Back from the Belly of the Beast. Infiltrating the Republican Lincoln Day Dinner.
Well, it’s been quite an evening. It was Friday night, and I suppose I was in need of a little adrenaline rush, a little tiptoe into the dark side, a little plunge into the belly of the beast. It’s been a while since I infiltrated a Republican event, and I am happy to report that I survived relatively unscathed. A little nauseous….a little dizzy….but alive to tell the tale. Tonight there was a double header at the Anchorage Hilton – A Dan Sullivan (the only conservative running for Anchorage mayor) fundraiser, and the Republican Party “Lincoln Day Dinner”. I just couldn’t resist.
So spouse and I did our best to “dress Republican” and we headed downtown. When we arrived at the Hilton, we scoped out the Dan Sullivan room, which was right across the hall from the other event. The room was very small, with not many people. I had a sudden panicky thought. “What if I see someone I know? How would I explain being here?” Then I realized that it was not only unlikely I’d see anyone I knew, but if I did, they were actually there too…so they wouldn’t be wondering what I was doing there. Then spouse asked if I needed a glass of wine. Definitely.
Next, we decided to check out the banquet room. People were starting to arrive and were milling around the edges of the room. A silent auction! I wondered for a moment what items might one find at a Republican Party silent auction. I soon found out. The very first item on the table? A Hillary Clinton nutcracker. I’m not kidding. Then a lunch with Dan Sullivan. Then a basket of liquor. Then a lunch with Don Young. Then a basket of wine. A couple angry conservative books. More liquor. A chinchilla fur neck wrap. Wine. A couple weird beaded American flag things. More liquor. And finally….a George W. Bush jack-in-the-box that played “Hail to the Chief” when you cranked the handle. By the time I got to the end of the long line of tables, I realized my wine glass was just about empty.
~~~Doesn't it suck how Sarah gets picked on because she's a woman?
~~~~Pop Goes the Weasel~~~~
~~~Fur and Liquor...now THAT's an auction!
But wait, there’s more. I had hardly recovered from this bizarre display of goods, when I realized there was another group of tables. This was the big stuff. A framed piece of artwork, a plate autographed by Sarah Palin, liquor, a couple more angry books, and an autographed picture of Lisa Murkowski. I burst out into the hall like someone who’d been swimming and holding their breath. >Gasp<
~~Sarah Palin and Blood on the Tundra. Poetry is everywhere.
I suddenly felt very much like a progressive out of my element. I needed to blend in. So I perused the tables lining the hallway and grabbed some brochures. I even….put on a Dan Sullivan for Mayor button. You gotta do what you gotta do. Some of the material I gathered: A Dan Sullivan pin, bumper sticker and flyers. Copies of some newspaper op ed pieces like “Alaska’s black-robed elitists trample on parents’ rights”, “Moral Convictions and Politics are One”, “‘Far Right’ Issues Can’t Be Dismissed as ‘Fringe’ Concerns,” some literature from the CPC Pregnancy Center of Anchorage including an invitation to the “Father-Daughter Purity Ball – Because We Cherish Our Daughters as Royal Princesses. Vow to protect your daughter (11 years and older) in her choices for purity.” After several minutes of leaning against the wall, and another glass of wine, I looked up and there was Lt. Governor Sean Parnell coming up the stairs, followed by Sarah Palin. I knew she’d be headed for Dan Sullivan’s room, so I scooted in and positioned myself for a picture. The rest of the room had no idea she’d arrived, and when she walked in, some guy yelled, “SARACUUUDA!” which was followed by rapturous applause.
The woman next to me gushed, “Oh my gosh, she’s soooo pretty!” She proceeded to hug, and smile, and sign autographs, and talk and hug and sign autographs, and smile….and eventually Dan Sullivan, like the goobery kid at the dance, came over and had to literally tug on her sleeve to get her to pay attention to him. Glasses were clinked with knives, and a hush fell on the room. “Nothing would make me happier than to work with Dan Sullivan as mayor,” she said. Wow. Nothing? Then she went on to say that Dan Sullivan’s sister works in her office. (That will be important in a minute)
Then in the next sentence she did it. She dropped the A-bomb. “Also.” Spouse looked at me and I felt the edges of my mouth start to creep up in a smile against my will. But looking around at all the beaming faces, I realized that a giant goofy smile would fit right in. So smile I did at the whole rest of the word salady feast which ensued…
I want to thank Dan for all he has done for this community and really this part of Alaska, not just the municipality of Anchorage. My parents are here – Chuck and Sally Heath – [she looks around for them but they are not in the room] and they are here too, whether they know it or not, to show support for Dan Sullivan because this greater area that is – that has such great potential, our communities out there in the Valley and in Anchorage needing to work closer together, I think it would be extremely helpful to have a good mayor who understands a lot of that pioneering independent spirit that is the Valley. I think we see a win-win there with his election. And then overall too for the state I think we need him as your mayor so that the good relationship with the state administration – that can really be tapped into – taken advantage of essentially. [that would be Dan Sullivan's sister. All during that sentence, Sullivan nodded like a bobblehead] I look forward to being able to work closely with him, so thank you also for being here to support Dan, and good luck, God bless ya, and we’ll be rootin’ for ya!
~~~Dan Sullivan, Sarah Palin and her Blackberry
I did think of all the Mudflatters at that moment, standing an arm’s length away from the governor and wishing you could have been flies on the wall enjoying the blizzard of words with me. It was really quite something. Sullivan just sort of stood there looking kind of pasty and uncomfortable, while Palin soaked up the spotlight like a sponge. She left the room after her little speechlet, and swept across the hall. Everyone in the room followed behind like little red ducklings, and soon the Sullivan room was left with nobody but Dan, a couple guys by the bar, and a big metaphorical tumbleweed.
After another recovery period in the hallway, I remembered something I had in my coat pocket. A little ziploc bag with a bunch of “Where’s Sarah?” buttons. I showed Spouse the bag, and we both looked at each other. Maybe it was the wine, maybe it was the crazy brain chemicals from listening to the word salad. Maybe it was the pinching of my Republican shoes, but the compulsion the overtook me was simply irresistable. I don’t know who ended up at the end of the night with the basket of whiskey, or who ended up with the basket of wine and fake grapes, but hidden under those bottles was …. a special surprise. Yes, those unwitting Republicans were the lucky winners of one “Where’s Sarah?” button each, courtesy of the Mudflats!
~~~A perfect match with red wine, or hard liquor!
Then the evening’s festivities began. Miss Alaska was there, teetering on high heels, half-clad in a skin tight red mini-dress, a crown, and a fake tan, to sing the national anthem. The the Rev. Jerry Prevo of the mega-church the Anchorage Baptist Temple with a prayer. Then the pledge of allegiance. Then ex-Lieutenant Governor Loren Lehman was introduced as being someone who “looks like Lincoln.” We know him as Loren ’the Undertaker” Lehman. How did he get this nickname, you ask? Behold. 
