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Alaskan politics
Nov. 7th, 2008 03:16 pmYour "Civics Of the Last Frontier" lesson for the day:
At last count, Sen. Ted Stevens (also known in Alaska as "Uncle Ted" for being a campaigner for Alaskan statehood, the longest-serving Republican in the US Senate, and the ultimate in bringing home the federal bacon; also also known as "A series of tubes"; also also also known as "a convicted felon") is leading mayor of Anchorage Mark Begich (also known as "graduate of my high school" and "brother-in-law of my high school Spanish teacher) in their race for the Senate by about 3,250 votes.
Feel free to join me in a resounding "What the fuck" at my state.
( This is all mainly to help me sort out what the heck's going on, or might be going on in the future -- but if you're jonesing for a chance to freak out about Palin again, now that the election's over, read on. )
It still makes me sick that this is the current face of my state to the country.
Anyway. That's how things stand back home, politically. The New York Times and Rep. Mike Doogan (who I had the pleasure of working with in the '06 Alaska House of Representative's campagin) both have good articles on the state of things.
At last count, Sen. Ted Stevens (also known in Alaska as "Uncle Ted" for being a campaigner for Alaskan statehood, the longest-serving Republican in the US Senate, and the ultimate in bringing home the federal bacon; also also known as "A series of tubes"; also also also known as "a convicted felon") is leading mayor of Anchorage Mark Begich (also known as "graduate of my high school" and "brother-in-law of my high school Spanish teacher) in their race for the Senate by about 3,250 votes.
Feel free to join me in a resounding "What the fuck" at my state.
( This is all mainly to help me sort out what the heck's going on, or might be going on in the future -- but if you're jonesing for a chance to freak out about Palin again, now that the election's over, read on. )
It still makes me sick that this is the current face of my state to the country.
Anyway. That's how things stand back home, politically. The New York Times and Rep. Mike Doogan (who I had the pleasure of working with in the '06 Alaska House of Representative's campagin) both have good articles on the state of things.
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