Alaskan Women Protest Palin

Alaskan women organized a protest of close to 1500* people this weekend, all demonstrating against Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

“The whole thing grew out of frustration,” said Charla Sterne, one of the organizers, who like several people at the rally declined to say where they worked (several said they were state employees and feared retribution).
“Last week this was just ten women sitting around talking about this perception that all of Alaska supports Sarah Palin. We apparently hit a nerve and started a movement,” Sterne said.

One local blogger, from Mudflats, had this to say:

Never, have I seen anything like it in my 17 and a half years living in Anchorage. The organizers had someone walk the rally with a counter, and they clicked off well over 1400 people (not including the 90 counter-demonstrators). This was the biggest political rally ever, in the history of the state. I was absolutely stunned. The second most amazing thing is how many people honked and gave the thumbs up as they drove by. And even those that didn’t honk looked wide-eyed and awe-struck at the huge crowd that was growing by the minute. This just doesn’t happen here.

You can see a ton of great photos from the demonstration at Mudflats, here and at Adventures in AK.
Thanks, Alaskan activists!
Via Feminist Peace Network.
*WaPo says close to a thousand, protesters say about 1500 people were there.