Agree with lettersfromeurope – when there’s enough proof out there that the book is a pack of lies she’ll claim the ghost didnt listen or transcribe correctly – oh but wait, that means she’d have to admit there are untruths in the book -not gonna happen.
@Cronopio – I’m curious to know more of what Cokie said. It won’t matter to her base or to her sales if it was untruthful.
I am more interested in what Levi is doing. He seems loads smarter, much cuter and will be doing some “real” interviews. Cannot wait until he drops the big one… Go Levi!
The Today Show emphasized the parts of the book that were written to get back at the McCain staff. Stephen Schmidt(?) is mentioned and quoted. It pointed out a few inconsistencies: for example, in the book she rips Obama for the bailout, and they show video of her VP debate where she encourages people to get on board with the bailout. There is a clip from a Sunday show, where Hillary Clinton is asked about the comment “I’d like to sit and have a cup of coffee with Hillary”. On the Sunday show, Hillary basically laughs, and says “Sure!”. They quote a section of the book where she talks about how she wishes the reporters who were in AK (for her resigning-from-office announcement) would have gotten ‘slimed’ – something about getting wet while out in the boat, and seeing her in her natural element, the capable outdoors woman. Andrea Mitchell is doing the report, and her voice is just about dripping with sarcasm.
Sarah Palin is truly the gift that keeps on giving (laughter that is). More than a year down the track since I started reading AKM’s blog and I still get a laugh reading about all her antics. Can’t believe that she has managed to keep herself in the spotlight for so long and that people are still paying attention to what she has to say in that folksy word-salad eye-winky way.
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GA Peach a/k/a Lance the Boil aka Crust Scramblesays:
Cronopia – I think what Cokie said is that to many who are angry and disillusioned, the truth doesn’t matter — one is inclined to believe what one wants to believe. We’ve seen a lot of that lately, and I fear she’s quite right. Without that the book would have no chance.
Well now here’s something new on the Palin news trail:
Christian Group Questions Palin’s Pro-Life Credentials:
A political 527 group, which claims responsibility for derailing Mitt Romney’s presidential hopes in 2008 in the early-contest states of Iowa and South Carolina, is now targeting Sarah Palin. But for what?
ProlifeProfiles.com, created by a nationwide research team working for American Right To Life, is being launched today highlighting Sarah Palin’s surprisingly extensive and unflattering record on abortion.
It’s past time to declare war on a rising danger that (semi-geographically) is in Alaska’s neck of the woods.
Ever heard of the Discovery Institute> It’s been a busy little political player lately, so I looked it up. Found a couple of descriptions. First one from a rather bitter pair of boots on the ground:
If you don’t know about the Discovery Institute (www.discovery.org), you should. The short short story: The Discovery Institute is a pro-creationist (“Intelligent Design”) think tank heavily supported by ultra-right wing funds, cheerfully located at Union and 4th in downtown Seattle. They dish out the same rewarmed, widely discredited creationist bullshit that the right wing christians have tried to cram into schoolchildren for decades now. They’ve been all too successful as of late.
So far as I can tell, the Discovery Institute is based in Seattle to give it some sort of “fair and balanced” street cred, I.e.:”If they are creationists based successfully in Seattle, that den of godless sodomy and liberalism, they must be onto something.” As a *real* life scientist in Seattle, (as opposed to a neo-christian philosopher from Arkansas, planted in our city and pretending to be a life scientist) this just pisses me off.
As a community well respected for its rationality, scientific prowess and intelligence, we have a responsibility to disown drivel such as this being distributed in our name. Consider this a call to arms.
Well, that was one educated and PO’d man’s opinion. Maybe something with a little more meat to it, hmm? New York Times, you got anything?
After toiling in obscurity for nearly a decade, pushing a “teach the controversy” approach to evolution, the Discovery Institute has emerged in recent months as the backbone behind sucessful skirmishes over science education in school districts and state capitals across the country. The debate is no longer about teaching religion during biology class; it has been warped into an issue of academic freedom.
Financed by the same Christian conservatives who helped Bush win the White House, the organization’s intellectual core is a scattered group of philosophical scholars who adhere to the explanation of life’s origins known as intelligent design. This fringe “academic” movement has been given a carefully crafted, poll-tested message, lively Web logs — and millions of dollars. In January the Institute hired the same Beltway public relations firm that promoted the Contract With America in 1994.
“We are in the very initial stages of a scientific revolution,” said the center’s director, Stephen C. Meyer, 47, a historian and philosopher. Mr. Meyer’s background is not in hard science, and his reputation as a spokesman for the educational sciences is also suspect.
More student of politics than science geek, the institute’s president, Bruce K. Chapman, a Reagan conservative, embraced the evolution controversy as the institute’s signature issue precisely because of its unpopularity in the scientific and educational establishments. “When someone says there’s one thing you can’t talk about, that’s what I want to talk about.”
More philosophical worldview than scientific hypothesis, intelligent design challenges Darwin’s theory of natural selection by arguing that some organisms are too complex to be explained by evolution alone, thus pointing to the possibility of supernatural influences. While acceptance of the existence of God appeals instinctively to the religiously faithful, evidence of evolution is accepted only as academically unavoidable, for the present.
The theory of intelligent design is untestable in either field or laboratories; less so than psychic phenomena and ectoplasmic interactions. This is just one of the many reasons intelligent design is contested as a viable subject in hard science classes.
So, there ya go. Poorly educated and politically influenced “scholars” are being funded and backed in order to trump hard-core scientists by killing off their natural successors. And isn’t that what evolution is all about, really?
Time for all the moms & dads to start paying attention in school, and doing their homework. There are really only three important things to remember about education, guys:
@19-Jammer5 – perhaps the OP meant to say by-leader , kinda like by-product?
from http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?dict=CALD&key=10641
by-product noun
/ˈbaɪˌprɒd.ʌkt//-ˌprɑː.dəkt/ n [C]
something that is produced as a result of making something else, or something unexpected that happens as a result of something
Illness is one of the by-products of overcrowded housing.
I was away for a few days and will be catching up on all the blowback from the Palin book, but from the little bits I saw this morning on the news, ouch! It’s going to get ugly! David Brooks even dissed Palin as a wanna be talk show host. You know it must be bad if the right wing-nuts are even ripping the book. (With the exceptions of the Newt and Rushbo, of course.)
However, I also saw Katrina vanden Heuvel on the news this morning talking about the actual and factual Palin book that we all REALLY want to read, Going Rouge with AKM & Shannyn Moore, etc., am I right? That one I look forward to! Congrats to AKM again, and my personal condolences for the task of actually reading Palin’s book in order to review it for the rest of us who won’t, a truly painful endeavor as I’m sure it will be!
@lemonfair – That would be too logical. I´m sure she can do both, throw the writer under the bus for getting it wrong and keep claiming it is all true.
WAKE UP all ye faithful… All these angry people used to believe in her. Take it from them at least.
On a non-Quitty topic, Congressman Weiner (D-NY) has provided a nice list of the 150 hypocrites on The Hill who oppose a public option yet are they themselves ENROLLED IN MEDICARE:
I’m sure no one will be surprised to learn that ignominious group includes John Thanksfor Sarah McCain and everyone’s favorite whole-state Congressman Don Young.
I imagine there will be plenty of media following S’Error (still love that!) on her book tour. How long before she decides to pull a Carrie Prejean and cancel everything because of the negative (and truthful) publicity? I’m going to bet myself that she doesn’t continue after Thanksgiving………wouldn’t that be a super break for all of us?
Patrick has openly challenged Sarah and her country bumpkin lawyer Van Flea by openly stating that it is a FACT that her pregnancy was faked. So much outrage about “what newspapers do you read” and yet she will not challenge any bloggers that much. While I know this sight has avoided the Bgate issue, and that is fine, you have challenged her on others. Thanks to all the bloggers for doing the medias jobs for us.
Posted the following thought on ADN this a.m. And I wasn’t being smart.
It is too bad that people do not realize that supporting Palin is supporting Rupert, too. The Aussie’s know Rupert. Our populace cannot follow what Ian Fleming wrote in 007 fiction that is apropos to the Palin frenzy. I have no answer…but I do have fear.
That Sarah Palin, what a tease! This book tour of hers is one of the all-time great hoochie coochie dances. The tea partiers are lining up like rubes at the “Direct from Gay Par-ee!” tent at the Dingleberry County Fair.
