Palin to Hold Public Book Signing in Alaska?
“Heading 2 Eielson Air Force base,Anchorage, 4 book event;military’s call 2 keep this military personnel only,so we’ll do public event later.”
So Tweeteth the Ex-Governor today. So, it’s the military’s fault. Ahh.
And a public event? In Alaska? Well, this ought to be interesting.
Her two appearances in Alaska happening today are scheduled on military bases, and are not open to the public. (Although, rumor has it we may be getting a report from “inside”…)
But a public appearance?! Dust off those old signs, Mudflatters! Who knew they’d be useful again? All eyes will refocus on Alaska to see how we react to our former governor who quit her job to go on a book tour, return to Alaska looking for love ON that very book tour.
The question is, where will this supposed future public event be? Certainly not Juneau. Anchorage? Maybe she’ll continue the theme of smaller redder rural venues. North Pole perhaps? Kenai? Or maybe even Wasilla.
Wherever it is, it will prove to be quite an event. Of that I have NO doubt.
UPDATE:
Kim Chatman, the Anchorage resident who filed the ethics complaint about the existence of the Alaska Fund Trust went to Elmendorf Air Force Base today, and stood on line to meet Palin. Her 13-year old daughter wore an Obama t-shirt and was frightened by a man who yelled at her. Yes, Obama the Commander in Chief. Apparently she had a stare-down with Willow who was there, while Kim met Palin. Wow. [h/t Celtic Diva]
I’m betting on no event whatsoever. Oh, Palin might do a public signing… but will anyone actually make a public fuss? