Alaska lawmakers reject Palin’s controversial attorney general pick.
By on Apr 16th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Alaska lawmakers reject Palin’s controversial attorney general pick.
The Alaska Legislature rejected Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) pick for state attorney general, Wayne Anthony Ross, by a vote of 35-23 today. Ross’s nomination caused a firestorm because of his radical right-wing views. He had called gay people “degenerates” and allegedly defended men who rape their wives. He also praised a student for creating a large statue of a Ku Klux Klan member, saying the “project gets ‘A’ for courage.” Introducing Ross last month, Palin said he “brings years of good service, in more ways than one.” “He will make an excellent attorney general,” she said.
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The wheels are comin’ off the crazy train. Toot toot!!
April 16th, 2009 at 7:32 pmShe is a bit tone-deaf, isn’t she?
April 16th, 2009 at 7:33 pmOnce again, Palin assumes the position…
April 16th, 2009 at 7:34 pm“Thank you, Alaska. May I have another?”
A bit…
:-D
April 16th, 2009 at 7:35 pmPalin another dizzy broad. Good for the Alaskan Legislature!
April 16th, 2009 at 7:38 pmGood to see someone is Alaska isn’t as moronic as Palin makes Alaska seem.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:40 pmMakes perfect sense she would pick a lunatic like that. Thank god that woman is far from the white house.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:51 pm…and allegedly defended men who rape their wives.
He’s a downright American Taliban.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:52 pmJust like those in TX Texas, AK Republicans mistakenly assume that square footage = legitimacy. Guess they’ve never heard of Neverland Ranch.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:54 pmIntroducing Ross last month, Palin said he “brings years of good service, in more ways than one.”
Did Sarah wink when she said this?
April 16th, 2009 at 7:55 pmnow let’s see her get on the tube and rattle on how real amercians would support this dooshbag for attorney general of alaska
April 16th, 2009 at 7:55 pm“He had called gay people “degenerates” and allegedly defended men who rape their wives.” Wait a minute. This is not news from Afghanistan, this is news from Alaska. Next Palin will appoint someone to instill Sharia Law into Alaska.
April 16th, 2009 at 8:05 pmWayne Anthony Ross (ironically W.A.R.( is a typical Neocon Republican who belongs in the Mid-East where rape of your wife is indeed legal now (Crazy!) Palin is a friggin “ditto head” and needs to be thrown out of office along with that moron Michele Bachmann.
April 16th, 2009 at 8:14 pmYou got to be freaking kidding me! This nutso……AAAARRRGGGG!!! Sarah is I guess all the republicans have and if my statement is acrually true.. good luck epublicans! My mother, a registered republican for 50 years, is embarrassed by the display our new republicans are showing our country.
April 16th, 2009 at 8:14 pmAmericans are getting tired of Palin and her crazy, right-wing freakshow.
April 16th, 2009 at 8:18 pmMy mother, registered republican, voted twice for Bill Clinton and….. nevermind my mom has more sense than any republican and also unlike other registered republicans votes for herself not party unlike most modern-day idiots who can’t think for themselves and just vote the wrong party line and vote agqainst their own interests.
April 16th, 2009 at 8:23 pmThe next time Senator McCain throws one of his hissy fits somebody should remind him that he’s the moron that elevated Sarah Palin to VP candidate and that he has no credibility left to make judgments on anything.
April 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pmA brilliant move.
I doubt this had anything to do with Alaska, and everything to do with endearing herself with the extreme right for when she runs for president.
April 16th, 2009 at 8:38 pmYa, she is the republican party’s best bet for president! Too bad she’s not a real politician.
April 16th, 2009 at 8:44 pm…
let these words roll around in your mind:
attorney general levi johnston.
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the baby needs formula.
he needs a job.
it’s a perfect fit.
:)
April 16th, 2009 at 8:48 pmNow we get to see what she will do to top WAR. She probably will nominate someone even more heinous than he was. I’m thinking that GINO Sarah isn’t too popular in her state these days.
April 16th, 2009 at 8:50 pmPerry/Palin, the newly elected leaders of Texaska!
PEACE
April 16th, 2009 at 9:42 pmHey, no problem. I’m sure there are positions open in Swat Valley of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Iran. He’d fit right in.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:49 pmend of palin
April 16th, 2009 at 10:33 pmSounds like Wayne Anthony Ross would like to see Bristol and Levi stoned to death for pre-marital sex.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:36 pmWhy, is Wayne Anthony Ross a hypocrite?
