Sarah Palin on Oprah…(Latest. Live blogging. Ever.) UPDATED
16 11 2009Well, one of the unfortunate things about living in Alaska is that we sometimes get things hours after the rest of the country. Like Oprah.
So all of you will get the chance to see the interview in its entirety before I do. So, use this thread to chat about it. I’m begging off work early today to catch it at 4pm Alaska time, and will blog my impressions as an update of this thread. But you all will get first dibs so have at it!
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UPDATE:
After the live blogging, I’ll be on “Live from the Left Coast” with Amy Coiro, and then hosting their live blog during the show. Here’s the link. I’ll be on air at the beginning of the show which runs from 5-7pm Alaska time (6-8 Pacific 9-11 Eastern)
UPDATE II:
You all loved me to death! Site crashed when Oprah was on… So, I ended up, after realizing I wouldn’t be able to get on the site, blogging on Word. It felt very odd, but at least it was something. So now after some very belated cut & paste… I give you the latest live blogging ever. With some holes in the beginning while trying to get on line.
Here we go.
Wow. What is with the hair? Twice as much as before.
I can’t see! I can’t see! Good thing I’m a touch typist because the glare from the giant bluish white teeth blinded me! (blinking wildly)
The room concurs she had some kind of mini face lift or something.
Ah, the index cards. She needed “stacks” of them. Not surprising.
Everything is the McCain campaign’s fault.
They told her what to say and what to do and what to eat.
She went along with it.
But it’s still their fault.
OK, this is obviously NOT going to have a Katie Couric moment.
The only skeleton in her closet is a D in college? The room screams with laughter.
Oooo, look! It’s a softball, tossed gently and underhand. Phew. She caught it!
She was surprised that they told her to stay on script. Ha! Gee…wonder why?
Here we go with Michigan again. When she said all that stuff about Michigan, she had no idea that they had pulled out of Michigan? Huh?
They lost because everyone was looking for change, and a Republican administration had just tanked the economy. Waaaait a minute. Truth? It can’t be!
She wasn’t to blame for losing any more than she would have gotten credit if they had won. (That is of course unless they had won in which case I’m sure the credit would have been all hers)
She didn’t prep much for Katie Couric because it was supposed to be “light hearted?” In other words she expected Katie Couric to be like THIS INTERVIEW!
Based on that interview she doesn’t blame people for thinking she was unprepared because…. she was unprepared. Thanks. Glad I’m not being blamed.
Couric’s agenda was to show her in a poor light. (Clip of “what do you read”) Wants to know why she didn’t just name the books. Tiptoes around…. Says it’s not because she couldn’t think of any. (Come on Oprah, ask her to name them now!) Said Couric treated her like some “tribe from some Neanderthal cave in Alaska.” (Did they have Neanderthals in Alaska? Google this later.) Says that no matter what she answered it would be twisted.
Oprah is now being all warm and fuzzy and making the audience connect with her plight. What would happen if I put Pepto Bismol in my wine? Google this later.
Oprah wants to know if she wished she had just named some gooks and magazines. She says yes. ASK HER TO NAME THEM NOW!!! She’s not going to ask her to name them. (head bang)
Just called Couric “the perky one”….Says “the perky one” was waiting in the hall. What is she, a puppy? Remember Obama “the one who must be obeyed?” What is with the nicknames??
She can understand why a woman would want to terminate a pregnancy, but still thinks that she should get the choice not only for her but for all other women.
Talking about telling Todd about Trig’s DS. Oprah is tearing up. Says she was touched by Todd saying he was happy and also sad. Very adorable picture of Todd on the floor getting his face chewed by Trig and smiling. It’s in the book.
Levi. Doesn’t want to talk about it. Too personal to talk about on TV.
“He goes by the name Ricky Hollywood now.” Wha?? Dripping venom in a big way. ASPIRING PORN? OMG. “He’s busy with his media tours” and hasn’t seen his son much lately. Gee, who’s busy with media tours, and running for office, and writing a book, and and and….?
The room here is muttering that she’s going to pray for him.
HA! She’s going to pray for him. Classic.
So, she gets upset when people swear in front of Piper, but there’s Piper in the front row with Willow hearing all about the PORN! Why are they even there? Oprah’s asking about people saying she’s not a good mom and that Bristol did all the work taking care of the kids. Piper made a face. This is awful.
