[IWE] snooty brit expat disses Palin, Alaska, I. Trump
Rand Careaga
iwe@warhead.org.uk
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:56:34 -0700
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Raw meat for the boxter.
Wasilla is what inevitably happens when there are no codes, no civic =20
oversight, no planning, when the only governing principle in a =20
community is a naive and superstitious trust in the benevolent =20
authority of the free market. Palin=92s view of aesthetics was nicely =20=
highlighted in 1996, a few months before she ran for mayor, when a =20
reporter for the Anchorage Daily News happened to light on her in an =20
excited crowd of five hundred women queuing up in the Anchorage J.C. =20
Penney=92s, waiting to snag the autograph of Ivana Trump, who was in =20
town to hawk her eponymous line of scent.
=91We want to see Ivana,=92 Palin said, who admittedly smells like a =20
salmon for a large part of the summer, =91because we are so desperate in =
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Alaska for any semblance of glamour and culture.=92
The blot on the Alaskan landscape that is Wasilla is the natural =20
consequence of a mindset that mistakes Ivana Trump for culture.
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the boxter.</div><div><br></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
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class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 12px;"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
color=3D"#004080">Wasilla is what inevitably happens when there are no =
codes, no civic oversight, no planning, when the only governing =
principle in a community is a naive and superstitious trust in the =
benevolent authority of the free market. Palin=92s view of aesthetics =
was nicely highlighted in 1996, a few months before she ran for mayor, =
when a reporter for the </font></span></font><em style=3D"font-style:=
italic; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px;"><font =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#004080">Anchorage Daily =
News </font></span></font></em><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
12px;"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#004080">happened to =
light on her in an excited crowd of five hundred women queuing up in the =
Anchorage J.C. Penney=92s, waiting to snag the autograph of Ivana Trump, =
who was in town to hawk her eponymous line of =
scent.</font></span></font></div><blockquote style=3D"margin-top: 10px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px; "><div =
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class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 12px;"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
color=3D"#004080">=91We want to see Ivana,=92 Palin said, who admittedly =
smells like a salmon for a large part of the summer, =91because we are =
so desperate in Alaska for any semblance of glamour and =
culture.=92</font></span></font></div></blockquote><div =
style=3D"padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; =
padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.6em; "><font =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 12px;"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
color=3D"#004080">The blot on the Alaskan landscape that is Wasilla is =
the natural consequence of a mindset that mistakes Ivana Trump for =
culture.</font></span></font></div></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></=
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