Palin and Murkowski Have Private Meeting…
Here’s an interesting little nugget. Seems like Sarah Palin and Lisa Murkowski had a little meeting in the treehouse and pulled up the ladder.
Yesterday, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski met privately with Gov. Sarah Palin, and emerged from the meeting hopeful about a 2010 race to keep her Senate seat.
“I’m raising money and I would certainly hope to have the support of Alaskans for a second term but we haven’t made a formal announcement yet.”
Murkowski demurred when asked whether she thought the governor would challenge her, saying she doesn’t know “what the governor intends”.
We may never know what transpired in this private meeting, but it would have been quite interesting to have been a fly on the wall.
Can we assume if Murkowski doesn’t “know what the governor intends” then that means that the governor wouldn’t or didn’t say she wasn’t going to run? Does this change the odds on the running bet here in Alaska that Palin will not, in fact, run for anything in 2010 but will pass Go, collect $200 (or an $11 million book deal) and go straight to a presidential run?
hopefully she runs straight for the big office so we all have two years to tear her down!
It is my hope that she will, in fact, run for president, because she doesn’t have a chance. On the other hand, if she runs for Governor again, she may just win. There are enough Republicans here to pull it off, and that frightens me. I just don’t think I can live with her as Governor for a second term. Oh, and is there a countdown clock for her yet? How many days left?
Hope Lisa doesn’t bank on anything SP said………she is a proven pathalogical liar. Her word is shit. Wonder who called the meeting ??
Egads…I just saw Pat Buchanan on MSNBC slobbering over her calendar…apparently it was the top selling calendar on Amazon.com. Go figure. I’m thinking the book deal and the run for Prez. How about that – a Pez head for Prez.
AKM…don’t you mean 2010?
Yes, I do. Sigh…. I’ve been terrible lately. Sorry all!
AKM
I vote book deal, speeches, media events, dinners with Old White GOPs- anything to raise money and recognition- and then a run for the White House. Of course, if she blows handling the economy, gets nailed for more taxes, charged with one or more “gates”, or-highly unlikely- the RNC comes to their senses…the party for her is over, and the party for the rest of us begins.
Need to stock up on more popcorn…
Lisa shouldn’t bank on anything a proven pathalogical liar say’s or promises. Sarah’s word is worth nothing.
austintx (08:55:08) :
Lisa shouldn’t bank on anything a proven pathalogical liar say’s or promises. Sarah’s word is worth nothing.
I agree 100%
I vote skips 2010 goes straight for the big house. She’s just vein enough and egotistical enough to think she can pull it off. And they said Obama didn’t have enough experience…wow, what fun it’ll be to watch. But if she loses she’ll probably go on to become CEO of Focus on the Family or some other rightnut org and be able to raise massive funds for more weirdos. Isn’t it “enlightenment” time for the USA. You know, science and such???????????
That’s been my worst fear for a long time. Take the book money, get your sorry self out of the spotlight for awhile & go for the big house. She’s already rallying the evangelicals & that takes precedence over anything else she does… including Alaskan problems. Her ticket to the White House is Alaskan oil & evangelicals & that governs her decisions now. It terrifies me to think of her on the ticket.
phobe, she will have to run against a whole bunch of other GOPers before she ever faces a Dem. She isn’t the only one with ambition. And let’s face it, how many states would she win a Rep primary in? There are very few states that are primarily fundamental (Louisianna, Mississippi… ). She -nor most of the GOP potentials lean to far right. Even if Obama is a disaster, most of us would vote for a disaster over an end time freak.
Well, I hope Alaskans know that lots of us “outside” Alaska will start saving out
POP bottles {as we say in the Midwest} and aluminum cans and anything else
possible to turn in to money to support WHOEVER runs against her WHENEVER
that election happens.
Every where I go collecting for the Food Drive, including the Post Offices, people
here are interested and shocked about the state government’s neglect of the
rural villages. They get it right away, want the websites info for details.
I think that is going to stick in people’s memories as Katrina has. [Although I am
hoping longer term solutions will happen for rural AK than have for LA.]
It’s pretty clear from the recent press conference with state legislators and yesterday’s Yukon Delta escapade that the job of governing Alaska is just an annoying sideline now left mostly to aides, and that the position, like the kids, is used as a prop and backdrop for what she imagines in her pea brain (encouraged by sycophants and users like Franklin Maggot Graham) is a viable run at the presidency in 2012.
What can we do but sit back and watch the drama (no, make that farce) unfold? Every stupid thing she does will be chronicled in detail by anonymous bloggers– some particularly egregious ones will be picked up by MSM, and one or more of the Gates will get her long before the primary (see Jindal secretly smiling). Who knows? Maybe even Cathy Baldwin Johnson will talk eventually?
To summarize: no second run for governor (bo-ring), no run for the senate (might break a nail), just pallin’ with right wing nut jobs until the day she trades in the ermine-collared parka for an orange jumpsuit and they all abandon her.
With Jindal’s refusal of part of the stimulus money, I expect SP to be right on his coattails. Word is even if he rejects it the legislature can overrule it and we get the money anyway. Then he looks like a true conservative candidate for 2012. Should be interesting to hear what he has to say in response to Obama’s speech on Tuesday.
“…2012, but will pass Go, collect $200 (or an $11 million book deal) and go straight to a presidential run?”
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I think you all are onto something there ~ and I’m certain GINO is wonderin’, “how do they these things out, with my “idills” and all?” What a pickle.
I’m not sure she isn’t just a little bit afraid of the pathetic anonymous bloggers now. Any run for anything will bring a dumptruck load of sh*t for her. If she thought she could hide behind the Thug machine before, she can’t anymore. Let her run for anything. It will be a fun, popcorn-eatin’ time for everyone. Those pesky medical records can’t stay hidden forever. I’m betting on anti-anxiety, anti-depression, anti-human being medications. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but I don’t want my elected official having a bad hair day and pressing the button!
Besides, if we here in the blogmatron, can raise enough money to send a dude to a far off native village in no time, I am sure we can raise enough money for whomever runs against her in any office, given several months time.
heh heh.. I love my pj’s
Oops! Missed a word in there: figure
Go figure…
@Ripley: love it. like minds on opposite coasts. Let the popping begin!
@ wired differently- “…until the day she trades in the ermine-collared parka for an orange jumpsuit and they all abandon her.”
perfect. I wonder if they would allow her to wear the naughty monkey shoes… you know, we just had a naughty monkey here in CT…. bad scene, dude. Google “chimp in CT”.
You know, I used to be a Republican (many long years ago). I reulyt believe in the Jefferson/Jackson small government idea. But -we’ve come a long way from there and I don’t see that changing. The point is, I was thinking today, I’d rather sell my soul than have another right wing nutcase president. If my options are freedom and eternal debt -I’ll take the debt. And funny, how the Repubs don’t mind multi trillion dollar debt for wars but hate it for all other things.
@Ripley: I hardly ever use internet acronyms, but I have to say– your comment? lol
Ripley in CTNo Gravatar (09:23:33) :
Well said.
And hopefully we can also strengthen the separation of church and state laws in this country. If Franklin wants to play politics, he should have his tax exempt status pulled (along with the Mormons).
I took the month of March off from my writing job to write a book about the missteps of Palin and all you pathetic bloggers. If anyone is interested in adding their 2 cents you can email me, I’ll give you 500 words to comment on the topic of your choice (I have about 60 of them to cover). pjc@dejazz.com
Palin will run for senate in 2010, if she wants a national platform for 2012.
