Hello, Iowa? I have Governor Palin on Line One…
I got a few interesting emails yesterday I’d like to share. First, in the morning I had one from a Mudflatter in New Hampshire. Then another one. And another. Then last night I got an email from…..Iowa. All three said just about the same thing:
Hi, AKM!
I wanted to let you know that I just received an interesting phone call. It was an automated poll and it asked the following questions:
1. Do you have a favorable opinion of Sarah Palin?
2. Gov. Palin thinks A, B, C, D & E do you agree with Gov. Palin?
3. Do you feel it is important that Gov. Palin is reelected as Gov. of Alaska?
What do you make of that?
Well, I’ll tell you what I make of that.
The Iowa caucuses, the first presidential contest, dramatically winnow the candidate field. There are a maximum of “three tickets” out of Iowa, which means that since 1972 no candidate has won his party’s presidential nomination who did not finish in the top three in a contested Iowa caucus. And in only one election year, 1988 — when Republican George H.W. Bush and Democrat Michael Dukakis both finished third — did an eventual presidential nominee not finish either first or second in Iowa.
New Hampshire carries even more historical clout. From the Granite State primary, there are just “two tickets.” In fact, from 1952 through 1988, no U.S. president was elected who did not first win the New Hampshire primary. The only two exceptions in the last 56 years were Bill Clinton, who in 1992 finished second to Paul Tsongas, and George W. Bush, who in 2000 was beaten by John McCain.
That’s right, you heard it here first. (Unless, of course, you live in Iowa or New Hampshire) Looks like somebody has amped it up, and is testing the waters already. But here’s the really interesting part. Look at that last question. “Do you feel it’s important that Governor Palin is re-elected as the governor of Alaska?”
Interesting.
Is our governor wondering if a re-election bid is necessary, or whether she should just go for the book deal -> publicity tour -> big money -> start campaigning for 2012 in 2010 option? Notice that there was no mention of any other elected office. No Senate. No House of Representatives. Just running for re-election as governor. Murkowski and Young may be sleeping a little more soundly tonight.
Perhaps the governor is interested in running the state for another four years only if it fits her agenda. If that’s what it takes to win the love of the Lower 48, well…then…alright. (heaving gigantic sigh) But, I mean why bother with Alaska unless you have to, right?
Certainly the GOP Senate leadership has done their level best to make Lisa Murkowski bullet proof in 2010. It’s possible for Palin to topple Don Young, assuming he is not incarcerated by that time, but the House of Representatives probably seems pretty low-brow for Palin compared to the siren song of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
But, however the scenario plays out, the formation of SarahPAC, and now the robo-polls in Iowa and New Hampshire have made it very clear where this train is headed.
So, let’s take this one step further. Imagine if you will, a presidential election between Barack Obama going for his second term, vs. Sarah Palin.
Several post election polls have shown Sarah Palin as the Presidential nominee of choice for Republicans in 2012, but a new national survey from Public Policy Polling suggests that such a contest would result in the largest popular vote blowout since George McGovern ran against Richard Nixon in 1972.
Obama leads Palin 55-35 in the hypothetical contest. He has an 89-7 advantage among Democrats. Among Republican he trails 66-17. Last year exit polls showed Obama winning only 9% of the Republican vote, so it appears Palin would lose a lot more voters within her party than McCain did.
It’s also worth noting that while only 3% of Democrats are undecided about who they would support in an Obama/Palin contest, 18% of Republicans are, an indication of even more hesitation with some GOP voters about supporting Palin if she ended up as the nominee.
“It’s impossible to say what twists and turns the American political landscape will see between now and 2012,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling. “What is clear is that four months ago John McCain lost to Barack Obama by seven points
nationally, and at this point in time Sarah Palin trails Obama by a much greater 20 point margin. Obama would easily win more than 400 electoral votes in a contest against Palin at this point in time.”
But wait, there’s more!
“Palin is viewed negatively by 50% of voters in the country with just 39% holding a positive opinion of her. 69% of Republicans have a favorable view of her, while only 11% of Democrats do.”
For the full results, grab your favorite snack food and click HERE.
Hello, anybody. What is it do you think Gov. Palin can do to make herself look good to ya?
he, he, he. That’s good.
Face plant in the snow, topped by a polar bear sitting on her back. Then a wolf holding a gun to her head, finger on the trigger, since you asked.
