Where the Bars Are Open Till 5a.m

摘要

At the republican convention, sarah Palin talked about her hometown as if it were a place painted by Norman Rockwell. She spoke about the factory workers and the farmers. She quoted the mid-20th-century columnist Westbrook Pegler: "We grow good people in our small towns, with honesty and sincerity and dignity." She talked about conservative values and fiscal discipline. "I grew up with those people," she said. So you might imagine that Wasilla, Alaska, is a tight-knit community with a general store, cozy cabins and a quaint bar where everyone knows your name, all centered around a town square with a steepled church and a frozen pond.