Well I hope the media doesn’t miss the stark contrast in Scarah’s so called ‘personal’ facebook posts with how she really speaks and writes displayed in her memoirs. It’s another proof of her lying.
That has got to be the biggest joke of the year, how she’s using facebook as her UNFILTERED way to speak directly to people. Really, lol. Who could possibly buy that load of baloney.
I’m also curious, who taped Carries sex scenes while she was supposedly alone? Her tattoo covered scary looking brother? ick. Her liberal sister? ick.
And Scarah asked Carrie to befriend Bristol. They’ve had many phone conversations. Good grief, what did they talk about? How abstinence can be sexy? How to look at things through a strangely filtered Christian lens? I’m curious, but also concerned for Bristol. What a terrible idol to be getting advice and support from.
What should that say about Scarah’s mothering instincts and skills to be base? It should scream, wait a minute, step back and look deeper into Scarah’s real world.
mmm… my comment was erased….what is happening? I used no bad words. Was it related to the fact I posted same comment in the logger story on ADN? My name is the same. Is that some kind of copyright no-no?
Watching the Oprah interview now. Pretty boring. From what I’ve seen this is a light fluff celebrity interview. Oh, she just called him an ‘aspiring porn star.’
And then, right after this, our President in China: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/33961929#33961858
I loved watching part of this last night around midnight EST, I’m so proud of our President! (Quite a contrast, coming after the SP brouhaha)
I can’t believe Oprah let her get away with claiming that AFTER the election, Obama had opposition researchers up in Alaska, doing research to file ethics violations and as a result everything changed and she had to quit.
Sullivan also references a poll conducted by (right leaning) Rasmussen which states that 59% of Republicans identify with Palin. (It looks like David “Palin’s a joke” Brooks must be in the minority of his Party.)
Good morning, mudpups! Based on your feedback, I will not be watching Oprah today. I did see the Today Show and listen to Cokie Roberts; no warm fuzzies from either source. On the other hand, Miss I’ll Getcha is getting her 15 minutes of fame, which may lead to more book sales.
A big thanks for the links. Although Halcro is more colorful (methinks I need to get out my shovel, in case AKM needs assistance ), Sullivan is more accurate: his warnings are serious.
Hmmm…shovel– or the BIg Red snowblower? (bwa ha ha)
When reading the excerpts this weekend I noticed how she thinks she single-handedly could have changed the outcome of the election…if they only would have listened to her. She knows so much about how to win elections. Does the name Doug Hoffman ring a bell? And I love how she nixed divorce rumors by slobbering over Todd w/o his shirt on. Not about how they’ve built a life together, but how hot he is. If my husband said he stayed married to me because of my looks, I WOULD divorce him! She is one of the shallowest people ever. And I’m still furious at Oprah for helping promote her book. Oprah is a huge sell-out and I have no respect for her. Okay, rant over (for now).
Okay, one more thing: what’ she doing parading those kids around again? Does anyone else find it highly inappropriate that she brings her kids with her to do interviews? Who else does that? I cannot think of one example. Why aren’t they in school? And Oprah poses for pictures with them like it’s the most normal thing in the world. The woman uses her kids as props and her base doesn’t even notice. Grrrr.
I had planned on watching Oprah today, but have decided not to. After watching her interview with Charla Nash last week and hearing her asinine remark that the upside of Charla no longer having a mouth and not being able to eat anything beside liquids through a straw, was she would remain slim! OMG! What a bizarre thing to say to a woman who lost her face, eyes, and hands in a terrible unimaginable way. I realized then that the Palin interview would be fluff.
Did you see this on Politico? She’s been in cahoots with her fans all this time.
The Palin grassroots
Sarah Palin, on her Facebook page, gives what I think may be her first formal recognition of the formidable grassroots that has largely made up for her total lack of a political operation.
Palin is responding to an unusually harsh takedown from the Associated Press of her book, which does, I think, at times blend the notions of fact-checking and analysis.
She writes:
We’ll keep setting the record straight, and we’ll keep reminding some in the media that Americans are very tired of their non-objective reporting. A great, recent post that accomplishes this is a Conservatives4Palin post. It’s got some nice fact checking included. As always, they did a great job holding some of the media accountable for spreading more misinformation and for making things up. You can read it here. Enjoy!
Conservatives4Palin is a fan site unconnected to the former governor; it functions, though, as Palin’s Media Matters, driving aggressive media pushback that’s basically her only line of defense.
Thanks Chicago folks – for the update on the interview. Don’t think I can stand to sit through S’Error if she’s getting soft ball interviews. I can’t stand her voice as it is, and if she’s not getting her come-uppance than I would rather watch the paint dry in my daughter’s bedroom. Ugh….
So, Levi is an “aspiring [adult films] star” which Palin means as a dig. Yet, her BFF Carrie Prejean is ALSO an aspiring [adult films] star …… and she admires her and is proud that she and Bristol are friends. Lord, the hypocrisy never ends, does it?
You know, I admire Andrew Halcro and loved his latest post about digging two graves. He’s intelligent, well-spoken and has clearly done his homework. Candidates like him should be the future of the GOP – not this lying piece of ……. work.
As annoying as Sarah is, one has to look at the big picture. The GOP will run SOMEONE in 2012 and 2016. Would the Dems rather run against someone like Romney, with government and business experience who can speak English, or a clown like Sarah, who has the gravitas of Lindsay Lohan?
The very fact that a delusional pathological liar is the “shining star’ of the GOP should make the Dems feel pretty good!
Sarah will never shut up or go away and will destroy the GOP by splitting the party or running as a third party candidate. So I say just enjoy the show.
Does anyone know all the pallin’ around between Sarah and Carrie has continued since Carrie’s p*rn adventures have popped up, or has Sarah thrown her under the bus now, too, also?
laprofesora – I thought the same as you regarding her comment on Todd – isn’t there anything more to their relationship??? Ditto on the kids with her – I suppose she thinks its promoting her *mothering skills* by keeping them close, and maybe they were a foil so tough or touchy subjects wouldn’t be brought up.
Something struck me in the odds and ends of pages posted on some other sites (which are not there now) when she idly mentions Curtis (Spenard/Menard?) as a neighbor and like a brother. He seems to come up several times – is he connected to that company in question that provided building materials? It just seemed odd to throw him in several times, trying to convince us just how much of a brother he was to her…… anything more to that?
ANN, CC, and GG update – Alaska Pi tells me they arrived home yesterday to Ann’s new home – Segundo’s sister will be there for 3 weeks to help out. Hopefully, photos will be posted in the next day or so as soon as they get over their exhaustion and settle in.
Yes, I think it’s really a cowardly ploy that she’s used her children so often to “hide behind” in interviews. Who’s gonna’ hit her up with hard questions in front of her darling daughters?
Also, I think many may have forgotten (or not noticed) that Palin attempted to begin that infamous interview with Couric with Piper trailing after them. Katy even commented “oh, is Piper joining us?” (approx). By the end of the interview Piper was no longer visible, so I presume someone with a brain must have removed her from the group. But I believe it was her disgusting intention to use Piper to soften the interview. No news, we all know she is shameless, but the gall is still outrageous.
Her comments regarding Todd are really disturbing. Wouldn’t you say your husband is a good partner, a great father, a spiritual person, hardworking or at least another half-dozen terms? Sarah equates looks to everything. She is the “Shallow Hal” of Wasilla.
Celtic Diva has a note about the Trig-Eddie Bruke photoshop, which Sarah mashed up in her book with another by someone else, saying Burke’s is a “monstrous face”. I think she’s supposed to be on radio with Eddie this morning.
It’s a small world, Sarah.
Well – well……..today should be fun watching the psychobilly lie and tap dance. All dormant and sleeping pups arise and kick some sarah ass. From the chasm of kaos , the bowels of bozoland , the precipice of palinistas……hello.
Laprofesora; yes, to me, Sarah uses her children as “shields”. Of course it’s to block the interviewer from asking personal questions, about relationship to Todd, or Levi. I also think she has a need to project that she is a attentive mother. Though, most attentive mothers do that at home. Maybe she is never home, so the only attention she gives them is done on her publicity tours.
This week should almost be like the Apollo missions in the late 60′s, early 70′s. Everyone was tuned into the tv – every spare minute. One could say this has to be with “space” too. It’s an “out-there” phenomenon. Gonna be interesting.
austinTx, good to see you back. Couldn’t agree more, need some serious whooping going on.