He ego is that big; fortunately her inability to tell the truth and her lack of ethics will have caught up to her by then. The tax thing this week was just the tip of the tax iceberg- there is still the family travel at state expenses, the state vehicle she drives, etc. Add that to the Monegan and Colberg firings, and the general incompetence of the Palin/Parnell administration, there’s a lot of good material.
As she said about Ted Stevens, “(s)he owes Alaskans an explanation.”
RatfishNo Gravatar (09:38:17) :
As she said about Ted Stevens, “(s)he owes Alaskans an explanation.”
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Good luck with that.
“I don’t know where she’s going to be. You’ll be stuck with me. There will be no glamour, certainly no snappy dressing. I brought my best two pairs of jeans. There’s a little bit of a horse shit stain by the knee. But I’ve been washing that stuff out.”
– Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D), quoted by ABC News, ribbing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) for announcing at the last minute that she will not be attending a panel on energy policy that the two governors were scheduled to lead at this weekend’s National Governors Association meeting.
Here’s somebody else who thinks she’ll be running for Prez in 2012.
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2009-02-20_120334614.html
Can you believe this is going to appear alongside works by Caravaggio, Raphael, Canova and Bernini?
And the meeting? It was a short one. Just long enough for Lisa to take Sarah by the fur collar, shove her up against a wall and say, mess with me and I will take. you. down. Alaska-style politics. (or Illinois, or hmmm, just about anywhere come to think of it.)
Murkowski might not “know what the governor intends”, simply because Palin was shrewd enough not to signal her next move. The 2010 race is still a ‘lifetime’ away, and Palin has recently been branded in the national media as a “tax cheat”. Why shouldn’t Palin keep all her options open?
It would seem that a candidate with no real qualifications or achievements, who has already lost one national election, would need to boast of having been re-elected at least one time.
Quote of the Day
“I don’t know where she’s going to be. You’ll be stuck with me. There will be no glamour, certainly no snappy dressing. I brought my best two pairs of jeans. There’s a little bit of a horse shit stain by the knee. But I’ve been washing that stuff out.”
– Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D), quoted by ABC News, ribbing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) for announcing at the last minute that she will not be attending a panel on energy policy that the two governors were scheduled to lead at this weekend’s National Governors Association meeting.
I’m betting the meeting is about how to apply for stimulus money without them both looking completely stupid. They have nothing to lose; they look stupid either way after the things they have said.
I will take. you. down. LOL! Bet she did, too.
http://www.politicalwire.com
“I don’t know where she’s going to be. You’ll be stuck with me. There will be no glamour, certainly no snappy dressing. I brought my best two pairs of jeans. There’s a little bit of a horse shit stain by the knee. But I’ve been washing that stuff out.”
– Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D), quoted by ABC News, ribbing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) for announcing at the last minute that she will not be attending a panel on energy policy that the two governors were scheduled to lead at this weekend’s National Governors Association meeting.
OFF TOPIC
I posted this on the forum – but thought it may be useful for some Mudpuppies over here too
Just an FYI which already may be known to quite a few –
A couple months ago I visited with local library and found that our state has on line access to Audio Books from multiple in-state libraries. Since then I have “burned” several books (Odd Hours – Ken Koontz / Echo Burning – Lee Child / Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain etc)
My understanding is that one (or more) libraries will upload an Audio Book and any library member in the state can download it to their PC, then based on copyright – the book can be burned to CD or MP3 for patron listening. Some books can be downloaded by several patrons during the same lending period, again, based on permissions, allowing more patrons to enjoy.
It is a wonderful service for house-bound patrons, visually impaired, commuters, or those of us that can multi-task at work.
Our State on-line audio library has a wide variety of books from Childrens to Non-Fiction Historical to New Political to Learning a Language to Mystery and Suspense.
Contact your local library to see if this service is available in your state – and pick up a batch of disc’s – since many of the books are unabridged.
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Maybe Murkowski was just giving Palin a heads-up that…. the IRS hasn’t even started yet
Lance – Speaking of Mormons……..can’t you just picture SP in a debate with Romney ?? He would slaughter her !! And the first time one of her commercials questions his Mormon religion……..you’ll see the witch doctor video played 24/7. I don’t think she will make it that far……..but if she did , Romney will make her wish she never even thought of 2012.
@Ripley
Boy did you ever…….moral of the story….don’t give an anxious chimp tea laced with Xanax….he may try to bite your face off. Sure hope the same scenario doesn’t happen to Alaska’s over anxious governor. Better hide the Xanax.
According to http://nailinpalinnow.blogspot.com/ , Sarah Palin is 618 days away from leaving the Governor’s job. There’s a countdown clock somewhere on her page. 618 days if SP doesn’t run again and win, of course…
wired differently (09:46:19) :
… Just long enough for Lisa to take Sarah by the fur collar, shove her up against a wall and say, mess with me and I will take. you. down.
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thanks for leaving us with that delicious mental image!
I often see on this blog and others, that Sarah is an idiot, and that her 15 minutes of fame are up I agree with the idiot part, not the 15 minutes.
I am one of the 3 people in the lower 48 who knew who Sarah was a year ago, because I study right wing hate groups, and they had picked her as their presidential candidate long before then. I consider her the most dangerous politician in recent American history, as she clearly represents the American Taliban, and has an unbelieveable hold on the great unwashed.
Please keep exposing her and stop her from further election to public office.
Not to overdramatize, but there was a a hopeless loser who was the butt of jokes and ridicule in Austria in 1930 that went on to quite a political career.
I wish someone would light the fuse on her tampon…while she is wearing it.
Does that make me bad?
618 days….well, if she doesn’t disappear from the national scene and start doing something in AK to add to her skills and accomplishment list she will never survive a run for Pres. TMI….to much information has already been collected and will take her down. I don’t think she is smart enough to go to work for AK she as we all can see is working for her base, who hope she will save them from themselves.
I’ve never in my life seen any one with as many people that hate them this early on, ever make it on to the national ticket. Most have to work to get name recognition and also to hide the bodies and Tax dodges they have in the closet….her closet has been wide open now for months and it isn’t pretty.
Lisa Murkowski is articulate and bright. I may not agree with her politics all the time, but she has also traveled far and wide in this state – something Governor Fur Face has not done. LM is well liked by many Alaskans because they’ve SEEN her in person, and she wasn’t promoting her own agenda with cameras and spokespeople. When Lisa travels in AK, she’s just Lisa Murkowski the senator.
I don’t think SP could win – it would cost a LOT of money (Murkowskis are well established and well connected in AK, esp. Southeast AK since they are from Ketchikan). Palin has no real base in SE AK, and she’s not making herself popular in the bush, either. Two big strikes against Fur Face right there – rural AK, and SE AK. And if Anchorage tips to Murkowski, it’s all over. SP could only carry the Interior with any certainty.
She is constantly bragging about executive experience, something she would have to give up if she didn’t run for Governor in 2010. And if she runs and loses, then that doesn’t look good on her resume either. So my take is that she won’t run against LM but probably will try for Gov or something else that gives her executive experience. She already has the whack job base – she needs moderates, independents and intelligent Republicans. She has a lot of folks behind the scenes giving advice and pulling strings, so there is a master plan developing. She’ll try Hail Mary’s too since she’s so fond of McCain.
