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The Alaska hate is partly because of the Palin "horror stories" (her wanting to ban books, her abuse-of-power controversies, and her being popular despite that)
by unalone 18y ago
The Alaska hate is partly because of the Palin "horror stories" (her wanting to ban books, her abuse-of-power controversies, and her being popular despite that), and because Ted Stevens is a convicted felon who Alaska reelected.
- thomasmallen 18y agoPoliticians are corrupt...more at 11.
- unalone 18y agoI was trying to explain why people are hating on Alaska. Politicians aren't why Ted Stevens got reelected. The people of Alaska did that themselves.
- thomasmallen 18y agoAh, I see what you're saying. If you judge a people based on their elected leaders, then the Bush administration reflects pretty negatively on Americans in general. But I don't judge a people on these terms: Otherwise, I'd think very poorly of Russians.