Open Thread – ZZZZZZ.
It’s been a non-stop busy day since early this morning.
I’ve been working on a wrap-up post about the governor’s picnic, but I’ve nodded off twice while typing it, so it’s going to have to wait until tomorrow.
It’s Abdication Eve here in AK, and at 2pm, the clock will strike, and we’ll begin a new era.
But for now, I’m making the long climb up the stairs…
Night Mudglatters! Enjoy the open tread. (yawn)
Night AKM
Sarah, we hardly knew ye
Yaawn, pass it on … yawn.
Sleep tight AKM.
So I heard a little about how S.P. was famous in Wasilla and yet Anchorage had less “supporters” .. Is that why the Wasilla folk got the weiners (the cheapest food you can feed a crowd with) and a roll outta bed sweatshirt get up and Anchorage got the purple queen jacket and beehive, wind swept look and Moose Burgers?
Dunno.. if I was a Wassilian.. I’d be a little peeved.. shouldn’t they get the special treatment since she was raised there?
I guess the picnic today (with all the media fan fare) we will see her this time fancy shirt , fancy hair, fancy food and this time she will be doning a skirt and some fancy heels..
Those she thinks she has under her thumb (Wasilla) you can see where her heart is.. eh not much respect. But.. when she is out to woo she sparks up the appearance. Wonder if Fairbanks will see a rebirth of the hair extensions as well.. she’s transparent alright.. but not in a good way
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Was thinking about why her base makes my head spin
(well those that I meet in real life and those on blogs.. think the PeePee’s)
Sarah Palin is either a tough as nails sock it to ‘em kindof down home gal that isn’t afraid to throw a few punches
She may say some harsh things from time to time.. may not be the most honest politician but hey! it’s all politics! Gotta do what you gotta do..
One tough lady!! Go Sarah .. go Sarah
Or
She is a servant heart humble bible thumpin’ lover of her family and all that is good in this world… Any bad media is a misinterpretation of the loving woman she truly is and is evil and spins things.. How can anyone not see what a most precious soul she is? Go Sarah…
See where it gets mind boggling is they try to join these two! One story and they are hootin and hollering about her grit… another story is all about how she doesn’t deserve this!
Sarah is two faced (and neither face is genuine) … and in order to support her one must go back and forth between these two views of her which doesn’t connect
Sweet dreams, AKM – and all the other Mudflatters who stayed up late!
So I was thinking about why I find S.P.’s “base” mind boggling
From people I meet in real life and writings on blogs (think the Peer’s)
They either see Sarah as a tough as nails home grown girl not afraid to put up a fight to defend what is right. She’s got spirit and drive .. may say some kindof harsh vindictive things from time to time.. or eh perhaps she isn’t the most honest politician out there but hello! you gotta do what you gotta do.. she is a fighter.. woot! Sarah!
the other
She is a humble meek servant hearted family means the world to her lady. She has a huge heart and just spreads love. People can’t see it.. they pick her to death! The media and liberals are evil spin the truth… she is an angel from heaven. Why can’t the rest of the world see??? She loves kids, disabled people, the poor soldiers, she loves Jesus!
The mindboggling part comes in when they try to mesh the two “personalities” The only way they can do it and still follow her because she “portrays” both (neither persona is genuine)
sorry LAST! i promise
Fat fingers clicked before I finished
When I say “mesh” the personalities I mean when one article on her comes out they defend her by saying the girl’s got GRIT! Go get ‘em Cuda Grizzly girl!
Then another comes out and their defense is… What is it with the media?? She is a kind hearted soul and doesn’t deserve this!!! Leave her alone! Poor Sarah.. I wanna hug her so bad. Let me pray for her
What is she .. a turn the other cheek true Christian or an Annie Get your Guns and fight til’ there is blood?
wayney – It will be interesting to see how she dresses and behaves today. Maybe some fancy pageant walking, eh? The Anchorage purple queen costume sure rubbed me the wrong way. CNN advertised live coverage for Fairbanks so I will be watching.
Hope AKM is getting some well deserved rest. Anyone know if she was planning on going to Fairbanks? I thought she said she was in an earlier thread.
Omigawd – the MSM is doing it again and using her tweets as mini press releases ! Norah O’Donnell’s in Fairbanks and they led off the segment using the ” 7 hr rd trip w/ kids and country music” tweet. Gak! Then they had clips from the Wasilla and Anchorage picnics and THEN they added :
“And NBC has learned that Sarah Palin has raised more than One Million Dollars through her political action committee. ”
and some commentator said that she shouldn’t be ruled out because the polls are showing her doing well.
I just woke up and she’s already made me tired.
Saw a picture of Sarah at the Wasilla picnic carrying a copy of Mike Levin’s Liberty Tyranny. The person who posted the picture was trying to point out what a great choice of reading material Palin had picked. My first thought was who would take a book to picnic where you are the hostess and there are hundreds of people in attendance. I think it was Sarah’s attempt to show off…look I can and do read. Bet she hasn’t even opened it.
Also, according to Alaska Ear the Sp and the Tp are moving to Long Island. Sorry, NY…just reporting what I read. Seems like an odd choice tho for someone who is such a maverick.
Hate to sound this snarky, but is she going to wear the multi-purple of royalty again?
2 lynnrockets Says: July 26th, 2009 at 2:56 AM
Sarah, we hardly knew ye
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Sarah, we know ya too damn well.
Here’s to hoping the screen door hits ya where your good lord split ya. …
pearl89 Says:
Also, according to Alaska Ear the Sp and the Tp are moving to Long Island. Sorry, NY…just reporting what I read. Seems like an odd choice tho for someone who is such a maverick
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And nearly bankrupt if you believe in her lies…
Long Island ??? Are you serious ?!? NoooOOOoooOOoo. Say it ain’t so ! Even at 9 hours away she will be much too close. And The Hamptons , no less ?? I lived on Long Island for a few years in the 80s and can’t stand the thought of her being there.
And UGH! ABC is quoting her twitter of last week when she used the country western lyrics about “ain’t gonna shut my mouth.” And then they went on AGAIN about other twitters. Geeez!!
They also had a clip of Todd saying that “it’s been an awesome experience” with a fake smile plastered on his face. (boy did he look a little ragged )
And pearl89, absolutely agree – she was posin’ with her conservative manifesto book for da cameras. Maybe she’s reading it on the long drive to Fairbanks while hummin to her heaven sent country tunes.
Oh dayahm – There is just no OFF switch to this woman!
“The Palins in the Hamptons” sorta smacks of a reality show tho, doesn’t it ?
sauerkraut – I doubt the same outfit but I’m guessing purple again w/ermine trim and a crown. Maybe even a sash and scepter.
Wayney, interesting point. Who is the real SP?
Moving to NY sure would put her within commuting distance of the fox studios, wouldn’t it? But are there real Americans on Long Island? In the Hamptons? I have noted in the back of the NYT Sunday mag that you can grab a multimillion dollar ego house for cheap these days. New Yorkers will eat her alive.
A whole million dollars? Obama was making that in one day during the campaign.
wayney -
Wasilla did get special treatment from sarah. They got the sports complex , along with the bill.
Trump lowered the price on a penthouse from 51mil. to 31mil.
Palin would not last a week in the Hamptons… they’d chew her up alive. Pretty much the same with the rest of LI, except maybe the northeast coast up past Port Jervis.
austin – ya think he’d pair her up opposite of Joan Rivers on The Apprentice?
michigander – perhaps the sash will have Miss Buttercup McQuitter Twitter 2009 written in gold. maybe the ermine, crown, sash AND waders.
I have a feeling she’ll go for dressed down again. The news folks seemed to make a big deal about her casual, home town picnic outfits. They made specific mention of her Patriots hoodie. She might get more play out of a “I’m just regular people now” look.
And re: Long Island – MTV studios are right there . Maybe she’s gonna be a VJ !
And Wayney – I so hear you about being boggled by her base. I have been thinking about this a lot lately.
I think part of the answer might be in that her version of Christianity is much less “turn the other cheek” and much more “warriors for Christ”. A lot of the apostolic / 7 mountains mandate sermons actually talk about the how the Christians of the past 2000 years have gotten it wrong and there’s a new wave of “fight the enemy and take no prisoners” Christians. They’re really big o the “warrior ” thing . The Wasilla Bible Church and Wasilla AG where she was raised are both very much that way. And when they say she’s got a servant’s heart, they’re referencing a willingness to embrace, “if i perish, i perish” rather than the traditional image of Jesus and the washing of the feet of the apostles. I’m still in the very beginning of delving in to this stuff but that’s what I’m getting , so far.
Time for Meet the Press. Hillary’s starting off the hour.
sauerkraut – when the Trumpster said “You’re fired” to sarah , she would screech “You can’t fire me , I quit !!”
Oooh! Private citizen Palin today. Really, am hoping the best for her family, maybe that they catch up on each other with mom at home for a while.
Now time to take her pictures off the tea towels and various government sites. Yes, I too noted the purple top yesterday, purple being a royal color. But she doesn’t consider today an abdication, because she didn’t quit. Mean complaint filers tried to bankrupt her. So, in her mind, she has stepped aside for the good of all. The good: equals=$$$
the good: equals=sarah palin no longer at the reins of power.
Hillary is looking much better today than the previous week. She’s back to looking rested enough to have combed her hair. I was worried about her last week when she looked so pale and drained.
She talked about having to deal with N. Korea as you would with a precocious child who is making unreasonable, ranting demands. I’m sure N. Korea just loves that analogy!
Y’know, I still have no strong feeling about Hillary in either direction but she sure is a smart gal. You can see her brain working, the dots being connected, the analytical gears in motion and everything coming out in measured, thoughtful and complete sentences. That McCain’s camp ever thought they could use Palin to fill the Hillary vacuum is beyond laughable ! For those who get Meet the Press later in the morning, it’s certainly worth the watch. Nothing earth shattering but it’s nice to listen to her speak well.
Can’t even twit about music w/o bringing the troops into it:
“RdTrip7 hrs wKid Rock/Martina McBride/Big&Rich/Grtchn Wilson/Billy Currngtn/Hank/Toby/VanP/Blk I P’s/Greenwd/Straight/etc&USO artists=heaven”
USO artists? Who, pray tell? Didn’t know the USO made CDs. Where can we get them?
Anyone know more about this? ’cause I’m inclined at the moment to think she just threw that in there to say “SEE? Even on MUSIC I support the military!”
How is she going to “progress AK” from Long freakin’ Island?
And how could she move there when she “loves” AK and all its “beauty and rich resources”?
