Open Thread – You Can Own Sarah Palin’s Truck!
So says the Ebay listing for the 1997 red Nissan 4×4 pickup. Bidding closes at noon (Alaska time), July 1. The last time we saw a Sarah Palin item on Ebay, someone ended up making $2025 on a pair of used naughty monkey peep toe pumps that regularly sell for about $90.
This time, the lucky winner could drive away in Palin’s used truck, for a minimum bid of $6500. Not bad. For the price of 3 pairs of used shoes…and an extra heel, you could be cruising around town in this baby.
One of the listed owners of this vehicle was Alaska’s Famous Governor, former United States Vice-Presidential candidate, and possible 2012 Presidential Candidate, Sarah Palin.
This truck was involved in a wreck and was purchased from an insurance company with a salvage title.
Upon closer inspection, the registration to Todd and Sarah Palin (see in pics) was located in the glove compartment along with a mix CD. This truck was likely the one that Sarah drove around in Wasilla Alaska during her early political days as that small town’s mayor.
The hood, radiator, grill, and the front fender and bumper were replaced. The truck has a Sony Xplod CD player and Sony Xplod speakers. It has a tow package and an aluminum tool box. Additionally, it has a “Sarah Palin for Governor” bumper sticker, probably stuck on there by the First Dude himself!
We don’t know all the details about this vehicle. There may be a mystery behind it, or even a cover-up! Maybe you can figure it out!
Shipping to Seattle or Anchorage is included in purchase price. For the right price, we may be willing to deliver anywhere in the lower 48.
If the truck, located in Petersberg, Alaska, sells for more than $10,000 the lister says that he’ll donate 10% of the selling price to the Alaska Special Olympics. The number of bids so far, with only a few hours to go before the close of the auction? None yet. But there’s still time to sign up!
And whoever made the listing obviously has a sense of humor and a little too much time on his hands. This and several other humorous photoshopped pictures accompany the listing, which shows the truck from every conceivable angle.
It just brings a whole new meaning to “Ebay sniper.”
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You can remove old bumper stickers with WD-40.
http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Bumper-Stickers
isn’t this the equivalent to bidding on a half eaten sandwich left by …hmmm…Paris Hilton???!!!??
Mmmm… a ‘Palin for governor’ sticker and a Christian fish emblem? Blah
Now if it had a FSM emblem and some Goo Gone we could make a deal!
On HuffPo: Palin Story Sparks GOP Family Feud
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/30/palin-story-sparks-gop-fa_n_223615.html
is this the truck that was provided by the state that she didnt know you had to pay taxes on and she gave back?
did she pay the taxes on it for the time she had it?
How dare the anonymous photoshopper desecrate the wondrous image of god’s gift of that ’97 Nissan pickup, also too. I’m outraged, I tell you, outraged. (Hey….think that mix tape has any Credence on it?)
tweeted Shannyn on this so thought I’d share with you all too:
Runners World photo of SP posing with American Flag. . . anyone up for some photoshopping????
Notice there is no picture of an engine ….
An iconic representation which thou shalt not maliciously desecrate! ::THUNDER CLAP!::
http://i42.tinypic.com/30bnyj4.jpg
Whore Red , just like the shoes. Looked it up on Kelley Blue Book. With those miles , in excellent condition , high retail is 7200. Wrecked , I dunno. I think the gentleman is hoping the “Palin factor” factor enhances the value. And you can’t go wrong on the donation. e-bay is notorious for unqualified bidders on high ticket items , hope he gets real bids.
Lucky buyer can drive it to Republican events and charge repubs a dollar to sniff the seat, five bucks to kiss it. He’ll have the puchase price back in no time.
To paraphrase an old Nixon era wag, “Would you buy a used car from this woman?”
Although, at that time the comment was on a poster with a telling photo of “Tricky Dicky” as well.
What an honor it would be to buy Sarah’s crappy old used truck. The Republican infighting has started. Thank you Todd, thank you, thank you, thank you.
#10 LOL
I guess I should specify…..not Toad the other Todd.
re: RW and racing PO. This is what sarah did to Romney when she could not catch him……….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDOykmey7-I
“There may be a mystery behind it, or even a cover-up!”
a cover-up? LOL.
Have I missed Megagasket’s reply to the VF article? Did she give a reply?
Is anyone investigating if the desecration of the flag in the Runner’s World photo is some sort of AIP signal?
Was just over at Swampland and found a shout out to Mudflats from comment #6. The post is about the VF article, naturally.
http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/07/01/the-mccain-and-palin-campaign-apparently-isnt-over/
Also, too, is the delicious info that one of Franken’s committee assignments pertains to Native Americans. Karma is workin’ overtime!!
Willie Geist just asked Steele about Palin , And I quote – “She is a leader in the Republican party”……..I kinda like that……
GOP catfights: They must have interviewed mudpuppies!
“Is there any real chance that ‘several’ Alaskans independently told Purdum that they had consulted the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?” Kristol wrote. “I don’t believe it for a moment. I’ve (for better or worse) moved in pretty well-educated circles in my life, and I’ve gone decades without ‘several’ people telling me they had consulted the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.”
The silence from Palinbots and the big cheese herself is deafening. Maybe she is out hunting down Moller from a helicopter.
Why is an alleged Super Patriot wanting to be POTUS driving a Japanese truck?
Does the truck’s purchase price include dna testing of the interior?
On a WAY off topic note, Sara Lee just announced they’re outsourcing all of their billing to India. Lots of jobs being lost locally and across the nation. If you want to tell them to kep jobs in the USA email them here. I’d think, for $3.79 a loaf, they could pay Americans,
http://www.saralee.com/ContactUs.aspx
#19
I think it’s very telling that so many say no comment when it comes to Palin. Oh the REAL stories they must have. If she wasn’t a wacked out nutcase wouldn’t they just say, oh, that is not true, she was lovely. No one will say that.
24 Paula Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 4:45 AM
On a WAY off topic note, Sara Lee just announced they’re outsourcing all of their billing to India. Lots of jobs being lost locally and across the nation. If you want to tell them to kep jobs in the USA email them here. I’d think, for $3.79 a loaf, they could pay Americans,
http://www.saralee.com/ContactUs.aspx
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A huge ‘iconic’ Australian company was recently bought by Sara Lee and most of the production has now been shipped to China (together with $15 million worth of machinery paid for by the federal government – ha!). There are a lot of brands to boycott now, but Australians are doing exactly that. We’ll miss a lot of those brands, but we’ll miss the jobs even more.
If they want to make huge shareholder profits in the third world that’s their business, but nobody has to buy their brands – ever.
It’s appalling that these companies feel free to do such things at a time like this. They deserve to go out of business. Who needs ‘em?
Thanks, ds55, for the link. My favorite:
“Was Palin a fresh talent whose debut was mishandled by self-serving campaign insiders, or an eccentric “diva” who had no business on the national stage? Going forward, does she offer a conservative and charismatic face for a demoralized and star-less party? Or is she a loose cannon who should be consigned to the tabloids where she can reside in perpetuity with other flash-in-the-pan sensations?”
Off to make more popcorn-
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I vote for the loose cannon
Will ‘Joe the Plumber’ run for office? ‘I talked to God about that and he was like, No.’
“In an exclusive report by Chelsea Schilling on WorldNetDaily today Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, the self-described “Joe the Plumber” announced that he will be speaking at a Tea Party rally in Austin, Texas, on July 3. Following the Austin event, Wurzelbacher will arrive at the Houston tea party that evening. He plans to spend Independence Day at the San Antonio tea party.”
yoohoo, austintx …..
They’re still having tea parties?
Aussie Blue Sky – Thank you for THAT lovely nugget………guess I’ll ck. and see where it’s at.
Has Megagasket replied nothing? (Is it possible she is in a penalty box somewhere?)
Paula, thanks for the heads up on Sara Lee and you too Aussie. I have sent e-mail and am posting this to facebook. I have lots of union friends. I buy locally produced bread.
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austintx, when you got visit the Austin teaparty, please take pictures so we can photoshop them. Heeheehee!
No Tweets for 13 hours. Has she gone rogue a la Mark Sanford? Do you know where your governor is?
Good article on evangelicals and the promotion of violence:
http://tinyurl.com/l4bq6a
excerpt:
So far, the insanity continues including (according to Time magazine) the New Bethel Church’s highly publicized “open-carry service.” Assemblies of God church (Sarah Palin’s old denomination) in Louisville, Ky., having a service to celebrate carrying weapons, wherein NRA and other members of gun groups were invited and a video was shown of a Marine being asked what he would do if asked to “disarm Americans.”
28 Aussie Blue Sky Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 5:13 AM
“He plans to spend Independence Day at the San Antonio tea party.”
I’m soooooo embarassed.
The finger pointin’ , pissin’ and moanin’ has begun………
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/01/palin-kristol-schmidt/
OMG I am going to be in San Antonio on the 4th – definitely NOT for a “Tea Party” but may drive by one and shout out the window!!!
The best thing about the Kristol v.s. Schmidt fight is that it’s two Repubs. Sarah can’t complain that it’s the liberal media or the pajama-clad bloggers. It her own people saying she’s a diva with post-partum depression. ROFL!
Yup – Joe is coming to Austin.
http://havinganaustinteaparty.com/
I love this! love it!
Open Letter to Bill O’Reilly re Al Franken, Sweet!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/7/1/748508/-Cheers-and-Jeers:-Wednesday
28 Aussie Blue Sky Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 5:13 AM
“He plans to spend Independence Day at the San Antonio tea party.”
I’m soooooo embarassed.
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Same here……….San Antonio area is all Blue.
40 C. Rock Says:
Same here……….San Antonio area is all Blue.
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So is Austin. Wonder which one Perry is gonna be at ??
If I remember correctly, The Huf Post interactive map of voting by counties showed all the “big” cities in TX voting, trended Blue with the “rural” counties red. Country folk out number us city folk.
RE: Sara Lee. There is no free market for workers. WE can’t just move to India to find jobs, they won’t let us work there.
But companies can move around all they want.
THIS is why people fight for basic services like SS and healthcare because we are at the mercy of the job providers. There will never be laws saying that companies CAN”T move their operations to another country, so we have to have some power to balance this.
41 austintx Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 6:09 AM
40 C. Rock Says:
Same here……….San Antonio area is all Blue.
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So is Austin. Wonder which one Perry is gonna be at ??
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Here is Joe the plumber teabagger party in Zuell Tx ( just southeast of S.A ) Sorry I will not go and waste my gas or pay $10.00 to get in to take pictures.
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-279295
I hadn’t read this account of preparation……..so this trip to AK to prep fell apart? then she was taken to AZ for one on one prep, gawd, they went to a lot of trouble for her didn’t they, and the money spent, er I mean wasted, on her. No wonder there was frustration within the staff, those people worked long and hard for McCain before Scarah, in two short months she took them down the drain. It must be a nightmare to relive it in ones minds. It must have been a living nightmare while it was actually happening, lol.
It just makes ya shake your head.
oops, the link
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008172236_campaign11.html
re: SARA LEE
I thought their motto was “Nobody doesn’t like Sara Lee”
Can we change that to “Somebody doesn’t like Sara Lee” in furure.