Maybe she will lose a few of those so called Christians when they read this about her wonderful friends and advisers!!!
http://www.holysmoke.org/cos/john-coale-ambulance-chaser.htm
UK Lady (09:48:47) :
WOW!
nswfm CANo Gravatar (09:48:18) :
Face plant in the snow, topped by a polar bear sitting on her back. Then a wolf holding a gun to her head, finger on the trigger, since you asked.
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YES! and I would like to add…GO TO JAIL DO NOT PASS GO!
Holy cow. I’m beginning to think – well, I already suspected – that the republicans have lost their minds and any modicum of common sense they ever had. Do they WANT to lose the next election?
Thank goodness for the internet and all or your buddies, whatever they wear and wherever they are (PJ and basements.) Sarah Palin is just nuts, and to think that she considers her evenly remotely qualified for POTUS is another example of her mysticaly and magical thinking.. Good work, keep it up..
Sarah’s rep gets better the more she *stays away from holding an office* 1) because she’s incompetent and 2) it allows her to say a bunch of crap without having to do anything — in other words, turns her into an O’Reilly or Limbaugh.
Sarah will only run for Pres in 2012 if Obama’s doing a good job. If Obama’s doing a lousy job, the GOP will chose somebody else in the primaries and use her to gin up donations. In fact, if I may be so bold as to offer Republicans advice, ginning up donations is SP’s best role in their party. She *cannot* govern effectively on a national level, and chosing her as a national candidate further marginalizes the party. Yeah, there’s a bunch of folks that think she might be effective, but there’s a whole bigger bunch that think she’s a disaster of Bush-like proportions waiting to happen.
@nswfm CA
That would help.
I’d like to see her boney butt running up the North slope, with a pack of wolves behind her. That would look good to me.
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Just got my Brian the Moose Mug! Awww. He is TOO cute with his silly, snowy moose mug! I can wipe the snorgle kissy spots off my computer screen now.
Many thought that the R’s decided on SP for VP candidate because they figured it was a lost cause anyway. Why saddle a good candidate with the loss? So, perhaps Obama seems unbeatable in 2012, and the R’s are deciding on a discard candidate.
Good way to get her out of Alaska.
Sarah Palin will NEVER make it through a Republican primary…Jindal, Romney,Huckabee and whoever else runs will eat. her. alive. I can see the commercials now…all they have to do is play a continuous loop of the Katie Couric interview, the turkey slaughter, and that trash bag full of $150K worth of designer clothes.
Well, well, well. As I read that post I got this flash of a debate between Palin and Obama. It wasn’t pretty, but it was pretty funny. It occurred to me that while she was woefully unsuited to be VP, she could have JUST squeaked through the vote (had we all be diagnosed brain-dead on November 3, but hey, it could happen) to become Vice-President (shudders). But even though we’re willing to accept some pretty numb-nutted individuals as VP, we still seem to expect our POTUS to be able to walk and chew gum–maybe not well, but we want some level of competence. Cute hasn’t gotten anybody elected yet. And oh gods, can you imagine the cabinet meetings, with the President winking and nodding and changing the subject and taking off to go campaign for whatever comes after President? Where do you go from there? Mafia don? Pope? Queen of the World? Beatle? The mind boggles.
FW – Also, all they would have to do is show the link I put upthread a litle. It will make your jaw drop, the people GINO pals around with!!
It’s the rich wacko’s that are propping her up behind the scene that bother me. She’s about as transparent as mud muck. Of course, with doors WIDE open, lol, in the LIGHT of day, lol, with public hearings, ya if any and they’re be rushed through with either few details or a flurry of paperwork not ready for legislation, it’s her MO, don’t forget that, she promises much but delivers little.
And as for not purchasing politician votes, lol, I’m sure she and “they” have some plan to bend that fact to her and others advantage. She’s a fool and being used as a pawn, either willingly or blind to it. This is about Ak oil/gas/mining $$$, white house republican power and religion power, all those have deep pockets and much to gain for years to come if they can pull this off.
Don’t underestimate power hungry and corrupt wealthy people. They stole elections before.
from the adn palin press release:
” Negotiating taxes is tricky political business. Former Gov. Frank Murkowski’s deal with the oil companies in pursuit of a natural gas pipeline fell apart when legislators said he gave away too much. Palin herself criticized Murkowski’s efforts.
“The difference this go-around with gas rates that we’ll be discussing with lawmakers is this is going to be done of course with the doors open, in the light of day, with public hearings,” Palin said. “Politicians’ votes are not going to be purchased this go-around.”
