The 24,000 pages of emails from Sarah Palin’s first year and a half as governor released Friday did not yield any major bombshells, but a former Alaskan lawmaker hit back at Palin’s use of the term "bird-nose" to describe him in correspondence with her staff:
From: Palin, Sarah (GOV sponsored)To: Frye, Ivy J (DOA)
Sent: Sun Oct 21 14:36:58 2007
Subject: Re: Ramras
Oh yeah- and I jsu read your letter online @ Frontiersman!!!! I’m cheering. Todd’s cheering.
I’ll be in Juneau tonight. But not to hold Jay Bird-Nose Ramras’ hand. What a doof.
Former Alaska Rep. Jay Ramras, who is Jewish, said there was a "meanness and a vindictiveness" in the way Palin used his physical appearance to describe him.
"She governs like one of the mean girls of the seventh grade," Ramras, a Republican, told JTA.
He said Palin became "more and more of an enigma to people living in Alaska when we watched her govern."
"I’m glad she’s wearing a Star of David that she got in Israel," Ramras said. "I hope she continues to grow as a person."
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