Angry Alaskan Confronts ‘Celebrity’ Palin
Here we have one Kathleen Gustafson, miffed resident of Homer, Alaska, making her displeasure with former Gov Sarah Palin clear by invoking the Bible, calling Palin a "celebrity" -- no, that's not a compliment -- and hoisting (continued).Here we have one Kathleen Gustafson, miffed resident of Homer, Alaska, making her displeasure with former Gov. Sarah Palin clear by invoking the Bible, calling Palin a “celebrity” — no, that’s not a compliment — and hoisting a banner emblazoned with the words “WORST GOVERNOR EVER.” Palin attempts to find common ground by chatting about Gustafson’s fisherman husband, as members of the Palin clan and a TLC camera crew hover nearby, but her onetime constituent isn’t having it. The exchange took place Saturday as Palin hit Homer to film footage for her reality show, “Sarah Palin’s Alaska.”
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