OT, but it looks like she’s planning to interview the applicants who are interested in the Juneau Senate seat to help her make up her mind about whom to appoint: http://www.adn.com/news/politics/story/728894.html
Run, Sarah run! It’ll be sooooooo much fun to watch.
As long as everyone is in the mood for a laugh, Margaret and Helen have a dream!
http://margaretandhelen.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/we-have-a-dream/#comment-21265
I got called by that same poll in Alaska last week. When it asked the first question: “Do you have a favorable opinion of Sarah Palin?”, I just started laughing out loud. Then I composed myself enough to say “What planet are you from? HELL, NO!!!! I don’t have a favorable opinion of Sarah Palin.” Apparently, the robocaller either wasn’t prepared to hear that – after all, it doesn’t have a brain (either), and it immediately disconnected the call.
When I saw the results of that poll in the Anch Daily News a few days later, giving Sarah glowingly positive ratings by Alaskans, I could only surmise that the majority of callers must have had the same sort of reaction that I had. Ewww!
@Sourdough
I think that was the OTHER poll that’s being done by the Americans*In*Contact*PAC. I got that one, as did a bunch of other mudpups. I managed to get through it, though you’re right, it didn’t seem to like H*** NO! answers!
Dude. Not cool.
Plus – The People of Alaska are WAY too good for Palin, I wish she’d pack up her guns and leave already. Geez.
Comes as no surprise whatsoever that this….GINO….thinks she has a chance to be POTUS. If she wasn’t a complete nit wit, I’d be worried. As it is though, I’m just annoyed. Hope she crashes and burns.
P.S. “Face plant in the snow, topped by a polar bear sitting on her back. Then a wolf holding a gun to her head, finger on the trigger, since you asked.” BRILLIANT!
Even before I read this report on HP yesterday, I sent an e-mail to Palin’s office saying that she’ll never get within a stone’s throw of the White House if she insists on killing God’s creatures and despoiling the divine creation, that the Americans, including many Alaskans, would not permit it. I haven’t received a response yet to my snarky e-mail, but then they’re so dismissive of public opinion when it goes against their preferences, they probably thumbed their noses at me and deleted it.
UK LadyNo Gravatar (09:48:47) :
Doesn’t surprise me in the least!! People like Palin busily point out who’s palin’ around with who so nobody takes notice about who she’s palin’ around with, which are usually the more unsavory characters of society then the ones she’s got her fingers pointed at. Look up the word hypocrisy in the dictionary and I’m sure there’s a big old picture of her there also too.
I’m just now getting to the last thread – about the pipeline. Sorry, but I’ll put it here, as I doubt anybody’s still on that thread.
I’m so glad we are finally having this discussion! I’m frustrated by the fact that no matter who we get in office, the assumption is ALWAYS that we Alaskans ALL KNOW that we need to serve oil first, drill drill drill, mine mine mine (in more ways than one!) and kill kill kill, and that’s the basic unquestioned truth! WOW! Thank you so much, mudpuppies, for the thoughtful, outside-the-box questions and thinking! Now THAT’s a breath of fresh air!
HOPE!!!
UK Lady…don’t forget, Greta told Billl-o JUST LAST WEEK, that she only knows Sarah from interviewing her twice. I mean, really, does she think we all suffer from short term memory loss? I think Greta smokes from the same magical mystery pipe that Sarah does…just say it’s so, and people will beleive it.
Wonder what the fundies think about Sarah pallin around with Scientology freaks and money hungry ambulance chasers…
“Do you feel it’s important that Governor Palin is re-elected as the governor of Alaska?”
Would it give you pause, if the “one-hit wonder” was scared of running for re-election? (Poor baby got a good spanking running for VP-how much more can the gal take?)
I got the same call last week. I live in Alaska, so it seems as if this is happening all over the country. I think I answered “no” to every question asked.
Different poll, I believe. See comments above. But, if anyone out there has gotten polled like this who is NOT in Alaska, Iowa or New Hampshire, the Mudflats tip line is always open at akmuckraker[at]yahoo[dot]com.
AKM
Perhaps the governor is interested in running the state for another four years only if it fits her agenda. If that’s what it takes to win the love of the Lower 48, well…then…alright. (heaving gigantic sigh) But, I mean why bother with Alaska unless you have to, right”
Says it all.
FW:Wonder what the fundies think about Sarah pallin around with Scientology freaks and money hungry ambulance chasers…
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go lurk @c4p and check it out…
So Sarah has gone to Juneau to get a press conference in defense of herself and the pipeline plus meet with the leg to “discuss” things. Watch your back everyone in Juneau. Especially Ramas and Johnson, ya might want to get Mr. Fineberg on board, clearly he rattles her cage when it comes to details and that triple check thing.
