palin in the White House. T he goal is the restoration and preservation of our freedom and prosperity, which we are losing rapidly under Obama. I happen to think that Palin is the way to that goal.
Now we will hear from adamy on how intelligence and effectiveness are not measured by what a politician says or does or accomplishes, but by whether the panders to the wildly inflated self-image of the mainstream media (ie reads the NY Times).
septembergurl- You forgot to include keeper
Scope Tuesday, July 14th at 1:04PM EDT (link)n/t
septembergurl- You forgot to include keeper
Scope Tuesday, July 14th at 1:04PM EDT (link)n/t
Didn't McCain support Cap and Trade
keeper Tuesday, July 14th at 12:18PM EDT (link)when he was running for President? Was Palin on board with it then as the VP pick but not now?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004409844_mccain13m.html
IIRC
Steph C Tuesday, July 14th at 12:25PM EDT (link)She said something about that being a bone of contention between the two because he’s all rah!rah! for GW but she has/had her doubts.
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Any links to a statement from her?
keeper Tuesday, July 14th at 12:54PM EDT (link)Because I remember it coming from both of them as a market-based approach to addressing climate change.
No.
Steph C Tuesday, July 14th at 1:00PM EDT (link)That was some time ago when she was first picked.That’s why I put IIRC. I’m going on memory here. I could be wrong. Once the energy crisis was over last summer, I don’t recall her saying much of anything from a policy standpoint other than stumping for McCain.
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Steph C- I am also vaguely remembering
Scope Tuesday, July 14th at 1:11PM EDT (link)Palin saying that she wasn’t on the same page as McCain with everything. I don’t remember if it had to do with the Climate issue. With Palins long time support of using our own resources, I would find it hard to believe that she would have agreed with McCain’s Global Warming beliefs.
Palin on GW
olsmithie Tuesday, July 14th at 1:31PM EDT (link)http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/08/palin-global-wa.html
http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/sarah_palin_vp/2008/08/29/126139.html
Regarrds
That's what I remember. nt
Steph C Tuesday, July 14th at 1:45PM EDT (link)“[I]f the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.” –Candidus in the Boston Gazette, 1772
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Try this one
djemi Tuesday, July 14th at 2:05PM EDT (link)http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/22/AR2008092202894.html?sid=ST2008092203257
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Thanks for the links
keeper Tuesday, July 14th at 2:04PM EDT (link)but they give her views on climate change not cap and trade. She did form a Climate Change Sub-Committee in Alaska and states some of her thoughts on the matter but nothing specifically about cap and trade. Check it out.
http://www.climatechange.alaska.gov/docs/govrpt_jul08.pdf
I'm sorry, I'm not normally a rude person, but,
Steph C Tuesday, July 14th at 3:10PM EDT (link)do you have a brain? Any common sense whatsoever? Can you think logically or does everything have to be spelled out in black and white for you?
If she is doubtful about manmade global warming, what exactly would be the purpose of cap and tax?
There comes a point when you realize reason is just feeding the trolls because they’re too lazy to think for themselves. I don’t know you but, at least in this instance, you sure sound like a troll.
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no brain, no common sense
Vegas_Rick Tuesday, July 14th at 3:19PM EDT (link)and no thoughtful discourse. He’s a troll. I’ve tried to have a discussion with this person. No cogent responses are ever forthcoming.
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Steph C, my point is simple
keeper Tuesday, July 14th at 9:04PM EDT (link)Palin supported a cap and trade program when she was running with John McCain as his VP pick.
“John McCain and Sarah Palin will establish a market-based system to curb greenhouse gas emissions, mobilize innovative technologies, and strengthen the economy.”
“They have proposed a cap-and-trade system that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions while encouraging the development of low-cost compliance options.”
http://www.seethroughthepodium.org/issues/climate/environment_mccain.pdf
Governor Palin also set up a Climate Change Sub-Cabinet in Alaska where she states.
“Alaska has the opportunity, through commercialization of its vast North Slope Natural Gas reserves, to assist the rest of the country in securing a steady, affordable, low-carbon energy source. This will be an element of our climate change strategy.”
http://www.climatechange.alaska.gov/docs/govrpt_jul08.pdf
Among their many recommendations they suggest:
“CC 5: Explore the Various Market?Based Systems to Manage Greenhouse Gas Emissions”
“such as carbon taxes and carbon cap?and?trade systems”
“CC 1: Establish an Alaska Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Program”
“O&G 6: Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) from high CO2 fuel gas burned at Prudhoe Bay, use of the CO2 for enhanced oil recovery (EOR)”
http://www.climatechange.alaska.gov/aag/docs/AAG7_ONE-PAGERS_revised_15Jun09.pdf
If she believed man had no impact on climate change why would she be a supporter of “low-carbon energy” as an element of Alaska’s climate change strategy?
You can try and make excuses but these are facts.
If you hadn't ended with
Steph C Tuesday, July 14th at 9:22PM EDT (link)“You can try and make excuses but these are facts.” I might have responded more kindly. I’m not aware that I made any excuses for anything.
Besides, you’re still not thinking independently but looking for someone else to provide you all the answers. Did you even read the links you provided or did you just scroll to your “money” quotes?
A McCain-Palin ticket with McCain in the top slot…
A recommendation to the governor…
Another recommendation to a cabinet…
It didn’t take me much reading to figure out what your game is, so, go read the previous comment again.
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You asked
keeper Tuesday, July 14th at 9:44PM EDT (link)“If she is doubtful about manmade global warming, what exactly would be the purpose of cap and tax?”
