AP: Alaska's minorities feel ignored by Palin (here it comes)

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[Chet 99]

05:27 PM CDT on Saturday, October 18, 2008

Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- As governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin has had an at-times testy relationship with black leaders in her state.

They say they've been ignored in their eforts to get more minorities hired in her administration.

Now, as the presidential election nears, Alaska's black leaders say they're not surprised to see the Republican vice-presidential nominee at the center of the controversy over injecting the race issue into the campaign. Palin has repeatedly insisted that Barack Obama's former preacher, the inflammatory Rev. Jeremiah Wright, is a legitimate issue even though John McCain himself has said it's out of bounds.

Many of Palin's black constituents say they're disgusted with the campaign's racial overtones.

[NoLibZone]

Sarah made it possible for blacks (lower case for the rest of my life!) to pay less in taxes than any other state.

[GipperGal]

Exactly! The guy’s complaint just made me appreciate Palin more — she doesn’t believe in caving in to shakedown schemes.

[gaijin]

In San Francisco, liberal callers to talk-show stations were claiming that Sarah’s use of the terms, “Joe Six Pack” and, “Hockey Moms” was racist.

[dforest]

You mean they are just complaining now? How did Sarah ever get such a high approval rating?

This big revelation should have come out right away!

Horse pucky.

[Former Proud Canadian]

I have had it with these people, I have had it with these freaking people. They should all go and jump in the lake, or maybe fornicate elsewhere.

[newnhdad]

Palin runs for VP, minorities hardest hit.

[dead]

[eyedigress]

Oh my. Good Job

[ken21]

predictable.

[Taggart_D]

How many black people can there be in Alaska?

I mean really. So true. Palin's too busy helping the rest of the eskimos....excuse me....the rest of the population, rather than turning flip flops or bow down and worship the handful of black people living there.

[Sloth]

What, both of them?

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Me too! The “Joe the Plumber” smear was over the top!

[ditto h]

P. Diddy told us there are no black people in Alaska

He also said there was no crime. I guess he was wrong. There must be some crime in Alaska.

[crazyhorse691]

The president of the Alaska Black Leadership Conference, the Rev. Alonzo Patterson, says Palin “has no sensitivity to minorities.” Patterson says Palin is “really inciting a lot of African-Americans to get out and vote.”

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I would figure that the president of a leadership team wouldn't be so whinny...and by definition, Gov. Palin’s children are members of a minority, but, I guess not the correct one. Btw, I love his use of the word incite...this person needs a good attitude adjustment.

[smokingfrog]

I googled this Rev. Alonzo Patterson guy and could not find very much about him, except on the Alaska legislature website, it has the committee minutes from March 2005 where he supports the idea that convicted felons should get back their "voting rights."

See SSSB 26-FELONS' RIGHT TO VOTE at 5:15.04 PM

That's all I need to know.

[LeonardFMason]

The more I hear a DEMOCRAT/LIBERAL complain about racism the more I am convinced it is no longer a real problem in this country. It is just a campaign issue.

[television is just wrong]

carville and probably others have said there will be riots nationwide if obaba loses.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

In Alaska, blacks are a minority of minorities, with Natives comprising the largest group, followed by Pacific Islanders. This is a non-story, simply due to demographics.

[Clemenza]

I know. I was just shocked to see that Alaska had a city (Fairbanks) where blacks were in the double digits.

[nothingnew]

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