Sorry, in future!
How about “Nobody likes Sara Lee”?
Thank you Mr. Purdum, yes we did, MANY times go over her narcissistic personality disorder, WITH the proper medical explanation.
Ahem, Mr. Kristol, do a narcissistic word search on the AK blogs, you’ll find you don’t know what your talking about.
You know what I CANNOT understand? Why all these articles always refer to the “historic candidacy”…..WHAT is so historic about it? She is not, I repeat NOT the 1st woman VP candidate! So why is is so “historic”????
LOL, WHAT publicity team? Herself, Meg and Toad?
http://watchingthewatchers.org/read/3535
“Palin’s violating the U.S. Flag Code, which you can read on the American Legion’s site, in how that U.S. flag is treated in the photo. Under the heading Respect for the Flag, the code states, “The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.”
Though adherance to the Flag Code is optional, some people take it pretty seriously, as the American Flag wall of shame demonstrates, and a lot of them are in what Palin would consider the “pro-America areas of this great nation.” You shouldn’t drape it over a chair like a cover you bought at Bed Bath and Beyond.
It’s a wonder that Palin hasn’t shot her publicity team from a helicopter.”
I think Meg or Scarah need to clarify if this video is coming from them or not.
stat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbotuuMVgbo
I’m wondering about the wreck. I mean, we already know that Palin is a train wreck, but I did not realize that she was also a car wreck. Who smashed the truck? Was it Sarah or was the first Dude drinking again? I would love to know the details of the accident. Can any of you enlighten me?
someone please explain the job fair video, my computer won’t show it, I don’t want to download something new.
Say NO to Palin in Politics
That link took me to a search page (or something). Is there another link?
Or is it that 4th of July haraS PAC thing?
Can all of us write Kristol and tell him we agree with the psychiatric disorder diagnosis? Maybe that will convince him. Why is he sticking up for Sarah? I guess he is not too bright. I think he is making a mistake….. Anyone who has studied Sarah and her ACTIONS, knows she is a narcissist. It is pretty dang obvious!
Here is the article on the spat between Jay Ramras and the “fan website” Thank you Honesty In Gov for telling me about this article
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=10615662
In the article Jay Ramras says that that group makes anti semitic statements on their site. Does anyone know why or what those are? It doesn’t surprise me one bit. R says that Sarah has a flag of Israel but people from Sarah’s strange fringe extreme religion do not support Israel for the reasons Jews support Israel: And on a recent video of the religious group, they had several anti-semitic statements. I think they are called Joels army and their intent is to “control the banks” along with the other 6 pillars (their words) of society…..
They are a scary group and I hope people focus more on this-it has been discussed a lot on other blogs lately.
If you read “the other site” and I don’t want to talk about it too much here, the owner (sorry) is out of her mind…..I have never seen a more stobburn closed minded individual in my life (based on her writings). Sarah has become such a mission to her, it is pretty frightening to think what will happen when Sarah does fall and she will fall.
Does anyone know if Jay Ramras has a blog?
This truck was located in Juneau when the accident happen,and
the driver involved was Ivy Frye. The accident was due to a
driver running a red light at 55 mph and a no fault of Ivy’s.
Finally ADN got something right. I found this opinion piece in a search yesterday. Food for thought!!
http://www.adn.com/opinion/compass/story/691657.html
Say No to Politics – that link did not take me to a specific video. Are you sure the link is right? Are you talking about the new sarahpac video? The racist one
#53 – the video you linked has been removed. What was it?
Here we go – more fun…
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=10615662
Pro-Palin Web site clashes with Fairbanks representative
“It raises money for her and it goes after her political enemies, but Gov. Sarah Palin says she has nothing to do with the Web site Conservatives4Palin.”
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“The governor’s office says neither Palin nor the office have anything to do with the group and have no plans of either endorsing or opposing the comments on its Web site.”
Looks like posts at the same time. Same video link to Ramras.
Gotta love those kids at wonkette. Commenters are pretty dang funny also.too.
http://wonkette.com/409592/sarah-palin-finally-reveals-shameful-secret-about-tripping-while-running-this-one-time
Tee hee.
I just asked if the seller would be willing to donate to “Bob Poe for Governor” rather than the Special Olympics.
“Nanookie of the North” from comments at Wonkette!! ROFLMAO!!!!!!
ya know…….how this case ends up may very well have an effect on Scarah’s use of emails via what’s in them.
http://www.adn.com/news/politics/fbi/weyhrauch/story/848214.html
“The federal law makes it illegal for public officials to use the mails to defraud the public out of their honest services.”
“The 9th Circuit judges reasoned that even if a state has weak ethics laws, that is no reason for its citizens to be deprived of the honest services of their public officials.”
I predict there will be no bidding.
Sarah supporters are out of money because of the perpetual bilking that has been going on. Wonder how many people are behind on their bills, mortgages, and are starving their children to support Sarah??
Here is a picture you did not see from the H8R fest a couple of weeks ago. You GO GIRL !!
http://imgur.com/Hju1M.jpg
Was she the first female REPUB Vice-Pres candidate? Maybe that’s what makes it historic.
I LOVE AKM’s graphic at the top – you know that AKM LIVES for these goofy stories! I think there is a graphic artist somewhere in there, under the tongue in cheek reporting, and stories of meese and fugus.
@ austintx: HA! That H8R photo is too funny.
She’s the first REPUBLICAN VP candidate. Haven’t you heard? Democrats don’t count. (Sorry, Geraldine.)
Here’s a fun story from Chris Kelly on HuffPo: “God is my doorman: Mark Sandford for Nonchristians”. He is talking about God opening doors as in Palin plowing through.
I’m not sure Mark Sanford’s going to like the door that God opens for him, though. According to Revelations 21:8, adulterers and liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone.
Forever.
Even if you’ve been to Argentina, and gotten used to the heat, that’s still gonna hurt.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-kelly/god-is-my-doorman-mark-sa_b_223472.html
Welllllll….Iam just gonna have ta make a few phone calls to find out who is selling that little naughty red truck out of Little Norway. Red silk tops, red toe nail polish, red open toe shoes w/Fuc* me heels, red lipstick and red blazers. She even had a little naughty red pick me up truck! REd, Red red!
Bob Poe’s take on Fred Dyson’s piece:
http://www.adn.com/opinion/compass/story/700092.html
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/tundra-talk/9-talk-of-the-tundra/997-the-rural-challenge
Bob Poe compass piece last week – Yukon River residents bear brunt of fishery cutbacks
http://www.adn.com/guestcolumns/webextra/story/837225.html
Denby Lloyd 10 minutes later: “I went with John Moller of Governor Palin’s staff…We knew we carried distressing news.”
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“I’m not foolish enough to think these meetings have overcome the anxiety, apprehension, and even distrust that families along the Yukon River may still feel. I do, however, take exception to coverage by the Anchorage Daily News. In their apparent pursuit of speed over substance, the newspaper didn’t wait for Mr. Moller or me to get back into communication, did not even wait for the meetings to be completed. They seemed interested in neither context nor respect.”
http://www.adn.com/guestcolumns/webextra/story/837235.html
dS55 – she was, but again – not quite “historic”.
I can see if she was the 1st fem VP candidate for a major party – but she’s not. I think a LOT of people are misled into thinking that she was the 1st EVER female VP candidate.
To me it’s like if down the line we had a black Repub President – just wouldn’t be worth the hub bub.
TXChick4Obama Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 7:37 AM
To me it’s like if down the line we had a black Repub President – just wouldn’t be worth the hub bub.
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Are you kidding? The party of fat old white guys run a black candidate. Now THAT would be historic!
‘ No Thanks’… on the truck. I’ll bet it still has a smell to it like everything else GINO touches. And the ‘ Stink ‘ never goes away.
Thank you Juneau Empire, for doing some digging (ADN can’t seem to – I never thought the Empire would outshine the ADN – but you have!)
http://juneauempire.com/stories/070109/sta_457304159.shtml
An attempt at investigating the ethics complaints and what they have cost the state. And yes, it’s pretty clear WHICH one cost the state the most, just like it cost the twit the most.
Suck it up. Sarah – your WHAAAAAAAAAAAAA is just flat boring and oh so predictable. You have a reputation for whining and wheedling which I would DIE before I would let stick on myself – you are a LOSER and a CROOK. And don’t forget the LIAR label – which has stuck to you for the rest of your life.
Her Historic run was historic because we have never had a sociopath as VP before.
@ women who run with the wolves
Email me if you can – I have a little news to share!
I think people should send a shout out of support to Ramras I’m sure he is getting lots of threats like allot of other Alaskans! and I am thrilled about the comments by Gov. Hiickel.
Socio-path for VP = SP for VP! I think you are onto something there, lilybart!
A quote from Mark Sanford, the Palin wannabe:
“I don’t want to blow up my time in politics,” he told the AP. “I don’t want to blow up future earning power, I don’t want to blow up the kids’ lives. I don’t want to blow up 20 years that we’ve invested. But if I’m completely honest, there are still feelings in the way. If we keep pushing it this way, we get those to die off, but they’re still there and they’re still real.”
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My vote is for the first clause in the second sentence!
Another nickname for Sarah from comments at HuffPo: Gov. Winky
I think Mark Sanford is going to show up at divorce court with an insanity plea.
Martha Unalaska Yard Sign Says:
Thanks for that link to the Juneau Empire article.
THIS PROVES THAT THE PALIN ADMINISTRATION WAS LYING WHEN IT SAID THE STATE SPENT MILLIONS TO INVESTIGATE THE ETHICS COMPLAINTS!!!
Cute post on a blog I like about the Runner’s World Article.
http://www.kissmybigbluebutt.com/#july21sc
Is this the fated truck she sold when she bought herself a nifty new “City of” car as Mayor of Wasilla?
#55 Having already twittered about the massive quantity of food the villagers have now, this video of a job fair (that the site claims PLAIN put on) is listed right beside it. It’s a WTF, as they’re acting like she gives a F about natives.
Sanford in more trouble w/ GOP’ers…
http://www.thestate.com/sanford/story/847926.html
Revelations fuel calls for resignation; GOP petitioners grow
Latest details tip scales for many
By RODDIE BURRIS, CLIF LeBLANC and GINA SMITH – rburris@thestate.com cleblanc@thestate.com gnsmith@thestate.com
Updated 11:40 a.m.
Twelve of the 27 members of the state Senate’s Majority Caucus now have signed a petition, calling for Gov. Mark Sanford to resign.
The latest Republican to sign was state Sen. Wes Hayes, R-York, chairman of the Senate’s ethics committee.
Pressure is mounting Sanford to step down after he disappeared to Argentina for a week without telling anyone where he would be, confessed to an extramarital affair with an Argentine woman and acknowledged additional unspecified inappropriate relationships with a handful of other women.
Two additional senators considered among Sanford’s staunchest allies, also said they want him to resign though they did not sign the letter. Two other senior senators who spoke to the State said Tuesday’s revelations moved them closer to asking Sanford to step down.
The letter was crafted by Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler, R-Cherokee, and was circulated among Senate Republicans on Tuesday.