His speech consisted mostly of bashing President Obama for “shamelessly misappropriateing the image of Abraham Lincoln.” We heard about how he quotes Lincoln, and how he was sworn in on Lincoln’s Bible, and how the food at the Inaugural luncheon represented Lincoln’s favorite food. “I expected him to show up in Lincoln’s stove pipe hat,” he said. Then he proceeded to mangle former VP Democratic candidate Lloyd Bentsen’s words saying, “With all due respect, I know President Lincoln, and you’re no President Lincoln.” This, and the wine made me wonder if perhaps Lehman the undertaker really DID know President Lincoln and he had managed to keep himself alive for the last hundred and fifty years with some kind of strange Republican embalming fluid so he could be here to address the crowd….[shudder]
~~~Grab the children and RUN!
Then he mentioned Palin’s rejection of the stimulus money. And what did he say to her, as she sat right there at the table in the front row? “Thank you Governor Sarah Palin for protecting Alaska’s interest!” I’m still trying to figure out how she’s protecting our interest by rejecting money for education, special needs kids, weatherization, immunization, and a host of other things, which will go to some other state if we don’t take it. “If Abraham Lincoln were here, he’d lead in a standing ovation!” quoth the Undertaker, and the room stood cheering. The same Republicans who said that we’d better re-elect convicTed Stevens so we could keep getting all that money, were standing in rapture applauding a governor who was giving it away to California. It was really stunning.
Before we move along, please join me in the irony of a man who was introduced as “looking a lot like Lincoln”, who actually said, “I know Lincoln” and claimed a standing ovation in his name, and who is wearing some weird get-up that looks like it came from the 1800s, actually mocked the President of the United states for “shamelessly misappropriating the image of Lincoln”. The mind reels. But this is the belly of the beast….logic has no meaning here.
And of course, what’s a Republican dinner without a good jab at our new Democratic Senator, Mark Begich. Lehman said that when Begich was addressing the stimulus money, “He said, ‘I don’t understand what all the posturing is about?’” Lehman chuckled in an all-knowing sort of way, raised one big creepy eyebrow and said, dripping with sarcasm, ”I’m sure he doesn’t!” I don’t know what that was supposed to mean, but it was good for another round of uproarious laughter.
It was at this point, that I had to flee. I knew there would be a point at which the time was right to escape, and as everyone started to eat and mingle, and talk about how evil Obama is, that moment arrived. On the way out, Spouse and I decided to leave a little present for any Mudflatters who want to go on a treasure hunt this weekend. I mean, why should the Republicans get all the goodies?
We left a few of those “Where’s Sarah?” buttons just for you. So put on your pith helmet, get out your map of downtown Anchorage, and get ready for adventure! If you enter the Anchorage Hilton from the side entrance off of 3rd Avenue, walk in and take a right down the hall. There’s a men’s room across from The Aspen Room. Look under the first sink on the left, taped underneath. There’s also one further down the hall in the Ladies’ Room across from The Spruce Room taped to the underside of the feminine hygeine dispenser. For a quick and easy drive-by, there’s another one under the pay phone on the corner of 4th and F, right by the Federal Building. Do drop me an email if you pick one up!
Now, it’s time for a long, hot shower, and a good scrubbing with a Brill-o pad. G’night Mudflatters!
Come on Alaskans, take back your state and throw the bums out!
Yay! First! Congratulations AKM you and your spouse are my heros!! Wishing you good health after being in such a contaminated environment. Lots of hot toddies might do the trick??? I laughed all the way through your account. (cringed as well – pollution always disturbs me)
I didn’t get this on your previous post about the Stimulas debacle, but it was referenced a few times in passing about Countdown. I thought KO’s brilliant piece on GINO video might be something that should give other mudpuppies something to enjoy – http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677#29806313 Choose #4 video Palin’s Stimulas Ploy. LOVE IT!! Happy Protesting today! I’m with you in spirit all the way. Live from Maui……
God I love this. Great writing and great reporting. Thank you thank you. Keep an eye on those creeps for those of us can’t be there to witness the sheer awfulness of these people and who need to be reminded that like the living dead they never go away.
Great undercover reporting. Spouse and I just saw “Duplicity” in which no one is to be trusted and agents work undercover to do underhanded things like … … … putting a button under a sink? Well It got me in the mood to read your undercover piece.
I hope you had a wig and Groucho glasses/mustache on.
Its great to have embedded reporters on the scene.
I which I could have won the plate. I would have had great fun throwing it.
Thanks again for sharing your brave scary & creepy fun.
Those awful — “Republicans” … “al qaeda” “taliban” “Nixon’s enemies” “wine & brie effete liberals” “u name it …” Am I who I am only as I consider the evils of my enemy? Where is Abraham Lincoln … we don’t know Abraham Lincoln, he is no friend of ours … when we need him?
This piece is surely one of your finest. I really felt as though I was right there, which is to say I felt as slimy as a slice of deli turkey gone bad.
Bravo, and lovely touch with the scavenger hunt.
Only You AKM and Incredible Spouse could pull this caper off and write about it so wonderfully. Thanks to both of you for ‘taking one for the team’!!!
“I don’t know who ended up at the end of the night with the basket of whiskey, or who ended up with the basket of wine and fake grapes, but hidden under those bottles was …. a special surprise. Yes, those unwitting Republicans were the lucky winners of one “Where’s Sarah?” button each, courtesy of the Mudflats!”
I bet the proximity of those “Where’s Sarah” buttons will likely sour/curdle the bottles of way-overpriced bottles of hooch (after auctioning). What a giggle, when they go to open their priceless treasures. Would I love to be a bug on the wall to see that!
I hope/expect everyone will have a big time & boisterous rally tomorrow morning! I’m with you in spirit! This time I’m hoping it will be even bigger than last fall. Lots of parents of schoolkids probably p!ssed about the stimulus rejection too. Eager to see tomorrow’s stories.
Thanks for the account and the pictures of the Grand Kleegle. Better thee than me.
That was brilliant. Thank you. Imagine the puzzled looks on their faces when they find those buttons.
I wanna button – WAAAHHH!
You should have gone up to old Don and, with a pitiful glance, pinned one of those buttons on his suit.
He’d have gotten the message loud and clear.
The badges in the baskets was a dirty trick worthy of a Republican! Sterling stuff, AKM.
AKM – Thank you for the report from the cesspool !! Your perfect description had me smelling the stench thru my computer monitor !! {Pine-o-Pine please}……..I guess the Pottery Barn rule applied to the plate , “you break-you pay”…….too bad….I don’t think I could’ve stopped myself from frisbeein’ that sucker at Sarah………you might need to shower again after that brave foray into the sewer. No Todd huh ??
Great job AKM! Thanks for keeping us up on the shenanagans.
Kat – thanks for bringing attention to Keith Oberman’s piece on MSNBC. I watched last night and urge anyone who missed it to check it out. Curious re: impeachment. Was he serious, has she done enough to impeach her and if so what would it take? He said something like varies state to state…anybody want to check into that?
Dear Mr. Sullivan, now that you have exposed yourself as a member of the good ole boy (Palin) network you have lost my vote.
UK Lady – Kat posted what you are looking for. Thanks Kat.
Oh my that was great, just a quick comment have to go meet my horses manicurist. I shall return.
