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Ken Burch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 02:18 AM
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Is this the year we can break the GOP lock in Alaska?
Frank the Bank is going down in flames in the polls...there's deep dissatisfaction with the Legislature...Don Young is showing his age and looking like he's losing clout...Are the stars aligning for US this time?
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 02:16 PM
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1. More than anything, I would love to see Don Young
go DOWN hard. I can't stand that guy.
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Camp_Democracy Donating Member (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-06-06 12:18 PM
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2. YES! YES! YES!
Alaska's politicians are embarrassing the state bigtime.

There is no better time to expose the corruption. Look at Don Young, he has direct ties to Abramoff. He was just implicated in a court trial.

Lisa!!! and Stevens, I wish we could get rid of him this election. "The internet is a set of tubes!"

What happened to Alaska anyhow? It didn't use to be a red state. Begich mysteriously dissappears, Don young takes his job and it has been a super red state ever since? strange...
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 01:34 PM
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4. What happened to Alaska?
Two words - BIG OIL.
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-13-06 08:36 PM
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5. when the pipeline began
Edited on Thu Jul-13-06 08:37 PM by cleofus1
they imported thousands of oil workers from the south...texas, oklahoma, Louisiana etc...this changed the complexion of alaska forever...
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 11:20 PM
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3. I hope so
anyone know if there are any elections, or anyone running for seats/positions in SE Alaska, i'm behind....I have been working hard in SW Missouri, which is way more red than alaska is, i believe...
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Ken Burch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-16-06 01:33 PM
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6. Other than the Mormon Belt(Idaho and Utah)NO state is
More Red than Alaska.

(...if Alaska were only RED in the real sense...sign...)
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