Sarah Palin – On to a “Higher Calling”
It’s Quittin’ Time here in Alaska. Yes, according to our almost former executive-in-chief, we’re yesterdays news. Tossed like an old banana peel on the compost pile of past political ambition. Cast off like an old peep-toe pump with a broken heel. Jilted.
So, why are we so happy?
It’s kind of like being dumped by someone who was really bad for you anyway. Sure there are some hurt feelings. Didn’t we measure up? Weren’t we worth fighting for? “It’s not you, it’s me?” What does the Lower 48 have that we don’t? Is it the money? But, you said you loved us! What about that oath you took?
Oath shmoth. After all that wears off, you look back at all the lies, the false promises, the people that got thrown under the bus, and you realize that you were taken in. And then there is a sense of freedom. There are new possibilities, new beginnings. You’ve been shown plain as day all the things that can go wrong, and you feel charged with a mission of changing those things so that they never ever happen again. Ever. Seriously.
That’s where we are today. At this moment, the governor is standing in Fairbanks, in the heart of our great state that she loves so much, and she’s doling out another round of barbequed meat to lines of swooning tourists, and she’s looking us in the eye, pulling that ring off her finger, throwing it on the ground, and hightailing it out of here to her next relationship. And we’re being dumped live on national TV.
But, hold your head high, Alaskans. If you’re one of the many that voted for her a couple years ago, and are now face-palming and saying to yourself “What was I thinking?” it’s OK. You’re not the only one. She has lots of ex-es. Those who voted for her, those who didn’t, those who were fired, those who quit, those who were threatened with lawsuits, those who were called out in state press releases, and many more that remain unnamed. We know how you feel. (putting my arm around your collective shoulder)
And remember, we’ve got a new relationship already. I know, I know….rebound relationships can be dangerous too. Yes, I know…people call him Captain Zero. It’s looking like nothing much will change… but give him a chance. We know what to look out for. Now that the sparkly object is out of our sight, we can focus more on the actual policies, and the things we need to change and fix. And we can focus on the words and sentences, because they may make sense now.
And no worries that our old flame will go away entirely. We’ll still feel free to enjoy the entertainment value of the slow motion train wreck that appears to have a never ending supply of cars. But now, the difference is, she won’t actually be running a government anymore.
And think of all the potential relationships we’ve got coming down the road after rebound guy! We’ve got Bob Poe, and Ethan Berkowitz, and Hollis French and Rob Rosenfel… It’ll be like a fantastic round of speed dating. We’ll get to know them, and then we’ll pick one. None of them are perfect, but they’re all head and shoulders above … uh… above um…. (banging on forehead with heel of hand) What was her name again? Gimme a minute….I’ll get it.
[And of course, a big hat tip and bear hug to flyinureye, the Mudflats graphics god. This really may be your best yet.]
*CNN is broadcasting the abdication of the throne LIVE…including a So Long Sarah countdown clock. It’s like New Year’s Eve! Everyone get your champagne ready. Anyone know of a live link? Please post in comments! Thanks! And everyone feel free to live blog the event.*
I so love the graphic. Yep, she dumped you, she did. Either Sarah isn’t worthy of Alaska or Alaska isn’t worthy of her. hmmm, I wonder which one it is.
Congrats Alaskan, your Governor has quit, it should be a great day for you.
So, at last it’s time to burn all her mixed tapes and give her old T-shirts to Goodwill. Hurrah!
Good riddance to bad rubbish!
Just poured a HUGE gin and tonic and am awaiting the word salad on CNN. Spent some of today in PA watching old SNL Tina Fey skits on the innertubes. Ahh, the good old days of Palin comedy, also, too…
I can see Alaska from my house (OK, not really, but what is a lie among friends) and am toasting all the puppies with a glass of zin! I refuse to watch this as it will be shown over and over and over for the next 24 hours, and then POOF… she’s gone!
Can anyone find a live feed?
Here’s the link I’m using…
http://www.channelchooser.com/tv/watch/new-channels/cnn/4675/
Oh, Lord – I’ve been waiting for this all day down here in GA!
Time to break out the Cabernet Franc!
Palin has already failed on the national stage, so her “value” depends on some semblance of popularity in Alaska. So, look forward to more “media opportunities” (handing out hot dogs to tourists) in the foreseeable future.
KTUU says they’ll have a live stream in about 15 min.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/26/watch-live-sarah-palin-re_n_245082.html
I think Hwmnbn’s is probably better. Still waiting for mine to load or maybe it’s not on yet or there are too many people trying to connect. What time is she suppose to resign?
Travelling with the family at a very southern red state beachfront locale and am pleased as punch that even my red-blood-father-in-law see’s what is Alaska’s Folly, good ol Whats Her Name with the lame brain. We are toasting to her screen door exit several thousand miles away.
Glad I packed some Homer produced wine for this!
Yay for Alaska!
KTUU.com
hwmnbn, thanks for the link.
I seriously can’t believe that CNN has a countdown like its New Year’s Eve. Maybe Dick Clark will host the Twitten Quit’en.
While yer waitin’, here’s a lil’ ditty fer ya’ll. Warnin’ — it’s kinda’ catchie.
http://www.ronnierayjenkins.com/topics/education/The_Ballad_of_Caribou_Barbie
Remember Lou RACIST Dobbs is a CNN star, so it makes sense they would have the Palin farewell live so they can have Obama trashers on to comment.
That is their whole point. I bought a bottle of Grey Goose Pear to drink to celebrate..OH my bad it’s French how unpatriotic of me. I guess I am not one of those “real Amerkins” that Sarah loves so much.
Hillbillies theme is my fav for them. I don’t usually make fun of looks, but does Meg have a made-for-comedy face or what?
AKM: You “nailed it!”, You wrote exactly what I was feeling.
There were 142 viewers when I posted the above link 10 minutes ago, now there’s 254. Apparently there are a bunch of lurker mudpups tuning in. LOL
*hwmnbn waves hi*
While yer waitin’, here’s a lil’ ditty fer ya’ll. Warnin’ — it’s
kinda’ catchie.
http://www.ronnierayjenkins.com/topics/education/The_Ballad_of_Caribou_Barbie
She’ll be speaking in about 20 minutes according to CNN. I’m unable to blog and watch at the same time…cnn video slows my machine way down. Feels like I’m slogging through molasses.
CNN said she will be making an announcement…just heard.
CNN hyping it for an hour—she won’t say much. Will be cool and coy—-so the story can go on.
AKM, left a post for you on last thread; great post about Anchorage.
great graphic
I hope the dogie in the picture knows enough to hide if he sees a helicopter
Clap, Clap, Clap!!!! Thank you, AKM. Cracking a bottle of wine to toast and celebrate! I know we probably aren’t completely done with her but the sense of relief feels so good for the moment. Cheers! Clink! Clink!
May I watch a re-run of Jeopardy! instead? Heh heh.
At least I won’t be poisoning my brain and might even learn a thing or two…
if she makes any announcement other than quitting, I’ll be really pissed, just because it’s Parnell’s day, not the quitter’s day.
The link thru HuffPo is working very well now and doesn’t slow my ‘puter down like the CNN link does. Currently, showing crowd scenes and playing band music.
CNN is making quite a deal out of this; I don’t remember Blago getting this kind of coverage when he left. ha. I wish $p could get the silver bracelet treatment on her last day. I will be patient…
zyggy, of course she has an announcement, it is always about her.
I fear we may have her unleashed on FOX and that means she will live to near me.
The Ballad of Caribou Barbie
Icant believe I got such a good seat for this circus. POV from Ohio, what a trainwreck!
Thank you ever so sincerely from the bottom of my heart, AKM: for your brilliant writing and clear, rational thinking. This made your blog my go place for interesting, well-researched, well documented information regarding politics in the far away land of the last frontier. I came for the information, and stayed for the humanity…and sightings of Brian!
So kewl; Peace
Really, though, shouldn’t this be Parnell’s day to speechify, not Palin’s? She’s so over. If she had any grace or intelligence whatsoever, she wouldn’t be doing this crap.
Is it me or does it seem like that CNN reporter didn’t bother to research where he was? Some sort of boat…… some kind of amusement park……
zyggy,
she has the world’s attention. She can’t just give a speech and quit…
Loved the train whistle in the background…was the Good-bye, you suckers, Express, the BooHoo Train to Nowhere, or the Train of Tears.
ahahahaha, that IS the best graphic yet!
still wondering why OUR governor doesn’t hand out free hotdogs once a year, how many states get to have a governor’s picnic? who pays for all that? and book marks and posters and other swag?
and still wondering when Jane, I mean Meg, announces what SP really has up her sleeve next
Let me just say that if she makes any kind of announcement about something specific she plans to do, that will yet again prove that she & Meg are just liars, considering they have been saying all along that there are “no plans” for anything after today.
Silvermoon Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 2:28 PM
CNN hyping it for an hour—she won’t say much. Will be cool and coy—-so the story can go on.
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Silvermoon, I agree. However knowing that this will be her last official act, she may be tempted to get all mavericky and toss some major word salad.
@ Other Seagull Junker: the naming site blessed me with this name way back last Fall – I was happy to see I have a separated twin here at the ‘flats.
I’ve been lurking lately, usually not getting to my computer until there are about 200 comments to read, so it’s nice to be here early for this momentous occasion. I’m eager to see how Sean Parnell looks in the sash and tiara.
