"The governor absolutely stands behind Wayne Anthony Ross as her attorney general and is confident that he is going to get confirmed," Leighow said.
This came after the end of the confirmation hearing for Ross until a confirmation vote expected on Thursday. At this confirmation hearing Ross wouldn't confirm or deny if he still thinks gays are "degenerates". Oh and we also learn that he also believes that peaceful war protesters in Alaska are causing danger for our kids.
On Whether he still believes if gays are "degenerates"
Two Democratic senators on the committee repeatedly asked Ross if he still believes gays are degenerates.
Ross replied that his job as attorney general is to represent all Alaskans, and "my personal opinions in that regard have no place and I decline to state my opinion."
Sen. Bill Wielechowski pressed for an answer. "Do you still adhere to your statement from years ago where you said they were degenerates and immoral?" he asked. Ross: "I was not attorney general at that time."
Wielechowski asked twice more and did not get a yes or no answer from Ross.
"So you're refusing to answer my question?" said Wielechowski, an Anchorage Democrat.
Ross replied: "That's correct, yes, senator, you betcha."
On War Protestors
So that wasn't even the worst part. We learned that Ross thinks that if your son is fighting for his country, he thinks they should get immunity from prosecution of crimes. Wait say that again.
Senators later asked Ross about his support for Jeff Webster, who admitted in 2003 that he poured buckets of water from the back of a passing pickup on women holding peace signs at Soldotna's busiest intersection. Webster, who had a son serving in the Marines in Iraq, received a warning from Soldotna police the first time, then returned a week later with two buckets, video cameras rolling. His video, widely distributed via e-mail, showed several people holding signs on a curbside getting doused from a passing white pickup to the tune of Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA." As the water showers them, Greenwood voice on the video sings, "I'm proud to be an American."
Ross volunteered to defend Webster for no fee, saying he was harmlessly expressing his free speech out of concern for a son in the war zone. "The more people who protest the war like that, the more dangerous it is for the kids," Ross said at the time. "What does the state see in prosecuting someone whose son is fighting for the country?"
Here's the video of Webster by the way
Oh and there's some more stuff about this Troopergate where he defends First Dude in a letter
"Loyal, hard-working state employees, and the Governor's husband Mr. Palin, do not deserve such treatment, especially from such an august body as the Alaska state Senate. The Senate's finding of contempt was unwarranted and improper and we request that it be immediately set aside," Ross wrote on Feb. 10.
Okay so this guy is fit to be Attorney General how. Really can they not find anybody else.