April 16th, 2009 at 10:40 pmI bet mooseyak is shaking like a bear being shot from one of mooseyak’s helicopters.
She is so fake and stupid.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:49 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
She probably will nominate someone even more heinous than he was.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:56 pm————————————————————-
….maybe David Duke or Norm Colman? LOL
Can’t we just send her to Texas with the rest of the loons? (not that all Texans are loons of course) :)
April 16th, 2009 at 11:10 pmBravo Alaska! It appears the good people of Alaska beginning to spit out Sara Palin. You shall do your country a great service if you achieve this end.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:29 pmOnly about half of us are loons =) [I keed]
But I do have to wonder why people equate borders, which are just imaginary lines, with intelligence or lunacy.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:36 pmHick1: Pa Pa, look Pa, we crossed a border!
Hick2: Yah wee did.
Hick1: I iz know a geenyus!
Hick2: Yah, we haz croxed ober to smartzland.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:38 pmPalin, I think, would be quite foolish to endear herself to an extremist clique when the mainstream conservatives are moving away from extremism
April 16th, 2009 at 11:42 pmThis woman is dumb as a stump.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:56 pm*
Ah, Alaska… Skyrocketing rape statistics, if you do get raped the Governor would like you to pay for the evidence collection yourself, and the A.G. supports marital rape to boot.
New state motto: “Alaska is for rapists.”
April 17th, 2009 at 12:36 amPlease, GOP, pretty please, nominate Palin in 2012.
April 17th, 2009 at 1:06 amI would just love to see Obama go for the 51 state electoral win.
Progressive Republican Says:
Makes perfect sense she would pick a lunatic like that. Thank god that woman is far from the white house.
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Boy isnt THAT the truth
April 17th, 2009 at 1:48 amAnd she will stay far from the White House.
April 17th, 2009 at 2:31 amShe makes Goldwater look like a boy scout.
As my grandpappy used to say, “She ain’t dealing with a full deck.”
April 17th, 2009 at 5:59 ami would say she is as stupid as a stump. but ’stump’ won the westminister kennel club show. so she is DUMBER than a stump.
how many ethical complaints has she got against her?
how many days does she spend at ‘the office’ as it were?
what does that dumbass that raised her have to say today?
bravo to the idiot that foisted her upon the american people. he showed us what ‘republican values’ really are. he wanted to nail a hot chick right under his wifes nose. how is that working out for you, johnny?
April 17th, 2009 at 8:05 amConsidering that Palin is a few barrels short of a brewery, it will be interesting to see who her next pick is.
April 17th, 2009 at 8:09 amWhat ever her next “pick” will be it has become apparent; Alaskans are sick of her, are awake at the wheel and, will not re-elect her or anyone attached to her christian fundamentalist.
April 17th, 2009 at 8:53 amHer own party isn’t supporting her in-state and are no longer afraid to buck her and do the right thing…they want her gone but aren’t sure they can pull it off right now. She’s gone…
Kudos to the Alaska Legislature! It is About Time that some realidy entered this equation. It’s amazing to see how the esteemed Governor’s actions brought people together. The unity she engendered in opposition to an innane, absurd candidate for AG was truly inspirational. Palin/Bachmann 2012, What’s Reality Got To Do With It?
April 17th, 2009 at 9:08 amOne wonders who, if anyone, is advising Sarah Palin.
Check out the third paragraph in the link below, where the CO-FOUNDER of “Team Sarah” refers to “real Americans,” the phrase which was quite possibly the most divisive one uttered by Palin in the 2008 campaign:
Unbelievable.
April 17th, 2009 at 11:52 amBesides the highly questionable fairness of the nominated person, which shows a lot about how fair Palin is,
wouldn’t the AG of Alaska also be the head of the group responsible for investigating the already existing quesions regarding several Palin actions and their ethical nature ?
April 17th, 2009 at 11:53 amI’m overjoyed that Palin continues to marginalize herself by trying to pander to the right-wing, which will further alienate her from everyone else.
April 17th, 2009 at 12:46 pmHope she keeps it up!
April 17th, 2009 at 12:52 pmShe can kiss her 2012 hopes goodbye.
Squidbilly,
Please don’t say that. I’m already making popcorn to eat while watching her run in 2012.
After all, in her speech at the Repub National Convention, she winked at me !
;-)
April 17th, 2009 at 1:59 pmThank you Alaska! This is a step in the right (not politically) direction.
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