Open Thread – Heading Home
Well, by the time this posts, I will have been sans internet or Blackberry for 48 hours. We can presume I survived, and am on my way back to civilization.
And since I’m actually writing this on Friday afternoon, and scheduling it to robo-post on Sunday evening, let’s just assume I had a rollicking good time, and took lots of great pictures to share with you over the coming week.
It’s safe to say that several times at least, I’ve been wondering what’s going on back here in the real world. Well….by now I’ve probably convinced myself that the real world is the one I’ve been in for the past two days. So, I’ve been wondering, then what’s been going on here in the sur-real world.
Did Palin un-quit? Is there some new scandal? Did everyone just lay low this weekend? Any new Twidiocy from Palin’s Twitter account? I’ll be having fun catching up with all the news, and reading all the links that are no doubt in the threads.
See you soon!
Congratulations AKM you made it!! Hope you had lots of fun and enjoyed your family.
It’s really healthy to be off the internet for a few days and you deserve a break! Hope you had a wonderful time, it sounds like it!
And also too ya know?
Hope you and the fam had an enjoyable weekend AKM….welcome back!
Well AKM – glad you took the time off and recharged the battery.
Looking forward to Levi on the Today show. He blew off CD , it better be good !!
“Did Palin un-quit?”
Not to turn anyone grey or take a few years off your life YET the fact Palin is flagrantly being a btch & doing interviews in the GOV’s office again I say press her a s s to the wall over QUITTING with a LIE & make her stay through August until the Legislature returns.
Hold her accountable for what she has pulled the past week by making her stay with the JOY and SATISFACTION she is in mental/physical meltdown with the hope that her breakdown might be caught on tape by a tourist visiting the capitol. Or else let her QUIT again with the EXPOSURE she is costing Alaska $100,000 a day & let angry Meg spin it.
Austin what is CD?
Republican Women Federated of Simi Valley announced Palin was scheduled to speak to the group’s private gala on Aug. 8 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. The event _ reporters will not be allowed to attend _ will take place in an airplane hangar that houses a retired presidential aircraft Air Force One and will stir more questions about he curious resignation.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/12/palin-will-campaign-for-d_n_230226.html
Isabella – CD= Celtic Diva (Linda). Levi was to appear on her radio show and had to cancel due to better offer from NBC – Levi had to catch a plane. GO LEVI! We are counting on you.
AKM, hope you had mad fun. We were very good little Pups while you were away. Weeeell, kinda, sorta. LOL!
Jeez, you’re coming home and I haven’t even caught up yet!! Haha – you really are amazing – setting up all these robo-posts for the weekend to entertain us while you’re away. Thank you so much for all your efforts!
I’m a little NIMBY about the Simi Valley appearance. Keep her out of my state.
AKM did this on Friday – it is an “auto post.” So, I will welcome AKM back when AKM is back, safe and sound and with a basket full of fish. In advance, I hope you had a wonderful time AKM – we mudpups adore you!
Lori in Los Angeles Says “- CD= Celtic Diva (Linda). Levi was to appear on her radio show and had to cancel due to better offer from NBC ”
THANK YOU much !
I personally think Levi should not go on Celtic’s Show (I didn’t even know she had one, where can I watch/listen)?
Celtic has personal issues with Palin & although I totally understand Diva’s frustration at the way Palin has been a creep to her there has been some snarky comments at Palin on Twitter/ADN/Blogs etc… that IMO has lessened, just a little bit, Celtic’s talking points by not taking the high road & performing her complaints with maturity.
I have supported & do support Celtic. I really do understand the stress she has had to endure and admire her tenacity, accomplishments well earned. I respect her greatly.
…Levi though is in a very sensitive relationship with Palin’s involving his son. He absolutely needs to stay away from “Blogosphere” attacks and definitely stay away from Alaska personal tiffs with Palin. Levi is in it for life with his son, he cannot be taking the risk of chatting up what he knows and losing his leverage to secure his boys future.
Snoskred: Did you see that once again, the shuttle is delayed? Weather issues.
She is totally using him and Mel is a PIG for cheating on his wife.
Less than a month after releasing the video to her first song “Say My Name,” Russian-born singer Oksana Grigorieva is quick to offer her fans another side of herself – in a new clip directed by boyfriend Mel Gibson.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20290788,00.html
Mel’s ummmm, G/F does not look knocked up.
Isabella: As long as Levi is bright enough to have an attorney hammer out a custody arrangement with BRISTOL (not Sarah), besides breaking the law or being deemed unfit, he can say whatever he wants.
Bristol is not more powerful than a judge. She can’t deny him a court ordered situation. If Sarah thinks she can do this FOR Bristol, then SP is dumber than I thought. No judge in their right mind would allow a grandmother to take over like that.
Nope… all Levi needs is a good attorney and court order. He can say whatever he knows to be true to anyone who will listen and it can’t nullify his parental rights.
I just hope Levi doesn’t bend to pressure from the Palins and does what is RIGHT for him and the baby. He really seems to be dragging his feet on the whole custody demand thing, so who knows what his intentions are????
Isabella – I don’t think Celtic Diva has her on show, but was on the radio -maybe a “gig” and not regular program, not sure though.
Don’t if anyone posted this link earlier; but Andrew Sullivan had a great column today on Buttercup:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6688848.ece
Really worth a read.
CD is on Mike Method’s show in Anch right after Shannyn’s show on occasion, I think.
samper Says “Isabella: As long as Levi is bright enough to have an attorney hammer out a custody arrangement with BRISTOL (not Sarah), besides breaking the law or being deemed unfit, he can say whatever he wants.”
Sure he can say anything he wants but that would not be bright of him to do.
Attorney will be useful to secure his rights, he though is responsible for maintaining a relationship with the boys mother and unfortunately he screwed the wrong girl cause her mother is a wildcat & regardless of right/wrong and unfair Palin is part of the equation.
I do not think he should nor does he seem to be bending to Palin’s will YET to go on Celtic’s show or any other blog type who has a personal riff with Palin is stupid and has no benefit for him.
The boy is only 18 with a baby son to consider. A year from now none of us will be concerned about Palin daily (Hopefully) but Levi will and for the rest of his life after that. Levi owes his son first loyalty and duty it would be wise of him to stay mainstream keeping his appearances with established national medias keeping the pressure on Palin to get what he can from the situation.
Going to Celtic will do absolutely nothing for him and to go to put a “Feather in Our Caps” is not in his best interest.
Oh, and didn’t they open Method’s show by saying Levi had canceled?
That must be what we’re thinking of!
Celtic Diva was to be on the Mike Method show, the one that follows Shannyn Moore’s time slot. IMHO its much more lively when she does visit his program. He’s really laid back and gets boring quickly.
Lori in Los Angeles Says “Isabella – I don’t think Celtic Diva has her on show, but was on the radio -maybe a “gig” and not regular program, not sure though.”
She has lots of great stuff to talk about. Celtic is certainly responsible in majority for Palin’s walking the plank & for this alone LOVE HER.
Remember recently when the North Koreans were setting off some rather large but inept nuclear skyrockets?
The South Koreans merely shrugged and said it was only Kim Jong-Il’s way of reminding North Koreans of his power – prior to handing down the leadership to his son.
President Obama criticized North Korea and established sanctions. $arah Palin shrieked condemnation of President Obama and commenced wearing fatigues with her false eyelashes.
I just read that Kim Jong-Il has pancreatic cancer …..
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE56B24920090713
So I guess President Obama’s non-freakout response was the correct one. And $arah Palin’s response was the wrong one.
