Reply #16: He's such a copycat...

[Blue_In_AK]

That's been Alaska's line for decades. Alaskan Republicans are ALWAYS whining about federal interference up here -- too much land locked up in parks and preserves (ANILCA), too much land turned over and too many benefits given to the Native people by way of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, too much federal weight given to the subsistence rights of rural hunters. They can go on and on and on for days.

But, of course, Alaska does receive a lot of federal money -- and as long as it was Ted Stevens bringing it home, it was fine. In fact, we were given dire warnings that if Mark Begich were elected senator, Alaska wouldn't get ANY more federal money, we would be
d-o-o-m-e-d. So they complain on the one hand but take the money with the other.

But Sarah's kind of a different sort. I really do think she's a secessionist. She doesn't seem to want anything to do with the federal government, which makes me wonder why she's so interested in running for national office. I think she thinks it's like a popularity contest or something. She's such a weirdo.