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The quote that Hansen paraphrased was from an interview of Sarah Palin by
Larry Cudlow of the Kudlow & Co. program.<br><br>
The context of the question is important. Here is the link to the
full interview, which was conducted on August 1, 2008<br><br>
<a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/25970197" eudora="autourl">
http://www.cnbc.com/id/25970197<br><br>
</a>Here is the relevant question and response - near the end of the
interview.<br><br>
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<b>Kudlow:</b> 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? <br><br>
<b>Palin:</b> 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. <br><br>
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. <br><br>
<b>Kudlow:</b> 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! <br><br>
<b>Palin:</b> 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. <br><br>
The interview was very well done.<br><br>
At 06:37 AM 8/31/2008, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">"As for that VP talk all
the time, I'll tell you, I still can't answer <br>
that question until somebody answers for me, what is it exactly that the
<br>
VP does every day?...We want to make sure that that VP slot would be a
<br>
fruitful type of position..."<br><br>
- Sarah Palin, a month ago<br><br>
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Seeya round town, Moscow.<br><br>
Tom Hansen<br>
Moscow, Idaho<br>
<br>
"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The
college <br>
students are not very active in local elections (thank
goodness!)."<br><br>
- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)<br><br>
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