Bystander (10:08:48) : I was in a hotel room in Memphis having evacuated due to Hurricane Gustave, and Feaux News was one of the few channels they had. GAG. When SP came out and gave her first speech I couldn’t believe how fake she came across…and people loved it! I believe Bill Maher summed her up best with, “She’s a category 5 moron!”
Bystander – Point taken on the history lesson. There weren’t bloggers in their pj’s telling the truth on a daily basis back then. We also have KO and RM. And don’t forget the vast youtube archives of Sarah’s idiotic blatherings.
If Palin wants to seriously run for President that she needs to make Iowa her new home away from home pretty soon. Honestly, I can’t see her winning any of the early Republican Primaries. Iowa and New Hampshire, are pretty much out, and I don’t even think that she can take South Caralina. SInce it almost all of the states are winner to take all, she would probably be effectively done within the first month. Although since the media seems to love to see what crazy thing she is going to say next and Sara loves the spotlight, she would probably technically remain in long after the math dictatated that she was done, even if her campaign was completely broke.
Lisa Murkowski shouldn’t trust ANYTHING GINO says. Period.
If the 2010 Senate race is GINO vs. Murkowski it will end up being a beauty pageant (which I loathe).
Murkowski is far from perfect (the nepotism thing started me off on the wrong foot with her) but she is WAY better than GINO. And very much a moderate R.
I would suggest Dems get behind Murkowski now (yes, I realize she was/is against the stimulus package) but if you don’t want to see GINO in her seat, you may need to forgive Murkowski for her mistake(s).
Neither can trust the other so they’ll just have to dance around each other for awhile. Meanwhile, SP is trying to figure out how to make a pact with the devil w/o letting anyone know she’s flirting with the dark side. She will do ANYTHING at this point to further her career. But when it comes down to “dirt”, she has FAR too much baggage to win against LM.
A weird thought – I threw “out there” last year the idea that SP’s zealots would start gathering in Wasilla come spring to be near and dear to her. That may not be so far off the mark – we’ll have to wait and see. If so, Wasilla could become a very very strange place – at least until the snow files again and the chaff flies home to warmer climes. Secret Shopper – ???
SillyWhabbit – No , you are not bad. I can think of several variations of your “wish”. To keep with the decorum of the award winning Mudflats blog – I will keep those thoughts to myself.
Interesting, Bystander. I, too, had come to the “American Taliban” conclusion and see the evangelical, hate-based, uninformed politicos as the true “terrorist” threat to democracy. They are happy to gorge at the trough of corporate socialism but denigrate government that serves the needs of its citizens. They will not stop in their desire to foist their agenda on the rest of the world.
As an Alaskan, the mother of an Iraq war veteran, and a person of compassion and action, I say we all need to pay attention, be informed, and inform others. As a state, we cannot afford to have Palin’s bumbling, preening and posturing bring Alaska to it’s knees. And we cannot afford to lull ourselves into complacency by thinking that SP’s arrogance and stupidity will prevent her ascension to the White House.
It wasn’t that long ago that friends and family shared the Washington, DC streets with two million other joyful citizens as they waved goodbye to the clueless Pennsylvania Street resident of the last 8 years. We allowed him that undeserved honor twice and we could (horrors!!) do it again. Be vigilant, be vocal and take action, in your PJ’s or otherwise.
If Sarah Palin even gets as far as debating in the 2012 primaries, I hope someone checks her for earbuds.
I don’t think ANY candidate for national office should be able to have an earful of talking points rattled off to her from an aide offstage.
You know there has been an array of photographs of Sarah Palin on stage during the 2008 election campaign, especially her debate with Joe Biden, showing extreme closeups of her rather peculiarly shaped ears, with suspicions about whether some of the odd shape was due to flesh-colored earbuds.
I’m hoping she goes hunting with Cheney and he’s a bad shot again. Distracted by her blithering idiotness.
I’m just now thinking…about that meeting between Murkowski and SWWNBN. Come with me, into a magical land..
Place yourself as a fly on the wall of the factory in the newer Willie Wonka movie with Johnny Depp… The scene where Violet Beauregard and Veruca Salt are walking down the hallway, eyeing each other suspiciously…Then Violet puts out her pinky and says, “Let’s be friends” and Veruca puts her other hand behind her back, crossing her fingers and responds, “BEST friends” and they do a pinky swear.
This scene is those two women.
The best thing for the Democrats is to have Gov Winky on the Rep. presidential ticket. But it won’t happen — the intelligent Republicans know Palin lacks the depth and intelligence to be in the WH.
Sure, tens of thousands are enamored of Palin — but hundreds of thousands believe she is inept, incoherent and totally unqualified for any office. Her ‘base’ will remain fired up – but that is a small fraction of the US electorate.
Palin is better performance than politician. And she remains oblivious to the fact that most people regard her as a joke. A word has even been coined in the English lexicon: Palinisms – which, or course, means ‘word salad.’
Martha Unalaska Yard Sign (10:35:00)
Agreed. A very awkward relationship they must have. I’m sure GINO thinks “I beat your dad, I can beat you.” And I’m sure the DC insiders that are far-right don’t like Murk, so there may be something else going on as well. It still surprises me that GINO has a 60% approval rating at the moment???? The pollsters don’t call anyone I know.
The Valley is already too weird for me, haven’t been there in several years (it’s not a place for a pro-choicer like me). I believe in God but I’m not a religious nut so I avoid the bible belts. Your theory wouldn’t surprise me. I could see Wasilla becoming “Stepford-like” because of GINO. Do you have a most excellent suggestion? I’ll listen.
She’ll probably run with Pat Buchanan as her VP. He was all over MSNBC with his Palin calendar which he just loves. They also said it was the hottest office supply sold on Amazon in December. GREAT!
Kajo – Unlike Biden , Romney will go straight for the jugular vein. SP can even have someone sitting next to her , and he still will slice and dice her.
Sillywabbit… that’s just… sick. Kinda funny, but… sick.
I’m hoping Lisa M’s comments to Palin were more of the practical nature (I’m gonna kick your butt if you run against me) than political (we should all share credit equally for the work I am doing on your behalf). Palin’s got quite the toolbox of dirty and/or unethical deeds that Lisa M. could use against her. That toolbox will get fuller as the IRS digs deeper into all these large “free” gifts that Palin’s received but not declared on her tax returns.
A few months ago, I was hoping Palin would not consider running for President. But I’ve changed my mind. I am hoping she will run. And run headfirst into the GOP’s opposition research. It’ll be fun watching her try to defend her style of indifferent governance. It’ll be fun to watch her GOP opponents utilize the very things we read about on mudflats against her.
And it’ll be fun seeing all those pennsyltucky democrats change party affiliations just to vote for one of her opponents in the state primary.
If she lasts that long.
My first reaction was wondering why Murkowski would believe anything SP told her. I think LM had to indicate there was some communication, and that is all that happened.
We’re seeing this run on “sugar daddys.” E.g., Graham, Coale, and the Alfalfa guy (forget his name). She’s playing big time now. Maybe the first was McCain, and look how that panned out. She’s bound to screw up and alienate someone. Also dipping into big money pots is going to attract more attention on those doings.
If we keep the pressure on, one slip could cascade into many. Let’s keep going with the food drive. We’re the ones with the long memories, and staying active will continue the pressure.
Pat Buchanan, Jew hater. Mix that with her love of “Jews for Jesus” and she just lost the consrvative Jew vote (and their money).