And how is she going to work on “helping AK’ns” from NY?
Does she have ANY intention of assisting in Eagle or in the villages?
After all, she can do MORE for AK by being OUT of the Gov’s office!!
Hypocrite!
#15 mIchigander – a more appropriate attire would be blood red, with a horn tiara and a pitchfork.
Buffalo Gal:
Hillary – Rhodes (sp?) Scholar, well educated, natural curiosity and thirst for knowledge about the world in which we live.
Palin – Runner Up beauty ‘queen’, 5 mediocre colleges, “journalism” degree that she can’t even figure out how to use, natural curiosity and thirst for knowledge about pretty much nothing.
Kind of a no brainer. Hillary folks were NEVER going to go for Palin.
McCain should leave politics for being this reckless with our country!
Good morning all. Just heard Leanne Hanson interview Sean Parnell on NPR Morning Edition. Sounds like it will be more of same. He mentioned several times helping youth, getting jobs, etc. No mention of the problems the elderly are having. Talked about the frivolous ethics suits. Good luck Alaska.
Maybe Sarah is going for the Michelle Obama look. Bright colored outfits with a flare!
Gran567: with the song playing by INXS “The Devil Inside”!
I work in the catering business and I’ll bet NONE of those people including ((Piper and THE QUEEN ))cooking or serving had food handlers cards or training..the hot dogs were just set on the table in a pan, not in a chafer to keep them hot. Probably no hand wash stations either- Can you imagine shaking all those hands while serving food-eek!!! To glove or not to glove-maybe Alaska’s public food handling rules are a LOT less stringent than here in Washington.
The Clinton’s still have a residence here in New York, yes ? Perhaps the Palins and the Clintons will get together occasionally for a Hampton’s BBQ . Now wouldn’t THAT make for some interesting dinner chat ? ha!
Samper – I often wonder how many Homer Simpson, “DOH!” moments McCain has gone through the past months. I truly hope he realizes what he put in to motion.
Hillary’s doing the full hour on Meet the Press – towards the end she’s talking about the current dysfunctional health care system, giving Obama credit for taking it on right off the bat, he’s making a very strong case for reform, she’s encouraged by what she’s hearing in Congress ( though I must be missing something there ) , runs the recent standard talking points about it , “change starts out slowly and then gains steam” – Moves on then to talk up the president and seems genuinely respectful and admiring of him. Overall, a good interview, IMO. (and not one syllable about Sarah!! huzzah!)
“Mudglatters?”
AKM, you did have a long, busy day!
I grew up in upstate NY, just a couple of hours north of NYC. I would have been regarded as a complete hillbilly by folks in the Hamptons.
I find it very hard to believe that she would move there. The kids and Todd are going to be totally miserable.
If she does move, watch for Bristol and Willow to stay in Wasilla.
For some reason I’ve been unsuccessful in posting for weeks now, but with the shiny open thread I can’t resist trying to weigh in on some of the discussion over possible state criminal charges relating to the ironically-named-Trust.
When not quilting, I happen to practice criminal law, and have some expertise in how to build a white collar case. I just don’t think it’s much of a stress to consider one. Criminal intent routinely is proved by inference in such cases, beginning (and often ending) with who gains financially.
For example, Alaska has a “scheme to defraud” provision that echoes federal mail fraud law. Upholding criminal convictions under state law in Knix v. Alaska, the Alaska court noted that the state “scheme to defraud provision” is based on what is “commonly referred to as the mail fraud statute,” 18 U.S.C. & No. 21; 1341 (1970), revised in Code & No. 21; 1437 95th Cong., 1st Sess. & No. 21; 1734 (1977).
Commentary on the Alaska Revised Crimincal Code (Senate Journal Supplement 47 [1978]) recognizes the parallel federal law as “an effective tool in the area of consumer frauds. ” A “scheme to defraud,” under Alaska law, like the federal cognate, describes what is necessaruly purposeful conduct without needing to spell out “the applicable culpable mental state: ‘Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises . . . [uses the mail commits a felony].’ 18 U.S.C. & No. 21; 1341.
I’ll pause to mention that people routinely are charged as criminal conspirators when there is evidence that such a “scheme or artifice to defraud” involved the active participation of more than one person.
The phrase “scheme to defraud. . .necessarily implies specific intent.” However, that specific intent clearly is provable through inference, from all relevant facts and circumstances (because rarely, if ever, does a criminal defendant admit to possessing the requisite specific criminal intent). Moreover, in Knix v. Alaska the reviewing court upheld the convictions even when the trial judge had not instructed the jury that it had to find a specific intent to defraud”: a finding of knowing participation in a scheme to defraud necessarily established the requisite criminal intent.
Trying to boil down the point: I do not think it would be the least bit difficult to persuade a jury to find an intent to defraud under a variety of criminal laws if presented with a hypothetical case in which (1) a person announces she has, say, half-a-million dollars in specific legal debt; (2) a fund is set up that makes representations that donations will go towards paying that specific legal debt; and (3) there is evidence that the debt was not in fact as described when enticing donations towards its payment, and/or the donations were not used as represented when people relied on representations that caused them to part with their money.
I’ve tried and won white collar cases which were far, far more difficult to prove.
Keep in mind (also, too) that when charging a criminal scheme, ordinarily there are lower-level parties and there are obvious parties who stand to gain financially. Given conspiracy/joint venture law, there can be interesting permutations in a criminal case once a lower-level participant is charged, or even made a target of a grand jury investigation.
gran567 and DinkyP – Hahahaha! Wouldn’t that be fun to see (o: I am really curious to see if she will dress down or up. I’m still guessing dress up cuz she’s never the proper thing. Also, technically shouldn’t this be Parnell’s big day? So is she gonna be gracious in her speech and give him props? Maybe she will make the speech all about him……Bahahahahaha! Yeah, right.
Oh boy! Posting worked…..but mental review didn’t: Freudian slip of “much of a stress” instead of “much of a stretch.”
Every case is a stress.
ACK!! Spoke too soon! Meet the Press wound it up with the “18 million cracks in the glass ceiling” clip from Palin’s campaign and Hillary was asked if she thought Palin would like to see Palin run in 2012. Hillary was very, very diplomatic. Can’t be paraphrased here well enough but if you get the chance, catch it. The bemused expression said it all.
Quince Squibb Underpinnings -
Thank you for posting.
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Thank you for posting.
oops. sorry for double post.
I hope a few Mudflatters donated five dollars to the Queen’s outstretched hands for her “legal fees”, aka, anything she wants to spend the money on….
Wouldn’t they then be able to make a criminal complaint?
Hmmm…..
BuffaloGal — The Palins in the Hamptons has already been done. It’s the Beverly Hillbillies all over again. I think there’s a theme song brewing in my sick mind …
#29-Samper-Hillary was never a Rhodes Scholar; Bill was. Bill never finished his scholarship program, instead returning to Yale.
Thanks, austintx. Sorry about the typos. Legal mumbo-jumbo gets me all jittery at the keyboard.
Auntie Ruth
My Kansas born and bred daughter taught tennis at a venerable New England summer camp for two summers. She was appalled by the attitudes of the rich Long Island/New Jersey kids she worked with, both counselors and campers. It’s tough for a college student to be made to feel like a total hick…by eight year olds!!!
Wayney – I have to comment about that purple outfit also.too (I’m really going to miss that! (not) )
The first thing that struck me was the outfit’s colour – purple – which is recognised as a feminist colour. I am wondering if this is a signal to the women of America that she intends being a spokesperson for feminist causes. Maybe. Soon to be: “Sarah the ceiling smasher”.
I’m reading Joe Biden’s autobiography, and am very impressed with Former Prez Clinton (and Biden). Biden was a senior foreign affairs person and was fully aware of the Bosnia Serb conflict (genocide) by several trips on the ground and talks with our military commanders. No European country wanted to touch the situation. Biden could not get support from Congress to help. The UN wasn’t responding. In a nutshell, Clinton was a new president, and it was a big step for the U.S. to take leadership and get involved. Many congress people were saying it would be another Vietnam, they were finally won over by Biden’s persistence. — Anyway, reading comment above about Hillary made me think to write about her husband. They make a very smart team. – How on earth can anyone even imagine Todd and Sarah in the WH?
This may be too OT even for the open thread, but Cyber-Quilting Circle is seeking mudpups from Canada, Seattle/Washington State, New York, or D.C. for a special project (and you don’t even need to know how to sew!).
Please PM me on the forum if interested and I’ll let you know the details.
Palin presser today?
Quince Squibb Underpinnings Says:
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Thanks, Quince.
And who would have to initiate such an action?
Quince, this would mean a PA/DA would have to follow up on it, not sure if any would want to do it. Someone earlier had posted that Parnell made and agreement with $arah to pardon her.
But I do think a case could be built on what you wrote.
@37 Quince Squibb Underpinnings July 26th, 2009 at 5:35 AM
It looks doubtful that the state of AK gives a damn about her criminal doings. It would have to be the IRS. I can’t see anything else happening, given the cast of characters.
@BJA, great one!
I can’t see SP and Co. happy in the Hamptons. Not at all.
BUT if they move there, tongues will WAG (no high school cronies in the Hamptons?) and perhaps we’ll finally learn some truth about what’s what.
Sag Harbor is not Wasilla.
Hi, a recent but regular lurker here and at the other anti-SP sites & thought you’d enjoy a couple of the comments about SP:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/is-the-party-over-for-the-republicans-1757299.html
My favourite – Polarising, and with scant appeal beyond the right, Palin offers Republicans merely a one-way ticket to irrelevance.
Quince Squibb Underpinnings – hello fellow quilter, and I echo austintx in thanking your for the very informative post.
She also doesn’t have enough money to live on LI in the manner to which she desires to become accustomed.
Professor Geezer … No kidding. I have a very hard time imagining First Dude getting comfortable in chinos and a polo. Or getting his eyebrows waxed. It is a VERY long way from a fishing boat in Bristol Bay to Sag Harbor. And maybe Sarah has convinced him that it’s just like Anchorage with money.
Can you even fathom what the “women who lunch” will say about them? About her? Sarah thinks the press has been mean? She has not heard what a bunch of rich women can say about a hick.
Since the staff at Pioneer Park in Fbks has reguested Queen Sarah’s advisors to tell her to dress appropriately, meaning no Naughty Monkey Shoes or short skirts, because of the slippery decks and stairs on the stern wheeler, that’s probably exactly what she will wear. NObody tells the Queen what to do!! I’d love to see her climb those stairs in a skirt and heels and fall flat on her butt. It will be someones fault, right.
