And the Twit Goes On.
18 07 2009
7 days and counting. One week from today, Sarah Palin will join the ranks of national political celebrities and finally leave our poor little state alone. Then, she’ll be everyone’s problem – bursting through cracked doors with abandon, electrifying the base, talking to Fox News at will, raking in gobs of money, and … opening a new Twitter account.
That’s right, soon-to-be-ex-governor Sarah Palin herself has told us, through her communications medium of choice, Twitter, that she can’t wait until July 26 when she steps down from her position as governor, so she can stop being so darn “politically correct” when she tweets.
AKGovSarahPalin [snip]10 dys til less politically correct twitters fly frm my fingertps outside State siteabout 11 hours ago from TwitterBerry
OK, that last image was not actually part of her tweet. It’s just what came to my mind when she used the “flying from her fingertips” analogy.
But, she did stand in front of a crowd and say “screw political correctness” just a few short weeks ago. So now we have confirmation that the measured, sensible, oh-so-buttoned-down Sarah Palin that you’re used to … the one who is all soft-spoken and professional…will be outta here one week from today. Without the shackles of the state, we will witness the beginning of a new era - “Sarah Unfiltered,” where the only one reining her in will be the filterless SarahPAC mouthpiece Meg Stapleton. And even she can’t get between her boss and the Blackberry at 2am.
There is not enough popcorn in the world.
The second-tier support staff also seems to be gearing up lately, with mouthpiece in training Ivy Frye having already cast aside the filters, tweeting with abandon about “haters” who are following her tweets, and “bad” bloggers. Yes, I am one. (I place my hand on my heart and take a humble bow)
July 19th, 2009 at 10:46 AM
UK Lady — You beat me! lol Are you following the Cee4Pee tweets (not the real site)? They’re hilarious.
July 19th, 2009 at 10:46 AM
I hope all AK mudpuppies go & break into “Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Goodbye”, just like at sporting events & that somebody does a youtube, it
would get a million hits!
July 19th, 2009 at 10:47 AM
One more time…….her twitters are nonsensical. And then you put them in context to the author. UGH
July 19th, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Closet Mudpup – She’s freaking bonkers! She needs what austintx calls a twittervention.
Saw the Cee4Pee site earlier – damn funny.
What on earth is $P gonna be like when the chains are off? The tweets will be shocking.
July 19th, 2009 at 10:57 AM
130 zyggy Says:
July 19th, 2009 at 10:00 AM
I read some where that Gov of AK can’t accept money outside of what they make from their salary? Did I just misread this? Reason I’m asking is because of the book deal, and the money she’ll get from it. She would have to wait until her term was up? If not then not a problem, but if true, then she planned to leave the office as soon as the book deal was signed.
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Well, my understanding is that governors and all AK elected (and appointed?) officials have to disclose what money and gifts they and their family receive. What the governor cannot do is have another JOB (because it would conflict with time one should spend governing). So the question would be, is writing a book considered a JOB?
I believe that either Van Flein or the Personnel Board came out, when the deal was signed, with a pre-fab “No, she’ll be writing it in her spare time all on her home computer and it’s not really a job anyway so don’t even think of filing an ethics complaint you haters, you” statement.
That being said, I absolutely agree that when she saw the amount of what her first advance would be and knew she’d have to disclose it if she was still governor, that was one of the main factors that tipped her decision to quit. Why fight it, when you have a contract for something that you are presumably guaranteed to make at least 10 times what you make as Gov. of Alaska? I can’t say that in the same circumstances, I wouldn’t have quit either.
But at lease I would have been honest about my reasons – admitted I WAS too thin-skinned for politics, admit that I COULD have done a better job for the citizens of Alaska and that I hope my lt. gov. and future govs. of the state will do so.
If she’d given that speech, in a non-wheezy way, I’d have had some respect for her.
July 19th, 2009 at 10:58 AM
128 & 138 “The wheels of justice grind slowly but exceedingly fine”
She’ll get hers, no need to waste any time or effort wishing for it, it will happen.