OT: Do any of our rural friends know anything about GINO’s arrival yesterday? Do they know that folks like us have been helping for WEEKS now? I’m kinda surprised by the “warm welcome” GINO received as stated by the ADN.
Anyone know the truth??
GINO’s getting some serious neck jowls. Good for her that her sister-in-law (Wendy Palin) is an aestician works for a plastic surgeon in Anchorage.
I doubt she’ll risk re-election bid or run for Senate. Rather she can publish her book and start campaigning to be President. The book will make her millions of dollars. Then after she is defeated early in primaries, she can become a televangelist or spokes person for some wacko religious group or perhaps even a lobbyist.
indianapooh – key word “December”……..most were bought as gag gifts for Christmas.
@Martha: “Wasilla could become a very very strange place…” Oh my. Stranger than it already is?
Chicago Tribune:
by Frank James
The fight for the soul and future of the Republican Party is taking place over the $787 billion economic stimulus.
Every chance they get, congressional Republicans are trying to reclaim the mantle of the anti-tax, anti-spending, small government party. Their nearly monolithic opposition to the stimulus was a perfect opportunity to make the point that they’re no longer the big government, big spending Republican party of the Bush years.
As Politico.com points out, something similar is occurring at the state level with Republican governors, although they aren’t nearly as uniform in their opposition as congressional Republicans.
Some governors, underscoring their adherence to their party’s newly reanimated anti-spending creed are denouncing the stimulus package. But others are able to be less ideologically pure as they lead states where conservatives don’t have the upper hand. The 2012 presidential primaries are the backdrop to all of this.
An excerpt:
On the one side is South Carolina’s Mark Sanford, the chairman of the Republican Governors Association, who refers to the spending package as “a tremendous mistake.”
“The spending plan will prove to be an absolute disaster,” Sanford said in an interview. “The bottom line is that it’s horrible.”
On the other is Florida’s Charlie Crist, the popular first-term governor who appeared on stage with Obama last week to urge passage of the stimulus.
“I support the stimulus plan because, number one, we need it,” Crist told Politico. “Florida sends an awful lot of tax dollars to D.C. and we ought to get some of it back.”
Many Republican governors, including party heavyweights Mississippi’s Haley Barbour, Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal, Alaska’s Sarah Palin and Rick Perry of Texas, have taken a hard line against what they say are the debt-increasing measures in the economic recovery bill. But Crist and a few others, most notably California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, have been more receptive to the new federal funds.
To some degree, the varying approaches adopted by Sanford and Crist reflect the unique political environments in which they operate. Sanford represents a heavily Republican state where his message has a resonance it wouldn’t have in Florida, where Crist must contend with a far more competitive two-party landscape and a budget shortfall that could lead to draconian cuts in services.
Nonetheless, their dueling approaches have suddenly designated Sanford and Crist as the two poles of Republican restoration theory–one that calls for a return to core conservative principles and a back-to-basics approach, and another that is more pragmatic and bipartisan in tone.
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Let’s face it, smart Repubs know that they’ll never regain the big house with these right wing, far right, creation science, gay hater, Jew hater fanatics. She’ll be a voice for the fanatics, and nothing more.
ack! Over on ADN.. she brought… get this…. HOMEMADE COOKIES!!! LMFAO!!! She’s a real chooch! That just takes it..
sauerkraut – They already have the dirt……..that’s what the platoons of thugs/lawyers were doing up in AK. during the campaign. I mean…the head turd was the ex U.S. Attorney for NYC. They know what we know…….and then some.
@ wired differently
Oh yes, oh yes! The mix of more zealots, more press poking around, and all the meth labs could be a very strange combination. As you denote, it’s already weird but there are still a lot of good folks who live there. I have family in Palmer and Big Lake (each on opposite ends of Wasilla) and I worry for them.
A hoochie chooch !!
Sarah is working the traditional press as best as she can. There is no way that the Team Sarah, Sarah pack, or any saviour Sarah church group is going to get her in office in 2012.
SHe is going to have one hell of a time getting reelected if she has the balls to go for it. She will rally the godly groupies to her cause, and instill all levels of dirty pool with her campaign. Drill baby drill cry’s, will be changed to, vote baby vote!
The ADN is going to stay neutral and feed the powers that be with good press. It sells papers.
The gates of Sarah’s past, present, and future will surely expose this GINO.
All of this is to try to distract from the fact that she is having TAX CHEATER PROBLEMS. Go, go, go IRS!
you guys should go read all the hot topics planned for the 3 day Conservative Conference, quite interesting! someone should be sure to order the DVD.
and hey, did ya realize “blogger” strategies are going to be talked about ? uh oh, lol
and Gov Palin’s “unfair media” interview movie is going to be shown twice, (well last week it was listed twice, now one is replaced with debate about “The View”)
is it common to make SO many last minute changes?
……and I wonder who the movie’s unnamed special guest speaker will be? could it possibly be….. Sarah?
And there’s an unnamed speaker for the “Woman of the Year” luncheon……could that possibly be….. Sarah?
will she be caught up on her homework there in AK and have “time” to get away for some repub bonding and r&r? yet more drama in…… Feb?
just askin……
This is next week, Feb. 26, 27, 28, Thur, Fri, Sat
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http://www.cpac.org/agenda_20708.html
“11:45
Conservatism 2.0 Conference
Palladian Ballroom
Sponsored by Pajamas Television
Activists, bloggers, students and scholars discussing new media strategies to shape the future of conservatism
Speakers: Joe Hicks, Roger Simon and Bill Whittle
Complimentary lunch served”
(this is odd, last week calender speaker list above is now changed to this below, note good ole JOE will be there! whoohoo)
Panelists: Stephen Green, Margaret Hoover, Andrew Klavan, Deroy Murdock, Alfonzo Rachel, Roger Simon, Joe Wurzelbacher (ask Joe the Plumber)
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“2:00
Sarah Palin Unplugged on the Media Video Interview
Diplomat Ballroom
Sponsored by “Media Malpractice” Movie
Speaker: John Ziegler and special guest
Open to all CPAC attendees/Tickets enclosed in CPAC registration bags
EMCEE: Martha Zoller, WDUN
Open to all CPAC attendees”
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“Woman of the Year Luncheon
Palladian Ballroom
Sponsored by the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute
Speaker: TBA
Lunch Served
Open to Pre-registered Women Students Only”
SillyWhabbit Seattle, WA,
You aren’t bad but the visual thought – more than I really needed!! LOL
But, just remember, when you light it, tilt her to the west — to Russia!!!
@Erin
It is my hope that she will, in fact, run for president, because she doesn’t have a chance.
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OMG, I pray not…never say never about her not having a chance, because she’s got those good ole boys hypnotized or something…although she also has the rest of us fighting against her…a much bigger advantage than just alaska
OMG, I hope I don’t have nightmares over this thought!!!
@Martha: gulp! Well, we are indeed living in interesting times, and they’re going to get more interesting in the next few years.
I don’t even know what to tell my 3 kids who are all in their early 20′s. We may all end up hunkered down in the family home, raising chickens and digging up the flower beds to plant veggies. If we’re that lucky.
Just keep knitting, just keep knitting…
AkMuckracker maybe you can help clear this up for me? If one switches from Democrat to Undeclared, then they can vote for whoever in the Primary…any political party? If they stay Undeclared, can they still vote for either political party in the General election? If they can vote either way in both the Prmary and General, then it’s in most Democrats best interest to switch to Undeclared, just to be sure to boot Gino out in the Primary.