Curious that SP hasn’t opened mouth/inserted foot on this topic….nor the VF article on her (yet???)…
Still curious as to why there’s been nothing from her camp regarding her latest malady, post-Purdum depression…
Massive food? I want to hear that from Ann, Nick and company. I wouldn’t believe Sarah Palin if she swore on the Lincoln Bible!
Sarah went from nearly one Twitter per hour to zip.
Mark Sanford really needs to shut up. Seriously. If his staffers have any love for the man, they will put a gag in his mouth and keep him away from any and all media.
89 Jim Says: July 1st, 2009 at 8:12 AM
Still curious as to why there’s been nothing from her camp regarding her latest malady, post-Purdum depression…
Oh, to re-open that book title thread/poll! Yup…there’s another one in your post!
I just got up and haven’t read all the comments but today’s Andrew Sullivan is worth repeating if already posted. If you are not reading Andrew Sullivan daily, START.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/kristols-defense.html#more
“What I make of it is that the selection of Sarah Palin was one of the most absurd, nutty, cynical and incompetent decisions in the modern history of American campaigning. And the Republican party, far from trying to understand how they made such a reckless decision, remains in total denial. “
@Jim, me too! I have a bag of popcorn ready for Megagasket’s reply! Where is it? Did Palin put her in Time Out?
Aussie Blue Sky Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 3:40 AM
Notice there is no picture of an engine
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An engine would be considered the ‘brain’. You can’t take a picture of one if there isn’t one. Wink! Wink!
Don’t know if anyone’s posted this and don’t have time at the moment to check all the comments, but this is interesting:
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/070109/sta_457304159.shtml
State spent nearly $300K fighting governor’s ethics complaints
Most expensive investigation may have been driven by Palin herself
Link to quote:
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/best-republican-brawl-in-a-long-while-i.html
Andrew has several Palin comments today.
andrew sullivan has a different take on the video she has asking for money for military flights home. they were portraying obama as king kong, a gorilla. i thought the same thing but i didnt say anything because i dont know it just didnt seem right to go there, but if thats the case she really is a racist and she needs to be called on it.
Just read a funny comment on HuffPo – from one of the SEVERAL Palin stories. “Palin: The Tonya Harding of Politics”. Can’t wait to see if Palin uses that dandy picture of her descretatin’ the flag for one of her campaign posters …..
What is it with the door thing ??
But Wurzelbacher said he will keep that door open if God ever calls him to be that leader.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/01/plumber-god/
or whoever was resposible for that video.
The Sarahpac video has been taken down:
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/the-sarahpac-ad.html
Hmmmmmm…. it was a horrible compilation of crap – do ya think they finally realized what a condemning, stupid video that was??? Heh heh – chalk one up for the FUGUS!
@91 Sarah went from nearly one Twitter per hour to zip.
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Hmmm, could it be that the new communications director person is no longer with us?
we can dream……..
http://library.findlaw.com/2002/Jul/8/132494.html
“Instead of a summons and complaint, the client is arrested on an indictment brought by federal prosecutors who accuse her of mail and wire fraud for breaching the honest services she owed under the contract. What’s more, each of the mail and wire fraud counts carry with it a sentence of up to five years’ imprisonment.”
Perhaps the Palin camp has learned that it’s better to be quiet instead of bleating false outrage.
Salvage title. So it was totaled. Not that that is going to stop some wing nut from paying big bucks for it, so he can sniff the seat.
I can’t believe the Tweet is quiet, and Stapleit, too.
They really did have a disastrous June from a PR and governing perspective. Disastrous!
Anyone happen to download the video before it was pulled? Can that even be done?
i think she is scheming to come up with a way to say she really did have post pardum depression. she will use it somehow im sure
Paula Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 4:36 AM
GOP catfights: They must have interviewed mudpuppies!
“Is there any real chance that ‘several’ Alaskans independently told Purdum that they had consulted the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?” Kristol wrote. “I don’t believe it for a moment. I’ve (for better or worse) moved in pretty well-educated circles in my life, and I’ve gone decades without ‘several’ people telling me they had consulted the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.”
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That figures GOP showing their ignorance…! You can even consult the DSM 1V online and almost everyone of “US” has re: GINO. What a maroon!
Re: the truck…”damaged goods” just like her…!
“Perhaps the Palin camp has learned that it’s better to be quiet instead of bleating false outrage.”
The Palin camp NEVER learns anything – but Palin has been such a Blamey Whinehouse lately over Letterman, bloggers and journalists that they are just laying low to figure out how to spin all the NEW whines she’ll be coming out with as actual NEWS. All you have to do is read the Internet to find that public opinion of her tabloid snark is wearing really really thin. She has gotten the attention she dreamed of, but not the results.
Remember – small town girl, not big on brains, and used to being the big fish in the small pond. She’s now trying to swim in the large pond and didn’t realize that bein’ a little fish making a big splash now just makes her BAIT. Go ahead Sarah, wear that red – makes it really easy for the big fish to spot you and come looking for their snack.
Troopergate appears to have dominated state costs for ethics complaints
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Posted: July 1, 2009 – 8:43 am
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From Sean Cockerham in Anchorage –
The state personnel board has now posted its expenses for dealing with ethics complaints against Gov. Sarah Palin and her staff, saying the costs has been nearly $300,000 over the past year.
Most of the expenses –$187,797 — appear to have come as a result of the “Troopergate” investigation of Palin that the governor herself initiated. Palin did so because, she argued, the Legislature’s investigation on the matter was politicized and she was seeking the appropriate venue to air the allegations.
Click here to read the list.
I was off yesterday when the numbers were released, so I’ve just started going through them. But the other biggest case expense — $43,028 — was also from last year. The
list doesn’t specify the nature of each complaint listed so it takes some deduction to figure it out. The list calls them “independent counsel expenditures” and only provides case numbers followed by total expense per case. The personnel board wont say which case numbers correspond with which complaint, so it takes some deduction to figure that out.
The chronology of the list suggests it could be the complaint where Andree McLeod contended Palin and some staff members used their influence to get a Palin supporter a job in state government. It was dismissed but the board investigator recommended ethics training for a close Palin aide.
i wonder what the repub big wigs thinks of all this fighting over palin.
Too funny- The total ($297,000 or so) is less than the $500, milliion billion dollars originally touted.
Anyone notice as you scroll down the ebay listing ….. the Palin’s actual mailing address is listed!!! Should we all write her a nice note??? Bwaaaa haaaa
mlaiuppa Says:
Tee hee
I just asked if the seller would be willing to donate to “Bob Poe for Governor” rather than the Special Olympics.
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What would your reasoning be on that? Everyone of course is entitled to a choice and opinion and mine is I don’t agree with you. If it is thought to be a hit against Palin — it’s actually a hit against special needs kids/adults. Trigg is not in Special Olympics right now due to age.
Special Olympics kids/adults didn’t ask to be made a political pawn. It is a fact that when Trig gets older he will be able to participate. There are far too few outlets for these kids/adults to participate as it is. It’s difficult for them to participate on teams with regular kids. Many don’t have the speed or the ability to keep up. They are made fun of, get hurt many times. Parents of these kids are strapped with medical bills which restricts a lot of the kids from participating in sports as they cannot afford the equipment needed. In many cases, there is only one income in a family as it is necessary for one parent to stay home. Too many parents who have tried to hold a two income family have found the mother getting fired from the job due to the number of hospital stays, the number of phone calls that the child is sick and has to pick them up at school. It’s not easy to find daycare for a number of these kids as the workers are not medically trained to address issues. Having talked with a number of people involved in Special Olympics in the U.S., there have been far too many stories of the parents loosing their houses due to medical bills.
I can say this as I know — I spend hours all year long on the phone and online fundraising for Special Olympics to cover costs of equipment, fees for facilities to play the sports as there is no break in costs because they are special needs, to cover the cost of transportation to events for them to compete with teams from other areas, the list is endless.
I’m not posting this to PO you or anyone but when I read your post, it made me take a step back as the Special Olympics are not “Sarah Palin”
She , or somebody is tweetin’. Why would you meet and tweet about something that is irrelevant , since it’s been ruled on and is over. I guess trying to look all official and s^*t……… more like a strategy meeting for potential icebergs………
Our asst AGs had KEY role in protecting rights as a state vs 9th Circuit in cases re: DNA evidence & Kensington Mine development/new jobs
about 3 hours ago from TwitterBerry
Today I meet w/Asst AGs seeing in past 2 weeks US Supreme Ct twice reversed the US Ct of Appeals for 9th Circuit in cases important to AK…
about 3 hours ago from TwitterBerry
Here is the link for the above article
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/142126
I’m so dang glad they released that stupid video. Another what were we thinking moment for the Palin clan. Tonya Harding has my vote to play the Palin roles in any movies that may be made, also.
Is this $297,000 amount the STATE had to pay, or the amount Palin herself is supposed to pay? Looks to me as is she is one expensive diva the state must pay for!
wonder if the truck accident was reported, the details could be interesting, eh?
ask the seller what’s on the mixed CD
110 lexky Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 8:52 AM
i think she is scheming to come up with a way to say she really did have post pardum depression. she will use it somehow im sure
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If she proves that ‘Lil Trigger is hers……..I’ll accept that excuse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8E_zMLCRNg
76 Martha Unalaska Yard Sign Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 7:48 AM
Thank you Juneau Empire, for doing some digging (ADN can’t seem to – I never thought the Empire would outshine the ADN – but you have!)
http://juneauempire.com/stories/070109/sta_457304159.shtml
An attempt at investigating the ethics complaints and what they have cost the state. And yes, it’s pretty clear WHICH one cost the state the most, just like it cost the twit the most.
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The Juneau Empire story has the cost attributed to each complaint… but not identifying it by ‘ Name ‘. They give it a number and they follow in sequence. As each new complaint comes it it gets the NEW number in sequence. If you put the names of the complaints (and who filed them ) on a sheet of paper and just follow the order of them numbered sequentially… we KNOW how much each complaint was. Even GINO could figure this out.
And since there were only two in 08 it is proof that the Troopergate investigation cost the 187K. Their statement….
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“However, the timing, scope and other factors of the single largest expense appear to fit the case Palin filed against herself that cost $187,797 to investigate. That’s almost two-thirds of the total $296,042 of all Personnel Board investigations in the last two years.”
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So two- thirds of the cost SHE created… it is NOT Millions and is not even $600K. But Kristan and Alaska trust Fund want more Money.
Juneau Empire needs another story. I am sure AKM, Gryphen or any one of the other blogs will do a side by side with this ‘ cost List ‘ and prove she has lied… AGAIN!! The numbers are from the Alaska Personnel Board. HARD COLD FACTS….. nothing in dispute.
Tell the seller that a Car-Fax needs to be seen on the truck…….
HistoryGoddess
Yep – when she blamed it on assnine bloggers she was mostly talking about herself. Another foot in mouth moment. Her legal fee Gate is just a rewind of Email Gate. She’s using the State of Alaska as a backdrop to raise $600,000 for her legal fees and blaming it on unfounded ethics charges. So the amount is actually $300,000 less than she’s been advertising?
HistoryGoddess ~ That amount is the cost the personnel board spent on investigating the ethics complaints. This is NOT the cost Palin has spent on attorney fees.
