[Rhodes22-list] Political

[Hank]

Well, The guy does actually exist.  He runs cantwell school in Denali which
is a tiny school with 3 teachers.  One high school, one middle school and
one elementary.

His comments about her certainly don't jibe with an 80% approval rating by
Alaskan citizens.

Hank

On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Chelle or Bob Ginsburg <chellrg at verizon.net
> wrote:

> Hey Rhodies - consider this...from a school principal in Alaska.
>
> > Hi Friends,
> >
> > My brother sent this note regarding his impressions of Sarah Palin.  I
> > thought it was interesting coming from his inside-Alaska perspective,
> > and worth passing along.  For those who don't know my brother,  he is
> > a principal of a school up in Alaska, where he and his wife also
> > teach. They've been Alaskan transplants for about 10 years.
> >
> > *From: *Peter & Bonnie Hauschka <petnbon at hotmail.com
> > <http://us.mc1105.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=petnbon@hotmail.com>>
> > *Date: *August 29, 2008 11:58:15 PM PDT
> >
> > Good evening, lots of friends and relatives have been asking me (as an
> > Alaskan) what I think of Sarah Palin, our Governor, and new choice for
> > McCain as a VP candidate.
> >
> > Here it goes:
> >
> > This pick floored me.  Sarah Palin is a nice person.  I've met her,
> > I've even talked to her for a few minutes at a principal's conference
> > a couple of years ago.  She has lots going for her superficially.   Sh
> > e speaks from the heart, like a spitfire mother; she can even be sort
> > of funny sometimes.  She is quite beautiful;  athletic, and has that
> > radiant glow of someone who actually spends time doing things
> > outside.  Unlike many politicians, she has lived a 'real life' and
> > done things that few living and working in DC could ever do....like
> > dipnettin' fish, shootin' stuff and eating it out on the tundra, and
> > havin' 5 kids.
> >
> > Personally, I'd never vote for her.  She has an extremely simple view
> > of the world and is harshly judgmental and intolerant of those who do
> > not follow her tight right-wing agenda.  I don't even think she has
> > ever been abroad.  As governor she has repeatedly shown us that she is
> > unable to grasp the demands of leadership.  She is very prone to
> > cronyism of the worst kind.  Every cabinet level political appointment
> > she has made she has over-ridden suggestions of our state advisory
> > boards, and instead promoted those who had granted her direct
> > political favors.  Not that other politicians don't do this, they do,
> > but most of them are able to balance their appointments to ensure that
> > at least a few people with real skill and experience are running big
> > state agencies.
> >
> > She also has been unable to pay attention to her Alaskan
> > constituency.  Personally, I've written several of our previous gov's
> > and been asked to comment publicly on education policy.  All the
> > previous gov's have always acknowledged that contribution, criticism
> > or comment; sometimes by direct reply, or at least by that of a staff
> > member.  Palin's office has been a zone of silence.  Not I, nor one
> > person I know commenting has ever gotten any sort of reply.   Her
> > claim of running an open or transparent government is totally false;
> > the public simply has no role in her administration.
> >
> > Her previous claim to fame was being mayor of Wasilla, a growing town
> > about 40 minutes from Anchorage of about 15,000 people.  Wasilla is a
> > hellhole, even by Alaskan standards, where there are plenty of
> > hellhole towns and villages.  Wasilla is an ugly place that shows a
> > complete absence of planning, design, or sense of public
> > vision.  Gov't agencies and services are completely overrun in this
> > town; things are so bad that they can't even track their population or
> > build schools in the right place, because most parts of the town don't
> > require building permits, so the only clue about where people are
> > settling are utility receipts.  Imagine trying to be an emergency
> > responder in this kind of place:  Houses don't just catch on fire in
> > Wasilla, they burn to the ground, because by the time the fire
> > department has figured out which road to take (no signs) or whose
> > house it is (no directory), the place is done for.  Palin was mayor
> > this town for at least 2 terms before being elected gov. a year and a
> > half ago.
> >
> > Her moral sense is simplistic and not inclusive, with a complete
> > absence of compassion.  She is the sort of person who is used to using
> > their 'faith' to divide and isolate minority groups of human beings
> > instead of uniting them.  To her credit as Gov. she has kept out of
> > this arena pretty well, but when in comfortable company (i.e the
> > Matanuska Valley Republican Women's Club), she lets her moral cat out
> > of the bag.
> >
> > I will do what I can to ensure her defeat and that of her running mate
> > as well.  :)  Please share this information with those who can use it
> > well.
> >
> > Cheers, Pete Hauschka
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