Just curious, because I switched from Rpublican to Undeclared because I can’t stand Gino and the far right….or Wasilla Hillbillies…or liars, cheats, thives and media whores…..on and on.
oh horrors…..I just thought of this! what if she doesn’t run for Pres, but is chosen as VP run mate again?
@ Say No
Who would choose her? They know by now that she wants to be THE executive and that’s she’s all mavericky. Don’t think they would muddy the ticket that way, unless it was a MAJOR attempt at a Hail Mary and I’m not sure the R party is ready for that. And would YOU want a running mate who’s holding a knife behind her back while smiling and pageant walkin;?
Lance the Boil aka Crust Scramble (09:45:44) :
Here’s somebody else who thinks she’ll be running for Prez in 2012.
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2009-02-20_120334614.html
Can you believe this is going to appear alongside works by Caravaggio, Raphael, Canova and Bernini?
Lance, the show opened Feb. 9th. I saw this on Palingates and COULD NOT believe it so I googled and lo and behold…what can one say? If anyone speaks Italian, I would love to know what they are saying in the comments.
Say no to Palin in Politics – Too much drama and dirt. Dobson won’t be calling the shots next go around either. Plus – who is gonna buy all the clothes next time ???
I think the far-right-wingers underestimate the damage that they are doing to themselves with their Obama-hating. Should Obama succeed in restoring some financial stability and good-will overseas, make progress with the Iraq/Afghanistan situation, their hating and rhetoric will come back to haunt them. It’s hard for them to accept that they are not the majority, but it is true. They are loud, certainly, but still not the majority.
On bad days I get very discouraged about the state of the state of Alaska, particularly after reading about the crazies in Fairbanks who will be wearing their guns proudly in protest of what they see as an erosion of their 2nd Amendment rights. That idea was cooked up in a church, naturally. Guns & God. That’s how Palin and others like her get elected. Of course Obama’s been a tiny bit busy trying to address the economic issues, so I’m not really sure why they are already concerning themselves with what he will or won’t do about guns, but they don’t care about reality. What a relief it will be to leave Alaska in a few months. It can get a person down being surrounded by nutters.
On good days I am able to focus on the fact that it’s possible that the GOP and right-wing & evangelical haters will implode and have to eat crow someday soon. But that’s really the only positive that I can take from this. Our country is in some dire straits and the haters just keep on hating myths and chimeras cooked up by Rush Limbaugh and whatever other loon they listen to.
Does no one think for themselves anymore? My husband and I have been registered Republicans for a zillion years (I changed to Undeclared after SP was put on McCain’s ticket). We don’t vote party, we vote issues. Why are there so few who do that?
The thought that any country, particularly mine, could possibly garner enough votes to put someone like Palin in the highest office is very scary. What kind of country would have someone so ignorant & small-minded as their leader? What kind of people admire what she has to say, offer, etc?
The gates must start swinging open — soon!
I am with you SMR, I switched due to Gino as well. She is way to far right and un-hinged to be in any leadership role. If I had to spit everytime I mentioned her name, I would have to carry a towel with me all the time….maybe three towels! I would be drenched.
OMG are you kidding me? The session about blogging strategies is sponsored by Pajamas Television? I find that funny considering us bloggers hang out in our jammies in the basements of our parents’ houses.
Looks like a fun site – check out PVTV – Just Joe (yes, THAT Joe!) and his picture is on the conference icon. Oh to be a fly on that wall!
OT, but must share. Watching Willie Hensley on CSPN2 doing a book talk on his memoir “Fifty miles from tomorrow”. Great Native history.
(I ADMIT THAT THIS IS OT, BUT DIDN’T WANT TO BURY IT AT THE END OF THE PREVIOUS THREAD. IT’S TOO IMPORTANT!)
I can see the Village from my House (07:45:34) :
Why can’t we have the State invest in putting in greenhouses for year-round produce like those dear potato’s that Ann exalted over?
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BINGO!!! Bravo! Cheers! Wahoo! Bring it on!
Best idea I’ve heard in a long time. Somebody needs to get on this right away. I’d suggest John Moller, the new rural advisor. There should be grant available for this kind of thing.
And in that grant application, to the greenhouses, I’d add commercial food-drying equipment – so the food produced wouldn’t have to be stored with precious fuel or electricity.
Such a good suggestion, Village!
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And just to stay on-topic – aw, I’m not worried…Lisa can tear her to shreds. In fact, that would be fun to watch.
Women Who Run With The Wolves (11:32:40) :
I don’t know about Alaska, but in Colorado you cannot vote in a primary unless you are registered as a Democrat or a Republican. I am an Independent, so I miss the primaries- although I have several friends who switch to a party for the primary, then switch back. I also know Dems and Repugs who switch to the other party to mess with the primary, then switch back.
Make for interesting elections…
SP reminds me alot of Katherine Harris running for US Congress (2006 I think? Senate seat, may have been House).
Except KH started with lots of self-finanaced money. She came out of the box fairly strong with her North Florida base, but could in no way sustain it.
The Repubs will probably have a fairly strong field of contenders, and I just don’t see very many states putting their electoral college votes in Palin’s basket. With all the lip service people gave to gubenatorial experience in the 08 campaign (SP was the only one of the four on the final ticket to have any!),
she won’t come off very well against more experienced governprs of larger states – heck, almost makes me wish Charlie Crist would run.
Oh yeah, and all that campaigning really brought the “whack job” out of her, Katherine Harris, I mean.
But before 2012 is 2010. That’s the deepest and truest thing I will probably say today! Correct me if I’m wrong, but our little missy has a big choice to make for 2010, in fact, it’s a big gamble is what it is, if she wants to remain in politics at the level (or higher) that she is now. She can’t, I’m pretty sure, run for both Gov. AND an AK US congressional seat in 2010. But whatever she’s going to do, she’d going to have to announce fairly soon, I’d think. Two year campaigns are going to become, I’m afraid, the norm. And the election is a mere year and a half away.
But I agree with others – whatever Ms. Murkowski heard from SP in that room is not to be banked upon. Why do I feel that Ms. M knows that?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again Alaskans, line up the best slate of Gov. candidates you can, of all stripes and parties. This (2010) will be the year where real mavericks and real “breaths of fresh air” can get elected and start making a difference.
Oh crumb … have to go back to grading …. grrr … this is more fun …
SMR (12:00:04) :
Does no one think for themselves anymore? My husband and I have been registered Republicans for a zillion years (I changed to Undeclared after SP was put on McCain’s ticket). We don’t vote party, we vote issues. Why are there so few who do that?
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Polling and research done in Colorado before and after the November election discovered many CO voters do just that. That’s why the number of registered Independents almost outnumbers either party in most counties, and we tend to be a blueish-purple:-)
Thanks, CO almost native. If AKmuckracker isn’t able to answer the question, I am sure Andrew Halcro will. Whatever office she decides to run for in Alaska, it will be time for Alaskan’s to stratagize….and let me tell you, we will pull out all the tricks we have stashed up. She will not carry Southeast Alaska, and it looks like Southwest Alaska has had enough of her BS as well. She will carry the Valley and Fairbanks, and the more people I talk to out of Anchorage, I am thinking she may not be able to carry the Anchorage vote.
Let the games begin….remember we are doing this for our daughters, our grandchildren and…out comes my red Super Hero Cape….To save the World from her!