The Walmart tour is what some have labeled it, and I’m talking about conservatives, and they think it’s a smart move. Face to face, collecting those whom can be wowed, those who think they don’t have a politician who cares about them. (hope you’re listening up Washington insiders)
Then, yep, as OMG posted, the politicsdaily site link spells it out. Run in the primary for 2012, get all those nice folks to vote for her and win in primaries that are “take all”. She doesn’t have to win a majority of the voters to win the Republican primary for president. They are a bit different than the Democratic party in their primaries.
She can even run as a third party if the Republicans were to change the primary rules on her. Watch for that prior to 2012 to see if the insiders are going to try to stop her. Other thing to watch for is how many moderates get booted out of the primaries in the 2010 election. If they go, then she could take the Republican primary easily.
Then it will be Obama vs Palin.
Frankly I think there has to be a right wing nut job to make a run and be defeated before the Republicans will ever be able to move back to letting the moderates be a part of the party again. Till then, it’s Palin up to bat. (and I don’t even watch baseball!)
goodness, with that thought process does she feel the same way about humans? isn’t carnivore meat, any meat? bet she does……she’s scary.
“If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore: If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat? I always remind people from outside our state that there’s plenty of room for all Alaska’s animals – right next to the mashed potatoes.” Sarah Palin
CNN Poll: Most Americans say Palin not qualified to serve as President
Posted: November 16th, 2009 01:27 PM ET
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Fewer than three in 10 Americans think Sarah Palin’s qualified to be president, according to a new national poll – the least of any of the five potential candidates included in the survey.
But another woman tops that list in the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday: two-thirds of the public thinks that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s qualified for the Oval Office. That’s more than Vice President Joe Biden, who’s currently next in line for the presidency.
For those reluctant to hear SP “speak” but can’t turn off viewing the “accident that happened”, TURN OFF the volume, and TURN ON the closed captioning.
I guarantee that the CC’ing will be twisted around by SP’s word salading speechifying visit with Oprah, so it least you will get a laugh or two or three…
Bubbles, it wasn’t really my thought either. After reading several sites over the weekend and then the politicsdaily today, that was what I got out of it. The one thing I forgot to mention is some urging from players within the teaparty movement (including Dick Amrey leader of Freedom Works) that Palin get actively involved in the tea party organization. Giving free speeches to win them over to vote for her.
It is already noted that she is suppose to be a keynote speaker in Febuary (I think) in Nashville at the tea party convention.
I just started today trying to compile a list of what some are urging her to do on the road to the nomination and see if she does and how soon.
The idea is that she needs to get out and meet and greet the people she is going to be urging to vote for her and not stay behind the facebook site completely. Although they note that facebook has had a huge out reach with both her fan base and evangelicals.
The idea being that people are made to feel that each one has a singular connection with her as a person, one who is on their side. Facebook is building on that connection to both old and new supporters.
Palin Looking Forward to Reading Her Book
‘Looks Like A Page-turner,’ Says Former Guv
NEW YORK – Amid the publicity blitz for her new book, Going Rogue, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said today that “she was looking forward to reading it, big time.”
The book has already been a publishing sensation, rocketing to number one on the New York Times bestseller list for Fiction. Gov. Palin said that the book caught her interest as she was promoting it on Oprah last week.
“From everything I’ve said about it, it sure seems to be a page-turner,” she said. “As soon as I’m off this book tour I can’t wait to sink my teeth into it.”
20 oregonbird Says: November 16th, 2009 at 5:09 AM
If you don’t know about the Discovery Institute (www.discovery.org), you should. The short short story: The Discovery Institute is a pro-creationist (”Intelligent Design”) think tank heavily supported by ultra-right wing funds, cheerfully located at Union and 4th in downtown Seattle. They dish out the same rewarmed, widely discredited creationist bullshit that the right wing christians have tried to cram into schoolchildren for decades now. They’ve been all too successful as of late.
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Don’t worry too much about them, bird. Just ask the good people of Dover, pennsyltucky, about what happens when Discovery tries to get the curriculum unscientific. Discovery lost big time in the heart of conservative country.
I am going to Grand Rapids wed. but looks like I won’t be able to get inside so will stick w/protesting outside.
Info to get in: “Her fans in Grand Rapids will be glad to know they’re part of “real America.” As we’ve reported, her book tour begins Wednesday with a stop at the Barnes & Noble in Woodland Mall. One theory why Grand Rapids was picked goes back to a 2008 campaign decision she disagreed with.
The signing begins 7 p.m. A limited number of wristbands for entry will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis starting 7 a.m. Attendees must purchase the book at Barnes & Noble prior to receiving a wristband. For more information, contact..”
Well, that sounds like BS to me. Can’t even go inside, it’s a long way to travel and it’s gonna be a long, cold night )o:
she is such a piece of work……..my shout at her (REALLY?) I had to put the * in p*rn, and I hope Levi does turn into a star, preferably a reality tv show or modeling.
Asked by Oprah about Levi Johnston, Palin, R-Alaska, responded: “I don’t think a national television show is the place to discuss some of things he’d been doing and saying.”
(REALLY?)
She continued: “By the way, I don’t know if we call him Levi — I hear he goes by the name Ricky Hollywood now, so, if that’s the case, we don’t want to mess up this gig he’s got going…. Kind of this aspiring, aspiring p*rn — the things that he’s doing. It’s kind of heartbreaking.”
Oprah clarified that Palin was referencing Johnston’s decision to pose for “Playgirl.”
Said Palin: “I call that p*rn, yes. So it’s a bit heartbreaking to see the road that he’s on right now.”
#20 oregonbird Says: November 16th, 2009 at 5:09 AM
If you don’t know about the Discovery Institute (www.discovery.org), you should. The short short story: The Discovery Institute is a pro-creationist (”Intelligent Design”) think tank heavily supported by ultra-right wing funds, cheerfully located at Union and 4th in downtown Seattle. They dish out the same rewarmed, widely discredited creationist bullshit that the right wing christians have tried to cram into schoolchildren for decades now. They’ve been all too successful as of late.
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Don’t worry too much about them, O’bird. Just ask the good people of Dover, pennsyltucky, about what happens when Discovery tries to get the curriculum unscientific. Discovery lost big time in the heart of conservative country.
#20 – oregonbird Says: November 16th, 2009 at 5:09 AM
If you don’t know about the Discovery Institute (www.discovery.org), you should. The short short story: The Discovery Institute is a pro-creationist (”Intelligent Design”) think tank heavily supported by ultra-right wing funds, cheerfully located at Union and 4th in downtown Seattle. They dish out the same rewarmed, widely discredited creationist bullshit that the right wing christians have tried to cram into schoolchildren for decades now. They’ve been all too successful as of late.
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Don’t worry too much about them, O’bird. Just ask the good people of Dover, pennsyltucky, about what happens when Discovery tries to get the curriculum unscientific. Discovery lost big time in the heart of conservative country.
austintx – hugs from me too! You are witty so how about some input for signs to protest Palin? I need 4 zingers at least, will bring extra signs if I have the time to make them.
“Sarah Palin Quit makin’ stuff up” is all I’ve got so far (o:
Taken from the Fox/Cheney thread to keep it “current”
75 BigSlick Says: November 16th, 2009 at 12:43 AM
Read the entry at Wikipedia on Liz Cheney and her comments become clearer – she is testing the public reaction to voicing her own aspirations to the Presidency.
“In October 2009 Liz Cheney, William Kristol, and Deborah Burlingame launched, as board members, a non-profit 501(c)4 organization, Keep America Safe, with the mission of destabilizing the incumbent Democratic president’s foreign policy. Staffed predominantly by former staffers of John McCain’s presidential campaign, the group collects donations and data about contributors and visitors to its website, and reserves the right to share that data with unspecified “third parties.” ”
That quote about destabilizing the current foreign policy is TREASON, as in aiding & abetting the enemy.
Someone(s) contact the DOJ about this…as in a whole bunch of e-mails to DOJ to follow-up….from a bunch of us…
Thanks Emp! Couldn’t remember the last name and with the pages down I couldn’t check back, but her repeated mentioning of him in those few excerpts, struck me as a bit odd.
I’m not going to watch the Opera interview, I’ll find it later.
