Sarah Palin's farewell speech (Full text transcript) Posted 27 July 2009 @ 11:09 am ET.
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin stepped down from her position on Sunday at 3p.m. local time and delivered a farewell speech, the following is her speech full transcript:
"What an absolutely beautiful day it is, and it is my honor to speak to all Alaskans, to our Alaskan family this last time as your governor. And it is always great to be in Fairbanks. The rugged rugged hardy people that live up here and some of the most patriotic people whom you will ever know live here, and one thing that you are known for is your steadfast support of our military community up here and I thank you for that and thank you United States military for protecting the greatest nation on Earth. Together we stand.
And getting up here I say it is the best road trip in America soaring through nature's finest show. Denali, the great one, soaring under the midnight sun. And then the extremes. In the winter time it's the frozen road that is competing with the view of ice fogged frigid beauty, the cold though, doesn't it split the Cheechakos from the Sourdoughs?
And then in the summertime such extreme summertime about a hundred and fifty degrees hotter than just some months ago, than just some months from now, with fireweed blooming along the frost heaves and merciless rivers that are rushing and carving and reminding us that here, Mother Nature wins. It is as throughout all Alaska that big wild good life teeming along the road that is north to the future.
That is what we get to see every day. Now what the rest of America gets to see along with us is in this last frontier there is hope and opportunity and there is country pride.
And it is our men and women in uniform securing it, and we are facing tough challenges in America with some seeming to just be Hell bent maybe on tearing down our nation, perpetuating some pessimism, and suggesting American apologetics, suggesting perhaps that our best days were yesterdays. Palin's farewell speech (Full transcript)
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3 comments:
wow... that's embarrassing.
Embarrassing? In what way? That 1000s of well wishers turned out to hear the speech? That despite mainstream media efforts to turn public opinion against Ms.Palin, her poll numbers continue to escalate? That the effect of those escalating poll #s has caused mainstream media to eat crow and make repeated interview requests of her? It seems that if anyone is feeling embarrassment, it's Ms.Palin's detractors.
Embarrassing for America that someone that unqualified was selected as a VP running mate and embarrassing that a small minority of fringe radical right Americans continue to think she is their chosen one.
Maybe embarrassing isn't the word..maybe sad is more appropriate.
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