05 September 2008
More Loathing
As a followup from previous post, please enjoy this editorial from 9 years ago. Given McCain's angry grudge-mongering, and given Palin's similar approach to dissent -- first impulse: you're fired (even without the trooper issue, she has a real track record here, from firing the town librarian in Wasilla for not banning books, to firing the police chief for political reasons, to firing Alaska's entire Board of Agriculture and Conservation in order to overturn the decision to close the Matanuska Maid Dairy, which was subsequently closed anyway) -- if McCain wins, this could be the most vendettarific whitehouse ever! And given the Bush and Nixon track records, this would be an impressive achievement for his party.
"vendettarific" =)
ReplyDeleteDid she Really fire the librarian? or just threaten to? I've not been able to find documentation that shows she Really Did fire the librarian.
I'd read that she'd issued the termination paper but had to rescind it due to local backlash. That seems like at least an attempt to fire the librarian, which is worse than a threat. But even a threat is bad enough.
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