Sarah Palin on Oprah…(Latest. Live blogging. Ever.) UPDATED
Well, 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’)
Palin talks about Levi doing p()rn in front of piper. Just doesn’t want F-bombs around the kiddo.
Andrew Sullivan is live blogging.
People in Chicago I guess, have seen it all.
Warning, folksy lies ahead….
Does $P think every day is “Take Your Daughter to Work Day?”
I heard that is was a softball.
OOOps, let me re-phrase for clarity. Palin was on Oprah discussing Levi. Palin said Levi was doing p()rn. Palin’s daughter Piper was in the audience for the Oprah Show. So Palin knew Piper would hear the p()rn word. We have learned from Palin’s book that Palin does not want Piper to hear F-bombs. But it appears p()rn is fine.
(sorry for fumbling my first attempt at this convoluted comment.)
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Irishgirl? Sh?
I am in need of a good comedy show, so I will be watching Oprah-dee Oprah-dah. Hopefully, it will not be duh.
I just went in to figure out how to find Oprah on the television. (New set, 467324 channels, 676 remotes). Got the set turned on, and there on the screen was “By the People” – just the last few glorious minutes. I sat there grinning and tears welling, listening to the man who was my Senator, now my President, say those words that gave me hope and pride once again.
After that, I can watch this silly female go head to head with Oprah of the Ego, because I can know all the way through that, “Yes, we did!”
How long will it take before the media will stop providing the pole for this attention whore’s dance, and relegate her to the same category as Balloon Boy’s Parents?
Why isn’t Piper in school? Where are the truant officers when we need them?
Piper is a shield.
Andrew Sullivan is live blogging the oprah show. He just typed
“I don’t like to shop”
So, it’s OK for her to slam Levi as doing porn in front of Piper, the aunt of his child, and on national TV, where his child might very well see it one day?
Geeze. I thought a judge ordered Palin to stop abusing children by bad-mouthing their father to them and harassing him. Oh, that was Wooten and this is Levi..I guess she isn’t so good at taking one moral and ethical concept and applying it to a similar situation.
Sarah Palin is a 7th grade girl (no offense to them) in an adult’s body. It is incomprehensible that she is saying these things publicly about her grandchild’s father.
I thought Oprah was on at 10 here – turned it on at 9:30 to find it started at 9. So missed half of it (I think, thankfully). The most significant comment I heard from her that has me scratching my head — Bristol’s focus is to tell girls/teens there are consequences of UNPROTECTED SEX! Not – the beauty and importance of abstinence. Is she promoting condom use?? I was really surprised at that statement. And yes, little Piper was sitting right there to hear. But why do I get the impression that Piper has heard it all. She was also too there for the p0rn comments about Levi. (Maybe Levi and Carrie P can do a film together??)
She seemed jittery and word salad and rather irritating laughter were spewing everywhere. I think Oprah was persistent and as tough as she could be, with the two prop children sitting right there the whole time. I do think Levi will be called in for a show soon, for the real stuff to flow.
“I’m sorry I apologized” ? for what?
The great lie trap she is walking into is the one where she tells Oprah how much she wanted to do SNL. I bet she would have left that out had she known that the McCain camp was going to release the e-mails back and forth where she tells them she doesn’t want to do SNL.
Oh what a tangled web she weaves.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/14/mccain-campaign-emails-co_n_358124.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2009/nov/16/sarah-palin-oprah-live-blog
all of it now …
Not watching, since I am a Neilsen Household and refuse to give a high rating to that show..reading all comments, makes me wonder “when will it ever end”.
Maybe Levi does his turn on Oprah ??
Okay… a bit late, but lemme try the liveblogging.
Mostly excuses and avoiding direct answers thus far.
They just did the “what newspapers did you read.” Oprah missed an opportunity but not asking her for the specific names of newspapers. Palin is very dismissive of Couric, calling her “the perky one.”
Discussing learning that the new baby would be a Downs baby.
SP – “Why God”
TP – “Why not, God.”
Too many commercials. And a real slow load on this site.
Saur – what was the I’m sorry I apologized quote about?
Tomorrow – Oprah will have on “the world’s most famous porn star, Jenna James.”
Big woop. Is this Oprah’s week of interviews of untoward women?
watching right now…and having a hard time not chucking it all…I know I will not be able to stand through all of this crap
right now she just called katie c. “the perky one), who oprah had to clarify as sarah herself seems at times perky, who had partisan agenda…oh come on….
I will read what others post later…I just cannot do this…
the things I would really like to ask her will never come up…
Umm… dang. Dunno, Seagull. Was trying to type and answer a question and missed part of it among Palin’s verbiage.
I will try to refrain from saying “oh *uck!” next time I see them around town. It’ll be hard, but I think I can handle it.
Thanks Sauer – we will find out!
Palin you moron! Posing in the raw is not p0rn, it’s nekkid posing. You know, like your friend Carrie. Oh wait a minute, that was more than nekkid posing. But Carrie said, since she was alone, it wasn’t sex even though she was having that by herself. So if Carrie doin’ with herself what she said she wasn’t doin’ cause it’s only one person, how the he11 does nekkid posing constitute p0rn?
Sarah, even though I live in Alaska and can’t stand the sight or sound of you – GO HOME. You are too stupid to travel, too stupid to talk, too stupid to do much of anything except to eat a delivered-by-your-kids Taco Bell Crunch Wrap Supreme.
Sorry about the folksy “nekkid” but the spam filter doesn’t like the real word.
Sully’s site is taking forever.
Keep typing mudpups! please!
Watching Oprah now but need to turn the volume down as she is getting screechy.
Sightly off topic but the rules for her book signing tomorrow in Grand Rapids. You need to show up to get a wrist band sometime during the day to be allowed to get in line for the book signing which runs from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. A limited number of wrist bands will be distributed. The store opens at 7:00 am the day of the event. She will only sign her book, no other books or memorabilia and you must present an original Barnes and Noble sales receipt. I think I will pass.
“Everyone is waiting on the Levi question.” – Oprah.
SP – I think… um… verbiage… I don’t think a national television is the right place to talk about … “ricky hollywood”… heartbreaking to see him go to porn… let that be the discussion between Bristol and Levi… pray for Levi. I was disappointed that he was set to these stages to talk about things that are not true… he never lived with Bristol; that is false… so many inconsistencies in what he’s saying. Don’t like the road he’s on. It all comes down to this most beautiful baby boy. Bristol is in college… she has Tripp at our home and has a lot of family support. She is saying “girls, wait… you future in getting pregnant.”
Oprah – will he be invited to Tday dinner. SP does not expressly say he will be invited… oh, wait, there’s the invite to come to Aunt Katie’s dinner in Washington.
She really slams him.
okay… reminder to self: do not use the word that begins with “p” and ends with “orn” or else the post will hang up and maybe not post.
Now, now, Martha… don’t hold back on your true feelings!! Tell it like it really is!!!!!
I think Oprah is going soft-core with Palin… I am waiting for the really tough questions to start at any time.
Shows her with Trig, with Piper at the gym… “it’s nice to not be handled; it’s nice to say what I want to say.”
Ut oh… my last post went into moderation. Or disappeared.
posing for playgirl is porn? give me a break. I wonder what she would consider carrie prejean’s little video? A movie she can show her mom?
More family stuff…
What’s it been like for your husband The Dud and your marriage…
We’ve been physically apart for months at a time. Lots of equality in marriage; we both pickup and get things done.
nudder commercial but this bit made her more human.
Andrew Sullivan is live blogging it with comments.
I’d watch prejean’s video… and promptly poke my eyes out afterwards.
Or not.
I like this person’s take – although none of us are following her advice!
“Just Don’t Click on Sarah”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/beth-arnold/just-dont-click-on-sarah_b_359391.html
“Just say no to Sarah Palin. We Americans need to get our minds out of the cultural gutter and raise our sights. Our media ought to have some standards, too. Everything can’t be about money. Everything can’t be about the numbers. That’s part of what has gotten us into this economic and societal mess that we’re in now.”
So, Palin is still using her children. Hasn’t she learned anything? Once again, she parades her kids around and then complains if they are the subject of discussion. Why not leave the kids at home…….in school?
Long time follower, first time poster…all I can say right now is Wow! How is the he$$ did this person get a book deal let alone the opportunity to run for VP of the United States?
I would like to add Thank You & Great Job to all of you for working so hard to expose this woman.
OMG can you even for a second imagine this woman talking to other world leaders? I sure can’t!!!
“United we will stand as a country” she says…….she’s the most divisive person.
Why has no one asked her where her ‘folksy accent’ disappeared to. That annoying accent on the campaign trail.
I couldn’t watch this no matter how much someone paid me. She is SO petty and spiteful and vindictive.
Palin/Prejean 2012: because the truth doesn’t matter!
quit because of opposition researchers interrupting her ability to be the governor’s job “…not retreating, I’m reloading…”
About the concession speech…
SP – not disappointed she wasnt allowed to speak, just the reasons for why not. disappointed that campaign did not take one last opportunity to unite to move forward.
O – responsibilities of vp… how were you going to manage 5 kids and being vp or president should something happen to mccain… how would you manage?
SP – my answer was the same all along, the same as men would do it. it never occurred to me that I could not do it due to children; they are my strength. I am a believer in making the choices that are appropriate at the time. all the aunties and uncles in alaska to support.
Track didnt want me to quit because people would call me a quitter. Again she does the lame duck claim. So many opposition researchers “up there.” FOIA requests and ethics violations… my state of alaska would be hampered by me being shackled behind a desk.
Oprah questioned her claim her reasoning about it being better for alaska. Gives her usual BS answer.
Reloading for 2012? Focusing on 2010 to make sure issues are discussed.
O – have you thought about it? SHE DOES NOT ANSWER IT DIRECTLY!!!
O does not follow up on SP’s bull answer.
She sounds like she’s on helium. Minnie Mouse on helium.
Another bunch of commercials… is it just me or is more time spent on commercials than the interview?