Empish Says “Celtic Diva was to be on the Mike Method show, the one that follows Shannyn Moore’s time slot. IMHO its much more lively when she does visit his program. He’s really laid back and gets boring quickly.”
I listened to the show once after Shannyn. Sorry, was not impressed. The monotone voice, the dragged out opinions, I also too was bored.
AKM – I hope this finds you well-rested and your freezer well-stocked up on reds or silvers (which ever is running right now). I hope it’s the reds as they are our favorites
We are getting them fresh occasionally down here in VA and I am loving it! Thank you for all the robo-posts – we mudpups need our daily dose of the ‘flats to keep us going. it’s like coffee, chocolate and wine 
Why in the hell is McCain brown nosing Palin?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/12/mccain-palins-resignation_n_230178.html
Isabella: The only relationship he “has” to maintain is that of health, education and similar decisions with Bristol. He doesn’t have to have the entire Klan loving him so he can see his son.
Going all mainstream is his choice. If he is telling what he knows to be true about the GRANDMOTHER of his child, it can NOT affect his custody or parental rights.
He’s not going to “put a feather in our caps”. My best guess is that he is going to show the Palins that he has info, isn’t afraid to expose it, and that they should pay attention to creating a 50/50 custody arrangement before they are even further embarrassed.
Sarah does NOT trump Levi when it comes to the baby. She has NO STANDING at all. She may THINK she does, she may TRY to, but legally, she does not. Levi and Bristol are the only ones that a judge is going to consider.
What Granny wants or demands is irrelevant when 2 parents are around.
I just hope he has a good attorney to get through the custody issues without caving to that woman’s incessant foot stomping.
it has been a nice weekend.we pups were very,very good.we played well together and live blogged,and had fun….love you…b
We was good, mommy. Only had three unchaperoned parties and tidied up the room before you got home. A lot of trolls got the word about Margaret’s post on Buttercup, and went over there to tear up the place, but M&H’s many fans and a lot of mudpuppies went over and kicked butt. Also,too, MarthaUnalaskaYardSign and other Anonymous bloggers went over and clued everyone in about the suffering in rural Alaska due to Buttercup’s shenanigans. I do believe Alaska was represented with respect and love by Alaskans and the rest of us. Welcome home!!
Isabella…three words…Cover your aardvaark!!
samper Says “Isabella: The only relationship he “has” to maintain is that of health, education and similar decisions with Bristol. He doesn’t have to have the entire Klan loving him so he can see his son.”
I am not saying he should or must snuggle up to Palin and be her best bud I am saying he has to chose his battles carefully and to chose to beat her nest with Celtic (Who Palin HATES) serves no purpose whatsoever to him.
What is legal is B*S* at the end of the day.
Sure Levi could pull a Britney Spears and torment his child every single day of the boys life going to court taking on Bristol/Palin (Palin IS very much in his relationships BTW whether it is right or wrong life is unfair and Levi drew the short stick when it came to his sons grandmother) He could create tensions creating an environment of chaos for his son or he could do what he is now what IMO is strategic appearances to keep his pulse on Palin’s reality just enough to keep her at bay without challenging her.
@ Isabella
In the general scheme of Levi/media you’re overlooking the fact that the right-wing media has no interest in Levi, except to abuse him and lie about him.
Where else is he to go if he wants a media profile, except to the places that welcome him?
And I disagree with you about $arah Palin’s “power” in the relationship – I very much doubt that Levi Johnston is at all scared of $arah Palin (or ever will be).
Gramiam AKA Smoke Strapon Palin Says “Isabella…three words…Cover your aardvaark!!”
Uh oh am I about to get flamed, lol
No, I meant John McCain is playing nice with Palin to cover HIS. If he flames her, she tears him a new one and there goes the legacy.
By the way, everyone. My friend Susan posted about Shannyn on her blog in Texas. Enjoy.
http://www.kissmybigbluebutt.com/#july21sc
I posted this somewhere earlier, I think? I’ll try again. I agreed with Lovemydogs about Palin Burnout. But if we all get too burnt-out on corrupt politics, they win. I am so grateful to you all for hounddogging these issues and bringing to light what is really going on. This is how we keep ‘em honest! I am only afraid that there is a lot to do (in all our states) and hope there is enough rabid mudpuppies around yhe country to get it done!
Scroll down to July 11, folks.
Gramiam AKA Smoke Strapon Palin Says “No, I meant John McCain is playing nice with Palin to cover HIS. If he flames her, she tears him a new one and there goes the legacy.”
The freakin fool!!! He survives five years of confinement and torture. He survives Cindy’s vulturous claws and zombie grip not to mention death ray eyes but he buckles at the thought Palin might have a base & he might need it….I am officially disgusted.
@ Samper: You took the words out of my mouth regarding Levi’s relationship with Bristol & Grandma Winky.
Booboodog, we just have to take a deep breath and support each other. It is up to each of us to keep current on events in our own states and holler for help when we need it. Talk about Mudflats to others we know like ourselves. And use the forum. Look what Shannyn and AKM have accomplished nationally. We are part of that and can take it where it needs to go, as well as to continue our support for Alaska.
Levi seemed pretty cool in his interview the other day, I think he may be in the drivers seat on this bus….Made more sense than the Quitter Queen.
@ Isabella: McCain is just covering his own a$$ and trying to save face. He will never admit that he made a huge mistake releasing that fake, fraud, phony, incompetent serial liar onto the national stage. He will grin and bear it and say through clinched teeth and a semi- straight face that she is qualified to be POTUS and pray to God that he is not struck dead for that embarrassing lie.
Isabella, how do you think I feel? I live in Arizona!! He is running for re-election next year and I’m doing everything I know to do to see that he has the fight of his life.
Struck de4ad is a bit drastic, calipat. I’ll settle for retirement.
ds55 Says “@ Samper: You took the words out of my mouth regarding Levi’s relationship with Bristol & Grandma Winky.”
Seriously not to start anything or make anyone rah rah my opinion but are you really believing that it is wise of Levi to take his sons relationship to the brink just to get a good jab at Palin? Do you guys really honestly think it is in the best interest of Levi and Bristol to have a court decide their parenting of their child?
Maybe it is the heat but LMAO, at the thought Palin can almost completely destroy the United States of America with her gams and ignorance but she has absolutely no affect or legal leverage on an 18 year old boy who knocked up her daughter, who also too is a bee in her bonnet and not playing by her rules.
When has Palin EVER respected family or laws.
Levi is paternal by nature you can see in his tender photos of his son. I am excited to see him not play to the dog and pony show for paybacks.
Gramiam AKA Smoke Strapon Palin Says “Isabella, how do you think I feel? I live in Arizona!! He is running for re-election next year and I’m doing everything I know to do to see that he has the fight of his life.”
OMIGosh, I didn’t know you were that close to the insanity? Thank goodness for you Palin hates McCain & Cindy hates her….Palin won’t come to your territory to campaigni for him…I hope for your sake.
califpat Says “@ Isabella: McCain is just covering his own a$$ and trying to save face. He will never admit that he made a huge mistake releasing that fake, fraud, phony, incompetent serial liar onto the national stage”
Curious how he abandoned her for months & now as he is congratulating her on political strategy.
If she does come to Arizona, I’ll start my own damned tea party!! I bet there are some Arizona mudpups who would join me. But you are right, she won’t come. Too hot now. Probably an uncomfortable reminder of “the hot place”
I don’t think Levi has much to worry about where Sarah is concerned.She knows that he could
cause her a lot of trouble.Anybody remember when Grandpa Heath made a snide remark about
Levi after an interview he did.