I find her remarks to dismiss away this request funny, they (Ramas/Johnson) want us to check and double check and triple check decisions made, no shit sherlock, like yesterday already?
Then she claims “her decisions” (mine all mine thank you) with the “support” of 59 legislators, agh, well didn’t those legislators pretty much have to put together some of her sloppy unprepared paperwork? I also wonder today how many of those legislators would vote for it or ACES, knowing more details now. Who was the lone hold out vote? abstain or nay?
She doesn’t think their resolution is “necessary”……… she’s in Juneau, they got her attention, didn’t they.
Let’s also remember, she’s had to call special legislature sessions 2 yrs in a row or is this the 3rd ? add that extra cost to all of this, you betchya. Make sure she adheres to that 40 day window of public availability this time to review changes so you can be informed constituents for those open transparent public hearings in the bright light of day.
And read Mr. Finebergs questions, concerns and findings that went unanswered and ignored by Palin in his assessment of the agreements and contracts as a team leader assigned to do so. (That “proprietary confidentiality” stuff can be tricky stuff in contracts when calling for transparency.)
http://www.finebergresearch.com/
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/news/energy/1017-updated-palin-pipes-up-on-pipeline
“The governor’s comments follow the introduction of a resolution that calls on the governor and the attorney general to review the license issued to TransCanada. Representatives Jay Ramras and Craig Johnson introduced the resolution.
“I believe they want us to double check, triple check, make quite sure all decisions we’ve made thus far with the gasline are truly in Alaska’s best interest, and I am confident they are,” Governor Palin said. “My decisions, with the support of 59 out of 60 legislators, protect Alaska’s sovereignty and progress a gasline project that will finally allow Alaskans to responsibly and ethically tap into their rich natural gas resources on the North Slope, and flow those resources into hungry markets.
“I believe Rep. Ramras and Rep. Johnson are instructing us to be vigilant in pursuit of this gasline. I agree with the premise, but I don’t believe this resolution is necessary, and I certainly don’t agree that there should be an AGIA ‘re-do.’
I wish they would call me!
I think that the correct response to the question on whether GINO should run again should be “hell yes! It’s critical to her image in the lower 49.” (she said, winking). Not that I really want to will another four years on you guys, but it would force her to campaign in-state and possibly even lose (!) which would be fun, and would keep her out of our hair a while longer, build up more negative record to cite when she tries for higher office and generally allow her to get in more trouble. Which, of couse, is why she’ll never run for another term as governor. One-term-wonder indeed.
Palin’s connection to John Coale and his wife is interesting. Palin’s naive to pal around with those people.
From the recordings of L. Ron Hubbard:
“The man on the Cross. There was no Christ.” http://www.xenu.net/archive/multimedia.html
Palin might want to google the “church”, Sea Org and abortions.
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Ok, I’m slow on the uptake here, but I just realized that in addition to referring to her family as the ‘First Family,” and her husband as the “First Dude,” she has taken to using the “royal ‘we’”–a prerogative typically reserved for, well, royalty–as in Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth–like that. Have to admit it provoked an ‘oh, for pete’s sake,’ rather than anything else. Petty, I know, but I think it says something about what happens when someone gets into a position for which they are really unsuited by relying more on appearances than substance. Pretentious, much!
Everything that’s going on in our country right now, scares the Shi** out of me. How corrupt our government is and the people we elected into office. Look what’s going on w/the banking system and our D.C. Senators (some of them) sitting on the boards of these banks that have swindled us out of billions and billions of dollars. These are people that were elected by their States, for Congress.
Keep up the good fight AKM, Andrew Halcro, Celtic Diva and Progressive Alaska. She cannot get re-elected as Gino. They want her because she will be easy to manipulate as long as they include her into their scheme of things. We cannot allow another eight years like what we just left. My god the mess our country is in because of the absolute greed and theft that has gone on by these executives and some of those in Congress. Filthy!
Sarah was the main reason John McCain lost the election.
It’s silly to think she can make a successful run alone.
@Woman Who Run With the Wolves
My god the mess our country is in because of the absolute greed and theft that has gone on by these executives and some of those in Congress. Filthy!
