Palin Explains Ross’ Defeat – It’s the Bloggers, Stupid.
21 04 2009We all know that Governor Palin was quite taken with the idea of having Wayne Anthony Ross as her new Attorney General. He apparently had all the things Alaskans look for in a candidate for the head of the Department of Law.
“I believed I knew what Alaskans wanted when I selected an individual who is a strong backer of 2nd Amendment rights, a staunch supporter of the state Constitution and a defender of life,” Governor Palin said. “Wayne Anthony Ross supports responsible, ethical development of Alaska’s rich resources.
And we all know that for the first time ever, a governor’s attorney general appointment got voted down in the legislature. And it got voted WAY down 35-23. I picture some kind of large fuel-laden aircraft doing a perfect nose dive right into the ground. Guess the governor was wrong about what Alaskans want.
So what was the reason for this?
The fact that his anti-subsistence, anti sovereignty statements had every major Native group in the state denouncing him?
The fact that he called gays “degenerates” and “immoral,” refused to take it back, instead creating a delightfully lame analogy comparing the gay community to lima beans (which he ”hates”) to make us all feel better?
The fact that multiple members of the community stood up with stories and quotes from Ross’ past that were not only sexist, but misogynistic to the highest degree?
The fact that he told the legislature not to worry their pretty little heads about whether a new senate appointment from the governor was legal or illegal?
The fact that he wrote a letter denying that he’d ever said that, right before the audio of him saying exactly that was released?
The fact that the selection of this utterly controversial, divisive and inappropriate candidate happened in the first place?
No no no. According to Palin, it was the bloggers.
Gov. Sarah Palin is blaming bloggers and lies for the defeat of her attorney general nominee, who the Alaska Legislature refused to confirm last week.
“A great problem was public lies were told about Mr. Ross,” she said.
Palin declined to say whose lies undermined Ross, citing the blogosphere and e-mails from members of the public.
Wow. So, it’s our fault. Because, you see, if the bloggers and the rest of the media weren’t so damned nosy, and interested in what was going on in our government, and weren’t sitting behind our keyboards running our mouths all the time, then people wouldn’t have gotten so upset about it.
It’s kind of like when Wayne Anthony Ross pointed out that there wouldn’t be such a problem with domestic violence, if women would just keep their mouths shut. I guess it kind of works the same way. There wouldn’t be such a problem with her appointments if the bloggers and constituents would just keep their mouths shut. Now, I see.
Perhaps the strangest part of Palin’s statement was this:
The one example she cited was “he being engaged in a machine gun shoot on somebody’s property down in Seward, and there were witnesses to such a thing, and he’d never been there,” she said. “That’s just one example.”
Sen. Hollis French, D-Anchorage, is a former assistant attorney general who led the fight against Ross on the floor of the Legislature. He questioned whether anyone had heard the Seward machine gun allegation at the time.
“I don’t believe I knew anything about that, and it certainly never came up in floor debate,” French said.
Right after this story came out in the Juneau Empire, there was a sudden flutter of emails between a bunch of progressive bloggers in Alaska. They all basically said, “Machine guns? HUH?” There was plenty of dirt on Wayne Anthony Ross, but this was a new one to us. That’s not to say that an Alaskan politician at a machine gun shoot is an outrageous claim. Heck, just last summer the Congressman for All Alaska, Don Young, was the guest of honor a little machine gun fundraiser for his campaign in Seward. Those gun totin’ Republicans shook windows and rattled doors all over the sleepy little hamlet causing multiple panicked calls to local police.
“I had no clue about what was happening,” neighbor Mary Fackler said about the first shoot. “It just started as machine gun chatter like small bombs.”
Her granddaughter, who was sitting at the table doing her homework, turned to her and said, “Gramma, are we in a war?”
According to the organizer:
“It was nice.”… “People ate turkey and potato salad, and there was a fire pit with marshmallows and smores and homemade lemonade.”
“This was a fun thing to do on a Thursday afternoon,” Lorenz said.
The entire article is worth a read. Terrifying explosions? Potato salad and lemonade? It’s all who you ask. The event, whether Ross was there or not, was perfectly legal, and certainly wouldn’t have caused Alaska’s 2nd Amendment Republicans to jump ship and vote against him. But, I digress.
In reality, there were many components to the rejection of Wayne Anthony Ross, the most obvious being Palin’s poor judgement, Ross’ poor judgement, and Ross’ behavior. And bloggers could have been posting 24/7, but without mainstream media coverage, courageous public testimony, a citizenry who was paying attention and who made their voices heard, or a legislature that was paying attention and acted in the best interest of its constituents, he’d be using State of Alaska letterhead right now.
So, even though we bloggers were only a piece in the puzzle, it’s still awful nice of the governor to give us all the credit, and it’s rude not to acknowledge a compliment. So, if I may be so bold as to speak for Alaska bloggers, we’ll just look down and scratch our toe in the dirt, blush a little and say, “Aw, shucks.”
