Hundreds of demonstrators hit the downtown Park Strip Saturday afternoon, demanding accountability from Gov. Sarah Palin. The protest crowd featured the average citizen as well as a few people with close ties to the ethics investigation of the governor.
It's the second major rally against Palin since the announcement of her vice presidential nomination, the first coming two weeks ago.
But this time, the protests went beyond just the governor, as many called for the resignation of Attorney General Talis Colberg and expressed displeasure with Todd Palin and Meghan Stapleton, a Palin spokesperson.
I am very disappointed that KTUU did not deign to provide more coverage of this event. I don't think they had any idea how huge it would be, but that is no excuse.
This is a huge story in our state, and it is high time that our mainstream media started shouldering some of the burden that the local Alaskan bloggers have been carrying for many weeks now.
Essentially all that KTUU has to do is go to Celtic Diva, Shannyn Moore, Mudflats, mamadance, Progressive Alaska, or right here at the Immoral Minority to get all of the important details they need to broadcast a hard hitting, informative, and revealing expose about Sarah Palin and Troopergate that would stun the majority of Alaska viewers.
I am grateful to them for interviewing Betty Monegan Hickling, Walt Monegan's mother, however:
"As a mother I don't like anybody -- or any mother would like -- to have their son called a rogue when you know that they are not," she said.
Mother Monegan spoke out on her own, without pressure from anyone including her son, she said. She also expressed disappointment over a damaged relationship with Palin.
"I'm sorry I didn't realize that it's come to this," she said. "At one time we were friends but I don't know now."
Doesn't that just break your heart?
Now that we have their attention perhaps the local MSM will do a better job of reporting the kinds of stories that bring people to our websites in droves. But if they don't get a clue, rest assured that we will continue to dig and probe to find the truth for Alaskans, and the rest of the country, so that they may be informed as to what exactly is happening here.
Update: I was just reading the Anchorage Daily News piece on yesterdays rally, and it struck me that they got it wrong. They refer to the rally as an "Anti-Palin" rally. I disagree with that label. It is fair to infer that there were a number of people that are "anti-Palin" who attended (based on the sign I am holding two posts down I could be categorized as being part of that group myself), but the rally was organized by the "Alaskans for Truth", and the rally was named the "Hold Palin Accountable Rally".
In and of itself it was not a rally that was "anti-Palin". It was more "pro-Alaska", or "pro-truth", or even "pro-rescue Walt Monegan's good name". Not everybody there dislikes Sarah Palin, but they all want her to come home and kick these McCain campaign workers out, and take back control of our state for Alaskans, allow the Troopergate report to be published, and start answering questions for herself without hiding behind John McCain and his people.
If that is anti-Palin, then personally I must be "anti-everybody" because I want everybody to be upfront and honest with me. As I am with them.
there was some coverage here in NYC - but it was so minimal
ReplyDeletenot on the networks, but even on a local station
Thank you. That's exactly what I said when I saw it on the FRONT PAGE of the newspaper this morning. We're not necessarily anti-Palin (although many of us are), but that wasn't even why we were there. MSM is so stoopid sometimes.
ReplyDeleteOr, maybe they were trying to slant it that way so that Alaskans dismiss us immediately as a bunch of wackos.