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Hanson has a local connection of sorts too.

He was one of those who went positively goggle eyed,

…. and utterly and unhealthily depraved in his adoration of Quitty pants Palin.

He was like a smitten adolescent in his doting praise of Palin.

Called her smart, strong, …

..( I have to stop there,  ….I can't use all the adjectives Hanson heaped on Palin without being nauseated all over again like the first time I read his praise of Palin.)

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