But I did listen to an excerpt that apparently won’t be on tv, Scarah said ya know I’m a journalist and that she’s been journaling all her life, and I give Oprah credit for delving into that a little, saying really, when did you start, Scarah points towards piper, they pan camera on her, and says since before Pipers age, okay, how old is Piper?
Went on how she and her sister ‘just recently’ got out their little girl diaries and opened them with their little girl keys, to discover how she’d written about hunting expeditions and stacking firewood as a chore to heat the house…….
Well, sounds like she had ‘this little story’ ready, and if she’s like any other little girl she started one and didn’t stick with it. I’d love to see what Scarah wrote in her little girl locked up diaries. It was probably her older sister that did this and Scarah’s borrowing memories from her.
Yep, Scarah was ready with ‘stories’…….but with Scarah it’s always half truths and delusional thinking.
I’d don’t think Oprah threw any curve balls, like, what do you think about your friend Carrie Prejean. So, we’ll see if Barbara Walters can dig deeper. Scarah hasn’t said anything about her yet, I don’t think anyway. Her saying Oprah was gracious and enjoyable may have been a shot across the bow asking Barbara show her the same treatment.
I don’t think Barbara would ever take that bait.
We progressives can work relentlessly to expose Palin’s many flaws and hypocrisies but her adoring base will rarely listen to reason and facts.
No….Palin’s actual demise as a public “leader” will ultimately come from inside her own base. This Christian group who questions Palin’s Pro-Life credentials, for example, has the power to peel off more supporters in her base than any progressive criticism.
If you haven’t checked out BuffaloGal’s excellent link above, take a look……it contains the seeds of Palin’s own base’s disillusionment with her. Once they start examining Palin with their own strict criteria, her hypocrisy and slavish devotion to political expedience will become obvious.
I am getting discouraged – just got off the phone with the guy who is involved w/4 groups. He said there aren’t enough people interested from his whole email list so there is nothing organized! He said he thought there would be more interest but most people feel Palin’s not worth the time. He encouraged me to go but has no idea what I should expect. I guess the kid from Kuper College will be there with a small group but people are getting really nasty toward him so I am getting scared. I only have myself and my daughter-in-law…. )o:
78 austintx Says:
November 16th, 2009 at 9:15 AM
Well – well……..today should be fun watching the psychobilly lie and tap dance. All dormant and sleeping pups arise and kick some sarah ass. From the chasm of kaos , the bowels of bozoland , the precipice of palinistas……hello.
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Yeehaw!!…..it’s austintx!….The Texas phoenix risin’ from dormancy to kick some psychobilly ass with his pointy-toed ostrich n’ gator sh*t kickers!
Say No, I saw the mention of her being the keynote speaker at the Logging Convention. The Convention has long been a supporter of gun rights, think NRA, which is the first speech that Palin gave after quitting her job. (private, no press event in Anchorage).
Tickets are $54. and won’t comment on how much they are paying her to speak, which usually means that they are paying, if it was a freebie, they’d be bragging.
The answer is IGNORE her and any venue like Barnes and Noble. Sarah is so over. Chief indicator of over was rushing the pathetic excuse of a book to print.
Barnes and Noble is suicidal. Who would pay full price or for that matter any price for the stupid woman’s book? So basically they lose all business for that day.
Just watched a snipet of O’Reilly while flipping through channels. He said he thought “Going Rogue was a great book and will makes lot’s of money”. He couldn’t even look at the camera while he said it. He hung his head and looked down while he endorsed the book. He didn’t sound very convinced. Better watch that body langauge Bill!
Woooohooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Open Season on LIARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just waiting for the ghost writer to be thrown under the bus… Won´t take long.
Jeepers, that’s TOO funny! Let the games begin and start popping the popcorn.
Scary article about how Palin could win the GOP nomination:
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/11/16/walter/
It was bad enough to think of her in the VP slot–can you imagine her at the top?
For all you republicans out there…please mobilize now!
welcome to Monday. I’ll try to keep up this week!
Starting with the top of the Today Show! Slammed!
In exile, what did they say?
Alas, NPR is softballing her. The once astute Cokie Roberts actually said that it didn’t matter if the book was untruthful.
Agree with lettersfromeurope – when there’s enough proof out there that the book is a pack of lies she’ll claim the ghost didnt listen or transcribe correctly – oh but wait, that means she’d have to admit there are untruths in the book -not gonna happen.
@Cronopio – I’m curious to know more of what Cokie said. It won’t matter to her base or to her sales if it was untruthful.
I am more interested in what Levi is doing. He seems loads smarter, much cuter and will be doing some “real” interviews. Cannot wait until he drops the big one… Go Levi!
Does anyone know what time the Oprah show is on today?
The Today Show emphasized the parts of the book that were written to get back at the McCain staff. Stephen Schmidt(?) is mentioned and quoted. It pointed out a few inconsistencies: for example, in the book she rips Obama for the bailout, and they show video of her VP debate where she encourages people to get on board with the bailout. There is a clip from a Sunday show, where Hillary Clinton is asked about the comment “I’d like to sit and have a cup of coffee with Hillary”. On the Sunday show, Hillary basically laughs, and says “Sure!”. They quote a section of the book where she talks about how she wishes the reporters who were in AK (for her resigning-from-office announcement) would have gotten ‘slimed’ – something about getting wet while out in the boat, and seeing her in her natural element, the capable outdoors woman. Andrea Mitchell is doing the report, and her voice is just about dripping with sarcasm.
Sarah Palin is truly the gift that keeps on giving (laughter that is). More than a year down the track since I started reading AKM’s blog and I still get a laugh reading about all her antics. Can’t believe that she has managed to keep herself in the spotlight for so long and that people are still paying attention to what she has to say in that folksy word-salad eye-winky way.
G’morning.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/16/continetti.palin.facebook/index.html
that continetti fellow kinda picks and chooses his facts to defend his hypothesis……..not a good way to convince smart people.
i am still chuckling over the huge onslaught of viewers to palingates last night.
today’s bingo game should include the words “inaccurate” “not based in reality” “whacko” “her hair” and “NSP” for the bonus space.
Cronopia – I think what Cokie said is that to many who are angry and disillusioned, the truth doesn’t matter — one is inclined to believe what one wants to believe. We’ve seen a lot of that lately, and I fear she’s quite right. Without that the book would have no chance.
@Irishgirl Says:
November 16th, 2009 at 4:01 AM
Does anyone know what time the Oprah show is on today?
I know Oprah is on 4:00 pm Central Time
Well now here’s something new on the Palin news trail:
Christian Group Questions Palin’s Pro-Life Credentials:
A political 527 group, which claims responsibility for derailing Mitt Romney’s presidential hopes in 2008 in the early-contest states of Iowa and South Carolina, is now targeting Sarah Palin. But for what?
ProlifeProfiles.com, created by a nationwide research team working for American Right To Life, is being launched today highlighting Sarah Palin’s surprisingly extensive and unflattering record on abortion.
Here’s the link to the Palin Profile on their site:
http://prolifeprofiles.com/palin
Well what the heck dya make of that one??
In Sarah’s woefully myopic world-view, books should not be vetted either (the nerve of the liberal MSM!)
I hate to see what her substantive policies on consumer safety would look like under her free-market faith.
Hey ENOUGHwith…..
For the Bingo game, let’s not forget “a joke” good question” and “not qualified”
It’s past time to declare war on a rising danger that (semi-geographically) is in Alaska’s neck of the woods.
Ever heard of the Discovery Institute> It’s been a busy little political player lately, so I looked it up. Found a couple of descriptions. First one from a rather bitter pair of boots on the ground:
If you don’t know about the Discovery Institute (www.discovery.org), you should. The short short story: The Discovery Institute is a pro-creationist (“Intelligent Design”) think tank heavily supported by ultra-right wing funds, cheerfully located at Union and 4th in downtown Seattle. They dish out the same rewarmed, widely discredited creationist bullshit that the right wing christians have tried to cram into schoolchildren for decades now. They’ve been all too successful as of late.
So far as I can tell, the Discovery Institute is based in Seattle to give it some sort of “fair and balanced” street cred, I.e.:”If they are creationists based successfully in Seattle, that den of godless sodomy and liberalism, they must be onto something.” As a *real* life scientist in Seattle, (as opposed to a neo-christian philosopher from Arkansas, planted in our city and pretending to be a life scientist) this just pisses me off.
