<div dir="ltr"><div>Nick,</div>
<div>You really ought to do simple google check on the state of Alaska web page before using Max Blumenthal's garbage as proof that Governor Palin is somehow a racist. Check out: <a href="http://www.gov.state.ak.us/archive-13503.html"> http://www.gov.state.ak.us/archive-13503.html</a> where you will find Governor Palins 2008 proclamation in support of Juneteenth Day. You can also find her 2007 proclamation and so forth. </div>
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<div>P Diddy and Max Blumenthal don't know much about this state, nor its politics. I could spend some time going through the statewide boards and commissions finding African-Americans, Native Americans and so forth and paint a nice picture of a very diverse state. I am sure State Senator Bettye Davis, who is African American, would disagree with Blumenthal, as would Mayfield Evans (Alaskan Veterans Council). Then there is the governor's office annual report on minority hiring within AK state government and finally a new report the Governor had commissioned that examines racial prejudice within the AK state court system. She is hardly the racist that Blumenthal and Diddy paint her. </div>
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<div>Could you do us a favor? Instead of passing on these hit pieces as gospel truth do what you taught your students (including me), your research! Your case of Obama blindness has really hurt your credibility; and as someone who actually honors his professors, I must confess it actually hurts a bit to see you going overboard like this.</div>
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<div>Chris</div>
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