It was something about Levi making money off of the interviews and he thought he should
be using some of the money to send support money for Tripp.Levi supposedly wasn’t getting
paid for any interviews at that time.
Levis’s attorney came right back at him with the fact that he didn’t think they needed to
be talking about Levi like that and if Levi ever wanted to file a custody case they may be
in for a suprise.
Grandpa Heath started backtracking on his statement so fast he left skid marks. Levi has
never said that he wants custody of Tripp,he just wants his visitation rights.
As long as he has Butler as his attorney and keeps his nose clean he will be just fine.
That is unless he gets setup like I think his Mother did.
I wish Levi would hunker down and at least get his GED and forget these get rich schemes. He might be a little more use to his son that way. But, from his former comments, I doubt it.
@ Isabella: I believe a non-custodial parent like Levi should be able to speak honestly without it interfering with their visitation rights. If a non-custodial parent must walk on eggshells around the child’s relatives until he’s 18 years old, then something is wrong. And, yes, I think it’s in everyone’s best interest for Levi to get a court-ordered visitation schedule drawn up because casual visitation agreements don’t work when the custodial parent gets a new love interest or moves to France. Getting everything in writing while the baby is young helps avoid problems later.
@Gramiam: You have my condolences on McCain and good luck on booting him out. But I said that McCain is asking God not to strike him dead for that huge whopper of a lie that he told, by saying he thought Buttercup would make a fine POTUS, when knows, that he knows, in his heart of hearts that that is a blatant lie.
Regarding $arah’s influence regarding Levi’s parental rights: Let’s all remember that it was just about this time last year that we heard about Troopergate. (There should be an anniversary celebration). In the course of reading about it, I read that the Judge in her sister’s divorce case had to admonish $arah and Todd about the awful things that they were saying about their former brother-in-law. The judge had to caution them that their statements were abusive, and would impact the children. So, do we really think that $arah can hold her tongue when it’s her grandchild instead of a niece or nephew?
I have been delighted with all of the $arah’s nicknames. There is Buttercup, as in “Suck it up, Buttercup.” And from Buttercup, all of the variations including my favorite, “Twittercup.” I am partial to $arah, as in “$how me the Money!” Scarah is too close to reality and truly does scare me. I invite you to offer your own favorite $arah nicknames, too, also, therefore.
Hoping you had a great weekend, AKM!
I pretty much took the weekend off from Mudflats:
1) 84-year-old fil was visiting from SC
2) other family members were visiting from out of town on Friday and Saturday
3) backwoods birthday party for a neighbor on Saturday night that involved tons of great food, beer, wine and moonshine
4) picking flat beans, cucumbers, zucchini, squash, okra, etc.
5) pickling, freezing, cooking, baking, grilling much of mentioned in #4.
6) missed Shannyn’s radio show as a result of #1-5
Welcome home AKM. We missed you. Hope you had a restful peaceful time and we can’t wait to see pictures. We hope the fam had a peaceful, restorative weekend too.
We’ve been very good and staying out of mischief (mostly). I wish I could say the same for Sarah, but, oh well, you know how she is.
Hope you have some chocolate left over for us.
Buf is very excited that you’ll be home soon and so are we. We ♥ AKM.
@McCain: Yeppers! McCain did a huge flip-flop.
@Isabella: My last statement was agreeing with you and McCain’s flip-flopping.
ds55 Says “@ Isabella: I believe a non-custodial parent like Levi should be able to speak honestly without it interfering with their visitation rights.”
I know what you are saying and I think you are right about Free Speech & so on but the reality is Levi has to at some point be in the same room with Palin and if he is not his son is. He has to chose his battles. Going on the national shows Levi is presenting himself to options for employment while keeping a finger point pressure on Palin to watch her P’s and Q’s.
I think Levi is a not so willing participant in this Hollywood entertainment venture yet it does give him cash he would not otherwise have & he does draw an audience if he needs to fight for his son.
You see how Palin what Palin has done or tried to do to full grown men. Levi is damyn smart to dance her dance with strategy.
As per the original thought, taking up with Celtic is not a good game plan.
weaver57= I read Levi is working as a carpenter, and his GED.
I didn’t see this article posted here:
For Palin, A Long March to a Short Notice Resignation
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/us/politics/13palin.html?_r=1&src=twt&twt=nytimes
It repeats a lot of what it already out there, she was consumed with trivial and tabloid items like the ethics complaints and Levi/Letterman, Meg/SarahPAC have no idea of what they’re doing, discord with Alaskan legislatures after returning from the campaign trail, but a few new pieces of interesting info from it:
-the Republican Governors Assn sent an official to Alaska to hold an intervention of sorts as they saw that she was unravelling, she said thanks but no thanks to the help they suggested
-she skipped a briefing on the H1N1 flu
-Andree MacLeod was able to provide her appointment schedules from Jan 2007-May 2008 and they show that since returning from the campaign trail her days start later, end earlier and contain fewer meetings with legislators and mayors.
-the reality show proposed to her was “Northern Exposure” meets “The West Wing” (but without the obvious snark that those shows benefitted from genius writers creating intelligent dialog)
weaver57 Says “I wish Levi would hunker down and at least get his GED and forget these get rich schemes. He might be a little more use to his son that way. But, from his former comments, I doubt it.”
I don’t see him (Or moreover Rex) letting go of the bright lights until far in the future. There really isn’t anything remotely as lucrative for Levi, in Alaska as there is in the wide wide world right now. I hope he is smart enough to bank or invest his earnings into property or other appreciating goods.
Palin robbed the Levi of a graduation and like any of us out of school it takes something personal to want to pursue education. For this boy from small town U.S.A. I betcha it’ll take awhile to find that motivation again. I LOVE that Levi says he doesn’t like New York or L.A. & cannot wait to get home again. He sure to me seems bright enough to take opportunities now which really are once in a lifetime for most.
Hey, do you think everyone at the “See2P” fan sites is singing this Hall & Oates song all the time now? (Don’t forget their other hit: SARAH SMILE)
SHE’S GONE by Hall & Oates
Everybody’s high on consolation. Everybody’s trying to tell me what’s right for me.
My daddy tried to bore me with a sermon but it’s plain to see that they can’t comfort me.
Sorry Charlie for the imposition. I think I’ve got it, got the strength to carry on.
I need a drink and a quick decision. Now it’s up to me, ooh what will be
Chorus:
She’s Gone Oh I, Oh I’d better learn how to face it
She’s Gone Oh I, Oh I’d pay the devil to replace her
She’s Gone – what went wrong
Up in the morning look in the mirror, I’m worn as her tooth brush hanging in the stand.
My face ain’t looking any younger, now I can see love’s taken her toll on me
She’s Gone
Think I’ll spend eternity in the city, let the carbon and monoxide choke my thoughts away
And pretty bodies help dissolve the memories, but they can never be what she was to me
She’s Gone
I think Levi’s attorney is awesome.
Callie Says ““Northern Exposure” was a great show.
This was posted yesterday..reto moments of Northern Exposure.
http://www.dlisted.com/node/32905
Did Palin un-quit?
Not that I know of but I wouldn’t be surprised if she goes to the Anchorage office this week, reviews the paper work on her desk, finds a letter of resignation from herself to herself. Being mavericky and always acting in the best interest of Alaska, she just might refuse to accept her own resignation.