Queens area in NY a tornado…just now…Flushing area….
CNN did say a second ago that Bristol and Willow were seated.
Goodbye Quitty!
Gee, remember how the networks cried about all the added expense of having to go 1/2 mile away during the convention in Denver to cover Obama’s speech at Invesco Field? Poor babies.
But they had all kinds of cash to fly crews (Andrea Mitchell, no less) to “sit on the dock of the lake” and them go fishing to hear SP’s endless babble. And now, it’s like a Twilight Zone Reverse Coronation with no expense spared for live coverage. Ugh. I can’t make myself watch it.
I was a journalism major in school (4 and out, thank you), but went into what I now consider the more honorable profession of advertising.
KTUU live streaming shortly
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/category.asp?C=81466
I wonder if CNN is expecting something really dramatic and it’s going to be what it was in Anchorage:
“The only thing between you and food is me talking, so I’ll make it brief. Thanks! Bye!”
I’m actually hoping for a giant bowl of word salad.
Excellent work Flyinureye!
@34 eyeonyou. they already are liars, whether they do it on national tv is another thing. I don’t think Alaskan’s will take it well if she tries something like that.
Oh, nice: the band is playing the Souza piece that opened Monty Python’s Flying Circus. A fitting intro for what will undoubtedly be comedy gold.
De-lurked, back to cloaking mechanism.
Carry on!
CNN anchor talked earlier about not having a copy of the farewell speech.
who anon blogger, Palin doesn’t have it or the anchor doesn’t?
No copy of the speech? Maybe she’s planning to ‘progress’ it as she goes! Also. Too.
On stage with Todd
me, too, also AKM. I will miss the laughs of the word salad and taking it apart the next day here at the flats.
got my wine glass topped off.
Are cable news outlets really that hard up for a story? I cannot believe they are making such a big deal about Sarah’s last day. Big deal….she is a quitter.
BTW, I do love the graphic.
CNN anchor
UH-OH Candy FREE DONUTS Crowley is on CNN to analyze the speech. The spin starts…UH-Oh Candy is dishing Queen Palin…WOW wonder what Sarah did to her.
If Candy Crowlry thinks it will be 18 months before we know what Sarah is doing—Crowley needs to get a new job!!
a ginomous bowl of word salad for all the world to listen too. I like you idea akm, bring it on buttercup.
and just in case she brings up Reagan, he didn’t quit, he left.
Corsage, baby, corsage!!
I see Sarah and Todd are dressed for the occasion.
National anthem(sp) now….
Here in CA with Vodka & Orange-Peach-Mango juice ready to toast.
Would love to hear Palin singing anthem.
Guessing GINO becomes XGINO when Parnell is sworn in.
first dude sure is looking dapper today in he fancy vest.
Todd didn’t sing. All the rest on stage did. Curious….
Too many corsages on Alaskan politicians. Ooops, someone’s speech just blew away…
seattlefan – astute observation.
Money money money…
Back from the Dragon Boat Festival– made me think of the Palin analogy of everyone in the canoe, paddling…only hers was going ’round in circles, heading toward the falls. Nothing on our local channels; I think I’ll watch the weather, and see if we get another inch plus downpour tonight.
Great art as usual, flyinureye- how about a nice yellow bus filled with everyone Palin tossed under, high tailing it in the opposite direction?
Todd is still a secessionist…you betcha!
I just want to make one comment before she begins:
FACT CHECK !!
Todd’s thinking AIP party
she shows up in JEANS???? What a slap in the face to the importance of the occaision. TACKY TACKY TACKY
Why do the commentators have to keeping talking during this? It’s very distracting.
She certainly looks delighted with herself.
“She’ll always have a microphone for the next 18 months….”
Noooooooo!
What a contrast, attire worn Palins and Parnells.
overthemoon Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 2:52 PM
she shows up in JEANS???? What a slap in the face to the importance of the occaision. TACKY TACKY TACKY
Yes, as tacky as the tattoo (or was that mud?) on the back of Mrs. Alaska’s left leg.
overthemoon…that’s what I thought, jeans, but I couldn’t see them very well.
I hope Missy Quitter listens closely when Parnells gives his oath to Alaska.
Are those jeans? I thought it was black pants. Wow, jeans and a corsage. Nice!
No Bristol?
liveblogging is also going on in chat.
and there’s a drinking game as well!
Did people speak this glowingy about Nixon when he resigned?
AKM at #67. My thoughts , exactly.
Starting right off with the highest squeak in her voice range.
pursing of the lips…not happy? fairbanks folks are more patriotic than the rest of AK?
Military, patriot….HEY, SHE IS USING A TELEPROMPTER!
Dang it! soaring…I’m soaring…
Ow, my ears, already! Shrill! Get the jingoism over with.
Got the words military and patriot out there real quick….
Verbal Salad at its finest!
How many degrees?
Working the crowd, what is she saying…rivers…north to the future. Last frontier, she’s not making sense….
omg…stay on topic!
Rugged, hardy, patriotic, military, protecting greatest nation on Earth, together we stand. Denali, frozen, soaring, Cheechakos, Sourdoughs, 150 degrees hotter in summer, fireweed, merciless rivers, rushing, carving, Mother Nature. Big wild good life, north to the future. Last frontier, hope opportunity, country pride…
Hell bent on tearing down America.
Let the Salad begin!!!
She’s wearing the jumbo bumpit today!
i mean sarah – lol – she’s all over the map.
this is the husband… what is with the potted plant?
what the hell is she talking about??? OMG ,just leave already.I gotta drink
OMG it is the SAME word salad! And she has teleprompters too!
Here we go!
She’s having a tough time getting beyond the military.
military….military….military where is she going….she is going to exercise her freedom of speech….straight talk…here goes…..
egads – straightalk – freedom of the press – coulda/shoulda/woulda journalist
I feel the same way about sp talking about the military as I did about the deserter bush wearing our uniform.
and here she goes with the freedom of speech
Someone please pass the salad dressing!
Straight talk for the media…. OMG.
Here we go. Could and should be respected. Democracy depends on you. Troops willing to die for you.
Quit making things up…
Holy Crap!!!!!!!!!!
3 minutes in—-this is going to be a Classic!!!!
I’m not sure i can watch this.
and only some get the right be patriotic and report the ?truth?
OMG!! She’s using the deaths of service men and women to get the media off her back!!
Quit making things up dammit!
“in honor of the American soldier, ya quit…..” She should’ve stopped there!
Is any one counting the tongue thrusts?
gotta get those jabs in to the very end. no class.
Geez, I don’t normally drink, but am finishing off a bottle of Merlot I opened over a month ago. Might even have to smoke a number, too. Might just get trashed. I have to be to listen to this crap.
Should’ve chugged a few more MGD Gold before I started listening.
Is this a repeat of her GOP acceptance speech? Military, freedom, freedom of speech (ruh roh), freedom of the epress (suck up)…in honor of the American soldier, you quit makin’ things up (how about taking your advice)
Lovin’ Parnell’s family…yup, take the “best of speeches” segments and stir them up into a new word salad-
Is any one counting the tongue thrusts & lip licks?
NOW what will we do for entertainment?
Palinese has just been added to Babelfish
she’s reading as if she’s done right by the people……
when she exerts her freedom of speech, she is scary. in a ridiculous sort of way.
yes those “TSKS” are extremely loud.
The witch selectively quotes the constitution. She always quotes the 2nd article of the constitution. Not the 1st. Inherent rights.
Oh you mean old press. Quit making things up. waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!! What an a stark raving moron. Can she p### and moan any more?
So Sarah, exactly WHAT has the “media” “made up?”
Uh oh, Political operatives, you better watch out !
omg she did NOT just ask the media to quit making stuff up in honor of our men overseas? Oh, yes she did. And I’m paraphrasing.
bob and weave… here comes the upper cut…
and to the bitter end we are in our pajamas…
Busheee
three fish in three days…
anne – sadly, you aren’t really paraphrasing.
She’s pandering to her national base audience!
Socialism? “It is your money…” You know. Cashing out the treasury by democracy.
In honor of the troops I think Sarah Palin should start telling the truth!
Anne in Texas…she most definitely did….
Don’t worry, Sue (109)- Palin will still be speaking, often. also.too.
Palin’s version of her Alaskan World is like an episode of the Twlight Zone.
just adding up all of her talking points and shooting them out one after another.
do you think she might hyperventilate? she is breathing offly fast…
Applause sounds a little hollow
Could someone please tie her hands behind her back while she talks?
what is with the guns? and where did that come from?
uh oh talking about ashley judd – tiny starlet
She is so clueless…she has no idea just how much she is continuing to herself. She will do this over and over until she just melts like the wicked witch in OZ
i want this transcript. her copy. with the exclamation points and parentheses.
oops, she keeps forgetting to fold her pointer finger… She must REALLY mean this crap.
Stiffen spine..now its Ashley Judd….against right to bear arms stuff…Hollywood
SHE IS NUTS!
Parnell, Campbell…God’s Grace.
Oil prices. ACES. Energy rebate.
Protect this beautiful environment? Oooo. A subcabinet to “study climate conditions.”
Laundry list of spin…
Manage fish & wildlife for abundance. Outside special interest groups “don’t get it”. Stiffen your spine? Like quitting?
