Comments on: Palin Explains Ross’ Defeat – It’s the Bloggers, Stupid.

By: Lainey

Lainey — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:31:39 +0000

@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!

By: the problem child IS MY NAME

the problem child IS MY NAME — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:45:43 +0000

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”.)

By: Amanda in Virginia

Amanda in Virginia — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:18:35 +0000

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.

By: OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:55:57 +0000

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!

By: Lainey

Lainey — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:27:10 +0000

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???!!!???

By: honestyinGov

honestyinGov — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:14:20 +0000

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.

By: Lisabeth

Lisabeth — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:09:17 +0000

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

By: woodstove

woodstove — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:29:58 +0000

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?

By: IsyFleur

IsyFleur — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:21:41 +0000

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…

By: karen marie

karen marie — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:10:18 +0000

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.