Says Community of "higher value" than the Individual

From Eric Dondero:

Fox News liberal commentator Kirsten Powers was interviewed by libertarian-conservative columnist Matt Lewis of the Daily Caller. On her personal religious views:

I also now see humanity as totally interconnected and am completely anti-individualism. It's sad that Americans believe that individualism is so great, because I really do believe we would be a better country if we held the concept of community as a higher value.

Calls fellow Alaskan Sara Palin the ultimate Individualist

Powers, a native Alaskan, went on to say that while she agrees with Sarah Palin on "almost nothing," she admitted that Palin is indeed the "quintessential Alaskan woman." Continuing:

There's a popular T-shirt line in that says, "Alaskan Women Kick Ass," which pretty much sums up how Alaskans view their women. Alaskans are very independent, self confident, nonconformist and anti-elitism... they fish, hunt, camp, ride snow machines. Alaska has a history of fierce frontier women and that legacy continues...

there has always been a sense that people who aren't from Alaska are kind of wussy. Alaskans believe they are special and different and "tougher"... I see this attitude emanate from her in terms of how she just dismissed the Beltway crowd and East Coast elites.

Editor's Note - I had the pleasure of meeting Matt Lewis back in the Spring at a Blogger's conference in Austin with Rick Perry and Andrew Breitbart.