Going Rogue: An American Life by Palin Sarah

Author:Palin, Sarah [Palin, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Patriot Bookshelf
ISBN: 9780061939891
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2012-11-06T06:00:00+00:00

SARAH

PALIN

We handed over rhe license recommendarion ro rhe legislarure to consider during a special legislative session that summer. We knew

success hinged on communicating with Alaskans,

so we consrantly gave our consrituents information, competing with the well-financed ad campaigns hawking rhe competing BP/ConocoPhillips idea to someday build their own gasline, an idea that had attracred the interest of the Russian energy firm Gazprom. The summer of 2008 was also about reeducating lawmakers who had just voted "Yes" on AGIA months before, but now, feeling the heat from Big Oil again, were suddenly feigning shock over the plan to build the gasline project.

We jumped in and did what we do best-town hall meetings, op-eds, weekly gasline briefings, TV and radio interviews. If tea parties had been in vogue back then, I would have thrown the first one to get people involved and energized in their government's decisions. We even hired a communications firm to get us access to a few editorial boards (who no doubt thought, "Great. An op-ed from Sarah Palin ... who's that?"). I wrote op-eds every week, and we sent them to any publication that would spare a few column inches for our message. Our messaging began making progress happen fast. The gasline team and I hit all the local and major media players who were talking about America's energy challenges that summer and intetested in a substantive debate, including Neil Cavuto, Maria Bartitomo, and Glenn Beck. Twice I joined CNBC's Larry Kudlow. I like his energy-even the yelling-and I was clearly in sync with his mantra of "Drill!

Drill! Drill!"

With all these folks, I discussed issues such as congressional opposition to drilling in the ANWR; my meetings with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, members of Congress, and White House officials; and the national security issues involved in building the gasline. I hit the same topics in detail with reporters

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