It is curious that she spent more on attorney fees than the cost of investigating these complaints. If the majority of these complaints were dismissed why is it costing so much to investigate them and why would it cost even more in attorney fees to “defend” against them???
EyeOnYou – Maybe “hush money” ??
C.R.E.W-needs to be notified……AK Trust Fund, very misleading.
Just a feeling I have, pure speculation: Truck was used by Track, who crashed it after partying – teen boy run amok, sent to Military (by a judge?) to straighten him out.
Good for Track, he seems to have been given immunity in SP’s “Throw one of the kids under the bus to distract” tour.
I think the lack of response to VF article is due to fact that she ran out of kids to throw under bus – Little Trig was thrown last week (“Baby Burke” was morphed into Baby Trig who as desecrated). Poor Willow two weeks before was tied to “rape of a 14 year old” forever (really low thing for Todd & Sarah to do). Little Piper victim of completed fabricated story about her lemonade stand.
And Bristol – where to start re her preganancy exploited to millions of people and then becomming the “spokesperson for abstinance.”
Meg and Sarah usually play the “You victimized my child!” card – what to do now?
The posting for the truck expired with ZERO bids.
LOFL!!!
Ahhhhh… the Bot/Scum fight with Representative Ramras is getting lots of notice up here:
http://thealaskastandard.com/content/bots-scum-and-political-hit-men
More and more folks are learning about, and speaking out about, this ridiculous cult following which Palin keeps at her back, but won’t acknowledge. it’s doing her damage – just like I said it would back right after she lost the election and the bots started screaming louder than ever and invading Alaska.
Go bots – you are doin’ our work for us! You are freaking people out right and left – you know, a lot of the ones who did and maybe would have voted for SP again.
I’d like to know if the “recommended ethics training” ever occurred? seems to me that was a “condition” of the dismissal.
kind of like, you pay for this many children’s travel expenses and we’ll dismiss the complaint
kind of like, pay back the per diams and we’ll dismiss the complaint
kind of like, we’ll bend this code so you can sell you house but the car port has to come off
so I’d like to know, did the ethics training ever occur, are they considering a consultation with the ethics supervisor to be training? wouldn’t surpise me.
Happy July everyone! can you believe it? I think today will be a palin-free, stress-free day for me…the only thing that could top that would be if someone starts a recall petition that takes off running or there’s an uprising of smart palinbots.
have a great day!
austintx~ I don’t know but that is an extremely fishy situation.
The personnel board and the Palin administration report that these complaints are without merit, and are easily dismissed. So why does it cost so much to investigate them (forget the Troopergate one, we know why that cost so much), but as for the others, it seems that if they are so easily dismissed, and have no merit whatsoever, then there would not be such large fees to investigate them.
It also makes me wonder why in the hell her attorney is charging her so much money to defend her from complaints that have no merit and are dismissed out of hand like they have been.
uprising of smart palinbots…meaning they finally woke up to see the light and the truth about their leader …whew I’m glad I cleared that up.
More bot / scum love from Halcro:
http://www.andrewhalcro.com/ramras_bp_stock_much_ado_about_ignorance
Yep, they are getting attention alright. Way to go bots – you are creeping everyone out (except us – we’ve known of you, looked you over, and found you completely wanting).
We all knew the Alaska Fund Trust was not set up for her bogus claim of $500,000.00 in legal fees. It was set up in preparation for a custody battle, Toad’s sister, and whatever the iceberg is. They were very pointed about it being for Gino and her family. One would think SOA smart enough to charge Gino not just for the travel expenses owed but also for the cost to the state for investigating the fact she owed them.
For all of her whining about the cost to the state, I noticed that the cost for the supposed “frivolous, asinine” complaints is significantly less than the cost to get FOIA documents.
But the Alaska Fund Trust is really the Alaska FUN Trust because according to the rules I saw, she can take the money out for anything and anyone.
Seems that the little “trick” worked. People (even here) keep calling it the “AK Trust Fund.” It ISN’T. It is “The AK Fund Trust,” an obvious attempt to imply it is an Alaskan Trust somehow benefitting Alaskans. It is a slush fund for GINO and family, PERIOD! That they use the word “Alaska” in the title at all just shows how deceitful and sly the Palins (and friend Cole) can be.
Anyone who contributed to this grifter’s fund (without even seeing a breakdown of the GINO’s legal costs) is clearly deluded. I am sad for the pee’ers
in the cult of the GINO, they are to be pitied as their leader bilks them for their last dimes.
do we have beggar gate now?
I am amazed, this just goes on and on, week after week, month after month, one crisis to the next, ARG! she is sick
It seems that the revulsion against C4P is about to reach critical mass in AK. Hooray!
Sarah, to heck with her attaching state costs to frivolous complaints. YOU are wasting 80 grand plus a year with the frivolous Rural Duck and Hider, John Moller. Just for starters, mind you. There is going to be a HUGE turnover when we elect a real governor – rats will be flying off the ship right and left.
Eye on you, how many times has her lawyer been on the Burke show? how much does that add up to, he can’t be doing it for free. He’s probably milking her, lol.
State spent nearly $300K fighting governor’s ethics complaints
Most expensive investigation may have been driven by Palin herself
Juneau Empire
Alaska has spent nearly $300,000 investigating ethics complaints against Gov. Sarah Palin, who calls the complaints “harassment” against her and expensive for the state to defend.
Palin has accused bloggers and political opponents of bringing “frivolous” ethics charges against her.
“How much will this blogger’s asinine political grandstanding cost all of us in time and money?” Palin asked after the state Personnel Board dismissed another complaint last spring.
Palin herself may be responsible for much of those costs, as indicated by a list of investigation costs for 13 separate cases the state Personnel Board released Tuesday in response to public records requests.
The minimalist list identifies cases only by the year and a three-digit case number. State Personnel Director Nicki Neal refused to identify them more specifically, so connections between known investigations and the costs released could not be verified.
However, the timing, scope and other factors of the single largest expense appear to fit the case Palin filed against herself that cost $187,797 to investigate. That’s almost two-thirds of the total $296,042 of all Personnel Board investigations in the last two years.
http://juneauempire.com/stories/070109/sta_457304159.shtml
I have nothing against the Special Olympics. And since I also have no intention of bidding on the truck, my question in no way takes money away from them. The question was to gain further information about the seller. Alaska Sam is using Palin’s name to sell this truck. He’s also using Trig in the same way Palin does by using a donation to the Special Olympics to help drive the price higher. I figure the guy must know who Bob Poe is.
His reply was that it was too late now but if the truck doesn’t sell, he’ll consider revising the auction.
BTW if that is a home-made mixed CD…doesn’t that violate copyright?
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austintx Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 9:06 AM
110 lexky Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 8:52 AM
i think she is scheming to come up with a way to say she really did have post pardum depression. she will use it somehow im sure
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If she proves that ‘Lil Trigger is hers……..I’ll accept that excuse.
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this was from a comment on Gryphen’s Immoral Minority blog–anyone see this actual comment in highlights?
Anonymous said…
I feel very sorry for the people who live in these rural areas and are being treated like pawns in Sarah Palin’s quest for being seen as the perfect governor. She makes me sick to my stomach!
She does not have the capability to truly care or empathasize with anyone who suffers. This is a big part of narcissistic personality disorder. There is no doubt that Palin suffers from this and her husband seems to enable her. Can you believe he was calling Republicans before the end of the presidental election and saying don’t forget Sarah in 2012? That is simply unbelievable.
The more I hear about Sarah, the more I know she is very mentally disturbed. So are her supporters. Just spend two minutes at for P and you will see how crazy the owner of the sit and the people who write there. Narcississts often are atrracted to each other and it makes sense in that situation.
I don’t know if anyone noticed a comment made on another blog where it was revealed that Sarah did not inform Bristol that she intended to fake the pregnancy and pretend Trig was hers. And Bristol was vey upset when she found this out.
Talk about a lack of empathy or caring. Talk about being a user.
She is using the native population the same way. It is despicable. Thank God for Dennis and for Nick – keep telling the truth. The people there deserve so much more respect then this.
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not sure where that comment popped up, but that would kinda blow that post-pardum depression excuse….
Say NO to Palin in Politics Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Eye on you, how many times has her lawyer been on the Burke show? how much does that add up to, he can’t be doing it for free. He’s probably milking her, lol.
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No doubt that he charges her for doing PR work on her behalf as well, but still, to have double the cost to defend her than what was actually spent on the investigation seems more than a little shady.
If they are claiming that the legal bills are at $600,000.00 now, and let’s say that Van Flein charges $500.00 hourly, that is still 1200 hours of work. That is 30 weeks of 40 hours a week.
For all of you who think Sarah will come up with an excuse, like postpartum depression – there’s no way she will ever do this. Remember – she’s a narcissist – she can not, will not ever admit to any shortcomings in herself. It will ALWAYS be someone else’s fault – it’s how she’s hot wired. She will never allow herself to say anything that would be considered a chink in her armor.
She learned from the Rove / Bush / Cheney school – RULE # 1
Affix blame as quickly as possible on someone else. Then make up stories about “them” to add to the mix. Deliberately ignore any truth, and twist everything to make it sound like the world is wrong, and you are right.
Again, remember – the battle is much easier for them because they are NOT constrained by ethical behaviour, or the truth. Just like her freakiest supporters, who couldn’t care less about the inconvenient truths. They will always direct their anger and fear outward, never inward. No introspection, no objectivity, no research, no questioning – this is who they are, including the Queen of Hearts. “Off with their heads!” she shrieks. Ewww, her shrieking makes birds drop dead while flying and wilts flowers on contact.
lexky Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 8:31 AM
andrew sullivan has a different take on the video she has asking for money for military flights home. they were portraying obama as king kong, a gorilla. i thought the same thing but i didnt say anything because i dont know it just didnt seem right to go there, but if thats the case she really is a racist and she needs to be called on it.
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Oh is that like SarahPac going to pay for that?? R-I-G-H-T!
She is wannebe POTUS and that will never,ever happen!
I have been traveling and had very limited internet access.
I am back home again and I have to say this has been such a fun morning catching up with mudflats with my morning coffee. (when I can keep from spewing it all over screen, I have to learn to read avert eyes from blog then drink)
I love all the links!
Thanks AKM and mudflatters!
even if I have wasted lots of coffee!
AKM, in my mind’s eye, you and Shannyn are practicing somewhere for a nationally syndicated radio show audition…Not to pressure you two but we’d all love it!
AK FAKE TRUST. it is what it is…
Martha…… you beat me to it on the Huffpo. I just saw your remarks there on the Pardun story. I was pasting the Juneau Empire cost statistics there as well as to what she cost the State.
They are now sitting on top of each other. I guess nobody will miss it now
Regarding Sanford….I guess the world doesn’t always love a lover. Someone shoulld put a dirty sock in his stupid mouth & while they’re at it put the other one in the flag desecrating runner’s mouth. What a day!! It’s fun watching the wingnuts selfdestruct.
I will bet that when Gov. Icon comes out with a comment, it will be all about the Postpartum depression comment in the article. HOW DARE they use that sexist blah blah blah blah. By doing so, she will walk right into the “wild ride” debate all over again.