CT resident here–who has recently started reading Mudflats.
You folks are awesome—great info, and marvelous humor.
(Something you need after dealing with her)
My former husband was raised in Long Island. After VietNam as a Navy guy he stayed in CA (where I met him). His parents moved to LaJolla, and his mom was always so embarassed when we visited because of our VW Van being parked at their home with the swimming pool. Eventually her hoity-toity became relaxed, but yes Long Island lifestyle generally is superficial and snobby. (BTW, my former in laws, worked and saved to get to that social level. They were smart, and started from humble beginnings.)
It’ll be interesting to see if SP will try to be the mavericky neighbor or try to blend in.
BJA ! Fabulous ! Now I’m going to have that stuck in my head along with the ” I Feel Quitty” song from you tube. As horrid as Sarah is, she sure has inspired some really funny nuggets. I have a friend who refers to the need to have ” survivor humor”. I think we’ve seen a lot of that lately!
Polly – I was just sitting here wondering about the difference between the Clintons and Palins and trying to imagine, in any sort of way, the Palins being in the WH. I can barely imagine them on Long Island. And I can’t remember who mentioned it but I agree, Todd would be MISERABLE. The fishing might be ok but it sure as heck ain’t Alaska.
Curiouser and curiouser ….
Quince Squibb Underpinnings, You said in legal terms what I’ve been saying as a layperson. Thank you. When Sarah said she owed 5 or 600,000 $, Mr Coale, the attorney in DC that helped set up her funds, claimed her legal bills were almost paid off. When Sarah said the ethics complaints were costing the state millions, the state released numbers that showed it was not true. So, does this constitute fraud? My common sense says it does. I wish I knew how to cut and paste. I would send your comment to every state legislator in the state and to the IRS.
62 BuffaloGal Says:-Todd would be MISERABLE.
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I think you’re right. Women in general, especially SP will probably eat up the glamour, and social whirl, but men in general really don’t care for that stuff. But he will probably go along with it.
Is she gone yet?
Hmm, an interesting thought is, if SP changes her lifestyle to become the rich and famous, will her base still identify with her and keep her on the pedestal?
I doubt Palin has the social skills. That’s partially why she freaked the McCain campaign people
@Polly, I have a new theory about her base. If she becomes rich and famous, some of them will still ADORE her because Sarah Palin is the far right’s Aphrodite. She is their fertility symbol. (Not to US, but to them.) It’s quite sad.
But to rational folks, no. Her wealth would end the “hockey mom” meme.
Hi Silvermoon, I recommend reading the archives, some great stories there too! Be aware that you may live in your pajamas, lose weight and neglect family life and work. It is that engrossing (o:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vuW6tQ0218
OH! And before I forget – for those of you who are Monty Python fans on any level – I woke this morning thinking that about how she’ll be an ex-governor later in the afternoon. Then I was thinking about her adoring minions and the way they really don’t see that her speeches are nothing more than parroting phrases that she finds appealing , interspersed with her favorite church words. From there my brain jumped to the Dead Parrot sketch from Python. (in my head, it was a logical jump)
If you’re a fan, watch it again up to the 3 minute mark and imagine a conversation between a Palin devotee who is insisting that the bird most certainly isn’t dead and, in fact, is an amazing creature – and the John Cleese character is a mudpuppy trying desperately to get across the point that “THIS is a DEAD parrot! It has ceased to be! If you hadn’t nailed it to the perch it’d be pushing up the daisies! It is bereft of life. THIS is an EX PARROT! ”
Happy Ex Parrot Day, Everyone !
@Professor Geezer- Yes you are right, the base will idolize her more because of her “climb” and the fortune will have meant that God rewarded her efforts. (yuk)
@Polly, BUT Aphrodite does not become Zeus, according to mythology.
Aphrodite has an affair with Ares (war). But they never become the heads of the cosmos.
Welcome to the ‘flats, Silvermoon, from a fellow NUTmegger! Three of us mudpuppies (aka the CT Angels) are heading into the city next Saturday. If you’re interested in joining us, PM me over on the forum.
Hm. Ares and Aphrodite = GOP Pres. ticket 2008?
Aren’t the Housewives of NYC looking for replacements?
LOL@enchanted. Yes, that must be it! Palin is moving to the Hamptons so she can be on a Housewives reality show! (The scary thing is you COULD be right!)
I agree with the christian response on Palin being more a “warrior for Jesus” vs. the turning the cheek humble (of the bible)
The warrior view doesn’t make sense.. their own warped interpretation or rewriting of the good book. In my humble o, being a Christian isnt about gaining power or recognition.. to me it sounds like .. without ME God is nothing.. he needs me!! Makes da Lord out to be quite piddly .. blah selfishness coated in bibley’ talk ..blah
Sadly though, I think her bible base isn’t the warrior jesus freaks.. some may be but i think most just do the sunday school and raise their kids and bake pies.. because S.P. says good jesus-y phrases they think she’s like them..
anyhooo!
This is old but I had never seen it.. since it is O.T. on here.. funny little ditty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03fcGelz8Hw
(The Vet who Did not Vet) … dr. seuss spoof on the mccain palin hook up
SP would never share the limelight with other less worthy (not chosen by GOd) housewives. She is gong to be number one finally if it is the last thing she does! Culture War for Jesus!/s
I know it’s fun to speculate about sarah in the Hamptons , but that would be the antithesis of everything that she purportedly stands for.
Her neighbors would be the Hollywood elite and Wall Street robber barons.
She would need lots of those 40k a day donations to s-pac from her Giddings pipeline pals to sustain that high falutin lifestyle. just sayin’……….
Geez, what is all this talk about SP moving to the Hamptons? I see this query popping in and out of threads lately.
If the Palin family is going to have a base down south, it would probably be in Texas. Texans and Alaskans get along famously because both groups think they live in the biggest state. Only Alaskans are correct, though – but Texans are used to havin’ that big state swagger down there! We get lots of Texans up here, they are good travelers and overall are great people to have as tourists. They tend to be in no big hurry, talkative about their home and usually very gracious in that western sort of way.
The Hamptons? You’ve got to be kidding. I doubt you would find many Alaskans who would ever subject themselves to such a contrived atmosphere and ever be the least bit happy. Even Naughty Quitter Monkey would be miserable is such a place. Oil and water…
@austintx, yes, I understand what you’re saying but SP has no brand consistency. She’s a Christian, but a killer (wildlife). She’s a hockey mom but she was in beauty pageants. She was a Governor but never there to govern. She’s for “less government” yet left Wasilla 22M in debt. She’s anti-choice yet tells a group of anti-choicers in Indiana that she “made a choice” with her DS baby.
SP is just one big contradiction after another.
@Martha, the SP in Hamptons meme is from “The Ear,” so take it with a grain of salt, also, too.
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Ahem. Name change ?? Funny – I didn’t get the memo. tsk-tsk………
Martha UYS – the Ear in the ADN reported the rumor about Todd and Sarah looking for digs on Long Island….unbelievable, I know.
THANKS，QUINCE FOR THE LEGAL ANALYSIS。 SOUNDS RIGHT TO ME。
I AM NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE BY YELLING，BUT， FOR SOME REASON MY KEYBOARD WANTS ME TO TYPE IN MANDARIN CHARACTERS IF I USE LOWER CASE。 HELP， ANYONE？
@ Professor Geezer
Thanks for that tidbit – I had no idea where that idea came from. Sheila Toomey has seen better days as a writer and she’s just makin’ stuff up now. What a joke.
Martha Unalaska Yard Sign Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 6:40 AM
Geez, what is all this talk about SP moving to the Hamptons? I see this query popping in and out of threads lately.
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Over in the Alaska Ear column on ADN, there’s mention that of info from a “reliable source”
http://www.adn.com/news/politics/alaska_ear/story/876846.html
Finally, a question: Will Sarah actually move Outside, or just spend so much time out there that she’s not eligible for next year’s PFD? Citing a “very reliable” real estate dealer, a NYC blog is reporting she and Todd have been looking at houses around Hampton Bays on Long Island.
I find it the whole Hampton’s idea entirely unbelievable as far as moving the family there but, with the Fox News connection, maybe it’s not outside the realm of plausible that they’re looking for a 2nd home base in the lower 48 ?
El Jefe, sorry! Silvermoon, we are CHARLIE’S angels.
Sorry – I think they are all on drugs of a hallucinogenic type! They aren’t going to move down south, not in one minute. They will never leave their “power base” in Wasilla. I wish they would – I’m itching to see the Naughty Quitter Monkey leave Alaska but I had Antarctica in mind.
Home base or winter visit house – yeah maybe.
Yikes, I think I figured it out. Escaped from SCIM on my own.
So Sarah flew from Texas to Alaska IN LABOR because “you can’t have a fish picker from Texas” but now she’s planning to move that potential fish picker to the Hamptons? She’s way too poor to pay her legal bills but she can afford the Hamptons?
Does she ever listen to what she’s putting out?
Regardless of where Sarah Palin moves her family, she needs to drop the whole “I’m just a working Mom driving my kids around just like you do” routine.
She is a multi-millionaire with heavy security, powerful contacts, and a PAC that pays for all her travel. She needs to drop the corny act.
Incidentally, glad I’m not the only one to worry about sanitation and foodhandling. In our state, we couldn’t even flip burgers at the school for a parent’s barbecue without a foodhandling licence. Not that it was hard to get.
Here’s the article from Dan’s Paper, read and weep from laughing.
http://www.danshamptons.com/content/danspapers/issue17_2009/01.html
“…The offer has come from a man named Francis Iditerod, a real estate agent from …”
When I heard of this potential move to Long Island, I simply couldn’t resist…
NEW YORK STATE OF MIND
(sung to the Billy Joel song “New York State of Mind”)
Palin need to get away, and then stay from her neighborhood
Could go back to Idaho, place of her childhood
A trip to the moon would suit most of us just fine
But she’s in a New York state of mind
She’ll see all the sporting stars and the fancy bars and the limousines
Yet Sarah’s the biggest hick that they’ve ever seen
But Alaska she’s leaving and she ain’t gonna waste no time
She’s in a New York state of mind
She will be funded with SarahPAC pay
Spreading round her venom and wisdomless views
But they will eat her up like sirloin steak
Except of course, by old Fox News
It comes down to reality for the beauty queen that has lost her pride
Sarah can’t you see that you have lost your stride?