The get straight to Sarah version……….
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/29806127#29806127
Tewise – Baby needs new shoes……..
Note to 1st Dud – How’s that Keeping your daughters pure and cherishing them like princesses workin’ out for ya!?
Love the Palin plate next to ‘Blood on the Tundra’ – Republicans don’t get irony do they.
Well done AKM and spouse.
Thanks for the KO vids Pat and austintx.
I want to hang out with you guys and drink wine!!
Wow, very exciting night. Love the Palin plate -looks like she added “Governor” as an afterthought, like she was wondering if she needed to ad it in case the bidder/winner wasn’t quite sure who she was…
I am also imagining some proud R winner unknowingly, but very proudly, sporting their new “Where’s Sarah?” pin thinking it’s a good thing. Keep your eyes peeled.
You were very brave AKM and very naughty…..
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austintx- don’t you just love Olbermann?
I wonder how the parents as that special education dinner will like her now?
Love it…you make a great “angel” charlie!
Wished I could get one of those jack (well George) in a boxes
and be a fly on the wall when they get the bottles with the surprise buttons
Great Job!!!
Gov. Sarah Palin owes more than a half million dollars to an Anchorage law firm that has defended her against ethics complaints, and she may create a legal fund to pay the bill, she said Friday.
PDF: Palin and Van Flein written answers to ADN questions about financial disclosure report
Palin sure is a snakly little beotch isn’t she? Someone really needs to let Tear Sarah and SaraPAC know that their tax return checks will be needed asap. No flat screen TVs for SPs supporters. I don’t know how they do it.
As I read this, at the point where you decided it was time to leave, my head started replaying the music from The Lone Ranger. Some of you might remember that old black and white tv show from the 50′s? I wondered if, after you left, someone was heard to say “Who was that Masked Mudflatter?”
Paula – yes , gotta have that KO fix every nite.
Thanks AKM – I don’t know how you do it! You must have a stronger stomach than I do…
Paula – I know……..I mean , where is the tipping point for these people ?? Don’t they understand the concept of “diminishing returns”. There is nothing “there”. Walk over to the toilet and flush the money…….same thing…..
Thanks, AKM, for “taking us” to the events. I made a point of putting my coffee down when I saw the title. Good thing. Great laugh first thing in the morning. Whoever goes to retrieve the hidden buttons should hum the Mission Impossible theme and look skulky.
I wanna be AKM when I grow up!
EXCELLENT work!
The Republicans are more like a cult than anything else these days. They are beyond twisted.
OMG! AKM!!!! I am speechless!!!!
This is 100x worse than reading the book….! I hope you have a wreath of garlic or a medicine bag of stones on to protect you from….them!
{someone smudge AKM} waves sage around, ahhhhhh! better……
{trying to compose myself enough to write…}
Wow! Just Wow! Wait until Charlie see this! {El Jefe} What a amazing undercover undertaking!
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Pictures too! That creepy guy behind GINO looks like he’s looking right at you, as you secretly take GINO pic with your little spy camera! Awesome!
{smudge camera/phone too} aaaaaaahhhhh! better
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The “Where’s Sarah” badges……! Gulp! To be a flyinureye to see their faces to happen upon those….PRICELESS!
I have to ask….How the HELL did you restrain yourself???? From you know…
running up and slapping GINO in the face??????
That little scenario would of been seriously running through my mind, you Betchya!!!!
And Spouse came for moral support! {smudges spouse} awwwww! much better!
Also
The creep factor {insert ominous organ sound…..} must of been, like off the wall, with Hillary nutcracker’s and GINO signed plates, UGH!!!
You have really took one for the team…..
But now your IN! You can get a birds eye (eagle eye!) of GINO anytime, and NO one is the wiser! This just makes my morning by god!
Haven’t been sleeping well due to the distress of the wolf killing….but getting up and reading this with my first cup of coffee….Priceless!! {insert clapping sounds here!}
Also….
Thanks for sharing this with us!!!!! I’m still trying to digest it all…and I hope all Anchorage mudpups flock to find the “Where’s Sarah” badges, I would be off right now, if I lived there!
Thanks AKM, you’ve really, really went beyond the call of duty last night….
And all of us blogger’s in our PJ’s thanking you this morning.
Maybe YOU are Alaska’s Aslan?????
AKM – Did you ride the ferris wheel ??
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu270/moussif/kkk.jpg
You are the bravest person I’ve ever known. Impressive espionage — AND you didn’t hurl as I would have done. Fabulous.
I just ran across this picture over at “We’re Not That Stupid.”
Big lol. Hope it makes it through the spam filter.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ba8JSvPcGt4/ScQe1BpOu5I/AAAAAAAAC7k/jqDKO7598W0/s1600/palin%2Bpancake%2Bhead.jpg
waah…spam filter got my picture.
AKM~
I love the accounting of your “embedded evening”…and I can only imagine that the first thing to shed before that good brillo scrubbin’…were the Repub shoes! Funnee!!! Thanks for all you do to represent ~ which is so much better than being just a fly on the wall. And in one of yours “Scaracuuuda” shots, it looks as though your cover was nearly blown. Careful now; for at this stage of the game…her gooney-goons are on edge!
You’re a brave soldier AKM (and spouse) and deserve an award of some kind…
And the stowaway buttons ~ priceless!
Jane in MiamiNo Gravatar (04:18:19) :
I want to hang out with you guys and drink wine!!
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Welcome to the “Flats” Jane….(tink ~ to your wine glass)! I’m actually having a good glass of grape juice w/ breakfast; non-fermented vino.
This will be yet another great day…so enjoy your stay.
OMG! AKM!!!! I am speechless!!!!
This is 100x worse than reading the book….! I hope you had a wreath of garlic or a medicine bag of stones on to protect you from….them!
(smudging AKM) waves sage around, ahhhhhh! better……
(trying to compose myself enough to write…)
Wow! Just Wow! Wait until Charlie see this! (El Jefe) What a amazing undercover undertaking!
Also
Pictures too! That creepy guy behind GINO looks like he’s looking right at you, as you secretly take GINO pic with your little spy camera! Awesome!
(smudge camera/phone too) aaaaaaahhhhh! better
Also
The “Where’s Sarah” badges……! Gulp! To be a flyinureye to see their faces to happen upon those….PRICELESS!
I have to ask….How the HELL did you restrain yourself???? From you know…
running up and slapping GINO in the face??????
That little scenario would of been seriously running through my mind, you Betchya!!!!
And Spouse came for moral support! (smudges spouse) awwwww! much better!
Also
The creep factor (insert ominous organ sound…..) must of been, like off the wall, with Hillary nutcracker’s and GINO signed plates, UGH!!!
You have really took one for the team…..
But now your IN! You can get a birds eye (eagle eye!) of GINO anytime, and NO one is the wiser! This just makes my morning by god!
Haven’t been sleeping well due to the distress of the wolf killing….but getting up and reading this with my first cup of coffee….Priceless!! (insert clapping sounds here!)
Also….
Thanks for sharing this with us!!!!! I’m still trying to digest it all…and I hope all Anchorage mudpups flock to find the “Where’s Sarah” badges, I would be off right now, if I lived there!