Anti second amendment circuses from Hollywood. Celebrity starlets.
This is a classic.
think she wrote this salad all by her little ole self??
smile and wave honey – it’s almost over
Well, you have to admit, she is doing the right thing for Alaska. Oh c’mon say something about fish!
Did she seriously just ask the press not to make things up like she’s the paragon of honesty?
And there she goes with the soldiers again, connected to hunting? WTF?
Hollywood needs to know that we eat and hunt? WTF!?!?!
we eat therefore we hunt….OY!
She really thinks her 100,000 twitter followers…are the only people who vote.
OMG, my 50 yr old son just came in from the porch, saw Palin, and yelled “Quitter!” Said she’s the type who will “lick it” but not finish the job. OMG…LMAO.
Wasn’t Charleton Heston from Hollywood?
The national pipeline is underway?! Did I miss the construction start?
As a little kid she dreamed of commercializing our national gas?
The natural gas pipeline is underway? When did that happen?
Delicate tiny hollywood starlets? HUH?
We eat, therefore we hunt.
This is as rabid and frantic and scattered and angry and weird, just plain weird as her rushed, breathless, fuming resignation announcement.
Did I hear some boos??
“We eat, therefore we hunt.” Sarah eats wolves?
You all are doing a great job! Feels like i was there listening. Good job! Thanks!
Oh BARF!!!!!! Listen to her!!!! Telling the media to stop makin’ things up! She is such a LIAR!! What is wrong with her! And what is wrong with her supporters! The woman is wacked!!! Truly certifiably nuts!!.
She just lives hearing the clapping though. So long, farewell and please GO AWAY!!!
You are an awful person Sarah Palin and you were a terrible governor.
Ann in Texas….you heard her right! I can’t believe she said that.
Chris Perry is her right-hand “man?” Really?
I am dizzy…Hollywood needs to know we eat therefore we hunt…that’s all I remember beside quit making stuff up and leave his kids alone.
stapleton, van flein, cole, oh my….
just regular alaskans. makin’ a lot of money to be all corrupt for me and stuff.
Shout out to Stapleton, Cole and…. Van Flein???
Shout out to Kris Perry as “right hand man”. Last time I checked, she was a woman…
shooting down the stimulus “largess”
My success is due to Chris! Go Chris!! WTF?: (looking up meaning of success)
god,i wish see would get laryngitis
Booing!
OH MY GOD
It isn’t over and I am picking my grown college students kids up off the floor; I can’t tell if they are laughing or crying…
Hmm..wonder why no mention of medicaid fiasco…the hungry native alaskans…the ruined villages ie;Eagle …all those horrific things she has done nothing about. Why is that stupid crowd applauding? Parnell needs to have his feet held to the fire just as much as she has. Poor guy..he has no clue what is going to hit him.
keith is going to be real good monday night.what a freaking ..freak
28 Million for energy standards… Oh I feel the energy draining out of me …
No stimulus to help the little guy – just hand outs from the little guys to ms. grifter
like government is against Alaskans…government is not the answer….
This thing can’t hit Youtube fast enough in my book.
You thought July 3 speech was crazy????? Ha!!
This will go down in history!!!!
She quit! Why is she being given the time to make a campaign speech? If she is all that, why is she quitting? She really is strange, stranger still that the new governor agreed to sit through this – she quit!!! Please just go away…..
and energy STANDARDS !
why, why, am I watching CNN? will this be the last speech from the ultimate b2tch?
This last shot she is taking is brought to you by the press that failed to vet.
Oh God I almost had to throw up. She reprimands the news media for making things up. AHHHHHHHHHHHH! Sounds like projecting to me. “Antiamendment circus’s from Hollywood” using small starlets. Remember she is still acting with restraint. Just wait for the crazy crap that is coming. “What I promised we accomplished”, Huh? She never even finished. “We can resist enslavement” from big government? You mean like freezing the HSS for being so dysfunctional people died? Beg an anllowance, Alaska has been getting a huge amount of ear marks for years. Don’t make it sound like the federal government has been withholding from Alaska.
somebody wrote that for her wouldn’t ya say?
Sooooo what is the real story on her missing wedding band? It seems to have been off for a while, she doesn’t even sport a tan line where the band should have been.
There are definitely some loud boos. Not everyone in that crowd is drinking the kool-aid.
Alaska…Gatekeeper of the country!!
faux news covering also, too. gack probably all msm is there. Whoever mentioned the media complained about having to go short distance for OBama but is all twiddlepated over the twitterer –you are right on. (sorry-it’s not verbatim quote) Wonder if she will leave right after speech so Mr. Parnell can see a trampling herd leave when it’s his turn to speak. I have the sound OFF, couldn’t take it . Will read all transcripts and translations after.
She’s on coke.
drill baby drill. to keep us safe….she is batshit crazy
maybe the wedding band doesn’t fit anymore due to weight loss?
Energy and security nation should look to Alaska.
Speech not going over to well
Cocaine, that is.
Session movment (please)? She is out of her mind.
wow let’s introduce two year gov terms to avoid the lame duck issue…tupid!!!
This is classic Palin word salad, scattered, complaining, whining, pity me and hate them, drill baby drill, God bless kinda speech.
I’m recording it.
Some are choosing not to hear why I’ve charted a new course.
More booing?
Should be obvious. It is because I love Alaska this much, SIR (booer). Lame duck session. Booing. OMG.
I will be able to fight even harder for you, for what is right, for truth.
If she feels so strongly about all this stuff, why is she QUITTING?
Oh that’s right, she wants to be free to speechify at will.
Oh, here it comes…you didn’t tell anyone why you made the decision! We can’t hear what you don’t say.
Talking at us does not mean you’re telling us anything.
Somebody needs to introduce her to a real bear.
America must look north to the future – said it 2 or 3 times.
“unproductuve, business as usual, lame duck last year in office – how does that benefit you?” Guess all office holders should be quitting pretty soon!
She wasn’t sure she could remember all of her kids’ names!!
Oh man, I chose the wrong year to quit drinking.
uh…i think you mean thank you contractors for your home???
oh god dragging out the grizzly guarding her cubs as well the lame-duck excuse for quitting.
I heard boo’s from the crowd.
sounds like listening to EST from years ago…If you didn’t/don’t understand, it is because ‘you aren’t paying attention’. If you didn’t get it, you weren’t paying attention…..when oh when is the child going to say the princess is naked?
SHE.IS CERTIFIABLE! NO QUESTION. SORRY FOR YELLING.
What????!!! AK gatekeeper of the country?! Jeesh, this is as good as her 7/3 word salad.
God bless Alaska. God bless America. Commentators are chuckling.
ROFL. Wow.
SHE.IS CERTIFIABLE! NO QUESTION. SORRY FOR YELLING. News commentators are kind of chuckling. So she hands the lame duck to Parnell? Nice..
No announcement…same kind of stuff.
Some are choosing not to hear why she made the decison to chart a new course. It’s her duty to avoid the lame duck session. Now she can fight even harder for what is right and for truth? Oh God. I can’t get the video to stream, is her nose getting longer?
Ding Dong the witch is dead.
Which old witch?
The Wicked witch.
she gone ..bye.bye
fox is blaming the bloggers! Diva and the pitcure…OMFG!!!
Yay to the resistance! Fairbanksians were saying that they wanted to make sure the nation knew that “not everybody loves Sarah” and they did! Nice.
Oh for the love of everything that’s holy!! bwhaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! Congratuations Alaska bloggers. You all rock! What a nut case. Please keep her out of Ohio. lol
That was strange. What a weird speech. I mean, par for the course, but that was montage of all her other speeches. Does she cut out sentances for other speeches, put them into a hat and pull them out and add them together for each speech?
that was a train wreck
YIPEEE!!!!!!! The reign of Queen Sarah is OVER!!!!
Does anyone speak Palinese? I heard a couple of buzz words…otherwise, word salad. All she needs is the buzz words.
Got some new respect for Candy Crowley…she said something like Palin might not have a political future, but she’s “got a microphone.”
cnn didnt say anything about the boos
What a mess – what was that woman yelling toward the end of her yakking?
*raises a glass to every mudpuppy and progressive thinking person in the nation*
Well done, all. Without your words and research and careful thought and sharing all of that wherever and whenever you could, we might have been saddled with an even more heinous national administration than we had for 8 years under Bush.
And to Alaska, I salute you for your brief moment of freedom. May you continue to keep close watch and turn that state blue, one moose at a time.
I heard the boos, they sounded great
am I correct that Bristol is not there? What’s up with that?
Just the same dirt she’s been dishing out over and over. Has a lot of nerve to ask media to leave the Parnell children alone. It was snarky, against media, her critics, and like Don Lemon or Candy on CNN said, SP hardly spoke about Sean Parnell, she just built herself up. ME ME ME. Shouldn’t Sean Parnell be her right hand man?
And, no wedding band.
Hallelujah! Long live AKM, Shannyn Moore, Immoral Minority, Phil Munger, Celtic Diva, Denis Zaki and other truth-tellers!
Clink… cheers
That Campbell guy just did some serious kissing of ex-Governor Sarah’s ass at the ceremony in Fairbanks. What was THAT all about?? Shouldn’t he be talking abouit Governor Parnell?