UPDATE: Hat tip to Mudflatters “problem child” and ”curioser” who found a reference to the original machine gun shoot held at the Lorenz property in 2006. It featured…. Wayne Anthony Ross. Here’s the link. Way to master the Google!
April 21st, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Levi on Larry King is Wednesday night unless some big news story breaks.
April 21st, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Not trying to give her an “out”…personally I come here to keep up with her should she try running in 2012.
It’s just something that went thru my mind as I watched her at that RTL in Indiana…she does look very very tired.
April 21st, 2009 at 6:49 PM
196 the problem child IS MY NAME! Says:
April 21st, 2009 at 6:40 PM
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Thanks. Hehe.
April 21st, 2009 at 6:56 PM
silverfox67, I think the Crazy Lady could be going through the change and that could explain some of her behavior but I also think she has a worse problem on top of that.
Hormones + Mental Illness = CRRRRAAAAZY
Don’t you think at some point Todd would demand she seek help? I hope so. I don’t care for the lady but I never wish my worst enemies to be ill.
April 21st, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Can’t be menopause, she’s always exhibited the same behaviors. I truly believe she suffers from some form of mental illness. The more attention she gets, the more empowered she feels. feeding her inner monster.
April 21st, 2009 at 6:59 PM
I don’t know if Todd recognizes what is happening with Sarah…she may have been this crazy all along.
Most of the men I know think that a HOT FLASH means there will be good S3X. If they only knew!!!
April 21st, 2009 at 7:00 PM
I must say I LOVE THIS SITE!!!!!
April 21st, 2009 at 7:04 PM
HA! Men think a hot flash means good sexy time…that’s funny!
OT: AOL has an article up. Check this out.
“Reports of Sarah Palin Career Death Greatly Exaggerated” by Tommy Christopher
http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2009/04/14/reports-of-sarah-palin-career-death-greatly-exaggerated/
I don’t think Tommy did his Alaska Current Events homework.
April 21st, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Silverfox67: I completely understand qhy you’d have to ride alone–menopause and guns sounds scary as all heck!
April 21st, 2009 at 7:09 PM
hmm, Sarah has a gun and may be out of estrogen!
April 21st, 2009 at 7:09 PM
silverfox67,
I too come here to find out almost daily what ditzy thing she’s up to.
As Empish mentioned, she’s exhibited strange behaviours for some time. Even watching vids prior to Trigs birth, IMO you can see her ‘oddities’ and it has escalated since VP campaign. GINO never met a camera she doesn’t like!!
I know I’m staying clear of Moose Noses!! Brian window imprints is the only acceptable Moose Nose for me!!
April 21st, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Translating Palinspeak:
LIE (noun or verb) any statement Herself doesn’t like, whether or not it is true.
April 21st, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Am just loving this AKM…Had a really bummed day…Glad i checked in…Haven’t stopped laughing..Scary Sarah is so stuck on stupid…The gift that keeps on giving!!!
April 21st, 2009 at 7:17 PM
That Ross would even consider accepting an appointment as Attorney General is as wacky as being appointed by Sarah Palin. Oh…….I forgot……it’s the bloggers that kept Mr. WAR from being appointed. Way beyond sad.
April 21st, 2009 at 7:17 PM
Good Lord, is NOTHING this woman does her own fault?
She was just born at the wrong time: 50 years too soon … before the internet. How she must hate that people are now so much more knowledgable, and are able to discuss things all across the country, sharing information and opinions.
Thank goodness for the internet!
April 21st, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Thanks for that article’s link. “…GOP is out to destroy Sarah Palin.”
Yeah, maybe they’re afraid the non-thinking P followers might manage to somehow help her win the primary campaign and then they’d lose another election?
Or hey! They might be scared to death that she could and her radical supporters might be able to win the presidency? God help us all, in a case like that.
April 21st, 2009 at 7:25 PM
it is clear that the honorable governor of Alaska has some form of a personality disorder. only a psychiatrist is able to diagnose the exact problem. however, anyone who has ever come up against one these monstrous persons and survived the experience will understand that sarah palin is a textbook case of personality disorder. there is no cure. there are no meds short of chemical lobotomy that alleviate their impact on others. they don’t change unless change will get them what they desire at that moment. the only way to deal with these folks is too mirror their behavior and to make them fear you. they are bullies and bullies are cowards. when you throw down on them you better mean it. and keep them unbalanced always. never tell them that you love or like them.ever…love b
April 21st, 2009 at 7:26 PM
Good Nite all, Jon Stewart is on with the REAL NEWS.
HA HA HA
April 21st, 2009 at 7:27 PM
WoooHooo Bloggers! Hi Stupids! WooHoo!!