Thanks AKM, you’ve really, really went beyond the call of duty last night….
And all of us blogger’s in our PJ’s thanking you this morning.
Maybe YOU are Alaska’s Aslan?????
OH MY.
I had never realized until I tried to read the gibberish that she said, that it came across as bad in print as it does orally.
People have to be brain damaged to clap when she speaks.
MSNBC just showed a short video from Alaskans protesting at the capitol. Hope they do more….
@ austintx……….yep baby needed new shoes and her nails were too long.
I loved the eye in the room account too, also. I whooped at the hidden buttons in the baskets I would really love to see their face when they are found. But I don’t think wine would have been strong enough for me I would have went straight for some tequila. Now I want to see who goes on the scavenger hunt and find those cute buttons. Can you imagine the janitorial services finding them.
@ austintx was there a date on that picture you posted?
Good luck on the rally today all going and sending all my encouragement and best wishes in prevailing. Dang she makes my head hurt when she talks, I applaud you smiling at her infamous words because I know I would have set there with one of those WTF is she saying looks.
That’s an awful jacket GINO’s wearing. Hopefully after paying legal fees she’ll have some money left over for a stylist.
Funny how she doesn’t use her unbuttoned jacket pocket(s) to house her Blackberry. Must have it in her hand like a small child needs to hold a blankie.
I’m telling you, I don’t think she got beyond Erikson’s “Identity vs. Role Confusion” stage of development. And that’s being generous on my part.
Only the beginning………
http://www.adn.com/palin/story/731157.html
Tewise – went back to where I found it and that’s it…..no date. sorry.
Who dresses that woman? No wonder the RNC bought her all those clothes.
OMFG!! I laughed outloud at the buttons under the fake grapes in the wine baskets! Priceless!!! Oh to be a fly on the wall when they found it!
Bravo AKM, to you and Spouse. Truly heroes. Oh, and role models for the infiltration.
Wow! AKM, you outdid yourself this time! *Standing ovation from the mudflatters all over the world*
@ Mona Lisa–we’ll get started being AKM when we grow up when we infiltrate the Denny’s ‘meet-up.’
BRAVA!! You made me laugh out loud! Great report!
Truly, a trip to the dark side AKM. I just can’t get over that creepy, undertaker chap – gave me the shivers. Twilight zone has nothing on this event.
Also, too, GINO’s word salad continues to amaze me.
Hey 007,
Thanks for the report, I toast to your successful and dangerous mission. (black tea with sugared ginger at this hour) Looks like the REPUB security team was on to you. That rather large and highly observant bouncer behind GINO’s right shoulder in the photo, was not that impressed with your cunning photography skills…….. Maybe we could offer you an array of more sophisticated devices that might allow for a more stealthy operation.
We are currently working on a top secret, “Where’s Sarah Drone”. This device will have the latest technology in soft ware and hardware to prevent being brainwashed and reprogramed with GINO’s Magical Thinking. We fear for your mental well-being and cannot afford to lose anymore agents of change and enlightenment. This drone will be fully functional buy the time you read this post, so rest assured mudflaters, 007 is retiring from covert operations, and taking an assumed identity in a country in the southern hemisphere.
It’s like ‘those people’ are living in a parallel universe……a dark, evil, version which I want no part of…….AKM, you really have wonderful self-control; I don’t think I coulda held back from calling out “GINO!!!!”
@ austintx- thank you I was just curious, when I was real small and my parents were traveling from Texas to Ga. I saw something along these lines but much scarier.
“On August 29, it seems the political landscape changed in Alaska. Now, it seems in order to do this job as Governor, with the political blood sport some are playing today, only the independently wealthy or those willing to spend their income on legal fees to defend their official actions in office … can serve,” Palin said in the written response to Daily News questions.
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GIN0 seriously doesn’t get it, does she? We did not ask McLame, who was desperate at the time and grossly negligent in the vetting process to “air” her filthy laundry…and if she had an iota of sense, she would have done her folksy best in declining the offer of instant stardom…. But nooooooooo, she couldn’t resist the allure of high-fallutin’ and some rootin’-tootin’…..so you see, Gov’nor ~ choices have built-in consequences! Deal with it! And as you said about Hillary, “Put on your BIG GURL drawls ~ and stop the daggone whinin’! It’s not attractive…..
And here’s some FREE counsel dearie: Why don’tcha use some of that per diem loot to pay off your perpetual legal fees? Oh, I forgot; “…use of public monies to do so could itself violate state law,” Palin wrote.
I like the red “Spawn of Satan” pupils from your flash. Good work. You are too funny. Great piece with my morning coffee.
I have to be away from home and don’t know if I’ll have wireless access to check in before tomorrow night. Hope the rally goes really well – looking forwar to reports!
“forward”
Dressing Republican
AKM-It would have been a lot easier on your feet (ouch) had you been able to dress like a ‘republican voter’, perhaps wearing a “we don’t need no stinking learning” pin, to add an authentic touch of that ‘pioneering independent spirit that is the Valley’.
http://dljh1964.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/beverly-hillbillies-dvd3.jpg
But then, you really would NOT have ‘blended in’!
http://www.tvland.com/photogallery/photos/Beverly-Hillbillies-portrait.jpg
The Master has laid out the blueprint of sleuthing at the highest level. Please take notes.
Grab some popcorn and enjoy;
Kieth Olberman slams Sarah Palin over stimulus and suggests impeachment rather than AK legislators overruling her desicion!
Palin’s stimulus ploy
March 20: The Nation’s Chris Hayes talks about the real reasons why Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, chose to accept only some of the stimulus money for her state.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/vp/29806127#29806127
Great reporting AKM and what fun it is to be able to go in on a spy mission….my favorite! Sorry to say, my dozen Where’s Gino buttons, only lasted minutes after I walked into a room of friends. We all were wearing them within seconds.
Remember to hold up a sign for those of us down here in Southeast Alaska….Eventually I will be in Anchorage to help demonstrate, we just need a few days advanced notice on the time and date. I am with you there in spirit.
AKM, you have outdone yourself. You are an inspiration.
this was even better than a strong cup of coffee to get me going on this saturday morning (though the combination is terrific). spouse eyed me nervously as chuckles brought into roars (i finally broke down and forced him to hear some of the passages). brilliant, subversive, insightful. thanks!
Way to go! This is how to do it!
This sort of thing should be standard practice at every event where that witch shows up. Remind the Repugs in little, subtle ways just how out-of-touch they are. That’s the power of “anonymous!”
I love it!!!
caligrl – Are you on spring break at the beach , or what ??
Dressing Republican
AKM-It would have been a lot easier on your feet (ouch) had you been able to dress like a ‘republican voter’, perhaps wearing a “we don’t need no stinking learning” pin, to add an authentic touch of that ‘pioneering independent spirit that is the Valley’.
http://dljh1964.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/beverly-hillbillies-dvd3.jpg
But then, you really would NOT have ‘blended in’!
Shopper, you give her too much credit, I don’t think she’s even gotten to the Initiative vs Guilt -”Begins to initiate, not imitate, activities.”
