Palin to Host Murkowski Fundraiser
I’ve often thought of Sarah Palin and Lisa Murkowski as a pair of alpha wolves, each with their own pack. Palin, of course, roundly defeated Murkowski’s father Frank Murkowski in the Republican gubernatorial primary in 2006. Picture a fight in which the older alpha wolf (Frank) has migrated from the larger and more powerful pack that we’ll call the “Senate pack” to the smaller, but still powerful “Alaska Pack” where he enjoys alpha status.
The old alpha wolf is used to winning, and doesn’t think much of this silly young upstart who suddenly wants a fight. He thinks it’s going to be easy and spends his time napping in the sun, and doing those great dog stretches with paws in front and butt in the air, and assuming that if the chips are down, the wolves in his pack will support him.
But, you know what they say about assuming.
Young, scrappy and wired for the mission, this new untested wolf gets in the fight and goes right for the throat. Fur flies, and alpha wolf, after a brief but vicious struggle goes limping off into the woods, howling in pain, disgraced and defeated in front of the whole pack. It was pretty ugly.
The offspring of this wolf (who is interestingly now the alpha of the Senate pack) is upset. She is none to pleased to congratulate the new alpha wolf. There is no frolicking or tail wagging, or licking of faces. Blood is thicker than wolf politics, and she will not forget that ugly fight that sent her father off into the woods. There is wariness, and perhaps a little fear, as there should be.
Now comes another potential fight. The new alpha wolf (Palin) is no longer content with the Alaska pack. She wants bigger and better, and her sights fall on that other pack. It’s definitely a step up, she thinks to herself while gnawing on a rabbit. She clobbered one of the Murkowski pack already, and frankly (pardon the pun) it wasn’t that tough. What’s one more? But the thing she does not expect is the support that this wolf is getting from her Senate pack. It’s not just one wolf she faces, but a whole host of squinty yellow eyes that are watching her every move with the distinct message, “You’ll regret it.”
After months of circling each other with heads low and flat, shoulder blades high, and ears back, the weaker animal has finally rolled over. Sarah Palin, like the rest of us, has realized that Lisa Murkowski has suddenly become very very hard to beat. And the last thing a wolf with ambition wants is to lose a fight on the way up.
After years of living in the shadow of Uncle Ted, Murkowski has stepped up as Alaska’s senior senator and has no intention of moving. She’s smarter, harder working, more level-headed, and certainly more politically savvy than the would be challenger. In a head to head matchup, Murkowski would send Palin yipping off into the woods, and they both know it.
So the second best strategy for Palin is to get in her good graces. Wolves don’t host fundraisers for the leader of the pack, but politicians do, and Palin has just announced that she will do exactly that. It’s hard to imagine Murkowski being a fan of Palin, and I’m sure there has been plenty of eye-rolling behind closed doors when it comes to Palin’s lack of political prowess, reactionary ridiculousness, and cavalier attitude about governance, and the law. And the bad feelings about that Sarah vs. Frank wolf fight must still linger below the surface. But a fundraiser is a fundraiser, and a politician is a politician, so Murkowski has made a graciously adequate statement about the whole thing.
We are obviously very appreciative Gov. Palin has decided to have a fundraiser for Sen. Murkowski,” said Mary Hughes, chief administrator for the Murkowski campaign.
Obviously.
“The governor has no intention of running for the senator’s seat in 2010,” Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton said Tuesday. ” She thinks the senator is doing a great job and that’s why she’s looking forward to hosting a fundraiser for her.”
Stapleton said talk that Palin might challenge Murkowski in next year’s Republican primary is “just something that’s been drummed up by the media.”
As a wise sage once said, “There are many paths to the same place.” If we assume that the “place” for Palin is a 2012 run for the presidency, we can now mark one of those paths “closed”, as Murkowski trots off with head held high to find some nice scenic rock outcropping where she can sit, survey the Republican kingdom, and howl at the moon.
OWOOOOOOoooooooooooooo
Of course, this does not mean the scrappy, lesser wolf has learned her lesson and may not try to come back and fight the bigger alpha wolf before it is all said and done…..
Lisa would’ve kicked sarah’s ass in the Senate race. It would’ve been funny to watch !!
I LOVE it! Palin has to do this so folks will stop talking about how toast she’ll be against Lisa Murkowski. This has got to be a hard pill for Sarah, also, too because she’ll have to be civil (or pretend to be) to Frank Murkowski, also, too! Damn gotcha politics!
ha .. Palin finally did something smart ..
Gino wolf (the alpha w/ lipstick) is howlin’ at the moon….for so many reasons.
