Palin Denies Asking Begich to Resign.
11 04 2009Hmmm. Tums or Advil…..Tums or Advil….
Now this is a good one. After confirming to the Daily News Miner, and then clarifying that confirmation, Sarah Palin joined forces with Republican Party Chair Randy Reudrich last week in asking Senator Mark Begich to stand aside so a new senatorial election could take place. In other words, she asked him to resign.
And now….she denies it.
JUNEAU — Gov. Sarah Palin stepped back from an earlier call for U.S. Sen. Mark Begich to resign pending a fresh election after a federal judge dropped charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens.
At a press conference Friday morning in her Capitol office, Palin claimed she never said Begich should step down.
Alaska Republican Party Chairman Randy Ruedrich issued a press release calling for Begich to step down and for a new election shortly after the news broke that Stevens’ charges may be dropped.
In an e-mail response to the News-Miner, Palin said “I absolutely agree.”
She clarified she agreed with Ruedrich’s call for a new election and for Begich to step aside until that happens.
A question on her call for a new election was among many posed at the Friday press conference.
“I didn’t call for Begich to step down, either,” Palin said. “I said I absolutely agree that Alaskans deserve a fair, untainted election for the United States senate seat. I’m not splitting hairs on how that happens. I’m saying wonderful, good. I want to see an election that is fair, that isn’t influenced unduly by some announcement that the sitting senator was facing a multi-felony count conviction. That’s what we were told. Now, come to find out, that wasn’t the case.”
Soooo….she wants a new election to take place for the senate seat. And she wants Begich to step aside so that can happen. Buuuut….she doesn’t want him to resign. And the Daily News Miner just kind of made that up.
(thud)
That was my forehead coming into sudden and violent contact with my desk.
From the Anchorage Daily News: Gov. Sarah Palin and the head of the Alaska Republican Party said Thursday that Sen. Mark Begich should give his Senate seat up to a special election now that prosecutors have abandoned their case against Ted Stevens.
From the Juneau Empire: Gov. Palin calls on Sen. Begich to resign seat
Gov. Sarah Palin said Thursday that Sen. Mark Begich should step down and run again for the Senate seat he won last fall. The governor said there was “undue influence” in the campaign in which long-time Sen. Ted Stevens was ousted.
From the Wall Street Journal: Palin Calls on Sen. Begich to Resign
I could go on with this for a long time.
Sure it’s in Palin’s best interest to backpedal from this embarrassing, ridiculous, insulting statement. It doesn’t make her look very credible on a variety of fronts. But this is like if I asked you clear out your desk and step aside from your job so we could interview someone else for the position, and then tried to tell you I didn’t fire you. Nice try.
April 12th, 2009 at 10:46 AM
She is getting the face she deserves. (Apologies to Oscar Wilde)
April 12th, 2009 at 11:04 AM
Must be the Botox wearing off…and whats with the messy hair, excuse me but she’s looking like the witch she is! definitely not the PRETTY girl we’re used to seeing. And by the way, where has Todd been, trouble in Saradise maybe?
April 12th, 2009 at 11:32 AM
The Dud has been off flirtin’ with the magazines.
April 12th, 2009 at 11:49 AM
Todd is SO having to keep the bucket of s^*t from tipping over. Keep Bristol from gettin’ loose and talking , reminding everybody that they need to be quiet or else……..man the stress level must be red-lining big time at Casa de Palin !!
April 12th, 2009 at 11:53 AM
AW-w-w. James Dobson , the man who handpicked sarah for McCain is not happy.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/12/dobson-defeated/
April 12th, 2009 at 12:09 PM
OT for any current thread, but I was hoping others would read and thank this anonymous blogger re: AKM outing.
http://situationalethics.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-take-on-hubub.html
April 12th, 2009 at 12:16 PM
sarah would be right at home with these folks. They are nucking futs !!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/12/tea-party-insanity-burn-a_n_185991.html
April 12th, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Anyone have an explanation for both Molly and GINO referring to Levi’s “wedding ring” in the Esquire magazine?? Molly telling GINO that “Levi got his wedding ring stuck on his thumb”. GINO’s response was priceless: “”Levi! That’s par for the course. That means you’re stuck. That’s symbolic or something.”
So much for symbolism, GINO.