July 19th, 2009 at 10:59 AM
118 Terpsichore Says: July 19th, 2009 at 9:27 AM
“The Lady is a Tramp” was written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart for … some old musical whose name eludes me.
It’s from “Babes In Arms” originally. Sinatra also sang it in the movie “Pal Joey”, which is why it’s probably familiar…
July 19th, 2009 at 11:05 AM
When G.W.Bush was all “Yee-Haw! We’re gonna kick their butts!” about a preemptive war with Iraq, I remember having this same disgusted feeling that I have about Sarah. His attitude and hers are completely inappropriate.
This should be a somber time, a time for serious reflection, a time for apology. Instead we get “Yippee! I can hardly wait 10 more days to cut loose on Twitter!”
I read once where an acting class was instructed to act convincingly crazy and most took turns behaving wildly, pulling their hair, contorting their bodies, and screaming.
Afterwards, the instructor showed them how behaving inappropriately was a chilling way to demonstrate insanity: She took an object representing the head of John the Baptist and treated it like a cute little puppy, talked baby talk to it, stroked it, and cuddled it.
July 19th, 2009 at 11:07 AM
That’s it! “Sarah Unfiltered” – The name for her new reality show!
Now that’s one reality show I might just watch in a passing by a very bad traffic accident with lots of fire trucks and ambulances with lights flashing everywhere kind of way.
July 19th, 2009 at 11:08 AM
2 more twits already I can’t even be bothered to post them, she is just freaking nuts.
New thread BTW.
July 19th, 2009 at 11:13 AM
SOMEBODY PLEASE
Show up at the governor’s picnic with a screen door and get a picture of Sarah with it after her resignation becomes official.
It would also be nice to get a pdf of her official signed resignation letter – suitable for framing. That should be an official state document available upon request from the State of Alaska.
July 19th, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Well, apparently the “NAME THAT PARTY!” thread has been closed for possible poll entries.
Darn…I came up with this one as a parting shot
ARSE party: Arrogantly Righteous Self-serving Egotists party…
Rats…
As for SP’s twitting, I guess they’ll be plenty of things to use for various polls/parties in the future. Aren’t we all so lucky???
July 19th, 2009 at 11:28 AM
chuck tatum Says:
It would also be nice to get a pdf of her official signed resignation letter – suitable for framing. That should be an official state document available upon request from the State of Alaska.
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Oh hell yeah !!
July 19th, 2009 at 11:31 AM
#153 How about Sarah Unplugged” you know “that’s not how I’m wired”, etc….
July 19th, 2009 at 11:39 AM
austin and chuck tatum-
I don’t go ‘there’ but a friend who does says they have an ‘easy-to-read’
version of her resig. speech. A must read they say…
July 19th, 2009 at 11:40 AM
“Time DOES fly! Work hard so u can genuinely enjoy every recreation minute! Avoid time spent tearing down, whining, complaining;WORK & ENJOY
4 minutes ago from TwitterBerry”
Eight tweets in 3 hours? That’s … one every 22.5 minutes on average.
Say, maybe 5 minutes to compose and send each one, that’s … 40 minutes.
So, she got out of “moving house’ chores for … nearly 25% of that 3 hours.
Way to work hard.
As for the rest, it boggles my mind how much she can get wrong – grammatically, ideolgically, factually (in re: her own behavior) – and to top it off comes off sounding like some preprogrammed android, spitting out mindless catchphrases.
If time permits, my rant about ‘hard work’ will be forthcoming, but probably not today. It’s not specific to Sarah but a general rant about work and people’s perceptions – it’s absolutely why some people are registered Republicans and call themselves Conservatives and they simply will not listen to the other ‘liberal’ side, and these are just the kind of people Sarah Palin is poised to court.
July 19th, 2009 at 11:41 AM
I can’t make heads nor tails of the BTQ’s tweets. Is that a good thing?
