Quote of the Day – Those Darn Bloggers!
5 11 2009This in from The Wall Street Journal’s book report on Sarah from Alaska by Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe. There are lots of interesting tidbits, but this one’s my favorite.
There’s not a lot [in the book] about why Palin resigned this past summer as Alaska governor after less than a full term, except that it had something to do with “the extent to which she had allowed her critics in Alaska to get to her. The woman who had steadfastly faced down powerful oil companies two years earlier had now become preoccupied with bloggers.”
November 5th, 2009 at 1:34 PM
That’s why the right wing wants to end Net Neutrality.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:00 PM
why is barbara walters going to alaska?
November 5th, 2009 at 2:24 PM
@FW
Knock, knock, knockin’ on Palin’s gates!
November 5th, 2009 at 2:32 PM
What a nice acknowledgment, and from professional journalists, no less.
Of course, we have suspected it for a long time…
November 5th, 2009 at 2:59 PM
You and Shannyn keep up the good work…
Pretty soon, we’ll have her committed!! YIPPEE!!!
November 5th, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Thanks AKM. I knew this time last year that your blog was going to have a huge impact on the election.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:39 PM
You and all the other Alaskan bloggers deserve our graditude for investigating and keeping us informed on the Pig with Lipstick.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:05 PM
Now doesn’t that make life worth living?
Congratulations AKM!
November 5th, 2009 at 5:13 PM
I have the feeling that palins handlers or she herself would not go on either of these shows if awkward questions would be asked and I would bet a contract is written to that effect. One can only hope that Oprah wonders if there is anything in the book to bother reading it,That crazy for God book I am forcing myself to read is really dry even if it does tell a lot of bad things the evangelical people do.Like saying come on suckers when the pass the collection plate and most the money goes to the benefit of the higher ups and that includes Robertson and Dobson also. A lot of it is about his childhood and how he grew up among the liberals of that time till someone turned his father into a money making machine.He hasn’t lost his faith ,he just sees how some of these mega churches are taking advantage of people and help no one but themselves.At least that is my take so far.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Palin became “preoccupied” with the bloggers because they knew that the real Sarah Palin didn’t match the grossly mythical Palin “image” which was put forth by her and the McCain campaign.
They knew her soft spots amidst her otherwise scaly exterior.
They knew her Achilles heel(s).
They knew what was in her dirty little closet.
…..And they were relentlessly exposing the reality behind her carefully concocted bullsh*t image.
The bloggers were dangerous in a way that the oil companies could never be…..
Well done, Alaskan Bloggers. Don’t let up the pressure on this mendacious, narcissistic fraud until she’s run out of town on a rail with the dogs barking at her heels.
November 5th, 2009 at 6:02 PM
now minnesota bloggers need to pool together and shine a big bright floodlight on bachmann and her actions within her own community there…I’m sure there’s more to her than meets the analytical eye…bloggers all around the nation should out the rest of the crazies the same way.
good work AKM
November 5th, 2009 at 6:15 PM
Maybe the Mudflats Store should make pyjamas with “Sarah Truth Squad” on the front of pyjama tops, with little moose speckled here and there.
If she indeed quit because of bloggers, it would tie in neatly with the possibility of a personality disorder. NPD sufferers need to keep their image intact; obsession with control and image control. They would rather sink a whole ship (like Ahab) than give in to their nemesis(bloggers who could expose their true nature). A woman I knew whose mother had never been diagnosed, but showed the NP disorder symptoms, could not even hold her daughter’s hand, or tell her that she loved her, as she (mother) lay dying in hospital. To the very end, they can’t forgive, or forget any slights. Very unfortunate.
November 6th, 2009 at 12:23 AM
#62 rebekkah
I would buy those pajama’s…
Congrat’s
November 6th, 2009 at 9:37 AM
I think our master blogger AKM should write a book about Scarah. I believe people would find it way entertaining and informative. Bloggers explain your side of the story, lol.
How about it AKM? have you considered it? Please, I’d buy it. I know you participated in the Going Rouge book, but will it cover all of your insights about Scarah and Alaska. And hey, perhaps it would ‘wake people up’, bonk them ‘in’ the head with a book, lol.
We ALL love the way you write, I’d love for others to discover your talent!
November 6th, 2009 at 9:42 AM
Congrat AKM! You are doing an excellent job keeping us informed.
The frankness and honesty of your articles…refreshing!!
Yes, Backmann should be exposed. Minnesota bloggers, get
to work.
Palin and Backmann don’t represent the American women.
They are frauds!!
November 7th, 2009 at 12:29 PM
I’m a bit behind but this just cracked me up!