Martha Unalaska Yard Sign Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Remember – small town girl, not big on brains, and used to being the big fish in the small pond. She’s now trying to swim in the large pond and didn’t realize that bein’ a little fish making a big splash now just makes her BAIT. Go ahead Sarah, wear that red – makes it really easy for the big fish to spot you and come looking for their snack.
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MYUS – Excellent summary. Excellent!
In regards to the truck, wouldn’t it be likely that this was driven by Track & totaled by Track sometime?
What is it with the color red and Sarah? What does the color red say about a person? This cracked me up from a psychic/medium’s web site – there’s definitely some comparisions to be made here:
“A person who likes red runs the gamut of personality traits.
This is the color for passion, energy, and money making. It can also have a darker side to it.
If the person has a preference toward the more brick (reddish brown) red colors, they have problems with addictions such as drugs, alcohol, eating disorders or emotional instability. Red oranges are not only dynamos but love the outdoors and anything to do with people. Red with blue overtones can be energetic people with high emotions.
Red personalities when in their true red mode are sexy and seductive. We now have statistical proof that men will look at a women wearing red, even though she may not be the most beautiful woman there, more quickly than they will anyone else in a room.
It is the color for someone who wants to be powerful and in control. Business people who want to win wear the power color red to meetings in which they want to stand out. The red personality makes one feel more energetic or activated.
Stop signs are red. Red gets your attention. This energetic personality craves attention and what’s more: They get it.
Being quick with their emotions, they may erupt into a temperamental volcano right in front of you then simmer down just as quickly.
Quick to give others answers to any question, they feel they know everything. If they don’t and it is proven they don’t, you will find them trying to learn why. They are not frightened of not knowing the answer but only of appearing stupid.
Because they are quick moving people, they want everything done in a hurry. When tired, they have to lay down right then because it feels as if all energy has escaped them. Once they have taken a quick nap they are up and ready for almost anything life has to show them. Red personalities feel invincible and others tend to think they are.
Even though red’s have all these personality traits, they do not make good leaders. They do, however, make good followers, once they decide they are being lead wisely. They have no compunctions in doing whatever it takes to get the job done in the manner needed.
Red personalities, though, do have a tendency to go off on tangents. Their attention span is not all that it should be. When focused, they are very strong in their determination.
Reds are quick minded, brilliant people who may not be well educated but are quick with answers because they have lived the circumstances
http://www.dajuana.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=51
Here is something that brightened my day:
I just signed up for Twitter, and saw that SP has 41k followers……well guess how many our POTUS has???
1,613,720!!!!!!!!!!!
looks like more will join the list in the next few days……
http://www.thestate.com/sanford/story/847926.html
“Twelve of the 27 members of the state Senate’s Majority Caucus now have signed a petition, calling for Gov. Mark Sanford to resign.”
In the Runner’s World article, I believe she mentioned twice about carrying Trig, as in being pregnant with. So, she has made it clear that he is hers. I know the evidence looks sketchy and all. If it ever came out that this was a sham, it will be so humiliating for her to try to explain that. Am not into this part of the rumor mill, so won’t comment further.
As for the truck, could it have been the vehicle Bristol P. was riding in when she had a fender bender?
@ TXChick4Obama
Those tweet followers of SP are mostly folks waiting for the train wreck, and the evil liberal media who is waiting to come down on the stupidest tweet. The rest are a few followers who have signed up under different names to boost her numbers. It’s what they do.
OK, gotta get to work. My week off from things ALL PALIN has resulted in me trashing her at every opportunity THIS week. I could just go on and on… you guys keep it up!
McCain camp verifies VF article and THEN some…………….lol
http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/potus-notes/2009/jul/01/palins-demons/#c120831
Palin’s ‘demons’
But the sniping between Steve Smith, Bill Kristol and Randy Scheunemann started in response to the Vanity Fair piece on Palin, which is “the story of a political novice with an intuitive feel for the temper of her times, a woman who saw her opportunities and coolly seized them,” writes Todd Purdum.
Of course, it says much more than that, much of it negative, painting a portrait of Palin as an ignorant, megalomaniacal, vindictive woman, which is what prompted the back-and-forth between Schmidt and Kristol.
But I asked one of the senior McCain campaign officials who worked closest with Palin what he thought of the article, by e-mail last night and then this morning over the phone. He e-mailed back immediately, calling the article “absolutely fascinating” and “completely riveting.”
“While the Palin camp is surely marshaling the torches and pitchforks and baying for blood by now, my hope is that somehow — against the odds — Palin is able to draw some sort of lesson out of all of this that helps her find a way to exist peacefully in the public space. It can’t be easy to spend every day under this kind of withering fire and I know that it is brutal on her family, who are generally good people that never asked for this,” the political operative wrote.
“You’d think that at some point, even Palin’s formidable armor of self-deception would so loudly clang against reality that she’d be forced to change. I doubt that though. Introspection doesn’t seem to be her strong-suit. But people can change. I hope she can too . . . for her sake and for our party’s.”
When I spoke by phone this morning with the same official, he said the VF article was not “contrived” and that it did, in fact, give an accurate portrayal of Palin.
Where are you all seeing these photos? (flag on the ground while she’s running?, etc.)
I just got this on Huffpo. FUNNY stuff! A video dramatization of the Sanford Romance. DO NOT have liquid in your mouth when you watch!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/01/love-means-never-having-t_n_224100.html
#164 Martha
Comments are interesting….looks like the Palinistas are out in force.
Andrew Sullivan has the re-edited version of the SarahPac/NotSarahPac ridiculous video.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/the-sarahpac-video.html#more
Sarah lies. No, really.
From DK
CG: You’re a little confused… Let me help!
There is an article in Runner’s World about SP with an accompanying photo shoot not worthy of a high school cheerleader.
Alot of comments are about the last photo, with the flag in it. Not only does she ONLY tan her legs, but the American icon, the most well known flag in the world, Our Stars & Stripes, is desecrated as SP leans on it, and it is positioned in such a way that goes AGAINST established protocol for the flag.
You can see the photo shoot here: http://www.runnersworld.com/photo/sarahpalin/home.html
I’m sure the shoot links back to the inane and vapid article, if you have an already empty stomach.
Still wondering about how the truck was totaled. Who was driving? Circumstances? i know that some of you industrious Alaskans will be able to crack this case.
Scarah’s gonna have her hands full, the Natives HAVE to fish. One elderly couple usually go through 100 per year, they only have 3, that were given to them by the rogue fisherman.
she probably can’t decide which fire to put out first, decisions, decisions.
Alaska, do you know where your Gov is? Earth to Scarah, come in.
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/142094
(the reporter) “I struck out today, but it’s going to be crucial to get a decision-maker in Palin’s administration on the record to talk about this. Especially if other villages are tempted to follow Marshall’s lead.”
“Really, I’d love to be able to get Palin on the phone to talk about this stuff. Haven’t interviewed her about it since February:”
LIES LIES LIES: A few days ago….”The governor’s office said that “in the past two years, the state of Alaska has spent millions of dollars processing ethics complaints, public records requests, and related lawsuits.”
Today, “Troopergate looks to have dominated state costs for ethics complaints:
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/142126
Lynnrockets – I’m with you – where’s the police report on how the truck was totaled?
is Tina Fey a new mudflatter?
hmmmmm, this is interesting and kind of funny………..it also made me think perhaps part of Van Flea’s fee’s are for going through thousands of emails and doing the redacting.
the story is about an irritated employer who physically took a blackberry away from an employee who was texting during a meeting, lol,
didn’t Scarah read someone’s email?
http://www.adn.com/lynnecurry/story/846870.html
Further, says Anchorage employment attorney Tom Van Flein: “Alaska’s constitutional right to privacy is one of the broadest and most jealously guarded in the country. Before an employer surreptitiously reads an e-mail or text message sent by an employee without his or her consent, the employer should make certain that the employee has been fully informed that all forms of communications irrespective of content or subject matter sent or received on company equipment are deemed company property.
“Even then, the employer should attempt to get employee consent to review the content to minimize its risk, particularly if the policy allowing the employer to check is rarely used.”
Has anyone heard when CNN or the other media will be seeing Dennis Zakis video?
Sarah and John Moeller lieing needs to the BIG story out there. It shows how little they care for the people in these Villages and to what end they will go to put some ‘ good news ‘ out there. Back to back with the VF story… it puts another nail in the coffin.
And it needs to be out there so something (or Moeller getting fired ) will be out there so they get help and support. It shows how ‘ Cold and callous ‘ she really is. Like we didn’t know… but others need to see it.
Carl Malden: Dead at 97.
Californian Pups: DO NOT DRINK THE WATER in CA!!!!!
My friend who works for wholesale used car auctions says that 1997 truck would be worth $4,000-$4,500 max with 143K miles on it. But with that salvage title it’s worth only $2,000-$2,500. Nowhere near the $10K the seller was hoping to get for it.
Martha@164
Thanks! My favorite part…
“You’d think that at some point, even Palin’s formidable armor of self-deception would so loudly clang against reality that she’d be forced to change. I doubt that though. Introspection doesn’t seem to be her strong-suit.”
Can all of us write Kristol and tell him we agree with the psychiatric disorder diagnosis? Maybe that will convince him. Why is he sticking up for Sarah? I guess he is not too bright. I think he is making a mistake….. Anyone who has studied Sarah and her ACTIONS, knows she is a narcissist. It is pretty dang obvious!
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Kristol has been sticking up for SP since he met her in June of 2007….there is an article in the New Yorker (10/27/08) entitled “The Insiders” (or “How McCain Came to Pick Sarah Palin”) on how they met; Kristol came thru Juneau on a right-wing sponsored cruise and Palin had he, Fred Barnes and Michael Gerson to lunch at the governor’s mansion; from that day forward, Kristol started pushing Palin, so much so that the commentors on some of the shows Kristol appeared on had to ask him to get off the subject of Palin.
Are you Mudflatters saying the GINO’s, (“hold me accountable”, “Transparency in Government”), honesty and ethics is suspect? Looks like the Bear rug and Old Glory have the same status in her home.
Hey, our water is very precious…97 is a good, long life.
Wonder if CD of Van Halen or AC/DC?
OT With so much discourse within the republican party over the alleged post partum (sp) depression, that door just sprung wide open, so to speak.
Mr. Tucker’s demand for an apology should be national news since Palin typed that lie herself on tweeter. I posted on HuffPost, but with the amount of comments, it was buried long ago.
Thanks, AKM, and love the photos!
Cancer, not so good. Strange drugs and all, not so good. I don’t think it’s the water. Air pollution, maybe…
#168
Dr. Patois Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 10:44 AM
Andrew Sullivan has the re-edited version of the SarahPac/NotSarahPac ridiculous video.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/the-sarahpac-video.html#more
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OK… let me get this straight. According to Andrew Sullivan SarahPac is saying they didn’t make the first video and denying anything attributed to it..?
BUT…. this IS the Official endorsement from SarahPac..?
They must have been working feverishly to put something else out there. But saying they were not connected to it, and by COINCIDENCE they used about 80% of the same pics in the video…..??
