An admittedly leftist interpretation of recent Alaskan electorial events, for those fans of the Alaskan Independance Party... Cheers, Bob Hettinga --- begin forwarded text From: sxaeg@aurora.alaska.edu (GREENWALT ART E) (by way of rah@shipwright.com (Robert A. Hettinga)) To: rah@shipwright.com Subject: The AI-who??? Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks Path: news-central.tiac.net!news-in.tiac.net!uunet!in3.uu.net!brighton.openmarket.com!decwrl!news.alaska.edu!aurora.alaska.edu!sxaeg Newsgroups: alt.culture.alaska Date: 29 Aug 1996 01:07:38 GMT Lines: 35 NNTP-Posting-Host: aurora.alaska.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.1.2 Okay, okay...I know everyone has been sitting on the edge of their privy seats wondering how the Rent-A-Party (aka "The Sub-Arctic Titanic of Politics") fared in the recent primaries here in the Interior, so here goes. Now, keep something in mind as you read these results: the Interior is the heart of the Rent-A-Party. Der Fuhrer Vogel "graced" us with his presence and as the infirmities of advancing age took their toll, he devised the party back in the mid-70's here in the Interior. So...you should think the bastion, the stronghold, Yea, Brethren and Sistren!, the very for-r-r-r-rtress of AIP-ity would be...the INTERIOR! Amen! The AIP fielded 1 candidate here on the Fairbanks ballots: Paul Chizmar. He finished last. Indeed, surpassing even the last performance of the party when they dropped from their 1990 high of 39% of the vote to their 1994 basement 13% of the vote, we now see them seeking subterranean levels as their sole candidate on the entire ballot received *barely* 11% of the vote! Right here! In the Interior! Just about 15 miles from Lynette and Dexter Clarke, the penultimate-Grand Poobahs of Das Partie! Tsk.... I tell ya, folks...I love to watch "Rocky and Bullwinkle", "Monty Python", "The 3 Stooges", the "Little Rascals", etc. But when the AIP finally dwindles/splinters/transmogrifies into its final bit of light and then that little glimmer goes out....I will have lost one of my greatest sources of amusement Alaska has ever offered me. Sigh.... .....Art, who will just have to watch more 3 Stooges and see if he can tell which one is Joe... --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com) e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "'Bart Bucks' are not legal tender." -- Punishment, 100 times on a chalkboard, for Bart Simpson The e$ Home Page: http://www.vmeng.com/rah/