Exclusive Interview with Governor Sarah Palin!

(UPDATE: When I originally published this “interview” I thought people would know right off the bat that it was satire. I was wrong. This post received over 1,000 unique visitors within 24 hours and – judging by the emails I received and the comments below – only about 50% of the readers “got it.” Would you have fallen for it? Be honest.)

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is no stranger to controversy and has no problems with bucking the system. Since her arrival on the national political scene last Fall she has rewritten the rule book and lived up to the moniker “Maverick” – sometimes to her own detriment.

Therefore, it’s no surprise that instead of appearing on Meet the Press or This Week with George Stephanopolous she granted a brief interview to me, a mini-pundit and extremely minor player in the blogosphere.

The following is breaking news and Part I of a RandallHMiller.com exclusive. All press inquiries should be directed here.

RHM: Good morning, Governor. It’s an honor and a pleasure to speak with you today and I appreciate you giving me a few minutes of your time.

Gov. Palin: Not a problem. Glad to do it.

RHM: Should I start with a David Letterman Joke?

Gov. Palin: Please don’t. I think I’ve had enough of that one lately.

RHM: We all have.

Gov. Palin: Good.

RHM: Governor, the media has made a big deal about the amount of time you’ve been spending in the lower 48 lately. Are you ramping up early for 2012 and, as they say, “rehabilitating your image”? Excuse the expression, those are their words, not mine.

Gov. Palin: You know, governors travel all the time. It’s part of the job. At any given time you’d be amazed at how many of the country’s governors, ah, some of the hardest working people in politics by the way don’t let anyone fool you, but they travel. They do. Sometimes that travel is within the state and other times it’s out, but it’s all for Alaska. It’s not about me.

RHM: The media seems to forget about the other 49 governors sometimes, don’t they?

Gov. Palin: They sure do. But I guess that’s a blessing and a curse that I have to deal with. It kinda goes with the territory and at least people know me. At a recent governor’s conference I met South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds and I was like, “Who the heck is this guy?” So, I guess it could be worse but, yes, I am very blessed.

RHM: Governor, you talk a lot about conservatives sticking to their guns and not forgetting what it is that makes them conservatives and proud Republicans.

Gov. Palin: Yeah.

RHM: And you often mention the founding fathers in your speeches.

Gov. Palin: I sure do.

RHM: Are there one or two founding fathers in particular that you respect and admire?

Gov. Palin: I’d have to say Ronald Reagan is a big one for me. If we’d had listened to him and never forgotten his messages of small government and tearin’ down walls we’d be a lot better off today.

RHM: Then by “founding fathers” you really mean influential conservatives or icons?

Gov. Palin: Yeah, I guess so, either way really.

RHM: Either way?

Gov. Palin: Yes, absolutely.

RHM: What about the founding fathers of the United States? Is there a particular founder that you admire for any reason?

Gov. Palin: Um, yeah, again I’d have to say Abraham Lincoln because of all he did for black people. Not like Martin Luther King didn’t help, but Lincoln came first, right? (laughing)

RHM: (smiling) Yes, Ma’am.

Gov. Palin: Actually, Ricky, let me back up a minute.

RHM: Ok.

Gov. Palin: I respect all of the founding fathers equally, Democrat or Republican. They were all great men and women.

RHM: Indeed they were.

END of Part I.

I will post Part II of my exclusive interview with Governor Sarah Palin as soon as it’s transcribed.

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