The following is an excerpt of an article written by former Alaska Senator Willie Hensley (as we knew him) about how profoundy Sarah Palin failed to her job as governor of Alaska.  She had opportunity, motive, profile and means – and blew it!  BIG time!   Here is what Senator Hensley had to say:

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR NY Times

In Alaska, Qiviters Never Win

By WILLIAM L. IGGIAGRUK HENSLEY

Published: July 24, 2009

The great hope during the Palin administration was that a natural gas pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to the Lower 48 would be built, creating tens of thousands of jobs and providing revenue to help fill the fiscal gap that will come sooner than later. In spite of much political motion, years have gone by with no commitment to build a pipeline. In the meantime, the global economy has soured and other parts of the world are filling the energy gap. The window of opportunity may have closed.

Just like other states, Alaska is faced with many problems that the governor was expected to resolve. But unlike chief executives of some other states, our governor is powerful and can appoint all judges and department commissioners and university regents, and can control the budget. With state revenues subject to the whims of the oil market and appropriations from Congress now uncertain as the country struggles with the recession, Alaska has serious, immediate challenges.

We have high suicide and school dropout rates, and problems of poverty and alcohol and drug abuse. The Anchorage area faces an energy shortage due to declining gas fields and the villages face almost insurmountable energy costs; key resource development projects are languishing, and there is no revenue sharing for Alaska for offshore oil development even though we have 33,000 miles of coastline.

In short, Alaska had a governor who had the stature within the state, nationally and internationally, to deal with our problems. She could have used her position to find solutions to the high costs and financial insecurities of our far-northern state. Instead, she abandoned her role as the state’s leader in midstream, making her the only governor in our state’s history to “qivit” (an Inuit word meaning quitter) in the true sense of the word, at a time when we need strong leadership. Good luck, Governor Parnell — may the great Arctic spirits be with you. (To read FULL article click here)

William L. Iggiagruk Hensley is the author of “Fifty Miles From Tomorrow: A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People” and former Democratic state senator.

This really must be discussed, because she is a permanent mark on our political landscape and continues to be touted as such a shining example of a leader who confronts the status quo, fights corruption all the while single-handedly raising the state out of the dreaded grips of federal government control.  And they ALL buy it in her cabal of extremist followers!  There are even moderates who say that if she hadn’t quit that they thought she wasn’t that bad as a governor.

Does anyone pay attention to reality?  Does anyone look at the facts behind the hype?  Is anyone interested in really making informed decisions anymore before going to bat for a person cuz they like ‘em!  Cuz they’re pretty?  A home-spun gal?  A regular ‘all-amaricun’, god-fearing, gun-totin’, flag wavin’ momma?

This is Palin’s last day as governor of Alaska, but it is – unfortunately – NOT the last that we will be hearing from her.  This self-described “momma bear” has already hired a nanny that has moved from Juneau to Wasilla.  It only means one thing…she is gearing up to hit the road running!

And it will require ALL of us to pay attention…the damage control is going to be ongoing.  Citizen Sarah is about to make her debut!

Tags: Alaska, gas line, GOP, governor, recession, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Willie Hensley

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