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I’m right there with ya–I’ve been following the Washington stuff more closely than the Alaska stuff (which is really just sticking my nose into others’ business right now, since I’m not a resident) and more and more I’m finding myself feeling like my brain’s hitting a wall. I blog about it, which helps, but nothing really helps–there’s such a deep divide between the haves and the have-nots–to do some of the things they’ve done requires a mindset that is utterly alien to me–and to many, I suspect. Some GOP hack got on TV yesterday and said that it was like the days before the French Revolution. He was, of course, poking fun at the outrage at the bonuses. But the funny thing is, I was blogging about that very thing day before yesterday, and it scared the heck out of me. Have we learned NOTHING from history?
BodieP-
Well, she can talk out of both sides of her mouth, and hears voices in her head!
…….13% / 4th place on the CPAC straw poll……. Romney will slaughter her ass……..kinda like shootin’ wolves from a helicopter…….and the 1st time Sarah brings up the Mormon issue ……..you will see the witch doctor video 24/7……..so predictable and so fun to watch !!
Here’s another article GINO paling around with Scientologists
http://gawker.com/5175543/future-president-sarah-palin-pals-around-with-operating-thetan
…Come on Folks, she’s not running for POTUS in 2012, she’s THINKING about moving to Iowa, thats why that last question was asked…
OT, but hilarious–Gawker has posted an AIG memo–the subject is, as Gawker puts it, “How to Avoid an Angry Mob.” The memo seems to be serious–and how sad is that, that in America, in our day, a company, any company, should find it necessary to send such a thing, much less because of their own greed? The blog responses below deserve a read (just don’t do it at work, particularly if you work at AIG, because you WILL laugh out loud!
http://gawker.com/5175745/aig-corporate-securitys-tips-for-surviving-an-angry-mob?skyline=true&s=x
“Face plant in the snow, topped by a polar bear sitting on her back. Then a wolf holding a gun to her head, finger on the trigger, since you asked.”
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Too kind. A big fat bus, with her under it. Problem solved.
Great, the AIG employees will now get another million dollar bonus in the form of 911 responders coming to their aid.
A fleet of big fat buses?
Love that AIG gives a number to call (212) 458-2020. I am guessing the operator of that line will be getting a whole lotta calls!
Tsk, tsk… pallin’ around with robocalls!
dontcha love Sarah? no. I say let nature take it’s course with her and some 80 lb cuddly canines. they can do the right thing and recycle Gov. Kill-Kill right down to her mealy marrow.
BodieP & Paula:::::: AIGee, those are funny!
Here are my favs’ from the link….
“Where’s the tip about letting your kids start your car? Or avoiding people following you around while carrying piano wire?”
“Hire personal security. You can afford it.”
Re Gawker: That AIG memo looks legit to me, having worked in NYC, that kind of warning from corp security is probably boilerplate with the exception of the out running an angry mob part. In the early 1990’s recession, there was a person in my company, working late in the legal dept. who was hit on the head with a metal trash can and robbed. This kind of memo came out shortly afterward. [I told my mom on Sunday when the news was coming out that I hoped the people at AIG had bullet-proof vests, because someone with a gun was likely to come after them. I was thinking some NRA out of work person, but someone at a car company who got their contract revised was also likely to me. It kind of reminds me of "Roger and Me".]
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…Come on Folks, she’s not running for POTUS in 2012, she’s THINKING about moving to Iowa, thats why that last question was asked…
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I’m not sure…don’t candidates throw their hat in the ring after feeling out Iowa?
And since she is living in her parallel universe, and obviously those polls showing “glowing, positive ratings” are fixed…she still really believes she’s loved and everybody wants her to be that mavericky POTUS. She’s one DELUSIONAL piece of work breathing my air!!!
Paula,
What I had in mind was the big polar bear, not the cute little one I saw last night. That would hurt, like the big bus.
http://cbs2.com/video/?id=96927@kcbs.dayport.com [new polar bears at the zoo]
Should also have said “paw on the trigger” instead of “finger on the trigger”.
She can’t live in a box and run for POTUS. She hasn’t been able to handle the glare of the media up to this point. If she runs, these past months of the slow slide will definitely start looking like ‘the good ole days’. She’ll be eaten alive.
Sarah, bless your heart, you and your minders/keepers need a serious reality check.
Ah, and now she’s rejecting 45% of the Stimulus Bill money, just so she can tell Iowans “I said no thanks to all that there bad stimulus money, keeping our childrens from havin’ to pay for all that stuff, also too…”: http://community.adn.com/adn/node/139409
Lainey…I was joking…I think…
Palin just announced she is rejecting 45% of the AK stimulus monies; I’m guessing a chunk is unemployment funds. Gotta keep up with the Southern Republican governors who rejected helping their unemployed (like South Carolina, over 10%).
