I have heard that the "Lower 48" does not understand Alaska and its culture at all. Well, with all due respect I think that some of the issues below do deserve at the very least a few raised eyebrows.
For those of the other Lower 48 frenzied, starry eyed "we got ourselves a really hottie" supporters that feel we don't know about Sarah Palin because we don't live there and we are just being "mean", take a gander at Anchorage Daily New's comments to the editor regarding our "heartbeat away" VP candidate.
Now get out of the liptick jungle and on to some thoughts:
- She offered a bounty of $150 for each right front leg of freshly killed wolves
- She is presently under investigation in Alaska for abuse of power
- She strongly supports drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
- She promotes aerial hunting of wolves and bears even though Alaskans voted twice to ban the practice (VIDEO)
- She supports the Alaskan Independence Party which seeks independence from the United States (VIDEO)
- She is a champion for big oil and her campaign slogan has become "Drill, baby, drill!"
- She believes creationism should be taught in public schools
- She believes man-made global warming is a farce
- She is opposed to listing the polar bear as an endangered species because it might limit oil exploitation
- While mayor of Wasilla she tried to fire the city librarian because the librarian refused to censor books
- She used $400,000 of state money to fund a propaganda campaign in support of aerial hunting
- As mayor of Wasilla, she made rape victims pay for their own forensic evidence kits
- She obtained her first passport just last year (2007)
- She touts her "experience" as Mayor of a city no larger than some of the minor Chicago suburbs as qualifying for VP even though Wasilla is known as the Meth Capital of Alaska . Seems her own backyard needs a bit of cleaning up!
And on to another interesting tidbit, with friends like these how can Sarah go wrong! Can we say Billy Carter anyone?