@CO Almost Native –
Polling and research done in Colorado before and after the November election discovered many CO voters do just that. That’s why the number of registered Independents almost outnumbers either party in most counties, and we tend to be a blueish-purple:-)
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You are very lucky to live somewhere like that. In AK I would guess that the majority of people who register as Independent still vote for Repubs when it comes time to punch the ticket. Alaskans cannot seem to realize that Republicans do not have all of the answers to the Guns/God/Oil issues. The oil folk that we know (work(ed) with) were nearly unanimous in their loathing of Palin and voting against the McCain ticket, and some of them are quite religious, if they can get it and my husband and I can get it, what is wrong with the rest of them? The military folk here, though, they really get to me, and I am surrounded by them. They are absolutely against voting Dem, some were absolutely hateful when I was going door to door for Obama (as if it was personal!), in spite of the fact that their party has treated them like cannon fodder, disposable bodies, refused to acknowledge PTSD, it took Dems to pass legislation that ensured that they would have better care. I just don’t get it! And sadly I do not live in one of the little blue pockets of Anchorage, so don’t get my daily sanity fix via neighbors. This state is so screwed up.
She`ll want her cake and eat it.
Daughter makes zillion dollar book deal on her mother and mother runs for office. Who can stop it?
In response to the greenhouse comment:
Iceland does the same thing. For years the commerce secretary of Iceland would travel and give speechs and he always had bananas with him. He would always explain that Iceland was “Banana Republic” b/c they grew bananas intheir greenhouses. It was all a government funded enterprise made possible by geothermal heat which the entire country, smaller than AK, runs on thnks to the Gov’t.
Green houses in that environment are terribly energy intensive. Without an inexpensive energy source, it would probably be prohibitive on the AK pennensula there.
Back to the topic:
I just don’t think Murkowski speaks Palinease yet. Or else she was overwhelmed by the word salad.
I just can’t see Sarah Palin holding out and not going to the CPAC next week.
I can just see the little squirrel cage going round and round in her head, thinking,
“OK, I’ll miss just 2 days of the legislative session, they never get anything done on Friday anyway, they’ll never miss me…and we got this nanny now, I don’t have to drag along the girls and the babies, also….
Oh, wait, that’s why people love me so much, I’m a do-it-all hockey-mom even though the hockey games are long gone with Track no where near ice anymore, everybody WANTS to see Piper helping me campaign…er, meeting these important people, they all want to see Trig again, and the new baby…and Willow can come along to help babysit, and Bristol needs to get out more anyway…Levi’s busy with his mom’s problems, he’ll never miss her or the babies…er, baby, also.”
Hmmmmm, they have geothermal in Alaska. It’s just never been harnessed before.
In fact, instead of having a oil storage tank farm within 100 miles of Mt. Redoubt, it’d be a lot smarter to set up acres of greenhouses under the shoulder of the volcano.
At least if the volcano blows, it’d pollute less of the environment if a bunch of greenhouses went up in smoke.
Harness SP’s mouth – you could get hot air AND salad……..
I’m just sitting here and thinking..any one of us would have ten times the intellectual capacity of SP. We all agree she is a blathering idiot. Why does Murkowski et al even grant her an audience? I know she is the Gov…but there are limitations…when will someone stand up to her?
On recollection, I think it was Gibson who said..”I’m lost in a blizzard of words!”
When will others just call her out on her sublime stupidity?
She wouldn’t get away with this in Ireland.
I was on abcnews.com earlier today and read some comments from Canadians. They like the O-man, but can’t see how any American could think Palin is qualified to be POTUS. The person seemed very concerned for the safety of U.S. and Canadian citizens were SP to become POTUS. If foreigners can see the problem with having her as the leader of the most powerful country in the world, what is wrong with her supporters, besides being totally enamored of her? They must be wearing some awesome rose-colored glasses!
But you see, if Palin and Murkoski’s little talk was basically Palin telling Murkoski, look, we are both republicans, you keep your seat, I keep Gov, in 2012 I will be chosen VP in order to regain repub leadership with a younger, stronger party repub Pres. candidate. Heck could Murkoski then run for Gov like her daddy?
One of the strong arguments against McCain/Palin ticket was his age and her inexperience and who the heck was she and her non grooming for the job……but look what she did to energize the repub voters! ack……I think they may try this again…..realizing Americans are not quite yet ready for a female President so Palin (in all her current non-qualifiedness wouldn’t win anyway…..but the repubs want back in the white house next term…..so I can see them setting this up to happen…..what’s to lose? they could be “teaching” Palin she has to get ready and wait her turn, then when she can show experience with 2 gov terms and at least 1 term vp.
come on think about it, they could get both repub camps to join together just in order to get back the white house, seems to me they will work to join together not battle and divide themselves.
agggg, say it ain’t so Joe
gosh somebody talk me down, lol…….why would big money be getting behind Palin?
with palin’s existing corrupt record and failure in taking care of alaska and their people, she couldn’t possibly have the skills to succeed with the entire United States!
hear THAT all you blinded repubs! if this wolf shootin’, word salad maker, ignorant woman is all you got, then you need to dissolve your party for the sake of the American people you claim to be so loyal to.
@Bystander ~
“Not to overdramatize, but there was a a hopeless loser who was the butt of jokes and ridicule in Austria in 1930 that went on to quite a political career.”
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I emailed your post to my son who teaches world history and current events at a large high school in Atlanta.
He is also an expert on a fellow who always thought he was too good to hold a job. A certain Austrian fellow.
austintx (14:13:43) :
Harness SP’s mouth – you could get hot air AND salad……..
I really did laugh out loud!
How “hot” do you think SP will be in 2012 or 2016? I think she will have to make her moves soon. 2010 for Gov. to maintain income, perks and position.
@KaJo
I can just see the little squirrel cage going round and round in her head, thinking,
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palin’s confusing her public interest…she’s a tabloid story! …a car accident!
Perhaps Gino is “promising” Murkowski the VP slot if Murkowski gets behind Gino now? Two women, that would be mavericky.
Saw this link on Phil’s site….the guy said don’t read it with a mouthfull of coffee…and I can see why!
I do not know whether this is a “Joke” a “Rant” or what???? Obviously mentally deranged….
here goes….
http://protoplasm.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/mother-gov-sarah-palin-is-not-heeding-a-clear-message-from-god/
Remember Romney spent 40 mil. of HIS OWN money against McCain in the primary. There is no way SP can come up with that kind of war chest. Any big donors will come under scrutiny…….your Maleks , Dobsons. Romney’s strategy will be to take her out fast. It will be brutal and absolute.
Here is an interesting insight into the Republican Party and how Sarah fits in.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/01/AR2006040100004.html
Here is a thought for you: What if Palin was trying to get Murkowski to join forces and try to discredit Begrich (sp)?
Dr. Patois (11:47:56) :
Lance, the show opened Feb. 9th. I saw this on Palingates and COULD NOT believe it so I googled and lo and behold…what can one say? If anyone speaks Italian, I would love to know what they are saying in the comments.
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What appear to be comments are only links to other news stories, mostly about football (which is the only thing Italians really care about). The show is at the Villa Borghese, which I thought was kind a dump. I can’t see the Romans taking time out of their day to peer at photos of Mrs Palin (even without clothes). Living la dolce vita is full-time work.
@Women Who Run With The Wolves (11:32:40) :
The deal in Alaska is that if you’re registered Undeclared or Nonpartisan you can choose whichever of the primary ballots you want (the “R” one or the “everyone else but the Rs” one). Since there’s only one ballot in the General election, everyone votes on the same one. I know a fair number of people who switch to Undeclared or Nonpartisan for the 2006 gubanatorial primary race so they could chose the R ballot and screw with the results (I’m pretty sure they voted for Frank, not that it did any good, as we now know…).