Grreat analogy, AKM. Now we have to wait and see if Mrs Palin is not political poison by next year.
Ummmm… ohhhhh… ummmmmm…crystalwolf might have a problem w/ this analogy since she LOVES wolves and not so much Palin (hee hee that’s an understatement!).
It’s OK crystalwolf – it’s just a story (a good one) and we know Sarah wouldn’t know what to do with fur anyway – it gets all stuck on her lipstick and plastic boots look funny on wolves.
After GINO’s horrid show on the vp trail, does she really think she can nail Lisa to the cross.
Stranger things have happened, but GINO has too many enemies. Or are they too complacent?
Hopefully the Democrats, Liberals and Progressives will not be sitting on the sidelines just watching and convincing themselves they are the winners.
Get out there — GINO needs help destroying herself….
Imagine sp in an unemployment line….
And how come the Wasilla contingent never seem to loudly bring up the millions of debt she left the town?
Too, how come no one any longer asks how her house was built, allegedly with materials from the sports center?
Egads, reading about GINO is better than sneaking a peak at the supermarket tabloids….
Very cleverly written post, AKM! If you think the upstart wolf is not going to try to get into Washington early for the big 2012 race, do you think she will attempt to stay in charge of Alaska in 2010? I think there is a strong chance that she will abandon what little effort she has put toward governing our largest state and move closer to the Washington elite. Becoming a Fox News pundit, as if we needed another nutcase on that channel, would be one way to do it. Another angle would be to release whatever book of bull hockey she has in mind, followed my a massive booksigning, fundraising, and campaigning tour of America’s smaller forty-nine states, particularly those in The South, where her brand of insanity is considered more acceptable.
http://www.e-tabitha.com/
Take the money and run, Murk.
And let that little she-wolf bring you all sorts of tasty morsels. It will kill her to do it, but it fits into her scheme. Just watch out, because she might put a little sumpin-sumpin in the next tasty bit of rabbit meat.
Does GINO even speak for herself anymore????
AKM, I am sure Mike Doogan is so pissed that you are still the master story teller! It is a great analogy, and in this case I will think of GINO as a wolf, although she “obviously” does not have the intelligence or loyalty of the wolf. In fact, I cannot think of any animal to compare her to – it would be an insult to the entire animal kingdom.
Well, LAST time Sarah did somebody a favor, the quid pro quo required that he be called off the tundra from his hunting trip and made to wear a suit jacket, tie, starched shirt, and gray pants, and stand next to Sarah’s daughter at the RNC.
What will Sarah ask Lisa Murkowski to do in 2+ years?
Heck, it might not even be that long…what will Sarah ask Lisa to do anytime between the end of the fundraiser and the 2012 election?
I will never be able to look at Palin again with out picturing her with a dead rabbit hanging out of her mouth.
I wonder is the rabbits name Levi?
DropOfKim, NO – it seems GINO never speaks for herself! It is always Meg or AIG-maybe W.A.R. – I honestly believe she is afraid to speak due to the “gotcha” questions and/or follow-up questions.
By the way, if she is afraid of Lisa, how will she become POTUS?
Me – I am waiting for Ted Stevens to run for Gov. and I believe he will beat her.
What is left for GINO? She cannot get along with the media, the Legislators, or even her fellow Republicans anymore. I smell toast.
“Politics makes strange bedfellows”.
http://www.philosophersguild.com/index.lasso?page_mode=Product_Detail&cat=food&skip=4&item=0258&sortby=rank%20DESC
Meg may state GINO not’s running and that she’s doing a fundraiser. Between now & then she could turn on Meg (what a treat that would be!) and cry fowl. Blame it on Meg or whatever flavour of the day it is. I still would not turn my back on her as her mind totally works in the opposite direction that you and everybody else would think!! Should between now & then she drastically fall from favour for 2012, despiration may set in to try to advance. She’s not patient enough to wait around.
Another great post AKM. Just a small matter for the one wolfing at the moon, let’s not count those rabbit pelts before they get collected.
And here’s a question for the legal begals and tax counsultants, if Sister Sarah decides to share funds collected at ScaraPac with the Sentor, does that mean Gino gets to share the tax burden of those funds collected and so not have to pay all those taxes herself?
My bet Gino is looking for another tax dodge and will dump the Sister Act as soon as she finds a weak spot in the Alfa wolf! Watch out Lisa, Gino wants the top spot and will do anything, and we do mean anything to get there.
So can someone remind me, what was that bounty Gino put on wolves?
If Palin is afraid of Lisa Murkowski she must be terrified of Bob Poe, which makes me doubt she has any interest in running for Governor again either.