“But it all comes down to this beautiful boy…(Tripp)”
Well, good thing she didn’t talk about it on TV seeing as how it’s so personal and all. Jeez. Bet Levi is not happy. She cut all the trash out of the book, so she had to make up for it.
Hyena laugh about Levi coming for Thanksgiving.
“We’re not into the drama!”
The entire room threw their heads back roaring with laughter! Awesome.
Who is Aunt Katie, everyone wants to know. Todd has 2 sisters we think…
She is wearing shorts AND a bumpit and there’s snow on the ground? OMG. Workout in the gym footage! Nooooo! Just shoot me. This is such fluff.
Now we’ve got the homey “just makin’ caramel apples” shot. Good grief, this is like a commercial for the book. It’s Halloween stuff. AAAA! Piper is wearing the Arctic Cat gear for Halloween!!! Linda Kellen-Biegel is renting space in Sarah’s head for free!
Now it’s all about the “very strong marriage”. No divorce, very strong. Very very strong. Grypehn is also renting space.
Now it’s the concession speech. Oprah says, “You looked sad.” Dear God…
She says “We all need to move forward together.” Audible groans from the entire room.
It never occured to her that she couldn’t do the job of Vice President because of her 5 children. “Some things may have to be put on the back burner.” She had a strong support system with lots of family. Don’t try to do it unless you have a strong support system. (Like the one Bristol had for the baby? And what about those who don’t?)
Track didn’t want anyone to think she was a quitter. Said she resigned because she wasn’t going to run again. Oprah asks why not finish what you started. “Opposition researchers!” (Those darn bloggers and fact checkers! Room erupts in applause)
She wasn’t able to talk about issues that were important to her without an ethics violation being filed. (Riiight.) Oprah doesn’t get how quitting is helping Alaska. Says she’s now “fighting for Alaska on a different plane.” Wha??? The plane to nowhere! Can’t really remember any Alaskan issues she’s been fighting for lately.
She’s not retreating, she’s reloading. Gawd. Her life in bumper stickers.
Right now she’s concentrating on 2010, not 2012. Does that mean she’s running for senate, or she’s just going to torpedo more races like NY 23?
Looking forward to Trig heading for Kindergarten in 2012. (Will he be on the back burner then? And won’t he be three years old….or four?)
You don’t need a title to make a difference.
(Draining my wine glass and getting ready for live blogging on ‘Live from the Left Coast’)
November 16th, 2009 at 11:03 PM
FYI: Palin’s aunt, Katie Johnson of Richland.
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/olympiadispatch/story/297541.html
November 16th, 2009 at 11:26 PM
The popularity of this woman is just the latest manifestation of that great 19th century American truism:
“There’s a sucker born every minute”.
November 17th, 2009 at 12:01 AM
I read some of Palin’s family members were at Oprah, but Todd was absent. Is that true? He’s usually right by her side.
November 17th, 2009 at 12:05 AM
Neandertal never made it to the Americas.
Kennewick Man, who did however, had many caucasian features and was believed to have lived in the Tri-Cities area near Richland about 9,000 years ago, 3,000 years before Tawd and Gawd created the Earth.
November 17th, 2009 at 1:02 AM
Over at http://www.palingates.blogspot.com down in the comments someone named “Palmer’s Pain” says Todd and Willow are living in Wasilla. along with other information that you may find really interesting. Sheesh……
November 17th, 2009 at 2:15 AM
Anyone who watched previous Katie Couric interviews, would know that she asks all the candidates, what they are reading, who’s their favorite author(s). All the candidates, except S’error, had no problem answering. Obama named a recent release on the History of Lincoln’s Presidency and leadership skills. Edwards, listed the Bible.
We learn from McCain’s VP handler, that S’error didn’t want to prepare.
Even if she were to believe S’errors excuses, it doesn’t explain the poor performance with Charlie Gibson (in what respect, Charlie?). Even in her limited interviews with Sean Hannity, he ended up answering his own questions and she would just agree with his answer.
She can make up all the excuses and blame she desires, it will never change what people saw, with their own eyes.
Also, too…. she pretends that being Chief Executive of Wasilla counts as qualifying experience to be VP or President. Don’t think so. Even a particle first term as Gov, does mean much.
