My (soon to be printed) Sarah Palin LTTE....

[Just-plain-Kathy]

Trying to keep it to a 200 word limit was "hard work".

Big Oil’s new Bestfriend

Recently, the powers that be, the ones who have been controlling the republican party for years, -maybe decades, surprised us all (even John McCain), with their VP choice of Sarah Palin.

In my opinion, Sarah was chosen because she did “Big Oil” a BIG favor.

You see, there have been plans for an Alaskan gas pipeline that has been politically staled for thirty years; the price tag was huge, twenty-six BILLION dollars. Environmentalist fought the construction of this pipeline tooth and nail (almost as hard as republicans fought against raising the minimum wage).

Just prior to Palin signing on as McCain’s running mate, she approved that twenty-six billion dollar gas pipeline, but according to her RNC speech, the price tag jumped up to a whopping “forty billion dollars”.

Whether you’re for drilling here at home or against it, one thing is for sure, “Big Oil” found a new best friend in Sarah Palin.

Oh yes, before I forget, do you know who Sarah appointed (on the behalf of the American taxpayer) to over see the construction of this pipeline? Marty Rutherford, a former lobbyist for TransCanada, the company building the pipeline.

Go figure, we could have another champion for Big Oil in the White House.

Kathy XXXX
XXXX, NY

[grannie4peace]

1. yea & she wants to drill in alaska--

[Contrary1]

2. Great letter...one teeny suggestion:

"stalled"

[Just-plain-Kathy]

3. Damn! I'm a terrible speller. I hope the paper picks up on it.

Thanks.

[codjh9]

4. Did you already send it? - 'over see' should be 'oversee', and the header 'bestfriend' should be

2 words. Sorry, Mr. English Professor (not really, but I try :^).

[Just-plain-Kathy]

5. Thanks. I submitted the letter already, I got the paper's confirmation today.

I was so excited, I thought I'd share. I'm hope they fix my mistakes.

Either way, maybe readers will get the idea that Palin is in bed with Big Oil.