A girl without reason, her star no longer shines
She’s in a New York state of mind
(musical interlude)
She will be laughed at every single day
She will probably turn to the Prozac and booze
She’ll learn Long Island was a big mistake
Democrats and liberal Jews
Old New York’s a locality for East Coast royalty, not the first Dude’s wife
She’ll need a pedigree not a Bowie Knife
She will miss hunting season, she’s just not that refined
She’ll learn that New York’s not too kind
She’ll be taking a Greyhound when she squanders her last dime
Next, it is Georgia on her mind.
Karin in CT -
Thank you. Please have fun and be careful next week.
Comment from an article in the Seattle PI, ” Other than her charm and ambition, Sarah s got nothing really outstanding about her that separates her from any one else. In addition, I don’t think she’s as Machiavellian with here career moves as the public assumes. She simply reacts and heads towards any direction with results in the greatest self-aggrandizement. LIKE A BULL MOOSE IN HEAT! “
From the ADN today:
“Spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton disputed the notion that Palin is running for president or has media deals lined up.
‘I cannot express enough there is no plan after July 26. There is absolutely no plan,’ she said earlier this month. ‘The decision (to quit) was made in the vacuum of what was best for Alaska and now I’m accepting all the options, but there is nothing planned.’
“Stapleton said the answer will emerge in coming weeks:
‘On July 27, we’ll sit down and say, ‘OK, here are your options. How do you now want to effect that positive change for Alaska from outside the role as governor?”
“… the vacuum of what was best for Alaska..” WTF does that mean?
I’ll answer myself: I guess it means that Sarah wanted to quit and did, and now they have to manufacture a reason WHY she quit that doesn’t sound all quitty and/or opportunistic.
Oh nuts. Too late.
http://www.adn.com/palin/story/876856.html
If Sarah becomes rich and famous, how will she be able to say she’s ‘one of us’?
Archived audio of the interview between Brad and AKM- good quality sound and commercial free!
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7319#more-7319
#86 the problem child Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 6:48 AM
Sorry, problem child, but your post gave me my first belly laugh of the morning! Glad I didn’t have coffee in my mouth. BTW, glad you figured it out.
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@Quince, thank you for that analysis. I sort of feel like the rest who have posted that it seems as if no one in AK is going to do anything about this. But, I wonder if there are any disgruntled folks who donated under the impression that their $$ were going to help SP with her legal bills. If there were, could they bring a class-action suit of some kind? Would this be possible (assuming there actually are at least a few disgruntled folks)?
Maybe SP and the octomom could do a reality based horror show together.
Buffalo Gal:
Every time I see the word ‘twitter’ I am reminded of the fabulous monty python twit races…they knock themselves on the head in the end!
Does anyone know what time the Governor is speaking? and if it will be covered in entirety on any major network? They’ll probably just show snippets of her speech later in the evening. Will be interesting, maybe she will finally reveal the real reason she left. I’ll bet Mr. Parnell is pinching himself today, thinking it’s all a dream for him.
101 KayInMaine Says: -If Sarah becomes rich and famous, how will she be able to say she’s ‘one of us’?
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She’ll use the Obama story of how he was one of us, published best selling books and so on… But, we know better.
I can see the validity of the Long Island relocation purchase of three houses, because her resignation speech included the “vote” from her kids.
KTUU to live stream the event
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=10781705
Oops – 2:45 pm Alaska Time, 6:45 pm Eastern Standard
Zyggy @ 96
OMG! That was hilarious.
TBNTJudy Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 7:22 AM
#86 the problem child Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 6:48 AM
Sorry, problem child, but your post gave me my first belly laugh of the morning! Glad I didn’t have coffee in my mouth. BTW, glad you figured it out.
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Glad to contribute to the general hilarity and good feelings of the day. And, I’m really glad I figured it out, too, as I doubt too many pups would have been able to stand me in Mandarin.
Well, Palin is already rich, her groupies just don’t know it, but that 4 million dollars is already in the bank and she can access it as soon as she is no longer Governor. Which is why financially and morally it makes no sense for her to be so pitiful about the AFT, except she doesn’t want to use her book money to pay the lawyer fees. Talk about greedy. sheez
As far as property, I can see her more in the Texas world than the Hamptons world. Isn’t that Crawford ranch still for sale? She could even go to Dallas if she wanted, although is Dallas big enough for Bush and Palin?
One thing about the southern social set. You darn well better have your manners on at all times, cause those Dallas socialite women will eat her alive!
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07252009/gossip/pagesix/overprotected_181270.htm
From the Bree Plain blog. Levi was in NY on Thursday.
Problem – how did you solve the problem?
A couple questions:
What the heck was in Piper’s hair at the Anch. picnic?
Was that Ivy Frye standing behind GINO at the picnics? If so, she’s very pretty.
Also, too, is the abdication then at 5:45 CST?
BuffaloGal – thinking over your comments in #21, for the first time in my life I’m seeing in a new light the Roman Catholic tradition of pronouncing some variant of Christianity to be heretical, and then persecuting the pants off said heretics and doing terrible things to them. It scares me that I can see the appeal of this approach whenever I read accounts of interpretations of Christianity by the “religious” wingnuts.
Please tell me we haven’t all forgotten the connection between Waco and the Oklahoma City terrorist bombing? So what are these “warriors” plotting against the rest of us this time?
["Hello? Greetings, Pope Benedict. You don't know me, but is there any chance you're up for declaring certain doctrines to be heretical? Is this something I could be praying for?"]
now that she can no longer use taxpayer money for her houses, her travels, her clothing, etc., is she going to depend on her ‘defense fund’ for personal income? …we know her previous ‘real’ defenses were taken care of by the state, so she can lie all she wants about THIS money.
in any case, I’m breaking into my happy dance through out the day today, raising a glass, and cheering out loud! “ding, dong, the …”
have a great day everyone!
#112″those Dallas socialite women will eat her alive!”
You’re darned right they will.
My grandmother was one and she could gut a person with a raised eyebrow.
overthemoon Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 7:28 AM
Every time I see the word ‘twitter’ I am reminded of the fabulous monty python twit races…
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I forgot about the twit races. I would love to see that as Paln’s avatar over on her twitter account!
KateinCanada – thanks for the link to the AKM interview. Good to hear it.
Glad to know that KTUU will be live streaming. Thanks suchanut!
I just wish it was going to be earlier. Enuf already !
Hi MO @118
google.. seven mountains
Here they talk about how popular Palin is with conservative politicians, but the rep can’t name one person who wants her to campaign for them…what a quandary for the pretty little millionaire; everyone stares at you but no one really wants you.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/26/palin.picnic/index.html#cnnSTCVideo
Suchanut Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 7:41 AM
Problem – how did you solve the problem?
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Played around a bit with a previously unknown program until I stumbled on the solution. I still have no idea what triggered it, but now I know how to deal with it if it happens again. Love LINUX, but still learning.
Lynne Rockets is on a roll
I Can See Clearly Now That Palin’s Gone
We‘ll all sleep soundly after Palin’s gone
We’ll be in peace after she goes away
She can go get her Naughty Monkeys shined
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Alaskan Day
Sarah Palin’s frozen dreams
As Sarah Palin steps down as governor, she joins Alaska’s cast of schemers who gave up when the going got too tough
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/jul/24/sarah-palin-resignation-alaska
Really good article!
Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, tells Weekend Edition Sunday host Liane Hansen that it’s “misguided” to say that important state work hasn’t been done because of ethics investigations aimed at Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/07/next_alaska_gov_key_challenges.html
And then after admitting this, he goes on to restate that Palin complaint of it’s costing millions and making it hard for “state agencies” to do their work!
the problem child said: “I doubt too many pups would have been able to stand me in Mandarin.”
We probably could stand you but understand would be something else. Haven’t brushed up on my Mandarin lately.
I sincerely hope that the rumors of a move to LI are just a bit of farfetched gossip. I was born and raised on LI and vacationed several summers in Hampton Bays as a kid. That was the ‘poor man’s’ Hamptons (as opposed to East or South Hampton) and regular people could fit in just fine back then (35+ years ago). However, the entire area has become a playground for the VERY rich and very famous in the past couple of decades. I cannot see any way that the Palin clan would fit in with that level of society, assuming that they could scrape together several million dollars to buy a home. Kinda refutes the “poor li’l ‘ol me with all of my crushing debts” story!
You tend to have either very old money or new money that is of the multi-milionaire variety (think Billy Joel, Steven Spielberg, Martha Stewart, Jerry Seinfeld). I can’t quite see the Palins pallin’ around with these kinds of people. The kids would be lost and Todd would have no oil fields or snow machine races to escape to. There is a lot of fishing in the area but of a very different sort than he’s used to. She might be a queen in Wasilla but she’d be a joke in the Hamptons.
Mo #119 – I’m working on a site that pulls together info about this third wave / apostolic reformation movement. It’s still very much under construction but if you’re interested I will send you a link. (same for anyone else also too ) Just PM me and I’ll send it along with my email address. Feedback is warmly welcomed!
NOT a stab at Alaskan women!!! But seeing the majority of chicks via the news of Wasilla or wherever Dud and Diva live now.. are not the hottest little things Ive seen
If they move to upstate NY… Sarah always twittering and ignoring her family… one of those lonely young rich ladies will take up to talkin’ with the Dud… Aww Trig is so cute.. oh She’s working again? Hey, my husband is always at the office.. why don’t you come over and I can make you a nice hot cup of tea..
In a few years Missy Diva Pants is going to be OLD.. (Im no youngster so not pointin fingers at old people) … lonely, rich ladies.. new rugged country hunk in town.. S.P. off doing her own thing as usual…
#112″those Dallas socialite women will eat her alive!”
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Think Molly Ivins-type people. And even, KB Hutchinson—cross her and look out!!!!
Doesn’t the AFT have to come down today? If not down, doesn’t it have to be changed to reflect the fact she is no longer governor? And the wording would have to be changed to something like – Please donate to Sarah Palin because she’s pretty and she hates spending her own money when she can spend yours. Her move to the Hamptons will cost the Palins several million dollars and now that both she and Todd (it’s a long communte to the North Slope from Long Island) are out of work they really need your money more than you. So, please, give generously to help the Palins fight off those frivilous banks and pesky mortgage companies. For each contribution over $10,000, you will receive a handwritten note (from somebody) and a picture of Sarah (in her naughty monkeys) and Todd (in his silk boxers).
128 EyeOnYou Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 7:59 AM
Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, tells Weekend Edition Sunday host Liane Hansen that it’s “misguided” to say that important state work hasn’t been done because of ethics investigations aimed at Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/07/next_alaska_gov_key_challenges.html
And then after admitting this, he goes on to restate that Palin complaint of it’s costing millions and making it hard for “state agencies” to do their work!
