So Long, Sarah. The Governor’s Picnic in Anchorage.
Well, it was an interesting day at the zoo. And what a zoo it was!
I showed up at the Governor’s picnic a little bit early, and was quite amazed at the number of people who were there to bid farewell to the soon-to-be-ex governor. The thing I hadn’t counted on, I realized as I was walking the half mile from the first open parking place to the picnic grounds, was the tourists. Flocks of Lower 48ers had shown up with big smiles and cameras waiting for their chance to say hello.
Palin’s speech was, in a word, non-existant. You can see it in its entirety above courtesy of fellow traveler ‘frsbdg’. I’ll have more posted later, but right now I’m headed off to join Shannyn Moore on the Shannyn Moore Show for a Screen Door Saturday Special!
I’ve got lots of pictures coming. Here’s one that made me laugh.
Ooh! Royal purple today, for the Queen!
You don’t want to know what was in that hot dog!
And she used the “big” Bumpit! She went all out!
Where’s her wedding ring?
Barf!
oh my doesn’t she look so royal in her little purple queens jacket. Bye sarah palin.
I see someone finally told Palin to keep a glove on at least ONE hand while she was serving food.
The Health Department?
From the NYTimes:
Hoboken Mayor’s Quick Fall From Reformer to Defendant
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May the same happen to the Gov Iquitarod.
Ou est Todd?
Hey guys, the live chat is open for anyone who would like to join in and celebrate Screen Door Saturday and listening to Shannyn live
You can access the chat via the forums, there is a link in the top right hand corner – if you have forgotten your password see this post –
http://www.themudflats.net/forum/index.php/topic,5322.0.html
Sephyroth and I will be there to keep the peace and kick the trolls..
Big Bumpit, check.
Royal purple, check.
Glove for serving food, check.
Waiting for the full report!!
Uhhhh… where is the corsage… or is that for the Formal tomorrow..?
And is the red-shirt behind her Ivy Frye…’ the babysitter ‘..?
I think someone said she was a blonde.
Nope, that’s not Ivy Frye. Ivy has a bobbed haircut. That person seems to be a mystery person, but she looks rather as if she is in “bodyguard mode” in all of the photos we have seen.
Although, could it be Sharon Leighow or Karen Rehfeld? Aren’t they spokespeople for the gov?
According to Palin, Alaskans enjoy a lot of freedoms. But there appears to be just one wee exception — they’re not free to question their governor’s actions. Sorry, that freedom must not be what our military is fighting for!
No ring + No Todd = ruh roh !!
Dang , I hate when s^*t like that happens…………Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha !!
Eddie burke is blaming Diva, Shannyn for security at the picnic!
He just tweeted this:
RT @reeshman just minutes from an evening of Progressive discussion on SMART RADIO am700 KBYR.//call in and hate bac 907-274-529712 minutes ago from web
A-hole!
You know she didn’t want to be there. If she can’t use her kids for a prop, there’s always the military. She was in a hurry to serve up those frankfurts.
It was an ICKnic!
Crystal Wolf….
Discusting so much sec is needed bcas of ppl lik Linda biegel,Shannon Moore and all Palin haters. it’s not the Alaska i no #palin #tcot #sgp
12 minutes ago from web
RT @reeshman just minutes from an evening of Progressive discussion on SMART RADIO am700 KBYR.//call in and hate bac 907-274-5297
17 minutes ago from web
Socialist communist Palin haten discussion to begin on http://www.kbyr.com in a few minutes #palin #freedom #teaparty #sgp
18 minutes ago from web
Soon to be Gov Parnell was there dishing up bergers along with Gov Palin #tcot #sgp #palin
21 minutes ago from web
Gov picnic nice.2 much security thks to hater-bloggers like Linda Biegel, Andree McLeod. Gov very nice and n good spirits #tcot #sgp #palin
22 minutes ago from web
That blond gal looks like a pic I’ve seen of Track’s gf. I also heard she has a state job…personal assistant to someone.
please someone post the link for p. radio.
Looks like she couldn’t wait to get of the stage.
The Unspeakable in profferment of the Inedible.*
*with profound apologies to Oscar Wilde
Crystalwolf or EyeOnYou
can you get a screen capture of all that dreck?
It just seems like a good idea at the moment.
thanks,
Nan
That bumper hair and face made me think of this………
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVa1T9N62hQ
Nan~
All taken care of !!!
Nan –
Eye and cali got it covered. Believe it.
see……..
What’s up with the blue glove? Is she going to perform a medical procedure, and she’s got those forceps ready to go.
Good heavens. Don’t the security people have something better to do than waste their time and the public’s money? Progressives are capable of rational discussion, so they don’t need to resort physical threats. That paranoia from the right has to be from the projection of their own bad behavior.