I’m surprised Oprah let her away with her reference about opposition researchers (after she had lost), that she said being done by Obama. Oprah let it slide by.
One final question… should I be worried because I heard you were going to get your own talk show?
“Oprah you are the queen!”
bleeechh!
She watched when she was a stay at home.. “tooooo” “you provided alot of inspiration” “a lot in my book!”
Book is “a fascinating read.” blech!
www dot wgal.com had a live blog for pennsyltuckians but I haven’t looked there yet. they will discuss on the 5 o’clock news, which is … now!
O/T but good for a quick laugh……. Going Rogue calendar has been released:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lee-camp/leaked-sarah-palins-going_b_359131.html
meede @ 50… Oprah give her the soft serve instead of hardball questions. Missed opportunities, imho.
from Andrew Sullivan:
“4.52 pm. She’s clearly hoping to run for president in 2012.”
President of what I’d like to ask? The Mean Girls Club??
Curiosity has me – I’ve been looking at the Oprah Blog to see what has been said about today’s show
http://www.oprah.com/community/thread/120802
Her lips have deflated some. That’s the extent of what I have learned during the first five or so minutes of watching. I think I can make maybe five more.
When she was talking about Levi and how he made accusations about Bristol raising the other kids, watch the look she shoots toward Willow and Piper. I think it is the only shot they do of two during the whole show. The look to me was pretty vicious. MHO.
http://www.oprah.com/media/20091111-tows-sarah-palin-hurtful
extra footage that didn’t make it to broadcast .. boy, poor Sarah has a hard voice.
About her accent… this link goes to a study about her speech patterns.
http://www.wgal.com/politics/21621286/detail.html
“You don’t need a title to make a difference.” Here again she uses the term “title” as opposed to “office.”
From Andrew sullivan.
She has absolutely no concept, much less understanding of what a “position” or “career” entails. The benefits that someone can bring to society or to their state via public office or a well served career. Sulllivans comments are right on.
S’error is such a liar. She said, In the concession speech, she just wanted to tell Americans to unite, come together, and keep fighting.
So what did she do? She kept badgering Obama, saying we should still look into his terrorists pals. Even to this day, she can’t give him the respect of calling him President.
When she says, woman can have it all and that she could have handled being VP or President. She needs to figure out why she couldn’t handle being Gov and take a look at the damage, her ambitions, has done to her own family.
4:02pm CST Begins with awkward hug instead of handshake that Oprah was about to offer.
Kids are not on stage, and it’s now :10 min into interview…?
Also, too, when she was talking about Trig, she doesn’t refer to him as Trig or “my son” or “our son”, she calls him “that baby”.
Wolf Pack, S’error – good one
Well, at least Oprah did call her on the “kids are off limits” statement. Of course, if she’d been any softer, I don’t think Mrs. Palin would have heard it.
A lot about nothing. Softball all the way.
What is going to hit her in the eye will be Ricky Hollywoods reaction. It was a joke between him and Tank that was reported on the Daily Beast. Basically there is Levi, and then there is this alternate phony identity for the crazy stuff he runs into. Basically he is still the down to earth Alaska hunter who would rather be out in the woods. They were kidding around.
Her meaness come out. She could simply have said what some people would agree with, that it was a mistake on his part to pose in the alltogether. Acting like a concerned adult, not the witchy witholding grandmother who he has been contending with all along.
And the Thanksgiving invitation. Ick.
Yeah, her lips have deflated a bit…but she still looks a little Minnie Mouse.
Is she truly not capable of speaking without insulting and digging at someone, some perceived slight from years ago, some imaginary insult?
Geeze. Where’s a doctor when you need one?
Oprah did ask her about the Obama-defends-Palins-kids thing!
And the woman had the nerve to sit and say she “appreciated that so much.” Didn’t I read that she clobbers him about only defending his kids? … Yes! AKM states that on p 233, she repeats the lie that he was only defending his own kids.
(just heard her say “President Obama” – first time ever that I’ve heard it)
cripe – apologies for the italics going on so long – I forgot to “close” ‘em
abashed…
rebekkah@47, even from the prereleased clips I noticed that. High pitch voice = nervous!
And watch that left eye wink. I think that’s what she does when she knows something is a lie, or at least she’s deliberately trying to spin something around her way.
Haven’t seen it yet as I’m on Pacific coast, but just checked over at SP fan page and they are salivating over what an awesome job she did with the interview. She sure showed Oprah, didn’t she? seems to be the general theme of comments. God help us all.
Here’s a link to the amish country chat on a NBC affiliate… as you scroll thru the chat log, take note of the various polls the news channel conducted.
http://www.wgal.com/news/21627775/detail.html
I like that Oprah site… has topical clips I haven’t seen yet.
4:14pm – the “campaign operatives” were worried about what I eat…?
((Of course they would be concerned about her diet…! That routine is grueling and the wardrobe was ONE size, not several.))
4:15pm ((OK I agree with SP here RE: double standard and candidate’s clothes. Male candidates DO have it easier. Women have to change outfits, do hair and makeup and she gives props to Hillary for doing that, too.))
4:18pm I didn’t know we had pulled out of Michigan. We WEREN’T TOLD.
((Read a paper??))
4:19pm 2nd break – still no Willow or Piper
Gotta laugh as her ‘PAC’ have taken over the Oprah Blog defending her. I busted my gut laughing at this one:
The original post was:
All America is doing is making Palin rich and she is laughing all the way to the bank. She dumped her state of Alaska because she wanted to seek fame and fortune. I can’t stand Sarah Palin!!!
PAC defender responding:
The truth is exactly the opposite. Being Governor of Alaska was costing her a fortune because people who are fans of Barack Obama (and most likely paid under the table by Democratic operatives) were bleeding her family dry by filing false ethics complaints, and under Alaska law, she had to personally pay her legal bills, not Alaska taxpayers.
You need to tune in Monday, llhstars, find out you have been lied to, and have the courage to embrace the facts.
In another message, this creep also made a statement that:
While you’re praying, you may want to get in a word about our President — and our last Democrat President as well — adding to the coarsening of political discourse (rather than elevating it as he promised) by referring to participants in the Tea Party movement as “teabaggers.” That is vulgar slang for a sexual act that cannot be described on television ,but is nonetheless repeated by news reporters who have contempt for anyone who stands up and to oppose the POTUS’ radical agenda.
Last DemocratIC President – Hmmm. Really.
Wasn’t it Beck that started the name ‘Teabagger’? How quickly they forget and line up in denial.
Let’s stop focusing on the kids… wasn’t their choice to be front and center, and they should not be now, either.
I remember well the day Miss Quittypants turned our state over to Sean Parnell. She said, “Leave his kids alone!” Guess what, no one even mentions Sean’s wife or kids because he doesn’t make him part of the scene. I don’t know their names, or even what his family members look like. Just as it should be. We didn’t elect the entire Palin family to be Governor of Alaska. Alaskan elected (tragically) just ole S’arah.
Yes #75, you tend to not focus on politician’s kids when they don’t take their kids to every event and shove them in front of the camera, like Sarah.
I won’t watch it, but I saw a clip. Good Gawd, could she have whitened her teeth any more? They look stupid and fake.
She is such a narcissist. I just read on Huffpo that Steve S was talking to Palin about eating something because she was dieting to the point of exhaustion. They said she was obsessed about every little comment someone made about her appearance and was afraid of looking fat on TV.
Once again people, look up N.P.Disorder. Perfect fit.
4:22pm ((Answer about Katie Couric interview – she begins about an octave above high C – which always means she’s fibbing.))
“HOURS of tape were shot, and those few minutes that people saw of course made people think I wasn’t qualified … Joe Biden’s interview was full of gaffes too but he was not shown that way. …”
4:26pm reason why she didn’t name newspapers or magazines “I was annoyed with her question. … I thought she was implying we were Neanderthals in Alaksa… and I was pumped up from the speech and I come off stage and here was this perky person asking me more annoying questions.”
4:30pm – no girls –?
omg you guys do it, I’ll read the round up from AKM. I can not bear to see her snide face and listen to that voice. It makes me want to throw things at the TV, she is an insufferable twit.
I can only stomach a few minutes of that voice, but I have three questions.
Is she wearing a wig? Srsly.
Have you ever heard such a phony, forced and nervous laugh?
What on earth are her children doing there?
She doesn’t think it is appropriate to talk about Levi on national television, and then slams the heck out of him? Oh, and they showed that sad picture of Bristol in that grey dress. Never lived with Bristol. Voice very screechy when she speaks of him.
4:36 OH there they are — sorry — talking about Levi.
((Why not just say — he’s a great kid, and I’m not going to say anything else about him. How hard could that have been??? but no — first thing out of her mouth was calling him names. A 19 year old kid. Who is her grandchild’s dad. Really??))
We’re not really into the drama. Say what?
Sarah Palin has no class and is trying to buy it with popularity not substance.
it sounded just like tena FAY
If you haven’t already done so…jump over to http://shannynmoore.wordpress.com/ where she has post an Hannity clip juxtaposed (kind of) with an Oprah clip…Palin will lie about anything, big or small.
4:43pm Video footage shown: Piper’s dressed up in Arctic Cat costume for Halloween. Me: *slapping head*
Now they’re making caramel apples. Trig’s in costume. Audience: Awwwwwww. Me: Where are his glasses?
That cackle when Oprah asked about Levi and Thanksgiving sounded like a loon gettin’ the s^*t choked out of it……..
Yup, looks like a really bad wig. Yikes. And the teeth. Oh, boy….the voice….
I can’t do it.
This may be as wacked-out as some of SP’s stuff…[couldnt match most of her
stuff] but here goes:
Wondering why Oprah would have her on and give her the gentle treatment?
I dont watch OPrah, but her magazine is quite good and smart.
Just makes no sense.
