Endless Pajama Lark ([info]scratchtasia) wrote,
@ 2008-09-15 09:35:00
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The Alaska Disasta


It was heartening to read about the Alaska Women Reject Palin rally, which was apparently the biggest political rally in the history of the state--bigger even than the simultaneous welcome rally that received so much coverage.


And then there's this:

The Pastor Who Clashed with Palin (Salon): "Baptist minister Howard Bess, who wrote a book Palin wanted banned and who fought her on abortion and gay rights, says the country should fear her election."

Naysayer (New Yorker): "In the competitive world of Alaskan Palin critics, Lyda Green stands apart. She's sixty-nine years old, a conservative Republican who represents Palin's home town. . . . Green didn’t think twice about rendering her judgment on Palin. 'She's not prepared to be governor,' she said. 'How can she be prepared to be vice president or president? Look at what she’s done to this state. What would she do to the nation?'"

Sarah Palin's Wasilla Emails: Did She Violate State Law? (Mother Jones)

I Used to Be a Republican (Bush Bytes)

On the Web, a Nonpartisan Look at Those Partisan Campaign Ads (New York Times)


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[info]_kiki_
2008-09-15 04:10 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for the mudflats link!

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[info]scratchtasia
2008-09-15 04:11 pm UTC (link)
You bet!

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[info]myreccollection
2008-09-15 04:50 pm UTC (link)
It's weird how there's supposedly such a "liberal media bias" and yet there was little or no coverage of this rally, and pretty much no coverage at all of all the protests and people getting beat up and arrested by cops (and thrown out of the RNC itself) outside the RNC in St. Paul! Granted, there was a lot of distraction with IKE, but really...if you're going to cover something cover both sides of it!

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[info]scratchtasia
2008-09-15 05:21 pm UTC (link)
That's our mythical "liberal media" in action. I knew nothing of this rally, which was larger than the one that greeted Palin's return to Alaska, until I read something about it on Salon.

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[info]quotamour
2008-09-15 07:57 pm UTC (link)
The media really does need to "grow a pair" and start covering such events. =(

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[info]scratchtasia
2008-09-15 08:05 pm UTC (link)
Agreed.

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