New thread alert!
The meeting between Senator Murkowski and Queen Gino had nothing to do with them joining forces. Senator Murkowski works for all of Alaska, obviously her and Queen Gino aren’t even on the same page when it comes to what Gino’s job description is. It’s common knowledge in D.C. that neither party likes Palin, they don’t want her near the Whitehouse…unqualified is an understatement. No, Senator Murkowski has way more on the ball then Gino could ever hope to have….and I know why that meeting was held and pretty much what the subject matter was about. Period.
Can any of you imagine Palin accompolishing even 5 of the things that President Obama has done in ONLY 30 days in office. KO on MSNBC rattled some of them off very quickly. And he did all of these things while traveling across the country, holding press conferences and tucking the girls in at night.
What a mess we would have with this woman who could not address the needs in her OWN STATE until she was SHAMED INTO DOING SOMETHING.
@ InJuneau…..thank you for clearing it up for me. Appreciate it.
@Crystalwolf
I’m 99.9% certain the Rev T Hipple is a sendup – still, hard to distinguish from the right wingnut sites isn’t it?
If she intends to run for President she can’t run for any other office, even a 2nd term as Governor, and risk either defeat or a close victory. Either of those scenarios puts her dead in the water as far as being President as that shows her to be vulnerable. Running again will allow all of her opponents to drag up anything and everything they can find which will then be used by her Presidential opponents as well.
The best course for her is to try and finish up this term as Governor as best she can (maybe actually accomplish something) and then announce to the world that she is not seeking reelection so she can turn her attention to the 2012 Republican nomination. This way she goes out a winner(?) and gives herself two years to run around the country campaigning before the primaries start.
That’s my take on it at least but who knows what she’ll do. Regardless of how horrible a Governor she is, she has shown to be a good local politician in terms of using her opponents weaknesses to her benefit. While I have a feeling her inexperience in running a national campaign will be a hinderance at first she can buy experienced people to run it for her. She just has to figure out whether she will let them handle her or whether she will hold all the power. Given that she felt handled by McCain’s people I have a feeling that she’ll run the show and in the end that is what’s going to kill her at the national level. She’s a shrewd local politician but it’s a different ballgame in the big leagues.
@Aussie Blue Sky (15:15:58) :
Thanks!
SMR said:
That idea was cooked up in a church, naturally. Guns & God.
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Isn’t it time that the Federal Government starts looking at taking away these churches tax exempt status? If they want to play politics from the pulpit fine, but if you do then you no longer get tax exempt status. There was a reason churches have that exemption, and that’s because of the separation of church and state. But if they don’t want to play by the rules and try to influence the politics of this country then pony up the taxes, it’s not like we couldn’t use them right about now.
thanks, consider myself talked down…….I’m off to chill.
Women Who Run With The WolvesNo Gravatar (15:32:12) :
The meeting between Senator Murkowski and Queen Gino had nothing to do with them joining forces. Senator Murkowski works for all of Alaska, obviously her and Queen Gino aren’t even on the same page when it comes to what Gino’s job description is. It’s common knowledge in D.C. that neither party likes Palin, they don’t want her near the Whitehouse…unqualified is an understatement. No, Senator Murkowski has way more on the ball then Gino could ever hope to have….and I know why that meeting was held and pretty much what the subject matter was about. Period.
Pursang – your theory makes sense…….she is gonna not know what hit her when the trifecta of Romney , Pawlenty , and Jindal unleash on her.
BardetteNo Gravatar (15:39:49) :
@Crystalwolf
I’m 99.9% certain the Rev T Hipple is a sendup – still, hard to distinguish from the right wingnut sites isn’t it?
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Yes, sometimes they are so stupid that they SEEM to be jokes, lol! BTW love your “poem’s” and “songs”
@ crystalwolf “Saw this link on Phil’s site….the guy said don’t read it with a mouthfull of coffee…and I can see why!
I do not know whether this is a “Joke” a “Rant” or what???? ”
I’m sorry that I clicked. I’m surprised to find a link like that on mudflats. There’s no excuse for an innocent baby to be part of the satire or the ridiculously antiquated label put on the baby. Big fail.
Ok.. this is a bit off topic
But Palin’s potential future run in the political arena seems to be an ongoing, underlying theme..
so..
i had a wild haired palin thought
In regards to the Republican party (mainly men, actually holding some sort of political ranking) being her most prominent admirerers
Now think about Republican men.. and their wives
Sweet, little cookie cutter smiley show pieces..
These are the guys that grew up watching Maverick and old Western Shoot ‘em ups
Now, as pin headed as they might seem, they are not that stupid
Would they, in their right mind, EVER let a woman.. much less a woman that made them feel tingly and used cutsey phrases, EVER allow her to truly become Commander in Chief of our country?
No, way jose
Now, see.. she can draw in the crowds and bleeding hearts.. I see it as, get her in the White House, under the Republican label.. and we are home free
Push her outside for press conferences, photo shoots, even high level speeches to the country.. but, behind the scenes, in the board room where the real deal takes place
She, at the head of the table… do you honestly see these Republican big wigs bowing to her (a fiesty little cutey with nice legs) ? Uh no
She is seen as silly and naive, a go-getter no doubt.. but get her in the White House and they will have control of things.. they see her as that “naive and gullible” after all, but popular.. with the American People (well a sector) .. how great is that? Now the real business can take place and they will have a flashy show piece to woo people in
But in their eyes, deep down, she is just a “woman”
She may see this as the respect she so duely deserves.. but it actuality it is a slap in the face..
I think I finally figured out her appeal to the far right wing.. any thoughts?
Say No TO Palin In Politics (14:40:53) :
gosh somebody talk me down, lol…….why would big money be getting behind Palin?
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It’s probably because the Grumpy Old Party MEN are thinking with their little heads–they think she’s popular (because the Palin Calendar was a hugely popular gag gift in December ’08) and that she might give them a blow job while wearing a gun in a church (or some other stupid fantasy). But she did have an affair with her husband’s business partner and never went after the National Enquirer for saying so–maybe they are planning a fundraiser where she sleeps with an old rich guy, and they raffle that off to raise money for the GOP. Not that they would do that, but you never know when they are thinking with the little head.
(08:49:03) “Yes, I do. Sigh…. I’ve been terrible lately. Sorry all! AKM”
The news has been coming in fast and furious lately. You have done a great job. We really appreciate your site.
Anyhow….all the mudflatters have your back!
Sage: if you notice in my orignal post…
Saw this link on Phil’s site….the guy said don’t read it with a mouthfull of coffee…and I can see why!
I do not know whether this is a “Joke” a “Rant” or what???? Obviously mentally deranged….
And this “link” came from Progressive Alaska blog. I don’t know if this guys is a joke, a dominionist joke or what, he makes insulting vile comments about PO and Trig.
That’s out there, Our job is to put out links, someone might connect the dots, sorry you were offended but I did say the guy was mentally deranged like all these wingnuts, are, its not my job to censure, links/news. I thought when I saw the site one of her Dominionist buddies are blogging. Here is what they are saying. I still don’t know its a joke…!
These people are so crazy its hard to discern joking from truth.
A comment from Phil’s blog! Yes it is pretty evil, but if it isn’t a joke, and from her Dominionist friends….what then…..?????
