A weblog on Alaska politics, and other musings, ramblings, and vagaries.

Monday, July 26, 2004

"Look Mama, a Baby Hulk"

So the "Valley Trash" comments of our estimable Senate Majority Leader seem to have become ensconced in the local culture.  Good.  I hope this particular turd stays in Mr. Stevens' pocket where it belongs, and that people begin to notice its singular stench.

I've thought it odd that the nepotism barb sticks so well to Little Lisa, but not so well to Baby Hulk.  Of the two (although this is setting the bar quite low), Little Lisa is clearly the more intelligent and competent.  Put differently, Baby Hulk is an obvious mediocrity whose only accomplishment appears to be that he's managed the difficult task of ending up a snarling, mean-spirited jerk, despite having been given every advantage the world could offer.  Not to put too fine a point on it, but he's incompetent, ill-mannered, small-minded, and intellectually incapable of even understanding good public policy (much less the meaning of the phrase "appearance of impropriety.")  Alaska's own little George W.  ... ok, that's enough.  Anyway, the point is that, although Baby Hulk is clearly the bigger loser, Lil' Lisa gets tagged much harder with the nepotism label.

Would this be the case if their genders were reversed?

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