[Rhodes22-list] Political

Fri Sep 12 18:40:04 EDT 2008

It's probably genuine. Sounds like he's one of the 20%, and I'm sure 
that there are more like him.

On the other hand, notice towards the end:

"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."

To me, that says a lot about the writer. What he is saying is that her beliefs are unacceptable. She must believe, from a religious standpoint, a certain way. Even if she has proven that she is able to separate public policy from personal opinion, that's not good enough.

I would have to say, this guy is in much the same quandry that Slim backed into. If that's a disqualifier for her, how is he going to be able to vote for Biden, whose religion also has the same "simplistic and not inclusive, with a complete absence of compassion" view about abortion and same-sex relationships? (and I am going out on a bit of limb there and infer that was what the writer was talking about).

I'm suspecting the "thought patrol" only applies to "d'other side", no matter which side is talking.

Personally, I prefer to judge by actions rather than belief systems.

Hank wrote:
> 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
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>> wrote:
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>> 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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