An Alaskan Writer's View Of Sarah Palin

I haven't been able to post much the last little while with this shingles/post-herpetic neuralia crap still kicking my ass. I'm down to typing with my left hand(I'm right handed). But I am going to throw up a few things right now.

Oh, I got my Obama/Biden sticker on my car today! Pointless in Kentucky I know, but it's there. Just to annoy the wingnuts.

The linked article at Salon is from an Alaskan writer's dismal view of Sarah "well golly gee" Palin. From the barbaric killing of wolves and bears from planes, the killing of wolf cubs in their dens, the open access to oil companies, and all those little Sarah tricks. Writer Nick Jans gives you the Alaskan's view of Palin that you rarely see.

Sarah Palin: The view from Alaska

Amid “Troopergate” and other government scandals, including killing wolf pups, an Alaskan writer explains why the Palin phenomenon rings hollow in his home state.

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"..Like many Alaskans, I resent Palin’s claims that she speaks for all of us, and cringe when she tosses off her stump speech line, “Well, up in Alaska, we….” Not only did I not vote for her, she represents the antithesis of the Alaska I love. As mayor, she helped shape Wasilla into the chaotic, poorly planned strip mall that it is; as governor, she’s promoted that same headlong drive toward development and despoilment on a grand scale, while paying lip service to her love of the place.

As for that frontierswoman shtick, take another look at that hairpiece-augmented beehive and those stiletto heels. Coming from a college-educated family, living in a half-million-dollar view home, basking in a net worth of $1.25 million, and having owned 40-some registered motorized vehicles in the past two decades (including 17 snowmobiles and a plane) hardly qualifies Palin and her clan as the quintessential Joe Six-Pack family unit — though the adulation from that quarter shows the Palins must be fulfilling some sort of role-model fantasy.

Palin can claim to know Alaska; the fact is, she’s seen only a minuscule fraction of it — and that doesn’t include Little Diomede Island, the one place in Alaska where you actually can see Russia. So she can ride an ATV and shoot guns. Set her down in the bush on her own and I bet we’d discover she’s about as adept at butchering a moose and building a fire at 40 below zero as she is at discussing Supreme Court decisions. And that mountain-woman act is only the tip of a hollow iceberg.."

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