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Activism and Politics => Politics => Topic started by: NicholeW. on September 01, 2008, 03:43:25 PM

Title: Palin Laughs as Opponent Is Called "Bitch," "Cancer," Mocked For Her Weight
Post by: NicholeW. on September 01, 2008, 03:43:25 PM
Palin Laughs as Opponent Is Called "Bitch," "Cancer," Mocked For Her Weight
Posted by Nico Pitney, Huffington Post at 12:00 PM on August 31, 2008.

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/97081/ (http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/97081/)

Early this year, an op-ed in the Anchorage Daily News ripped into Gov. Sarah Palin's appearance on a morning "shock jock" radio show as "plain and simple one of the most unprofessional, childish and inexcusable performances I've ever seen from a politician."

So what happened? Palin has repeatedly feuded with the state's Senate president, Lyda Green, over a wide range of legislation. Last January, Palin appeared on "The Bob and Mark Show," whose host Bob Lester despises Green. That's when the trouble started:

Early on in the conversation before Palin started to crack up, Lester referred to Sen. Green as a jealous woman and a cancer. Palin, who knows full well Lyda Green is a cancer survivor, didn't do what any decent person would do, say, "Bob, that's going too far."