Then saw a supermarket newspaper, the Star or Nat’l Enquirer that
said that OPrah and FLOTUS had a falling out when they were both in
the Scandanavian city for the Olympic committee’s choice of cities,
promoting Chicago. Oprah ‘out-diva’d” Michelle, who acted with the
decorum expected of a FLOTUS. Hard feelings resulted, with
implication that Oprah was more into own fame than supporting
the Obamas or the Democratic team.
Does this make any sense to anyone?
This interview was such an opportunity for actual news rather
than entertainment/titillation.
I’ve only seen part of it and will watch the rest on the DVR later. But once again I was reminded how much my brain hurts when it tries to translate what she’s saying. It feels like my mind has wandered, and then I realize, no that’s not what happened. It didn’t wander, it’s just that what she says doesn’t make much sense. Her answers are quite lengthy and THEY wander. By the time she’s finished, I can’t recall what the original question was. Anyway, I had forgotten that, but it all came back to me real quick. Will shake my head a little and try to finish it again later. But right now I have a Palin-headache.
She’s an anomaly up in Alaska, she says, because she has a great family support system? Did I hear that correctly?
haha, from the video clip on HP … “Sarah Palin discusses Levi Johnson on Oprah” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/16/sarah-palin-oprah-intervi_n_359765.html
@4:30
Oprah: “Does that mean yes he is comin’ or no he’s not?”
SP: “egh, uh, Open invitation for Levi ta … come ta .. Aunt Katie’s house for, eh, Thanksgiving dinner in Washington. There …”
On an open thread, I suggested turning off the volume & turning on the close captioning.
Well, I tried – and got seasick.
Also, when I did dare turn on the volume for a short bit (just to see how badly matched the voice/CC’ing was – not too bad overall), but kept CC’ing on, I noticed that the FACIAL expressions many times did not match the tone of the word. A lot of snarkey expressions. And at times, I wondered why she was blinking (not the single blinky blink blink) so much – signs of lies?
How I’d love to have someone with expertise involving body language go answer by answer thru this for truthiness. I’d even pay for the “liquid or pill courage” needed to do so.
She’s talking about her son not wanting her to quit, but in July didn’t she say that when she was going to quit she asked her whole family and there were 5 “yeses” and one “hell yes”?
jimzmum
more or less, yeah. I got the impression that she has lots of extended family (a given) that are willing to pitch in (?) …
In this day and age, that would be an anomaly. No clue how it actually plays out in that case, but as I have no extended family, I’m hardly the one to ask
And another Patrick/Palingates be-u-tea-full new rendition of the book cover…
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2422/3980208149_090913f0ee_o.gif
I don’t know if this has been mentioned or not, but I spotted this thought on a Daily Kos Diary. (see below)
It appears that $P dissed Levi for not being with his son while out on media tours, YET $P is out on a media tour sans her youngest!
She can’t call out Levi when she is doing the very same thing. Well, she can and does, but…
Of course, when Levi is home, supposedly, his son is not made available these days. … and so it goes…
The lovely thing about working for a living is that one is never home to watch Oprah. First, I can’t stand to look at Palin, much less listen to her. So I’ll pass. Besides, I try to limit my exposure to stupid people. They make me itch. Palin’s so stupid she actually thinks she has a shot at the Presidency. Bwahahah. Hah!
Johnny
Yes, I was wondering about that too. Seems I even heard that it was Track that said the “hell no” or hell yes… whatever it was.
sorry for the incoherence
It was 5 yeses and one hell yes….she can’t keep her stories straight she’s so bent on being cute and perky
austintx Says:
November 16th, 2009 at 2:10 PM
That cackle when Oprah asked about Levi and Thanksgiving sounded like a loon gettin’ the s^*t choked out of it……..
yep. or like one of them po’ turkeys last Thanksgiving. honest to goodness i will never forget the turkey interview. i cried and laughed at the same time. i caught an attack as we say here in Loisaida.
4:48pm “I was told that VP candidates are not allowed to give a concession speech, but that wasn’t true – I’ve seen lots… that was true four years ago…”
(( Is that true? Good grief – Did John Edwards give a speech? Actually he did… google it… Faneuil Hall 11/3/2004 ))
4:53pm I’m concentrating on 2010.
Q: What about 2012?
A: Trig’s headin’ into Kindergarten that year, so…. ((My ears started throbbing at this point))
4:59pm Final words — my faith is in God and Todd.
((Okay, then..))
78 Punkinbugg Says:
November 16th, 2009 at 1:56 PM
4:22pm ((Answer about Katie Couric interview – she begins about an octave above high C – which always means she’s fibbing.))
“HOURS of tape were shot, and those few minutes that people saw of course made people think I wasn’t qualified … Joe Biden’s interview was full of gaffes too but he was not shown that way. …”
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How the hell would she know what was on Joe Biden’s taped interviews?
She wasn’t there, she didn’t work for any networks, or produce any programs herself.
Of course Oprah lets her get away with it……….can’t she ask her how she knows this about Biden’s interview?
And what about that section of interview Couric did of John McCain that, stayed on the internet, but was cut from the televised program?
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During a CBS interview on Tuesday, John McCain made a stone cold error on a subject about which he claims expert knowledge: the “surge” strategy in Iraq. In an interview with anchor Katie Couric, the Arizona Republican said, inaccurately, that the surge strategy was responsible for the much-touted “Anbar Awakening,” in which Sunni sheiks turned against Al Qaeda, helping in turn to reduce violence in the country.
From the transcript:
Katie Couric: Senator McCain, Senator Obama says, while the increased number of US troops contributed to increased security in Iraq, he also credits the Sunni awakening and the Shiite government going after militias. And says that there might have been improved security even without the surge. What’s your response to that?
McCain: I don’t know how you respond to something that is as– such a false depiction of what actually happened. Colonel MacFarland was contacted by one of the major Sunni sheiks. Because of the surge we were able to go out and protect that sheik and others. And it began the Anbar awakening. I mean, that’s just a matter of history.
In fact, as Spencer Ackerman and Ilan Goldenberg have reported, the record firmly establishes the opposite: instead of being caused by the surge, the key signs of the Anbar Awakening occurred not only before that strategy was implemented, but before it was ever conceived.
Yet McCain’s error was not seen by any CBS Evening News viewers.
As MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann noted (video below), “CBS curiously, to say the least, left it on the edit room floor.
It aired Katie Couric’s question, but in response, it aired part of McCain’s answer to the other question instead.” (Ironically, this edit came on the same day that McCain’s campaign released a video mocking the media’s “love affair” with Obama.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/22/mccain-gets-history-of-th_n_114419.html
A few comments from the peanut gallery. The voice was torturing me. The teeth were blinding me. Usually when people are lying they show a lot of bottom teeth. She did.
When asked about taking the slot of running for VP, she did it without thought. Like everyday one is asked to run for VP. Yet she was surprised that she was vetted. She wanted to be a heartbeat away from being the leader of the free world. OMG, this woman is insane.
On a much better note halfway through this awful interview the phone rang and it was my son calling me from Iraq.
It was wonderful to hear from him and also too …to get away from S’error.
He called to tell me he is coming home for a visit and maybe permanently.
God Bless Our Troops
Wow, did I lose some respect for Oprah today only because she has taken the Palin route and lies. She had said in advance of this interview that she and Palin had talked about everything. Well, she didn’t mention Palin’s death panel lie, so really they didn’t talk about much.
Well, no big surprises……I laughed quite a bit.
The only skeleton in her closet was a D in a college course HA HA HA
I wonder how Bristol feels after Mom talked of what a big problem teen pregnancy is and that she wanted the world to know they were NOT giddy about her being pregnant. What will Tripp think when he’s old enough to see that?
Wonder what Katie Couric will have to say after being called annoying and unprofessional? “and there’s that perky one again”
Ricky Hollywood…..again denied Levi ever lived w/Bristol…says he’s not on a healthy road, it’s heartbreaking, “we’re not into drama” ya, uh huh!
Piper’s Halloween costume was full Arctic Cat garb………
jimzmum–yeah, like she’s the ONLY one in AK with family support… Give me a flipping break. It’s not like you have to have an “extended family” of just blood or marriage relatives in this state to have “family support”…
Nan–yes, her extended family has been doing much of the raising of the children, apparently, for years, apparently…
Tried to leave a message over at http://www.oprah.com, but after finally finding the contact us link at the very bottom of the page, you have to give your name/rank/serial number (name/addy/etc), I declined to send an e-mail to Oprah.
What was I going to say?
I’ve questioned some of the guest choices you’ve made in the past yet still watched when a topic looked interesting, but after watching today’s drivel, I can safely say “Goodbye to You”.
Your failure to actually conduct an INTERVIEW where you directed the interaction was a bad decision on your part. I don’t care that there was a “product” to be pushed by the guest. The fact remains, the GUEST doesn’t decide what to talk about – the host does.
Witness Larry King last week, just after you taped your celebrity-gushing opus, when Carrie Prejean jumped ship because she no longer had control of what was going to happen.
Where’s your cojones? It went bye-bye in the light of your inflated ego of making sure you had a show to air. After all, can’t have a big blitz of bad publicity for you that you “done her wrong” if she walked off (“gee, you made your guest mad/sad, bad, bad, Oprah)”. But then again, maybe the thought that HarperCollins would hold you responsible for scaring your guest so badly, she’d refuse to continue the publicity tour she had scheduled.
So, farewell, Oprah. Your show is off my scheduling until such a time as you appear as an interviewee on all major networks and spill the beans about why your mistaken sense of “the show must go on” means more than actually interviewing a guest.
Guess that means, as the raven once was quoted, “nevermore” will I see your show.
If someone does decide to go and leave a message & wants to use part/all of this, I say – OK, do it.
Oprah didn’t come back to ask “How would the extended family help if you were in Washington?” Is the new age babysitting by SKYPE
Meede, the white house would be full of wasillabillies
@ PepperzMom (GA) #111
Good email you didn’t send, lol.
That interview was brilliant! Sarah gets my vote for Sophomore Class President!
