Alaska governor Sarah Palin definitely has her priorities in order. She recently gave birth to a son, Trig Paxson Palin, who she knew early in her pregnancy would suffer from Downs Syndrome.
Over a month ago, her office announced that the 44-year-old and her husband, Todd, were expecting their fifth child in May. It was a secret the beguiling brunette, a runner, managed to keep from even her staff.
Then, April 18, she surprised us again by giving birth a month early to Trig Palin, 6 pounds, 2 ounces. In true Sarah fashion, her amniotic fluid leaked in Texas, she gave a speech at a Republican Governors Association convention as scheduled anyway, and then returned to Alaska to deliver.
Immediately the family made this announcement: “Trig is beautiful and already adored by us. We knew through early testing he would face special challenges, and we feel privileged that God would entrust us with this gift and allow us unspeakable joy as he entered our lives.”
“We’ve both been very vocal about being pro-life,” Palin said. “We understand that every innocent life has wonderful potential.”
As if that wasn’t enough, she has directed the Alaska State Attorney General to sue the federal government to prevent the listing of polar bears as a threatened species. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne listed the species in response to pressure from the global warming crowd and enviro groups that seek to stop oil development at any cost. Polar bear populations have soared in recent years, so Kempthorne’s decision is doubly ludicrous.
From a FoxNews piece:
[Governor Palin] and other Alaska elected officials fear a listing will cripple oil and gas development in prime polar bear habitat off the state’s northern and northwestern coasts.
Palin argued that there is not enough evidence to support a listing. Polar bears are well-managed and their population has dramatically increased over 30 years as a result of conservation, she said.
Climate models that predict continued loss of sea ice, the main habitat of polar bears, during summers are unreliable, said Palin, a Republican.
I hear John McCain is looking for a running mate, but I think Gov Palin’s integrity and sense of duty to her family and her country would overshadow McCain.
