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NBC Finds ‘The Lost Palin Files’
NBC committed an unforgivable sin today, they wrote a kind piece about Gov. Palin. NBC recently came into possession of hundreds of letters Palin wrote to citizens while she was Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. There are even a few she wrote to various newspapers in response to stories she disagreed with.
Hundreds of notes and letters Palin’s letter to the editor is one of hundreds of personal notes and letters written by the former Mayor, and obtained this week to NBC News and others. The documents shed light on the management style–and personality–of the small town mayor turned vice presidential candidate.
It appears that she wrote letters and thank you notes to pretty much everyone in her town. She personally wrote a letter welcoming every new citizen that moved into the community and every new business. She wrote letters of congratulations to every family who had a baby, and thank you notes for a gift or even just a kind word.
The correspondence also reveals an extreme attention to detail and a political deftness that clearly served her well as mayor. Palin wrote more thank-you notes than Miss Manners. She made sure she personally welcomed every new business owner to town. And every new baby too.
One letter was simply to say thank you for returning a pen a colleague had borrowed from her during a meeting.
“Dear Mr. Brittingham, Thank you so much for returning my pen to me after the Chamber meeting today,” the mayor wrote.
Here are a few more Palin letters:
–“Dear Tracy, We heard the news! Congratulations from the City of Wasilla on the birth of your daughter,” she penned to one local resident.
–“Dear Porky, Thank you so much for the smoked salmon!” she wrote to another supporter.
–“Dear Trudy, Thank you so much for the beautiful Cyclamen plant. I appreciate you so much. God bless you,” she wrote.
–“To Allure Day Spa Staff, Thank you so much for the awesome facial that I received from Allure Day Spa a few weeks back,” she continued.
The article goes on to say of Palin:
As the city files make clear, Palin wrote endless recommendations for local students, seemed to honor every Eagle Scout in a 200-mile radius and, as might be expected, obsessed over all things snow related. There are warnings about snow blowing and snowmachine safety, earnest letters regarding avalanche awareness and proclamations honoring sled-dog racing.
Smiley-face sincerity
Her letters are informal, even homey.
Gov. Palin is someone who truly cares about the people she represents. It’s about time we had someone like that in Washington. Kudos to NBC News for not burying this story or somehow turning in to something negative.