As a community well respected for its rationality, scientific prowess and intelligence, we have a responsibility to disown drivel such as this being distributed in our name. Consider this a call to arms.
Well, that was one educated and PO’d man’s opinion. Maybe something with a little more meat to it, hmm? New York Times, you got anything?
After toiling in obscurity for nearly a decade, pushing a “teach the controversy” approach to evolution, the Discovery Institute has emerged in recent months as the backbone behind sucessful skirmishes over science education in school districts and state capitals across the country. The debate is no longer about teaching religion during biology class; it has been warped into an issue of academic freedom.
Financed by the same Christian conservatives who helped Bush win the White House, the organization’s intellectual core is a scattered group of philosophical scholars who adhere to the explanation of life’s origins known as intelligent design. This fringe “academic” movement has been given a carefully crafted, poll-tested message, lively Web logs — and millions of dollars. In January the Institute hired the same Beltway public relations firm that promoted the Contract With America in 1994.
“We are in the very initial stages of a scientific revolution,” said the center’s director, Stephen C. Meyer, 47, a historian and philosopher. Mr. Meyer’s background is not in hard science, and his reputation as a spokesman for the educational sciences is also suspect.
More student of politics than science geek, the institute’s president, Bruce K. Chapman, a Reagan conservative, embraced the evolution controversy as the institute’s signature issue precisely because of its unpopularity in the scientific and educational establishments. “When someone says there’s one thing you can’t talk about, that’s what I want to talk about.”
More philosophical worldview than scientific hypothesis, intelligent design challenges Darwin’s theory of natural selection by arguing that some organisms are too complex to be explained by evolution alone, thus pointing to the possibility of supernatural influences. While acceptance of the existence of God appeals instinctively to the religiously faithful, evidence of evolution is accepted only as academically unavoidable, for the present.
The theory of intelligent design is untestable in either field or laboratories; less so than psychic phenomena and ectoplasmic interactions. This is just one of the many reasons intelligent design is contested as a viable subject in hard science classes.
So, there ya go. Poorly educated and politically influenced “scholars” are being funded and backed in order to trump hard-core scientists by killing off their natural successors. And isn’t that what evolution is all about, really?
Time for all the moms & dads to start paying attention in school, and doing their homework. There are really only three important things to remember about education, guys:
Curriculum, curriculum, curriculum.
Review from wally world:
“very very good!, 10/16/2009
a great book by a great by leader.”
I wonder if the individual meant “bi-leader?” It’s difficult to tell when attempting to decipher wingnutisms.
Thanks Misfit in Texas.
@19-Jammer5 – perhaps the OP meant to say by-leader , kinda like by-product?
from http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?dict=CALD&key=10641
by-product noun
/ˈbaɪˌprɒd.ʌkt//-ˌprɑː.dəkt/ n [C]
something that is produced as a result of making something else, or something unexpected that happens as a result of something
Illness is one of the by-products of overcrowded housing.
I was away for a few days and will be catching up on all the blowback from the Palin book, but from the little bits I saw this morning on the news, ouch! It’s going to get ugly! David Brooks even dissed Palin as a wanna be talk show host. You know it must be bad if the right wing-nuts are even ripping the book. (With the exceptions of the Newt and Rushbo, of course.)
However, I also saw Katrina vanden Heuvel on the news this morning talking about the actual and factual Palin book that we all REALLY want to read, Going Rouge with AKM & Shannyn Moore, etc., am I right? That one I look forward to! Congrats to AKM again, and my personal condolences for the task of actually reading Palin’s book in order to review it for the rest of us who won’t, a truly painful endeavor as I’m sure it will be!
Wonder if they included a centerfold in the book so her many admirers could have a hands on experience while having the book read to them. . .
@lemonfair – That would be too logical. I´m sure she can do both, throw the writer under the bus for getting it wrong and keep claiming it is all true.
WAKE UP all ye faithful… All these angry people used to believe in her. Take it from them at least.
Love the cartoon. The little coat hanger “logo” is a nice touch and a sad reminder of what Palin, Stupak, et al want to return us to,
On a non-Quitty topic, Congressman Weiner (D-NY) has provided a nice list of the 150 hypocrites on The Hill who oppose a public option yet are they themselves ENROLLED IN MEDICARE:
http://weiner.house.gov/news_display.aspx?id=1364
I’m sure no one will be surprised to learn that ignominious group includes John Thanksfor Sarah McCain and everyone’s favorite whole-state Congressman Don Young.
BuffGal – Great link and gives us a better perspective on just how some of the pro-lifers think on each and every issue.
HuffPo is letting comments go through in a split second today. I couldn’t get through one list before there were a dozen or so more ready for a refresh.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/16/palin-accuses-ap-of-doing_n_358832.html
I imagine there will be plenty of media following S’Error (still love that!) on her book tour. How long before she decides to pull a Carrie Prejean and cancel everything because of the negative (and truthful) publicity? I’m going to bet myself that she doesn’t continue after Thanksgiving………wouldn’t that be a super break for all of us?
Good Morning~AKM, Mudpups, going to be a very interesting week..$arah just loves attention..Hope she’ up for it…LMBO
Patrick has openly challenged Sarah and her country bumpkin lawyer Van Flea by openly stating that it is a FACT that her pregnancy was faked. So much outrage about “what newspapers do you read” and yet she will not challenge any bloggers that much. While I know this sight has avoided the Bgate issue, and that is fine, you have challenged her on others. Thanks to all the bloggers for doing the medias jobs for us.
Gramiam – Did you see any of this action on Saturday???
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dawn-teo/video-scuffle-ensues-when_b_358152.html
Posted the following thought on ADN this a.m. And I wasn’t being smart.
It is too bad that people do not realize that supporting Palin is supporting Rupert, too. The Aussie’s know Rupert. Our populace cannot follow what Ian Fleming wrote in 007 fiction that is apropos to the Palin frenzy. I have no answer…but I do have fear.
On Talking Points Memo: Americans Don’t Like Sarah Palin
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/poll-americans-dont-like-sarah-palin.php
But 43% of respondents like her?! They must be from the same planet that Lou Dobbs has returned to.
Methinks Tina Brown is not a Palin fan.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-16/sarah-palin-the-musical/?cid=hp:featureline
That Sarah Palin, what a tease! This book tour of hers is one of the all-time great hoochie coochie dances. The tea partiers are lining up like rubes at the “Direct from Gay Par-ee!” tent at the Dingleberry County Fair.
Well I hope the media doesn’t miss the stark contrast in Scarah’s so called ‘personal’ facebook posts with how she really speaks and writes displayed in her memoirs. It’s another proof of her lying.
That has got to be the biggest joke of the year, how she’s using facebook as her UNFILTERED way to speak directly to people. Really, lol. Who could possibly buy that load of baloney.
I’m also curious, who taped Carries sex scenes while she was supposedly alone? Her tattoo covered scary looking brother? ick. Her liberal sister? ick.
And Scarah asked Carrie to befriend Bristol. They’ve had many phone conversations. Good grief, what did they talk about? How abstinence can be sexy? How to look at things through a strangely filtered Christian lens? I’m curious, but also concerned for Bristol. What a terrible idol to be getting advice and support from.
What should that say about Scarah’s mothering instincts and skills to be base? It should scream, wait a minute, step back and look deeper into Scarah’s real world.
I like the book tour book on http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/
be sure to note the shelve titles.
mmm… my comment was erased….what is happening? I used no bad words. Was it related to the fact I posted same comment in the logger story on ADN? My name is the same. Is that some kind of copyright no-no?
oh forget it… it’s here now…..lol bad moring…bad coffee
Oprah interview is half over here in Chicago. I don’t think I can watch the next 30 minutes. I really don’t.
Watching the Oprah interview now. Pretty boring. From what I’ve seen this is a light fluff celebrity interview. Oh, she just called him an ‘aspiring porn star.’
Palin on Oprah: presenting Levi as just a poor deluded child, being lead astray by handlers. This is a dull interview.
Let’s hope that Barbara Walters does a better job.
I think there’s major image rehab going on here. Palin’s voice sounds less shrill. Footage from Wasilla, Halloween, tender bonding moments with Trig.
Today Show here – Andrea Mitchell’s report:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/33961929#33961885
(fuller form of the report, picturing Andrea, from Sunday?