Well, I just back on, the data base connection failed. I had a hard time trying to figure out a lot of her word salad. Oh, and I promise I won’t mention Governor Parnell’s kids so long as he doesn’t exploit them like Palin did.
it will be interesting to see what happens between her and the ex first dud
lexky – yeah, nothing about the boos and why aren’t they talking more w/Chris Welsh? What is the point of having a reporter there if they don’t let him report???
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I wonder if big mouth, anti-government, quittypants will tell her parents NOT to accept Federal Social Security dollars, or her special needs son (or grandson) NOT to accept any Federally subsidized programs or assistance??? As CNN’s Candy Crowley pointed out afterwards…the speech was all about HER and her met promises and typical Repug talking points. So now that nobody wants to “serve” as a lame duck…all terms are cut in half…so you can steal what you want from the very taxpayers you’re professing to represent and throw them under the bus when your pockets are full! She is the worst person in the world!!!!!!!!!!!! Good riddens! Take a hike! AK, her house is your house…reclaim it!
All week long the sky has been filled with smoke. Visibility down to 2 or 3 miles. Friday & saturday were the worse. Today was looking to be the same when around 2-2:30 the sky opened up to a beautiful blue and visibility shot up to 10+ miles.
Even nature is celebrating.
SHREEEEEEEEEEEK!!! HE HAS A VERY NICE FAMILY!!! LEAVE THEM ALONE!!! SHREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!! THE PTERYDACTYL HAS SPOKEN.
Won’t be hard to leave his family alone since he doesn’t use them as shields and parade them in public. God, she still doesn’t get it.
She is such a hemmorhoid (anal orifices have a purpose; hemmorhoids only goes irritation and must be removed.). Well, it needed to be pointed out. I shoulda had a glass or two of wine before I watched that.
Yes, the Fairbanks progressives were heard!
msnbc didnt even cover it live
The CNN reporter did contribute one goodie—-aaked a guy walking out what he thought—said “I know less now than when I came in” paraphrase.
State website hasn’t been changed yet…
http://www.state.ak.us
even nature is celebrating. I love it . congratulations Alaska. I am having a horrible time staying on.
That speech (or watever you want to call it) was not about handing over the reigns because she was quitting….it was an attempt to list her “so called” accomplishments. That speech was not aimed at Alaskans at all, IMO. She was looking through the camera and into the eyes and ears of her national base. I guess that was the kick-off of her “Here I Am America!” tour. It was disgraceful how she bashed the media and Americans in general. Echhh!
I know this is probably insignificant, but she named her kids, and almost forgot Trig. Immediately after, she seemed to be hyperventilating as she spoke.
Poor media not telling the truth…maybe they should start with babygate…telling the truth. Funny, nothing about the pj bloggers.
CNN says there were almost no positive comments, Anchor counted only 2 after he went back through looking for them.
And what was all that? (paraphrase)…dig your feet in the ground AK…don’t budge, don’t listen to your government AK…we’re going to drill and deface every spot of God’s green earth, AK…..in the name of FREEDOM!!! WTF!!!!
i wonder if there will be any special tweets tonight?
Word Goulash for sure, Seattle. And you are right – she wasn’t speaking to Alaskans.
No Tweets for 7 hours…..
rebekkah…I caught that, too. Almost forgot Trig.
I couldn’t stand hearing her screechy voice so put the closed caption on. What a bunch of nonsense words. She is a liar and a hypocrit and nobody had a chance to question her except for the guy that asked why she quit. She sure looked hopped up. Think she was on something? Congrats my Mudflat friends. I raised my glass to you.
That was her “My administration and I did it all, everything we promised to do” and “Shove it up where the sun don’t shine, MSM” speech. Hope y’all enjoyed it as much as I did.
Excuse me, I have to go vomit.
Alot of people are talking about the missing wedding band. I remember during the campaign last fall she never wore it much! I always wonder why for such a family type?
I heard the boos and her speech was, as always predictable, blaming the media, blaming Hollywood, blaming big government etc., etc. and of course kissing up to the military. I got the sense that when she blamed the media she was also blaming the Alaskan bloggers. You guys did a terrific job of exposing her.
I guess SP doesn’t know that the North Star can be seen down here too. The escaped slaves from the South used to follow it North. (Follow the Drinking Gourd)
What a disaster!
wow, we’re not going to have Sarah Palin to kick around anymore!
hmm…, now where have I heard that before?
thanks all who live blogged it! I couldn’t get a live feed. had trouble getting a db connection to the ‘flats too. Mudflats must have lots of closet mudpups checking in on the big day
Best of luck to all Alaskans with your new Gov. Hopefully he will address the many issues facing the state and work with the Legis. to create long lasting solutions. I know that the wonderful progressive bloggers will keep us all informed, and the elected and appointed officials as transparent and honest as possible. Glad that mother nature is celebrating too. Those smoky skies are tough on lungs (mine are burning now from this awful cough).
Is it over? What was her big announcement?
Even though it hurt my ears and my brain, I had to listen to SP spew her usual verbal salad for the last time as governor. I know the best we can hope for is a few days respite, but I know the draw of the microphone will not allow her to be quiet. Good Luck & God bless you Alaska, better days are ahead …
So, now big announcement? Did she lie to CNN to get them to come?
No FOX deal announced, no National Oil and Gas board chairperson, not the leader of Focus on the Family??
@booboodog #238 – Yeah, and we all know what happened to tricky dick.
Palin is wearing jeans – what a class act. :/
“It was disgraceful how she bashed the media and Americans in general. Echhh!”
It was to be expected. It is what she does. I expect her to start tweeting up a storm, exercising her right to free speech. She has warned us, and now I am terrified. snark. And, yes, that Candy person on CNN had it pegged when she pointed out that government was going to be in big trouble if everyone started following SP’s logic about being a lame duck. Yes, let them all just quit with half their terms to go. Makes so much logical sense. more snark.
After the boos, she kinda broke up. Thats when the mother grizzly came in, she didn’t know what to do so, she started rambling. IMO anyway.
thank all that is right in this world that she is out of office.
CYA QUITTERPANTS
I hope the men in the white coats come soon to take her the hell away…attacking Hollywood?!? saying loony stuff like: we know how to eat, we hunt…however she said it. WHAT!!??!!?? It’s like she took this opportunity at a picnic to say everything and anything that was eating away at her from the beginning of time…and forgot the purpose of the event. WOW, she proves more and more that she’s certifiable. The thread from a while back collecting songs for her departure should include “there coming to take me away, ha ha”.
Just a thought about the missing wedding band….it may not fit any more due to weight loss.
Candy Crowley was musing when she seen the last time that somebody quit half way through their term and ended up getting a big sendoff and had a big speech LOL, she couldn’t think of anybody….Sarah sure is special
“Sean knows he has big high heels to fill,” said Mark Lewis, moderator of a farewell picnic hosted by Palin on Saturday in Anchorage, the state’s largest city. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/26/politics/main5189429.shtml ]
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Oh, no – Mark DI’IN’T say that! …did he?
[We heard the bit Mark said on our local CBS station and neither Mr. beth nor I could believe our ears!]
I mean, really, here’s this poor Sean guy being thrust into the Gov’s position and he has to try to do it in big high heels? Out in the open? Does Sean *normally* wear high heels – or only when he’s being kinky? Are they red, cheeky monkey, peep-toe high heels? Inquiring minds want to know.
The “Alaska Show” promises to keep providing us all with many, many, MANY more hours of entertainment. Keep uncovering and reporting on it all, for us AKM – please, please, PLEASE! Like a *really* fine wine, it just keeps getting better and better. beth.
I just returned from the Fairbanks picnic where SP served me a hot dog. I “thanked her for quitting and how now we will all be better off”. She stopped : turned reptilian and after along pause said “your not a very nice guy”. I then noted ” what did I say that was not true? At least I said thank you” SP returned to her adoring followers.
Thought it was interesting that CNN didn’t pick up on the whole Ashley Judd Defenders of Wildlife ads – don’t you think that’s what she was referring to with her skinny starlets from Hollywood?? Of course she couldn’t just say we chase wolves to exhaustion and then shoot them from helicopters so they die agonizing deaths and then we gas their pups in their dens. Probably wouldn’t go over so well – what a hideous cow! So happy she is gone.
“we eat, therefore, we hunt”. . . I think she may have just lost the rancher vote, the farming vote, and the dairy vote. (she never had the organic farming vote)
What’s this with calling Alaska the Gateway of the Continent? This is the second time I’ve heard her say this.
@seattlefan #225 – You got that right. It was all about Sarah, Sarah, Sarah. Nothing about Parnell except for his kids. She fails to realize she paraded her pregnant daughter and held up Trig like a prop during the campaign. Nothing about the ATF thou.
Sorry to post so much; must mention the young man (Sargeant of National Guard?) sang beautifully, the National Anthem. That was the best moment.
its official…some lady on faux news blamed the bloggers and the Iconic picture….She never takes any blame, thinks shes a mama bear and I cant wait for her to take off the gloves so the media can do the same. She was treated very gently. NOW THE MSM AND LOCAL AK”ERS CAN SPILL ALL OF THE BEANS.
Meghan MCCain PLEASEEEEEEEE tell all!
Meghan McCain can’t tell all because it reflects very badly on Dad.
I am pretty sure that is why she always says basically, no comment.