But if she is worried about facing an opponent that is her intellectual superior, and with more political acumen, then how could she possibly imagine going up against Barack Obama?
Just what is this crazy b**ch up to?
Palin was the kiss of death for McCain. I would think Murkowski might think twice about accepting Palin’s support.
I wonder how long it will take before Palin cancels the fundraiser or says she never “committed” to it
If I were Murkowski I would be very careful. There’s GOT to be an ulterior motive there somewhere.
(heh heh) Great analogy…does this mean Palin will shoot herself from a helicopter?
I knew SP would never run against Murkowski – remember, she touts “Executive Experience”, capital E, capital E. Not that she has any since she’s made a mess of everything she tries to run – but it’s a great sound bite and Rs just LOVE those (since they can’t seem to think for themselves or form full sentences in their heads).
She’s NOT a team player by any means, and only wants to be in charge (translate: get your way and boss everyone around). So Sarah is looking for that EE door – where will it appear next for her? IF she tries to run for pres, she has to do it in 2012 because many of her brainwashed bots won’t wait for her if its 2016 and have as much as told her so. So she’s looking at EE experience somewhere, OR she knows she needs a WHOLE lot of time and money to try her smoke and mirrors routine on the country. As AKM stated, Murkowski has the smarts and Sarah doesn’t so she’ll just have to follow the weirdo Muthee’s advice and find some way to infiltrate a different door.
One can only hope, CO…
(PeacefulGranny: I think it was $150 per foreleg)
@CO almost native–LOL!
oops “infiltrate THROUGH another door”
AKM – I was out of computer access when the whole outing happened. I am so thankful that you are still writing. Your creativity with political events is astounding, i.e the whole wolf thing. This Kentucky person is very grateful for your writing, links to other happenings, and simply connections to this universe (Mt. ReDoubt) that we would not otherwise have. Thank you.
18 Gryphen Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 4:02 PM
But if she is worried about facing an opponent that is her intellectual superior, and with more political acumen, then how could she possibly imagine going up against Barack Obama?
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Sarah would have to clear the Rethug primaries first. They will crush her , especially Romney.
Sue Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Palin was the kiss of death for McCain. I would think Murkowski might think twice about accepting Palin’s support.———–
*nodding*
CO almost native Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 4:07 PM
(heh heh) Great analogy…does this mean Palin will shoot herself from a helicopter?
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I’m hoping she just falls out of the helicopter. I’m sure I’m not the only one, either. There’s probably a big, long list.
Roland Martin just tried to corner Meghan McCain on CNN as to whether she would vote for Palin if she ran in 2012. Meghan danced!! Have to wait to see who is running. Obama came out of nowhere (So basically saying there is no one in Repug party at the moment!!) Like Father, Like Daughter.
Don’t recall if a statement came out after McCain skirted it on one of the Sunday morning shows a week or two ago. Should be interesting to see if one comes out as to Meghan’s comment as GINO & Meg will she her as a smaller fly to swat than McCain.
Hee hee! Some conservatives seem to think she’s going underground and will reappear after licking her wounds, writing her propaganda and raising money, stronger and better than ever! Please don’t puke on your keyboard – but if you do, they wash up nicely in the dishwasher (tape the end w/ elec tape first):
http://theagedp.blogspot.com/2009/03/governor-palin-going-de-gaulle.html
“As an outside observer, however, it strikes me that she is intelligent enough and shrewd enough to make up her own mind. I think that maybe she has already decided on a course – I believe she is going de Gaulle.
“…tiring of the political rat race in 1953 he withdrew from public life and retired in self imposed internal exile to his home in the village of Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises to write his war memoirs, and many pundits wrote him off as a man whose time had passed.”
There are several serious problems w/ this scenario – one is the INTERNET. Another is AGING – de Gaulle didn’t try to run on his looks! Can you say WASILLA for another? I can list several more but I will save you all from a VERY long post!
Murkowski’s too smart to be fooled by Sarah. And Sarah doesn’t have anything to hang on her. I’m betting Sarah’s spitting nails that she has to graciously do this.
“Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.”
@nswfm……..I’m hoping she just falls out of the helicopter…..Fall hell I will push her, w/o any effort, (looking innocent)
Not sure why South Carolina paper first picked up this AP story from Anne Sutton in Juneau, but here’s the link for W.A.R. as AG judicial hearing in Senate today.
http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/522778.html
House judicial hearing on Friday.
The Legislature will decide on his confirmation on April 16.
Link reminder for contacting all AK legislators (must sign in with your Alaska voter info):
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/poms
Yikes, If I were Murkowski I would watch my back, no actually, I would just tell Palin to get lost. Palin will be a drag on Murkowski just like she was on MaCain.