114 GA Peach a/k/a Lance the Boil aka Crust Scramble Says: November 16th, 2009 at 2:51 PM
@ PepperzMom (GA) #111
Good email you didn’t send, lol.
Good, I hope in that it was a) articulate (unlike SP), b) supported by facts and presented logical conclusions (unlike SP) and c) contained complete sentences (unlike SP).
The wig was very distracting. I was reminded of the song “Muskrat love.”
In the first segment, when she lied about what President Obama said about leaving the kids alone, she tried to emphasize that he wasn’t talking about her kids (he was). Oprah gave her a chance to admit that he was referring to her kids. She didn’t take that direction and merely admitted that sometimes he was referring to her kids. She also referred to him as Barak Obama, not the President. When the camera turned to Oprah to cue to commercial, her face was priceless. She was clearly trying to contain herself and had a look on her face as if to say “can you believe this?” After commercial, Palin referred to him as President Obama. I think Oprah must have given her a talking to.
I don’t think this interview went well for Palin. And did she really, on national TV, refer to Couric as the “Perky One?”
I was watching with the closed captioning on. Her grammar was corrected. At one point she mistakenly used the word “was” when “were” was needed. The closed captioning typed in “were.” hehehe
Well if this doesn’t take the cake! Our TV service suddenly has gone down – not a neighborhood issues, just at our house – thus I will be forced to NOT listen to Oprah today. Odd that I have cable but no TV from same provider. Maybe it is a sign that listening would be bad for my mental health
Couric’s teaser line into a commercial is ‘the battle between Team McCain and Palin and what happened in Campaign 08′
Please, please Katie – talk about Palin’s “Perky” reference. Pretty please with icing on top!!!
i made home made pizza and my best friend and one of my granddaughters came over for it and granddaughter asked if i wanted to see it and i said no..i didn’t want to toss my pizza up..
To say she was a blithering idiot on Oprah is an insult to all self respecting blithering idiots.
One would hope, the veneer has finally worn off and yes, even to those who admire her (eyes wide, shaking head, shoulders shuddering) because Sarah -Blaming-Naming – Excruciating-Telling Lies All Over Tarnation has finally self imploded. What a whiny ass baby.
Did you notice the audience never giggled? Okay, maybe once, but not when Sarah “cued” them with her, uh, jokes?
She was cutting and cruel. Whacked Levi in the knees, Joe Biden, Katie Couric, President Obama (in that wink, wink, Bless his heart kind of way)…
The only person she didn’t slam was Oprah.
Oh wait, she did. She said she admired her when she was a stay at home Mom.
I have now renamed Sarah Palin and from this day on, she will be known to me as…
Drama Drama Baby Mama
Ass.
116 Trini:
I was watching with the closed captioning on. Her grammar was corrected. At one point she mistakenly used the word “was” when “were” was needed. The closed captioning typed in “were.” hehehe
I had many cases where the CC’ing had garbled sentences – it messed up and merged sentences. Then again…the way SP jumps around & word salads anything, maybe the CC’ing was accurate!
Only thing to say is this: never had any intention of ‘keeping this for posterity, no wasted Tivo space recording it for a re-run later. Of course, I miss any chance of truly counting how many mangled word salad run on sentences CC’ing captured!
117 1smartcanerican Says:
November 16th, 2009 at 3:05 PM
Well if this doesn’t take the cake! Our TV service suddenly has gone down – not a neighborhood issues, just at our house – thus I will be forced to NOT listen to Oprah today.
Consider yourself lucky! After all, you can get just the high(low)lights from here without endangering your senses.
The sound on my computer isn’t working so I watched a little of the Oprah interview without sound. Very interesting. Lots of nervous ticks, looked scared at times & then anger & rebellion. It’s weird to watch & not listen. It’s a blessing, but she does look like she is possibly going to have a nervous breakdown right there on the teevee. I can only imagine things getting worse for her.
What’s with Oprah? I haven’t watched here in yrs. & won’t watch this. Is she going through a mid-life crisis just like $arah?
Palin was wearing a wedding band. I guess she went snorkeling in Lake Lucille or she sent someone shopping for a wedding band. I’m sure she made sure that she was not caught buying one.
For those of us hoping that McCain would see the light and come clean: CNN is reporting that (on a conference call with former staffers) he has asked them to “hold their fire” against Palin’s claims, saying that “this too shall pass”. He is reported to having said that if they felt the need to “defend themselves”, then to please hold back and not go on television.
How very kind of him; they can hang so that Sarah doesn’t look bad?! I know he’s trying to protect himself and his poor judgment but really! I think all those people that tried their professional best to help him will enjoy their new spot under Sarah’s bus.
I didn’t bother to tape the show, well, because I don’t care what Palin has to say. Based on the liveblogging, I won’t even pretend to understand Oprah’s reasons for letting Palin deliver lie after lie to the audience without calling her on anything. But I will say, after this, Palin can’t complain (but she will) about the liberal media. Oprah let her be as unfiltered as she pleased.
I loved the comment about getting our Whine Flu shot to carry us through this week. Can’t remember who made it though…sorry!
If I was Katie Couric, after Palin essentially blamed her for the crash and burn of Palin’s public image – the next time I am on the air, I would say:
“I value my journalistic integrity and I do not appreciate the insinuations of Mrs. Palin in her book and during her interview with Oprah about my level of professionalism during our interview. So here is the entire unedited version of my interview with then Republican VP candidate and former governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, in its entirety. See for yourself, America. Good night.”
I think Oprah’s intention was to give her a lot of rope to hang herself with – and this strategy has yet to play out later in follow ups.
Oprah will likely interview Couric, Schmidt, and others who will contradict Sarah’s lies – but the buzz won’t sustain through those interviews and the easily-impressed “help me I need to be told what to think” crowd of viewers will already be leaning towards believing the Palin bizarro version of reality.
I feel completely betrayed by Oprah for giving this megalomaniac any airtime whatsoever.
My gut tells me that this is a major milestone in Oprah’s slide towards a Jerry Springer end to her career.
I DVR’d Oprah, and it was basically a flop.Better than the Oprah interview was the Going Rogue segment on Katie Couric’s broadcast tonight. Sarah got skewered.
Sarah talked circles around Oprah. No audience laughter or applause for Sarah’s attempts at humor, only Oprah’s. Sarah can blab like no one’s business. It was plainly obvious that Sarah was looking off camera and backstage when answering questions about Levi. She was clearly doing her best to bite her tongue, and several times stopped mid sentence, stammered and continued on.
The segment at their Wasilla home was disturbing and revealing. Sarah leaves T1 baby and Dud, and goes off with Piper to an aerobics class. They show T1, who is very low functioning, it is sad. He can just about wave bye bye, barely sits up, doesn’t look like he can walk, and is seen a number of times laying down while drinking bottles. He is very small for a boy of 19 or so months. Sarah then takes Piper trick or treating in full Arctic Cat gear. No Bristol, T2 grandbaby, or Willow
Other than that nothing…she says she is not running for President, just focused on helping those lucky candidates like Doug Hoffman run for in 2010, you know since she did such an awesome job there.
Well, whatever Levi has on Sarah it is good, because she bit her tongue, even though it was killing her.
Oprah has sold out, but if she was too rough on Sarah she would have been accused of being an Obama operative.
Five minutes into Oprah, my phone rang. Wrong number. I don’t have a child named Shana who has a doctor’s appointment tomorrow. A minute later, same caller, same wrong number. I returned to Oprah having used the pause feature on the tv. Five more minutes passed, and I felt a strange itch in the back of my throat and even felt as though my teeth itched.
I tried to stick it out, but then my college kid on the other coast called during her brief lunch break, and I found it much more interesting to hear about the class she wants to take in translating early Icelandic language. I took this as my cue to give up on Oprah, today, tomorrow, and forever.
Thanks to those of you who were able to hang in there. I’m weak, and my teeth still itch, and I might have the swine flu. Thanks, Sarah.
I haven’t posted for a long time. But I am TRYING to watch the interview and the big hair is really freaking me out. I can’t say if it is a wig, or extensions, or a vat of mousse, but man, that is some BIG hair! I can’t even focus on the screechy, annoying voice. All I see is BIG HAIR.
OMG
I forgot what an important role the McCain campaign played when they went up to Alaska after not properly vetting Palin. They played a role in Troopergate, Bristol’s pregnancy etc. Not much to be proud of. McCain’s trying to win election in 2012 & probably doesn’t want to remind us of what a worm he really is.
If Levi is doing porn, then what is her protege Carrie Prejean doing?
@Martha 106 – Palin’s having a love affair with the media and we the “Real
Americans” are trying to break-up with her. Will someone PLEASE make her SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP!
111 PepperzMom (GA) Says:
November 16th, 2009 at 2:44 PM
I agree. I remember watching one of her programs showing the best and worst of all her previous shows.
She said that the biggest mistake she made was interviewing the KKK.
At the time she said that she thought she was exposing them for what they were.
But now she realized, she had given them a voice on national television.
So what is different now?
Oprah doesn’t “interview”, she accepts every answer shes given as the truth.
She questions nothing, even when she knows it to be untrue.
That is not an interview, it’s simply Q and A .
Now, not only has she given Palin a voice on national television, she is helping her make money selling her book.
It simply just doesn’t get much worse than that.
Winfrey has no integrity.
Winfrey knows how desperately the US needs healthcare reform.
She “interviews” the queen of “death panels” and doesn’t ask a single question about it.
Who will she “interview” next?
Glen Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity?
They’ve all written books too……………….
At a guess Levi’s lawyer is making sure that when Levi requests seing the baby or having his baby with him away from the Palin’s house, that there is a reputable witness to the barriers put up by the Palin’s.
If it ends up in court or arbitration they’ll have some proof.
Now about that wig. Is her hair loss so bad that she has to wear one?
Glad I skipped it. You mudpups sound like you need an adult beverage after watching the hair, the teeth, the screechy voice and the lies being spewed forth. gak You guys are so brave……
Thanks to the audience members who did not buy her crap! I would have seriously been ill had they buddied up to her.