How many of her pet projects are “shovel ready”?
BTW: AIG situation is more complex than most people can understand. I don’t like the bonuses, and I think the contracts should’ve been broken. Some of the bonuses went to employees in the division that created the most toxic derivatives- and that branch is in London, so I don’t know if they pay any US taxes…
Plus, no one has a firm idea of what those and other less-toxic investment products are worth yet, they are that complicated. Anger is understandable, but it isn’t helping- it took more than 8 years to get where we are, and it will take more than a few months to get out.
It’s nice when politicians run for a political office because they care about the constituency and they feel that they can make a positive impact.
It’s entirely another thing when they blatantly (or in this case, ignorantly) ask whether if they run for an office it will help or distract them from their run for the next office, which they are obviously more concerned with.
All Alaskans should be absolutely insulted by this latest poll.
I’m sure the barracuda Sarah had no problem asking the local high school dork to a dance, just to see if she could catch the eye of the “iron dog” Palin stud, and then would dump the dork the minute she caught the eye of the “iron dog”.
This poll shows she’s playing the Alaskan electorate, democrat AND Repubs as the local yokels. She’s dumping you like a bad habit as soon as she can.
InJuneau (13:02:59) :
Great minds think alike- and I think most Iowans are too smart to fall for Palinlogic (wait, I think that is an oxymoron…).
Ye Gods!
Palin is runnin’
Grandstanding on Stimulus $’s (thanks, but….)
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/139409?ref=fp3
Oh, the largest chunk would have been for…wait for it…you sitting down and not drinking or eating anything? I’ll wait till you swallow. You ready?
Yes, the largest rejected stimulus $ would have been for…EDUCATION!!!!!
From Sean Cockerham in Juneau –
Gov. Sarah Palin just told reporters that she’s accepting only 55 percent of the federal economic stimulus money being offered to Alaska. The governor said that she will accept only about $514 million of the $930 million headed to the state.
“We are not requesting funds intended to just grow government. We are not requesting more money for normal day-to-day operations of government as part of this economic stimulus package. In essence we say no to operating funds for more positions in government,” Palin said.
The biggest single chunk of stimulus money that Palin is turning down is $160 million for education. There’s also $17 million in Department of Labor funds (vocational rehabilitation services, unemployment services, etc.), about $9 million for Health and Social Services and about $7 million for Public Safety. The full list and the specifics aren’t available from the governor’s budget department yet.
Politico reporting GINO to reject 1/2 the stimulus funds for Alaska!
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20246.html
Turning dowm money for education–what an idiot! Where’s that wolf? The polar bear?
Rejecting $160 million for education in a state with a massive dropout rate.
“There’s also $17 million in Department of Labor funds (vocational rehabilitation services, unemployment services, etc.)”
Vocational Rehab services include things like training for the blind and people with things like DS. Great disability advocate, huh? And unemployment? Who needs that? Oh, yeah, the unemployed.
$9 million for Health and Social Services. Don’t need that either, now that Alaska has Planned Parenthood.
$7 million for Public Safety. God forbid you waste money on a wild fringe thing like cops!
Article also says the leg only has until the 3rd of April. If they don’t make the time limit, I bet the laid off teachers and cops will thank her, especially when their unemployment runs out. And I suppose disabled people don’t need job training… public housing, food stamps and SSI should be just fine.
What a total arse she is.
InJuneau (13:18:31) :
Oh, the largest chunk would have been for…wait for it…you sitting down and not drinking or eating anything? I’ll wait till you swallow. You ready?
Yes, the largest rejected stimulus $ would have been for…EDUCATION!!!!!
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OMG- I need the smiley icon smacking its head against the wall. Hmm… perhaps someone will smack HER head against a wall. So much for caring about the citizens of the state she governs; if she can’t shoot it, or pump it- forget it.
Maybe you should buy her an AIG blazer and send her to New York.
nswfm CA (12:56:15) :
Paula,
What I had in mind was the big polar bear, not the cute little one I saw last night. That would hurt, like the big bus.
http://cbs2.com/video/?id=96927@kcbs.dayport.com [new polar bears at the zoo]
Should also have said â??paw on the triggerâ?? instead of â??finger on the triggerâ??.
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No, loved it, I would like to see her SO gone!
How about a rabid polar bear & wolf? RRRRRRRRRaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggghhhhhhhh!
The vocational traing thing gets me -the so called advocate she is. Dumb beotch probably thinks it’s funds for vo-tech. Idiot.