Nice piece AKM
Well done AKM,,,,…
And of course Palin will expect the favor to be returned.
And since Murkowski now has DC and East Coast connections, if Palin sucks up to her, gets invites and wears her short skirts and hooker boots she may suck some money away from Lisa and to her – from a lowly Senator to a possible POTUS.
Then Palin will be Alpha again. Think Bush going through menopause.
Very nice piece AKM Co almost a native LOL good one put her on the ground with the rest of the pack maybe someone can get a bounty from her paw
PPS I like Lisa I saw a picture of her andMark and they look like they could be related at least to me they did
You Alaskans seem to have a fair share of corrupt politicians per capita, Stevens, Young, Cowdery and now Palin seems to be heading in that direction, so here is my question. Why does your state continue to vote for these peeps? Palin’s popularity polls has her at 60%, and now there is talk of Stevens running for Gov? Wassup with all that?
I know the Muddies in Alaska are trying to make changes, but do you think you can realistically fight all this?
My heart goes out to all of you, and I’m rooting for you to make changes, but egad, the conservatives up there seem to embrace all those the corrupt ba$tards.
Floyd M. Orr Says:
“The South, where her brand of insanity is considered more acceptable.”
I agree in general. The problem with the South is that there are so many Black people and Sarah didn’t go down with Blacks real well in the last election. And in Texas you have large numbers of Hispanics in addition to Blacks, and Sarah did not poll will with Hispanics either.
Both groups, for obvious reasons, are pretty sharp at spotting arrogant whities.
Marnie – You are right about Blacks not liking sarah. I think that is why she is going to Indiana with Steele for the “Right to Life” rally. Hillbilly meets hip-hop at an anti-abortion rally………..sigh……..Definitely falls in the “can’t make this s^*t up” column.
@Martha UYS 32: Oh, c’mon, we gotta mention at least one more difference:
De Gaulle was the best-known military leader, and also the supreme exemplar of the French Resistance during WW2 — for the French, a combination of Ike and Winnie. The closest all-US equivalent is probably Washington.
Palin is the short-time governor of what is arguably the most atypical state in the Union.
Update on Huffpo about the legal fund. Fraud ??
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/08/palin-legal-defense-fund_n_184634.html
Dr Laura as commented on Larry King just now.
What Levi did was ‘ sort of scummy ‘… and His kiss and tell rather scummy.
She didn’t say anything about SP though. I guess the Press statement from Meg was OK..?
She also said the Levi/Bristol baby should have been put up for adoption… but no comment about the Mother…. who is ‘supposed’ to be the Adult. But no chiding of the Adult. Selective eyesight I guess.
Promo for AC 360 coming up next hour… just on CNN.
They will be talking about Levi some more.
honestyinGov ,
Nobody seems to be mentioning that Bristol did an interview already. I get the impression it wasn’t as widely viewed in that it was Fox.
Seems to me that Laura sounds somewhat braindead anyways. Stay at home Moms — that’s not the real world for many people anymore. She’s in her own ‘bubble’
If I were Lisa I’d watch my back.
Didn’t Palin make nice to every “friend” she later stabbed in the back? (I’m thinking of the Mayor of Wasilla before Palin decided *she* wanted to be mayor.)
@austintx, hello everyone. michael steele and palin going to an anti abortion rally in indiana really makes me laugh. the only person we despise more than palin is steele. i don’t know too many african- americans who would go hear either of them speak on any topic. sarah palin is a racist of the first order and michael steel is a buffoon…love b
Can someone PLEASE explain to me why GINO can’t “commit” to anything until the legislative session ends? I don’t understand why you can’t do your job (NOT) and make plans for future engagements. WTF? She can shoot wolves from a helicopter and Blackberry at the same time, so what is the problem with replying to an invitation for an event which is months away while screwing your state every which way you can?
I just dragged out my crystal ball and here’s the future for our dear SP:
1. She does not run for re-election, citing “family concerns” and the constant evil liberal media assault upon them. They need “privacy” and time alone to be a “family.”
2. She keeps Meg S on staff to keep selling the Wasilla Hillbilly stories to People magazine and other rags. Meg will also book those, sold out, pro-life rallies in her home town to keep SP’s face in the lower 48.
3. She writes a book (oops, has someone ghost write a book) and sends the 7 million bucks (?) to her lawyers to pay off her ethic complaints debt.
4. She takes the money from Daft Sarah and Sarah PACK and runs for POS. And rednecks everywhere go wild! They begin to return their empty beer cans for a nickel-a-piece and donate the money to Scarahpac.