From P-Day on Friday, August 29th, 2008 To Today Screen Door Sunday July 26th, 2009…what a long, strange trip it’s been. We have survived. Come and celebrate! Hey GINO don’t let the door hit you on the way out!
PITTSBURGH AKMudstock
Sunday, August 16th, 1PM – Pittsburgh, PA
Please check here for the latest INFORMATION UPDATE:
http://www.themudflats.net/forum/index.php/topic,7283.msg75900.html#msg75900
Get on the ROAD TO PITTSBURGH IN AUGUST! RSVP’s have come in so far from South Carolina, North Carolina, Michigan, Washington D.C., New York, California, and Connecticut.
Shouldn’t you be here to meet Our Beloved Leader AKM face to face too on her trip to the Lower 48?
I hope she has all of her lies crossed referenced and indexed for those who will be “handling her.” And Willow was NOT at the Yankees game. Some cub reporter can debunk that in 15 minutes and start to chronicle ALL of her lies…
Post # 257…
The Fox anchor also said the face on the trig photo shop was that of a Blogger as well. When did Eddie become a blogger. That story has been out there for WEEKS and they can’t even get those few facts right with the story.
Nice headlines on MSNBC site—
Sarah Palin resigns amid uncertain future
She faces ethics probes, mounting legal bills and dwindling popularity
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32154668/ns/politics-more_politics/
CONGRAGULATIONS ALASKANS!!
Throwing confetti and blowing curley paper thingy.
The cone tree peeuht buhll has gone into the arena with the big dawgs.
It will be interesing to see how long she survives in the big time. Based on the McCain campaign I’d give her 6 weeks to make a total ….. of herself.
She has learned nothing, so the outcome will likely be the same.
And.
She won’t have her highschool buddies to cover her mistakes and prop up her ego anymore.
Oh, she was horrible, absolutely horrible. Black suite in the hot Alaskan son. Coursage! Why are people cheering, is there an applause sign?
We hunt, therefore we eat. I guess they don’t have farming in Alaska.
Horrible, horrible. Looks like she is going to take a swipe at everyone. Liar, liar, liar.
lilybart, that is what I think, too. Better to keep her mouth shut and let him look like a fool than to open her mouth and remove all doubt.
See you in the court house EX-GINO!
Orange…. think orange EX-GINO.
Shannyn posted the youtube video
Palin’s “Quitstock” Speech
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shannyn-moore/palins-quitstock-speech_b_245109.html
when do the indictments start?
It sounds like it was a disastrous speech.
Congrats, Alaskans! Let a new era begin!
I did not know that Alaska now receives 85% less pork because of Palin’s watchful eye…….Wow……………………she turned down 85 % of the “pork” AND saved the state …………..
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BILLIONS~~~~~~~~~~OF DOLLARS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MY HEAD HURTS FROM THE WORD SALAD NONSENSE AND MY EARS ARE BLEEDING FROM THE OLD CROW’S SCREECHING.
SORRY, I’M SHOUTING BECAUSE I CAN’T HEAR MYSELF………..
Whispering now, time for a nice coooooooooooold glass of white dry chardonnay…….it’s hot here in Vancouver!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~Cheers All~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Martha
Well, I have to admit that is the first SP speech I have ever listened to in total. And, I did it with just water to get me through. I don’t know how I did it. Need to go to store to get wine. Delayed reaction. You all did great with the live blogging. Mudpups rule!
all this just to keep the Arctic Cat agreement private?
I played back the farewell(?) speech hoping to hear the boos, but … just …can’t …. listen … to … IT … a-n-y-m-o-r-e … arghhhhh ….
Is it over? Is she gone yet? Or is she still tossing word salad?
(Family dinner prevented my participation in this historic event. Probably just as well for my digestion.)
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sjk from the belly of the plane Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 4:03 PM
its official…some lady on faux news blamed the bloggers and the Iconic picture…
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Get OUT! Where ? Link, please ?
WTF! Waving off applause with one hand… Inviting it with the other…
Fantastic photo of the clan….had me giggling.
The wonderful write up had me holding my sides.
Thanks for sharing the photo and your thoughts…it is a bang up job once again.
Parnell’s first task?
To neuter the ethics legislation so that he doesn’t have to worry about it. No transparency, no publication of results, big fees for ethics complainers.
So, enjoy the honeymoon while you can, AK. It will be over in, let’s say, a week; a month?
UPDATE: I’ll save others the trouble …. BOOS AT 3:36 PM ON PLAYBACK!!!!
Dr. Chill…I SWEAR!!!! Bloggers in general, but they mentioned that in particlar…
Of course they got their facts all effed up, but who cares!! Yer famous. Or imfamous..
UPDATE: I’ll save others the trouble …. BOOS AT 3:26 PM ON PLAYBACK!!!!
I agree. I love this flyinureye graphic. It’s classic.
I don’t know about any of the rest of you, but I am totally s**tfaced – having decided to drink everytime she said “I/We,” “military,” “God,” and “media.” I thought that picking only these buzzwords would keep me from too much overindulgance- WRONG!! Would have posted this earlier, but couldn’t even get on to Mudflats website due to “too much traffic.” Yay to all of you! See some of you in the ‘burgh.
From one Alaskan to another, CONGRATS , she is no longer our PROBLEM!!!! YAHOOOOOOO!!!!! I am celebrating as I type! Lets see what happens now! According to ADN this am she is looking at homes in NY. Let them have her!
Chill…I dont have a link. It was on my big tee veee…Julie Banderas (hottttie) has some fox dude onsite reporting.
I tried to listen to the speech, but it sounded like it was written by a committee composed of people who each spoke a different language. It was unbearable! Congratulations to all you Alaskans; I hope you will have a governor who has the best interests of your state in mind. We don’t here in Texas! Another joke for a governor.
how can she continue to fight for AK from NY? Ahhhh…nevermind…
i DRANK TO “FISH”
We’ll, it looks like were all back to the sound reasoning and analysis of August 29th, 2008. In retrospect, even Hitler apparently got it right.
Hitler Reacts to McCain’s V.P. Pick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzRZreAXbJY
What a long, strange, trip it’s been.
Now she is just a citizen again and can’t govern anyone. Hitler too. Whew!
you just insulted 5 generations of hillbilly’s…i think the term your looking for is white trash…has absolutely nothing to do with hillbilly’s who are a wonderful group of people.
I too, also, attempted to listen… and I thought, “If I do this, I’ll never get these 10 minutes back” and I stopped 3 minutes in. Why else? Because I have never in my life heard someone not be able to READ a teleprompter like her. XINO, you need some brushin’ up on your readin’ skills if you’re plannin’ to be on “the TV”.
Excellent work there, Flyinureye. most excellent.
I am really, really, really looking forward to the transcript of that speech!
Ole McPalin had some gripes…EIEIO! ….from a comment on Huffpo!
whoa, closed down here for a while!
watching from NJ, yes we do know what happened to tricky dick eventually.
But look what he did in the meantime, without twitter!
AKM, I hope your next post is titled, “Mission Accomplished.” You and Shannyn and Phil and Diva and Gryphen and Halcro and Regina should take deep bows, while we mudpuppies cheer wildly for all of you!
I really and truly thank you from the bottom of my heart.
This was posted above, but if you missed it, you can watch/listen to the speech here. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shannyn-moore/palins-quitstock-speech_b_245109.html
I’ll be checking it out later to see what kind of comments it generates.
The speech was so pathetic, I almost felt sorry for her. Well, frankly, I do feel sorry for her. She got herself way over her head. She should have blinked instead of winked.
Oh, and I could I forget Andree????
Palin’s goodbye speech in 8 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH7qq7OjJO8&feature=related
I gave them an hour.
http://www.gov.state.ak.us/bio_firstgent.php
It’s still up.
The ex-First Stud is still using the State website to advertise private companies, such as Tesoro, NAPA, oh, and Spenard Builder’s Supply.
EyeOnYou…..yes! Whenever you see her words in the “written form” she is even more confounding. Her lack of polish, not to mention grammar and sentence structure, shines through. It will be amusing to read that speech for sure.
It was awful, was on chat, and everyone was drinking during the words….lol!
After it was over I saw her pick up Trig and her was BAREFOOT! Can anyone tell me if Down’s syndrome affects one’s ability to wear shoes????
He’s over 1 and running around without shoes! Wasillahillbillies!
Congrates to Alaska Progressive bloggers! Ding dong the witch is gone…! Pary hardy tonight!!!
Next week continue to hold this b*tches feet to flame with indictments, more ethics complaints, AFT, and medicare debacle among other things!!!!
Let Sean know in Clear terms IT WILL NOT BE BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL ANYMORE!
279 psminidivapa Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 4:17 PM
I don’t know about any of the rest of you, but I am totally s**tfaced – having decided to drink everytime she said “I/We,” “military,” “God,” and “media.” I thought that picking only these buzzwords would keep me from too much overindulgance- WRONG!! Would have posted this earlier, but couldn’t even get on to Mudflats website due to “too much traffic.” Yay to all of you! See some of you in the ‘burgh.
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LMAO!
296 crystalwolf aka caligrl Says:
Next week continue to hold this b*tches feet to flame with indictments, more ethics complaints, AFT, and medicare debacle among other things!!!!
