Total BS. My husband worked at Queen's for awhile. They're the top cardiac hospital in the state. Their goal is to have a patient with a suspected MI in the cath lab within an hour. Survival rates are huge. Lingle would never have gotten elected if everybody hated Rush.
There are a lot of conservatives here, and I have never encountered "hatred" from anyone here - we ran into more of that sort of thing in Texas than we have here. We're very conservative, quite vocal about it, retired military, and haole.
I lived in the state 10 years! I’ve seen it and lived it, so don’t presume so much about me. There are some truly nice Hawaiians, but it is by far the most bigoted state I’ve ever lived in, including Texas, which is not where I’m from, so your little “dig” at the end of your comment is humorous. I have to ask, did you have children in the public schools in Hawaii? If so, did they have blue eyes and blond hair? Did they enjoy Kill Haole Day? Is there any other state in the union that has a special day set aside to harass kids of a particular race?