It's not so much that Alaska Republicans are corrupt, it's that they are so deeply stupid. There is something to admire in someone who is cleverly corrupt (Sen. Ted Stevens) but this current crowd running things just come off as sad pathetic social climbers. The oil industry too easily exploits their low self esteem. Not a single one of them has the social charm or intellect to be liked on their own merits, it's just that they pledged to the first sorority that would take them and they can't seem to move past the freshman hazing period. 

The industry and lobbyists don't really like you, they just get paid to pretend to.

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