5. She gets completely TROUNCED in the first debate during the primaries, by any other candidate in her own party. Oh, it’s going to be so much fun to watch if this does happen!
Just as what goes up must come down and what goes around comes around. Not to mention, that is the F’n you get for the F’n you got, so say some you must give something back for something you got…..How about be wary of strange Governors bearing gifts?…….
Hey bubbles !! Glad to see ya. Don’t stay away so long.
@ bubbles–Palin and Steele? Hahahahaha! The future of the Repug party–zoot suits and hooker boots!
Oh goody, Sarah’s Defense Fund is targeting the Senator’s base for fundraisers to pay off the GINO’s debt.
Its called “FreeBase”…
She’ll be back for more!
Youbetcha!
I don’t think we do the magnificent wolves any favors by denigrating them. Bible Spice doesn’t have enough class to be a wolf, alpha or otherwise. A slug, maybe, but even that is not fair to the slug.
austintx Says:
Update on Huffpo about the legal fund. Fraud ??
Gotta love it.
Even when she’s not directly involved, her stuff still gets screwed up. She rubs chaotic off on everything she is involved with. She doesn’t actually cause chaos, she is chaos.
Martha Unalaska Yard Sign Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 3:34 PM
Ummmm… ohhhhh… ummmmmm…crystalwolf might have a problem w/ this analogy since she LOVES wolves and not so much Palin (hee hee that’s an understatement!).
It’s OK crystalwolf – it’s just a story (a good one)
Or a mama grizz!
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Well since AKM wrote it…..
But GINO is no wolf! Wolves have integrity! They are SMART! I’m hoping my totem wolf shows up in Wasilla and eats Palin
caligrl wolves eat Palin
…and Murkowski needs a fundraiser because….?
A test to see how many dollars GiNo can pull in….?
She will expect Murkowski to support her presidential run and talk about what a great Gov she has been, yada yada….
Looks like the legal fund was illegal, and wasn’t approved by the Gino, her staff or her pac….ooops. Still leaves egg on her face for even needing a legal fund in the first place. As AKM pointed out yesterday, if Gino stopped doing illegal and stupid stuff she would not need a legal fund.
Gryphen writes:
But if she is worried about facing an opponent that is her intellectual superior, and with more political acumen, then how could she possibly imagine going up against Barack Obama?
She’s met an opponent who was her intellectual superior with more political acumen—Andrew Halcro.
You saw how well that panned out………Why can’t we as Alaskans fire the Governor and appoint ourselves a new Governor?
Surely WAR can go through obscure rarely read legal documents to find a precedent for us!
OT but not OT
Re #35 (Moose Pucky) post re an article in a So Carolina paper:
Not sure why South Carolina paper first picked up this AP story from Anne Sutton in Juneau, but here’s the link for W.A.R. as AG judicial hearing in Senate today.
http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/522778.html
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One sentence/paragraph (Pay special attn to the bit after “opposition”):
“Palin’s nod to the National Rifle Association director was applauded by gun rights advocates but slammed by Alaska Native groups over ***his opposition to a federal law guaranteeing rural subsistence hunting and fishing rights.***” (I gotta learn html, dangit)
THAT is why the “Amendment 10″ horse hocky! “Federal law guaranteeing…” That is why the goofy bill is being pushed through on the q.t. If they can claim “sovereignty” to the point of “feds can’t tell us what to do” then they can trash that “federal law guaranteeing rural subsistence rights”
Does that make sense to anyone?
I think Sarah will run 3rd party in 2012 for prez. Then she won’t have to worry about the primarys. First because she wants things her way. Second, because the other runners for the GOP will not be able to bad talk and run bad press on her since she will be in the 3rd party. Sarah can’t take those boo’s remember that appearance with Piper at the hockey game in PA. That is why she is probably staying away from the GOP invites. To much competition there. In the 3rd party it’s all about Sarah!
I don’t for one minute assume that one fundraiser on behalf of Murkowski means that Palin won’t consider a run for US Senate. Would you seriously put anything past her considering her track record?
lol…….. my cat is not as incredulous but it is equally intrigued!.
It reminds of Don Young listening to Palin crap! lol
The Senate Judiciary Committee is taking public testimony on Wayne Anthony Ross tonight. The hearing can be heard live at: http://www.ktoo.org/gavel/
Click on live audiostreams, Senate Judiciary Committee, 5:30 p.m.
Talking points and important info about Wayne Anthony Ross:
http://www.bentalaska.com/2009/04/public-input-needed-today-on-war-as.html
Wow AKM….great post. Had me laughing out loud and snorting too… Keep it up.
