[Vision2020] Say What?

[Jeff Harkins]

The quote that Hansen paraphrased was from an 
interview of Sarah Palin by Larry Cudlow of the Kudlow & Co. program.

The context of the question is important.  Here 
is the link to the full interview, which was conducted on August 1, 2008

http://www.cnbc.com/id/25970197

Here is the relevant question and response - near the end of the interview.


Kudlow: All right. You have a legion of fans who 
want you to become Senator McCain’s 
vice-presidential candidate. In fact, on the 
world’s largest pay-to-play prediction market, 
betting parlor, called InTrade, you are in third 
place with a 20 percent support probability 
behind former Governor Romney and present 
Governor of Minnesota Pawlenty. Is this police 
flap, state investigation, going to disqualify 
you from becoming Senator McCain’s vice-presidential candidate?

Palin: Well it shouldn’t disqualify me from 
anything, including progressing the state’s 
agenda here towards more energy production so we 
can contribute more to the U.S. Nor should it 
dissuade any kind of agenda progress in any arena 
because again, I haven’t done anything wrong. And 
through an investigation of our lawmakers who are 
kind of looking at me as a target, we invite 
those questions so that we can truthfully answer the questions.

But as for that VP talk all the time, I’ll tell 
you, I still can’t answer that question until 
somebody answers for me what is it exactly that 
the VP does everyday? I’m used to being very 
productive and working real hard in an 
administration. We want to make sure that that VP 
slot would be a fruitful type of position, 
especially for Alaskans and for the things that 
we’re trying to accomplish up here for the rest 
of the U.S., before I can even start addressing that question.

Kudlow: Well I worked in the White House during 
President Reagan’s first term, let me assure you, 
and I’ve spent a lot of time in the Bush White 
House as a journalist in meetings with 
interviews. It’s a pretty big job, Madame 
Governor. It’s a real big job. You’d be surprised 
by how big the veep job is these days!

Palin: Well this is a pretty cool job here too 
though as Governor of Alaska­the wealthiest state 
in the union in consideration of the natural 
resources that we have. Again, and we being in a 
position ready, willing and able to tap these 
resources, flow them into hungry markets across 
the U.S. to lead towards a more secure nation; to 
lead towards a more peaceful nation also and 
energy independence. All those things that Alaska 
should be contributing. I think that I can help do that as Governor of Alaska.

The interview was very well done.

At 06:37 AM 8/31/2008, you wrote:
>"As for that VP talk all the time, I'll tell you, I still can't answer
>that question until somebody answers for me, what is it exactly that the
>VP does every day?...We want to make sure that that VP slot would be a
>fruitful type of position..."
>
>- Sarah Palin, a month ago
>
>
>Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
>Tom Hansen
>Moscow, Idaho
>
>"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
>students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
>
>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
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