In case she will accept her resignation, will she see the upcoming Fairbanks picnic as a transfer or power and swearing in ceremony or a coronation in which the crown is passed from one to another?
Great link to an Andrew Sullivan article in the UK Times online. As we know his blog style is quick-ish posts (which I like!) but this is a full article, and it appears to try to explain $arah to the Brits.
He wrote, “And this helps explain the broader problem with American conservatism right now. It is less a movement than an industry. From Fox News to talk radio to conservative publishing houses, it has created an alternate and lucrative media reality that is worth a fortune to those able to exploit it. Alas, these alternative media thrive on paranoia, hatred of liberal elites and growing extremist rhetoric made worse by a hermetically sealed echo chamber of true believers. Anyone criticised by the left or even by the establishment right is a martyr in this world. In America, martyrdom sells. And Palin is a product worth lots of money. ”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6688848.ece
Welcome back AKM!!!
Isabella Says
As per the original thought, taking up with Celtic is not a good game plan.
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Levi is not “taking up with Celtic Diva”.
Levi was scheduled to be on Mike Method’s show. Celtic Diva was going to be there live blogging the show because of a special guest. Diva is a guest sometimes on Mike’s show, just like AKM is a guest sometimes on Shannyn’s show.
Diva plainly states that when she found out who the guest was she was stunned.
ds55 Says “I think Levi’s attorney is awesome.”
Tank is awesome also too!!! Did you see the look on Rex’s face when Levi, was in his office the other day talking about Palin, quitting for the money? I can;t place his emotion. He seemed concerned or tired.
Did you see the viedo? What to you think?
@ Professor Geezer: I think her song should be another Hall & Oates tune.
MANEATER
She’ll only come out at night
The lean and hungry type
Nothing is new, I’ve seen her here before
Watching and waiting
She’s sitting with you but her eyes are on the door
So many have paid to see
What you think you’re getting for free
The woman is wild, a she-cat tamed by the purr of a Jaguar
Money’s the matter
If you’re in it for love you ain’t gonna get too far
Oh here she comes
Watch out boy she’ll chew you up
Oh here she comes
She’s a maneater
Oh here she comes
Watch out boy she’ll chew you up
Oh here she comes
She’s a maneater
I wouldn’t if I were you
I know what she can do
She’s deadly man, and she could really rip your world apart
Mind over matter
The beauty is there but a beast is in the heart
Oh here she comes
Watch out boy she’ll chew you up
Oh here she comes
She’s a maneater
gramiam“`here is hoping you arizonians have a really good person to run against him. i hope everyone there gets out and gets mccain out of washington and into a rocking chair or in a straight jacket.
EyeOnYou Says “Diva plainly states that when she found out who the guest was she was stunned.”
Different info then the original post I was responding too.
I read as though he was invited to talk to her specifically. That would have been a no no IMO. And the rest of my speculation then is mute with the exception Levi needs to now when to hold and when to bluff.
Here’s more from Andrew Sullivan. So good!
“She wants some of it; and she has no actual interest in governing America (even though she’d love the title of president). She referred to giving up her “title” as governor, not her “office”. In this, she is the ultimate Republican of this degenerate moment: all culture war, no policy; all identity politics, no engagement with practical answers to difficult public problems; and all hysterical opposition to Barack Obama, no actual alternatives offered.
Since even epic scandals heighten celebrity rather than diminish it, Palin’s future is secure. Her party’s? Getting bleaker by the day. ”
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/
@ Isabella: I didn’t see the video. Do you have a link?
ROTFFLaughing Palin now trying to explain her Tweets with something even more nonsensical.
That last twitter means ACES succeeds as promised:open AK for competitive, free market to explore/develop NEW resource devlp opportunities!
about 1 hour ago from TwitterBerry
“Maneater” by Hall & Oates, music video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap-OO0xqTe4
ds55 Says “@ Isabella: I didn’t see the video. Do you have a link?”
YUP YUP.
http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/07/11/video-johnston-says-palin-quit-for-money/
Second 29 what is his facial look? Maybe I am over reading the glance Rex shot Levi.
@ds55, yes, you are so right.
I think we’ve proved that Palin’s whole career is built on the firm political positioning of Hall & Oates!
Stage One: Sarah Smile – (Wasilla Days)
Stage Two: Maneater – (GOP VP Nominee Days)
Stage Three: She’s Gone (2009 & Beyond)
Levi is cute scruffy.
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Happy Sunday, MFers!
Lay offa Flakewoman (Wonderwoman’s nemesis in the new film, co-starring a certain SP) for a day willya!!!???
Try your luck in our weekly Sunday Rock’N'Roll Music Video Contest Party: This week: “THE PRISONER,” 2009; dedicated to our boys & girls in stripes.
Or orange jumpsuits. Orange is the new stripes, y’know…
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Explaining her tweets – that’s what HAPPENS when you try to govern in 140 characters or less.
Such a joke. When’s the PICNIC????
Revised:
I think we’ve proved that Palin’s whole career is built on the firm political positioning of Hall & Oates!
Stage One: Sarah Smile – (Wasilla Days)
Stage Two: Kiss Is On My List (Gov. Days)
Stage Three: Maneater – (GOP VP Nominee Days)
Stage Four: She’s Gone (2009)
Stage Five: Rich Girl (Beyond 2009)
CG @115 from the last open thread:
Wow. That was quite a rant.
Perhaps I am confused. Am I supposed to take away from that that because it is not a “Native” problem but a “rural” problem that we should just blow it off?
Or that because the problem is not new that I should just shrug my shoulders and say oh well?
Perhaps I misunderstood you. I will go and read it again as my initial response was to be horrified.
I choose to help my brothers and sisters in need no matter where they are and I will not stop doing that until the day that I die. I just need to know the correct way to go about doing that.
@ Isabella: Rex on the video looks tired, just guessing as it was only a second.
Calling all knitters or crocheters!
If you would be willing to knit/crochet squares for blanket/s to help raise money to get supplies to the Native villages, please head on over to the Forums:
http://www.themudflats.net/forum/index.php/topic,7595.msg74940/topicseen.html#new
All input would be terrific.
There is also a cyber-quilting project for the sewers among us. Bring your creativity.
Gramium I live in Arizona too. Is there anyone even running against McCain except that minuteman guy? I think he would almost be worse and I keep hoping someone would challenge him. McCain should apologize to the country for unleasing queen $carah to the country.
Well, as I’m sure you’ve read, AKM, GINO has been sounding off like a harborfront hooker, offering her past due date services to WHOEVER – even Democrats.
At last, her crazy religious affiliations are being reported more by MSM.
ds55
I think both Rex and Tank are awesome! (dial-up here, unfortunately.) And now the song, “Maneater,” will not be out my head, but so good!
Hey guys..
Just a quick reminder to keep it civil.
I don’t want AKMuckraker to return home to an argument and needing to pick through the thread to remove comments.
In my opinion, Levi is old enough to make his own decisions as to whether or not he appears on a show – nobody is forcing him or pressuring him, and certainly none of the progressive bloggers are influencing him to do anything he does or does not want to do.
@Snoskred, I am doing my best to interject Hall & Oates humor!
Levi has good handlers, he’ll do fine. He deserves to make money off of Palin’s fame, she certainly is.
Donald Craig Mitchell doesn’t think Palin will run in 2012: http://www.alaskadispatch.com/palin-watch/1283-palin-how-she-gained-control-and-then-lost-it
Tweets- So did you see that $arah quoted Cronkite out of context in such a way that skews the meaning of what he said to satisfy her needs? I like how he defines liberal and I believe that is the true meaning of the word. Examine all options, research for the truth, make your decision. Liberal!