So, after watching KO and 360 just now, I can see why the Gino needed the spin on supporting Lisa today, no one was supporting her much however and I never get to Fox snooz….did they run a poor, poor Gingo s[pt?
Wonder how she’ll shoot herself in the foot tomorrow?
@karin in ct….yeah i can see it all now. zoot suit and hooker boots and the two asshats boogeyin’ down. hee hee.
Palin and Lisa Alpha wolves? Don’t think so. Alpha weasels is more like it.
Of course Palin has an ulterior motive in hosting a fundraiser for Lisa Murkowski. She likely hopes that press releases about this will divert attention from her latest political blunders and at the same time, get her in the good graces of Alaska Republicans who may be upset with her for accepting Stimulus funds.
I think she is being groomed by powerful Neo-Cons (Cheney’s ilk) as a player in a burgeoning third political party (not necessarily as a leader, possibly just a talking head and pair of legs in plastic boots).
That her new legal fund (whether above board or not) has brought in about nearly $1000 in a DAY just goes to show that there are a lot of stupid Americans.
Any chance that hosting this event will let Palin get her grubby paws on Murkowski’s donor list?
NOTE to Alaskans : this might help with the whole WAR appointment.
I keep reading he is against native sustenance. I’ll let you decide if it is important to that debate as far as fishing is getting harder.
http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=57555&catid=2
The local ABC station reported that commercial chinnook salmon fishing was canceled again this year in CA. Same thing happened last year. I see a pattern here..?
This could show and provide more proof to how depleted the fishing industry is getting. Use it for the cause if you can.
@Karin in CT (51): Reference to your item 4, I’d say GINO would have a pretty decent chance of being elected POS.
The Colbert Report just did a great skit about UnConvicTed as ‘Alpha Dog of the Week’!
Strangelet: Isn’t she ALREADY a POS?
I agree with those who say Palin is going to demand payback in the form of support and connections from Senator Murkowski. This Palin-led fundraiser is not happening because Palin wants to be a supportive team player. We know our girl Scarah. But… what happens if Senator Murkowski wishes to support another candidate in the primaries? Will she feel obligated to Scarah?
Someone else mentioned that Scarah may go third party. Very mavericky. But, she’s no Perot.
It seems to me that support for Palin in getting her out of legal debt is weak. I mean, a paltry $1,000 in a day is nothing. Team Scarah claims that EVERYONE LOVES Palin. So, where is EVERYONE? EVERYONE at $1 a head should be one heck of a lot of money. Surely more than $1,000.
I could be wrong, there could be millions out there, dying to donate, but scared off by the multiple assurances of legality. But then I think back to the crazy crowed Palin drew during the election. These were not very bright people.
Finally, I don’t see Palin as de Gaulle… she’s waaaayyy too much of a limelight HOG. As it is now, she is unable to control the diarrhea of press releases that have nothing to do with governing.
Just her behavior during the last few weeks alone convinces me that she is not fit for any public office. Anyone who thinks otherwise is not paying attention. (Shut up, not you are not.) One, weak people who have little to offer and two, people who fear the growing diversity in the American population look at her and see themselves. That’s her base.
That and guys who think about her most often when they are behind a locked bathroom door.
ADN has a WAR update, too.
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/ap_alaska/story/753355.html
Hmmm. It sounds as if she’s buying a little bit of good press. Which she needs, and can’t seem to generate naturally. Since she is currently surrounded with all types of negative press, she’s simply looking for a way to get people chattering about something other than her almost-in-laws and ethics violations. Fairly transparent.
AKM–so glad you are still blogging your jammies off! How would we learn so much about Alaska’s erupting volcanoes (and earthquakes) without you? Thanks, just thank you so much for interesting, entertaining, and intelligent posts–with lively and informative comments and links.
Sarah Heath Palin, bless her heart…
I dont know if this has been posted but KO showed a small clip of Levi on Maggie Rodriguez Show and he said that GINO used to treat him like a son until after she lost the VP election. He went on to say that GINO and her family were lying when they said that he only “stayed “at their house and had never “lived” there. He said he told GINO that she could say that he had never ” lived “there, but that he had “lived” there because all his belongings were there and that she was lying to people.
Oh YeaH, earlier this morning on MSNBC, they showed Eminem, the rapper and his soon to be released album (Didnt catch the title of album) where he has an actual person who works in the sex business playing and looking like GINO and she is moving very sexually suggestive in the video as he raps about GINO believing in abstinece. I could not believe it made it to MSNBC . GINO is going to be highly upset.
AKM-We all thank you for this place to vent. ADN has become a joke. Team Scarah is blocking almost all the comments. ADN should just take a good look at the fair statements written there that continually get flagged by her puppets and allow them to remain for all to see….if they indeed are NOT abusive.