Infant
Trust vs Mistrust
Needs maximum comfort with minimal uncertainty
to trust himself/herself, others, and the environment
Toddler
Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt
Works to master physical environment while maintaining
self-esteem
Preschooler
Initiative vs Guilt
Begins to initiate, not imitate, activities; develops
conscience and sexual identity
School-Age Child
Industry vs Inferiority
Tries to develop a sense of self-worth by refining skills
Adolescent
Identity vs Role Confusion
Tries integrating many roles (child, sibling, student, athlete,
worker) into a self-image under role model and peer pressure
Young Adult
Intimacy vs Isolation
Learns to make personal commitment to another as
spouse, parent or partner
Middle-Age Adult
Generativity vs Stagnation
Seeks satisfaction through productivity in career, family, and
civic interests
Older Adult
Integrity vs Despair
Reviews life accomplishments, deals with loss
and preparation for death
I just thought of something… I’d love to be a fly on the wall when one of GINO’s 5 PR people tell her THE most famous anonymous blogger of all infiltrated her soiree and actually took her picture AND left little droppings behind;) She’s going to feel so…um…violated (and really p*ssed).
“I was shocked to learn of the comment made by President Obama about Special Olympics,” Palin said in a statement. “This was a degrading remark about our world’s most precious and unique people, coming from the most powerful position in the world.”
She added:
“These athletes overcome more challenges, discrimination and adversity than most of us ever will. By the way, these athletes can outperform many of us and we should be proud of them. I hope President Obama’s comments do not reflect how he truly feels about the special needs community.”
Yet she doesn’t support funding these precious and unique people. Huh?
“And then overall too for the state I think we need him as your mayor so that the good relationship with the state administration – that can really be tapped into – taken advantage of essentially.”
She’s going to use this “good relationship” to basically blackmail voters into voting for Sullivan. She knows if Walt Monegan wins, she’ll have to work with him so she’s telling everyone that if Dan doesn’t win, nothing will get done. Of course, if this happens, it’ll be her fault that nothing gets done. Our Mr. Monegan does what’s best for the people and would work with whoever he has to to ensure that they are taken care of.
El Jefe { Charlie }No Gravatar (07:24:28) :
caligrl – Are you on spring break at the beach , or what ??
Tried to send it again…
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I left a HUGE AWESOME comment about AKM covert operation and it’s stuck in the tubes awaiting moderation
maybe if I send it in pieces…?
OMG! AKM!!!! I am speechless!!!!
This is 100x worse than reading the book….! I hope you had a wreath of garlic or a medicine bag of stones on to protect you from….them!
(smudging AKM) waves sage around, ahhhhhh! better……
(trying to compose myself enough to write…)
Wow! Just Wow! Wait until Charlie see this! (El Jefe) What a amazing undercover undertaking!
Also
Pictures too! That creepy guy behind GINO looks like he’s looking right at you, as you secretly take GINO pic with your little spy camera! Awesome!
(smudge camera/phone too) aaaaaaahhhhh! better
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The “Where’s Sarah” badges……! Gulp! To be a flyinureye to see their faces to happen upon those….PRICELESS!
I have to ask….How the HELL did you restrain yourself???? From you know…
running up and slapping GINO in the face??????
That little scenario would of been seriously running through my mind, you Betchya!!!!
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And Spouse came for moral support! (smudges spouse) awwwww! much better!
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The creep factor (insert ominous organ sound…..) must of been, like off the wall, with Hillary nutcracker’s and GINO signed plates, UGH!!!
You have really took one for the team…..
But now your IN! You can get a birds eye (eagle eye!) of GINO anytime, and NO one is the wiser! This just makes my morning by god!
Haven’t been sleeping well due to the distress of the wolf killing….but getting up and reading this with my first cup of coffee….Priceless!! (insert clapping sounds here!)
Also….
Thanks for sharing this with us!!!!! I’m still trying to digest it all…and I hope all Anchorage mudpups flock to find the “Where’s Sarah” badges, I would be off right now, if I lived there!
Thanks AKM, you’ve really, really went beyond the call of duty last night….
And all of us blogger’s in our PJ’s thanking you this morning.
Maybe YOU are Alaska’s Aslan?????
I especially enjoyed this comment:
Like the cankered Republican Whore that she has always been and always will be – Palin saw an opportunity and she took it. She no doubt called to find out where her baby was and had it brought to her – my how big he is getting.
Since Alaska has more than twice the national average birthrate of special needs kids – and since Alaska also allows environmental dumping that no other state in the Union allows – and since there is a connection between the increases in these births and environmental policies – Obama’s joke – while inappropriate – hardly rises to the level of the joke that is Palin’s support of special needs kids – which, like a Republican’s support of the troops – is given and boasted about as long as it means they do not have to do a God Damn thing.
Palin’s support of special needs kids is a far uglier joke than anything Obama could ever say.
Wow, I’m only halfway through, got to go back to digest the rest; this is like a James Bond movie!
Good morning caligrl !! Yes – AKM does set the bar high.
Just got to know, akm. Was that SP plate autographed in lipstick?
Hysterical, AKM. You really should write a book about your various infiltrations into the Dark Side.
I have had to attend similar shindigs when I lived in the Bible Belt. The only thing missing here is Miss (fill-in-the-blank) of 1953, dressed in red, white and blue and sporting enormous hair, singing a song she wrote herself to honor mothers everywhere (except the liberal sort).
Loved the “red devil” eye’s on GINO, kind of reminded of the demon’s in Charmed
El Jefe { Charlie }No Gravatar (07:55:49) :
Good morning caligrl !! Yes – AKM does set the bar high.
Good morning Charlie (El Jefe) 
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Yes!
Alaska is now the land of Lincoln? Boy oh oby but is some state west of indiana and east of mizzou gonna be mad… maybe they’ll borrow your undertaker to help right the ship of state.
like how you left all those buttons in an effort to clue them in, but the question is “will they understand what they mean”?
I have had to attend similar shindigs when I lived in the Bible Belt. The only thing missing here is Miss (fill-in-the-blank) of 1953, dressed in red, white and blue and sporting enormous hair, singing a song she wrote herself to honor mothers everywhere (except the liberal sort).
—–There is a town near us that -honest to god- has an annual Praise the Lord Pig Roast. Sounds like an event Palin would fit right into. Think you could handle that AKM ?
Was Loren Lehman separated from this fella at birth ?? They both have that creepy look………
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4629320
@maya–I was thought the same thing about the plate! (What’s the deal with signing a plate anyway? Never saw that before–isn’t it usually a picture?) The bow is a nice touch though.
We need to hire a handwriting expert to analyze her pompous signature. Bet it would back up everything we say about her.
Also, too, noticed that those in attendance must have been feeling very conservative-y since there weren’t many bids on the bunch of lame items.
I’m heading off to the rally now, and am SO excited! I can only hope that Sarah will drive by to see how many people care more about the future of Alaska than about her shameful and transparent political ambitions.
So even in Sarah’s wildest Narcissistic fantasies, what kind of people does she think would want to elect a President who is against education funding??