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/when-palin-quoted-cronkite.html
Prof. G – that is the best article I think I’ve read to date.
EVERYONE needs to read it.
anyone fancy a chat right now, come on over to the chatroom in the forum!
@Seagull, ITA!
I heartily recommend the NY Times article, linked at #62, Callie
The paragraphs that stood out to me addressed the Fund and PAC set up by political advisor to $arah, John Coale. (He commented that the Palins seemed unprepared for the national stage.)
The Defense fund raised more than $250,000. according to its trustee. It is money that cannot be spent pending resolution of an ethics complaint that contends that the contributions are improper gifts. $arah had a disconnect between political and official duties when it came to spending money from her PAC.
As people here have speculated as to what might be causing $arah to become so thin, that issue was also addressed in the article. (Her friends say it was the stress of juggling family, official duties, fending off ethics complaints). The article reference the fact that even her hair was thinning. (Remember the comments about the hair extensions).
If you want to play psychologist, look at the symptoms described in the article, such as not being able to manage appointments, missing important meetings, lashing out at petty insults and more. Deep depression after losing the election? Medication? These issues are not in the article, so feel free to fill in your own blanks.
reaffirming Forty Watt @87!
We’ve got quilt and afghan projects starting in the forums to raise funds for the villages.
I’m in chat right now if anyone wants to embark on realtime conversation!
I like “twidiocy”.
Thanks, AKraven and Prof. G., as always.
justafarmer: I’ll really try, but can’t promise anything. {shiver} I seem to get lost somehow. But courage! I’m going in…
Bob Poe answered some of our questions on his thread!
@62 Callie Says: July 12th, 2009 at 6:38 PM
Thanks for the NYTimes link.
When I read it closely, it seem that the “poor Sarah” slant was overdone. For example, “If Bristol Palin was avoiding the limelight, her estranged boyfriend was seeking it. ” This statement is absolutely absurd. Bristol’s forray into her advocacy for abstince game via Candie’s foundation isn’t exactly a bid for privacy.
Another example, this statement in the NYTimes article might be intended to elicit sympathy for Palin. -”Mr. Malek said he told Ms. Palin that “you have got to set up a mechanism so you can return calls.” ” But, IMO, it just underscores the fact that Malek believed small fixes were going to save the day. As if Malek didn’t notice the big problem – “you can’t fix stupid”.
‘ll match Professor Geezer with a more positive song, that looks to a hopeful future…
by Lonestar:
He called her on the road
From a lonely cold hotel room
Just to hear her say I love you one more time
But when he heard the sound
Of the kids laughing in the background
He had to wipe away a tear from his eye
A little voice came on the phone
Said “Daddy when you coming home”
He said the first thing that came to his mind.
I’m already there
Take a look around
I’m the sunshine in your hair
I’m the shadow on the ground
I’m the whisper in the wind
I’m your imaginary friend
And I know I’m in your prayers
Oh I’m already there.
She got back on the phone
Said I really miss you darling
Don’t worry about the kids they’ll be alright
Wish I was in your arms
Lying right there beside you
But I know that I’ll be in your dreams tonight
And I’ll gently kiss your lips
Touch you with my fingertips
So turn out the light and close your eyes.
I’m already there
Don’t make a sound
I’m the beat in your heart
I’m the moonlight shining down
I’m the whisper in the wind
And I’ll be there until the end
Can you feel the love that we share
Oh I’m already there.
We may be a thousand miles apart
But I’ll be with you wherever you are
I’m already there
Take a look around
I’m the sunshine in your hair
I’m the shadow on the ground
I’m the whisper in the wind
And I’ll be there until the end
Can you feel the love that we share
Oh I’m already there
Oh I’m already there…
This is the American Red Cross song that Lonestar has contributed every royalty to.
Wow – thanks Callie & Mae – that NYT article is good.
Here’s something from it….
“Her public feud with David Letterman over a tasteless sexual joke he made about one of her daughters spun into a broader fight at home with a fellow Republican over state efforts to combat sexual abuse.”
MinNJ,
thanks for trying! I’m in chat all by myself now (Snoskred is back to unpacking boxes).
off to bed with me soon…got more harvesting to do in the morning (I picked almost a bushel of beans today and only got a fraction of the way down one row).
Found a really nice YouTube video for American Red Cross (I’ve been involved with ARC since the “yow! we can see a North American inland sea from the space station” Mississippi River flood).
Anyway, here’s the link and I need to get some tissues…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0b83hXXTmk
NYT Story – I don’t think it’s very “poor $arah” …it shows her inability to handle a job, and then her unhappiness with the job, leading to the big QUIT. Just like the AK Dispatch story by Mitchell.
Last quote from the article:
“Last week, a clock on the wall continued its countdown. Under a “Time to Make a Difference” placard, the clock ticks away the days, hours, minutes and seconds until the scheduled end to Ms. Palin’s term. As of Friday, it had 513 days left.
“I don’t know how to reset the darn thing,” David Murrow, a spokesman for the governor, said earlier in the week.”
Very telling Mr. Murrow – thank you!!!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/us/politics/13palin.html?pagewanted=3&_r=2&src=twt&twt=nytimes
Hey Justafarmer – you need to tell about the moonshine you mentioned!!! Maybe tomorrow?
akgrrl Says:
Bob Poe answered some of our questions on his thread!
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Sorry, I like Mr Poe a lot, but that was just a list of talking points. He didn’t really answer any questions. I understand that he most likely doesn’t have time to sit at a blog and answer questions, but most of those questions I saw asked were good ones, and ones he is going to have to answer eventually.
EyeonYou – he just posted a second response.
Something else to read: (Mentions Leah again/Theopalinism)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-wilson/breaking-palin-says-shell_b_230186.html
Seagull,
My county has been FAMOUS for moonshine for almost 200 years (maybe more, actually!)
My fave is spring strawberries soaking in the shine for a week or so…
also nice is summer peaches in the shine and then distill it again….
off to bed for me now…need to get harvesting before the temperature & humidity get too high…
Night all!
Justa-I would love to partake!!!! Glad you had fun. See you tomorrow!
Oh! almost forgot!
I mentioned that we put a live trap out in the barn to catch the raccoon that has been killing our chickens.
DH told me we had something in the trap Sunday morning…
Was one of our cats!!!!!!
and he was NOT pleased…..
Seagull, I’ll catch up with sometime…PM me in the forum and we’ll figure out something!
OK, I’m serious now!!!!!
I’m going to bed!!!!!!!
curiouser Says:
EyeonYou – he just posted a second response.
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Thanks for letting me know. I like that second post much better. I know that I am not an Alaskan, but I would like to hear more from him about his plans to help out the folks in the villages who are struggling so badly to just survive. I will personally fly up there and strangle him if he says he is going to get a group of religious folks together and take them some homemade cookies
One thing I also wanted to point out in reference to that NY Times article,
While the defense fund has raised more than $250,000, according to its trustee, the money cannot be spent pending resolution of an ethics complaint that contends that the contributions could amount to improper gifts.
I have not heard of this ethic’s complaint being resolved, and if I am not mistaken even Van Flein’s lists this one as “pending”, and yet we have heard that John Coale has stated that the legal bills have been paid off from this legal fund.
Now it the money can’t be touched due to the pending complaint is resolved, then how did the legal bills get paid off? Or did the complaint get resolved and no one has been told about it yet?