In the parking lot at the grocery store today, I saw a car with a “Palin in 2012″ sticker on the bumper.
Right next to it was the sticker that said “You CAN’T be Catholic and be Pro Abortion!”
Missing? The sticker that said, “Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged.”
I’m losing my sense of humor about all of this! Can’t we offer them all Texas and be done with it? (For those of you in TX, I’d be really happy to figure out a generous reparation deal…)
Sigh…
Maybe you should buy her an AIG blazer and send her to New York.
In a baby seal skin coat with AIG written across the back.
She has no respect for the value of an education.
Bouncing from school to school she managed to garner enough credits for a degree…not an education.
And look what she has achieved.
She has allowed her two oldest children to drop out of high school, and obviously doesn’t see any value in keeping her youngest two in school either.
It’s insulting and embarrassing as an American, that an elected Governor could think that her constituents could be better off, less educated.
I’d like to know what the money she accepted is for…anyone know anything?
Mostly related to the gasline, and military, I believe. AKM
Turning down money for education! Is she afraid that if the people of AK become better educated, they would see right thru her and all her phoniness? I like that…Her Royal Phoniness.
If Palin turns down stimulus funds for vocational training, how are high school dropouts going to get job skills? Not many dropouts have inside connections to get into apprenticeship programs.
@Irishgirl Rosebud (13:41:00) :
The full list and the specifics aren’t available from the governor’s budget department yet.
Gino’s kids are doing just great with out an education. She has a nasty way of playing politics. THis grand standing national press attention, will be nothing like the local press.
SHe just announced that she is not running for reelection with this move. She is going to need to pack her bags and get out of town, or higher some security to keep the flying shoes at bay were every she goes .
Rouge Cou, indeed. New headline Sarah Palin says “Let them Eat Cake!”
Her rejection of monies for Alaskan’s education is a blow-kiss and a wink to the national conservative Repubs and a kick in the ass to her Alaskan roots and current constituency.
I guess I would just like her conservative love base in Alaska to ask themselves if they are willing to trade off their own children’s education and future to support this Palin puppet in a national race?
Your own kids and grandkids…or Palin’s posterity?
roll of the dice, huh?
hmmmmmmmmm????
Anna: vocational training, how are high school dropouts going to get job skills?
The funds used by the Dept. of Labor for voc training is used to train disabled people – something Ms. dingdong the disability advocate doesn’t care about.
Greta defends husband’s Palin role
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0309/Greta_defends_husbands_Palin_role.html
Van Susteren writes:
I am getting lots of inquires about my husband John Coale — no, he is not a paid adviser to Governor Palin and never has been. And no, he does not want a job with her or with the other women he has helped.
Yes, he has given Governor Palin advice and helped her. He met her through me when I interviewed her….I did not meet her through him. I have gotten interviews with her not through him but through our staff on OTR. It is that simple.
Thanks Paula, I didn’t know that the “funds used by the Dept. of Labor for voc training is used to train disabled people.” Lucky she doesn’t have a disabled child…oh wait, er, never mind.
grandchild
Our son is blind and has Aspergers.
The voc rehab funds pay for orientation and mobility (caning in new or unfamilair areas), assistive technology (in his case talking software for his computer and a screen reader program so he can “read” print) as well as other very beneficial things intended to help disabled people be independent, and able to work, rather being a ward of the state.
But who needs dumb stuff like high school diplomas and competant disabled people???
As for Great- “or with the other women he has helped”
Is it just me, or does that read PERVERT?
Mudpuppy Wannabe – ahem……..easy there !! Sarah came from Idaho , so she should go home.
Why does Great not say “other people he has helped?” He only helps women? These people are SO wacked.
Maybe an alien ship with beam down and take the whole bunch away.
@austintx (14:02:50) :
yeah, I’m guessing she’d fit right in back there at home…
WOLF KILLER is $%#@&*^ nuts. 160 mil for education and she turns it down. OMG
Run her ass out of office right now!
New thread up on stimulus rejection.
eastcoast (13:49:42) “Her rejection of monies for Alaskan’s education…”
Don’t ya know she wants everyone to leave their villages and populate the cities, no need for education there…
I bet money for her road and drilling made it…
nswfm CA (13:49:25) : Rouge Cou, indeed. New headline Sarah Palin says “Let them Eat Cake!”
you mean COOKIES…
Once again, I am left speechless by the way she reacts to situations….She’s seriously Manic, people! She’s a swinging Pendulum, when it comes to her lack of decision making skills. How much damage can she cause to the State of Alaska in the next year? PLENTY!!!
