Alaska is a state under siege.
Michael Gross has written an article on Sarah Palin for the latest Vanity Fair, and the message is unequivocal: The almost vice president of the United States is seriously bad news. In fact, no matter how crazy or corrupt you thought she was, she’s almost certainly worse.
The article paints a picture of Sarah Palin as self-absorbed and uncaring, to say the least: Knowingly sabotaging the education of her children for hew own image and indulgences, inappropriately using funds from the election campaign to purchase clothing for her family, and threatening retribution against Alaskan who might speak against her in the press. What’s more, they know the threats aren’t idle, either — the ‘Troopergate’ scandal (where Palin pressed for a state trooper involved in a custody battle with her sister to be fired) only seems to scratch the surface of the corruption.
Gross also relates the story of prominent investigative reporter Joe McGinniss:
McGinniss rented the property next door to Palin, who, upon learning his identity, wrote a scathing Facebook post, accompanied by a snapshot of McGinniss standing outside on his deck: “Wonder what kind of material he’ll gather while overlooking Piper’s bedroom, my little garden, and the family’s swimming hole?”
Overnight, C4P, Glenn Beck, talk-radio hosts, and many other Palin allies rallied around. Within 24 hours, McGinniss had received 5,000 hostile e-mails. Death threats were investigated by the F.B.I. A local man who helped move some furniture into McGinniss’s house had one of his truck’s windows shot out.
I highly recommend heading on over to read the full article; I guarantee that no matter how low your opinion of Palin was beforehand, it can only get lower.
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