Oprah does attract the middle American woman — so this is a great sign.
Only 28% of the country likes Palin. And we all know that 23% of the country would still vote for Bush…so I think that’s self-explanatory.
What’s scary is that they literally believe that Sarah Palin is the second coming of Christ on her FB page and her other fan sites. That’s terrifying. Fan sites which I might mention Palin is now directing people to as if they were think tanks. “go find the truth at ___”. Gag me.
I watched the Palin interview and for one was glad there were so many commercials. Even after very short periods of time, I found her voice and her lack of logic very hard to take.
Two things that struck me as really odd, were the way she forced Oprah into hugging her at the beginning of the show and the differences in her skin tone. Anyone besides me, notice how pale her hands where in contrast to her face and neck?
Also, when she referred to Butler and Tank as those 2. Those 2 are leading Levi in the wrong direction. And she knows the right direction for all of us…as she pointed out in her comments about leading America in the right direction. Who is she to decide what is the right direction for America? As far as I can tell, if we follow Sarah all of us (esp women would find ourselves back in the 1800s).
OMFG, that oprah is a farkin’ marshmallow. Is she always that easy?
Disappointing, especially after reading how many here were forwarding questions to ask S’err0r…well, an opportunity lost. Got me thinking that since oprah was so gracious to the quittin’ liar, was she impressed that S’err0r made so many millions [and had nothing to say] that she was gob smacked into such acquiescence?
Those on the money train, All Aboard! ?
Clicked on that extra footage clip provided by #60 yeshe09… my computer isn’t the latest swiftness, so the clip is in slo mo.
I advise against watching That. oprah looked like a fish out of water, gulping for air, eyes opening and closing in unison [honestly] and skinny gizzard neck S’err0r, watch how the sneer spreads Yoiks!…well…. nm.
*runs out of room screaming*
I peeked at theawl’s live bloggin’. meh.
From that site — this moment of zen from the National Geographic – Unseen Sahara, Libya’s Fezzan region view from a motorized paraglider flying over the Sahara Desert by photographer George Steinmetz. WOW!
Just WOW.
You’ll be needing it after that fiasco. lol.
p.s. Palin’s digs at Levi re spending time with Trip were wrong on so many levels. First of all, why isn’t he allowed to take Trip on his media tour? Palin does it with Trig, and he has special needs.
second of all, her dig re his p0rn was so gross. I wrote about that but it went into moderation for the p word. Saying that on national tv – wasn’t she already ordered by a judge once before to stop disparaging the father of her sister’s kids, as it was considered child abuse?
All set up and ready to go at Shanny’s.
Just waiting for my peeps.
mudkitten
It was funny the hair was mentioned on many blogs after the Oprah interview so before the Walters interview she dumped the hair extentions & has rather thin whispy hair. I do believe she reads the blogs or someone close to her does. Sometimes nervous conditions can lead to hair loss, if she keeps this up she’ll be bald.
133 BigSlick Says: November 16th, 2009 at 3:34 PM If Levi is doing porn, then what is her protege Carrie Prejean doing?
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Carrie is doing a p*rn boxed set, along with the promotional stills (photos). Just in time for that important J3sus holiday coming up, for all her religulous admirers. Oh, oh, ohhhh.
Thanks for blogging Palin’s noise on Oprah. I could only handle 3 minutes of it.
Let’s see if I have this right. The interview with Couric was expected to be “lighthearted”. Palin’s prep team did the usual great job getting her ready. It was Couric that didn’t play by the rules. Palin’s prep didn’t change for the second interview because…. everyone expected Couric to be nicer??????
Palin and Oprah think we are idiots.
still recording the Oper show on DVR. I simply can’t stomache sitting through the whole thing without to option of bypassing commercials and the ability to Pause and Hurl if overcome by the SCREECH.
OK mister speller…. how about Stomach
I wonder who’s going to do Oprah on Saturday Night Live?
Hah! She was all pumped up after one her energizing, hate-spewing rallies and behind the curtain is the “Perky One” which was an immediate downer for her. This is truly quite entertaining. It is difficult to believe anything she is saying after all the non-truths she has told.
Thanks to everyone who watched and posted these comments. I could not make myself turn on the TV when I got home about half way through the show. The memories of watching her mean spirited stump speech lies are still too fresh for me to want to go there again.
It’s pretty funny that she refers to Levi’s playgirl photo as p0rn. It is obviously just a jab at him.
OMG…….about that hair and teeth that could blind a person. Sheesh.
TV on? Check.
Airsickness bags? Check.
Beer? Double check.
25 minutes and counting.
Wow! She just said there are consequences to unprotected sex instead of talking about abstinence. Is she advocating birth control?
Popcorn?
Very noticeable at the beginning, not as much later on, but a lot of rage in SP’s eyes. When O brought up Katie C, several big gulps before SP started to answer. SP very rigid. My training is to ignore words and listen to tone and body language and this lady is way stressed. When O caught her out on the children being off limits and O said but Obama was talking about your children, SP was clearly unhappy that came up and AKM even pointed that out in her earlier post under lies.
I’m enjoying listening to her realize her voice pitch has gone up and it drops noticeably, then begins to slowly rise again and get sharper and colder, she catches herself, it drops, and so on and so on. I’m not even hearing words, just the emotion and tone behind them.
McCain = desperate to have it all go away. Chicken sh1t.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29598.html
Oprah allowed herself to be Punk’d just like that author of one of her Book Club Titles.
There was sufficient time for Oprah’s show to investigate the book but they did nothing. Oprah treated it as truth except for the one comment where she said that Obama had talked of Palin’s kids too with regard to the media.
Beyond that — Oprah took it hook, line & SINKER
kyra, most excellent. Keep filling us in on what you see and hear.
Gangs all here!
McCain IS a coward. But, if he tries to stop these people from speaking in public….think of all the digging they will be doing (behind the scenes) to destroy this woman who lied about them?????
Maybe we should point them in the right direction. Ahhhh….where to start?
ok, so I toughed it out and watched. I don’t usually watch Oprah so don’t know how she usually does interviews. But this one was truly light weight. I thought after it was over that it seemed like O was interviewing a celebrity….and I thought that S came across like an accidental celebrity……not one with qualities or abilities that made her important. Like if she were writing about how she was stranded in the middle of the ocean and was describing the ordeal in a book. I can accept her as that kind of harmless celebrity……but she should not be in any position of power or authority over any of the rest of us…….this interview showed how mediocre she truly is!
Couric: You’ve said, quote, “John McCain will reform the way Wall Street does business.” Other than supporting stricter regulations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac two years ago, can you give us any more example of his leading the charge for more oversight?
Palin: I think that the example that you just cited, with his warnings two years ago about Fannie and Freddie – that, that’s paramount.
Couric: But he’s been in Congress for 26 years. He’s been chairman of the powerful Commerce Committee. And he has almost always sided with less regulation, not more.
Palin: He’s also known as the maverick though, taking shots from his own party, and certainly taking shots from the other party.
Couric: But can you give me any other concrete examples? Because I know you’ve said Barack Obama is a lot of talk and no action. Can you give me any other examples in his 26 years of John McCain truly taking a stand on this?
Palin: I can give you examples of things that John McCain has done, that has shown his foresight, his pragmatism, and his leadership abilities. And that is what America needs today.
Couric: I’m just going to ask you one more time – not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation.
Palin: I’ll try to find you some and I’ll bring them to you.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/24/eveningnews/main4476173.shtml
Can’t wait to see what The Daily Show does with all of the interviews she’ll be doing. Undoubtedly someone will be comparing all the different interviews to see if any inconsistencies can be found (over and above the truth that is outside of her own mind).
I thought the interview was terrible. She didn’t answer much of anything of any ‘relevance’.
The look on Oprah’s face after Sarah talked about Todd was priceless- like-”God I can’t wait tell this is over”. I think Oprah is trying to be nice but her expressions say it all.
If what Levi is doing is porn, then what does she call the XXX tapes that Carrie made? I guess there are now, at last count, 30 photos where is is either topless or nude. Plus, the numerous tapes she made and sent.
Palin asked Carrie Prejean to be a mentor for Bristol. Hmmmmmm.
Why no outrcy from Palin on this “porn”? Hypocrite.
Nicolle Wallace reportedly tells NBC Palin never took notes so “all the conversations in the book are just fabricated”
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911160054
Bwahahah….she just told Oprah she quite being gov so she could better fight for Alaska. She’s reloading and thinking about 2010. Running for Pres is not on her radar. Hah!
Some progressive blogs have Sarah’s number:
http://wiredleft.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/the-book-of-the-month-club/#comments
quite-quit
‘The state where she will be buried” sounds like AIP-Joe Volger..
It’s 3:55 and almost time to break out the popPorn! =D
She said 4 years prior the VP was allowed to give a concession speech. Did John Edwards give a concession speech? I found Kerry’s but can find no record of one given by Edwards on Election night.
AKMuckraker’s connection problems resolved.
bad news for Miss Wasilla, I just heard that Levi did not show the Johnson and nice buns are not p0rn.
Miss Wasilla was right. SHE was the only VP NOT allowed to give a speech and I would not want the world to know THAT!!!
Sullivan links to a blog that proves other VPs gave speeches, they just wanted the lights out on HER and they couldn’t do it fast enough.
I have watched Oprah’s show a dozen times. I remember when the election was going on and Oprah did not want Palin on her show.
I guarentee there were stipulations by Palin or Palin would not go on the show. Yes her daughters were human shields Again.
But I also know how excited Oprah was when Obama won the election. I am sure we do not see the exact reason for Oprah doing this interview the day before her book tour, but I would bet there is a specific reason.
I just can’t imagine Oprah being a Palin fan?
Woohoo! We have lift off!
VP Joe Biden, being the gentleman he is, won’t say anything on his appearance on The Daily Show on Tuesday night. He’ll just wish her well.