Sarah Palin is the Paris Hilton of politics, I swear! Hey, that’s it! Palin/Hilton 2012! Their campaign slogan could be “Palin/Hilton – It’s all about ME! No, ME!! No, ME!!!!!”
Like the double meaning buttons:::Wheres Sarah….not just her person, but her mind.
…even when she’s present, she’s absent…
SarahGates of Hell said TealNo Gravatar (08:21:02) :
Like the double meaning buttons:::Wheres Sarah….not just her person, but her mind.
…even when she’s present, she’s absent…
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no curtains, no drapes
Who on earth did she borrow that jacket from??? It doesn’t fit and she has the sleeves roll up and you can see the lining!! Maybe she’s trying to look more conservative and matronly? Anyway its UGLY…She carries that blackberry like a teenager, my granddaughters carried their cellphones like that when they first got them, its that teenage thing, look at me I cool, after a while it goes in a purse or pocket, GINO hasn’t grown out of the look at me, I’m cool stage yet. I just read on Huffington she owes 1/2 mill. to her attorney, and is going to start a fund to raise money to pay HER bills, may she need to get a loan on the house her husband built free with his friends. YES I’m being snarky!!! Add another gate to the list: attorneygate.
Boy, there’s nothing like being frightened first thing in the morning. That photo of Loren Lehman …… makes me shudder. I imagine he is a big supporter of the Father-Daughter Purity Ball, too.
Then he mentioned Palin’s rejection of the stimulus money. And what did he say to her, as she sat right there at the table in the front row? “Thank you Governor Sarah Palin for protecting Alaska’s interest!” I’m still trying to figure out how she’s protecting our interest by rejecting money for education, special needs kids, weatherization, immunization, and a host of other things, which will go to some other state if we don’t take it. “If Abraham Lincoln were here, he’d lead in a standing ovation!” quoth the Undertaker, and the room stood cheering. The same Republicans who said that we’d better re-elect convicTed Stevens so we could keep getting all that money….
AKM I am forever in awe of you marvelous ability to nail the hypocrisy with such pin-point precision while providing such marvelously entertaining writing at the same time.
Brilliant! Bravo!
I would also like to quote from secret guilty blog-pleasure of mine, “The Rude Pundit”. I won’t direct or recoomend anyone to go there as it is can be very “rude” and often quite R+-rated but sometimes the visual word-smorgsborg served up there is nothing short of brilliant
To quote, regarding Sarah Palin
She is like an especially ambitious dung beetle trying to push a turd up and over a hill; even if she gets it where she wants it, in the end, she’s still just been rolling shit.
I am anxiously awaiting AKM’s discussion of Palin’s latest, “Poor me, why does everyone pick on little ol’ me?” whine regarding her rapidly mounting legal fees.
Has Sarah Palin received any good press in the last month? I mean, seriously????
I hope tens of thousands turn out for the rally today…
Was Tim Griffen at the dinner? hmmmm?
And before any voting begins, PLEASE, investigate any possible voting fraud. I don’t trust the underhanded dirty dark oil money fueled Republican party, especially in AK! one wee little flea pickin bit, jerks.
Remember, we are still coming out of the Bush era antics of heavily involved voter fixing to benefit their party.
And remember Mark Begich was not expected to win. Palin said so herself. They thought they had that sit bagged. They) thought Palin would get the chance to fill that senate seat with a repub. They are not going to let any Dems win without a big underhanded fight. Look for corruption where ever you can.
There is a lot out there to help steal votes, put in place after 8 yrs of corrupt Bush/Rove politics. Don’t expect polls to be correct.
Don’t take that lightly or forget it, please. Big oil money is at stake, they are involved believe me.
PAula “—–There is a town near us that -honest to god- has an annual Praise the Lord Pig Roast. Sounds like an event Palin would fit right into. Think you could handle that AKM ?”
Palin’s event would be Praise the Lord Pig In Lipstick Roast.
I remember living in the Bible Belt as a long-haired heavy-metal teenager. Once a year, a guy named Pastor Brown would preach from the flatbed of a moving truck (chorus behind him) to all his crazy, arm-waving fans. I was less successful at infiltrating this crowd (heck, I didn’t even try). I had the distinct honor of being singled out by Pastor Brown as an “evil, devil-worshipping sinner!” I wish I had some mashed peas to spew from my mouth right then just to get them all worked up.
That was in North Carolina. Up until it turned blue in the last election, I’ve been afraid to go back unless it’s to camp in the Blue Ridge.
On-subject: can’t wait to read the post after the rally!
former alaskan (08:23:48)
Palin won’t accept Federal funds (from the ‘outside’) for education funding, but she’s not above grifting to pay for her OWN legal bills.
Where’s Sarah?……just look in the deep pockets of big oil and any wealthy fat cat republican……thar she is, see her peakin out, wavin, all warm and cozy.
@ Sabrina 07:27
I just thought of something… I’d love to be a fly on the wall when one of GINO’s 5 PR people tell her THE most famous anonymous blogger of all infiltrated her soiree and actually took her picture AND left little droppings behind;) She’s going to feel so…um…violated (and really p*ssed).
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lmao — GINO is paranoid enuff – do you suppose this could “gaslight” her more ????
Great Infiltration AKM – and leaving evidence behind so they KNOW !
Say No – You could not be more correct about Tim Griffin and “vote caging”. He is mentioned pretty deep in the article. Citizens anywhere that vote should watch Mr. Griffin VERY carefully. His record speaks for itself.
http://www.bradblog.com/?cat=279
Interesting reading in the ADN link posted by Austintx above, regarding Palin’s large debt to lawyers who’ve had to defend her from “frivolous lawsuits.”
Especially intrigued by this (last sentence): “Van Flein represented Palin on the Troopergate controversy, which grew from her dismissal of the state’s public safety commissioner, as well as other complaints alleging ethics violations, some of which have not been publicized. One was filed under the name of a ***soap opera character***, Palin said.”
(Desparate Housewife?)
so what did those repubs eat? Turkey, Pig, Moose, Salmon, Bear?
You should have eaves dropped on some of those big talkin braggin conversations after they’d had a few too many. Priceless I’m sure, lol. Ya should have hung around a while longer.
The auction could have held some fun too, but I understand, one can only take so much yuck before losin it.
We bestow upon you the metal of bravery. AKM 007
AKM, you and your spouse are intrepid and insidious and thrilling! I think the CIA may be calling soon. And many thanks to Secret Shopper and Paula for the Erickson update. It’s just so telling, isn’t it?
Warmth and love to you all for today!!! Can’t wait to see the pics!
OK, I didn’t read the comments, but am I the only person who thought this sounded very creepy, given the rape track record in AK?
“Father-Daughter Purity Ball – Because We Cherish Our Daughters as Royal Princesses. Vow to protect your daughter (11 years and older) in her choices for purity.”
Sounds eerily like the Catholic church kind of purity….ick!
Where was Piper? Oh, right…. babysitting Trig
I’m surprised that Gino lite was not screening the attendees at the REPUB gathering. Gino must be slacking on him or gave him the night off for his combover from her last press release. I can see Gino Lite holding up a bible and having everyone place there right hand on the bible before entering an event, and declaring their party or blogging status.