Boy I sure mangled that one ^^
If the money from the legal fund cannot be touched until the pending complaints has been resolved, then did the legal bills really get paid off? How? Was the complaint resolved and we just don’t know about it yet? Was money used anyhow and just being kept a secret? That would not be impossible considering that there is no oversight of the money.
justafarmer
I went in and I’m out now (scary breathing.) I didn’t do too well, and I tried. I would love to speak with you, but apparently I’m limited. I WILL figure this out at some point, and please give me time. These netherworlds are sometimes confusing, but I swear I’ll get it one of these days! In the meantime, I appreciate everyone’s comments, points of view and circumstances, as I do of all the remarkable and dear souls here, in better and worse, as we have known and seen.
In the meantime, I regard Sarah Palin as one of the slugs in the feral cats’ dishes, as this is summer. And I find the slime at least moisturizing, in a way. OK, this is my last glass of wine…
Eye on you -
PAYDAY LOAN!!!!
Isabella: re: Levi. You are right, I think. He has already stretched the bounds of common sense. He has nothing to gain and lots to lose and she has a lot more resources than she. Tank is big, but he doesn’t talk to the media, so he is worthless as protection.
As for McCain, he is a worthless piece of dung. McCain, unlike Levi, has NO REASON to be afraid of Sarah. He would enhance his own reputation by just saying that yes, he MADE A MISTAKE. Instead, he keeps trying to protect his legacy by supporting Sarah when he knows she is not only incompetent, but actually dangerous to our country because of her lack of knowledge and lack of maturity.
I used to like McCain in a funny way even though I disagreed with his politics. Now, I have nothing but disdain for this shell of a man. He is no hero, he is a hypocrite.
Eye On You: Margaret Carlson stated clearly, in her interview with Keith Olbermann, that John Coale says ‘most’ of the legal bills have been paid.
No one has said all.
Hopefully that clears up your question.
Rob in CA – you know those folks who are writing a book on $arah & released the AIP campaign emails to CBS?????
I’m waiting for them to release MORE.
Seagull Junker Palin….I have been out of town for a couple of days and only read the most recent comments…is there a thread and comment number or news source for what you are talking about? I am, frankly, lost!
Rob – this was from a week ago – CBS released the emails that had $arah trying to tell Steve Schmidt of the McCain campaign that Todd mistakenly checked the AIP box on his registration. S. Schmidt responded via email very strongly.
I think there is so much more damaging to McCain, that he will lose any of the respect that is left.
AKM…when you get back…a couple of points….
First, we all are delighted you got away. Just don’t ever leave us again!
Just kidding…we survived but it was like quitting smoking. We are proud but it was very very tough….
Second. Many of us jumped over to the live chat when one person said the magic words….”live chat. now.” It was important, and special, and unique to this blog I think as we rallied around one of our own. I think there are a couple of lesson from that moment.
1. This really is a pretty special community. It is surprising, the strength of the connections we make as we casually chat day to day and start to recognize each other from not just our ‘names’, but our thought patterns and characters.
2. Live chat is underused. After the ‘crisis’, most of us stayed for two hours or more, not just waiting for an update but also just enjoying the chance to chat with each other in a different way. It was, I thought, quite intense and surprisingly rewarding in the complete comfort of our comraderie.
I think we would do well to have a regular live chat, or at least invoke the ‘live chat – now!’ call from time to time. I think…I hope…it was beneficial to JHop at the time…and I know without question that it was beneficial to all who participated.
Welcome back!
Rob
Seagull…of course! Thanks…I was temporarily brain dead from too much Sacramento sun today….
As for MORE releases…I agree. I can’t wait! I hope the McCain people fall all over themselves trying to lay the correct blame for the Palin fiasco. After McCain’s statement about Palin today….he only looks more foolish and less credible by the minute….
Article on KOS
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/12/752727/-Peggy-Noonan-Fears-The-Monster-Of-Her-Own-Making
From Turkana:
“Reagan elevated the theocrats, although he didn’t aggressively pursue their agenda. Both Bushes tried to use them, and W may even have shared their beliefs, but neither was going to sacrifice their political prospects on issues that weren’t widely popular. But Palin would, if given the chance. She’s the real deal. The extremists’ extremist, and just ignorant enough to believe what to the Noonans was just a game. Palin is an outsider. She is anti-intellectual, both in capacity and temperament. She wasn’t born to the party’s elite, and she is not their creation. And she can’t tell the difference between her party’s simplistic propaganda and actual verifiable reality. Because, to her, there is no difference!”
Oh that is a good diary….here’s the last sentance:
“Palin is the Republican Party’s dare: put up or shut up! Either way, the Republicans lose. Peggy Noonan is frightened. She should be.”
hi team. i am back.
rob – i totally agree about live chat
It’s late, everyone is asleep…that means JHop is awake…
i didnt realize that it was a “crisis” it sort of was, i guess. or just strange.
i am so tired, so everything is funny to me at this moment. i apologize for nonsensical comments. i am really punchy. but i did miss chatting with you all
SJP; Indeed, there is no difference. Chills.
Snoskred: thanks. You were great, and we weren’t too bad. Sweet dearie.
It sounded like a crisis to US….that is all. I know it wasn’t really one, in hindsight…or at least it appears not to be. But is was, as you say….creepy. That is crisis enough for those who showed up, I guess.
Some of us keep strange hours!!
its 1am, that is early for me!! i really have been up for about 2 whole days at this point. i have had to deal with the jo during the day. which has screwed me for work, schedule wise. so then i have been writing from like 3-7am. the next two weeks are going to be sort of nuts. then it will calm down again.
i am gving myself 2 hours to unwind, if i dont fall asleep by then. i have really dealt with her all day, i cant think about anything that requires my brain. that was probably one of the most brilliant statements i have ever made. and by brilliant, i mean it made no sense.
i am interested in reading this thread. it seemed like a good discussion was going on. i have not read anything onthe internet in about 2 days, so i truly apologize if repeat anything that was already mentioned.
Eye on You…I just reread your comment, and I retract my glib all-knowing reply. Now I get your point, and a good point it is….
oh CN i heart you.
email/PM me anyone, for the latest. but not tonight because i just cant talk about it now, my brain is dead. i want to read these 3 pages, be right back
You e me whenever.
Eye on You: if you are correct, and John Coale is telling the truth that the legal bills have been mostly paid off (and why in God’s name would he exaggerate THAT??)….then that means there is at least $250,000 available to Sarah to just distribute to her family members, if the trustee so deems….and there is also then the question of how those legal bills WERE paid off, and by whom????
Interesting, isn’t it? I wish I had so much interesting stuff going on in MY life, where there is NEVER any question as to where the money comes from, and no one ever claims that all the bills are paid!
can someone give me a brief update, just on whatever, the latest palin news, mudflats news, anything particular interesting or a thread i should read?
i am too behind to just read it all. but i feel lost, like i have missed important events or news or happenings! i really havent had time to play on the internet at all. and i sort of wanted to let the drama die down here a bit. i was, i dont know the right word…overwhelmed by the explosion of craziness. which i take responsibility for, so im sorry to you all.
i genuinely missed chatting. i have received the nicest PMs and emails from everyone. thank you all, for being so supportive. it has been amazing.
Rob,
Doesn’t everyone have a money tree in their backyard?
As far as GINO — SSDD — Same S**t, Different Day!!
With the little added flavor that she’s not particual in what party she campaigns for — Flip, Flop — as long as I guess they agree with what she stands for!!
Yearightsure — A Dem will invite her! That’s a good Joke!! Not even BlueDogs would be that stupid!!