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/33961929#33951153)
Also at the top of the hour, Matt’s interview with Michael Smerconish
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/33961929#33961929
And then, right after this, our President in China:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/33961929#33961858
I loved watching part of this last night around midnight EST, I’m so proud of our President! (Quite a contrast, coming after the SP brouhaha)
Oops, forgot about too many links. Here’s one of ‘em until I get pulled out of the abyss.
Also at the top of the Today Show, Matt’s interview with Michael Smerconish
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/33961929#33961929
I can’t believe Oprah let her get away with claiming that AFTER the election, Obama had opposition researchers up in Alaska, doing research to file ethics violations and as a result everything changed and she had to quit.
This is an incredibly lightweight interview. Sarah’s smiling because she’s so pleased.
@ChicagoMom
Oprah doesn’t want to turn up in Palin’s next opus as having “low self-esteem” so she’s trying to out softball Couric.
Thanks Chicago folks for the low down.
Not going to watch. All I can think of is Andrea Mitchell on that boat, grovelling. Sure Oprah & Barbara will do the same. blech!
I’ll rely on the fact checkers to review the interviews.
At least Andrew Sullivan and Andrew Halcro are not sitting back and letting Palin have a free of criticism ride.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/11/postmodern-palin.html
I didn’t copy Halcro’s comments but they are on his blog at:
http://www.andrewhalcro.com
Sullivan also references a poll conducted by (right leaning) Rasmussen which states that 59% of Republicans identify with Palin. (It looks like David “Palin’s a joke” Brooks must be in the minority of his Party.)
Halcro is running against Young in the next election for those who don’t know.
Halcro is running against Young in the next election for those who don’t know.
Good morning, mudpups! Based on your feedback, I will not be watching Oprah today. I did see the Today Show and listen to Cokie Roberts; no warm fuzzies from either source. On the other hand, Miss I’ll Getcha is getting her 15 minutes of fame, which may lead to more book sales.
It’s all about the money-
@ OMG (46):
A big thanks for the links. Although Halcro is more colorful (methinks I need to get out my shovel, in case AKM needs assistance
), Sullivan is more accurate: his warnings are serious.
Hmmm…shovel– or the BIg Red snowblower? (bwa ha ha)
did the person who said she is a great leader mean quitter?
Leader?…….of what?
It’s very disapointing that Oprah did such a softball interview. No more Oprah for me. Liberals should revolt. Can’t believe she sold out.
She’ll quit her book tour as soon as she’s bored, which should be around Friday of this week.
When reading the excerpts this weekend I noticed how she thinks she single-handedly could have changed the outcome of the election…if they only would have listened to her. She knows so much about how to win elections. Does the name Doug Hoffman ring a bell? And I love how she nixed divorce rumors by slobbering over Todd w/o his shirt on. Not about how they’ve built a life together, but how hot he is. If my husband said he stayed married to me because of my looks, I WOULD divorce him! She is one of the shallowest people ever. And I’m still furious at Oprah for helping promote her book. Oprah is a huge sell-out and I have no respect for her. Okay, rant over (for now).
Okay, one more thing: what’ she doing parading those kids around again? Does anyone else find it highly inappropriate that she brings her kids with her to do interviews? Who else does that? I cannot think of one example. Why aren’t they in school? And Oprah poses for pictures with them like it’s the most normal thing in the world. The woman uses her kids as props and her base doesn’t even notice. Grrrr.
How do we know Carrie Prejean and Sarah Palin are not the same person? Has anyone ever seen them together at the same time?
I had planned on watching Oprah today, but have decided not to. After watching her interview with Charla Nash last week and hearing her asinine remark that the upside of Charla no longer having a mouth and not being able to eat anything beside liquids through a straw, was she would remain slim! OMG! What a bizarre thing to say to a woman who lost her face, eyes, and hands in a terrible unimaginable way. I realized then that the Palin interview would be fluff.
Did you see this on Politico? She’s been in cahoots with her fans all this time.
The Palin grassroots
Sarah Palin, on her Facebook page, gives what I think may be her first formal recognition of the formidable grassroots that has largely made up for her total lack of a political operation.
Palin is responding to an unusually harsh takedown from the Associated Press of her book, which does, I think, at times blend the notions of fact-checking and analysis.
She writes:
We’ll keep setting the record straight, and we’ll keep reminding some in the media that Americans are very tired of their non-objective reporting. A great, recent post that accomplishes this is a Conservatives4Palin post. It’s got some nice fact checking included. As always, they did a great job holding some of the media accountable for spreading more misinformation and for making things up. You can read it here. Enjoy!
Conservatives4Palin is a fan site unconnected to the former governor; it functions, though, as Palin’s Media Matters, driving aggressive media pushback that’s basically her only line of defense.
The group’s interesting self-description is here.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1109/The_Palin_grassroots.html?showall
Thanks Chicago folks – for the update on the interview. Don’t think I can stand to sit through S’Error if she’s getting soft ball interviews. I can’t stand her voice as it is, and if she’s not getting her come-uppance than I would rather watch the paint dry in my daughter’s bedroom. Ugh….
So, Levi is an “aspiring [adult films] star” which Palin means as a dig. Yet, her BFF Carrie Prejean is ALSO an aspiring [adult films] star …… and she admires her and is proud that she and Bristol are friends. Lord, the hypocrisy never ends, does it?
You know, I admire Andrew Halcro and loved his latest post about digging two graves. He’s intelligent, well-spoken and has clearly done his homework. Candidates like him should be the future of the GOP – not this lying piece of ……. work.
As annoying as Sarah is, one has to look at the big picture. The GOP will run SOMEONE in 2012 and 2016. Would the Dems rather run against someone like Romney, with government and business experience who can speak English, or a clown like Sarah, who has the gravitas of Lindsay Lohan?
The very fact that a delusional pathological liar is the “shining star’ of the GOP should make the Dems feel pretty good!
Sarah will never shut up or go away and will destroy the GOP by splitting the party or running as a third party candidate. So I say just enjoy the show.
Bristol palin’ around with p*rn stars. Two feet in the mouth and all Oprah had to do was sit back and let her talk. Family values?
Shannyn’s up on Huff Post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shannyn-moore/palins-oily-lies-drip-fro_b_358756.html
Does anyone know all the pallin’ around between Sarah and Carrie has continued since Carrie’s p*rn adventures have popped up, or has Sarah thrown her under the bus now, too, also?
laprofesora – I thought the same as you regarding her comment on Todd – isn’t there anything more to their relationship??? Ditto on the kids with her – I suppose she thinks its promoting her *mothering skills* by keeping them close, and maybe they were a foil so tough or touchy subjects wouldn’t be brought up.
Something struck me in the odds and ends of pages posted on some other sites (which are not there now) when she idly mentions Curtis (Spenard/Menard?) as a neighbor and like a brother. He seems to come up several times – is he connected to that company in question that provided building materials? It just seemed odd to throw him in several times, trying to convince us just how much of a brother he was to her…… anything more to that?
No Oprah for me either.
I did, however, enjoy the Palin prolife bio. LOL
Good article on Queen Esther by Max Blumenthal on Salon today
ANN, CC, and GG update – Alaska Pi tells me they arrived home yesterday to Ann’s new home – Segundo’s sister will be there for 3 weeks to help out. Hopefully, photos will be posted in the next day or so as soon as they get over their exhaustion and settle in.
Yes, I think it’s really a cowardly ploy that she’s used her children so often to “hide behind” in interviews. Who’s gonna’ hit her up with hard questions in front of her darling daughters?
Also, I think many may have forgotten (or not noticed) that Palin attempted to begin that infamous interview with Couric with Piper trailing after them. Katy even commented “oh, is Piper joining us?” (approx). By the end of the interview Piper was no longer visible, so I presume someone with a brain must have removed her from the group. But I believe it was her disgusting intention to use Piper to soften the interview. No news, we all know she is shameless, but the gall is still outrageous.
YaaaY!- just got an email from or books with “Going Rouge” attached!
My first ebook order and I’m impressed with the service. Popcorn tonight!
Her comments regarding Todd are really disturbing. Wouldn’t you say your husband is a good partner, a great father, a spiritual person, hardworking or at least another half-dozen terms? Sarah equates looks to everything. She is the “Shallow Hal” of Wasilla.
