# Long letter to Alaskan blog puts Gov. Sarah Palin in better perspective **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 7, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-letter-to-alaskan-blog-puts-gov-sarah-palin-in-better-perspective/462495 "2008-09-07T16:15:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-letter-to-alaskan-blog-puts-gov-sarah-palin-in-better-perspective/462495/21 "2008-09-08T16:43:23Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Please don’t flame me for this, but remember this is one person’s opinion. Truthly, I had never heard new potential VP’s name a week or so ago. I don’t have an opinion on her positive or negative. What hits home for me is my “small town” politics scene. We have a Mayor here who is very popular with most of the people living here. But there is a very vocal minority, and even in surrounding communities, maybe even statewide who think he is the devil’s own spawn. These people write opinion pieces that sound much like this all the time, and the facts can be spun in many directions. We are a very well to do community, and our debt has increased to fund parks and other amenities that some think are wasteful, but if you look at the debt to earning ratios we look very good. I’ve personally lived here for 13 years and am very happy with the direction we are going. > > I just can’t base my decision on someone who attends a lot of city councel meetings. The vocal minority locally do so as well. > > I’m not saying I support her… I’m not saying I hate her. I’m just saying that I’m not convinced that this is the source we should take as the gospel truth without any further information about the author. No, it’s not one person’s opinion. It’s one person’ recollection of the facts. Two completely different things. Palin has refused, thus far, to say anything publicly (that I’m aware of) to refute them. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-letter-to-alaskan-blog-puts-gov-sarah-palin-in-better-perspective/462495/22 "2008-09-08T17:20:29Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > I personally don’t care for Sarah Palin at all but this Anne Kilkenney character has diarrhea of the mouth (errr, uh, fingertips.) I can’t believe I wasted my time reading that. She didn’t say one thing that hasn’t already been said and she was rambling. **What an attention hog.** Is this the same person that wrote the email to her friends, thinking it would stay private? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-letter-to-alaskan-blog-puts-gov-sarah-palin-in-better-perspective/462495/23 "2008-09-08T17:22:26Z")
When you can’t refute the facts, go after the person for making the facts public. It’s a standard tactic, most recently used against Scott McClellan. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-letter-to-alaskan-blog-puts-gov-sarah-palin-in-better-perspective/462495/24 "2008-09-08T17:57:49Z")
As someone still in the fact-finding phase of trying to determine whether or not I trust Sarah, I think this letter is a good jumping off point for the few legitimate charges listed but I put no stock in Anne’s personal opinion of a politician, especially considering Sarah’s approval rating suggests Anne is very much in the minority. All the charges are valid points but considering how I’ve already heard every one of them due to the intense scrutiny the ex-Mayor has garnered, and in more detain, I’m not sure this letter provides us with anything more than a spent dart, a note intercepted in study hall by one opinionated classmate about another. Did you actually learn anything new from it, something of merit aside from partisan rancor? Does it strike you as odd that she would put so much effort into this if her intent was indeed that it only be seen by a few friends? Meh, maybe it’s legit. Fine. Take any new issues and run with them. That’s a far bit more appropriate than adopting the bundled spite and sentiment of a complete stranger. lieu Ex-Alaska resident, gone outside ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-letter-to-alaskan-blog-puts-gov-sarah-palin-in-better-perspective/462495/25 "2008-09-08T18:55:37Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > As someone still in the fact-finding phase of trying to determine whether or not I trust Sarah, I think this letter is a good jumping off point for the few legitimate charges listed but I put no stock in Anne’s personal opinion of a politician, especially considering Sarah’s approval rating suggests Anne is very much in the minority. I could certainly be mistaken, but my impression is that part of the reason Palin’s ratings are so high is simply that she’s not the guy she beat in the primary (Murkowski?). ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-letter-to-alaskan-blog-puts-gov-sarah-palin-in-better-perspective/462495/26 "2008-09-08T22:37:56Z")
> [@KarmaComa](#): > > That’s a pretty obtuse interpretation, isn’t it? How do you equate the censorship of a public library’s collection and the abridgement of freedom of speech? Surely you don’t think that _any_ restriction on a collection is a constitutional violation. How do you not? Every lawsuit brought against censorship is based on the first amendment, and the courts have historically agreed, other than in notable cases such as Larry Flynt. But then, when you call the Supreme Court “eight assholes and a token cunt”, you’re bound to lose your case. Obtuse back atcha, pal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-letter-to-alaskan-blog-puts-gov-sarah-palin-in-better-perspective/462495.md?page=1)