Hi JHop….Nice to see you again!
Rob in Ca….no problem, but to be sure of exactly what Margaret said, I just relistened to what she said, and I have to admit I was surprised….
I’m transcribing what she stated, word for word…
I spoke with John Coale who started ..founded the Legal Defense Fund for Sarah Palin in Alaska and he says that most of her private legal bills that arose as a result of the children’s travel, the per deim, troopergate, were paid for out of the Legal Defense Fund, so she really doesn’t have any real out of pocket legal defenses…uh…I mean legal expenses.
I had not picked up on this before, but in reality this is saying that all those bills, the $10,000.00 (aprox) that she had to repay the state, the taxes on her per diem, the legal bills from those as well as from Troopergate were paid for already (mostly) from the Legal Defense Fund…..
JHop,
As a 61-year-old woman who has been in Boston getting a Master’s degree in my youth, I say to you, get some sleep, take vitamins, and Alasaka will still be here. All of this will still be here, although I understand your urgency. You are more important. Keep that in mind.
JHop…I seriously suggest you sleep first. Nothing (that I have seen) in the last 48 hours is earth-shattering. Just let it go, as I am doing momentarily, and get some rest.
‘Night, all!
Eye on you – great transcription.
So, how I read it is that the legal fees she incurred and “paid” according to Coale, were legitimate. From her ethical lapses.
Rob, I have a hard time believing that she got that much money in her legal defense fund that she has a quarter of a million dollars left after paying everything off. I mean her supporters ran that begathon for over a week and had it talked about everywhere and were only able to raise $130,000.00 and that is taking into account what people had donated before they even began that “begathon”.
Something just smells fishy here.
What I don’t get is why she has a legal defense fund, if the state is paying the alleged 1.9 million? She must have other legal problems that are out of the scope of the ethics complaints.
Or it’s just a scam……
Scam response to Polly
Wow. Great transcription, you guys are really good..I think we have a live one because we all know where the dead fish go…
She just always makes me sick. And that has never changed since August, 2008.
By the way, I post as “Just Me” at Diva’s site and I was the one who answered correctly and I was also guaranteed to get my question asked.
Wow, a scam. That would be incredibly bold and underhanded and illegal.
BTW – Bob Poe has made a few entries on the last blog.
A scam. Gosh, whodaguess’d?
This week in editorial cartoons from Jekyllnhyde @ KOS:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/7/8/750794/-iQuit:-For-Palin,-The-Hits-Just-Keep-on-Coming
“Mike Luckovich, Editorial Cartoonist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and echoing the sentiments of hundreds of his colleagues, issued the following statement of support upon hearing that Governor Sarah Palin (R-AK) had channeled boxer Roberto Duran in her “No Mas” Speech this past Friday from Wasilla, Alaska
“This is a very sad day for me and others in my profession. Never in the long history of editorial cartooning has so much been owed by so many to one person.”
i am catching up, but i assume you all have discussed this already since its on the mainpage of the huffpo. but palin is offering to stump for dems? wtf?
does she realize that not even goldfish or pandas want her to stump for them?
and does she think she is all of a sudden everyone’s best friend? when um no one likes her. period. anywhere. besides the those crazy weird groupies of hers. i think she has a complex, really. she has no sense of reality or perception. i have a degree in psychology and i dont even know what i would call her. crazy. crazy works. sort of like paula abdul.
but without memories of straight up or opposites attract. palin sucks.
i want to catch up. i have been saying this for about 40 minutes, but i am going to do it now.
Seagull Junker Palin,
Thanks for the compliment.
My personal take is that despite Palin’s claims to the contrary, she doesn’t have a half a million or more in legal debts. The majority has been paid off. She did not pay them out of pocket, they were paid from donations made to her Legal Defense Fund, if you believe what John Coale says.
Now her private legal bills will include her lawyers fees for all the Troopergate mess, her lawyers fees from the situation with Travelgate, and of course the money she had to repay the state , then there is the lawyers fees and tax money she had to pay from the per diem situation as well.
All of these can easily be considered her private legal fees, but even if they aren’t …let’s just say that when they say Legal Fee’s they are talking strictly about the lawyers fees….those other bills….the taxes on the per diem she collected, the repayment of the money to the state for her kids’ travel, that money owed can be paid for out of the Legal fund based on the way and wording of how the Legal Fund was set up.
I’m suddenly very curious though, because now we have a comment from within that NY Times article that says the Fund has generated $250,000.00 from donations. AND it says that this money cannot be touched due to the pending ethic’s complaint.
For me, this brings up lots of questions:
So…is that $250,000.00 what is left over after the private bills were paid? Is that the total sum of the donations to date?? If it is the total sum they why did John Coale say that the private legal bills had been mostly paid off from the Legal Fund money if it is basically frozen until the ethic’s complaint is resolved. If that is simply what is left over after the bills were paid, then how were they able to do that if the money is supposed to be “frozen”?
Has the ethic’s complaint been resolved and we just don’t know about it yet? If that is the case then why does Van Flein in his latest press release say give a list of the ethic’s complaints and lists the disposition of each and the one regarding the Legal Fund is listed as “pending”?
Isabella,
No. 1 — Levi is of age.
No. 2 — He can say no if he so chooses to appearing on Mike’s show
No. 3 — He has an Attorney
No. 4 — Tank and him are inseparable and I doubt he would be doing without have talked to Tank
No. 5 — He’s not your responsibility. Your choice would have been not to listen and not submit questions if you felt it wrong.
He’s doing live interviews on TV, interviews in magazines — so I miss your point of getting all up in arms as this is being played out on a blog.
CD appears to have had nothing to do with setting the appearance up. That was done by the Station/Producer. It looks like arrangements were made for CD to Live Blog and that’s where she asked for questions.
Jhop wrote: does she realize that not even goldfish or pandas want her to stump for them?
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And a huge crowd of 15 showed up at Letterman’s show to protest. She may have supporters, but they are too lazy to get out the door.
Eye – good questions.
Simplistically responding:
Maybe they paid some bills before the ethics complaint was filed? Now it’s on hold?
OR, very possibly, the fund did not generate much – only (!!!) 250K and it can’t be spent yet due to the ethics charge.
Maybe someone did give her a loan to pay off the legal fees – against the fund.
(payday loan)
Possible that the complaint was “settled” – we are the last to know when it does go against $arah……
Again, good questions….keep looking for the answers to appear.
Hoping AKM does a quick post to let us know she is home safe and sound (do I sound like a worried mom, or what?)
Sotomayor hearings start tomorrow, I am sending good vibes her way.
If Palin can only raise $250,000 (nationally), how does she expect to be of any benefit to candidate campaign fund-raisers? People may show up to watch her stump out for a free show, but won’t fork over any money.
I was over at the Alaska Fund Trust reading the trustee (Kristen Cole) statement about the Fund, namely that it was created to defend the integrity of the Alaska Governor’s Office from the onslaught of attacks. It includes her family and employees. So, if the Fund was designed to defend the Office of Governor, then doesn’t it have to stay in place to defend the next governor, just in case he has an onsalught of attacks, too?? The office of governor is different from defending Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska. (Who drafted that statement, anyway?)
Originally, John Coale gave an interview where he bragged that as soon as he launched the Fund, he got over $500,000. in donations. Now we read in the NY Times that they have $250,000. after paying legal expenses (and the travel expenses??). Once $arah leaves, is she still entitled to the use of the money when she is no longer governor? Those aren’t the terms.