She could add that picture to her resume’ along with the one with waders.
The chat seems to be down?
I have checked back thru recent photos and I haven’t seen a wedding ring but then the photos weren’t the best either.
Sorry guys it looks like the chat crashed – the internets happen sometimes.
Try again in a little bit, see if it works again..
Would I lie to you, watch me walking out the door, lolololol!
I was just reading up on Palin’s Wikipedia page, and noticed that there is nothing on that page about the Alaska Fund Trust.
There’s a bare-bones mention of SarahPAC, but not this “not-so-legal” defense fund that really isn’t a defense fund.
I wonder if anyone here would be able to update that page. I have an account, but I don’t consider myself knowledgeable enough to try. Any volunteers?
(I’m going to mention this at a couple of the other blogs, too)
There’s another post up – for live chat!
Of Shannyn’s show
Palin has never needed security from progressives or blogger, or progressive bloggers as none of them have ever threatened Her life.
However, I think that Shannyn, CD, and other bloggers have legitimate nees of security, since Palin supporters have no qualms at all about expressing violence while wrapped up in their hatreds.
Perhaps someone should question Burke about when he last heard a liberal blogger threaten Palin, and then point out how often he and others have sullied the reputations and very lives of those who disagree with him and his ilk.
I think someone on Blow Pop Palin said the blond girl was Britta Hanson.
Love the pic AKM
I think you’re right, nswfm CA.
Cajun Boy in the City had a link to a JPG of her with Palin back in 2007
http://www.juneauempire.com/images/031407/16694_500.jpg
Story at http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/031407/sta_20070314014.shtml
not that it should matter, but you are MUCH better looking than Sarah Palin and a zillion times smarter and that is why you intimidate them so much….the right loved Sarah when they thought she was a puppet like Bush, but she too “maveriky ” to be controlled so she will be dumped
You are the best !
don’t underestimate the state of the economy, joblessness, homelessness etc for the long lines for food. I saw many who appeared to be waiting for a much needed meal and am glad the gov finally did something for them.
I didn’t go but saw the news tonight and didn’t see any protests of any kind. Myself included we should have been there, in numbers showing how displeased as a city we are. Democrats always wuss out. Democrats as a whole are pleasers and Republicans kick our asses because of it. The national news is saying the state of Alaska is sad to see her go. Oh well
I think a lot of the people in those food lines were hungry. There is a recession, many out of work, homelessness and a free meal during this economy may be just as big a draw to many as the out going princess in chief.
Tons of Secret Service, FBI, DHS, ATF, I worked the event as well ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjtq0OSCbSg ).
Feeling burnt right now I was there 8-5 BUT I got a smile, hand shake, direct eye contact and a big “thank you” from SP when she was all done and whisked away into what-ever they were driving.
“She” has surprisingly soft hands……
Long time lurker (oct. 2008).
AKM, Jon Stewart,ShaynnenMoore, R. Maddow, K. Olbermann, HuffPo and the other lovely AL Bloggers have kept my sanity in check. My curtseys(sp) and fist bumps to the “Real Americans”!
The lovely commentors on AKM… what can I say besides thank you for all the love y’all put into your research, dedication to spiriting-out: the “evil-fucks” …whoops meant to say; dedication to spiriting – out the “evil-grifters” that we all have to “beware” of in every state.
How will be the first to begin a “Lobbyist-grift-blog?
Can’t wait. (Insurance Mafia is sweating bullets along with the “C-Street crowd… Go Racheal Maddow!!!! ) XOXO to the Americans. peace
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Saw this on the ground.
funny palin should choose red shirts for her ‘employees’ them there wearin’ at this picnicky shindig
Gee, who in the history books preferred purple?
Hmmm, so the abdicating “GINO” sees herself as an empress/PAGAN GOD-LOVER?
Just wondering.
$arah is as classy as Caligula (sp).
Feral with brains to match.
@ProfessorGeezer Ou est Todd?
Indigestion @ just the name… urp, of the ex-dude, urp, (toads, turds and ‘the first…Urp dud…urp.. )
What will be the 1st Dude’s (urrp) Official Title now?
OK–I was busy live blogging on the other thread, but I have to say this:
With ABSOLUTELY no offense intended to the deaf, I found that the woman doing the sign language interpretation of Sarah made more sense to me than hearing XGINO’s word salad!
In her speech she said there was a prayer at the official Government sponsored picnic. Government sponsored prayers are not appropriate.
So did everyone enjoy Sarah’s Quitnic?
lol Quitnic, very funny, and very clever.
Quitnic, Qivit,Quitterberry. All great new words I have learned. I would have signed up to join in the chat but it is not working.
I am looking forward in the future to chatting with some Palinites, haha!
The Quitnic looked pretty lame, I don’t see a need for security. Come on, is there really Secret Service up there?