It certainly, is within her right to quit for big bucks but, it is time for pundits, interviewers, and talking-heads to stop treating her as if she is a contender. Her chance to hold higher office, ended when she quit.
November 17th, 2009 at 2:37 AM
She claims she quit because of ethics complaints. The lion’s share of cost and time was spent on her own ethics complaint, against herself. That being Troopergate. Her blaming Obama opposition research for her own actions, are absurd.
Fact of the matter, is reneged on her duty and obligation to the State, so that she could make more money for herself.
November 17th, 2009 at 2:43 AM
Saw a snippet of the Barbara Wa-wa “interview” and Piper and Willow were front and center. Sorry folks , if she continually trots ‘em out , they are fair game.
November 17th, 2009 at 3:52 AM
Curiouser: “The super secret D in college – cutesy line recycled line from 2006. ”
Now THAT is hilarious. She thinks she can recycle this stuff…how many times?
November 17th, 2009 at 3:57 AM
wolf pack: anybody that doesn’t buy her spiel is “opposition”. Note that her most vehemently attacked victims in the book are strong women who didn’t buy her crap. Wallace and Couric.
And one of the main goals of the book was try to embarrass them and create conflict between them, ie junior high in Wasilla.
November 17th, 2009 at 5:22 AM
306 Wolf Pack – Love the S’error name, which is both creative and very descriptive. She thinks she’s doing a great job raising her children, but I think she is raising Piper to be a little monster. What is “cute” when they’re around 6 and 7 turns into obnoxiousness when they’re 11 or 12. I find it hard to believe that anyone thinks this woman is qualified to hold any elected office.
November 17th, 2009 at 6:20 AM
Said Couric treated her like some “tribe from some Neanderthal cave in Alaska.” (Did they have Neanderthals in Alaska? Google this later.)
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With all the religious reference in her “book”AND her belief system ….Neanderthals are not a part of this.
Palin does not believe in evolution …….”man” (as we know it to be today) was created by “God”, not descended from monkeys……how many times have you heard that from retro evangelists.
November 17th, 2009 at 6:28 AM
Looking forward to Trig heading for Kindergarten in 2012. (Will he be on the back burner then? And won’t he be three years old….or four?)
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Oprah’s not very good with numbers IS she?
According to recent reports, this 19 month old can barley sit up and cannot walk, lays on the floor sucking a bottle.
Besides, public kindergartens are not equipt to accommodate Downs Syndrome children.
How many Downs Syndrome children are in the public school system in AK?
November 17th, 2009 at 6:34 AM
�He goes by the name Ricky Hollywood now.� Wha?? Dripping venom in a big way. ASPIRING PORN? OMG. �He�s busy with his media tours� and hasn�t seen his son much lately. Gee, who�s busy with media tours, and running for office, and writing a book, and and and�.?
The room here is muttering that she�s going to pray for him.
HA! She�s going to pray for him. Classic.
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HAHAHAHA……………Levi announced this afternoon he is NOT doing the “full monty” for playgirl.
A Levi “gotcha”………seems the little “Ricky Hollywood”…knows Palin better than she knows herself.
November 17th, 2009 at 7:06 AM
Martha: what’s the difference in Levi doing a playgirl centerfold with mostly bare skin….and Palin prancing around in a swim suit with mostly bare skin………..both for money.
November 17th, 2009 at 10:12 AM
“Besides, public kindergartens are not equipt to accommodate Downs Syndrome children.
How many Downs Syndrome children are in the public school system in AK?”
I would guess that almost all children with Down Syndrome in Alaska (and who are old enough) go to school. All public schools must accept children with Down Syndrome (or any other disability), and most mid-large sized schools have a kid or two there with Down Syndrome. Yes, these kids need extra help (and likely a full-time aide), but that’s why the state provides extra money for schools for “special ed” students.
Now, I agree that Trig will be too young for kindergarten in Sept 2012, but I’m sure he’ll go when he’s old enough. He may well go to a public preschool before that, since many public schools provide preschool programs for 3+ year old with disabilities.
November 17th, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Well here we go afgain-this Palin person is one sick duck! I would not spend one red cent on her ?BOOK? NOT ONE. She is beyond brainless….glad I live in the lower 48-and I wish she would go back to Alaska-sorry Mud Flats.