VP Biden and President O are above reacting to the stench of what she has written and said about them.
Daily Show, Colbert, Letterman, Conan & Fergouson tonight – I think I need a nap!! Reminder to self – set alarm!
ok, i have the aspirin out
Gryph…fasten your seatbelts and get your earplugs ready! Your gonna need them!
Did you feel snubbed?
Ahh shucks I did not even notice. You insignificant woman!
Gryphen,
You’ll need more than Beer!
This is where she lies about how she was chosen for VP.
If she thinks Levi’s photos for Playgirl are bad, ( site won’t let me quote her using the p word), I wonder what she thinks of Carrie Prejean’s photos and videos?
I sent CBS a request to run all the unedited Katie Couric interview tapes. A picture is worth a thousand words and I would love to see if there was a word of truth in Sarah’s perception of the edited versions of her interviews.
Silly me…..Sarah’s perception?
I wish Oprah would have quickly come back with ” what college course did you make a D in?” Her only deep dark secret….yeah right.
Don’t you just know that Barbara Walters will be more of the same!
I feel like going to Barnes and Noble tomorrow and taking tons of her books to the check out counter….only to suddenly realize that I have the wrong stack. OOPS….I meant to get a stack of Going Rouge books! I have to remember though that I live in Texas.
the vice presidential team never got their script, so that’s why she was off message? beauty queens are totally staged, which is why SP doesn’t know how to function without a script. notice she said title, not office? beauty queens get titles, politicians have offices. beauty queens look pretty and cut ribbons, politicians supposedly work. at the very end (I think she thought the camera was off) she’s shaking her head and looking pissed.
one Skeleton?
Please ‘flatters, IMOHO, give Oprah a break. She did not reward the audience with FREE copies of SP’s pack of lies rogue-goin’ book. Oprah started the interview with the disclaimer that candidates would be allowed/invited on the show AFTER the election. Oprah kept her word and she’s not a quitter. At some point in time, this film-full of lies and unanswered questions may prove useful.
It seemed that the awkward hug/handshake revealed SP’s disdain for an Oprah hug. It also seems to me that Oprah was going for a handshake. Of course I could be wrong. It also seemed to me that SP did not want to be touched by an ‘O’ of any stripe. I wonder if the two children were not invited to sit on stage and how did that sit with S’error (however coined this one is good). I guess we’ll have to wait for the sequel, ‘ Rogue is Right: I told ya so, too, therefore I am because I wink.’
Sure. Palin considered aborting a baby she was not carrying.
If I remember correctly, that Nicolle was an aide who really backed Palin when she was being “attacked” about the wardrobe (or something). Then, Palin turns around and stabs her in the back. OUCH!
Palin is one mean Beeoutch.
I can’t but, someone needs to call in to Larry King and hammer on Kristen Cole tonight.
I’m with dowl; I think this will prove very useful. In fact, it already has with Shannyn linking the different answers to the VP question.
also, too, the show was pre-taped before she knew that real fact-checkers would actually bother to…um…fact-check her.
So, she spun things but didn’t know which things not to touch. She stepped in it a few times.
Yes she IS an anomaly! You betcha!
I went and made an extra strong coffee and when I came back it took me ten tries and twenty minutes to get to this page! Wonder what the reader count is? Thanks to the Alaska 3/4/5 for taking this one for the team.
Oprah used to have very powerful shows about how people could improve themselves and grow. Now we have the woman attacked by the chimpanzee and Sarah Palin’s confabulations. It is very disturbing to me that she would have a show in which she as an intelligent person knows the book and Sarah Palin are horsehockey and posture herself as having a serious conversation with her. That’s it for me, no more Oprah.
I am just appalled at how that woman uses her children as human shields! She thinks if they are around, the interviewers will be more gentle??? And she expected us to believe she’d stare down Putin? Unbelievable!
1smart canerican (#117)
You lucky dawg, you! How wonderful to have “prescient TV” – the latest for one’s mental health and sense of safety!
Nan
I didn’t get her “quittin” explanation either. She said once she got back to Alaska everything changed since the Obama folks had been there, and now she was facing all kinds of ethics investigations (because of them!). So since she didn’t want to serve a 2nd term as govenor and had (basically) served her 1st term, why stay on when everything she said or did would turn into another ethics violation, and she’d just be a lame duck anyway?
She’s been “fighting for America” by doing the work of the people as an ordinary citizen. What has she done but sent a few FB messages?
So now she’s not retreating, she’s “reloading” (veiled threat) and will help make sure the right things happen in America for 2010, before she can think of 2012!
Also admitted when she became pregnant that she could understand how women would consider abortion as a choice. So isn’t this why we need to keep choice legal, dumbass? She talks in circles and makes no sense.
Is anybody else having trouble with the link to Green 360 loading?
I never get a radio stream.
Site is verrrry slow or not loading. Anyone listening to AKM on the radio? Link above in post. ??
@Honesty: I couldn’t get the stream either…
Can’t link and it took 20 minutes for the mudflats to load.
Couldn’t get a stream either. Well at least themudflats is up again…..
It is a live blog, not a radio broadcast as far as I can tell. I clicked on the “Live Blog” and found them all commenting. Hope that helps.
After watching the thing, it really seemed like Sarah was basically a wreck. She is very very very very defensive. The whole scene was uptight. Oprah was way easy on her, but it looked like she had to be. At the end the shot of the girls – Willow looked like she was just done with it. horrible.
Gryphen is on the live blog! I got there!
@209 Seagull Junker Palin:
Did you notice at the end how Oprah had to promt her to say “it’s all in the book”? I agree with your summary. She was a wreck, I think Oprah was probably a wreck because she was limited to what she could ask, and I felt totally sorry for the girls. Poor Willow and Piper. Willow looked very uncomfortable and Piper just looked like cute. Why does she subject her kids to this stuff.
me too, can’t get radio stream
Unless it was another Gryphen!! lol. I bailed, I asked & I think AKM is gone.
OMG, she’s coming to Tri-Cities (Kennewick-Richland-Pasco Wa.) for Thanksgiving with Auntie Katie. Thank goodness I’m leaving for Thanksgiving in Denver!! Otherwise I’d probably be outside Auntie Katies house with a sign-( Hope you enjoy your turkey, you lying turkey).
Can’t wait to hear the AK bloggers take on it!
If Sarah was so easily annoyed by a few simple questions from Katy Couric, imagine her in the office of Vice President. Someone at the national level of politics should have better control of their emotions.
Especially since Sarah’s emotional reaction had to do with her (nonexistent) reading list. It is a fair question. It was asked of George W. Bush. (He read three Shakespeares one summer). John F. Kennedy loved reading James Bond mysteries (before they were made into movies). I have several friends whose regular way of asking “How are you,” is “What are you reading?” The only person who reacts in that annoyed, defensive tone is the person who hasn’t reading anything more profound than the latest headline about an alien-sighting in the tabloids next to the checkout counter.
I hope that Couric/CBS decide to play the outtakes from Palin’s interviews. That would make a great segment for Sixty Minutes this weekend. Like all of you, I am anxious to see Tina Fey return to play Sarah Palin on her book tour, talking to Oprah, maybe Barbara (we haven’t been treated to that one yet) or just plain old fashioned readin’ her book in her fancy folksy way of talkin’, you betcha.
Very defensive and blaming of everyone else. Since she is the only candidate who dragged her children to all of the campaign events and then complained that the press paid attention to them. When was the last time Piper saw the inside of a school?
My take on that interview is that Sarah is full of rage, sounds paranoid. It seeps to the surface, then she tries to stifle it. Her eyes dart back and forth, like she’s on speed. She appeared very cynical, not a warm-hearted individual that would describe a loving mother of 5. Did anyone hear her say to Oprah “you weren’t the center of my universe then”? This was in response to Oprah’s question of whether Sarah was upset or felt snubbed by not being invited on the show, and it was a nasty thing to reply to Oprah, considering Sarah is trying to sell her book on her show. I felt a coolness between the two after that.
Am thinking that Oprah was not fooled one bit. There’s discussion of a “soft interview”, but to me, the interview needed no hard digging. Sarah does a pretty good job of shoveling herself into a hole. Got to say again, SP’s in need of some happy therapy, and some family intervention.
I have lost all respect for Oprah for giving this woman any air time, any credibility whatsoever.
Sarah set the stage. She wrote a sniping, complaining, blaming book, so in order to promote it she will act accordingly. And oh yeah – God and Todd!
RE: Her final words on the Oprah appearance, “…Todd & God, Todd & God”:
When ol’ man McCain gave me the nod
Bristol she had a pea in her pod
Cuz Levi forgot to cover his rod
So then I quit bein’ Gov, no more Alaska sod
Told Track he better not chew that wad
On Oprah my hair it looked so odd
Hey have you seen Todd, what a bod!
For 2012 my campaign manager’s God
P.S. Link for the chewing tobacco reference
http://wonkette.com/412207/dirty-going-rogue-photos-the-part-where-track-gives-up-chewin-but-not-cussin
Is anyone from AK listening to Eddie Burke tonight..
He was supposed to have Sarah on Live..? Don’t know the time.
Great article on Huffpo on Palin and “gotcha” questions.
The paragraph that sums it up (on Charlie Gibson’s question on the Bush Doctrine):
“Of course, the “Bush doctrine” was well covered by all the newspapers and news magazines for weeks before and after the Iraq war. This wasn’t a trick question, nor was the question he asked that led her to observe you can see Russia from Alaska. Nor was the question two weeks later by Couric asking what newspaper’s Palin read “to understand the world.”"
I agree with another comment above – these are not unreasonable questions to be asked of a VP candidate. It’s ridiculous that Palin:
1) Could not answer them in an intelligent way
2) Whined that they were tricky gotcha questions and
3) Characterized the interviewers as “biased” and “condescending”
She also went one step further and said that Biden wasn’t criticized for his interviews when he made gaffes too.