I read here yesterday, AC attacked GINO/Bristol as a single mother and said she should give her baby up for adoption?
What do you say about that??? It should not be reported? Bloggers are the first line of truth and we have to discern whether links, are truthful or spoofs, and these people are so crazy…. I’ve been fooled! Sometimes truth is YCMTSU!!!!
And that’s the truth.
OMG-(she and family) are going to be on a Greta special again tomorrow!!!! This is too much!!
former alaskanNo Gravatar (18:10:08) :
OMG-(she and family) are going to be on a Greta special again tomorrow!!!! This is too much!!
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details…! Links! is this from the last interview or did GVS go up there again? Her husband’s totally in luv with GINO!
GVS must be going for February sweeps ratings or something…is that why she is “all Palin, all the time” now?
Here is a question for you all.
You know that loooonnng story that was given during the interview, with all the tiniest details about the night that Bristol broke the pregnancy news to GINO?? Totally contradicts what Sherri Johnston said back in Oct 2008. One could argue that the interview was made up..but along with the article is tons of pics from the Johnston family album. So it looks like there was definite contact between the UK newspaper and Johnston. Guess GINO couldn’t bring herself to say “I was laughing hysterically” when she was told the news. Maybe GVS could do a followup question–why is it that Levi’s mom gave a different version of that night????
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/article47917.ece
“Sarah was at home when Levi and Bristol burst in with the pregnancy stick,” says Sherry, a close pal of John McCain’s running mate.
“But Sarah started laughing—and when Levi and Bristol waved the evidence at her she was was giggling so hysterically she couldn’t stop.
“They had joked a number of times about having a baby, so she thought they were kidding. But when she finally realised it was real she was shocked and her face dropped.” Now Sherry, 42, opens up a side of Palin US voters have never seen—
@former alaskan (18:10:08) :
Oh yuck…can’t they just stop the d*** lovefest already? It’s WAY beyond gross at this point. My MIL watched the interview with Bristol and thought it was bizarre.
Sarah and Sean targeted Don Young in 2008. Why not again in 2010?
Bleak possibility. One of them in the House. The other for Governor.
I think Palin has been told by her handlers to go for a second term as gov and that not holding any office before an official run would not be good.
They can say, REelected, popular gov of the largest state yada yada…
I don’t say the things I do to drag down the integrity of the flats. I say the things I say because I have the right to speak freely and at the moment she really made me want to see that. As for me being sick, at least I got off my ass and tried to help the folks in rural AK. So you can see me as sick, but I see doing Jack Squat for the people of her state (that she promised to watch over like a mother bear) as sick.
~~from Fox News site~~
‘On the Record’ Special This Sunday!
From new motherhood to teen pregnancy to life in the spotlight as Gov. Palin’s daughter, Bristol Palin opened up to Greta in a wide-ranging interview. Catch Greta’s interview with Bristol and Gov. Palin and more in a special edition of ‘On the Record’ this Sunday at 9 pm ET!
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Can’t tell if this is a re-run of the previous interview or a continuation of it. Wasn’t once enough?
Maybe it meant last Sunday and the website is just screwed up. We can hope.
All these horny old geezers obviously have $$ – but they don’t have BIG $$. And they certainly can’t put together large groups of people with $$. (bundling) SP is playing these clowns.Just like a stripper.
SillyWhabbit – I am one of the sickest puppies on this planet……..I thought your “wish” was funny……..I left a post awhile back that got moderated………It had to do with Rush and Sarah…….it was bad……..it would’ve offended many…..I’m happy I got spiked…….I like it here…….anyway…..you’re fun and fine by me.
You know, I never consciously thought about it, but the GVS obsession with Palin is quite a bit creepy.
I have no idea where to post this.I was wondering if anyone knows about “non-profit” legality.In checking out the TS site,I saw that they are asking for donations and claim to be “non-profit”.In the back of my mind I seem to remember that non-profits are very restricted in regaurds to political activity.A quick Google turned up the following.http://www.mnaidsproject.org/publicpolicy/vote/Restrictions.htm
Things you CANNOT do as a 501(c)(3) organization
These restrictions in no way prohibit officers, members, or employees from participating in a political campaign as private citizens.
Endorse or oppose a candidate—implicit or explicit. Contribute money, time, or facilities to a candidate.
Coordinate activities with a candidate.
Restrict rental of your mailing list and facilities to certain candidates.
Set up, fund, or manage a Political Action Committee (PAC), established under section 527 of the tax code mainly for electoral activity.
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So how are they claiming to be “non-profit” ?
Inquiring minds want to know.
mommom–That does seem intriguing… you might want to ask that question at the Alaskans For Truth site. They might have someone who would a) have a better sense of what’s allowed; b) have someone who could follow up on that; and c) have lawyers around who could do something about it!
Good catch!
Uh, oh, Lisa. You don’t feel it yet, but that is a knife in your back. You just wait and see. She’ll be going after your seat and it won’t be pretty. It’s her modus operandi.
Women Who Run With The WolvesNo Gravatar (15:32:12) :
It’s common knowledge in D.C. that neither party likes Palin, they don’t want her near the Whitehouse…unqualified is an understatement.
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then explain to me “why” she is being funded, wined and dined by weathy republicans? if neither party does not like Palin. Seriously, I don’t get it.
@ Say NO To Palin in Politics
I seriously don’t get it as well. They know she’s unqualified….maybe follow the money? I keep on asking myself, “what is really going on here”? Why did they go after Ted the way they did, and they keep on looking the other way when it comes to Gino. Is it, that they feel if they can get her in the Whitehouse, then they can get all those favors paid back? How can someone like her, get this far? With lot’s of help? And why? How much power does the extreme far right have? Yes, they have deep pockets…BUT come on, what’s really going on here? Actually I might have a better understanding after today, and I will pose thhis question to someone that deals with her on a daily basis.
Dr. Patois (11:47:56) :
Lance, the show opened Feb. 9th. I saw this on Palingates and COULD NOT believe it so I googled and lo and beholdâ?¦what can one say? If anyone speaks Italian, I would love to know what they are saying in the comments.
Doc, Aussie was right, but you can always try this:
http://translate.google.com/translate_t#
@ Sage: if you notice in my orignal post…
Yes. I read well, thanks. Generally if I’m forewarned to put the coffee down it’s because what follows is uproariously funny. My point is that not everything bears repeating. Particularly that one, in my opinion, which brings nothing to the table and gives an utter waste of bandwidth even more exposure.
Say No TO Palin In Politics(07:54:12) :
Women Who Run With The WolvesNo Gravatar (15:32:12) :
It’s common knowledge in D.C. that neither party likes Palin, they don’t want her near the Whitehouse…unqualified is an understatement.
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then explain to me “why” she is being funded, wined and dined by weathy republicans? if neither party does not like Palin. Seriously, I don’t get it.
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I’ve been thinking they are embarrassed by her, but would be more embarrassed to just drop her completely. After all, it would make them look pretty dumb for having backed her in the first place. I think we’ll see a tapering off of interest as they discover that you can’t make a silk purse out of a pig with lipstick.
Greta and Palin family tonight at 9 eastern time, looks like the same crap shes doing again and again, keeps the Silly Sarah, shes so hot- Fox viewers happy!!! Maybe GVS’s husband is still hanging around Sarah a$$, that’s why she couldn’t go to the Govs meeting!!! Todd better keep his eye on her.