Palin's AG Pick Called Gays "Degenerates"

[meegbear]

Gov. Sarah Palin named Anchorage lawyer Wayne Anthony Ross as her new attorney general on Thursday. We did not expect her to pick a gay-friendly AG, however his blatant prejudice expressed in a public letter to the state Bar shows that he is a poor choice for our top attorney:

"During a fight several years ago over gay rights, Mendel helped organize Anchorage lawyers in support of an anti-discrimination ordinance. Ross wrote a nasty letter to the Bar Association newsletter, using words like "immoral", "perversion" and "degenerates." The language went way beyond reasonable disagreement, Mendel and others said."
-- from Wayne Anthony Ross never a quiet force, Anchorage Daily News

The state House and Senate will hold separate confirmation hearings on his appointment.

Other interesting facts about Wayne Anthony Ross, known as WAR, the initials on his vanity plate:
• He was a founder of Alaska Right to Life and represented, without fee, anti-abortion protesters charged with trespassing. "I feel I have a good relationship with the good Lord (but) if I could overturn Roe vs. Wade, I figure I got my ticket," he told a reporter.
• He was the defense lawyer for former Rep. Vic Kohring, who is serving a 3 1/2 year sentence on corruption charges.
• He opposes Native subsistence rights and was the lead lawyer in the case that got Alaska's subsistence law declared unconstitutional. When running for governor in 2002, he said he would hire a band of "junkyard dog" assistant AG's to challenge the federal law that requires subsistence preference, or seek changes through Congress.
• He wrote for the Anchorage Times and the conservative Voice of the Times, and titles like "KKK ' Art' Project Gets' A' For Courage" are listed on the publications page of his Ross & Miner law office.
• He represented Palin in her ethics case against state GOP chair Randy Ruedrich when both were on the Oil and Gas Commission, and co-chaired Palin's 2006 gubernatorial campaign. He was hoping for an appointment to head the Department of Health and Social Services so he could "stop the department from interfering with families when they should not be interfering and get them interfering with families when they should be interfering" but he was passed over.
• He defended a man who twice poured buckets of water from a passing pickup onto anti-war demonstrators in the rain and snow. His client was convicted of harassment and violating constitutional rights.
• He was the co-chair of Alaskans for Phil Gramm. (Gramm is one of the people responsible for the current economic crisis, and as co-chair of John McCain's presidential campaign he called us "a nation of whiners.")
• He is a former vice president of the National Rifle Association and was in line to become president but was voted out of office. He is still a director of the NRA.
• He ran for governor in 1998 and 2002. (Think he'll use the AG post as a stepping stone to the governor's mansion?)

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=18495170C354471A186DBC47243EF887?diaryId=10144

[Deep13]

1. I was just thinking the same thing about Republicans.

The problem with these conservative degenerates is that having nothing intelligent to say does not prevent them from talking.

[Blue_In_AK]

2. Sarah could not have gotten any more "in your face" with this pick

on so many levels. I don't believe there is a more controversial lawyer in the entire state. As is mentioned in this piece, the Native people are also up in arms over this choice. Please see this post at Alaska Real http://alaskareal.blogspot.com/2009/03/palin-says-final-farewell-to-myth-that.html

[katanalori]

4. what a clueless twit.........

Also, too.........she had to fill Senator Kim Elton's seat (Elton went to work for PRESIDENT Obama's administration) - the rules state that the replacement must be a democrat. so, what did she do?
She named someone who was a registered Republican until just weeks ago (and the guy says he was a registered Republican "by mistake, a possible clerical error.' righto. It will be another bad week for bad sarah with thse two radical appointments.

[Blue_In_AK]

5. Yeah, the hits just keep coming.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the Democrats in the legislature will fight her on both of these appointments, but with Dems like Doogan down there, I'm not too hopeful.

[Kerrytravelers]

3. She is just sick. And so is this waste of air space as an AG.

I fear, not only for the good, decent people living in Alaska, but for the rest of the country as well. With dangerous people like this in positions of power, no one is safe, no matter where you live.

[msongs]

6. does he think unmarried teen girls n boys who have sex are whores like......you know who nt

[bluedawg12]

7. He's a great reflection on her.

:sarcasm: :evilgrin: :rofl:

[intheflow]

8. She was thinking it was a compliment.

A pet name for lesbians, calling them Ellen Degenerates.

(OK, that was bad, I know!:spank:)