NOTE: many of the transcripts i've read try to present the text with punctuation, as if to attempt to mold it into normal sentence structure. well, that's just typical of those east-coast political and media elites, trying to sandbag sarah palin with "structure" and "syntax" and "sense," when it's obvious that she has an artistic ability to create wonderful and evocative wordscapes with her words, the equivalent of jackson pollack with paint, or a swedish chef with salad. instead, i've reproduced the text in the manner in which it was clearly meant to be read, free verse.





And getting up here I say it

is the best road trip in America

soaring through nature's finest show

Denali

the great one

soaring

under the midnight sun

And then the extremes

In the winter time

it's the frozen road

that is competing with the view

of ice fogged frigid beauty

the cold though

doesn't it split

the Cheechakos

from the Sourdoughs? And then

in the summertime

such extreme summertime

about a hundred and fifty degrees hotter

than just some months ago

than just some months from now

with fireweed blooming

along the frost heaves

and merciless rivers that are rushing

and carving

and reminding us

that here

Mother Nature wins

It is as throughout

all Alaska

that big wild good life teeming along the road

that is

north to the future





— sarah palin, "north to the future" (july 2009)







today is a beautiful day

and today as we swear

in Sean Parnell

no one will be happier

than I

to witness

by God's grace Alaskans

with strength of character advancing

our beloved state

Sean has that

Craig Campbell has that

I remember

on that December day

we took the oath to uphold

our state constitution and it was written right here

in Fairbanks

by very wise pioneers

We shared the vision

for government

that they ground

in that document

Our founders

wrote all political power

is inherent in the people

All government originates

with the people

It's founded upon

their will only

and it's instituted

for the good of the people

as a whole

Their remarkably succinct

words guided us

in all of our efforts

in serving you

and putting you first

and we have done our best

to fulfill promises

that I made on

Alaska Day

2005

when I first asked for

the honor of serving you





— sarah palin, "the honor of serving you" (july 2009)







I promised

that we would manage

our fish

and wildlife

for abundance

and that we would defend the constitution

and we have

though outside special interest groups

they still just

don't get it on this one

Let me tell you

Alaskans really need to stick

together on this

with new leadership

in this area

especially

encouraging new leadership

got to stiffen your spine

to do what's right

for Alaska

when the pressure mounts

because you're going to see anti-hunting

anti-second amendment

circuses

from Hollywood

and here's how they do it

They use these delicate

tiny

very talented celebrity

starlets

they use Alaska

as a fundraising tool for their

anti-second amendment

causes

Stand strong and remind

them patriots

will protect our guaranteed

individual right to bear arms

and by the way

Hollywood needs to know

we eat

therefore we hunt





— sarah palin, “we eat therefore we hunt” (july 2009)





