(NAME-MCE) Another Alternative of Obama's Campaign

[Aukram Burton]

From: Carmen C. Alvarez <mcmalvarez at verizon.net>

Palin bubble?  Alaska women organize....

GREAT PHOTOS AT THE END!


ASK YOUR TV STATIONS WHY THEY DIDN'T COVER WHAT HAS NOW BEEN CALLED  
THE BIGGEST RALLY IN ALASKA HISTORY?


[The] Alaska Women Reject Palin  rally was planned for outside the  
front lawn of the Loussac Library in midtown Anchorage. Home made  
signs were encouraged, and the idea was to make a statement that Sarah  
Palin does not speak for all Alaska women or men.



The rally was organized by a small group of women, talking over  
coffee. These women hatched the plan, printed up flyers, posted them  
around town, and sent notices to local media outlets.  One of those  
media outlets was KBYR radio, home of Eddie Burke, a long-time uber- 
conservative Anchorage talk show host. Eddie Burke not only announced  
the rally, but called the people who planned to attend the rally "a  
bunch of socialist baby-killing maggots," and read the home phone  
numbers of the organizers aloud over the air, urging listeners to call  
them. The women, of course, received some nasty, harassing and  
threatening messages.



In Anchorage, if you can get 25 people to show up at an event, it's a  
success. So, I thougt if we can actually get 100 people there that  
aren't sent by Eddie Burke...

When I got there, about 20 minutes early, the line of sign wavers  
stretched the full length of the library grounds, along the edge of  
the road, 6 or 7 people deep!  I could hardly find a place to park.



Never, have I seen anything like it in my 17 and a half years living  
in Anchorage.  The organizers clicked off well over 1400 people (not  
including the 90 counter-demonstrators).  This was the biggest  
political rally ever, in the history of the state.  I was absolutely  
stunned.  The second most amazing thing is how many people honked and  
gave the thumbs up as they drove by. This just doesn't happen here.



Then, the infamous Eddie Burke showed up.  He tried to talk to the  
media, and was instantly surrounded by a group of 20 people who  
started shouting O-BA-MA so loud he couldn't be heard. Then passing  
cars started honking in a rhythmic pattern of 3, like the Obama chant,  
while the crowd cheered, hooted and waved their signs high.




The Alaska Women Reject Palin rally was significantly bigger than  
Palin's rally that got all the national media coverage!  So take  
heart, sit back, and enjoy the photo gallery.  Feel free to spread the  
pictures around to anyone who needs to know that Sarah Palin most  
definitely does not speak for all Alaskans. The citizens of Alaska,  
who know her best, have things to say.