Post | 11/11/2008 8:19 am
Palin's Communications Guru Discusses Gov's Game Plan

WoW has learned that former vice-presidential nominee, Sarah Palin,
will be the featured guest at the Republican Governors Association
annual conference to be held later this week in Miami, Florida. Despite these rumors, Palin’s communications specialist, Kate Morgan, clarifies from the Governor’s Juneau office: "She anticipates to go" to the conference. Well, then!
Perhaps looking
forward to mooseless beaches, instead of the Alaskan cold tundra,
Governor Palin is set to be a featured speaker at a panel discussion
entitled, "Looking Toward the Future." Other featured speakers
expected to participate on the panel are General Tommy Franks, Rep.
Mike Pence (R-IN), journalist Bill Kristol, and Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN). We also hear that Palin
will be holding a press conference Thursday, the first time she will address the nation while not
beholden to McCain’s marionette-like strings. From the glory of it all
and talking to throngs of thousands, to chatting about Iraq, Iran,
Ahmadinejad, Russia, to being involved in so called shopping-gate as the
Republican nominee, WoW was interested in speaking with Kate Morgan, to
find out what issues the Alaskan governor is working on now since
returning to her office last week. And, golly, if you can figure out
this transcript, please email us here at WoW to tell us what Morgan
meant.
First off Morgan said clearly that "the Governor’s primary issues
include, resource development, infrastructure and education." (That
WoW got!)
This was also made clear: "One of the main things the governor is
focusing on is getting the gas line moving. We’ve gotten the
legislation passed and we’ve awarded a license to trans Canada-Alaska,
so she’s working on getting all of the rest of the progress passed to
be made there as far as working with other oil companies to kind of lay
down to get that gas line flowing. That I would say is her main focus."
Hmm, it’s around this point that things get more complicated…
"Other issues facing the state — what some people consider to be
inaccurate — how would I put that — listings of certain Alaskan
animals as endangered or what is that second term that they use?
They’re at risk? No… That’s not the technical term. Anyway, there’s
two listings there specifically dealing with polar bears and there’s
also the issue with beluga whales. So there’s different things and the
issue there is of course wanting to provide a substantive lifestyle for
our first Alaskans here which are the indigenous people and also
wanting to protect our environment wanting to be good stewards to that
and to take care of the animals that make Alaska. What it is however
if they are improperly categorized then that can run snags on other
types of development that would benefit not only people of Alaska but
the world such as depending on certain kinds of drilling that we do
off-shore either or people are in a hurry to list groups of whales as
endangered or at risk than that might impede the progress that we’d be
making to free or to lighten the the load that America has us obtaining
oil from overseas." (Got it?)
Morgan also went on to coherently explain, "In the last few months the
governor has been vocal about her commitment to special needs family
and children and so that’s going to be a big focus in the coming years
of her administration. She’s already showed her commitment by 3-year
forward funding for education which has never been done in our state
before."
Finally, Morgan tied things up by addressing Alaska’s fuel issues.
She said, "Fuel cost is a big issue. We are seeing a lot of out
migration and families moving to Anchorage or to other larger
communities because they can’t afford to live in their communities out
in the bush anymore. We’re trying to figure out how we can best assist
them."
As for Palin daughter Bristol’s wedding plans, Morgan replied, "Um, that’s
not something I talked to her about." Now that was an issue WoW
understood.



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I was hoping that Sarah would retreat to her meth-infested Wasilla and not be heard from for a long long time. Her Couric interviews showed her inability to articulate thoughts when not following a script. Her husband appears to be a thug. She incited violent behavior and pandered to the base instincts of racists. Palin is a poor example of a woman, and a dreadful role model. Please do not cover her activities.
I agree Sarah should stay in Alaska, take care of her children and fade into obscurity. Please, no more Palin articles.
There are none so blind, as those who also will not see either.
Or–––––”In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king”––––or queen in tis case.
ha-Ha! tis true!
Ms Morgan has been around Ms Palin too long because she sounds just as incomprehensible. Maybe it’s something in the Alaska air or could be the Moose Stew consumption. Sounds to me as if she doesn’t really know what the issues are facing the state, but if she does it all boils down to what we have here, folks, is a lack of communication.
oh my god that long paragraph gave me the giggles. if only Tina Fey would read it!
Wow… Palin’s “Communications Specialist” must have graduated from the same Journalism school as Palin. They must have taken “Paragraph Mazes 101” together. You know what though, it doesn’t matter, their supporters don’t really care if anything they say makes sense. It’s not about substance with them.
Here’s the link to Palin’s latest interview with Greta Van Susteran. Palin denies allegations re: clothes, knowledge re:not knowing Africa..NAFTA… and comes off in a sympathetic light:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/10/sarah-palin-fox-news-inte_n_142…
Do Sarah Palin and Kate Morgan get whiplash from changing directions so many times in one sentence? The least they could do is sound that warning beep, beep beep when they change direction.
Oh, wait a minute. Excuse me. They are already doing the least they can do.
(Got it?)
Yeah.
What was it the fine ladies at Wow couldn’t understand?
Certain Alaskan animals are put on an endangered or at-risk list. These animals impact the behaviour of others, ie: indigenous people (who hunt them for food), off-shore drilling by oil companies, and the general quality of life for all Alaskans. However, if the certain animals are innacurately listed, then there is a needless adverse effect.
What she’s sayin’ is, “Ain’t no damn animal gonna stand in the way of whatever we decide is most important to mankind, especially those animals we like to shoot down in cold blood for no reason other than we like to have the power of life and death.”
THAT is exactly what I was thinking, John. Of course I included my memory chips, of things I have read or heard prior to this last statement….
Every time I see an interview of Palin, given her by the media, I wonder why the media is focusing so hard on keeping her in the limelight. Sure she was picked by McCain as a running mate. but asking myself ‘why’?, I came up with a few reasons: 1. Entertainment to boost the ratings. 2. McCain needed someone to replace him as a ‘Maverick’, to re-juvenate the celebrity status of the Republican Party. 3. To divert attention from the things that are critical to the survival of this country, with yet one more veil to obscure reality.
The whole world is trying to move toward alternatives to oil and gas—-except for those in the pockets of the oil companies. The whole world recognizes the crisis of extinction, we are facing—-except for those who value money over life. I am sickened that greed, ego, and the dumbing down of America, have been given higher approval rates than the foundations scripted by those who crafted our Constitution, are today, being given.
Marjorie, we get it when you explain it, because you have clear and articulate speech.
The same cannot be said for Gov. Palin or her communications specialist. They both would benefit from some public speaking classes.
Do you also have a theory about why she didn’t say that if that is what she meant?