The ones who quoted the idiocy of Ross verbatim, straight out of the horses ass. The things that adn wouldn’t print, basically. lol.
To Ross & Palin, in the infamous words of The Trailer Park Boys…
“Knock, knock…”
“Who’s there?”
“F^ck Off!”
Years ago, there was a book about victimization and recognizing it. Dr. Wayne W. Dyer’s ‘Pulling Your Own Strings’, zeroes in on those people and institutions that manipulate you – and tells you how to get them off your back, forever.
So, Palin, instead of addressing the real issues people had with Ross, well itemized AND linked by AKM, victimizers deflect focus to something totally unrelated — ie: ‘the gun shooting incident’. Turn them back on track to the Issues that mattered most, they have no where to turn and continue to blame. That’s their modus operandi — blame. Catch them if ya can. Watch for more.
RIIIING! indeed!
34 @Old Dyke aka Wa. Lima Bean
Absolutley, I’d like one in Ontario…
92 @Martha Unalaska Yard Sign
My guess is BPD [Borderline Personality Disorder]. Stems from years of abuse where the victim trusts no one and actually makes up scenarios, not based on fact and take them for a fact. Uncanny and sad to witness, really.
‘2012 Daft Sarah, Committee’. barriers et al
Amirite! LOL.
April 21st, 2009 at 7:29 PM
Sorry about all the bold, missed a letter.
Snoskred! Can we have a preview pony please???
April 21st, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Another first for Alaska–http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/767335.html
April 21st, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Gino is very aggressive by nature. She wants to attack, beat back, slam down, and kick in the head her rivals. She wants to scare and intimidate bloggers. Only her plan is not working. We are collectively getting wiser as a global society. There is hope that we can overcome mans misdeeds of the past. That we will rebuild, renew, and recover from our greed and stupit ways. Yes we can!
We are a mighty few, we are a wise and the bright light of progressive consciousness coming out of the basement in are PJ’s….. We need not a church for service, we need not a priest to guide us, we need not a trail to the 7 mountains of spiritual awakening. We need not the likes of politicians like GINO, with her aspirations of total control and dysfunctional self-serving actions.
The truth will prevail. Go Levi !!
April 21st, 2009 at 7:31 PM
Considering GINO ran or runs around with 2 blackberries and probably a laptop computer, together with her staff & Meg, et al — it boggles the mind to think she is so disconnected with the info available.
April 21st, 2009 at 7:32 PM
try again—http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/767335.html
April 21st, 2009 at 7:37 PM
whether it’s menopause, mad moose disease, lyme disease, or just plain crazy dumbness and spoiled-rotten-ness…she shouldn’t be in CHARGE!!!!!!!!!
April 21st, 2009 at 7:43 PM
team alaska: amen. and martha ,my friend, you said it perfectly. i have one these people in my family. so i know of what i speak. it is awful, the hurt this stupid woman has caused my beautiful child. so now i am her nemesis. i had to teach ‘miss thing’ a thing or two about crazy. so now she walks VERY softly and carefully around me and mine…b
April 21st, 2009 at 8:17 PM
AKM…aw, bowing to the hat tip…credit to Google.
@38 UK
I definitely appreciated your caution reminder. I surprised myself by using as strong a word as ‘definitely’. I tend to use lots of modifiers and almost always shy away from absolute certainties. SP’s certainty (coupled with her weaknesses) is probably why I react to negatively to her.
Now, if I can stay awake, off to try to read 4 pages of comments since i was here this morning.
April 21st, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Over on seafourpee, they are deleting comments like crazy, and the regulars are getting very upset. They are censoring their own because they won’t stay on topic.
April 21st, 2009 at 8:59 PM
I think the real word for GINO is a control freak. What caused her to lose that CONTROL was when she accepted VP. Alaskans would have never seen the smothering acts of Gino if she wasn’t introduced to All of the United States.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Celtic Diva has posted all of GiNo’s Press conference. I only viewed the last one so far. It looks like she doesn’t want to speak herself because she might have to explain herself… and be on the record. With all those therefore and alsos. Hard to believe GINO does NOT want to stand in front of the spotlight any more…. or is it just the ‘ heat ‘ from the spotlight is a little too warm now.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:00 PM
WAR was involved in the planning of a Machine gun shoot.
