CNN: "Palin's swift rise is the talk of her Alaskan town." Now ask me if I give a flying fuck.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Palin's swift rise is the talk of her Alaskan town



http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/05/palin.profile/index.html



WASILLA, Alaska (CNN) -- It was the night before Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was to accept the Republican vice presidential nomination in a nationally televised speech, and Becky Moore couldn't sleep a wink.

She paced around her room and prayed before sending Palin an e-mail wishing her good luck.

"I was so nervous for her," said Moore, a dietitian who lives in Palin's hometown of Wasilla. "I felt like she was my relative, like she was about to prove herself to the country."

As much as Moore was hoping for the best, there was a part of her that didn't want to share her governor and former mayor with the lower 48, a term Alaskans use to refer to their distant countrymen with a mix of playfulness and disdain.

"No matter what happens, we win. If she becomes vice president, the rest of the country will see what a great leader she is. If she loses, we get her back," Moore said.

[KansDem]

1. Okay..."Do you give a flying fuck?"

;)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. Thanks for asking!

:rofl:

:toast:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. What else are they going to talk about?

Late summer moose?

:shrug:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

5. True...and as a resident of Silicon Valley, CA...

...where the rich are getting richer and the middle class expects goods and services for free...

...the fact that Alaskans are rubbing themselves over this "local girl makes good" crap disgusts me.

Apologies in advance, Alaska. I know you're not ALL fucking idiots. SOME of you are. Just not ALL of you.

:patriot:

[Blue_In_AK]

4. Nobody takes the opinions of Wasillans

seriously, least of all other Alaskans. :rofl:

[thereismore]

6. swift rise, swift fall. That's all. nt

[SeeHopeWin]

7. She should be in a place that small, right?

[Cant trust em]

8. Why is that a story?

I think it would be pretty awful if in her hometown of 9,000 they weren't talking about it.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

9. Well if anyone OKed a 26-40 billion dollar gas pipeline on the one day they were asked to be...

...a VP running-mate on the Grand Oil Party ticket, they'd rise quickly too.

...Did anyone see the man in the audience of the RNC with a McCain puppet? That guy should get a puppet of Palin because McCain isn't the only puppet to the Bush administration.

[JBoy]

10. Why is CNN rewarding her with this tripe on the front page? She won't even fucking talk to you!!