You Rock 00!
Oh to have had a black sharpie near that plate….
“Sarah Who?” might have just done it. Still, the pins… priceless.
And I agree with Sabrina above…. the PR 5 who read this blog will be beside themselves. Next thing you know, they’ll be checking for some sort of card at the door, saying that you belong. Or tickets. Or some other way of keeping the infidels out! LOLOLOLOLOLOL
What a sad lot. Constant whiners, constant complainers. Thinking Americans have moved on. They should do the same. A great start would be to flush out all the old white men who have yet to realize that they no longer relate in any way whatsoever with the younger electorate. Next, have a mandatory IQ and EQ test. If they fail, they’re out! Right now, it seems, that only those that ‘fail’ both texts are admitted to the party of Grumpy Old People. Certainly mz palin-in-the-ass failed miserably on the EQ exam, scoring a negative number.
Anyway, if they don’t want to start digging their own graves, they better get with the program, smarten up, start being pleasant people, and step into the 21st (or at the very least the 20th) century. And while they’re at it, throw out the hair dye and toupees, old guys, you look absolutely ridiculous.
A most entertaining story.Kudos.I am from Iowa and hope you Alaskans have a good protest day .May you make enough noise to make the national news.What else can you expect from Republicans,the party by the rich,for the rich and with the rich.I will more of this blog often.
Team Alaska – re: screening……..yeah , remember how W did it ??
Perhaps someone should suggest to the Repugnants that it’s only a short step from “Purity Balls” to the burqa.
I remember once getting into an elevator with Loren Leman. The elevator car had paneled mirrors on the walls. There were only two of us in the elevator, and only one reflection (mine) in the mirror. I swear this is true.
From that ADN article about Palin owing over 500K:
“Legal bills have mounted fighting complaints that she called partisan, false and frivolous, starting with “the politically motivated Troopergate probe,” Palin said in a written response to questions.
She said the legal bills all stem from her actions as governor.
“I must defend against these baseless ethics accusations out of my own pocket as the use of public monies to do so could itself violate state law,” Palin wrote.
The debt, amassed since she was catapulted into the national spotlight during the presidential race, was revealed in her annual financial disclosure filed this week with the Alaska Public Offices Commission.”
Boohoohoo, Sarah, if you hadn’t doing illegal stuff, you wouldn’t be in this position. Your sense of entitlement is showing….too bad, so sad.
AKM, Thank You so much for the great laugh.
I enjoy my dose of Mudflats everyday.
yep AustinTX……..just watch any of the Greg Palast video reports……unbelievable the damage and corrupt crap they’ve done. I don’t like it one bit. And I don’t trust any Republican at this point.
And I’d bet a lot of money, if I had it, lol……that they are still doing this to date in other countries to control votes and whose in leadership, all for oil and greed. corrupt bastards!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XedlXEuyz6w&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TznbhbkGpE4&feature=channel
austintx (09:35:56) :
I don’t want to remember W ? Seems like a life time ago. What was his method of assuring that,” shoes” stayed on the feet of fellow americans.
Anchorage is about 230 miles away from my home, or I would be at the protest today. I was thinking of making a sign that said, “THIS SHOE IS FOR YOU GINO” Of course she would have to ask someone what that meant.
I’m bad, I’ve been over at conseratives4sarah causing some trouble, they are all so blind over there, I love it! Lets all go over and comment on their( I love sarah, no matter what blogs). It really gets them upset. There all talking about poor sarah and her attorney fees, and ready to send in money to help her!!!
akm and spouse you are the best. i enjoyed reading every moment of your adventure. and a scavenger hunt too. great fun…love b
bubbles – You doing ok today ??
I don’t need a button. Where’s Sarah…..NOW !!
http://thefortuno.com/goat-robber/
That’s pretty curious, Mag the Mick, what you said about Loren Lehman. Even my boyfriend said he reminds him of Barnabas Collins.
During the Murkowski administration, they held a (the?) Lincoln’s Day dinner at the Convention center in Juneau where I worked at the time. Talk about creepy, I’m impressed that you and yours didn’t break and run earlier, you’re very courageous.
I did the same thing, only in Illinois where Aaron Schock was the guest speaker. Creeped me out. Started to wear something that was more “me” but decided it wasn’t conservative enough, so changed to something more republican looking. I felt like a snooty whore in church. First Lincoln Day dinner I’ve ever attended, first repug dinner I’ve ever attended and, like you, I was scared to death someone would know me and THEY DID!!! But, I think I got away with it. I’m at least home safe.
Amazing! Thank you, AKM! I appreciate your going and your reporting of it afterward. Into the belly of the beast you went.
I know of Loren Leman from Mr. Whitekeys song, “Ride on Loren Leman,” but it’s the first time I’ve ever seen a photo of him. Creepy! That will certainly add punch to the song the next time I listen to it.
WooHoooooooooooooooo!!! Irishgirl!!!!!!! Wotta game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Forgive me, but did not read all of the comments, just a few. I’m curious. You wrote you dressed to look like a repug,,,lol…what does that mean.
l. Everything on your body was ill fitting.
2. The price tags slipped out and let people know you’d be returning your clothes the next day for a refund.
3. You wore the tightest body girdle you could find in order to become an ugly, tight lipped, waxen repug.
Let us know how you dressed to look like a repug….
One other question, did you edit GINO’s statement….scratches head…she formed sentences…a first for GINO….
And, thanks for a great article. America appreciates you adverenturous self actually remaining in a room with a bunch of LIARS…oops…wrote a bad, bad word….LIARS….knods head…
just 2 days ago……..tsk, tsk, tsk……..where’s the tar and feather era
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7001
KY, Circuit court judge, county clerk, school superintendent and election officials among eight indicted for gaming elections in 2002, 2004, 2006.
“So will the voting machine company representatives out there (and that includes many election officials who have forgotten for whom they work) continue to report that no election has ever been manipulated via an electronic voting system?…”
http://www.lex18.com/Global/story.asp?S=10037216&nav=menu203_2
Five Clay County officials, including the circuit court judge, the county clerk, and election officers were arrested Thursday after they were indicted on federal charges accusing them of using corrupt tactics to obtain political power and personal gain.
The 10-count indictment, unsealed Thursday, accused the defendants of a conspiracy from March 2002 until November 2006 that violated the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). RICO is a federal statute that prosecutors use to combat organized crime. The defendants were also indicted for extortion, mail fraud, obstruction of justice, conspiracy to injure voters’ rights and conspiracy to commit voter fraud.
According to the indictment, these alleged criminal actions affected the outcome of federal, local, and state primary and general elections in 2002, 2004, and 2006.
Not only do we have a flyinureye among us, we have our own personal flyonthewall, with a touch of trickster raven within.
Tip ‘o the antlers to ya, AKM. And that spouse also, too.
