In her interview with Katie Couric, Palin said that Alaska really is a "microcosm of the country"...

[marmar]

Which country would that be? :shrug:

[avaistheone1]

1. I dunno. Is Harper Valley a country?

[torbird]

11. I smell a debate talking point for her

[realisticphish]

2. well, they both have shitty executives nt

[Xipe Totec]

3. Ignoramia nt

[doublethink]

4. ........

:shrug: could be?

[MadrasT]

5. Um, horseshit. n/t

[gmudem]

6. I can't think of a state that is less so.

No offense to any Alaskan DU'ers of course, but this statement is pretty ridiculous.

[mitchum]

7. Methodania

[Juan_de_la_Dem]

8. Out of her mind..........

[Speck Tater]

9. Clearly, our biggest mistake was making Alaska a state back in 1958.

I remember thinking at the time that it was a big mistake. And I was only 14 years old at the time. If the government had listened to me we wouldn't be in this mess right now.

[mitchum]

13. Wasn't it only done to deliver a republican state to counterbalance...

the Democratic state of Hawaii (whose statehood was inevitable the next year)?

[Blue_In_AK]

15. No, in actuality it was just the opposite.

Alaska was deeply Democratic at the time, and Eisenhower was reluctant to make us a state because it would affect the balance of power in the legislature. The only way he would agree to it is if Hawaii would be admitted the next year.

http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/457473.html

[mitchum]

17. D'oh!...

and thanks :)

[Orangepeel]

10. The Independent Country of Alaska n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

18. That would actually be

"The People's Republic of Alaska." :rofl:

[Hassin Bin Sober]

12. Venezuela......

Her and Hugo have the same commie socialist idea that the oil under their feet should partially benefit the people.

I wonder why Pat Roberson hasn't called for her assassination.

[mopinko]

14. dumbfuckistan? nt

[Jamastiene]

19. Damn, you beat me to it.

:thumbsup:

[mopinko]

20. i thank du

i entered a political show earlier this year, and was picked. on my entry i listed my country as dumbfuckistan. i would think that that helped, except that i had a small in with the juror, and probably couldn't really fail. but the best part is- every time i enter a show with that gallery, it comes up in from my cookies.

[elshiva]

16. Maryland has been called

"America in Miniature."

[johnaries]

21. So has Tennessee. The East is red, the West is blue, and

the middle is Centrist (purple). Tennesseans wanted a Dem Senator in 2004, but we got Harold Ford (a DINO) vs a white man who played the race card. We wanted a DEM, not a DINO.

I honestly think that (despite the polls) that if some effort was spent, TN would be blue. TN voted for Clinton. TN WOULD have voted for Gore is he spent some time here, but he figured he had the "hometown boy" vote. Since then, TN has been red simply because Dems gave up on us.

BTW, I'm going to a HUGE Obama rally here in Nashville this weekend. An old friend of mine is performing! I'm psyched!

[elshiva]

22. Tennessee. I hope it goes blue. :)

Great that you are going to a rally in Nashville. :toast:

Maryland is always blue! :)

[Adsos Letter]

23. Well of course it is, sillies...

I hunt wolves and moose from helicopters here in the Bay Area on a weekly basis...

[no_hypocrisy]

24. Alaska isn't even a microcosm for Akron, Ohio.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

25. Wait - what? MICROCOSM?

Who taught her that word?

[radfringe]

26. HA!

what happened to being the LARGEST STATE in the country? Did it suddenly shrink like the value of our dollar?

as far as smelling a talking point - yeah, it's already here as she tries to connect with "small town americans", "jane 6-pack", and "OMG,she's a real person"

arrrgggg....can't people see what happened the last time they voted with their beer tab?