Let Sean know in Clear terms IT WILL NOT BE BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL ANYMORE!
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you go caligrl!
I wasn’t going to, but broke down and watched it. She makes me sick. She is absolutely the worst (and I live in the land of Sanford, so that’s saying something.)
so do tiny starlets rank higher on the most hated list than msm? or visa versa?
Well if you haven’t seen this yet, today is definitely the day ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mWqr8pb2MY&feature=fvst
Watch out Tina Fey!
Ebbtide,
I am so sorry for you. Now, I am so sorry for us all..
lainey, yikes….may as well have had an Carbernet intravenous. I do..
rebekkah Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 3:56 PM
“What’s this with calling Alaska the Gateway of the Continent? This is the second time I’ve heard her say this.”
SP is talking to the Russians… you know, the ones she can see from her house. She’s lettin’ em know that she’s still watchin’ em, you betcha!
Well I think the first things Alaskan’s need to tell Sean that it is not acceptable to smooze with a nazi like Burke. He is supposed to go on Burke’s show tomorrow. Haven’t Alaskan’s had enough of this racist, homophobic, nazi BS from palin & co. Stop it now before it starts. Flood his office in the morning or start NOW!
Do you think the Vanity Fair editors, research and copy department will do her resignation speech too, also?
What kills me is how she talks about pessimissm and some who would “tear us down” yet that was the most negative speech I have ever heard. She is clueless, absolutely clueless on so many levels! And the compulsive liar tells the media to stop makin things up! That was insane. She has no idea how she dragged, no pushed, her children into the light and then doesn’t want people talking about them.
I really hope she is done with politics. It’s wisful thinking but imagine her representing this country to the world. No way!! America will never let that happen and she can blame the media and whomever else, but it’s her.
You’d think she would say some great words about Parnell! Awful. Good riddance and go form your own country Sarah. You don’t represent me or most of America.
35 pages of comments on Huff Po—-99% happy to see her go; and laughing at her “speech”
Congrats to all Alaskan progressive bloggers, for keeping all of us sane through the election, and for standing up to the big bully.
I have a question. Whatever happened to Ann Kilkenny, the lady whose email about the Quitta went viral early on?
Comments are closed for Shannyn’s posting of her speech???? WTF?
okay – i listened for three minutes. she doesn’t even try to make a complete sentence.
What was she talking about? I heard the whole speech and couldn’t come up with anything except “word salad”. Whew…thank goodness the Alaska nightmare is over. Alaska deserves so much better.
When she goes on Meet the Press….ah….nevermind.
Did she ever say what her “higher calling” actually was? I am baffled. I could only watch 5 minutes of the speech, and then had to turn it off. Like others, I already want those 5 minutes of my life back. UGH.
Silvermoon–
(Sorry to be OT here AKM, but it is official mudpuppy business.)
Did you read my comment on the open post that we three Charlie’s CT Angels are heading to the city next Saturday? PM me over on the Forum or post a message under the events topic. Thanks!
AKM and mudpups-
Thank you for live blogging this..
Lord, am I glad I had to work today.
Maybe I could handle a transcript soon but gonna skip right on by any film…
Yup- I am. Not going to listen to that voice anymore… lalalalalala…
The whole speech is on Huffington Home Page, and there are already 2,265 comments. This one was cute: “Pallin’ around with tourists!”
I noticed that during the benediction, SP and TP did not bow their heads, but the new gov,his wife and everyone else did. What’s up with that? So maybe they did not agree with the religious content of the benediction, but it is a show of respect to Alaskans (yep, and those who are in the military too) to bow your head during a benediction that honors the state. Oh, and black jacket and jeans: the last outfit that Julia Roberts wore in “Pretty Woman.” If I was a cat, I’d be coughing up fur balls!
oops, 2,162 comments – false reporting, sorry
Wow, I have emerged from the belly of the beast (the resignation speech at Alaskaland) relatively unscathed. One elderly gentleman actually came up to me and said to my 13 yr old daughter “Conserve the environment, kill a democrat.” I thought that summed it all up right there. Only sealed my feelings of good riddance to her–brings out the worst in people!!
Karin in CT—I saw it; but haven’t figured out Forum yet….
Congratulations AKM and all the other great Alaska bloggers. You didn’t manage to impeach Palin; you did better, you imploded her.
Thanks to the internet, we are witnessing a real revolution in journalism: average citizens investigating the facts, putting the traditional media to shame, and effecting real, muckraking change.
Thank you all for all your hard work, diligent investigation and wonderful writing!
How pathetic of her to bring up a dead soldier and say “stop makin things up”
to the media. As if he died to protect her freedom of speech? She is a LOONEY TOON character.
I’ve been asleep for the last 32 hours but that wasn’t enough to get me past 3 minutes in the “speech”. Even the fact that she can’t hurt Alaska any more didn’t make it easier. What an annoying old thing she is.
http://www.sarahpalin.com is certainly alive and well but forbidden. Remains to be seen when it comes online, given the bunch of amateurs she surrounds herself with ….
http://twitter.com/sarahpalin was actually taken (by someone else!) on 23rd July!
As a Marine mom I found her exploitation of fallen troops to tell the media to stop picking on her nauseating. How dare she do that!
My combat veteran is now permanently disabled after two tours and she uses his sacrifice to tell the media how mean they are.
I don’t care how ‘patriotic’ Fairbanks is, what she did is flat out wrong. She makes me physically ill.
CNN had people sending in comments – they could not find positive ones, so they asked people to send in something positive. Here is one that came back:
“I am POSITIVE that Sarah Palin is an IDIOT.”
I just got home from a meeting, so I missed the “speech.” Caught the tail end of it on the way home, and I started screaming at the radio – poor hubby could not wait to get me out of the car.
A few comments on her speech from HuffPro.
“Ok, everyone. She’s gone. We can get out of our pajamas and get out of our parent’s basement now.”
“How about, in honor of the American soldier, you quit makin’ things up?”
“She was speaking in tongues.”
Soldiers, military in general, her family are all shields behind which she hides.
Oh my…that was just awful…full of her typical snark and venom. She is such a LIAR! I also love that in the last weeks she has spoken of being in her “last year of office.” That’s a stretch, but typical of trying to rewrite histroy Sarah Style.
And to the media…”Quit makin’s stuff up!” Give me a break! Her and Kristan Cole and Meg Stapleton are the ones making stuff up! They are a disgusting trio.
Sean, buddy,……you need to chart your own path. Why accept the Lt. Gov. and Attorney General Palin has picked for you? Build your own team! Clean some of those commissioners out who will do nothing but make your life a living hell. Get a back bone or you will have no chance of re-election by staying on Palin’s path. The DNR needs some serious revamping. You were a lobbyist for the oil industry…you know what I mean.
Silvermoon: send me an email to karinct5 at aol dot com.
I tried to listen but it was all over the place to me….
Where is UKlady or Irish or austintx or nan or MUYS and her sisters?
They must have played a drinking game during the “speech” over in chat and passed out.
Maybe if Sarah “quit makin things up” than the media wouldn’t be her problem.
320 Justina Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Congratulations AKM and all the other great Alaska bloggers. You didn’t manage to impeach Palin; you did better, you imploded her.
Thanks to the internet, we are witnessing a real revolution in journalism: average citizens investigating the facts, putting the traditional media to shame, and effecting real, muckraking change.
Thank you all for all your hard work, diligent investigation and wonderful writing!
————————–DITTO
I suspect parnell is merely a proxy. Piper is still in charge.
State Website is now updated with Parnell and Campbell listed:
http://gov.state.ak.us/
@Lori in Los Angeles #322 – I got a good laugh over “I am POSITIVE Sarah Palin is an IDIOT. Her fans are probably foaming at the mouth.
149 akmuckraker Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 3:07 PM
The natural gas pipeline is underway? When did that happen?
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Why sure !! It happened in Giddings when sarah’s pipeline pals dumped 40k in s-pac , in one day. We really need to see that list of 15 cos. that got the 193 mil. in contracts.
I fought the blogs and the blogs won (apologies to Sonny Curtis)
Tweetin’ lots of nonsense in the – hot sun
I fought the blogs and blogs won
I fought the blogs and the blogs won
I missed the attention from the – VP run
I fought the blogs and blogs won
I fought the blogs and the blogs won
I had my baby and my baby had her son
I guess my 1/2 term’s done
I read Shannyn, Mudflats, and Diva – gee, am I really that dumb?
I fought the blogs and blogs won
I fought the blogs and the blogs won
Violatin’ ethics with a
Alaska – Trust – Fund
I fought the blogs and blogs won
I fought the blogs and the blogs won
where is the quarterly report for the atf?????
geee.Parnell doesnt have a link to his wifes commercial interests? Off to a better ethical start already!
emrysa,
Cole has stated that she will release information in August, so I am betting that it won’t be until then we hear anything.
http://www.alaska.gov/ Poof, just like that, she’s gone!
And on the twit’s twitter page, click on the ‘Web’ link over to the right and she’s poof gone from there too.
oops, http://twitter.com/AKGovSarahPalin
I went to a neighborhood block party and had to fix hors d’oeuvres (one of those words I have to check for spelling EVERY TIME) beforehand, so I missed everything….
…but I see from just reading this page 7 that Sarah Palin is STILL backhanding the media whilst expecting their full attention every time she winks or wears a miniskirt.
