“The drinking problem up here is insane,” says Gourley, who never goes to the infamous Mug-Shot Saloon. “Wasilla bars are pretty crazy — sometimes there are 10 fights a night.”
Still, it’s only natural that even Wasillans who deplore their governor want to board the Palin train in some capacity.
“I was never into brawling at the bars around Wasilla . . . but I actually did play hockey,” says Gourley. “Had I been 10 years younger, there might have been a lot more trouble for the Palin family.”
Portugal. The Man was selected as the Best New band from Alaska by the Phoenix in this past July’s “50 Bands, 50 States” survey
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If John McCain had won the White House, then this hockey-playing Johnny-came-unwisely would have been poised for the life of Riley: from a penalty box in Wasilla to a luxury box in Washington. All that for impregnating Bristol, the Alaskan governor’s unwed daughter. But whereas as late as last summer he was vaunted as a knight in shining honor by various GOP pundits for choosing life and doing the right thing by standing by Miss Palin, he has since authored his own “bailout” and left her a single mom.
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It was almost a banner year for women in politics.
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Rather than hunting animals, she should be hunting all of the young men that are after her underage daughters.
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