SNARKY SARAH AND THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS ON FIRE

[mikekohr]

I find myself in agreement with the letter to the editor written by Gary Kenny of Seatonville,Illinois, and published in the Bureau County Republican. Democrats do not wish to compete with Governor Palin's record. Far from it.

Palin who spent 5 years pursuing a degree in journalism, does possess a stage presence. Palin can smile, look straight into the camera and reel off a whopper without shame. That much can not be denied. Palin has mastered style and delivery. Substance? Not so much.

Palin continues to claim credit for killing the "Bridge to Nowhere," when its been conclusively established that she was for it before she was against it. Palin is under investigation for lying about her role in the firing of Alaska's Safety Commissioner. Her testimony in this matter has slowly evolved as evidence has been uncovered.

As mayor, Palin demanded personal loyalty oaths be signed by city employees of Wasilla. She had to reinstate the town librarian to head off a recall effort, and was forced by Republican operatives to hire an administrator to run Wasilla after her power grabs outraged the village's citizens.

When Palin was elected mayor of Wasilla the village had no long term debt. Palin hired a Washington DC lobbyist, connected to felon Jack Abramoff and indicted Senator Ted Stephens ® AK, who helped Palin suck $27,000,000.00 of pork from the Federal trough. In-spite of this, Palin still managed to leave the village over $19,000,000.00 in debt after 8 years in office.

Alaska has the highest incidence of rape and incest in the nation. Senator Barbara Murkowski ® AK said, "Our statistics are almost unimaginable,"... "more adult women have been raped than wear glasses or contacts." Yet as mayor, Palin's administration charged victims of rape and incest for their own rape kits, ($230.00) an action so outrageous that it was cited as the reason that the Alaskan State legislature passed a law forbidding the practice.

Alaska leads the nation in other shameful statistics. It has the highest per capita taxes, and spending and is the highest per capita recipient of Federal earmarks,(10x that of Illinois).

Alaska's lack of state income tax and yearly rebate checks to its citizens are luxuries that are financed by the taxes it imposes on the oil exported to the lower 48 states. Not bad work if you can get it. But not exactly self reliance either. High taxes, high spending, and income redistribution are Republican self described abominations. It is ironic that the red state of Alaska is the biggest single violator of these sins and the leading example of the nation-wide phenomenon of red states being net takers from the federal slop-pile while blue states, like Illinois, are net givers to the federal treasury.

Hypocrisy, extremist views, fiscal irresponsibility, abuse of power and dishonesty are tendencies that have not served George W. Bush well as president. These shared traits will wear thin on Alaskan Governor, and VP candidate, Sarah Palin as well.

mike kohr

[tblue]

1. This is great. Did you publish this somewhere? I hope so.

""more adult women have been raped than wear glasses or contacts."" Wow. I had no idea Alaska was that effed up. Small town values, huh?

[mikekohr]

2. It is slated to be published in a local paper

here is some additional info and links on rape and incest in the land of the Mid Night Sun:

Murkowski said funding is needed for every aspect of sexual assault, including initial investigation, prosecution and incarceration. She is seeking an appropriation in the upcoming budget, she said.
The senator gave an alarming list of the statistics that describe Alaska's "epidemic" of sex crimes: One out of five adults will be a victim of forcible rape in their lifetime, or nearly 44,000 adults; an adult Alaska woman is raped every 18 minutes; more adult women have been raped than wear glasses or contacts.
"Our statistics are almost unimaginable, given our population," she said.
http://www.adn.com/209/story/190180.html

• 80-90% of rapes against women (except for American Indian women) are committed by someone of the same racial background as the victim. (US Dept. of Justice 1994)
• American Indian victims of rape reported the offender as either white or black in 90% of reports. (Department of Justice 1997)
http://www2.ucsc.edu/rape-prevention/statistics.html (the breakdown of rape perps against Native Women is 12% Black, 78% White)

Only Alaska (20.9% of its women raped versus 20.6% in Utah compared to 13.4% of all women nationally) has a higher rate in the United States. The estimates are said to be conservative because they do not include the cases of women who have experienced attempted rape; rapes where the women were unconscious or impaired by drugs or alcohol; or statutory rape where there was no force. (Salt Lake Tribune, 7/12/03)
http://www.mazeministry.com/mormonism/statistics/rape.htm


mike kohr

p.s. I'm from a small, rural community, in Illinois. Rape and incest are not values we practice or appreciate, but in the rare case these abominations do occur we DO NOT charge the victim for the rape test. Never did. Never will. Never even considered it.

[tblue]

3. I'm gonna bump this up in discussions. This is so sad.

[chicagoexpat]

4. John McCain Lie Counter Web Page

John McCain Lie Counter Web Page
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7075041&mesg_id=7075041

[livetohike]

5. Proud to be the 5th Recommend

:hi: Great post.

[yellerpup]

6. Well done!

K&R! Very enthusiastic :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

[Lugnut]

7. K&R n/t

[mikekohr]

8. Thanks For The Recs!

Lets spread the truth.

mike kohr

[samuraiguppy]

9. k and r

[mikekohr]

10. Published in "The Bureau County Republican."

link:
http://www.bcrnews.com/letters_to_the_editor/

[nc4bo]

11. k and r. nt