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Alaskans Speak (In A Frightened Whisper): Palin Is “Racist, Sexist, Vindictive, And Mean”
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September 7th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Yeah this lady is frightening. Honestly though, I met a lot of Alaskans who were pro-drilling and pro-areal hunting of wolves, etc. Maybe it was the town I spent most of my time here, but it seemed like there were a ton of dumb conservative types who in one breath talked themselves up for living on the “last frontier” while simultaneously giving kudos to big businesses who were all about destroying that frontier and rendering it into a total wasteland. I still don’t understand where this cognitive dissidence makes sense in anyone’s mind. “We are proud to be Alaskan and we love our wildlife, but we want big business to take over and destroy it.” I felt pretty fed up with this attitude by the time I left. I am not saying this is the majority of Alaskans, but it’s definitely a strong constituency.
On a better note, Alaskans seemed pretty non-racist. I met a lot of Mexican workers who felt that Alaskans were less racist than anywhere else they worked or lived. That’s positive. The biggest irony of this is that people are claiming her husband is Native Alaskan (he’s like not even 1/4th) and are using this fake minority status to claim that she would be bringing diversity into the Whitehouse. They are also claiming that she wants to keep polar bears off of protective lists so that Native Alaskans can continue to hunt them. Lol. As if Sarah Palin wears a bearfur jacket to her speeches. It’s bullshit. She wants drilling and doesn’t care if the bears go. So much crazy spinning going on in this election, huh?
Go Obama!
September 7th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
thank you so so much for responding to this post–i was hoping you would since you just spent some time there.
we need to hang soon!