Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) just completed a “major” speech on energy policy, in which she offered no new policy, nor recognized the existence of global warming. She delivered her speech at the headquarters of the Xunlight Corporation in Toledo, Ohio, a producer of flexible thin-film photovoltaic solar panels — despite her earlier
mockery of such technology:
Alternative-energy solutions are far from imminent and would require more than 10 years to develop.
This
hypocritical choice is just following the lead of her running mate. In May, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) delivered a
speech on global warming at the U.S. headquarters of a Danish wind turbine manufacturer, after
decades of opposition to the domestic renewable energy industry.
Below are is the text of her prepared remarks — a half-hour love letter to Big Oil. Please note, however, that Palin went off-script repeatedly, throwing in such catchphrases from the campaign as “Drill, baby, drill,” “He’s got the scars to prove it,” “Maverick of the Senate,” and several digs at journalists.
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