C..mon… do they really think people are THIS Dumb..?
Everybody needs to see this NEW version though. The last 20-30 seconds are just as disturbing. This is not helping their defense. SICK people….. and put out for the 4th of July.
Can’t believe we haven’t heard a tweet from the Queen Twit.
She was addicted to tweeting just a day or two ago. SUDDENLY, NO WORD?
Nothing about how great it is to serve AK’ns? No glowing “appreciation for the troops that are defending our freedom (gag) in Iraq?” Not an update on how Trig’s first tooth is coming in? Shouldn’t someone check on her?
NOT “gag” on the troops. I am a firm supporter of our troops, always have had and always will have nothing but respect for them.
Gag on Sarah thinking they are there defending our freedoms, when in reality (a far way from Sarah’s little mind), they are readying the Iraqi’s to finally take care of themselves militarily.
She did list the money from the shoes as income – - didn’t she?
I wonder if Sarah can blame her behavior on Bristol’s post partum depression.
(oops)
153 honestyinGov Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Martha…… you beat me to it on the Huffpo. I just saw your remarks there on the Pardun story. I was pasting the Juneau Empire cost statistics there as well as to what she cost the State.
They are now sitting on top of each other. I guess nobody will miss it now
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The more the merrier!! I think it bolsters the VF article as to the “character” of SP. If there are “reminders” every few pages on the Huff. Po., that’s a good thing too.
Keep on truckin’ (posting)!
nwsfrmca: I just want you to avoid the common denominator and stay safe!
MJ, Farrah, Carl, Ed, Fred Travolina (comic), and Billy Mays… the only common thing they probably all had was the water.
You’re right! 97 is a good, long life. Hopefully a happy one!
154 phoebe Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Regarding Sanford….I guess the world doesn’t always love a lover.
What I love is this Clinton basher is now using the Clinton Defense.
I didn’t have “sex” with “those women.” So now I guess we’ll be subjected to finding out what toys Sanford likes.
I know there are some really nice guys in this world but honestly, could we just cage the rest, and let the nice one reproduce?
Martha, lol, oh my……..and remember, I think it was in her Lincoln day speech, she had no one to pray with, poor thing.
isn’t this music to our ears…….I love the part, “currently”, like today until his death, lol, they’re aren’t done with him, they can run but they can’t hide. Just like Sanford never thought this would happen. I also enjoy the fact that this is a NEW administration, no more blurry Bushy rules, I bet they’re cleanin up the files and dotting i’s.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-cohan/the-republican-summer-oly_b_221874.html
(HA!) “currently “naming names” and cooperating with over 100 FBI investigators in a plea deal which will keep him incarcerated at a Federal prison camp near FBI headquarters as inmate # 27593-112 until December 2011.)”
Republican super-lobbyist and super-criminal Jack Abramoff: (central character in the greatest number of high-profile Republican political scandals than anyone in American political history; involved in defrauding multiple American Indian tribes of tens of millions of dollars, corruption including bribery and influence-purchasing of more than 15 public officials; illegal international schemes involving the nations of Scotland, Russia, Malaysia, Sudan and the offshore U.S. Commonwealths of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands; widely regarded as the most successful and influential lobbyist to the Bush Administration; indicted or convicted of conspiracy, mail/wire/bank fraud, tax evasion and bribery; currently “naming names” and cooperating with over 100 FBI investigators in a plea deal which will keep him incarcerated at a Federal prison camp near FBI headquarters as inmate # 27593-112 until December 2011.)
honestyinGov,
That new video is just as crazy. Is it an official SarahPac video?
A DailyKos diary about Sarah Palin lying to Runner’s World:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/7/1/748818/-Sarah-Palin-Lied-To-Runners-World
OMG just watched the “new and improved” video on Daily Dish……one word…..weird.
I am beginning to wonder if the people at CAPharaS really know that Obama is POTUS – and Sarah is not? I mean really, I am being serious here……
Andrew Sullivan:
I knew that bizarro youtube video yesterday was too weird for SarahPac. The new version is even more offensive.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/the-sarahpac-video.html
we should bid a buck for the CD mix. AND was that made illegally? Who knows..
honestyingov, I agree the Native issue should be the big issue, they are going to need our help. Perhaps Nick could put some thing on you tube so we can get it viral, time is of the essence. Not that Scarah cares.
on the sarahpac video, it may somehow tie into the 4th of July theme and parade, on Gretta’s site I’d read about a MAET Scarah leader going to AK to support Scarah in the parade, I believe there is a group doing something in the parade, repup women maybe? anyway, this video could have come from MAET groupies and given to Meg, can’t be rude to the groupies every time, just cuz they’re “zealots”.
I haven’t looked at the revised video yet. I saw the original and stated Scarah or Meg needed to clarify it stat, low and behold it went missin, HI MEG.
Ha-ha-ha-ha……….It’s ON at wonkette…….this is funny !!
comments are brutal……..
Megtard , where is the outrage ??
http://wonkette.com/409605/collect-all-six-sarah-palin-regrets
It seems to me that Andrew is saying that a rabid fan, not SPac, made the original video. This “fan” then edited it (largely just taking out the Obama parts). I don’t think the new one infers SPac involvement.
“It has been taken down and Sarahpac is saying they didn’t do it – a YouTube user and Palin fanatic called LauraVW apparently did it, labeled it misleadingly, and has now edited it in even more surreal ways.”
Samper,
She’s put up 6 twitter messages today. Are you looking at the right page?
Could Meg be getting her marching papers?
I think the Republicanism is revealing itself as a personality disorder, not so much as an ideology……………Naomi Klein
Are they all crazy?
There you are, CN! HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!
Again, sorry about your festivities going down the drain.
I rely on pups to post them here… where do I go for them?
CN: Do I have to “subscribe” or become a “fan” or something?
#193
Irishgirl Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 11:48 AM
honestyinGov,
That new video is just as crazy. Is it an official SarahPac video?
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Sullivan doesn’t specify that… and at the end of this one there is no pleas to ‘support/GIVE money’ to Sarah. They just end it with that image and no text.
This is like the Sanford apology. He keeps talking and making the hole deeper . SarahPac puts this out as an ‘ apology ‘ for the last one and it is hardly any better. They learned NOTHING from the first mistake. They keep digging…..
And these/Meg are the people making GINO’s decisions. I say…. let them keep digging.
Most of the pic images were the same, about 80%. THEY did BOTH videos. Blame somebody else…. Where have we heard THAT before.
Not really on this subject, but here’s one from Huffpost you might have missed. A bit snarky but true in a truly funny way:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-kelly/god-is-my-doorman-mark-sa_b_223472.html
I don’t “get” the end of the new video. What’s with the “why can’t we fly” and then the lady being dragged off?
The evidence is staggering that Palin does not adhere to any book of rules or laws, God’s or man’s. And the Palin saga is no different in many ways as Sanford. She uses her sexuality and that of her family’s for attention because there is no substance. It is sad that no one has taken Palin by the hand and escorted her out of the building while telling her she’s fired, go home. The locks have been changed.
I heard the Attorney General from South Carolina say they were going to investigate Sanford’s travels “by the book.” The AG was planning to run for governorship next term, couldn’t mess it up. Sanford reminds me of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; so does Palin.
austintx…..loved the fine art on wonkette!
honestyinGov…thanks for that. I also didn’t get the bit about the woman being dragged off.
Samper,
Thanks!!
http://twitter.com/AKGovSarahPalin
You can view her page anytime, You don’t have to sign up.
Happy Canada Day to Canadian Mudpups and Canadian Imported Mudpups!!
Have a happy & safe Festive Day!!
Someone is giving Palin good advice and I don’t like it. I wonder who told her to shut up?
There were probably a lot of angry McCain advisors after the election….they all needed jobs. Think it’s interesting that they are now speaking out in VF about his egregious ego, (choosing Palin as VP). Just think what he would be doing as POTUS in this chaotic time…..then think what Plain would do.
#208
samper Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 12:20 PM
I don’t “get” the end of the new video. What’s with the “why can’t we fly” and then the lady being dragged off?
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I got the ‘impression ‘ that they were trying to imply that the President was insensitive and only worried or cared about taking off…. not the poor lady. Suggesting she was outside protesting him or something…? It’s so vague with whatever the message was. GOP is not good with humor or analogies.
One pic has nothing to do with the other directly. And i don’t remember any story about this lady in the News or headlines so how you would make a connection I don’t know. Just cut and pasting images to make your own fictional story to me. Just Lame.
Oh what a task, to go through Gov. Icon’s tweets & fact check them. It would be a good read though.
212 Irishgirl Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Someone is giving Palin good advice and I don’t like it. I wonder who told her to shut up?
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Funny !!
Okay, here’s one more:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/1/748818/-Sarah-Palin-Lied-To-Runners-World
Anyone hear from John Moller yet?
Ya don’t suppose he’s hiding in the back of that all-american pickup truck, do ya?
#214 Honesty
I didn’t get it either…..but the woman they were dragging off looked like Michael Jackson’s mother.
Thanks, CN!
But, geeze! It’s so hard to read with all that graphic crap in the way!! Does EVERYONE have a full shot of themselves with stunning scenery on their Twitter pages or just the EGO GINO?
Irishgirl Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Someone is giving Palin good advice and I don’t like it. I wonder who told her to shut up?
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I have a different thought.
It’s not that she is getting good advice. It’s just she is now too busy running around battling with those in Alaska that were named and spoke badly of her in the article. She now has her hands full as there were a fair number who worked with her in office or on campaigns.
HonestyinGov: Thanks… so it’s not just me! Good to know! I don’t remember anything even remotely connected to the lady in the news, but I thought it might be significant.
Turns out to just be lame!
Don’t forget Samper, She’s wearing her trusty bear pin on the twitter page too!!
The woman in the SarahPAC video that was being carried away had been trying to reach Obama to hand him a note. The Secret Service said “Um… No.”
Re: the Sarah video thingy over on Sullivan’s site –
Here’s the youtube page for the screen name he mentions as the author :
http://www.youtube.com/LauraVW
She sure does love her some Sarah!
Here’s a link to an NPR article explaining the woman being carried away shown in the SarahPAC video.
“How Not to Give Obama a Letter”
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/05/how_not_to_give_obama_a_letter.html
212 Irishgirl Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Someone is giving Palin good advice and I don’t like it. I wonder who told her to shut up?
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We can be comforted in the fact that she never takes good advice for long!
lower 48 mudflats fan- Thanks for the link. Down in the comments is a Daily Show classic on Palin and the Grifter Family. It is the first reference he made to the $150,000 clothes. Never gets old!
Plus- great Kos diary on Palin’s lying about the “secret” fall. She should be ashamed!
It’s Brenda Lee, a Georgian reporter trying to get a note to Obama. I have no idea what she is doing in the revised video, but it seems like this Palin “fan” is incapable of addressing political issues without inserting some sort of racist image.
ha! I’m sorry if you’ve all known about this already and posted but this was my first time seeing it.
