CONGRESS SHE WON’T BACK DOWN
AGAIN.
SARAH PALIN, ALASKA
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE.
ALL RIGHT, GOVERNOR.
WHAT MADE YOU MAKE THIS VERY,
VERY BIG DECISION?
WAS IT SOMETHING SPECIFIC?
>> WELL, IT IS PRETTY IRONIC
THAT THE NEEDS OF OUR NATION
TODAY ARE THINGS THAT ALASKA CAN
FULFILL.
ENERGY, ENERGY INDEPENDENCE,
SECURITY AND I THINK ALASKA CAN
COME INTO ITS OWN NOW FINALLY
WE’LL BE RECOGNIZED FOR THE FORT
KNOX THAT WE ARE AND WE CAN HELP
SECURE AMERICA’S SOVEREIGNTY,
OUR SECURITY.
AND THEN WITH THE UNFORTUNATE
PASSING OF OUR ONE AND ONLY
CONGRESSMAN DON YOUNG WHO WAS
THERE FOR 49 YEARS WHO HAD THE
FIERCEST DEVOTION TO OUR STATE
AND TO OUR COUNTRY, WITH HIS
PASSING, I KNEW IT WAS TIME.
>> Jesse: THAT’S BEAUTIFUL AND
WELL SAID.
ENERGY IS GOING TO BE A BIG PART
OF YOUR PLATFORM AND YOUR AGENDA
IN CONGRESS.
BESIDES ENERGY, WHAT ELSE ARE
YOU GOING TO TRY TO TACKLE?
>> THE NEEDS HERE IN ALASKA
REALLY ARE PARALLELLING THE
NEEDS ACROSS THE U.S. FOR A
BETTER PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
FOR OUR KIDS, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, KIDS FIRST AND FOREMOST BECAUSE
KIDS FIRST AND FOREMOST BECAUSE
I’M A MOM I DON’T WANT TO SEND
MY SONS AND DAUGHTERS TO WAR.
SO I WILL DO WHATEVER I CAN.
AGAIN, AS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM
ALASKA TO HELP SECURE OUR
NATION.
WE HAVE THE TOOLS, WE HAVE THE
MEANS TO SECURE OUR COUNTRY.
CAN’T WAIT UNTIL ALASKA IS PUT
TO EVEN BETTER USE.
HUGE SHOES TO FILL.
DON YOUNG WAS ICONIC, EPIC.
NOT JUST HIS LONGEVITY BUT SUCH
A PASSION FOR THE LAST FRONTIER.
FOR OUR STATE.
HE KNEW HOW UNIQUE IT WAS.
HE KNEW HOW RICH IN RESOURCES IT
IS.
AND BIG SHOES TO FILL.
BUT, JUST SUPER THANKFUL FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY.
>> Jesse: I THINK THERE IS SOME COMPETITION FOR YOU THERE UP
COMPETITION FOR YOU THERE UP
THERE YOUR
BACK THIS MIDTERM.
WHEN YOU GET THERE, ASSUMING YOU
GET THERE, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT
THE MEDIA JACKALS ARE GOING TO
DESCEND ON YOU AND YOU ARE GOING
TO BE WALKING DOWN THE HALLS TO
THE CAFETERIA TO GO GET A PEPSI
AND JUST BE SWARMED BY THESE
REPORTERS STICKING THESE LITTLE
MICROPHONES AND RECORDING
DEVICES IN YOUR FACE.
GOVERNOR PALIN, CONGRESSWOMAN,
ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THAT
ONSLAUGHT BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO
BE PRETTY VICIOUS.
>> YOU KNOW, I WOULD NEVER BE SO
CONGRESSY AS TO SAY BRING IT ON.
FLU BUT YES I ANTICIPATE THAT
WHEN I WALK DOWN THAT HALL TO
GET MY DIET DR. PEPPER SURE THE
JACKALS ARE GOING TO BE THERE
DOING THEIR JACKALLEN.
I GOT NOTHING TO LOSE WHAT MORE
CAN THEY DO OR SAY HEAVEN FORBID
I EVEN THROW THAT OUT THERE
BECAUSE WE WILL SEE WHAT IS TO
COME.
NO, I’M VERY, VERY CONFIDENT IN
KNOWING WHO AND WHAT I’M DEALING
WITH.
THEIR CRITICISM, THE PRESS’
CRITICISM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU
DON’T LIVE BY MAN’S PRAISE, YOU
ARE NOT GOING TO DIE BY MAN’S
CRITICISM.
I HAVE GOT NOTHING TO LOSE.
I’M IN IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS
IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU, PUBLIC
SERVANT’S HEART BEING WILLING TO
SERVE THE PEOPLE.
IT’S PRETTY SIMPLE.
>> Jesse: THAT’S A GOOD
ATTITUDE.
IF YOU LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE.
RELATED TO THEM, AND THEN TAKE
ACTION ON THINGS THEY CARE
ABOUT, THAT’S THE TICKET.
AND I THINK YOU WILL BE PRETTY
SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE YOU ARE SUCH
A GOOD LISTENER.
ARE THERE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD ON
THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, PRANCE TO
WORK WITH AND HAVE YOU
CONSIDERED WHAT IT MIGHT BE
LIKE, YOU KNOW, PASSING AOC IN
THE HALLWAY?
I’M SURE YOU WILL BE VERY, VERY,
VERY PLIGHT.
POLITE.
>> I WILL BE VERY POLITE AND I
WOULD BEG HER TO DEBATE ME,
PLEASE, AOC ON EDUCATION, ON
CAPITALISM, ON HOW TO RUN A
BUSINESS.
ON OUR NATION’S SECURITY, ON
WHAT IT TAKES TO BE ENERGY
INDEPENDENT AGAIN.
IN ORDER TO BE SOLVE VENT AND
SOVEREIGN.
YEAH.
SO I WOULD OH GOSH I WANT TO
DEBATE HER BUFF AS FOR THOSE
WHOM I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A BIG
FAN OF THE FREEDOM CAUCUS.
AND I HAVE ALWAYS FELT FOR THEM
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN
CRITICIZED AND BEAT UP AND
MISUNDERSTOOD BUT THEY HAVE GOT
THE RIGHT PRIORITIES AND THEY
ARE IN THERE ALSO FOR THE RIGHT
REASON.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH EVERYONE.
DO YOU KNOW WHEN I WAS GOVERNOR
HERE DID I WORK ACROSS THE
AISLE.
MY ADMINISTRATION, I DIDN’T CARE
WHAT PARTY THEY WERE IN.
AS LONG AS THEY WERE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVES AND
THEY COULD GET THE JOB DONE FOR
THE PEOPLE.
SO I’M USED TO WORKING WITH,
YEAH, BOTH SIDES OF THE I’LL
GRANTED THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
AISLE THIS DAY AND AGE PRETTY
WHACKO BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING
LED BY PEOPLE LIKE AOC THAT
DOESN’T MAKE MUCH SENSE AS THE
ALL.
AFTER THE SHELLACKING THEY WILL
HAVE TO ENDURE IN THESE
MIDTERMS, I THINK THEY WILL HAVE
SOME LESSONS TO BE LEARNED.
>> Jesse: I DO, TOO.
MAYBE IF YOU PASS AOC ON YOUR
WAVE TO GET THAT DIET DR. PEPPER
YOU CAN ASK HER WHAT A WOMAN IS
AND SHE WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY.
ALL RIGHT, GOVERNOR SARAH PALIN
RUNNING FOR CONGRESS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING
THAT ANNOUNCEMENT AND LETTING US