Posted by Jon Fleischman at 12:00 am on Sep 03, 2008 Comments Off on Poizner at the RNC Convention
Here are some thoughts for FR readers from our Republican
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner:
“There has been a media frenzy this week in St. Paul over the
new darling of the Republican Party Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
I’ve done more than a dozen interviews and it’s one of the subjects
that always come up.
Let me start off by saying that my heart goes out to the Palin
family. As a fellow elected official, I know that the families of
candidates often suffer unwarranted media attention on issues that
are frankly none of anyone’s business. Her record is fair game, but
the actions of her teenage daughter are not.
So let’s talk about the substance of Gov. Palin. When Sen.
McCain wisely chose her as his Vice President, I did some research.
The more I discovered, the better I liked her.
She’s tough and a reformer. She’s taken on the state party chair
and won. She’s taken on the state’s attorney general. She beat a
sitting governor en route to the Governor’s mansion. She worked to
stop the bridge to nowhere.
She’s rooted out corruption even when it’s in her… Read More