The person who did the video that Sullivan was talking about also did this:
http://www.youtube.com/LauraVW#play/all/favorites-all/0/BCsvCHkbFxM
And it’s about Mudflats but – I’m not entirely sure where they’re coming from. Either way, I cracked up when I saw it. (and , to be honest, I have to say their editing and song choice was pretty good. Could it be RAM ? )
Moller and Meg were seen together in a rowboat on Lake Lucille. SP was standing on the dock with that new 50 cal. in hand.
Ok.. I’m almost shivering having to write this. It’s about the Big Fall described in RW.
Choke, choke, choke…
WHAT IF: Sarah asked the SS not to say anything about the fall. She gets back to the house and everyone there is fussing over the cut, putting her all back together, etc.
Then one of THEM tells the media? Let’s say they did it so it could be acknowledged and then immediately dismissed so that a “major drama” and speculation aren’t made about why her hand is all bandaged, etc.
While millions might have heard it on TV at the moment she got off the plane, SHE didn’t hear the commentary. She didn’t know what anyone was saying as she walked down the stairs.
choke … choke … a little throw up in my mouth…
So, maybe the SS DID keep her secret. She didn’t refer to anyone else, I don’t think. But others were, indeed, there.
The SS wasn’t coaching her on McCain’s property.
OMG! Did I just defend her? Did I just make a suggestion that technically she might not have actually lied?
I need a very strong adult beverage!
I would have bid on the truck but the seller told me the drivers seat smelt like a dead tuna.
The fall that supposedly caused the hand injury happened just before her debate. There was a wild rumor that the bandage concealed a radio transmitter/receiver to aid her in the debate.
I remember some of the story about that woman being dragged off, It had something to do with her not listening to the secret service and trying to break through to talk to Obama. It was a few months ago.
Paraphrase from Hardball – Asked of a Republican campaign manager-type – how do you get (Gov. Icon) to surround herself with advisers who can help her – his response, “Whiskey”.
MSNBC Chuck Todd interviewed a guy about the recent GOP feud on Hardball. Great interview. It was suggested that she get new advice.
Oh, no, now Sanford…drip, drip, drip…
“Security personnel remove Brenda Lee from near Air Force One after Lee attempted to give President Obama a letter, Thursday May 28, 2009, at Los Angeles International Airport.”
If the lady is a REPORTER, she should KNOW decorum and rules about being around the President. You don’t just “approach” him when he is boarding aircraft. You don’t approach the aircraft. You behave. You might hand your note to someone and ask that they check it for killer chemicals and then give it to the President.
You don’t just run up to a plane that the President is boarding.
No sympathy… and from the looks of it, she wasn’t too cooperative.
And if Ms. Lee is NOT a reporter, she should show a little more respect, ANYWAY!
Thanks for the info, all!
“As the Associated Press reports:
Lee said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press that she wanted to hand Obama a letter urging him “to take a stand for traditional marriage.”
She said she asked a Secret Service agent to give the president her letter, but he refused and referred her to a White House staffer. Lee said she refused to give the staffer the letter.
“I said, ‘I’ll take my chances if (the president) comes by here,”‘ said Lee, who identified herself as a Roman Catholic priestess who lives in Anaheim, Calif. “He became annoyed that I wouldn’t give him the letter.”
Lee, who was wearing what she described as a cassock, said she protested when she was asked to leave.
“I said, ‘Why are you bothering me?’ They escorted me outside the gate,” she said.
She said security officers allowed her to return when she promised she would not yell or wave, but then other officers arrived and told her to leave.
“I said, ‘I’m not leaving,”‘ she said. “They tried to drag me out.”
Two officers then picked her up and carried her out. An Associated Press photographer photographed the incident. “I was afraid you could see under my clothes,” she said, her voice choking up.
Lee, who said this was the second presidential event she has covered, was later released.
The incident occurred about 10 minutes before Obama arrived at the airport by helicopter to board Air Force One. “
Samper,
On the right side of the twitter page, you can click on the different ones to see what they say or what the page is like. To see another, just click arrow back to her page. You can just hold the mouse over the little icon on the right and it should show the name of who it is in a pop up icon.
Most I’ve seen don’t put up graphics but you hit upon some.
http://twitter.com/pawlenty
#240 ds55
funny!
Thanks for all the info on the woman trying to give a letter to Obama. i knew that I had seen something about it.
Mudflaters you always impress me with how fast you get to the facts.
There is no reason to include the Ms. Lee incident in the video. None. I think it’s more to put the image in the minds of the followers of the “crazy black people” who follow the President.
I didn’t even like typing that.
ds55 – wonkette had a story on the lady also.too.
http://wonkette.com/408816/insane-press-lady-dragged-from-air-force-one-press-area/
She’s tryin’ so hard not to be the strike-back narcissist described in the article. She’ll last a few hours, maybe. One of her gaskets or minions will blow. And if they don’t (doubtful), then I for one will be happy to have a snarky Sarah free week or two! Just think, if she really learned to shut up, the air would be brighter, the sun warmer. The birds wouldn’t fall out of the air dead in mid flight. I would LOVE it!
I think the point of the story about the fall was that she was asked by RW whether the fall had ever been reported by the press, and she responded, “Heck, no!” While back in Realityville, it was widely reported on the day of the VP debate. Only in retrospect is she coming up with this story of the secret. That’s how I read it.
Meghan McCain has done her Palin Chapter!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/01/meghan-mccain-talks-book_n_223720.html
What will she say?!
Oh, no, not again, another Palin story coming up on Hardball. Wow…two segments!? Taking up that air time from health care, Iraq, Iran……………
CN: You must think I’m CRAZY!
The first time I clicked on it, I had all the graphics, with messages directly over the graphics. NO WHITE BACKGROUND.
Clicked again, got the white background, so it’s all good.
Not the tweets, of course, just the visuals.
Must have just been a quick glitch on twitter.
ds55: Thanks for the article. The woman was stupid. You just don’t screw around with the SS or Police when the president is involved. It’s like making jokes at security that you have a bomb in your carry on. You just don’t do it.
She deserved what she got.
UK Lady,
That Meghan McCain is talking about a movie about it — me thinks Meghan has gotten too full of herself. It would only have a limited audience appeal. She’s to liberal for the base and liberals have no desire to watch repugs. That leaves a band of 12 to watch it!!
Check out this extraordinary young lady. I hope like the dickens she gets to meet PO.
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/07/01/0701tuskegee.html
“I just wrote a chapter about her, so she’ll definitely be in [the movie], too. But I don’t know who would play her,” McCain said.
Did Ms. McCain deliberately snub Sarah & Tina Fey by saying this?
Maybe she’s implying the actress should be more of a villain type?
Anyone have sugestions for the Palin role? Michael Palin? The Monty Python boys have never shied from women’s roles!
Gal @236 – I suspect it’s in line with the recent claim that Obama is paying Mudflats, et al, to blog about Palin. Yanno… money, money, money.
Were it not for that recent outburst, the Palin Derangement Syndrome video would make no sense at all. Methinks LauraVW suffers from PDS. She wants to be in the presence of greatness, afterall. …
oh! and that video ends with a desecration of that iconic image!! The nerve of that woman… she’s gonna rot in you-know-where!!
I do not for ONE MINUTE believe Sarapac was not involved with the video. Where did they get all the photos from? None of these have been made public. Have any of you seen them everywhere?
It is a racist despicable video and if they think it helps Sarah, they are wrong.
austintx: ME TOO! Inspiring!
I agree with CN: I don’t think Ms. McCain will draw a huge audience for either the book or the movie. Besides those of us here who want the dirt, the election is far in the past for most of America.
I won’t buy her book, but I’d be interested in what she has to say about SP, since she’s made such a BIG deal about “not talking about her”.
re austin @16
I like this one better – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niPi-jrZ2aA
Good point about that video footage – where did the “fan” get that?
For people who read a lot you might want to check out this author. David Sidaris. He was on Kimmel last night (and was funny ) and he was telling some rather strange, sometimes irreverent stories, funny stuff though. He is also the brother of Amy Sidaris, who is a regular on Letterman. Dave loves when she comes on. Good chemistry. I have not read anything by him but this is in Wikipedia. Just some FYI.
David Sedaris (born December 26, 1956) is a Grammy Award-nominated American humorist, writer, comedian, bestselling author, and radio contributor.
Sedaris was first publicly recognized in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay “SantaLand Diaries”. He published his first collection of essays and short stories, Barrel Fever, in 1994. Each of his five subsequent essay collections, Naked (1997), Holidays on Ice (1997), Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000), Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004), and When You Are Engulfed in Flames (2008), have become New York Times Best Sellers.[2][3][4][5][6]
Whoa too much happening at once!
First, the new video ? How would this woman get all the photos of last weekend?
And the video mentioning mudflats is VERY strange.
On Meghan McCain, I used to follow her at twitter and then she started getting on my nerves. She is like a rich little valley girl, daddys girl. She seems very spoiled, and at her age is too opinionated and stuck in her ways. She is very black and white about issues. Imagine growing up never having to work or want for everything. I just can’t relate to her and I think she is immature. Good for her for speaking up about the GOP but I can’t give her more credit then that.
Sedaris is HILARIOUS! Take your pick, either one is just HILARIOUS!
If the video had nothing to do with them, they would be all over her like a wet blanket removing a sentence posted under the vid as the connect the dots are there:
SarahPac.org is the way to celebrate our freedom
Couple of comments here.
1. The photos from the new and old “SarahPac/Not SarahPac” video appear to be from her most recent trip overseas. Paid by the State of AK I’m sure. So how the Pac got the photos or how this VW person got the photos paid for by the State is questionable.
2. David Sedaris is fantastic!!! He used to be on “This American Life” on PBS all the time. His books are so good. Ditto the recommend!
David Sedaris is hilarious! I’ve read all of his books and highly recommend.
Meghan’s appearance of Bill Maher’s show a few weeks ago was a good display of her immaturity and that it’s her name that has got her where she is — it’s not for what she can do.
Can’t help myself today!
On Meghan McCain – she BLEW it when she used the “I wasn’t born yet” excuse about political history. Kids do that all the time as a lame lame lame excuse. If you are going to be a “pundit” you had damn well know about politics. Even if it was before your sweet spoiled ass time on this planet.
Looks like we have a few David Sedaris fans here in mudpuppy land. Why does that not surprise me? He’s smart AND he’s funny, just like so many of you!
re martha @ 80 – so she cost the state 187K of the 299K expense of investigating ethics complaints, and the 2nd costliest involves an employee (not her)… isn’t that interesting!
Perhaps the begathon monies ought to be turned over to the taxpayers of Alaska to help pay the costs of the ethics complaint she filed against herself and which she herself described as without merit… absolutely amazing that her actions cause all the cost but she blames the filers of the ethics complaints… then again… maybe not so amazing as she appears to have a history of this type of behavior.
If Alaska had the funds to pay for Sarahkin’s overseas trip, why didn’t she use that to pay for NatGuard transportation costs instead of taking a junket with an packet of hangers-on?
#274
Meghan McCain & Bill Maher seem like a strange mix. I hope he took her to the cleaners.