What her team does not realize in censoring all of our comments that it is just making us stronger and we will post even more on blogs to get the truth out about their Queen.
I lurk over at Team Scarah and they are all talking about getting bullets for their guns, using them if needed and donating big time to the Queen. Reminds me of the blind following Jim Jones. We all know how that ended.
Oh I get it GiNO has one for her, and LATER she’ll have a fund raiser for GiNO…
AKM:
Regarding your Attorney General. Is there talk in Alaska about making it an elected position. I find it very scary for a state Attorney General to be appointed by a governor. They are supposed to work for the people, it should be the people who elect them. I think the same thing about the Federal Government. I think the Attorney General position should be an elected position not one appointed by the President.
JRC Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Hmmm. It sounds as if she’s buying a little bit of good press. Which she needs, and can’t seem to generate naturally. Since she is currently surrounded with all types of negative press, she’s simply looking for a way to get people chattering about something other than her almost-in-laws and ethics violations. Fairly transparent.
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There are four options of PR response when something has gone wrong:
1. Do Nothing
2. Deny
3. Admit
4. Distract
Since Mrs Palin is incapable of 1 and 3, the first was 2 and now she’s progressed to 4.
Given her past history, I smell a rat. Murkowski had best watch her back because anytime Palin gets friendly with someone, the only purpose is to move closer so she can get a clean shot at shoving that knife into the unsuspecting back.
Strange bedfellows, indeed.
I’m confused as to why she’s really holding a fund raiser for Ms. Murkowski–maybe Sarah bought a new pair of pleather boots, an even shorter skirt and a new hair extension that she wants to try out asap. And then of course maybe no one famous enough is inviting her to events lately so she needs to hold one herself…
(90) lilyf Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 9:03 PM lilyf Says:
I’m confused as to why she’s really holding a fund raiser for Ms. Murkowski–maybe Sarah bought a new pair of pleather boots, an even shorter skirt and a new hair extension that she wants to try out asap. And then of course maybe no one famous enough is inviting her to events lately so she needs to hold one herself…
Pleather boots do go on sale this time of year . Agreed, I bet she’s bought a new pair and wants to show them off. Right, no one who’s famous wants anything to do with her.
Greta analogy AKM!
lilybart Says:
“She will expect Murkowski to support her presidential run and talk about what a great Gov she has been, yada yada….”
lilybart, what makes you think Lisa might not want to make a run for President in 2012? She’d make a more solid Republican candidate than Sarah.
But what ever Sarah is up to, Lisa had best not turn her back on her. And I think Lisa knows that. Sarah will do ANYTHING to advance her agenda.
Daily Kos has a story on GINO and Lisa Murowki, the comments are good!, it is on the front page if you scroll down a bit. It wouldn’t link as a single story.
http://www.dailykos.com/
‘Also, too’, c4p has a story about the ‘Grassroots defence fund’ a little way down the front page (won’t link), go into the comments, you will pick up some interesting info re: Staplemouth as they form a circular firing squad.
BOO-BOO BEAR Says:
“AKM-We all thank you for this place to vent. ADN has become a joke. Team Scarah is blocking almost all the comments. ”
Boy you got that right. It’s pretty ridiculous when you see comments with 60 or 70 recs and then they disappear.
Impeach Palin, thanks for the affirmation.
Hey, whatever happened to the big cash advance for Sarah’s book deal? Is that why she hasn’t been keeping up on thermage and all of her other facial treatments at the spa? She’s looking pretty saggy. It must be hard living in the same household with a fresh young babe like Bristol…well, I’m sure she’ll find the cash for some beauty fix-ups. Maybe she added on to the amount she owes on legal bills so that she can skim some off the top of the donations for some cosmeceutical redemption
Hey twodux (94)
I used to go to the ADN and recommend your posts all the time to up the numbers. You were always spot on. I rarely go back there once they defended Doogan in the paper… and The Ear comments that week. Makes me want to gag ! More like an Alaskan Fox News… credibility… ZERO!
Wonderful presentation, AKM.
One day, Stapleton will have a few press releases on her desk. There’ll be a mix up in the addresses. Murkowski will get the one that says “Liar, ur fame hunting gold digging bitchez, shame”. Levi will get the “I’m doing a fund raiser for you, Senator”.
LOL.
What. Stranger things have happened.
It’s Alaska.
Notice how The Palin can’t attend the big Rep. fund raiser this month because “she can’t leave during the legislative session” — but she can take time to make two trips as keynote speaker to pro life and special needs events during the session?
What an oblivious liar we have in Winky!