I’m guessing most Iowa and New Hampshire folks could probably care less if GINO gets re-elected as Governor of Alaska. If this is the case, then this will be a huge green neon light to the Palin camp who will then take a detour in 2010 that leads straight to D.C.
I think they know the answer to question #3, they just want that answer on paper (or perhaps the GOP does).
She can’t afford lose re-election…that’s why she’s testing the waters and thinking about not running. With her popularity slipping among some of the folks that helped her get elected, a re-election as Gov is anything but a sure thing. She’s going to sneak out of the back door, quickly.
Will Evangelicals Tolerate Sarah Palin’s Relationships with Top Scientologists?
http://exceptionmag.com/politics/american/000465/will-evangelicals-tolerate-sarah-palins-relationships-top-scientologists
I think it’s too late for the evangelicals. They may control the Republican party, but the s cientologist Choale appears to control Palin.
@Kmart Palin Blue Lite Special
Lainey…I was joking…I think…
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: -o …probably so…oops
that scary idiot, palin…don’t get me started
As an Iowan, I am used to having politicians running around my wonderful state. It usually doesn’t start within a month or two of the inauguration, however. Which leads me to ask:
Is there any way that she could be, as “Mother Bear”, hibernated for a while?
Palin/Jindal in 2012 — PLEASE!
It absolutely boggles my mind that this aging high-school-homecoming-queen wannabe…this person who leap-frogged from one college to another to get a basic degree so she could be a mediocre sportscaster…thinks somehow she is qualified to run for President of the United States. This individual who was the mayor of a village (I know because I grew up in one the same size) of fewer people than a borough in New York City. This person who truly believes it’s ok to NOT answer an question in a Vice Presidential debate, and instead change the question to a topic she’s comfortable with. Please Alaska — I beg you — let the rest of the country know what you have to deal with daily. This woman is an anathema. She is scary.
We got the robo call tonight in Minnesota. Wonder how many states she’s polling?
“New Hampshire carries even more historical clout. From the Granite State primary, there are just “two tickets.” In fact, from 1952 through 1988, no U.S. president was elected who did not first win the New Hampshire primary. The only two exceptions in the last 56 years were Bill Clinton, who in 1992 finished second to Paul Tsongas, and George W. Bush, who in 2000 was beaten by John McCain.”
Short-term memory loss?
A third exception in the last 56 years would be Barack Obama, who came in second behind Hillary Clinton, who won New Hampshire but did not subsequently win the party’s nomination.
Good point. The quote was written pre-2008 I believe, but nevertheless… AKM
May need to update the almanac, Obama got second in last year’s NH primary. I can’t wait for my robocall. “I think it is very important that Palin remain the GINO!” Hey, if she loses that election it’s two fewer years we have to put up with her.
As some others have mentioned Obama finished 2nd in NH.
As far as Palin running for President already… Weak Sauce! I’m hoping she commits herself to it now and ends up being the Republican nominee, meanwhile the country totally turns around and the economy is booming by 2012 and Obama wins the biggest landslide in history over her… I’m thinking 70% to 30%.
It just amazes me at the stupidity of some of the people who live in this great nation. While I believe that diversity of thought is a good thing, it makes me wince to know that even some of my neighbors must be brain-damaged as they are Palin supporters. She is a complete idiot and I can’t see why men think she’s do-able as she just isn’t all that pretty.
Clearly, Palin is not shooting enough wolves.
Rats! This Iowan hasn’t had a robocall.. Shucks. And, pleeeeeeze, no more suggestions of Her Looniness moving to Iowa. We already have Steve King and that’s quite enough for us to stomach. argh
Just the fact that she is even being considered for the position is causing me to once again have thoughts about being ashamed of being an American.
I never have been all that impressed with “The human race”
I mean, I often think about what the animals are thinking when they look at us.
Maybe something like “Yeah, you guys are really brilliant, you destroyed the air, water and soil with your pollution. My babys are born with birth defects, my children are suffering from assorted cancers caused by your man made bullshit, and you all walk around thinking your shit don’t stink!”
If only man was smart enough to be able to understand what the animals really think of us!
Are we really this stupid?
Stupid enough that we really might have to worry about a “woman of her intelligence, moral fabric, etc” being elected POTUS?!
Please help us Brian, somebody, anybody, nobody???
Sarah Palin?!!!
I prefer the lady from ‘Saturday Night Live’! Palin is waaaaaaaaaayyyy to divisive for me.