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Hank,

And his father is faculty at Harvard...  Do you think that might have
something to do with viewpoint?

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
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Hank-5 wrote:
> 
> Well, The guy does actually exist.  He runs cantwell school in Denali
> which
> is a tiny school with 3 teachers.  One high school, one middle school and
> one elementary.
> 
> His comments about her certainly don't jibe with an 80% approval rating by
> Alaskan citizens.
> 
> Hank
> 
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Chelle or Bob Ginsburg
> <chellrg at verizon.net
>> wrote:
> 
>> Hey Rhodies - consider this...from a school principal in Alaska.
>>
>> > Hi Friends,
>> >
>> > My brother sent this note regarding his impressions of Sarah Palin.  I
>> > thought it was interesting coming from his inside-Alaska perspective,
>> > and worth passing along.  For those who don't know my brother,  he is
>> > a principal of a school up in Alaska, where he and his wife also
>> > teach. They've been Alaskan transplants for about 10 years.
>> >
>> > *From: *Peter & Bonnie Hauschka <petnbon at hotmail.com
>> > <http://us.mc1105.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=petnbon@hotmail.com>>
>> > *Date: *August 29, 2008 11:58:15 PM PDT
>> >
>> > Good evening, lots of friends and relatives have been asking me (as an
>> > Alaskan) what I think of Sarah Palin, our Governor, and new choice for
>> > McCain as a VP candidate.
>> >
>> > Here it goes:
>> >
>> > This pick floored me.  Sarah Palin is a nice person.  I've met her,
>> > I've even talked to her for a few minutes at a principal's conference
>> > a couple of years ago.  She has lots going for her superficially.   Sh
>> > e speaks from the heart, like a spitfire mother; she can even be sort
>> > of funny sometimes.  She is quite beautiful;  athletic, and has that
>> > radiant glow of someone who actually spends time doing things
>> > outside.  Unlike many politicians, she has lived a 'real life' and
>> > done things that few living and working in DC could ever do....like
>> > dipnettin' fish, shootin' stuff and eating it out on the tundra, and
>> > havin' 5 kids.
>> >
>> > Personally, I'd never vote for her.  She has an extremely simple view
>> > of the world and is harshly judgmental and intolerant of those who do
>> > not follow her tight right-wing agenda.  I don't even think she has
>> > ever been abroad.  As governor she has repeatedly shown us that she is
>> > unable to grasp the demands of leadership.  She is very prone to
>> > cronyism of the worst kind.  Every cabinet level political appointment
>> > she has made she has over-ridden suggestions of our state advisory
>> > boards, and instead promoted those who had granted her direct
>> > political favors.  Not that other politicians don't do this, they do,
>> > but most of them are able to balance their appointments to ensure that
>> > at least a few people with real skill and experience are running big
>> > state agencies.
>> >
>> > She also has been unable to pay attention to her Alaskan
>> > constituency.  Personally, I've written several of our previous gov's
>> > and been asked to comment publicly on education policy.  All the
>> > previous gov's have always acknowledged that contribution, criticism
>> > or comment; sometimes by direct reply, or at least by that of a staff
>> > member.  Palin's office has been a zone of silence.  Not I, nor one
>> > person I know commenting has ever gotten any sort of reply.   Her
>> > claim of running an open or transparent government is totally false;
>> > the public simply has no role in her administration.
>> >
>> > Her previous claim to fame was being mayor of Wasilla, a growing town
>> > about 40 minutes from Anchorage of about 15,000 people.  Wasilla is a
>> > hellhole, even by Alaskan standards, where there are plenty of
>> > hellhole towns and villages.  Wasilla is an ugly place that shows a
>> > complete absence of planning, design, or sense of public
>> > vision.  Gov't agencies and services are completely overrun in this
>> > town; things are so bad that they can't even track their population or
>> > build schools in the right place, because most parts of the town don't
>> > require building permits, so the only clue about where people are
>> > settling are utility receipts.  Imagine trying to be an emergency
>> > responder in this kind of place:  Houses don't just catch on fire in
>> > Wasilla, they burn to the ground, because by the time the fire
>> > department has figured out which road to take (no signs) or whose
>> > house it is (no directory), the place is done for.  Palin was mayor
>> > this town for at least 2 terms before being elected gov. a year and a
>> > half ago.
>> >
>> > Her moral sense is simplistic and not inclusive, with a complete
>> > absence of compassion.  She is the sort of person who is used to using
>> > their 'faith' to divide and isolate minority groups of human beings
>> > instead of uniting them.  To her credit as Gov. she has kept out of
>> > this arena pretty well, but when in comfortable company (i.e the
>> > Matanuska Valley Republican Women's Club), she lets her moral cat out
>> > of the bag.
>> >
>> > I will do what I can to ensure her defeat and that of her running mate
>> > as well.  :)  Please share this information with those who can use it
>> > well.
>> >
>> > Cheers, Pete Hauschka
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