As for the PAC– any idea what kind of money they have accumulated? I wonder how it compares to the growing war chests of some of the other presidential candidates? Jindal and Pawlenty are working very quietly to raise millions. I don’t think that $arah’s PAC can compete.
Seagull Junker Palin ~
It is enough to drive you crazy isn’t it? One or two comments drive a whole series of questions with no answers or explanations.
I don’t understand the discrepancy between the article and the interview (AFT and monies distributed or not). But one thing certain, the cost to the state was overstated, and I’d bet dollars to donuts that the personal legal bills were also (too).
Polly – $arah is POISON to any candidate other than secessionist Rick Perry. POISON. The $ Republicans will not let it happen.
Eye – yep!
Mae – $arahPac must release their #’s @ the end of July (I believe) I think it’s going to be a problem. What was raised may have already been spent on her trip to NY & Texas……OR it’s going to show that the State of AK paid for that trip. Ooooh boy -that should piss some people off….
I’m signing off – I highly recommend you go to the Daily Kos post I put up before – the editorial cartoons of the week. There are some great ones!!!
See ya tomorrow!!
Welcome back AKM!
mae lewis, those are great questions! will there be answers? probably not, but maybe the reason, this ethic complaint is still pending.
– But, I am getting tired, and so when I read this sentence, I really chuckled out loud: “So, if the Fund was designed to defend the Office of Governor, then doesn’t it have to stay in place to defend the next governor, just in case he has an onsalught of attacks, too??” — the “just in case he has an onslaught of attacks, too??”- for some reason that phrase makes me giggle…
JHop,
You asked for an update on the page before — I posted an answer. The only thing I mentioned was the bit about her campaigning for Dems!! Yearightsure!!
mae lewis
Great points and the biggest problem is that we have no way of knowing about any of it due to no regulation of this Fund. It was also set up with Sarah Palin listed and not just “The Governor”, so no one else or no other Governor can use any of these funds. JHop went over it before and gave a basic rundown and the whole thing is very hinky. After Palin leaves office watch for them to dissolve the fund and reestablish another one to allow for access from the “Ex-Governor”.
See the problem I have with all this is the fact we have different people giving wildly different answers as to how much that Fund has gotten. The answers vary from the $250,000. that Kristian Cole says to the half a million or more that John Coale says….
We should be able to find out exactly how much the PAC has gotten by the end of this month. Last day for for collecting in the quarter was June 30th and they have 30 days to file the report. I check it periodically to see if they have filed early, but so far nothing.
mae,
According to an article I read the other day, the Pac has to file June 30 disclosing the funds received.
Isabella- I understand that you are upset with Levi’s appearances (and some of our apparent interest in his appearances), but this is the choice that Levi made for himself. (You do understand that he chose NOT o appear on the Mike Method show, but rather be whisked off to national TV? If he makes a few bucks, good on him….heaven knows Sarah ain’t gonna share none with the father of her grandchild!
Sorry you are so upset about this…but Levi is the one making the decisions to do the interviews, etc. ….so you propose we don’t watch or listen???
Missed you AKM!!! If anything major happened in Alaska while you were gone, I wouldn’t know…..you are my “link” to all the latest “goin ons”.
Hope you had a restful weekend!
So there is at story at adn.com that Sarah is jumping back into national politics including giving a speech in a hanger where a retired Air Force One is housed. But she is quitting for the betterment of Alaskans. HAH!
I haven’t seen this posted yet but found it modestly entertaining: Rep. Doogan’s farewell to Palin. It’s his typical sardonic style but directed at “Alaska’s First Quitter” this time.
“It’s left a lot of people wondering why she did it. I don’t really know. But she doesn’t have a lot of political experience, and it may just be that she found she didn’t like the job very much. There’s plenty not to like. Toxic bloggers. Idiotic ethics complaints. Legislators. Citizens actually expecting you to make decisions. Set policies. You know, govern. It’s no day at the beach.
Maybe she thought politics would be more fun. Or more ennobling. Or more something cool. I guess no one ever told her the one about making laws or sausage.”
Read the rest of his missive at Syrin’s blog below:
http://syrin.vox.com/library/post/doogan-bids-adieu-to-palin.html
Gramiam — actually, she is an ice queen. Jardis of Charn, who later becomes the White Witch in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. And during her reign, it is always winter but never christmas. And anyone who displeases her gets turned into a statue. Pronto. With a wave of her hand.
But before Jardis gets to Narnia and becomes the White Witch (by eating a forbidden apple from the Tree of Immortality, it is quite a story and very well told in the prequel The Magician’s Nephew), she spends a little time at the Wood Between the Worlds. This is a very peaceful place and Jardis almost ends up there. Except that she doesn’t. I think it would be a good place for Miss Sarah.
State of Minnesota Spending Details Go Online
“Fresh details on how the state of Minnesota spends its money are now just a mouse click away.
The Transparency and Accountability Project Web site allows anyone with an Internet connection to look up state expenditures on everything from information technology to new Fords.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty demonstrated the site at a Capitol news conference.”
http://wcco.com/topstories/online.spending.details.2.968991.html
Does Alaska have a TAP website also, too?
“Uncle Jay Explains” has a lot to say about Sarah Palin this week. Hilarious!
http://unclejayexplains.com/
To EyeonYou @ #167
…why did John Coale say that the private legal bills had been mostly paid off from the Legal Fund money if it is basically frozen until the ethic’s complaint is resolved. If that is simply what is left over after the bills were paid, then how were they able to do that if the money is supposed to be “frozen”?
Exactly! Really important questions!
BTW, wasn’t there discussion here just a few days ago—arising from Margaret Carlson on KO—about whether Coale in fact set up the Alaska Fund Trust in addition to SarahPAC? Well, the NYT article repeats that claim: Coale did help set up the legal defense fund.
Re whether the Palins’ personal legal bills have been paid or not, did anyone else notice how she seemed to downplay (relatively speaking, for the Whiner) their importance in her “fishing” interview with Andrea Mitchell? Listen about 2 minutes in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbmmiSoMG8o&feature=related
When asked about their personal debt, SP referred to it as “a bit distracting” and “just one aspect” of why she quit, but she went on and on about the “thousands and thousands” of wasted state hours yada yada yada. Sounds to me like she knows she won’t be out a single penny and doesn’t want to encourage direct questions regarding the subject. Ugh, what a grifter.
Michigander!
Thank you! You reminded me *just* in time.
Regarding Palin’s statement that she is willing to campaign for dems or repub.
has a two-fold meaning.
1. She is trying to expand her base. She knows she can’t win with her small right-wing base, so she is trying to appear bipartisan.
2. Palin is saying that she is an equal opportunity money grabber. Does anyone think she is planning on making these speeches for free? Of course not…..money talks. She is saying that if you got the cash…..she’s got the time.
Yes, she will campaign for anyone who thinks she’s right. Wow, that’s really inspiring. /s
We still don’t know what her “ideas” are, because those she claims are not how she governed (smaller govt, etc). If anyone is a socialist, it is she. I have no problem with that, except that she campaigns with claims of small govt and accusations that Obama and Dems are socialists.
Is it laughable that she is offering her poison “help” to Dems now? Is this a a big plan to off her on the Democrats?
Thanks, but no thanks….
HI
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I’m going stealthy with my screen name DrChill
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Thanks so much!
I just read Palins piece in the WaPo and she has really got steamed…She out there telling how we feel in Ak….slamming Obama like she thinks she has a clue. I don’t even think she wrote the damn thing.
I meant she really has gotten me steamed as in steaming mad.