Can you imagine Palin debating anyone?! Sen. Lisa is smart, articulate, honest and someone who Alaskans can be proud of – and I’m a Democrat. Take the money and run, Lisa, far, far from GINO Palin.
@katiebegood–a bill was introduced this year to make the AG an elected position. However, I think it was introduced by a House D, so it may not be going anywhere. I’d have to check BASIS to find out and am too tired to do that right now. It is out there in the ether though… Thanks for asking!
As others have said, GINO’s chances at future elected office seem to be getting slimmer and more ethereal. I see her as the next Tammy Faye Baker or
maybe…the next Rush Limbaugh — only problem there is that she would have to have a ghost writer for her material and as far as doing any on-air interviews, this would require her to deal with wide range of subject matter and ability to think quickly and articulate beyond the repetitive homilies she is wont to repeat…ad nauseum.
Since the Alaskan Governor can’t take money or gifts while in office, what does Sarah get from all of the magazine articles, GVS interviews, etc. that are going on? Granting it keeps her face out there publicity wise but you know she is not doing it for free.
Bet she is contracting for delayed payments or the payments are going to one of the minor children, with her or The Dud with full powers of Administrator, ie. they have total control of the money and can use it any way they want to.
So when she leaves the Governorship she gets to tap a couple of million and the jerks that donated to “Poor” Sarah’s legal defense, hopefully, realize they have been used and steped on just like so many others.
Sarah of “These Boots are Made for Walking, For Walking Over You.” “Suckuhs”.
If so then it could be to her advantage not to rerun for Governor since it would allow her to use her own wealth to start her run for POTUS. If she gets a couple of book deals she could easily jump into the very wealthy class overnight.
Then a run for Murkowski’s senate looks a lot more possible.
First AKM – great story but you are insulting wolves, rabbits and any other living creature comparing them to Palin and Murowski.
Second – over the past couple of days of money stories and now fund raising doesn’t it seem that there are a few questionable legally ethically odd/strangely stinky smelling lines drawn in the snow here? If the sitting gov has ethics complaints against her because of what she did as the acting gov wouldn’t the state have to defend the governor’s actions because she was doing it while she was the governor? I mean if the state agreed with her actions then state would have to defend her, if the state didn’t agree wouldn’t the state then have to have her charged … impeached … given a one way ticket to Africa … ??? Having private citizens donate to a fund to defend her against actions she did being governor – isn’t there a really weird crossing of the lines there? And now a fund raiser for a sitting senator by a sitting governor to raise private funds for the senator – again isn’t there a conflict of interest because doesn’t once the governor gets elected, they can give verbal support but to raise private funds while being the sitting governor … argh – I need another drink! The fund raising reminds me of the snow mobile jacket mess – Palin wasn’t REALLY promoting the company just because they pay my husband lots of money and they gave me this nifty jacket with my name on it -nooooo, Pailn was wearing the jacket because she was cold and golly-gee she, the queen of fashion, didn’t have a jacket with her – go figure. I need to make that drink a double!!
Lisa Murkowski will play nice-nice, take the money, give SP a peck on the cheek (maybe) and say thank you very much and that will be the end of that for the fundraising. I recall seeing a clip from an Alaskan event ( Iditorad 2008 ?? ) at which LM and SP were cutting a ribbon or something and immediately after the ribbon cutting SP turned her back on LM hugged some random kid and walked away, as if LM were not even there. No handshake, no nuthin’ btw them. Very puerile on SP’s part, what else is new? Obviously, at that time, no love lost. Perhaps they were civil beforehand….maybe it’s just me.
Palin said she is looking forward to hosting a fundraiser. Ya’ right.
We have all seen how well Palin keeps her commitments. Remember that recent “mix-up” about Palin being the speaker at the GOP function? She committed, but didn’t commit, then wrote a press release blaming the other party and saying she never really committed.
And the recent “planned” meeting with the legislators, it was the same thing.
She committed, but didn’t commit, then wrote a press release blaming the other party and saying she never really committed.
I have never in my life seen a politician who blames someone else everytime they open their mouth. She really makes herself out to be a victim.
i’m howling with laughter at this one.
the question i have is “why is the senate circling the wagon? is it because they support murkowski or they dislike palin?”
Palin appears to be tossing out that olive branch but gettin’ nothin’ but the stink eye back in return. I don’t forsee any group hugs in her future. It was interesting to note that the Stevens resolution passed by the House was sent to everyone and their brothers EXCEPT Palin. Smart political move and expect more like it in the future. Yes, even in these political families blood runs thicker than water, and even Palin can’t connect those dots no matter how hard she tries.
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