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So does that mean you have another two-faced, hypocrite as your governor?
EyeOnYou, thanks for the link. Look at her eyes; she is not smiling. She looks completely bored.
@73 Buffalo Gal
thence “the norwegian blue” — it’s still so funny after all these years!
Does anyone know who the lady press photographer in the green fleece was yesterday at THE Anchorage picnic? ADN, AP, State?
Quince – thanks for the knowledgeable review.
It’s just gone too far. She cannot claim all these expenses when she has a book deal of millions. If she feels that her book earnings should not go towards the costs of ethical complaints, well then she has to separate the cost of the ethics complaint she filed against herself. Also, too, her attorney needs to submit a bill to AK for the amounts he can be paid from AK. He still hasn’t done that, because I bet, It’s all Troopergate.
I think the LI move is either a joke, or Rupert will be sending the family there for vacation and they will be out of there by Labor Day. Kids have to go to school, you know? (!!!)
Lainey~ Not me, I don’t live in Alaska. But I suspect that Alaskans are in for another year + with a governor who is much like Palin, just not so desperate to be in the media spotlight!
TBNTJudy~ Honestly I thought her eyes looked “dead”, no life whatsoever in them.
Seagull Junker Palin says:
Kids have to go to school, you know? (!!!)
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Thanks for that laugh!!
I’m really interested in seeing if they take AFT down tomorrow and, if not, how long it will be before the word “Governor” is removed. Also too, what about that Alaska Governor’s site ?? All that Palin news has to get out of there, Parnell news needs to go in, all of her photos (the unscrubbed ones!) need to be archived , etc blah yada. I will be very impressed if there’s a site being worked on that will seamlessly replace the old one in the next few days. That would be a fabulous and quiet way to start things off on a good note.
@ 137 the norwegian blue Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 8:11 AM
it’s still so funny after all these years!
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I know! And when watched with the Palin / Mudflats spin it made me laugh even more! “Beautiful plumage, the Norwegian Blue” It just sounds so much to me like a Palinbot going on about how fabulous she is despite every single blatantly obvious thing that is horribly wrong with her.
@ wayney: It’s probably already happened.
Gryphen has up a nice video from yesterday’s picnic done by his daughter. Nice job Gryphen and Gryphen’s daughter. Would have posted a comment on Immoral Minority, but every time I read the comments or try to post it locks my computer up.
http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/
Seagull Junker Palin
This is getting really complicated for $P now isn’t it?, how to admit to the amounts that her own complaint cost, without looking like a complete fraud.
Pearl 89 – that happents to me too on IM.
#115 Pacos gal
I am fearful that Texas might just be Sarah’s new home…..but shudder to think of her being in my general vicinity. She would definitely find “a home” with all the mega churches in both Houston and DFW. She also too perhaps then find armadillo road kill more exciting than moose huntin. Just sayin.
I very much want to impose a Palin ban on my political reading but then FEAR sets in and I just have to keep up with what this pesky pitbull will do next.
Our current Texas Governor will most likely become her new best friend.
This woman has taken a few pages from Sarah Palin’s book…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/24/is-this-the-stupidest-per_n_244440.html
“At a 2008 city council meeting the politicians and citizens of Santa Cruz were treated to testimony from a young woman who may, in fact, be the stupidest person alive. She began by explaining that food is good:”
I’m gonna bet that, since Kristan is allowed to ‘invest’ the AFT as she sees fit, that a house in the Hamptons (in today’s real estate market) will be a primo way to progress that fund. But what to do with the property until the market turns around? Hmmm…
Maybe therefore she’ll also just rent it (at a token rate) to someone the trustee knows, someone with contractor buddies, too.
You betcha!
There seems to be all these ‘ rumors’ out there that $arah might move to NY. The only thing that makes this sort of a move logical is that it puts her in a position close to Murdock and Faux News or to be a frequent Guest or pundit on the Shows there. What would her and her ‘ Family ‘ be doing in that ‘off air ‘ ( the other 90% ) time. She still has two young kids in school, Piper and Willow. Would the two kids in School fit in there anywhere…?
Because $arah’s only positive image talking point right now is that $he is about the Family.( but we know better )
$arah needs that adulation and people around her cheering her. She can’t survive without it. The AK blogs got under her skin and she HAD TO (in Her Mind ) respond… what would the NY Press say. It seems she needs the Press adulation AND people around her at all times pumping her up. NO one in NY will be impressed. She would be that little fish in a big pond. Her ego would not survive. Plus she needs to resurrect her reputation.
Doesn’t it make sense that the ONLY place she would get that positive adulation from the Press and the local followers where she will mingle in the crowds with her ‘ winkin ‘ is ” Texas “..? ( sorry austintx)
She says she will work towards electing other GOP ers. Isn’t Perry , where she had previously endorsed Him and he showed her support be the only State where she will get positive feedback. She seems to be a negative everywhere now… except with those same seccionists thinkers. They love their beauty pageant Queens, their Guns, talk of Independence, that accent and folksy winkin talk is even a positive and not a turn- off. And all those new found Friends in the ‘ oil business ‘ can shower her with the $$$$$$. ( Because at this time.. it is ALL about the Money)
It seems like Texas is the only State that would accept her and all her faults, get the $$$ she wants and at the same time do those political speechs/fundraisers and she pageant walks across the stage for Perry trying to resurrect her image as someone who can raise money for the GOP.
And the Kids in School would be at home there…. and Todd.
Texas Oil Money is the only thing that can compete with Murdock’s $$$$
@EyeOnYou, You are right; her eyes do look dead. Now I’m starting to see images from the “Night of the Living Dead.” Gives me the creeps.
Re: removing the word “Governor” from the AFT site.
I could be wrong, but former U.S. Presidents continue to be formally addressed as “President” after they leave office. Interesting first paragraph on the AFT site is “The Alaska Fund Trust is … to defend the integrity of the Alaska Governor’s Office from an onslaught of political attacks launched against current Governor Sarah Palin …
Soo… perhaps the only change needs to be from “current” to “former.”
I’m imagining lawyers wrangling as we type to determine whether the site can even stay up at this point.
Jane in NC Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 8:38 AM
Re: removing the word “Governor” from the AFT site.
I could be wrong, but former U.S. Presidents continue to be formally addressed as “President” after they leave office.
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Isnt that because thats the highest possible office?
We don’t call Clinton Governor, Or Elliot Spitzer Governor for that matter.
(My $.02)
Jane in NC – Oh please – tell me she doesn’t get to keep the term “Governor”. Nonono – she stepped down! She said herself that she “doesn’t need a title”. She does not deserve it! (that would just really really make me unhappy)
I’m off to find out if that’s the case. Thanks for the info (sorta!)
Why isn’t SP wearing her wedding ring (in the video on Gryphen’s site) at the Anchorage picnic?
115 pacos_gal Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 7:40 AM
Well, Palin is already rich, her groupies just don’t know it, but that 4 million dollars is already in the bank and she can access it as soon as she is no longer Governor. Which is why financially and morally it makes no sense for her to be so pitiful about the AFT, except she doesn’t want to use her book money to pay the lawyer fees. Talk about greedy. sheez
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Has this been confirmed? If it is in the bank, she will still have to report it, on her next (and last) form to the APOC. A public document. We’ll all be able to see how much she got. Delicious!
Bet you anything though they got the check but haven’t deposited it yet.
Sarah’s To Do List, Monday, July 27th
1. Make coffee
2. Meeting w/Todd, Meg and Tom Re: how I want to effect positive change for Alaska outside the office of Governor
3. Have Ivy and Bristol fill out most of the APOC forms for me
4. Go to bank. Make big deposit.
However, as we’ve already discussed, that money is considered ‘received’ as of the day of delivery, NOT the day it’s opened, not the day it’s deposited. She still has to report it.
My first theory was that she quit because she found out how much the advance would be but knew she wouldn’t be able to really take it if she were still Governor. My theory also included that it was to be sent early August, so she had to be out by late July.
If she HAS already got the check, deposited or otherwise …. ai ai ai, la chica es loco! (don’t ask me where that came from all of the sudden!).
It would be a really bad move on her part NOT to disclose it if she got it. She’d be asking for another ethics complaint, and one filed would not be frivolous. If I were an Alaskan, I’d file that one myself.
In fact, why doesn’t some savvy Alaskan get the forms and start to work on the paperwork so it will be all ready to file the minute the APOC reports are made public and there’s no big book deal money listed as ‘received’.
I really really hope Sarah or her ‘operatives’ are reading this (and report it back to her) – Sarah, actually follow the rules about this, don’t try to get around them. If you try to get around the rules, you deserve everything that happens in consequence of your actions (including having to pay for any defense or penalties out of your own pocket). It will not be someone else’s fault if an ethics complaint is filed against you for this, it will be yours. Yours, yours, yours.
You are only “former” if you successfully complete your term of office.
If you quit, your an “EX-”.
Or a surrender monkey……
Her mood was becoming bitter
Since Alaskans don’t like litter
And the state won’t pay for a sitter!
She decided to become a quitter
So no complaints would hit her
Being the gov no longer fit her
Now all she does is twitter!
149 honestyinGov Says: -There seems to be all these ‘ rumors’ out there that $arah might move to NY. The only thing that makes this sort of a move logical is that it puts her in a position close to Murdock and Faux News or to be a frequent Guest or pundit on the Shows there. -
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Can’t remember who posted this earlier, but if its true, it explains the reason for moving to NY. Very enlightening… Also, I would think the fast move date of August 1st would be to get the kids in school. I think young girls will love all the new dress up and new school. The whole family was placed in front of the lights during the campaign, and going back to the humdrum small town Wasilla schools may not be as fun. Hey, they may actually finish high school and go to college now.
http://www.danshamptons.com/content/danspapers/issue17_2009/01.html
I thought she said she wasn’t leaving Alaska in her quitty speech on July 3rd. I feel she’s going to stay put for a long time, take up knitting and then quitting, and then a few other projects
she not moving to LI, it’s a joke.
Dr Chill # 152 Funny this came up. I have noticed several articles referring to her as “Mrs. Palin” lately. Anyone else?
Please say it ain’t so….Palin
pearl89, UK Lady -
Me three! I may love Gryphen’s site but my computer HATES it!
Sometimes it gets into a cycle where it keeps frantically opening new windows in IE and adding tabs within those windows, and the only way to stop it is to shut the computer down. I used to be able to read comments but now it just shows an error message and closes the window or locks my computer up altogether. I’ve learned to only visit the site on occasion and read REALLY fast!
Sorry, hit the wrong button….Please, say it ain’t so…Palin moving to Texas.
