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August 30, 2008

OMG! Look at all the Alaskans who HATE Palin

Thank you, Politico, for providing today's DNC talking points. It turns out that Sarah Palin is a horrible pick because Alaskans hate her:

It will be fascinating to see the Alaska Republican delegation front and center at this week’s Republican National Convention now that Alaska governor Sarah Palin will be on the ticket.

This is a state party whose establishment faction, to put it mildly, isn’t too enamored with their reform-minded governor.

This is a state party whose chairman, Randy Ruedrich, has been feuding with Palin for years. Palin exposed Ruedrich for ethical violations in 2004 when both served on the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission — and their relationship has been frosty ever since.

Ruedrich declined to comment at the historic nature of having an Alaskan on the national ticket for the first time in the state’s history.

Gee, I guess those 80-90% approval ratings were just a fluke! Who would have thought that running against both the Democratic and (to some extent) the Republican parties in her state would leaver her with a few enemies?

Exit question: Why hasn't the Politico gone to great lengths to highlight the frosty relationships between Sen. Obama and his opponents in Chicago?

Posted by: It's Vintage, Duh at 12:21 PM | Comments (7) | Add Comment
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1 The Alaskan Mobys are coming out of the woodwork too. All of a sudden there are one hell of a lot of commenters on various blogs who live in or know someone in Alaska and, amazingly, they all hate Palin.

Posted by: Hermit Dave at August 30, 2008 12:33 PM (WhFvm)

2 Well, this is stupid.

Poltitco: "The Alaska Republicans hate Sarah Palin."
Why do they hate her: "Because she exposed them as being corrupt."

Clearly, she is unfit to lead.

Posted by: Jeff_McAwesome at August 30, 2008 01:22 PM (G07ST)

There's something that's been driving me crazy for a while now, Politico started out by mischaracterizing a Fred Thompson story (claiming that he had dissed some firemen while they obviously didn't feel dissed, even going so far as to dowdify a quote) and yet, people act as if they're a respectable outfit suitable for quoting.

No, I'm not talking about you IV,D, you did it correctly here, showing them to be partisan hacks. But I've seen plenty of people, like say Brit Hume or even Ace, act as if they're journalists and not "journalists" or, even more apropos, yellow journalists.

How did that happen? They are about as reliable as any random Kos diarist or Excitable Andy.

Posted by: Veeshir at August 30, 2008 01:28 PM (ThMnZ)

4 ^part of the deal is that politico was founded by Beltway insiders for Beltway insiders. As a result, they are indeed as reliable as Kos or ST Andrew.

Posted by: eddiebear at August 30, 2008 05:03 PM (TaZBG)

5 I would think the Alaska GOP would be more than enthusiastic. If McCain wins, she goes to Washington, and out of their hair.

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