I wish the chatroom was fixed, it wouild be nice to chat.
I have found a way around the live chat for now –
http://www.mibbit.com/chat/
put your mudpuppy name in where it says Nick
put in #themudflats where it says channel
click on go
you should find us.
she has the same expression on her face as I have on mine when someone says her name…
I agree that the bloggers in Alaska need the protection much more than Ms Palin does she has told people to go after them in so many words,Kind of like she did at her VP rallies where she let hate messages go by.At least she has protection the progressive bloggters do not.
The pictures of people with guns and holsters that are not law enforcement remind me of when I played cowboys and indians or cops and robbers LOL.Why any one needs to walk around like that is beyond me except to show how big they think they are
I posted this over at the ADN comments, but thought I’d preach it to “the choir” here at The Flats, too. I should know better than to try to listen to Palin’s speeches, they make me crazy, and I have to respond somewhere!
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Sadly, being a Palin supporter doesn’t require “meaning” or logic. She throws out a barrage of buzzwords like “true patriot”, “freedom” & “liberty” like a weapon against those other, liberal, (thinking and questioning) people – the people that the neocons like to disparage as the “elite”. But you know what? Intelligence, oversight, and demanding accountability from our government leaders does not constitute “elitism”. In fact, while the neocons like to claim that they (exclusively) are the standard-bearers for America and all it stands for, quite the opposite seems to be the case. Those “Liberal Elites” seem to be the REAL “real patriots” – the ones that are standing up and fighting for the tenets upon which our country was founded. America was built on a foundation of open government, freedom of the press, checks & balances, and personal responsibility to question leaders and to call them to task for breaches of law and ethics. These are all the things that Ms. Palin has waged holy war on her detractors for doing. So who are the “real” Americans here? Clearly not Palin, who seeks to obstuct open government & undermine the real meaning of “freedom” and “patriotism” at every turn.
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Funny, the KTUU newscaster was on-scene in Fbks, covering the preparations for the Ghastly Guv’s Final Debacle. She said “One thing’s for sure – tomorrow, all eyes will be on Palin”. But it sounded for all the world like she said “All LIES will be on Palin”. How prophetic. Hmm… Freudian slip, or a little Independence Day Eve kharma?
I read the following comment on a YouTube compilation video of some SP ’stuff’ { http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrzXLYA_e6E }. It chuckled me. Greatly. beth.
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“Her train of thought runs smoother than laxative!” ~ hiscraft
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@47 anadventurer Says:
“Tons of Secret Service, FBI, DHS, ATF, I worked the event as well ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjtq0OSCbSg ).
“Feeling burnt right now I was there 8-5 BUT I got a smile, hand shake, direct eye contact and a big “thank you” from SP when she was all done and whisked away into what-ever they were driving.
“She” has surprisingly soft hands……”
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We understand. Our daughter and son-in-law provided security with Minneapolis PD for the GOP national convention in St. Paul when Palin accepted the nomination. Our son-in-law got the coveted job of guarding her hotel room. He was very impressed with her — in fact (much to my dismay), they both voted for her.
You had a job to do.
Our kids also got assigned by Mpls PD to do security for the inauguration. They brought us back souvenirs … our commemorative baseball cap with the embroidered BO signature made it through the Eagle Flood, and it will always be a keepsake. So guess the kids did OK after all.
They said there were almost NO problems during the inaugural parade. There was just one guy who tried to jump over a barricade, but he was whisked off so fast that no one even noticed. It was incredibly well organized and carried out.
I don’t know if anyone picked up on her “token” comment regarding the gift of the flag commerative?
word.
Secret Service does not provide security for a state event.
The only reason the “feds” would have been there would be to monitor fringe elements. ie. AIP. Seriously.
where is her wedding ring? where is todd? where is bristol? what kind of family affair is this?
what time is the blessed Last Picnik? WHen does she hand over the sacred BB? Can Newt tutor her and keep his eyes where they belong? Does she still want to hunt down Mittens? Can she shuck with Huck? Does Rudy have TWO more tix to a Yankees game? Will she take on the MSC (Mainstream Comedians) again? Can French Canadien radio show guys punk her again? Will SNL ever be the same? How many R’s will have her help fundraise? How many D’s?
Bottom line, the world doesnt revolve around Katie Couric. Her ratings are down too…
TWO more tickets to a Yankees game, sjk?
Why, didn’t $arah The Truther tell us herself that Willow The Invisible was at the last one?
One would think that at least three tickets would be needed, for $arah, Toddy, and $arah’s Invisible Friend.
Anyone notice she is not wearing a weeding ring? hmm
Prominent Alaskans in politics, and their reactions to Palin’s resignation…. might be good to pass on the link
http://www.ktuu.com/global/Story.asp?s=10772740