More from the campaign insiders-
“Sources: McCain Campaign Manager Wanted Sarah Palin Muzzled”
http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/political-media/sources-mccain-campaign-manager-wanted-sarah-palin-muzzled/
“There were people on the campaign who wanted Palin to hold more conference calls with people we knew were her friends,” one senior McCain communications aide tells me. “We felt she was a very strong asset with the ideological media — everything from conservative journals of opinion to talk radio. It was dismissed out of hand by top brass, especially Schmidt.”
A second campaign staffer tells me that Schmidt was a leading figure in the camp that “thought Palin was beyond helping.” Result: Palin spoke out much less than internal supporters wanted.
Watching over on the other side — the VF article seems to have stirred up the folks. There is a lot of blaming and attempts to figure out who “leaked” all the information. Apparently they are trying to organize SP’s campaign and cabinet when she is POTUS. They need to know who the enemies are. Good entertainment.
Phoebe,
Paul Begala, who was also on the show was good. Bill was not the Bill we normally see. Her laugh irritates me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB43uoD4R6Q
For those of you still owndering about the truck, there was this post early today:
59 whynot Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 7:13 AM
This truck was located in Juneau when the accident happen,and
the driver involved was Ivy Frye. The accident was due to a
driver running a red light at 55 mph and a no fault of Ivy’s.
Someone help me out here!
Was Troopergate an actual ETHICS COMPLAINT filed by a CITIZEN that just blew out of control?
OR…
Was it a situation that the Legislature was forced into examining at some point and when things were going south for Palin, she filed the complaint against herself so her (cough) “Personnel Board” (cough) could “overrule” the Branchflower findings and make it all good for her?
Was browsing over ” Crooks & Liars ” to see if they were reporting on any of GINO’s most recent Lies. Too many to count this past week. In RW.. the VF article, The Twitter from Kosovo… etc.
I don’t know where these wing-nuts have been hiding the past 8 years but here is a quote from one of Glenn Beck’s Guests….
Michael Scheuer, on Glenn Beck’s show last night:
Scheuer: The only chance we have as a country right now is for Osama bin Laden to deploy and detonate a major weapon in the United States. Because it’s going to take a grass-roots, bottom-up pressure. Because these politicians prize their office, prize the praise of the media and the Europeans. It’s an absurd situation again. Only Osama can execute an attack which will force Americans to demand that their government protect them effectively, consistently, and with as much violence as necessary.
Beck: Which is why, I was thinking this weekend, if I were him, that would be the last thing I would do right now.
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Please…… DOJ or … SOMEBODY…? Lock these people up!! At least don’t let them go on TV.
http://crooksandliars.com/
The FIRST investigation into “Troopergate” was undertaken by the Legislature, unanimously voted on by a committee of 10 Rs and 4 Ds. They hired an investigator who found that there was evidence that she & the minions stepped out of line, even though she did have the right to fire Monegan. She then filed a Personnel Board complaint against herself because the (MOSTLY Rs) Legislative investigation was too partisan… That investigation, OF COURSE, found that she’d don’t nothing wrong and was only capable of farting rainbows, or whatever…
Samper – the second option.
The twit is tweeting desperate
Many thanks to our excellent public servants at State Dpt of Law for all they do protecting & representing AKns.
about 15 mins ago.
Oh, that message was for samper…
honestyinGov – They were going mad about that on Kos today. Strangely Glen Beck says he isn’t feeling well today and will be off for a few days……………..Hmmmmmmmmm.
Big GOV news (from KINY Radio):
NEW – State senator files gubernatorial intent letter
DAN JOLING – Associated Press Writer
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Democratic lawmaker who oversaw the Legislature’s Troopergate investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin last year has signaled his interest in her job.
Sen. Hollis French of Anchorage says he’s filing a letter of intent to run for governor with the state public offices commission.
French today (Wednesday) stopped short of calling it a formal declaration but says it’s a way to continue the exploration process.
…
Maybe David Murrow is responsible for the videos. He would have access to the state photos. Remember, SP met him to do videos for her campaign. She may be using his video talents rather than having him performing as spokesperson.
injuneau – Wow! maybe Hollis French will give Scarah that ‘October surprise’ yet, just a little late. Better late than never.
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let’s not forget what Bitney said……….
“And her national ambitions? “What it looks like to me she’s trying to do is try the same formula that got her the governorship,” John Bitney says. “You sort of start off with a conservative base. The right-wing base is obviously out on the far end of the spectrum, but it’s a very motivated base. They show up, they’re committed. It gets you that political beachhead. She did not get started with the blessing of the Republican Party. She started with a dedicated corps of sort of right-wing true believers who killed themselves for her, and got her going. And then she began to build on that, and after she crossed the primary hurdle, she moderated her message on some points.”
on Bin Laden, I read an article today that said most likely he died in 2001, and that there was never any evidence linking him to the 9/11/2001 attacks. My recollection at the time was that he never said he was responsible for them. Bush may have used the evil image of Bin Laden much the same as Austin Powers used Dr. Evil, for political gain.
And the ADN has finally caught up with KINY…:
http://www.adn.com/news/politics/story/850543.html
Oh HELL YEAH !! wonkette , again…………
http://wonkette.com/409610/sarah-palin-should-make-exercise-dvds
Oh! My! this you tube is wicked bad.
http://www.wikio.com/video/1338522
Mark Sanford needs to just STFU, could he embarass his kids any more?, could he humiliate his wife any more?
I’ll catch up in the morning…don’t know how UK Lady does it.
zzzzz
Sorry if this has already been posted. I just saw it and thought it really highlights what she must have been like to deal with on the campaign. It also shows how much drama she herself can create. It was a “wow” article for me.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/01/politics/main5128672.shtml
Found a interesting web site today–Newser.com- Out of Seattle, Lots of articles on “Miss Sarah, there also too.
It’s very curious that Palin’s fundraising efforts for herself….promoted shamelessly by the ADN on its front page…..ended yesterday, June 30th. Now, today on July 1st, the news comes out that the state has really only spent less than $300,000 on investigating Palin’s ethics complaints and the majority was the Troopergate complaint which she filed against herself.
1) Palin claimed the ethics investigation had cost the state “millions” to investigate. Why the lie?
2) Did ADN hold off publishing of the true costs of the investigation until Palin’s fundraiser was completed?
3) Did the Personnel Board hold off releasing the true costs until Palin’s fundraising was completed?
4) How do those people who donated, pressured by the deadline for the fundraising, now feel about the news in the ADN and the Juneau Empire today?
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/142126
palin emails show infighting among staff….cbs news:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/01/politics/main5128672.shtml
Here’s a great editorial piece from ADN (too little too late, sadly). This sort of news should have been out there from day one of the governot’s term.
http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/845981.html
I just saw the story on Huffpo about Michelle Bachman and the census.
Members of HER own Party are telling her to stop the nonsense talk about the census. I guess it is making them ‘ look bad ‘… and Stupid.
THAT bar is set pretty low already. Nobody will be able to crawl under it now.
I’m only on p 3 of the comments here, and I’m going to forget I “copied” this link: http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/83090607/AFP
that’s to a picture of Palin, bandaged hand and all – and a caption about … having fallen while jogging.
It’s dated Oct 2, 2008
OT (sorta) but not OT at all…
There’s a saying that describes my ex:
That man can’t tell the truth without lying.
And that’s one reason he’s an “ex.”
Kalela & Fawnskin – That CBS story is a great find! Wow!!!!!!!!!!
From the CBS article – about Palin getting an email response from Steve Schmidt (sp) about the AIP. She then includes Kris Perry on the email – so of course it shows that Kris was working for the campaign at the same time as receiving her AK salary…
“This clear cut response from the campaign’s top dog carried an air of finality, but it did not satisfy Palin. She responded with another e-mail, adding five more names to the “cc” box, all of whom traveled on her campaign plane. They included her senior political adviser Tucker Eskew, senior aide Jason Recher, the lone traveling aide from her Alaska office Kris Perry, press secretary Tracey Schmitt and personal assistant Bexie Nobles.”
Had to share…
Was just catching up on some Jon Stewart videos from this week and he called Dick Cheney “Sourpuss McMonkeypants”. He certainly does have a way with words!
By the way, I saw the infamous video of GINO and it made me want to shower. I would, however, like to know who that soldier in the first shot was…the one with the glasses. Gotta love a handsome man in uniform!!
is this another ethics problem or does the AG investigate?
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Seagull Junker Palin Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 4:47 PM
From the CBS article – about Palin getting an email response from Steve Schmidt (sp) about the AIP. She then includes Kris Perry on the email – so of course it shows that Kris was working for the campaign at the same time as receiving her AK salary…
“This clear cut response from the campaign’s top dog carried an air of finality, but it did not satisfy Palin. She responded with another e-mail, adding five more names to the “cc” box, all of whom traveled on her campaign plane. They included her senior political adviser Tucker Eskew, senior aide Jason Recher, the lone traveling aide from her Alaska office Kris Perry, press secretary Tracey Schmitt and personal assistant Bexie Nobles.”
Phil posted this on progressivealaska. It’s hilarious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1uOOujRTVg&feature=player_embedded
Boy, it sure didn’t take long.
I want *this* guy to do a Palin video. Several in fact. When the big iceberg hits the fan, I want him there with his creative hat on.
i want to thank everybody for all the links to stories and videos. you all do an awesome job and you are always on it.
its great being part of such a wonderful community of people.
Kalena @ 300
Wow indeed!
Dang, how’d they get her emails?!
SORRY FOR THE CAP LETTERS BUT I HAVE A REQUEST OF THE TECHS:
COULD YOU PLEASE PUT THE “RECENT COMMENTS” SECTION ON THE RIGHT HAND MENU NEARER THE TOP.
(i’m sure i’m not the only poster who continually uses that area to see what post is “happening”. i’m getting dizzy from having to find it all stuck in the middle there, also.)
New post up by Ann Strongheart:
Ann Strongheart: Getting caught in the gill net of Alaskan Politics!
http://anonymousbloggers.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/ann-strongheart-getting-caught-in-the-gill-net-of-alaskan-politics/
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308 Seagull Junker Palin Says: July 1st, 2009 at 4:47 PM
From the CBS article – about Palin getting an email response from Steve Schmidt (sp) about the AIP. She then includes Kris Perry on the email – so of course it shows that Kris was working for the campaign at the same time as receiving her AK salary
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You are absolutely correct about that, Seagull. Think it’s time for Perry to return that salary to the taxpayer? Or should the McCain campaign (whatever remains of it) should reimburse Alaskans?
So the cost of those frivolous complaints is half what SP, her mouthpieces, and her attorney claimed. And roughly 2/3′s of the cost is because of the complaint she filed. Does this mean that Thomas Van Flein charged her $300,000 to defend her? She must have needed a whole lot of defending. I have never worked in the field of law, but that seems rather high to me. Wonder what else he was doing for her?
Think we could get Eddie to ask him why the bill is so high. Mr. Van Flein should change his name to Thomas Van Fleece.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrjePH49Aq0
I wish I knew how to make a video. I think a video of Palin/montage of Palin photos with this playing in the background would be great.
ok, it’s taken me until almost 2:30 am July 2 to get through all of the posts since I went to bed on June 30 (or was it early morning July1? no matter…)
thanks to aballoflight@180 in this thread for the Tiny Fey mudflat yellow boots photos! AKM, take note!