A brief mention in 2005 here:
http://www.agca.net/bod/AGCABODMinutes0805.pdf
April 21st, 2009 at 9:06 PM
I was looking for any new polls on Ms.Wasilla, but came across this cheery blurb:
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/04/21/bachmann_is_a_fundraising_powerhouse_–_for_democrats.html
April 21st, 2009 at 9:10 PM
thank you to whoever put up the youtube link to palin’s 4/19/09 end-of-session presser. i watched parts 6, 7, 8 and 30 seconds of the first one.
the middle to end of 6 through the first couple minutes of 7 are the ones to watch.
it’s astonishing to watch and listen to her as she stands there and says (about the rejection of WAR) “it was all lies,” “they’re liars,” never saying precisely who or what except for the silliness about the gun shoot. i had never heard of that till it came out of her mouth, and i was following the WAR thing pretty closely, i thought.
it would be funnier if it weren’t so tragic for alaska.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:21 PM
Talking of bloggers, I know quite a few of us had been wondering what was up with ADN blocking posters left and right (but mostly left, it seems…)
Well, here is an email I just got from editorsblog@adn.com:
“You actually have been blocked since April 7. Given what you said in your note, you may have gotten blocked for fairly generic criticisms of Sarah Palin. I have no problem with thoughtful, substantive criticism of Palin or any politician. But it has to be more than: “Sarah is stupid. Sarah is unethical. Thank god she lost the election. etc.”
I think this is where the non-Alaskan commenters (on both sides) sometimes struggle: they don’t have a lot of background on Alaska public life and history, so it can be hard to say much that isn’t relatively superficial and a repeat of comments that have been made many times already. I am determined that the comments will offer something more than an endless (even if polite) duel between “Sarah is terrible” and “Sarah is wonderful.” ”
So ADN admits I “may have gotten blocked for fairly generic criticisms of Sarah Palin.” And of course, because I am an outsider. And boring at that! So sad…
April 21st, 2009 at 9:29 PM
He lies, she lies. Liar liar pants on fire. It seems the whole history of America is lies. The whole present is lies. Palin and her ilk spew their lies and many people buy into them out of their own ignorance or self interest. “Those that defend what they cannot see with a killer’s pride, security.” Bob Dylan. It seems in some ways the Internet is a way to fulfill the Big Brother prophesy. Do you think they can turn on your web-cam without you knowing it? On the other hand, the freedom the Internet affords the everyday people like you and me to push back and express a voice against those that have had a free pass at creating a reality that they think they can hide behind a facade of lies is the essence of power to the people right now. How great is it that the truth is out there and it is at your finger tips?
April 21st, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Isyfleur, tha is crazy. He is trying to control the whole thing too much. Also I think most anti Palin posts are gone now NOT just the generic ones. This is censorship and I am shocked an editor of a nrewspaper is doing that! It is wrong
April 21st, 2009 at 10:14 PM
If nobody has seen those Videos of GINO on Celtic Diva the first clip is a doozy as well.
I know for a Fact she has NEVER read Dale Carnegies book ” How to win Friends and Influence People” Right out of the block she blames the Legislature TWO times at the beginning…. I think it was about the way they accepted the Stimulus Money (reminding people…. SHE was all against it- wagging that finger of hers) Without a pause she immediately pats herself on the back in her next statement because….?……she was able to work with the Legislature to get things done…?
What %$#@&$@#… !!!…?? My head hurts now.
Which one is it GINO…? Are they those ‘bad ‘ Legs. you spoke of in those first two sentences or those so ‘ competent’ ones YOU were able to work with you spoke of. Maybe you can have Meg put out a statement to explain it better for us.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:27 PM
I hope all this ‘pressure’ we’re putting on the poor thing (oh the pain of living life in a bubble), will either fuel her handlers to get her the mental help she needs OR she crashes and burns…either way, I’m good.
Step off, palin!!! You are NOT qualified! Don’t you get it???!!!???
April 21st, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Dear friends – even my obscure little random blog got a link from a Huffpo article on that KKK article he’d writen. I was trying to get to the bottom of it and so was Phillip at Progressive Alaska, which has the major scoop.
Page views went through the roof lol.
AKM and Phillip, you are inspirations for us ignorants who know NOTHING of AK politics, but are always learning. Thanks!
April 22nd, 2009 at 3:18 AM
I just cannot believe this woman. She’s upset that BLOGGERS, who are RESIDENTS of Alaska, used their voice to say what they felt about an Alaska State official. She’s batshit crazy that one.
April 22nd, 2009 at 4:45 AM
Aw, thanks, AKM! Google is easy…
Whenever a reporter makes a claim like “A Google search of news and blogs turned up no relevant mentions of Wayne Anthony Ross, Seward and machine guns prior to the vote,” I figure I should check.
Go figure, their Google must be broken or maybe they thought those news sources were “irrelevant”.
(Truthfully, I was wondering what might have come up AFTER he was rejected. It seemed that they were careful to qualify it as “prior to”.)
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:31 AM
@Amanda in Virginia
I just cannot believe this woman. She’s upset that BLOGGERS, who are RESIDENTS of Alaska, used their voice to say what they felt about an Alaska State official. ——- I know…the nerve of those Alaskans caring about their state!!! …it’s unheard of!
She’s batsh*t crazy that one.——– for real…couldn’t have said it better!