Words can’t express the horror I feel about that.
154 ds55 Says: -Why isn’t SP wearing her wedding ring (in the video on Gryphen’s site) at the Anchorage picnic?
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That question has been brought up several times. We may be overanalyzing it. It may be as simple as she lost it during fishing, or took it off for fishing and can’t find it. (I lost mine at the beach. It does happen.)
@leenie– computer virus? when computers start to have a mind of their own, viruses can be the issue
Palins on the loose…..
Long Island, New York, DC…….. She has worked her way into some very powerful rich religious far right circles. She is the chosen one after all. Some one has to help lead the flock into the 7 mountains.
It’s and buyers market and Gino is buying. She will go were the money is. She will be gifted and gifted and gifted. RIch old godly folks like the spunky, flashy, and dashy spin of the Palins.
Fresh from Alaska! Palin’s on the loose!
boy, that neck of hers is looking bad. I mean really bad.
leenie17 Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 8:50 AM
pearl89, UK Lady -
Me three! I may love Gryphen’s site but my computer HATES it!
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Switching to the Mozilla Firefox browser has solved that problem for many of us. I haven’t had any troubles at Gryphen’s site since switching. I used to HATE going over there. It was like entering a mine field! Now, nada problem.
@ Polly: Maybe so, but she’s a high-profile person giving televised speeches. She should grab a cheap gold band to wear to avoid rumors.
A tip for those having trouble with Grypen’s Immoral Minority site. I had the same issue – if I tried to leave the site, internet explorer kept opening up countless windows until I had to shut down computer to stop the madness.
Then I discovered this: Instead of trying to exit the site, click on another site from your favorite/bookmarked places. In my case, DU (Democratic Underground) works. I click on DU, open a post – and when I exit DU, Grypen’s site is gone. It is the only way I can exit Grypen’s site.
Ah – the first twitter of the morning :
**** Beautiful Frbnks morn;cabinet members here w/me & LtGov to serve @ picnic,then changing of guard ceremony;Great to be in Golden Heart City! ****
@ds55: I see. Makes sense to me (us). It’s strange someone hasn’t told her.
I brought up that very question of the proper title a few threads back. Got some VERY funny titles, but no real answer to the proper protocol. I am not so sure that since she QUIT (resigned) her position, that she is, in fact, entitled to be addressed as ‘Govenor’ or even ‘Former Govenor’. Then again, as long as she wasn’t FIRED by a state legislature (that was too affraid to rally against her when the need arose), that she can still claim the title. You can even hear her… ‘I wasn’t fired, I wasn’t impeached, I wasn’t recalled or even censured… I left on good terms. I was elected to the position, therefore I am entitled to be refered to as such.’ She may have that on a technicality. Even if she’s NOT entitled to the nom-de-plume… that WILL be her handle over at Faux Noise! Fer shur!
I’m not surprised about the wedding ring thing. I’m SURE it was because she didn’t want to get any ketchup or mustard on it! What really peeves ME, is the New England Patriots sweatshirt! I think it’s the only thing she could find that had the WORD ‘Patriot’ on it in such short order. After all, she is this countrys foremost ‘Patriot’… indeed! Now, to ME, she’s a FINO… Fan In Name Only! Opportunist! Charlatan! Deceiver!
Just sayin’!
ds55: “…she’s a high-profile person giving televised speeches. She should grab a cheap gold band to wear to avoid rumors.”
She THRIVES on rumors! Loves it when people are talking about her, especially if it is Enqirer or People Magazine. Then her defenders can scream that the media is “picking on her,” and the unfairness of it all. She loves it, do not kid yourselves. Did I say “kid?” Oh noes – leave the kids alone!
regarding SP not wearing her wedding ring, could it be she has gotten too thin for it to stay on her finger but would easily slide off anywhere??
I don’t really think she would move to NY taxes are way to high. She would lose too much from her book deal even as a partial year resident.
Also why did she puff herself up stating the state of AK had to pay for lots of protection for the picnics. She never received any threats that I heard about.
twit’s tweet: “……./me & LtGov to serve @ picnic,….” Speak proper English, it is “LtGov and I” you moron. Guess she had to get the ME in there first.
#161 leenie17, I have the same experience when I go to Gryphen’s site. I thought in the beginning that the twit had some geek sabotage the site so this would happen, just paranoia on my part I guess….Do any of you know if there is going to be any anti-palin activity at todays function? This the last chance,
probably the event that will be televised the most. I wish someone would at
least show up like at Bush’s departure and send her off with one chorus of “na na na na na na hey hey goodbye..
@ 172 BahstinBoyo aka Wrangler Tractor Palin Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 9:04 AM
I am not so sure that since she QUIT (resigned) her position, that she is, in fact, entitled to be addressed as ‘Govenor’ or even ‘Former Govenor’
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Found this on Wiki Answers but I’ve known them to be wrong in the past. This does sound reasonable, though it doesn’t take in to account the quitting thang:
*** As a sign of respect and recognition of the prior office held, people can be addressed as “Govenor”, “President”, et. al. even though they no longer hold the office. Technically they are “the former _______” but in social situations using the person’s formal title is appropriate.****
BLEK! I hate it !
@ BuffaloGal: Yep, it’s a sign of respect. That’s why I usually refer to her as Sarah.
Morning Mudpups,
Am gearing myself up for the Big QuitPic, today.
Am in a hotel in Fairbanks that I stay at frequently when in town have for years.
Inexpensive and allow my 2 small dogs.
I told the owner that I was going to the picnic and she (very christian) said that she was just disgusted the way that Sarah has been attacked and how she could not understand why these horrible blogs keep attacking Palins children.
Then she went on to tell me that Parnel used to go to there church and that he would be a good governor, though he will be much quieter and not search for the limelight.
This is a very nice woman who runs a small business with her sons. I have a great deal of respect for the way they have kept there business going and how her small family has worked together to keep this a nice business.
I have seen and heard a lot of Palin supporters and why they support her, and I have to say that this just made me sad to think that people are just so misinformed.
I blame our local and state media for this. They have so dropped the ball on Sarah Palin administration and Alaska government as a whole.
Should Sarah and her family move out of Alaska, would the soon to be Gov Parnell or any other future AK governor be more or less inclined to pardon her? How do AK pardons work – say a criminal indictment comes down – when could a pardon be issued? Does it matter if it is a state or a federal indictment? Just thinking ahead………
I think Sheila Toomey (The Ear) at the Anchorage Daily News threw that story out there about a Palin move to NY just to mess with us – to see if it would go viral – to prove the point she has been trying to make that you can’t believe anything you read in a blog. She doesn’t get it….no one would refer to it as factual until there was factual evidence that it was correct – until then, it is just a fanciful rumor. A very funny one at that.
Lori in LA – Thanks for tip on getting out of IM, will try it. I’m too technically challenged to try and change server.
Bahstinboyo – Even the Phoenix shirt was a fake. Logo wrong way round
ds55 – I usually refer to her as a %$*t!.
Come on, you guys, that story linked above about SP’s moving to the Hamptons looks to be a joke. Note the real estate agent’s name “Francis Iditerod” and the so-called secret service agents “clearly from Palin’s office, who…. pay with credit cards with pictures of dog sleds on them and they have tiny Alaskan flags for tie clips, American flags in their lapels and bits of beaver fur on their black hats.”
I’m not buying it
MSNBC Videos – $arah (7)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/32144282#32144282
TBNTJudy – Yes, a spoof for sure, but very funny.
Don your beehive bonnets & raise a mimosa. We’re in the home stretch folks.
final official duty – serving weenies – lol
Suchanut – exactly, I think Toomey planted that farce to see how far it will go. They may vacation in the Hamptons, but they are not going to live there.
Now, the twit: CHANGING OF THE GUARD?
That is absolutely delusional. $arah, you quit. There should be no ceremony, royal proclamation, etc. Get a grip. Oh yeah, I know……
@183 TBNTJudy, you better not buy hit, beaver hats are so out of fashion. lol Can you imagine SS in beaver hats out shopping for a house? Not bloody likely.
174 retfarc Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 9:05 AM
Also why did she puff herself up stating the state of AK had to pay for lots of protection for the picnics. She never received any threats that I heard about.
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The whole family seems to like ‘exaggeration’ to make themselves seem tougher or more put upon than anyone else.
Chuck Heath’s “must be 100,000 letters we haven’t opened”; Todd’s “I turn up the sauna to 200 degrees, but that’s too hot for Sarah”; Sarah’s “The frivolous lawsuits have cost Alaskans nearly $2 million and our family’s legal bills are nearly $600,000″.
I’ve got more. I won’t go on.
But yes, I was wondering what Eddie Burke was getting so rabid about in his tweets yesterday. He said the extra security was needed because of people like Linda, Andree and Shannyn, and then ‘commanded’ his followers to call in to her show. They either didn’t or got screened.
Sarah has no reason to think she needs any security for herself and her family other than what would normally be provided a governor and entourage. Unless she did get a threat from a nutjob, but that would not have been Linda, Andree or Shannyn.
What Eddie fails to understand is that when there are Ethics processes in place that work correctly and people feel they do have recourse to hold their leaders accountable, they do not resort to acts of violence.
All these ethics complaints have at least shed the light on how the current process is flawed and can get a good debate going that will result in positive change – yes, perhaps I being optimistic, but at this point, why not be?
Meanwhile, Linda, Andree and Shannyn, and others, are working WITHIN THE LAW and are not trying to step outside of it or advocate that others do.
Sarah and family have nothing to fear from these three any more than any other AK constituent, and it is wrong of Eddie Burke to suggest she should be, or that the additional security was needed because of them.
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/07/26/three-reasons-palin%E2%80%99s-move-might-be-about-money/
Not a very interesting piece from the Christian Science Monitor but it’s worth a look at the photo of Palin in her regal purple , looking very much to me like a maniacal version of “I Dream of Jeannie” Her arms are crossed like she’s ready to blink herself RIGHT the heck outta Dodge and you can see crazed plans running wildly through her head.
@179 The Rubber Room Hotel – I so hear that about it being terribly sad that there are some really good, honest, down-to-earth Christians that just don’t know the real story. The extreme groups will follow Palin straight off the lemming cliff but this other group might have seen the light if it had been there. I’ve been rolling that around lately, wondering if there is a reasonable way to get that light out there. The only thing I have come up with is using small town papers. A journalist with a conservative voice and an insightful , balanced approach , along with rock steady facts – maybe that could make a difference. The only other thing I can see working would be a full on iceberg disaster. I personally like the iceberg because it’s quick and effective. Just YANK those blinders RIGHT off and offer a thick, leathery strip of indignation to chew on while they get over it.
