Anti-Palin Rally on Her Own Capitol Steps!

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http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/anti-palin-rally-on-her-own-capitol-steps/

Despite the inclement weather, the Juneau Mudflats team has good things to report! I got two sets of great photos from Mudflatters Doug, and Judy. And Sandy Beach recounts the event:

I just got back from a very cold, very wet, very windy, but VERY enthusiastic anti-Palin rally. Unlike last weekend, there were plenty of rolling news cameras, microphones, and reporters with little weather-proof notebooks so maybe we’ll get some press!

The crowd gathered in front of the Capitol steps, which is right downtown, around the corner from the unoccupied Governor’s Mansion. State employees were encouraged to come in disguise due to fear of reprisals by the Palin administration, a chilling thought. Speakers included fishermen, two pediatricians (including one former head of Alaska Public Health), a former state Game Board rep, college student for gay/lesbian rights who’s about to vote for the first time, two Alaska Native veterans, and someone who read an encouraging letter from Juneau state representative Beth Kertulla.To wrap it up, one of Juneau’s favorite singers, Vicki Van Fleet, belted the following, sung to the tune of Janis Joplin’s Mercedes Benz (lyrics by Sally O of Homer, Alaska):

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The reports say about 300 people showed up! To give you an equivalent… If that percentage showed up in Anchorage we’d have had about 3000 people! And that incredible turnout was not only in the pouring rain, but on the steps of the Capitol building in Sarah Palin’s home state! Hey Main Stream Media! Can you hear us NOW??



more pics at website

Hundreds attend anti-Palin rally at Alaska Capitol
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/ap_alaska/story/553104.html