Debunking the Maverick Myth - Democratic Underground

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Debunking the Maverick Myth

September 4, 2008
By Shannyn Moore

... Alaska sports nearly as many corrupt politicians as we have mosquitoes. To be a “Maverick Republican” in Alaska, all you have to do is NOT have your house raided by the FBI, NOT be indicted, or NOT be sitting in a federal prison for selling your vote to the oil or prison industry. Considering she has just hired an attorney to defend her in the state’s investigation of abuse of power, she no longer qualifies as a “maverick” even by our own weak standard ...

http://alaskareport.com/news98/x61590_maverick_myth.htm

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