Here’s the whole tweet:
Beautiful Frbnks morn;cabinet members here w/me & LtGov to serve @ picnic,then changing of guard ceremony;Great to be in Golden Heart City!about
1 hour ago from TwitterBerry
I wonder how long it takes before this twitter account is replaced? I am sure she will provide instructions….LOL!
UK Lady,
Downloading and installing Firefox is easy. Go here and click on the download button:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/upgrade.html
If it asks you where to download to, send it to your desktop. Then click on the firefox setup file. It will install itself and it is so easy. If you need help, just leave this window open and ask us. We can walk you through it.
The Long Island rumor originally comes from a NYC blogger site:
http://www.gothamgirl.info/
I might just give her a call tomorrow !
the moving to the Hamptons story is an old rumor.
story about Eagle in today’s News Miner:
http://www.newsminer.com/news/2009/jul/26/eagle-races-complete-cabins-winter-snow-falls/
@ziggy, note that the hats had bits of beaver fur…almost as if they were moth eaten, LOL.. That about sums up the Palin clan for me.
http://www.andrewhalcro.com/sunday_sendoff
BuffaloGal- Yes it would seem to take a pretty big iceberg to sink the fallacy of Palin. What surprises me is how much people excuse her behavior. Just look at the comments on FDN the people who seem to spew the most vitriol are her supporters, not the other way around. And they just blindly call all these ethics complaints political attacks.
I was really hoping to find out if any other mudpups will be attending today.
Justafarmer, it may be an old rumor, but the guy’s article is definitely a spoof. Sort of like a Hamptons’ version of Andy Borowitz.
@190 BuffaloGal Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 9:36 AM
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/07/26/three-reasons-palin%E2%80%99s-move-might-be-about-money/
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If you click on the picture it gets bigger and then you can see $arah’s hands better. They look like the hands of a very old person. Just sayin’
leenie17: I have the same problem with Gryphen’s site – windows start opening endlessly and I have to reboot to stop the problem.
I’ve switched to viewing the site exclusively in Mozilla and I also updated my IE to the latest version. I haven’t had the problem since I did that. I run two virus programs on my computer so I’m not so sure it’s a malware problem (although sure looks like one).
Very frustrating because I love Grphen’s site, especially to link to all the other sites because he keeps everything listed by latest updates.
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Regarding Palin: I woke up this morning and discovered I don’t hate her as much as I did. I this it really will be better if she isn’t in charge of anything but herself. Whatever her reasons for quitting and I’m sure they are self-motivated for monetary reasons or possibly to avoid potential legal problems (or both), I think she did the right thing for Alaska and America by quitting.
I remember well the frustration a few months ago of many Alaskans, that impeaching her was a next to impossible task, therefore to have her up and quit was really an answer to many prayers.
I think the reason she rankles so many of us is because she is just so blatant in her hypocrisy, her greed, her dishonesty and especially her complete lack of interest in anything or anyone but her own self-interests. In a way she is a just a completely evolved caricature of a modern politician. She just threw aside all the pretense and never left any doubt that her true motives had very little to do with bettering the people she was voted to serve.
But sadly, I can see her skating out of office completely unblemished. The ethics charges will be swept under the carpet, the status of any donation funds will be ignored and forgotten, the MSM will start kissing up to her again and pretty soon she will be everywhere. There is even a slim possibly that she could resurrect her image and emerge as the ‘comeback kid’ ala RMN.
But fortunately as long as they don’t take her Crackberry away I think it will be okay. She will be sending her daily fix(es) of spewed nonsense that will keep her unique gift of total cluelessness front and center. I sincerely hope that she will never fade from sight long enough for anyone to forget how uninformed, shallow and completely unqualified she really is.
I find no satisfaction on GINO leaving on her own accord. What a scam. I try to think why i feel so uneasy and i go back to her convention speech… great delivery, she looked polished, beautiful. There was a smile with a snark, a sugary tone to disparaging remarks, an ugly soul on a beautiful, expensive jacket…..a pit bull with a pearl necklace but i didn’t know that yet, she went on the stump and kept on stumping, that was my first clue of a scam so I google her, and felt so smart, so relieved and confident she would be exposed. I was wrong, she went on and lost just like any other candidate would, her future was bright.
The best man won and i got to have coffee at the Mudflats, lurking around having wine and chocolate, gum or popcorn, whatever the occasion called to go with the wonderful hospitality of AKM and all of you. Now GINO was just an irritant of outrageous proportion and she would by stopped, AKs would strip her facade…….no so fast. She quits…..there is a storm, sure the other shoe will drop……nope. She is leaving on her accord with her belief that decency is just a mirage still intact. She is an ordinary citizen now, and that’s a good thing.
(farewell with fanfare…..surreal)
*new thread*
I noticed Sarah Palin wasn’t wearing her wedding ring and wondered if she was thinking of quitting!
her hands look fine, but that shirt wouldn’t be worn by any of the Golden Girls, or even Sophia. I’m not a style hound, but that’s a butt ugly shirt.
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LISTEN UP, TREEHUGGERS! DFH music today. We’re gettin’ our freak on. man.
Enjoy?
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Confession: During the 2008 election, I’d change the channel if Hillary Clinton appeared on TV. I’m watching her now on Meet the Press-MSNBC. I appreciate her intelligence and great grammar.
Sarah wasn’t able to be a good example, but she was a terrible warning.
So, thanks Sarah… thanks for the warning.
The moving to the Hamptons or Texas are all rumors based on poking fun at Palin.
That said, I’d like to know why anyone would think Sarah would bring the rest of the family along. Any move wouldn’t be a move in residence; she’ll keep Wasilla as her permanent residence. However, if there is an area where she is going to be spending some occasional time on a regular basis, I can see her getting something there just for her and leaving the rest of the family behind. Too much trouble to pack up the entire brood, take them out of school and haul them someplace for a few days. She’ll leave them behind with Todd and Bristol and Willow to take care of the younger ones. Palin has never impressed me as being particularly mothering and nurturing. She’s all about *her*. So I can see a condo or apartment close to wherever she’s doing her repeated appearances.
is she goooone yet????
All of us here have our own little story about how we came to find Mudflats… and why we stay. AKM had the Brad radio interview Thursday this week telling listeners about how almost overnight she was overwhelmed ‘ with her little blog ‘ once $arah was picked as the VP choice. Living off that famous Flax cereal and stuck to the keyboard around the clock. And then the open thread about ” Time Machine-One year ago Today” yesterday really made me want to find out the history and sort of make a trip back in time in that ” time machine “. I made part of that journey last night after the thread got quiet and I am glad I did.
It was very interesting and Fun. Hindsight is 20/20 also. AKM had it right then and the comments from people who were Palin supporters back then are still using the same arguements today to try to support her. Rather shocking. THAT is very strange….. especially since all this evidence is now out there. It doesn’t seem to matter to them. You will have to figure that out on your own….. blind ideology or whatever you want to call it. The things they were saying about Obama back then they are also still saying as well as to what his qualifications are and such. History and time have proven them wrong, But they are still sticking to their ideas.
I think you will enjoy the journey like me. I read for 2 hours and didn’t get to read all of them, but 3:00 said it was time for bed. This is the link that was posted the 2nd day after McCains announcement. Read and enjoy…. knowing that you already have the answers to the ( test ) questions that were being asked back then. I almost felt like I was cheating on the test
BTW : The early posts AKM posted had a few comments 1, 3, 8, or 10. I was looking for names I would recognize. Congrats to Mudflatter ” saur kraut ” who was about the 3rd person to post that morning looking to find out who Sarah Palin was. saurkraut was on this early , called the shot and got it right early and posted this……
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saur kraut
I’m following Tom’s lead and linking to your blog. Hope you don’t mind.
Your traffic is about to hit the ceiling, dude.
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Of course I got a really big smile from the fact AKM was referred
to as ‘ dude’ , But I’ll bet it got a smile from AKM as well.
Maybe AKM will tell us how she felt…. how about it AKM…?
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/what-is-mccain-thinking-one-alaskans-perspective/#comments
BuffaloGal Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 9:36 AM
The extreme groups will follow Palin straight off the lemming cliff but this other group might have seen the light if it had been there. I’ve been rolling that around lately, wondering if there is a reasonable way to get that light out there. The only thing I have come up with is using small town papers. A journalist with a conservative voice and an insightful , balanced approach , along with rock steady facts – maybe that could make a difference. The only other thing I can see working would be a full on iceberg disaster. I personally like the iceberg because it’s quick and effective. Just YANK those blinders RIGHT off and offer a thick, leathery strip of indignation to chew on while they get over it.
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Buffalo Gal,
Yes a nice iceberg would be awesome! Have faith! I do! That would sink her like a stone
CNN is carrying the transfer of power LIVE! CNN said their coverage would be at 3:00 Alaska time. I’ve noticed others have been talking about 2:00 so I’m not sure which one is correct. Can you believe it!
This is always worth a re read:http://www.newsweek.com/id/162396/output/prin
Ocliberal- I hear you, we must have been writing at the same time. The in-your- face contempt of Palin style has left me baffle, it is as if an a@@hole has died, but, you got to play nice.
KTUU -Channel 2 will broadcast it live, starting at 2:45pm.
#207 ds55, I confess I was the same way about Hillary, I was so angry at her during the primaries I couldn’t see straight. It took Sarah Palin for me to realize Hillary wasn’t so bad…There will always be a group that follow sp through thick and thin just as there are still pumas out there. I wonder if there is an overlap of the two groups
Did anyone notice the discrepancy in the reported amount that SarahPAC has raised? Not too long ago, Meg S. (I think) was saying that the PAC combined with the AFT had raised $1.2 M. Now it is being reported that the PAC has raised over $1 M. Seems odd that in such a short amount of time more than $300,000 has been raised after it took so long to raise the first $700,000.
Opps…here is the correct link:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/162396/output/print
Maybe CNN has an inside scoop that she might make an “announcement”, or at least hoping to hear some info if she is running for 2012. That would definitely “steal” Sean Parnell’s thunder, though. But, Sarah is not above doing something like that.
When will it ever end?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/7/26/751717/-Sarah-Palins-$unny-pro$pect$-(how-I-wish-I-were-kiddin)
She may have left the wedding ring at home, rather than risk losing it in the baked beans or cole slaw (remember those skinny fingers?)
Dunno. Just – and “off” feel to the whole thing.
TBNTJudy -
sarah’s pipeline pals in Giddings donated 40k to s-pac , all on one day.