July 19th, 2009 at 11:47 AM
#160 Yes, that’s a very good thing. Otherwise your first language wouldn’t be english. Although, you would be fluent in palinese/wordsalad…you decide…
July 19th, 2009 at 12:12 PM
Since $arah is so fond of using quotations, here is one for her:
“Defeat does not finish a man, quitting does. A man is not finished when he is defeated. He’s finished when he quits.”-Richard M. Nixon
Both President Nixon and Vice President Agnew resigned in disgrace. I decided to look up other famous quitters to see if they were more memorable in their exit. When King Edward gave up his throne for the woman he loved, he was poetic (not twitter poetic). General Douglas MacArthur, when fired by President Truman, gave his famous “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away” speech. Boxer Roberto Duran said it best and to the point when he said, “No mas!” And, Nixon gave another famous press conference much earlier in his career when he warned the reporters, “You won’t have Nixon to kick around any more.”
Next week end, it will be $arah’s turn to read her final speech as governor, and this will be her chance to shine in the Quitters Hall of Fame. I think that we should all pitch in and help her by suggesting a memorable quote that will echo throughout the ages, such as: “$how me the money!” “You can kiss my grits,” and “Also, I’m gonna git goin’ now, too.”
July 19th, 2009 at 12:39 PM
I got a quote for sarah……….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4tWZNxnABk
July 19th, 2009 at 12:45 PM
The Tom Tomorrow cartoon says it all.
July 19th, 2009 at 1:47 PM
She’s all for screwing political correctness when it’s about race and bigotry. But if it’s about the sexual activity of her teenager, or god forbid her sacred DS child, then suddenly she’s doing her grizzly imitation. What a bloody hypocrite.
July 19th, 2009 at 2:04 PM
How long will it take her to discover that money can’t buy sanity and peace?
July 19th, 2009 at 3:23 PM
Didn’t Sinatra do “Lady is a Tramp” back in the good ol’ days?
AND… this twittering NEEDS to find some substance! Does ANYone even care about Piper’s K-garten crap?????
It’s going to get better after next weekend… I can just TELL!
July 19th, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Wonder if she found an empathy belly in one of the closets?
July 19th, 2009 at 4:03 PM
You are all just too good! LOL! Thanks.
July 19th, 2009 at 4:26 PM
You are all so smart and funny. Love the site.
July 19th, 2009 at 4:27 PM
and vs. the Twit class
July 19th, 2009 at 5:13 PM
twit’s latest tweet: “Juneau I’m an idiot?”
Yes. We. Do.
July 19th, 2009 at 5:15 PM
If someone would give Gov Quittypants; a lesson on semi-colon useage; I’d be really happy; Seriously; it’s painfull;
July 19th, 2009 at 5:39 PM
twitocrite. using her State BB for personal ADVERTISING and the lamest duck EVER.
July 19th, 2009 at 6:12 PM
she twits the tweet but can she parlay the poop?
July 19th, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Well, maybe this will help y’all here – it’s a smiley group hug. http://www.pic4ever.com/images/grouphugg.gif
After all, if AK does go bluer (at least more purply), it’s good….
Once SP is gone, it’s better….
If Parnell doesn’t turn into a toady replica of SP, it’s the best thing for AK, at least til next governor’s election.
July 19th, 2009 at 6:14 PM
Whoops – wrong post for #183…
July 19th, 2009 at 6:31 PM
I wonder if she will lambast McCain with her tweets even though he finally came out with his strongest statement yet of continued support for his babalicious mavericky choice of a VP loser.
July 19th, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Karin in CT-#180; out of the corner of my eye, thought that was a reference to colonic problems/Gov. –ittypants! Must be all the news about the astronauts plumbing problems…..
July 20th, 2009 at 1:39 PM
Am I the only one who thinks Sarah Palin has had a emotional and/or mental breakdown? Her behavior is becoming more and more erratic and unstable. I heartily dislike her politics and her ethics but she appears to be in need of serious psychiatric help, now!