Sarah – listen up and pay attention – there is a difference between a slip of the tongue or speaking out of turn and not having one shred of clue what one is talking about.
Biden does make mistakes and does have awkward moments – however, he absolutely knows what he is talking about when it comes to foreign policy, national defense and if it came to it, what he reads.
Chuck, Sally, Heather, Molly, Chuck Jr….for the love of God get Sarah some help. She needs an intervention. Her compulsive lying is just a symptom of something much deeper.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-peyronnin/going-rogue-gotcha_b_357354.html
Forgot the link again! haha
You’re kidding, right? Piper’s halloween costume is Arctic Cat? That’s stupid…
The only unexpected part of the interview was when Sarahp tried to explain away her ditzy answers to the Katie Couric question about her reading habits by using the old Alaskan trick of accusing a nosy Outsider of being patronizing for wondering how people “way up here” keep current. That worked, almost, when Mike Gravel tried to pull it on Ernest Gruening during a slugfest in1968. But then that was kabuki theater. This was just reaching.
No, Booboo… it’s not an intervention she needs; what she needs is a big old pair of size 12′s up the keister (although as a special case, size 12′s may be too small for her).
Aha @ 225 – she basically drags her kid into her vendettas.
Pathological liar. I don’t know how I can say much else.
aha, I thought the same thing, usually kids go trick-or-treating with there friends or in a group. She was all by herself. Poor thing.
Just saw panel on Anderson Cooper. Mary Matilan (R pundit/Bush admin, wife of James Carvelle (D)) said Schmidt and Wallace are very well respected (doesn’t help Palin!).
womanwithsardinecan #134
Yes!! The BIG HAIR was very distracting–my eyes kept going to the blond streaks, and the big poufy sides, wondering how she got such height. Teasing? Bumpits on each side, as well as on top? Hmmm.
Good catch about the inconsistencies in telling the kids when she resigned. In the book, Track objects; in her previous story, fives Yeses and one Hell Yes.
Andrew Sullivan live blogs the Oprah interview:
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/11/liveblogging-oprah.html
MUST read – hilarious and razor sharp insights.
A snippet of Andrew Sullivan live blogging:
“4.30 pm. A reader writes:
“Why would Sarah Palin assume that the Couric interview was going to be “lighthearted, working mother” stuff, when she was just picked to be the VP candidate and no one knew anything about her?”
Because she doesn’t believe in accountability. She wants to be a celebrity, not a politician. And if she could get to be a politician using the prerogatives of a celebrity – and a propaganda channel like Fox News – she would be happy. That’s what’s at stake here – beneath this farce.”
136 BigSlick Says:
November 16th, 2009 at 3:34 PM
If Levi is doing porn, then what is her protege Carrie Prejean doing?
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What a silly question!
Everyone knows she wants to be a fisherman… er, person? But before she can be considered the captain of her own boat, she needs to practice at being a master baiter.
And that’s what she is doing. …
Geoff Dunn has just posted his latest piece on Going Rogue and also mentions Going Rouge as the better choice to read.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/geoffrey-dunn/sarah-vain-and-simple_b_360061.html
Keith just read an email sent out which contains a postscript that a signed copy of the book will be sent if you donate $100 or more to the PAC. You can bet those with more money than brains will, many foregoing family needs just for a ‘Jane Doe’. ‘Sorry Billy and Tommy, mommy can’t buy food this month, I have something important to buy.” GAG
We know the Pied Piper’s Sewer Rats will have already purchased a copy so this is now getting them for more money to buy another.
Having watched the clip of Palin’s interview with Hannity on Shannyn’s blog, she mentions people being ‘addicted to OPM’ – Other People’s Money. She was talking about herself!
Geoffrey Dunn has his “review” up at HP…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/geoffrey-dunn/sarah-vain-and-simple_b_360061.html
last paragraph:
Going Rogue might have marked Palin’s moment of advancing her career beyond the series of car crashes that defined her rocky candidacy last fall and her failed governorship of the Last Frontier. Instead, it is a retreat to the evangelical netherworld that fuels her personal ambitions. Going Rogue is short on political vision and long on self-promotion. It would have been more aptly subtitled An American Lie.
Ouch!!!!!!!!
Levi responds to SP/Oprah…has video link too.
http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/11/81045/index.html
From the way I understand it yes she has extended family and that’s why people are careful about what they say and who they say it to.they all know how vindictive she can be and as we can see by the book still is. I don’t watch Oprah either but I think if she had come down too hard on palin people would have said she played favorites because of who she supported.Remember Oprah had asked her after the election to come on her show back when. I think palin forgets we all know what she has said and most of it is on u-tube. IMO she had time to think about her resignation speech and realized it was not good so changed things hoping no one would notice
Waiting for her to self destruct,.She’s nuts.I do feel soory for the kids..This has to be so humiliating for the older ones…That screechie laugh is almost spooky…Katy’s low self esteem..Wow ..Wonder ifwe will hear from Katy on this one…
For all the mud slinging she did in the book against specific people, could any of those untrue statements be considered slander, and therefore potentially lead to a lawsuit? That’s what she gets for not fact-checkin!
I also loved the emails that were released about the facts of her appearance on SNL and how she said the cast was “whack”. I hope Tina Fey is rehearsing as we speak, polishing her Emmy and sayin’ ” payback’s a bitch”!
Also, if Steve Schmidt did discuss her diet, he was worried that her brain had so few functioning cells that he didn’t want her to lose any more. And, if he also questioned her about postpartum depression, he was grasping for a rational, medical diagnosis for her craziness!
I’ve been kicked from the treehouse. What a pain. …
I thought she did well. I didn’t care for the Levi reference- thought it would have been better if she didn’t go there. Although I am a big Obama fan. I think she is picking up steam. If you take a deep look at some of the male Republican politicians. She isn’t so bad. I don’t agree with Sarah on a lot of views. But she makes for good t.v.
Pacos – are you on here? I sent you a message – please check!
Sauer – me too! I thought there was a mistake…..!!
Hey guys – sorry re the chat, it went a bit haywire – I have fixed it.. jump back in!
Basically I tried to ban a troll, but it decided to ban everyone in the chat, which was not what I asked it to do! EVIL mibbit chat!
O’Reilly Factor…coming up…..sounds like they are going to do some $arah bashing. Can’t believe it but will watch.
I was glad to hear Oprah call Palin on her saying Obama said HIS children were off limits. Ummm Sarah that was YOUR children Obama was talking about. Let’s get that straight once & for all.
I am not an Oprah fan…too corporate and too much fear of controversy for me. But I do respect her honest intentions.
I know she (Oprah) is not only an Obama supporter, but an Obama friend. There is no question that she has to know that Palin is a figure that has helped to fuel the fires against him to truly dangerous levels of threat against his and his family’s life since the election (and before).
Because of her scripted formulaic program, I haven’t watched Oprah in many years. But, I had to today. What I saw was a talk-show host who HAD TO get through this interview. I’ve never seen a more dispassionate interview, and a more restrained one. I do suspect that Oprah considers herself a personal friend of the Obamas….and that there is no way she is not aware of the threat to the personal threat to the Obama’s safety that Palin’s rhetoric may be responsible for.
I think Oprah had a hard time restraining herself, and the tension of that was evident to (at least) me.
I like when Oprah told palin that she was pretty perky too after palin disrespectfully called Katie Couric not by her name but as miss perky thing or something like that…it was Oprah who asked her, do you mean Katie Couric?
palin was chatty as ever, vague, back-pedaling & unprofessional in her answers…and again, in her own euphoric bubble…can’t say for sure, but Oprah looked unable to follow, plus confused & amazed at times. I’m STILL waiting for this lying B***H to crash and burn! what’s with her unending 15 minutes???
234 sauerkraut Says:
November 16th, 2009 at 7:11 PM
136 BigSlick Says:
November 16th, 2009 at 3:34 PM
If Levi is doing porn, then what is her protege Carrie Prejean doing?
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What a silly question!
Everyone knows she wants to be a fisherman� er, person? But before she can be considered the captain of her own boat, she needs to practice at being a master baiter.
And that�s what she is doing. �
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Why thank you Gulliver!
@karininOR- I agree, Oprah HAD to get through that interview. I could not have done as well as she did. I would have slapped the woman. Oprah probably needed a large martini after the show. It’s interesting how Oprah got Palin to acknowledge the fact that Obama was speaking of HER children (not his). Just proves that Palin knows she lies. Right out deception. Evil to the core. BTW- I read a poster at IM stated that Hoffman has un-conceded because there are still 5,800 absentee ballots. (groan)
@Renee #243 says: I thought she did well. I didn’t care for the Levi reference- thought it would have been better if she didn’t go there. Although I am a big Obama fan. I think she is picking up steam. If you take a deep look at some of the male Republican politicians. She isn’t so bad. I don’t agree with Sarah on a lot of views. But she makes for good t.v.
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really???
Oh, and Aunt Katie is the sister who is not a burglarizing meth-ho.
“Real Americans” would like the liar to get off the political stage. She is shameless and to be telling all these lies in front of her children…some family values.
Coming up…Letterman’s Top 10 re: the book…
Burglarizing meth-ho’s make good tv too.
The show is called COPS
or was that Jerry Springer?
Sarah says she doesn’t need a title?
Then why is she still referred to as Governor Palin?
I also thought it was odd to single Levi out (calling him Ricky Hollywood?..never heard that stage name from anyone but her) for doing what she calls “p0rn” when carrie prejean went beyond over the line (real p0rn?…is that like the real America?) …palin uses her s*xuality too, so she shouldn’t be talkin’ on the subject…actually ANY subject!
also on Oprah, did you like the way palin tried to get around thinking about aborting her downs syndrome baby by saying she was just understanding how ‘other’ women could have that cross their mind, but did not consider this for herself regardless of how Oprah relayed her own words from the book back to her…what a liar!!! …on all counts…how foolish she thinks we all are! …this woman is a very sick woman!