HonestyinGov.- I also though AKM was a cool dude, I couldn’t believe I had found a guy who would tuck me in at night. hehe.
honestyInGov, talk about a trip back in the time machine. I remember well the post you linked….the photo of Wasilla.. I was a lurker long before I started commenting. In fact, I never even read the comments for a long time; I just read AKM’s posts. I could not believe what I was reading about McCain’s VP pick, and I was truly incensed then and still am. I still remember Jon Stewart’s interview with Samantha Bee in which she declared that she was all for SP because, basically, as a woman, they shared the same genitalia. A clear smackdown of McCain’s cynical reasoning that women would vote for Sarah because she is a female. Blech!
austintx, I cannot remember the timing, but I wonder if that was before or after the initial announcement for the combined 1.2 M? Still seems odd to me because she has had big-buck backers, supposedly, all along.
Is Murdoch still in town? Could he be there to whisk the Palins away on a, humpf, vacation? Does he have a place in the Hamptons? Murdoch, you know is a cheesy, no class former Australian, with plenty of New Money and knows how to make more off someone else as no class as he is…I mean, look at Fox, the NY Post, the Wall St. Journal, etc. Master of the No Class media. Just down Palin’s alley. And isn’t it his publishing co. that putting her “book” out? That’s a hell of a lot of obsession with her going on there. Could also be why she’s so weirdly dressed…all the RNC clothes are packed and ready to go?
Tell me none of this is happening.
About my ” Time Machine ‘ post and journey back in time..post # 210
( It is a bit of history… AND Fun)
There are so many interesting quotes on that link.
AKM’s post the day before the announcement had 10 comments.
The day McCain was announced his VP pick, AKM had 810.
The next day 810 grew to 1,300….. W o w !!
( I have to go back and follow the rest of the story..3:00 said time for bed )
The comments I will post below shows how people predicted that there was about to be an ‘ explosion ‘… and everybody was about to come to Mudflats for the story. And the rest is History…. and a great story.
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saur kraut
I’m following Tom’s lead and linking to your blog. Hope you don’t mind.
Your traffic is about to hit the ceiling, dude.
kathryn jones
So glad to have found so much seemingly excellent info. It would help me so much to spread the word however if you included an “about me” section on your blog. Anonymity does not breed trust, blog wise, journalism wise or otherwise. You are obviously passionate and informed. Why not lend credence to your word by telling us who you are?
thank again, and all my best,
Kathryn Jones
Jeff Degan (13:46:15) :
Laughed when I read the blog. Thanks for your perspective. Let’s hope the national media will pick up on this. Maybe McCain is expecting them to give her the same pass he has got from them.
Expect a lot of traffic in the next few days – I personally forwarded this to about a dozen people asking them to forward as well.
willpen (14:11:17) :
I am personally going to try and get this linked to some blog comments over at the major news outlets such as cnn and msnbc. I think that we should all spread this around.
MH (14:25:11) :
How much traffic can your ISP take? Because I think your 15 minutes of fame is just starting. I want to see more pictures of “Wasilla City” and certainly find out from somebody on the ground if it’s true that there was a flip-flop on the opposition to the “Bridge to Nowhere.”
D. Hunter (14:36:36) :
From the rest of the world, thanks for providing a unique perspective; there’s really a lot of interest in Alaska by the rest of us: The reservoir of wild beauty and the boundless self-interested political corruption are just a tip of the retreating glacier!
If you haven’t noticed, the godless orange satan (DailyKos) posted your link, so you’ll probably be getting a tsunami of unexpected traffic from us LIBERALS. Good luck.
willpen (14:39:27) :
I have just forwarded this link to the head of NJ for Obama. I think that the comment above is correct. You are going to have your 15 minutes if not more, of fame.
Nan (aka roswellborn) Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 10:27 AM
She may have left the wedding ring at home, rather than risk losing it in the baked beans
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I was thinking the same thing. It’s probably been slip/slidin away around her finger lately and could’ve easily gone into the beans. They could’ve turned it into a fund raising event tho and whoever bit into the ring would have won Sarah for a week. They would have raised TONS!
(there’s an intersting thought – what would a MudPup do if they won Sarah for a week???)
honestyinGov – you’ve piqued my curiosity . I was going to go back in the archives last week but decided I just didn’t have the time. You’ve made it sound like too much fun so I’m going to make sure to take a wander.
saur kraut… I have a question….
( about the # 210 post )
Can you remember what you were thinking when you posted that comment on Mudflats back then..? ( What happened after that )
I assume you became a ‘ regular ‘ after that. What was it like taking that journey looking back. Any words of wisdom…?
im all for finding out s.p. and mr. former first dude are on the fritz (no wedding ring) … as I like watching Karma bite people in their hind parts
She sold her soul for her own purposes .. and what matters (Family) she loses but.. sadly as fun as that would be
I remember her spouting something on the campaign trail about taking off her ring because it hurts her boney fingers when she has to shake so many hands
She did do a whole lotta hand shakin’ (and touching the food after.. ) so maybe that is all there is to the missing ring mystery
TBNTJudy
Not quite to this standard yet, but somethings goin’ on over that bump-it.
http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=bad+combover+pictures&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=bLVsSpKjE-SQjAeivM2vCw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1
I have Immoral MInority issues too.. the wild window computer lock up thing
I got a new computer this week and have the same issue
WAS only opening it on IE (am usually on AOL) .. but now no luck
Don’t think it is a virus as the ‘puter is new
My other computer had a virus thing on it..
Just posting this as hopefully Gryphen reads these comments
A computer geek friend (sent him the link to see if he had the issues) said the page was mega loaded with things .. he thought that was the problem. Maybe he can “trim” down the page a little? Im not good with computers but passing that along
Shannyn, put this article on FB, its really good…
http://juneauempire.com/stories/072609/loc_471000849.shtml
” Nizich said that was a tactic of Palin’s opponents, to “throw the governor on her heels” and keep her from being able to govern.
Those claims are contradicted by records released under the Alaska Public Records Law and interviews with administration and other sources. They show a pattern of the Palin administration using public resources and the state’s ethics laws in an effort to block and discredit both frivolous and credible charges made against the governor. “
UK Lady,
Please read post on What do I know blog:
http://whatdoino-steve.blogspot.com/2009/07/guest-post-on-palins-last-day.html
Wow, crystalwolf, thanks for the link.
“Palin has been issuing press releases highlighting the complaints filed against her, calling one “asinine” and raising their profile. The governor had to go public to defend herself, said Sharon Leighow, the governor’s spokeswoman.”
There is such a thing as protesting too much. Just ask some of the other sanctimonious pseudoChristians out there…Sanford, anyone?
Miss Wasilla would be right at home with the other FOX idiots who all live here with the East Coast media elite, go to the parties, etc., Hannity, O”Reilly, Coulter, you won’t catch them living in a small town in Real America.
One more thought about the theoretical move to LI. When she was campaigning for Veep she put her Naughty Monkeys down in very, very few places that were not overwhelmingly populated by middle-class white folks. The tiny bit of time she spent in Philly she was holed up in hotels. Never got anywhere near the rough parts of town.
While the Hamptons are swanky, there are a whole lotta “ferriners” on the Island in general. To get to the Hamptons from NYC, you drive through some pretty slummy areas. There are also lots and lots and lots of Jews!! And South Asians! Haitians! All sorts of colored people… and some of them speaking OTHER LANGUAGES!!
The public schools are very good. Piper might actually have to repeat a grade since she missed half of last year anyway. Willow would probably not be able to meet the graduation requirements.
Nah. Ain’t happening. Maybe a nice condo in CT. She could be the typical “Aryan from Darien”. If she improves her wardrobe.
Going off to read Crystalwolf’s link now, looks good.
The diary linked earlier on Kos has gone big. Lots of good analysis.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/7/26/751717/-Sarah-Palins-$unny-pro$pect$-(how-I-wish-I-were-kiddin)
While I agree she’ll be able to gin up the crazies and command the attention of the Washington media, methinks assigning her a position of tremendous power is a mistake for the very reason cite:
She is not an elitist.
The upper echelons of the Republican Party may not be able to ignore her, but neither are they going to turn over the reigns of power to a loose cannon like her. This is why the Bush family is behind Mitt Romney.
Palin will prove useful until she is no longer useful, in which case you will see the media take a completely different tone.
palinista tweeting from FBX
http://twitter.com/akmark08
Looks like most contentious picnic yet!17 minutes ago from txt
Ran across muckraker type bloggers looking to “interview palin suppoeters”about 1 hour ago from txt
crystalwolf- good find, thanks.
Crystalwolf @ 233
Bejeebus! everyone should go and read that article, it’s mustard.
She must be gettin’ ready with the naughty monkey’s and short skirt…
she has a dressing room…
from twitter
http://twitter.com/Adrienne2012
Just got pics of Gov’s dressing room13 minutes ago from txt
crystalwolf aka caligrl Says:
palinista tweeting from FBX akmark08
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You do realize that this is the Mark Bowers who got the Thank You note for his donation to the Legal Fund and posted it online right?
UK Lady Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 1:11 PM
Crystalwolf @ 233
Bejeebus! everyone should go and read that article, it’s mustard.
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Thanks guys, but Shannyn found it and posted on her face book I just reposted for you
EyeOnYou Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 1:13 PM
crystalwolf aka caligrl Says:
palinista tweeting from FBX akmark08
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You do realize that this is the Mark Bowers who got the Thank You note for his donation to the Legal Fund and posted it online right?
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Hmmmmm? No I didn’t? Maybe someone with twitter should ask him to make sure it wasn’t photohopped the palinista’s were claiming that those were photoshopped! Idiots!
Hey sarah !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGx7VTOoTaI&feature=related
Adrienne is all in love and S^*t………….
Awwww, austintx, I love the Mavericks!
Several of us are in chat – come on in!
Duh?How do I join or get into live chat?
Thanks.
chit chat?
other important precedence being set about misconduct:
Alaska high court recommends Bethel judge get 3-month suspension
District Court Judge Dennis Cummings is the first judge in state history to be suspended, according to the director of the Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct.
The 62-year-old survived a retention vote last year even though the Alaska Judicial Council made biting criticisms about his overall performance and recommended his removal.
Cummings would have received a six-month suspension but the court found several mitigating factors. Cummings was new to the bench, [HUH?] apologized for his error, has a reputation for honesty and has no prior disciplinary record, according to court records.
OT.
whoever directed us to vote in a poll sponsered by newsmax:
you and all who signed up will be bombarded with righwing postings.
i’ll take this to the open thread, also, too.