One of these days Sarah Palin is going to speak, and it will be like the proverbial tree falling in the forest with no one (the MSM) around — nothing will be heard. One of these days the MSM will stop being masochistic about Sarah Palin.
me still thinks there is a deeper underlying reason for all of the nonsense. Where is the fake trust quarterly? in the recycle bin?
Listening to the final eruption. No boos, yet, but I’m looking forward to them.
She is, without a doubt, the most delusional human being to ever walk this earth. She has the audacity to say “quit makin things up” everything that comes out of her tattooed lips is made up. Screaming “leave his kids alone”
unlike sarah’s family I have no idea how many kids he has, their ages or anything else about them as “he” hasn’t deemed it necessary to use them to further his career. All this speech was about was stupid sarah yapping about herself, I only hope this is the end of anyone giving her their undivided attention…what a twit, and whoever commented on it earlier, she does look really bad, older than her years….
thanks, eyeonyou. guess they still have much “correcting” to be done.
She still believes that making herself a lame duck is a great reason for quitting. I am a junior in high school but have no intention of going to college, that makes me a lame duck senior, why bother? I quit. Let’s celebrate!. Just carry that philosophy with you in whatever your endeavors are in life and you to can be just like Sarah Palin. What a role model. What a joke. What a bad joke. What a bad pathetic joke that all people that still support her are.
Did she really say….for the sake of American soldiers, quit making stuff up?
For the sake of American soldiers????????????????????
Say what?
Help me out here……people are actually going to pay to listen to this? After she rolls out her 10 fav red meat phrases, she’s got nothin’ left.
Oh. My. God.
Drinking apple spumante (French, i think) here in Tennessee! Congrats to progressive Alaskans for keeping faith. AKM, i was reading your archives, tonight, and might i say they are amazing!
I know we can’t take our collective eye off of BTQ$ and her machine for a moment, but it’s fun to have a reason to consume mass quantities of intoxicating things. We’ve all been so worried, and we gotta grab our endorphines while we are able…
I love Gasman’s CRAP over the headlight! Very cool, flyeinyoureye!
KaJo: Well, said…………One of these days the MSM will stop being masochistic about Sarah Palin.
I don’t get it either. She spits on them and they fall all over themselves to get in front of her.
I can’t believe AKM mistitled this posting. Shouldn’t it be “Sarah Palin – On to a Higher Callin”
AFT is still up and running, $arah is no longer the governor, it’s now a scam.
the lame duck excuse is BULL. Nothing was keeping her from running again, except herself. Self induced lameness. And one isnt a lame duck with nearly half a 4 year term left. She owes the folks of AK a refund from the date she allegedly decided to lame out…..DAY 1!
@ 346 woodstove Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 5:26 PM
She still believes that making herself a lame duck is a great reason for quitting. I am a junior in high school but have no intention of going to college, that makes me a lame duck senior, why bother? I quit. Let’s celebrate!. Just carry that philosophy with you in whatever your endeavors are in life and you to can be just like Sarah Palin. What a role model. What a joke. What a bad joke. What a bad pathetic joke that all people that still support her are.
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You are wise beyond your years! Don’t be surprised if your words turn up again kiddo! Thank you for speaking up.
I didnt want to travel, so I traveled…and served the people unhealthy food!
Karin in CT -
Dang , missed the live feed. Just tore ass thru the comments. Had kid taxi duty. Will watch the speech(?) in a bit. You guys are too funny on the comments. She still has some questions to answer about some bidness down here in Texas.
Sarah claims that she will be exercising her freedom of speech.
Does Sarah NOT realize that all Americans have freedom of speech too? She is NOT the only one with this right.
Errrr…..isn’t that what those “nasty” bloggers are doing from their parents basement?…..Exercising their freedom of speech.
She is an idiot.
Wow! It is really now real! Poof! She is GONE!
http://www.alaska.gov/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77d9BdLQJtQ
Finally,as the Irish say, PG (please God).
She can threaten, cajole, entice and stir…but her platform is GONE.
Bill Kristol, et. al. can try to spin, but he ( and they) tried to foist her on us. Shame on you John McCain for this.
Keep our president safe (PG), and keep the United States from her filthy grasp(PG).
Troops, and patriots need her NOT.
We need clarity of purpose, clarity of goal, and peace united.
Goodbye, Sarah. RIP and try to take care of what God has given you, a family in GREAT need.
I just couldn’t make myself listen to her whole speech. What a travesty. This should have been Parnell’s picnic, but nooooo, she had to steal the show.
She should have given more time to Parnell instead of herself in her blabbing.
I’ve always surmised that when someone is accusing others of things, the accuser is usually guilty of the same and much more. So it seems with Sarah, Meg and all the other simpletons who are pointing fingers at the media, the bloggers and the complaint filers. Something has to give soon…she can’t be allowed to continue this charade for too much longer.
Where is her wedding ring? Odd.
Did Todd and Greta hook up?
@328 Karin in CT-
… MUYS and her sisters?
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(WWSC is going backpacking and MUYS and I are hiding out from the last shrillo from SP…
though passing out in drinking game would have been an equally good avoidance tool…)
I wouldn’t blame Todd for hooking up with someone else.
I forgot to mention that i’m currently on the Mobile Bay in Fort Morgan, Alabama. But my heart’s still in Tennessee.
…just tryin’ not to be a hypocrite like somebody’s lyin’ bitch ass.
Well, glad to hear that you and your sisters are all well, Alaska Pi
Do you think Palin realizes that she has given up all her power? She has no power anymore and won’t be invited to all those Governor’s meetings, The White House,etc.
Sure, she can be a speaker and talk at conservative functions, but she is now officially a regular ol’ citizen.
No power….nada….nothin’….
Sorry for the moderator-worthy comment, AKM. This is why i don’t ingest adult beverages very much. It’s just that i’m so happy!
A wise man once told me to know my weaknesses and guard against them.
Are those French nails? At least when the McCain camp was in charge she actually had a professional manicure. Guess the clothes have all been returned to the GOP and the family is back to the “whatever’s clean” syndrome. Wonder if McCain was crying when he watched this?
I know i should have saved it for Chat ~ but they were pretty wasted by the time i arrived.
It was still enormously entertaining!
She is no governor….was in name only…….what should we call her now?
Plain Silla
She just doesn’t get it, does she? She makes the snarky remark about leave Parnell’s family alone. But, she doesn’t accept her part by throwing her kids in the spotlight and using them for her own politicial gain.
I’m just a hockey mom……ya’ right.
Tweet this, Palin.
Well – wonkette did not waste any time going after Gov. Parnell.
Commenters also.too.
http://wonkette.com/410086/a-childrens-treasury-of-fun-facts-about-americas-governor-sean-parnell
# 349
Tina in Tennessee Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Drinking apple spumante (French, i think) here in Tennessee! Congrats to progressive Alaskans for keeping faith. AKM, i was reading your archives, tonight, and might i say they are amazing!
I know we can’t take our collective eye off of BTQ$ and her machine for a moment, but it’s fun to have a reason to consume mass quantities of intoxicating things. We’ve all been so worried, and we gotta grab our endorphines while we are able…
I love Gasman’s CRAP over the headlight! Very cool, flyeinyoureye!
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Wow! We’ve all been so worried, and we gotta grab our endorphines while we are able… I LOVED that comment!
Tina in Tennessee! We need your presence at AKMudstock In Pittsburgh on Sunday, August 16th! We have to get you up here! Watch the thread in case someone is coming up from your way! Easy on the juice there tonight, though! But, indeed, what a long, strange, trip it’s been since August29th, 2008 in this monumental national indignity. I myself feared i needed an appointment with Dr. jack Daniels at various points in this insane ordeal.
http://www.themudflats.net/forum/index.php/topic,7283.msg75900.html#msg75900
I’m watching CNN and they are treating her as though she is a serious contender. Yikes! Why are they giving her so much credibility. She’s obviously a joke. They must know it but don’t want to show their “bias”. Has anyone ventured over to Faux News? I bet they are all spinning like tops trying to make some good of that mess.
#254 rebekkah Says:What’s this with calling Alaska the Gateway of the Continent? This is the second time I’ve heard her say this.
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When the Arctic ice melts enough to create an open Northwest Passage [due to global warming] then shipping routes will come to Alaska since it is more than 8,000 miles shorter than current channels. Alaska will greatly benefit. Except for the part that there won’t be enough people left in the lesser latitudes to buy the products shipped. Because it will have gotten much too warm. By 2050.
My information comes from the Director of the US Minerals & Management Service Keynote Speech at the Oil & Ice Conference in October 2008.
Comment before I read again flyinureye great picture and as usual AKM an article well worth reading.Isn’t it interesting that people want to give Parnell a chance, kind of shows it was that Palin just wasn’t up to the job and nothing else .
Will have to see that speech a second time. But, I had an AHA moment, I see what she does. She tries to persuade everyone that green is blue. Or that square is round. Example, when she mentions that she can serve Alaska better by quitting, help Alaska by leaving Office, not having a title. I don’t know what psychologists call it, but it is reverse psychology she seems to use on her audience. And they buy it!
This woman is not fit for any office. She is a master con, master manipulator, kind of like the magicians who can hypnotize their audiences.