Palin continues to tank towards being one of the least popular American public figures:
Washington Post Poll– 52 percent view her unfavorably, 60 percent say she wouldn’t be qualified to be president.
Celtic Diva has a note about the Trig-Eddie Bruke photoshop, which Sarah mashed up in her book with another by someone else, saying Burke’s is a “monstrous face”. I think she’s supposed to be on radio with Eddie this morning.
It’s a small world, Sarah.
Well – well……..today should be fun watching the psychobilly lie and tap dance. All dormant and sleeping pups arise and kick some sarah ass. From the chasm of kaos , the bowels of bozoland , the precipice of palinistas……hello.
AustinTX, where have you been?
((((((austintx)))))))
Not a tap dance. It sounds more like a waltz.
hey austin long time no see. glad you you are back in the saddle.
Hey austintx………Welcome back.
nswfm
Been here in Texas. Long story , all is ok. Will ck. back later today. bubbles kicked my ass and told me to get my butt back on the ‘flats.
Irishgirl
Thank you.
Laprofesora; yes, to me, Sarah uses her children as “shields”. Of course it’s to block the interviewer from asking personal questions, about relationship to Todd, or Levi. I also think she has a need to project that she is a attentive mother. Though, most attentive mothers do that at home. Maybe she is never home, so the only attention she gives them is done on her publicity tours.
This week should almost be like the Apollo missions in the late 60′s, early 70′s. Everyone was tuned into the tv – every spare minute. One could say this has to be with “space” too. It’s an “out-there” phenomenon. Gonna be interesting.
Howdy, austin!! You were missed….
austinTx, good to see you back. Couldn’t agree more, need some serious whooping going on.
The Walmart tour is what some have labeled it, and I’m talking about conservatives, and they think it’s a smart move. Face to face, collecting those whom can be wowed, those who think they don’t have a politician who cares about them. (hope you’re listening up Washington insiders)
Then, yep, as OMG posted, the politicsdaily site link spells it out. Run in the primary for 2012, get all those nice folks to vote for her and win in primaries that are “take all”. She doesn’t have to win a majority of the voters to win the Republican primary for president. They are a bit different than the Democratic party in their primaries.
She can even run as a third party if the Republicans were to change the primary rules on her. Watch for that prior to 2012 to see if the insiders are going to try to stop her. Other thing to watch for is how many moderates get booted out of the primaries in the 2010 election. If they go, then she could take the Republican primary easily.
Then it will be Obama vs Palin.
Frankly I think there has to be a right wing nut job to make a run and be defeated before the Republicans will ever be able to move back to letting the moderates be a part of the party again. Till then, it’s Palin up to bat. (and I don’t even watch baseball!)
doing the happy dance for austin
fawnskin mudpuppy Says:
November 16th, 2009 at 9:43 AM
doing the happy dance for austin
me too fawnskin and dancing happily for you also
PACOS!! Jeebus! i never thought of that scenario! good grief!
goodness, with that thought process does she feel the same way about humans? isn’t carnivore meat, any meat? bet she does……she’s scary.
“If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore: If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat? I always remind people from outside our state that there’s plenty of room for all Alaska’s animals – right next to the mashed potatoes.” Sarah Palin
Thank you Bubbles! We’ve missed you Austin!
“Unqualified”…yet again, folks say SP ain’t!
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/11/16/cnn-poll-most-americans-say-palin-not-qualified-to-serve-as-president/
CNN Poll: Most Americans say Palin not qualified to serve as President
Posted: November 16th, 2009 01:27 PM ET
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Fewer than three in 10 Americans think Sarah Palin’s qualified to be president, according to a new national poll – the least of any of the five potential candidates included in the survey.
But another woman tops that list in the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday: two-thirds of the public thinks that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s qualified for the Oval Office. That’s more than Vice President Joe Biden, who’s currently next in line for the presidency.
For those reluctant to hear SP “speak” but can’t turn off viewing the “accident that happened”, TURN OFF the volume, and TURN ON the closed captioning.
I guarantee that the CC’ing will be twisted around by SP’s word salading speechifying visit with Oprah, so it least you will get a laugh or two or three…
Popcorn anyone???
PS: 2 hours countdown for here in Atlanta…WSB/2…
Bubbles, it wasn’t really my thought either. After reading several sites over the weekend and then the politicsdaily today, that was what I got out of it. The one thing I forgot to mention is some urging from players within the teaparty movement (including Dick Amrey leader of Freedom Works) that Palin get actively involved in the tea party organization. Giving free speeches to win them over to vote for her.
It is already noted that she is suppose to be a keynote speaker in Febuary (I think) in Nashville at the tea party convention.
I just started today trying to compile a list of what some are urging her to do on the road to the nomination and see if she does and how soon.
The idea is that she needs to get out and meet and greet the people she is going to be urging to vote for her and not stay behind the facebook site completely. Although they note that facebook has had a huge out reach with both her fan base and evangelicals.
The idea being that people are made to feel that each one has a singular connection with her as a person, one who is on their side. Facebook is building on that connection to both old and new supporters.
hey ~austin (((hug))) missed your comments…
In honor of $P’s wite-out on the dr bill, I’ve signed this petition regarding the health care reform bill:
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/send_a_coathanger/?rc=chaser&r=5023&id=6701-2213678-ra52GBx.
If so inclined, please do so as well.
austintx: Yeah, roundup time! Doe Si Doe/spin on a dime, also too!
Blog babies blog – blog until the cows come home. heh heh heh
Palin Looking Forward to Reading Her Book
‘Looks Like A Page-turner,’ Says Former Guv
NEW YORK – Amid the publicity blitz for her new book, Going Rogue, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said today that “she was looking forward to reading it, big time.”
The book has already been a publishing sensation, rocketing to number one on the New York Times bestseller list for Fiction. Gov. Palin said that the book caught her interest as she was promoting it on Oprah last week.
“From everything I’ve said about it, it sure seems to be a page-turner,” she said. “As soon as I’m off this book tour I can’t wait to sink my teeth into it.”
(The Borowitz Report)
Snoskred??
Shuttle Atlantis just lifted off after delays…
Check out what McCain said having a conference call last Friday with his campaign aids, lol……..btw…..he hasn’t spoken with her for months.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LjCGid_Neo
Some great shots from Atlantis looking down at earth as she gets way up there in the wide blue yonder…
20 oregonbird Says: November 16th, 2009 at 5:09 AM
If you don’t know about the Discovery Institute (www.discovery.org), you should. The short short story: The Discovery Institute is a pro-creationist (”Intelligent Design”) think tank heavily supported by ultra-right wing funds, cheerfully located at Union and 4th in downtown Seattle. They dish out the same rewarmed, widely discredited creationist bullshit that the right wing christians have tried to cram into schoolchildren for decades now. They’ve been all too successful as of late.
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Don’t worry too much about them, bird. Just ask the good people of Dover, pennsyltucky, about what happens when Discovery tries to get the curriculum unscientific. Discovery lost big time in the heart of conservative country.
I am going to Grand Rapids wed. but looks like I won’t be able to get inside so will stick w/protesting outside.
Info to get in: “Her fans in Grand Rapids will be glad to know they’re part of “real America.” As we’ve reported, her book tour begins Wednesday with a stop at the Barnes & Noble in Woodland Mall. One theory why Grand Rapids was picked goes back to a 2008 campaign decision she disagreed with.
The signing begins 7 p.m. A limited number of wristbands for entry will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis starting 7 a.m. Attendees must purchase the book at Barnes & Noble prior to receiving a wristband. For more information, contact..”
Well, that sounds like BS to me. Can’t even go inside, it’s a long way to travel and it’s gonna be a long, cold night )o:
she is such a piece of work……..my shout at her (REALLY?) I had to put the * in p*rn, and I hope Levi does turn into a star, preferably a reality tv show or modeling.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1109/Palin_attacks_Levi.html?showall
Asked by Oprah about Levi Johnston, Palin, R-Alaska, responded: “I don’t think a national television show is the place to discuss some of things he’d been doing and saying.”
(REALLY?)
She continued: “By the way, I don’t know if we call him Levi — I hear he goes by the name Ricky Hollywood now, so, if that’s the case, we don’t want to mess up this gig he’s got going…. Kind of this aspiring, aspiring p*rn — the things that he’s doing. It’s kind of heartbreaking.”
Oprah clarified that Palin was referencing Johnston’s decision to pose for “Playgirl.”