S’error says the one skeleton in her closet was getting a “D” in one course in college.
I would have guessed it was the allegations and investigation by the State Senate about “Abuse of Power” … The troopergate scandal that McCain sent a team of lawyers to Alaska to handle.
If you haven’t yet, “Refresh”, this page, because AKM added an update.
Re: Update II: Thanks for that AKM. I don’t think many saw it. This could be the craziest live blog I’ve ever witnessed. Lol! Thanks for all you do.
Oh, and yes…the site crash was a true sign of Mudflat Love.
**We interupt this live blogging of the Oprah interview to bring you information being released about the Barbara Walters interview with Sarah Palin***
The former governor wouldn’t directly address the burning question of whether she wants to be the president, but she did not completely close that door either.
“That certainly isn’t on my radar screen right now,” said Palin. “[But] when you consider some of the ordinary turning into extraordinary events that have happened in my life, I am not one to predict what will happen in a few years.”
“My ambition if you will, my desire, is to help our country in whatever role that may be, and I cannot predict what that will be, what doors would be open in the year 2012,” she said.
As for whether she will play a major role, Palin replied, “If people will have me, I will.”
Also says that she was told that McCain had the ultimate decision on the campaign strategy…so we went with that strategy…and we lost…so that’s fine she says!
Talk show would be too hard on her family!
Obama is not outright lying about the death panels because those particular words are not in the Health care bill but he is being dishonest!
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sarah-palin-politics-president-obama-disingenous-death-panels/story?id=9096647&page=1
**We now return you to your regularly scheduled live blogging***
I didn’t watch Oprah today but saw some of the snipets on the internet. Sarah talked about Tina Fey, saying how people told her she looked like her and made a comment about how she was going to be Tina Fey for Halloween…so what is she implying? That she portrayed Tina Fey before Tina Fey portrayed her? It’s like she said also, too, that Obama’s “change” platform was one that she always ran on. Again, implying that Obama stole her platform? Someone needs to put her in a straight-jacket and lock her up in a padded cell and throw away the keys. I think she is dumber than Dubya.
good “tongue in cheek” article about palin by Eugene Robinson
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/16/AR2009111602632.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
I’ve watched Oprah for 20+ years. Yes, this was a softball interview. Oprah could have been more agressive, but what good would have come from it? Poor little Sarah would just be a Victim…again. That’s what her and her followers want….”That mean old Obama supporting Oprah was mean to our beloved Saint Sarah!” Instead, Oprah’s entire demeanor was very controlled, distant, and polite. It seemed to ME, that Oprah barely concealed her distaste at times. If Oprah likes a guest, she shows it. There was no excitement. There was no “we’re just 2 girlfriend’s chatting” moment which is what Oprah’s famous for. I don’t think this interview did any damage to either side. It was just something that Oprah and Palin had to get through.
Thanks for the live blog report AKM! I would have LOVED to be in the room with you all!
good “t0ngue in cheek” article about palin by Eugene Robinson
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/16/AR2009111602632.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
I still can’t believe the Arctic Cat costume.
for some inexplicable reason, the last two times I tried to post this, it didn’t show up…forgive me if it shows up for this third time.
I thought this palin article was worth reading.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/16/AR2009111602632.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
Linda, I can’t either! What a total FU on video, using her youngest daughter and on Oprah! It doesn’t get any worse. She is definitely pushing the boundaries on that.
ruh roh…another good palin article
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091130/blumenthal?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheNationEdPicks+%28The+Nation%3A+Top+Stories%29&utm_content
@Lainey- Great articles and food for thought. Thank you for posting them.
ur welcome, Polly
From CNN with John King, Nov. 13, 2009:
In Wasilla and across Alaska, most believe Palin has future — and national — political ambitions, and there is considerable curiosity about what she might say in the new book.
Among those near certain to get a mention is Gov. Sean Parnell, who was lieutenant governor until Palin’s abrupt resignation in July.
“I can really say nothing except that I wish her the best because she treated me and her fellow Alaskans so well and looked out for us so well,” Parnell told CNN in a recent interview at the governor’s office in Anchorage.
“Do you as governor pick up the phone at all and say, you know, ‘This is a tough one, let me seek her advice?’ ” we asked.
“We keep in touch on a personal basis,” Parnell said. “I haven’t, we haven’t, had the policy consults or anything, but we
keep in touch.”
“You going to read the book?”
“Of course I am going to read the book.” //
Parnell is Palin in Pants. Note that he’s kept almost all Winky’s administration in place.
Watching Joy Behar who has panel on one of which is Randi Rhodes. They just discussed the clothing segment. Behar said she plays the victim and that it’s not a double standard in that the media went after Clinton for her pantsuits, Edwards for the cost of his haircut.
Behar is also talking about how she put Levi down then talks about loving him and then invites him to thanksgiving. Behar has called her two-faced.
There is a Palin butt kisser on panel too. When they talk about Levi and the refererance about Palin calling the baby a R.., he says it’s not true and that someone should fact check Levi. This goofball should fact check Palin but you know he won’t
From earlier AC360 on CNN: Mary Matilan (sp?) (R CNN pundit) says about VP candidates: You do not have your own views or opionions. You are an echo of the President’s views. You don’t have your own script. You follow the President campaign script. As I posted earlier, Mary had also said that Steve Schmidt and Wallace are highly respected. Mary is not known, at least to me, to step much outside her box to speak negatively against a Republican. There’s hope yet!
RE: Parnell…wonder if she even mentions him in the book?!!
Since almost everyone has been so critical of Oprah’s interviewing technique or lack thereof, should we expect hard hitting and insightful questions from Barbara Walters?
colibrimoon, no I don’t think Barbara will do any better…maybe ask what kind of tree palin wants to be.
I want to see Joy Behar question the dickens out of her!!! …now that would be good, but palin would pull a carrie prejean and rip the mike off and leave.
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276 – Lainey:
Thanks so much for posting the link to The Nation article.
More than food for thought – the stuff of critical thinkers’ nightmares!
Lainey, that is too funny! I forgot that Barbara can come up with those crazy questions.
Hell would freeze over before Palin’s people would let her get anywhere near Joy Behar. Man, that would be great!
282 colibrimoon,
Barbara WaWa — I doubt it but I was totally surprised by her saying to Carrie Prejean the other day after discussing her book and tape when Carrie kept playing the victim and saying the “tape” was the worst thing she had ever done — Barbara in a total different tone “It’s the best thing that happened to you”. I think she meant in that it has now extended her 15 minutes. I hope to only 18!
Speaking of Parnell, wonder how our 2010 Dem contenders are doing? We need to get behind them NOW.
I love your story EatWildFish!
I watched Barbara for years and she never really pushes things, Now Joy does.I don’t always like what she has to say on everything but she does follow thru
The super secret D in college – cutesy line recycled line from 2006.
“Let me help you out if you’re looking for skeletons in my closet,” she said. “I got a D in a macro-econ course 24 years ago in college (and) hollered at the wrong kid this morning for not taking out the garbage.
http://www.adn.com/news/politics/elections/governor06/story/183632.html
FYI Mrs. Palin: “The Perky One” has an actual job, not just a facebook page.
Question, I have someone elses’ name and email on my “Leave a Reply” now how did that happen?
If Sarah wants to be a political force in the Republican party, I say let her go! She did a great job in NY23 endorsing not-the-regular-Republican candidate (Sarah gave up being a team player after high school basketball was over). Nope, she endorsed the Conservative candidate who drove the moderate Republican out of the race. We all know the result. A Democrat won in a district that has been solidly Republican for 150 years! Way to go Sarah!
In Illinois, moderate Republican Mark Kirk wants to run in the primary to fill the Senate seat that once belonged to Barack Obama. Kirk sought Sarah’s endorsement when she was in Chicago taping the Oprah show. Kirk’s memo was leaked to the Washington Post, and he drew criticism from both the Republican Party who saw what Sarah had done to a fellow Republican in NY, and from the Conservatives who don’t want Kirk; he’s too moderate for them. In return, Kirk has tried to recast himself as a true Conservative. If they all play their cards the way they did in NY, they will just insure another Democratic win.
So, let’s have Sarah get more involved. She has uncanny political instincts (that’s sarcastic). Quitting job as governor, insulting career Republicans who will continue to work on political campaigns, insulting two network anchors who have the tape and can refute Sarah’s lies, exaggeration and misstatements of her record as easily corrected by the AP. None of Sarah’s choices have been very wise. Sorry, I take that back. Her choice to make money instead of serving out her term of office, now that is paying off.
I just got home a little bit ago. I will read the comments in the morning, but wanted to tell you l spent half the boring meeting – started at seven and ended at midnight with NOTHING settled, and the agenda was nebulous anyway – reading a book that was so incredibly stupid that this Earth could stop spinning and millions of years later, the pages of this piece of junk would still be intact because there is no reality in the tiniest bit of typeset.
Thank you for all you do. I can’t wait to read the comments.
(A link from a link from one of the links above) A jaunt into another aspect of the Rogue-iness of SP as revealed in her magnum opus: The Book of Sarah embraces God & Todd http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/11/16/ST2009111603959.html?sid=ST2009111603959
Gives me the willies, too. Also. beth.
Sarah has the “nickname” thing in common with GW Bush, who also likes to call people by nicknames, e.g., Turdblossom, Brownie, etc.
ur welcome, Miss Demeanor …I know… good article by The Nation, huh? I recently subscribed to their magazine
@frsbdg #291…good call…but palin is the consummate victim doncha know…whaaa whaaa whaaa
Anyone want to bet how long it takes for Palin to blame her ghostwriter for “mistakes” in the book? I’ll bet she says this before Nov 25th.
FYI: Palin’s aunt, Katie Johnson of Richland.
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/olympiadispatch/story/297541.html
The popularity of this woman is just the latest manifestation of that great 19th century American truism:
“There’s a sucker born every minute”.
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.
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.
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……
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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?
�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.
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.
“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.
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.