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True_Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-08 11:27 AM
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Palin pick makes Alaska blog a must-read
by Frank James

Now that Sen. John McCain has decided to turn his presidential campaign into a sequel of "Northern Exposure," the all-things-Alaska hit 1990s TV series, an essential guide is needed to Gov. Sarah Palin's Alaska and can be found on the Mudflats blog.

Written by an East Coast transplant to Alaska who goes by the moniker AK Muckraker, the blog gives an Alaskan eye view of Palin's political career and the state's rather colorful politics.

more. . .
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/08/palin_pick_makes_alaska_blog_m.html


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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-08 11:28 AM
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1. Swamp politics?
Shouldn't it be tundra politics?
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-08 11:31 AM
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2. Global Warming.
;)
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WindRiverMan Donating Member (693 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-08 11:47 AM
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5. NO think about it
You have permafrost, it rains a lot...where does the water go?


NOWHERE. You get swamps and muskeg
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-08 11:31 AM
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3. If there is anything to Troopergate it makes Palin's whole family look bad
But it may cinch the inbred hillbilly demographic for them.
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WA98296 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-08 11:38 AM
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4. A good read. Sounds like she fits right into the current admin's style.
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