Unless I have missed something, wedding rings usually come AFTER a wedding??? Somehow I can’t see him randomly finding “his weddng ring” laying around the kitchen (where they were at the time) and Levi picking it up and playing with it…so much so that it gets stuck on his thumb.
Just sayin’
Just sayin’.
April 12th, 2009 at 6:31 PM
@Jim (#198) re: Organizational Sociopaths
I admit I didn’t read the whole paper, but this section caught my eye as it SO PERFECTLY captures Sarah Palin (the first paragraph) and her staff and followers (second paragraph). She really is sociopathic…
Davison and Neale (1998) define such behaviour as anti social, demonstrated through superficial displays of charm, habitual lying, no regard for others, no remorse, no shame, taking no responsibility for mistakes and no evidence of learning from either making mistakes or from punishment meted out for making mistakes (except to become more cunning in future, to avoid getting caught).
Organisational complexity encourages delegation. Tasks can be effectively delegated to specialists, but it also means that some managers do little that directly adds value to the organisation, except managing the delegation of work. The sociopathic manager will establish a network of operatives within and without the organisation. These select few individuals will be nurtured, but not for reasons of close friendship. They provide a
means of control through a carefully managed program where sycophantic behaviour is rewarded and nay saying is punished. A dependent arrangement is established whereby the rewarded feel a sense of gratitude, and, hungry for more, will ingratiate themselves further into the controlling clutches of the rewarder.
April 12th, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Dontcha all know that ‘Stepping DOWN’ and ‘Stepping ASIDE’ is not the same?
Just like Levi ‘living with us’ is not the same as Levi ’staying with’ us!
“See, I ‘learnt’ my lesson when Clinton was in office, and now i am showing off the lessons I ‘learnt’ , too, also. You betcha!”
April 12th, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Wow, CorningNY, you hit that nail on the head. What a perfect description of Sarah and her close inner circle. Scary as hell.
April 12th, 2009 at 9:15 PM
AKM wrote:
Soooo….she wants a new election to take place for the senate seat. And she wants Begich to step aside so that can happen. Buuuut….she doesn’t want him to resign. And the Daily News Miner just kind of made that up.
(thud)
That was my forehead coming into sudden and violent contact with my desk.
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Andrew Halcro wrote:
Dermot Cole, a journalist with the Fairbanks Daily News Miner, sent a note to Governor Palin’s office asking, “Does the governor agree with the GOP statement that Begich should resign?”
According to Cole, four hours later the governor’s spokeswoman responded by e-mail:
“Regarding your question re: GOP’s statement today: ‘I absolutely agree.’ Sarah Palin
But yet she says she didn’t ask for Begich to step down?
My brain hurts.
*******
Great minds bang their desks at the same time?
People magazine reported without objection that Levi had been staying with the Palins, but now SP says Levi would have been allowed to stay “over my dead body.” That may explain why she hasn’t been looking well lately; she’s been dead for months.
But seriously, is this really anything new? All that is new (for some of us, anyway) is the dawning realization that such blatant, easily verifiable contradictions are not the product of an inept liar, but of a person who is truly mentally ill. I wouldn’t have said this before (and who cares what I think, anyway?), but SP needs to be removed before her erratic attempts to reinvent reality cause serious harm to Alaska. If I were an Alaskan, I’d be thinking we can’t wait out a year and a half of this. I don’t hate SP, and I suspect her insistence on making up an alternate reality has its roots in some pretty ugly childhood trauma. But she isn’t going to seek help until she can no longer stave off the consequences with fresh inventions and lies. Can Alaska wait for that?
Progressive Alaska reports a rumor that SP may withdraw W.A.R.’s nomination because he is likely to be rejected. Let us hope that her lies and disrespect for the legislature, not to mention her neglect of her job, will be a major force for bipartisanship and cooperation.
April 13th, 2009 at 5:10 AM
Not to be petty, but who invented lip liner, and why? I’m a early 50’s mom. My youngest is 4. I’ve never seen a need for lip liner. The one time some make up artist put it on me, it looked silly, fake, and really not all that becoming when the actual lipstick wore off. Is too much make up also a christian trait? I can’t see Palin without thinking Tammy Fae anymore.
April 13th, 2009 at 11:43 AM
I wish that I lived in Alaska. You folks have all the fun. While I’m searching for entertaining comedy at clubs and on film, all you folks need do is get a daily statement from your governor. Seriously, does she wear those “special” shoes so that she can walk without falling down?