I posted this comment to an adn article back in Sept ’08:
Comment on: Palin meets world leaders
at 9/24/2008 8:08 PM AKDT on Anchorage Daily News
Daddy’s spoiled little girl doesn’t even realize she is in it WAY over her head. Please do the right thing Sarah and resign and spare us this freak sideshow. Come clean on all your NOT so little lies and then just slither away if you would. You’re an embarassment to Alaska and an insult to the rest of the country. Time will out you.
I posted the below comment today on adn but am not sure it is visible due to the extreme censorship and flagging of many of my comments by Team Sarah, C4P, and other ummm, weirdos. I lost many many friends (banned-for no other reason than voicing their disgust with Sarahphiles) over there at adn, but that’s another story…
Comment on: Palin faces questions as she makes her exit
at 7/26/2009 8:50 AM AKDT on Anchorage Daily News
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Yeah right, Sarah. You are nothing but a train wreck of a politician imbued with a divisive scattered-brained personality and an ego that requires a constant flow of adoration from a dwindling number of dutiful followers. You’re also a serial quitter. You’ve slammed every door you ever went through. I’d never open a door for you, but there are scum in this world who would. Enjoy your fame and fortune, just don’t try to make us take you seriously.
I’m relieved she’s gone to say the least. What a nightmare it’s been since John McCain tried to hoodwink us. I, for one, will never forgive John for putting his country second.
Double bear hug to the Mudflats graphic god, flyinureye!
Laughing my head off at “The Wasillabillies”……sooo right.
On the road during the speech, but thankfully Shannyn’s tweeters kept us posted. No amount of imagination, however, could prepare me for what I just listened to at the hotel room. Her speech was one of the meanest, snarkiest speeches she has given. She insulted the intelligence and patriotism of anyone who didn’t drink the kool-aid of her lies. She is the queen of spin and is an absolute danger in that she is able to get people to clap for her and her half-baked ideas.
Last year my man-child of a former student was blown up in Iraq while passing out toys to kids. He left a young wife and a large family who loved him. A year lady, his grandmother is still moments away from tears, shed again with me a week ago. I still picture the little kid who played in my backyard and who was quite the character as my student.
HOW DARE that woman use the military to promote herself as being more American than others. HOW DARE she hide behind them.
I know I am singing to the choir here, but this was just one of the sentences that hit me. Every one of them was an insult to all Americans.
Off to find a friggin’ beer, and if any students find this post, let this be a lesson that when you don’t develop critical thinking skills, fail to learn truly how our governmental system works, and don’t bother to evaluate past events, you get people like Sarah Palin as your voice. And that is a mighty dangerous and bat s h i t crazy voice.
buffering…buffering…buffering…
Evening Mudpups.
Have returned from the strange QUITPIC, the I, Me I Me higher calling saving money I,I,I, Oh By the way this is Sean he is taking over, Bad media. See Ya.
I have sent AKM some pic’s I took and a few thoughts.
Hot day lots of people.
Everybody was happy the anti gino people were happy and the palinbots were happy that there girl was going on to a higher calling and she did not quit.
@rebekkah:
I agree but I think she is trying to persuade herself. It IS called reverse psychology and she is bolstering up her self assurance by spouting off all that crap to believe it herself and make it reality. They say “reality is perception”. She is making her own reality so it can be perceived as such.
Hope that made sense….. I’ve had a couple of glasses of a wonderful chardonnay and my mind is way ahead of my words and typing.
For all of her whining about the media, she really has not idea how generous they’ve been with her. No more. She’s no longer a Governor. And it will soon be evident she’s no longer a player in the political arena. With no weight, the media can call it as they see it. We know Faux will always take it easy on her. But the others will start to tell it as it is. Like…if any future indictments come down. That will give them a chance to revisit other matters and be a little more….forthcoming.
And I can’t wait to watch David Letterman tomorrow. Because you *know* that just because she’s no longer Governor the won’t be fodder. I’ll be checking out The Daily Show and The Colbert Report too. But I’m counting on Dave.
@#378 lynnrockets: LMAO! You crack me up. What are you “buffering” now?
Last state twitter. Thank you Alaska! I love you. God bless Alaska. God bless the U.S.A.
5 minutes ago from TwitterBerry
http://twitter.com/AKGOVSarahPalin
She that is no longer “Gino” has twittered her last tweet from the state, Now if she would just stop talking we would be in heaven!
383 EyeOnYou Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 6:20 PM
You beat me to it, I should have stopped with my first rum & coke!
OK, here it is:
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Last state twitter. Thank you Alaska! I love you. God bless Alaska. God bless the U.S.A.
6 minutes ago from TwitterBerry
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buffering…buf
Is she really gone?
I can hardly wait to read Maureen Dowd’s take on this.
One of the many articles I read today, thanks to links provided by Mudpups, was one which speculated on why SP aborted her term. Les Gara was pretty charitable when he said he thought she had lost interest in her job. Another Leg was not quite so charitable. He said SP had only been interested in the ceremonial part of the job. I agree with the 2nd assessment. Maybe SP harbored some notion that she would be able to handle the job at first, but it must have rapidly hit her in the face that she was woefully inadequate. I’m sure she would never admit that, not even to herself.
Ding dong, the twit is gone…at least from the governorship.
To bad she isn’t really quittin’ twittin’.
She’s come undun
She didn’t know what she was headed for
And when I found what she was headed for
It was too late
She’s come undun
She found a mountain that was far too high
And when she found out she couldn’t fly
It was too late
It’s too late
She’s gone too far
She’s lost the sun
She’s come undun
She wanted truth but all she got was lies
Came the time to realize
And it was too late
She’s come undun
She didn’t know what she was headed for
And when I found what she was headed for
Mama, it was too late
It’s too late
She’s gone too far
She’s lost the sun
She’s come undun
Too many mountains, and not enough stairs to climb
Too many churches and not enough truth
Too many people and not enough eyes to see
Too many lives to lead and not enough time
It’s too late
She’s gone too far
She’s lost the sun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLMF5GM0Kt8&feature=related
Hee! I see others caught the last tweet from the twit as well.
And, only marginally, off topic, in honor of Sarah Palin’s well-deserved departure from the governorship, I donated to Anthony Woods, who was introduced here by a MudFlatter. I find that giving to wonderful candidates who believe in public service is the best antidote to lying, cheating thieves and scoundrels.
There are two diaries at Kos (one front-paged!) and here is Woods’ website:
http://www.anthonywoodsforcongress.com/home.html
Hooray for Mudflats! Hooray for Alaska! Hooray for all of us citizens! And hooray for all those courageous individuals who choose public service.
Goodbye Sarah Palin, you sorry excuse for a public official.
There are an awful lot of comments on this post and I have not yet read through them all. So pardon me if my question has already been asked and answered, but did anybody count how many times she made reference to the military in her Take This Job and Shove It speech?
@387 lynnrockets:
Yes!
She’s Gone! (can’t remember the artisit but keep buffering!)
You outdid yourself with this one Flyinureye. Terrific work.You are truely gifted. I’m sorry,but I had a choice today of ending up with another headache trying to figure out Sarah Palin’s mumbo-jumbo or spending, in 87 degree weather at my camp on the lake,boating, swimming and hanging out with family and friends was above all else, a healthier decision. No fibbing when I say,we did crack a few for all our MudPup friends and family, in celebrating todays great event. Congrads to all Alaskans, your nightmare is over for now. Some of my family and friends lurk on the Mudflats almost daily and love AKM’s intelligence and wit.Today we made a toast to AKM for being the strong voice for all Alaska. Also toasted Shannyn, Celtic Diva and many many others who stood at their post and always exhibited unwavering irresolution to hold the ignorance of common sense(Palin)’s feet to the fire. Job well done by each and everyone of you. Hold your heads up high because all of you are the real down in the trenches,fighters for True and Democracy. BRAVO!
oooppps,,,Truth and Democracy
Did she really say, “You won’t have Dick Ni er Sarah Palin to kick around anymore”?
@392:
She made numerous references and I did not count. Here is a link to Shannyn’s site with the whole speech.
http://shannynmoore.wordpress.com/
Re: She’s Gone—Hall and Oates.
OMG how can any intelligent person listen to this and applaud. She literally is disgusting when she thinks she says something profound and tightens her lipstick coated lips as she shakes her head and listens to the applause. I would be angry if I was Parnell when she told the media to leave his kids alone…nobody even said anything about his kids and the Parnell’s seem to have enough respect for their children to keep them out of drama. She can no longer hide behind the Governor title. Gosh, I could go on and on in disbelief of this woman, but thank goodness she has no hand in Alaska politics anymore and I do wish best for her family. Enjoyed reading all others comments and links.
We watched on CNN — in addition to the word salad, there was a strange wedding party vibe.
I haven’t seen so many corsages and boutonnieres on display outside of a bridal party since (many-decades-ago) prom night. Is this some strange Alaska fashion — corsage with jeans (SP), corsage on t-shirt (Piper), boutonniere on fleece vest (Todd)? At least the newly sworn in guv and family seemed properly attired (suit/tie and dress).
lynn, she said military enough times that I drank a beer in about 3 minutes. =)
@ Zyggy #400
That’s what I’m getting at. I made the mistake of eating mushrooms whenever she said “military” and I was hallucinating (I think) in the first 5 minutes of her speech. In fact, I might still be. Is this really the comment section? No, really?