If Palin did not support cap and trade program then why did she allow McCain to say THEY would both propose one? And I provided you with direct quotes from Palin, not just the cabinet she put together, about carbon emissions being part of her climate change strategy.
Again, you haven’t addressed the discrepancy, you have just made excuses.
You haven't adequately explained a discrepancy.
Steph C Tuesday, July 14th at 9:50PM EDT (link)Instead you ask questions to which the answers are as easily accessible, but not so convenient a club, in an attempt to be clever.
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You say Palin doesn't believe
keeper Tuesday, July 14th at 10:19PM EDT (link)climate change is man made but yet she views carbon emissions as part of Alaska’s climate change strategy. If man does not impact climate change then why do we need to have low-carbon energy? See the discrepancy?
Second, if she did not support a cap and trade program why did she support one while running as Vice President? She may have been vague with the press but the campaign was clear in their wording. Palin could have easily said she could not support that particular idea and ask politely not to be included in that policy statement. She did not, so I have to believe she supported it at the time. That is the complete reverse of position in her oped piece. See the discrepancy?
And just to be crystal clear
keeper Tuesday, July 14th at 11:47PM EDT (link)Here is a part of the transcript of the Vice Presidential debate.
IFILL: Let me clear something up, Sen. McCain has said he supports caps on carbon emissions. Sen. Obama has said he supports clean coal technology, which I don’t believe you’ve always supported.
BIDEN: I have always supported it. That’s a fact.
IFILL: Well, clear it up for us, both of you, and start with Gov. Palin.
PALIN: Yes, Sen. McCain does support this. The chant is “drill, baby, drill.” And that’s what we hear all across this country in our rallies because people are so hungry for those domestic sources of energy to be tapped into.
They know that even in my own energy-producing state we have billions of barrels of oil and hundreds of trillions of cubic feet of clean, green natural gas. And we’re building a nearly $40 billion natural gas pipeline which is North America’s largest and most you expensive infrastructure project ever to flow those sources of energy into hungry markets.
Barack Obama and Sen. Biden, you’ve said no to everything in trying to find a domestic solution to the energy crisis that we’re in. You even called drilling — safe, environmentally-friendly drilling offshore as raping the outer continental shelf.
There — with new technology, with tiny footprints even on land, it is safe to drill and we need to do more of that. But also in that “all of the above” approach that Sen. McCain supports, the alternative fuels will be tapped into: the nuclear, the clean coal.
I was surprised to hear you mention that because you had said that there isn’t anything — such a thing as clean coal. And I think you said it in a rope line, too, at one of your rallies.
IFILL: We do need to keep within our two minutes. But I just wanted to ask you, do you support capping carbon emissions?
PALIN: I do. I do.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/02/debate.transcript/
Neither of those posts make it clear.
Steph C Wednesday, July 15th at 7:27AM EDT (link)I never said she didn’t believe in them merely said she said she didn’t.
If you have such a burning desire to know more I suggest you ask her because I am not a mind reader.
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Steph C- I am also vaguely remembering
Scope Tuesday, July 14th at 1:11PM EDT (link)Palin saying that she wasn’t on the same page as McCain with everything. I don’t remember if it had to do with the Climate issue. With Palins long time support of using our own resources, I would find it hard to believe that she would have agreed with McCain’s Global Warming beliefs.
I remember that to
djemi Tuesday, July 14th at 1:34PM EDT (link)I think she said something like ‘hoping to change his mind on energy’ wasn’t it in one of her interviews.
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keeper- McCain was run out of town
Scope Tuesday, July 14th at 1:16PM EDT (link)and obviously Palin was not. Even McCain has lately found value in not going along with the anti-Palinistas, as evidenced on his Sunday talk show comments. Maybe that is a lesson you have not yet learned, it can and will most likely come back to bite you. The sooner the better.
My interest is in her oped piece
keeper Tuesday, July 14th at 1:27PM EDT (link)If Palin, along with John McCain, proposed/supported a cap and trade program during the election and she does not now, then it would be highly relevant to hear in her oped about cap and trade, why she reversed her position. Or why at one point she supported it. There must have been something about it she liked to align on it with McCain.
http://www.seethroughthepodium.org/issues/climate/environment_mccain.pdf
keeper- McCain was run out of town
Scope Tuesday, July 14th at 1:16PM EDT (link)and obviously Palin was not. Even McCain has lately found value in not going along with the anti-Palinistas, as evidenced on his Sunday talk show comments. Maybe that is a lesson you have not yet learned, it can and will most likely come back to bite you. The sooner the better.
Give me a "T"....
Jack_Savage Tuesday, July 14th at 9:53PM EDT (link)Give me an “R”
Give me an “O”
Give me an “L”
Give me another “L”
What do you have?
Moe- Palin's quasi-folksy style that annoys some
Scope Tuesday, July 14th at 1:28PM EDT (link)are those that can’t understand that her use of everyday language appeals to the main street majority. They only understand the Harvard or Yale type vocabularies thrown around by most Wall streeters.
Moe- Palin's quasi-folksy style that annoys some
Scope Tuesday, July 14th at 1:28PM EDT (link)are those that can’t understand that her use of everyday language appeals to the main street majority. They only understand the Harvard or Yale type vocabularies thrown around by most Wall streeters.
And Obama's halting condescending tone is not annoying?
izoneguy Tuesday, July 14th at 2:09PM EDT (link)Obama act’s like annoying professors I had in college…the “I know it all” nose in the air type….
Everything Obama says is garbage.
“When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”
Thomas Jefferson
O's nose is so far in the air, if rains he'll drown... nt
olsmithie Wednesday, July 15th at 3:27PM EDT (link)