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Unlikely Liberal
Matt Zencey
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Description for Unlikely Liberal
Hardback. A conservative social ideologue, Sarah Palin's political career in Alaska was marked by a progressive fiscal approach that is at odds with her current right-wing Republican identity. Num Pages: 222 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
How much do you really know about former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin? The revelations in Matthew Zencey’s account of her tenure will surprise you. Although Palin is widely seen as a conservative social ideologue, her political career in Alaska was marked by a progressive fiscal approach that is at odds with her current right-wing Republican identity. A self-described red-meat conservative, the partisan “pit bull with lipstick” had been a bipartisan, pragmatic, and surprisingly progressive governor who raised taxes on Big Oil and distributed oil revenue to every Alaskan. She also rankled her social-conservative supporters by vetoing an anti–gay rights measure ... Read more
How much do you really know about former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin? The revelations in Matthew Zencey’s account of her tenure will surprise you. Although Palin is widely seen as a conservative social ideologue, her political career in Alaska was marked by a progressive fiscal approach that is at odds with her current right-wing Republican identity. A self-described red-meat conservative, the partisan “pit bull with lipstick” had been a bipartisan, pragmatic, and surprisingly progressive governor who raised taxes on Big Oil and distributed oil revenue to every Alaskan. She also rankled her social-conservative supporters by vetoing an anti–gay rights measure ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Dulles, United States
ISBN
9781612341859
SKU
V9781612341859
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Ref
99-1
About Matt Zencey
Matthew Zencey is the former editorial page editor for the Anchorage Daily News, where he covered Alaska politics for twenty-one years and wrote numerous editorials on Sarah Palin’s performance as governor. He lives in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
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