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SEPTEMBER 17, 2008 3:42AM
Alaskans show up in huge numbers to protest Palin
Wow - the "Anti-Palin" protest at the Anchorage Loussac Library today was IMPRESSIVE. I kept trying to get a wide shot, but there were just too many people!I was running late and was worried I'd missed the whole thing, but this thing was huge!
And by the way, thanks Eddie Burke!
I talked to five people in a row as they left who said they heard about it from "that news story" about Burke's calling the anti-Palin organizers "socialist maggots" on his radio show, and giving out their phone numbers to have his listeners call them. Many callers threatened the organizers, and KTUU at least ran a story on the local news about it.
I was also worried not many people would show up - Alaska rallies no matter what the cause just are never that big. If you get a few dozen people, it's a good showing. Outside on a kind of dreary day, I was hoping there would be at least a hundred. I've heard early reports that it could have been 1,000, very easy to believe. Having just been down in Denver for the Dem. Convention, where we witnessed some somewhat disorganized protests, it was pretty neat to see so many Alaskans coming together to voice their opposition in an impacting - and peaceful - way.
Though APD had a presence, their biggest problem was making sure there wasn't any jaywalking going on.
You could hear them a few blocks down, and saw the crowd before you even saw the flashing police lights.
I was also expecting a lot more "pro-Palin" protestors. There were a handful, but not that many. Burke had said he was organizing a "pro-Palin" rally for the same time and place, but they were much less evident than those opposing Ms. Palin as a VP - or simply supporting Obama.
I had to run and do a bunch of errands before the banks closed, and drove by over an hour later. Although much smaller, there was still a good hundred or more holding signs and garnering lots and lots of car horns.
There's a whole lot of Anchorage folks who are very against the McCain/Palin ticket.
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UPDATE: The numbers are in!
Anti-Palin rally = 1400+
Pro-Palin rally = 93
I have also heard from people that attended the Palin rally that Palin herself attended - the protest very well may have them beat for sheer numbers.
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UPDATE: The numbers are going every which way, but it looks like the Pro-Palin rally attended by Palin was beat out in numbers by the Palin protest (by nearly 2-1). If the numbers seem small to those of you in the Lower 48, just remember, going by the numbers we have up here (very small) - the rally was the equivalent of 50,000 people showing up in LA.
Some other great Alaskan blogs that covered the rally (and are continuing coverage of our governor.) Some even have video.
Also, the Anchorage Daily News commentary about her lately. By and large, our state's biggest newspaper has a lot of editorials reacting to the national media attention, going, "Who on earth are they talking about?"
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Keep on posting!
Half the women (other than those born rich) who take this route are completely dependent on a husband's whims.
The other half are divorced and on welfare.
Oh, and the rounding error 0.0000001% of women who have taken Sarah Palin's choices in life -- are VICE PRESIDENT!!
Ha!!
Only in the fake reality TV show called the GOP Show.
Everywhere else, you have 5 kids, you could pop up pregnant at any moment -- and you can't get hired to run a McDonald's late night shift. You can't get hired for any responsible position. You can't get promoted. You can't pay your child care bill. You can't live. You eat government cheese.
That's the logical result of her attitudes, actions and choices and the GOP KNOWS IT. That's why they are promoting her as some kind of model -- to send more women crashing through the trick trapdoor we just saw Bristol disappear down into.
17, pregnant and married -- that's what McCain wants for ALL of us. And this whole show proves it.
The photos are worth the time it takes to check them out...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/14/palin-met-by-hundreds-of_n_126276.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/akmuckraker/alaskan-women-reject-pali_b_126315.html
Thanks for the on-the-ground report!
If you don't like what's on television, change the channel. If you don't like reading intelligent people's discourse, than don't. No one is forcing you to be on this site, you know.
Our blog talks about what we are doing in southwest Virginia: http://gilesforobama.blogspot.com/
Voters are beginning to see the truth about Palin. I have a more private blog revealing my discussions with neighbors about what they fear most:
http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=18174
Send Joe Biden to Alaska!
It seems to me that Alaskans are becoming increasingly dubious and disenchanted with Palin/McCain. The Alaskan Obama supporters there deserve the encouragement, support and attention!
Get Senator Biden some serious media attention by sending him to a rally in Alaska.
Highlighting the groundswell of vocal opposition to Palin in Alaska could significantly help undermine her national appeal and the McCain/Palin ticket.
Give me a break, protesters are always the ones who are whiners and are not producing for this country. I'm real sure that Gov. Palin is evil and she found the other evil person in AK to marry, then had 5 evil kids... It so moronic that people can not be happy for her and her acomplishments with her values.
Small towns rule!
Fly over country will get McCain/Palin elected.
I'm not saying Ms. Palin doesn't know how to pander.
Very few people mention that her highest approval rating came after she unseated governor Murkowski - extremely difficult considering that during his time in office, he had the LOWEST approval rating of any governor in America - 20%. He was scum, and even the Republican heavy Alaskan lawmakers could not support this long-time (R) D.C. politician turned governor. Palin was not the only one to get more votes than him - he came in a distant third to the democratic candidate. All she had to do was walk in and NOT be Murkowski, and people worshipped her.
She also just signed the deal for a gas pipeline. If you want to know what Alaska politics is all about, its not about social issues - sexual assault numbers, violence, drug prevention, even education (she has a horrible record on all of it) - it's about oil and gas - MONEY. That's why the indicted Ted Stevens could very well get re-elected - he's brought in unprecedented amounts of money to the state.
Some other facts about Alaska:
Worst domestic violence rates in the country
Worst sexual assault rates in the country
Worst incest rates in the country
Worst child abuse rates in the country
Worst alcohol abuse rates in the country
Worst suicide rates rates in the country
But we keep electing the same politicians. You think it's not really about how much money gets brought in?
BFD!!!
Go, Joe!
If you look closely at the pictures you will see
pro McCain\Palin supporters as well as anti McCain\Palin
demonstrators.
I guess all you have to do anymore is take some photographs
Of Obama\Biden supporters and insert a nazi flag and say
"Look at all of the nazis that spport Obama!"
Is Obama running against Palin or McCain?
You twentysomethings are no more than extensions
of your college indoctrinators!
Keep up the good work, Raven!
Oh, and if 54 is your age webber, I am your elder.