Awesome report, keep it up
I enjoyed your perspectives, mainly coz they match mine
I am reading you from ME and I love your blog – you absolutely crack me up; but I truly feel for your state that there is so much that needs to be addressed socially, ecologically, economically, etc. while you have a numnutz for governor. My husband and I look forward to visiting AK someday – your blog has made it much more alive for us. Keep up the good work – you are very brave infiltrating the heart of darkness. I felt ill for a week after watching two days of the RNC last year, and that was from my home.
Now I never thought that Lincoln looks like the devil- but I do think Lehman does. Doesn’t anyone else think that??? So are the Republicans saying Lincoln looks like the devil?
They seem to conveniently forget that Lincoln led a war to disposs the rich southern slave owners of their paid-for property. How about that he believed that blacks should be free and have rights. How about that Lincoln grew up poor and knew what it was to be poor. The Republican party today can no longer claim Lincoln as one of theirs. Obama is right to claim him. The republicans represent the rich “slave owners” today. They would have been on the slave owners side. They have lost their roots.
AKM, I’m amazed and impressed that you and spouse were able to pull that off. And I love it that you put the buttons in some of the auction items. Better be careful, though – the unwitting recipients might have them dusted for finger prints. I wonder if they will contact the auction people to try to find out who the donors were and follow through with asking about the buttons inclusions in the baskets? Wouldn’t that be a hoot?
Your description of everything was great – I could picture the whole thing.
Pat
@ Sabrina
There is a handwriting analysis of Palin here:
http://www.michelledresbold.com/handwriting_biden_palin.html
Personally I think it was too kind to GINO.
UK Lady – I take it the Irish won ?? Irishgirl is out tearin’ it up !!
AKM you are my heroine. Thank you for doing the dirty work of investigating. What a marvelous inflitrator you are. And I thoroughly enjoyed your recount of the adventure and as usual you took me there with you with your vivid details. Thanks again and protest loudly and strongly against the insanity of Gino at the rally today, Looking forward to the report on that scene. You rock AKM!!!!
hey Austintx. yes, i am fine today. had to STOP taking meds[nsaids]. can’t seem to tolerate them. going to go get cortisone shot on monday.got arthritis in shoulders and cervical spine. hurts some but i’ll be ok…thanks for thinking of me….loveb
AKM, a masterpiece! Thanks for taking me there!!! (And I bow and tip my hat to both you and your spouse!!!!)
And an interesting factoid to recall: Leman ran against her for Lt Gov in 2002 and won. Of course we didn’t have The Outside PR Machine and the T Griffens of the world pulling the strings back then.
AKM – It’s a good thing you have been able to keep your identity cloaked. If the divine Ms. Sarah knew what you looked like, she probably would have come at you with all 10 claws fully out and gone for the jugular.
I love the way you right and get right to the heart of the matter. Kudos for your courage to walk into the lions den and come out unhurt.
Bejeebus austintx, what a game, it was brutal. Ireland won in the last minute 17-15. I suspect we won’t see Irish for quite a few days.
Oh, I have really enjoyed reading great comments from you guys, too!! And for the laughs!!!!
Oh, I have really enjoyed reading great comments from you guys, too!! And for the laughs!!!!
Ooops, should have mentioned good post! Waiting for your next post!
AKM I award you the New Zealand Cross of Valour on several counts of bravery.
1) dressing in Repugly garb
2) breathing the same air as Repuglies without gagging
3) listening to GINOs dribblings without laughing hysterically/needing a straightjacket
4) being in the same room as GINO and not poking her in the eye with a fork or braking her signed plate over her head
5) keeping your composure when all around you are Repugly enemies are emanating egregious, extreme, evangelistic, enematic (as in rectum), emesis
6) getting out of there alive and sane
YOU ROCK AKM
Um, that would be “breaking”!
FYI
The Lone Ranger rode in on his white horse to Rossini’s ‘William Tell Overature.’ Can hum it note for note even now.
Palin: “…so that the good relationship with the state administration – that can really be tapped into – taken advantage of essentially.”
Yep, you read that Freudian slip accurately :”Taken advantage of essentially.”
GINO has demonstrated such mastery and dedication to the concept of “taking advantage of.” It’s her unspoken motto, really. She’s taken advantage of every public office she has ever held in order to line her own pockets and wield vindictive power over her perceived enemies. Tsk Tsk…Freud will get ya every time, gal.
AKM: Fabulous foray of fortitude into the belly of the beast! I’m surprised that your own belly didn’t make a foray of its own after hearing that tripe ( pun intended) from Palin and the Embalming Toast Master of Ceremonies.
BTW….when you were reconnoitering that beastial belly, did you happen to come across the $150,000 RNC clothes in trash bags?? Maybe on the silent auction table? With a red label authenticating they had never been cleaned? Maybe on a table where all the old guys had one hand on the skirts and the other…OH, WAIT!! That was the “belly of the plane” not the “belly of the beast.” So many bellies to keep track of these days. Apologies. My mistake……or was it?
Anyhow….great piece of work, AKM. Still laughing my head off!… (and marvelling at your ability to write so well after sustaining the blood alcohol level necessary to endure the event. LOL)
Was it an open or cash bar ??
Cash bar in the hallway. Open bar in Sullivan’s room. Wish I had figured that out earlier!
AKM
What a fun read! Thanks for keeping an eye on the underbelly of the Republican monster.
This is truly an excellent piece of writing and reporting. I felt as if I was right there with you! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I hope they didn’t have surveillance cameras to catch you doing your deeds! LOL! Good work. This deserves to be posted everywhere it can be.
What a fun read. AKM hope you keep yourself hidden so you don’t become one on her hit list,LOL First dude might come after you .Great spying. I got to tell ya my daughter is going to go into republican territory and I have Obama and Obama/Biden stickers on my van been thinking of telling them to take the stickers off just to be on the safe side ,After all I have heard lately about hate groups
Not sure who looks creepier, the Undertaker or the GINO.
AK Kelly–The Rethugs in Juneau, Fairbanks, and Anchorage (at least) each have their own Lincoln Day Dinner. Some of them even actually have them close TO Lincoln’s birthday. I suspect they’re spacing them out now so GINO can get to all of them. I think one of the first announced reasons for the formation of ScarahPAC was so that she could go to such things (the FBX one) without using state funds, as that would be entirely inappropriate.
I have a question for you guys….why are they doing “Lincoln Dinners” in March. Isn’t President’s Day and Lincoln’s Birthday in February? Just wondering why???? Enquiring minds want to know. As far as I know they don’t do this here in WA state. I could be wrong but I find it curious this is an event in March. Anyone????
More power to you AKM! You and your intrepid spouse certainly have more fortitude than I. Just reading your post gives me the chills and a queasiness that pre-Palin would have been caused only by the flu.
Watched a program on the History channel last nite about the grave robbers and Lincoln’s body. And yes , I guess Lehman d
oes resemble Lincoln , albeit a dead Lincoln. http://www.lincolnstudies.com/?p=442
Palin’s remark “pioneering independent spirit” makes me wonder if she was somehow referring to the AIP. I am beginning to think that Palin is a RINO, as well.
And I also thought her comments about the Heaths was odd. Sounded like Palin was representing Heaths in their stead. Like name dropping…just weird.
This is just one of the funniest blogs I have read in years – thank you, thank you, thank you!