Said Palin: “I call that p*rn, yes. So it’s a bit heartbreaking to see the road that he’s on right now.”
Curtis Menard was Mayor of Wasilla. Dentist, no connection to Spenard Builders Supply.
((((austintx)))) It’s so good to see you back at the flats!
#20 oregonbird Says: November 16th, 2009 at 5:09 AM
If you don’t know about the Discovery Institute (www.discovery.org), you should. The short short story: The Discovery Institute is a pro-creationist (”Intelligent Design”) think tank heavily supported by ultra-right wing funds, cheerfully located at Union and 4th in downtown Seattle. They dish out the same rewarmed, widely discredited creationist bullshit that the right wing christians have tried to cram into schoolchildren for decades now. They’ve been all too successful as of late.
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Don’t worry too much about them, O’bird. Just ask the good people of Dover, pennsyltucky, about what happens when Discovery tries to get the curriculum unscientific. Discovery lost big time in the heart of conservative country.
#20 – oregonbird Says: November 16th, 2009 at 5:09 AM
If you don’t know about the Discovery Institute (www.discovery.org), you should. The short short story: The Discovery Institute is a pro-creationist (”Intelligent Design”) think tank heavily supported by ultra-right wing funds, cheerfully located at Union and 4th in downtown Seattle. They dish out the same rewarmed, widely discredited creationist bullshit that the right wing christians have tried to cram into schoolchildren for decades now. They’ve been all too successful as of late.
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Don’t worry too much about them, O’bird. Just ask the good people of Dover, pennsyltucky, about what happens when Discovery tries to get the curriculum unscientific. Discovery lost big time in the heart of conservative country.
austintx – hugs from me too! You are witty so how about some input for signs to protest Palin? I need 4 zingers at least, will bring extra signs if I have the time to make them.
“Sarah Palin Quit makin’ stuff up” is all I’ve got so far (o:
Taken from the Fox/Cheney thread to keep it “current”
75 BigSlick Says: November 16th, 2009 at 12:43 AM
Read the entry at Wikipedia on Liz Cheney and her comments become clearer – she is testing the public reaction to voicing her own aspirations to the Presidency.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Cheney
“In October 2009 Liz Cheney, William Kristol, and Deborah Burlingame launched, as board members, a non-profit 501(c)4 organization, Keep America Safe, with the mission of destabilizing the incumbent Democratic president’s foreign policy. Staffed predominantly by former staffers of John McCain’s presidential campaign, the group collects donations and data about contributors and visitors to its website, and reserves the right to share that data with unspecified “third parties.” ”
That quote about destabilizing the current foreign policy is TREASON, as in aiding & abetting the enemy.
Someone(s) contact the DOJ about this…as in a whole bunch of e-mails to DOJ to follow-up….from a bunch of us…
Oowee…..watch what Anna Marie Cox says on Rachel Maddow………she also shows the clip of Rushgo, he says he talked to Scarah, awww.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5A3x1BE57M
Paco……Gryphen posted she’s speaking to some logging group during her book tour. It’s on his blog.
Big Pete…….she can’t wait to read her own book? LOL, big head much…..like she hasn’t seen it yet.
@Michigander, re: for signs to protest Palin:
“Sarah Palin: Quitting a Book Tour Near You”
“Sarah Palin: How Do You Feel About Prejean P&rn?”
“Katie Couric Says Hi!”
listen to this brave little guy from Arkansas………..he’s brilliant, lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlT5wvBbVEw
Thanks Emp! Couldn’t remember the last name and with the pages down I couldn’t check back, but her repeated mentioning of him in those few excerpts, struck me as a bit odd.
The Guardian is Going Rogue! http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/nov/13/sarah-palin-going-rogue-book
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Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue – uncut
Exclusive – the raw, unexpurgated first draft of Sarah Palin’s biography Going Rogue, complete with author’s notes”
@Michigander
“Pallin around with exhibitionists?”
“Carrie misses you! Call soon!”
I’m not going to watch the Opera interview, I’ll find it later.
But I did listen to an excerpt that apparently won’t be on tv, Scarah said ya know I’m a journalist and that she’s been journaling all her life, and I give Oprah credit for delving into that a little, saying really, when did you start, Scarah points towards piper, they pan camera on her, and says since before Pipers age, okay, how old is Piper?
Went on how she and her sister ‘just recently’ got out their little girl diaries and opened them with their little girl keys, to discover how she’d written about hunting expeditions and stacking firewood as a chore to heat the house…….
Well, sounds like she had ‘this little story’ ready, and if she’s like any other little girl she started one and didn’t stick with it. I’d love to see what Scarah wrote in her little girl locked up diaries. It was probably her older sister that did this and Scarah’s borrowing memories from her.
Yep, Scarah was ready with ‘stories’…….but with Scarah it’s always half truths and delusional thinking.
I’d don’t think Oprah threw any curve balls, like, what do you think about your friend Carrie Prejean. So, we’ll see if Barbara Walters can dig deeper. Scarah hasn’t said anything about her yet, I don’t think anyway. Her saying Oprah was gracious and enjoyable may have been a shot across the bow asking Barbara show her the same treatment.
I don’t think Barbara would ever take that bait.
michigander -
Thanks for the hug.
I (heart) Levi
Oh Really
My BS detector just redlined
We are all loving Levi.
17 BuffaloGal Says:
November 16th, 2009 at 4:55 AM
“Christian Group Questions Palin’s Pro-Life Credentials
Here’s the link to the Palin Profile on their site:”
http://prolifeprofiles.com/palin
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Very interesting link, BuffaloGal.
We progressives can work relentlessly to expose Palin’s many flaws and hypocrisies but her adoring base will rarely listen to reason and facts.
No….Palin’s actual demise as a public “leader” will ultimately come from inside her own base. This Christian group who questions Palin’s Pro-Life credentials, for example, has the power to peel off more supporters in her base than any progressive criticism.
If you haven’t checked out BuffaloGal’s excellent link above, take a look……it contains the seeds of Palin’s own base’s disillusionment with her. Once they start examining Palin with their own strict criteria, her hypocrisy and slavish devotion to political expedience will become obvious.
Welcome back austintx, ol’ buddy!
Thanks Professor, G Katz and dear austintx (o:
I am getting discouraged – just got off the phone with the guy who is involved w/4 groups. He said there aren’t enough people interested from his whole email list so there is nothing organized! He said he thought there would be more interest but most people feel Palin’s not worth the time. He encouraged me to go but has no idea what I should expect. I guess the kid from Kuper College will be there with a small group but people are getting really nasty toward him so I am getting scared. I only have myself and my daughter-in-law…. )o:
78 austintx Says:
November 16th, 2009 at 9:15 AM
Well – well……..today should be fun watching the psychobilly lie and tap dance. All dormant and sleeping pups arise and kick some sarah ass. From the chasm of kaos , the bowels of bozoland , the precipice of palinistas……hello.
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Yeehaw!!…..it’s austintx!….The Texas phoenix risin’ from dormancy to kick some psychobilly ass with his pointy-toed ostrich n’ gator sh*t kickers!
Hi, austintx….glad to have ya back.
Say No, I saw the mention of her being the keynote speaker at the Logging Convention. The Convention has long been a supporter of gun rights, think NRA, which is the first speech that Palin gave after quitting her job. (private, no press event in Anchorage).
Tickets are $54. and won’t comment on how much they are paying her to speak, which usually means that they are paying, if it was a freebie, they’d be bragging.
Does anyone know if it is normal practice for a book signing event to make you buy the book to get a wristband to enter the store?
Oh lordy! CNN/Jeanne Moost just included a blurb w/ Oprah and hunting/Palin…
Don’t know if this is from tonight’s show or from last week…
The answer is IGNORE her and any venue like Barnes and Noble. Sarah is so over. Chief indicator of over was rushing the pathetic excuse of a book to print.
Barnes and Noble is suicidal. Who would pay full price or for that matter any price for the stupid woman’s book? So basically they lose all business for that day.
problem child – thank you
Lee323 – dang right buckaroo !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcBOcwgb4OA&feature=related
Just watched a snipet of O’Reilly while flipping through channels. He said he thought “Going Rogue was a great book and will makes lot’s of money”. He couldn’t even look at the camera while he said it. He hung his head and looked down while he endorsed the book. He didn’t sound very convinced. Better watch that body langauge Bill!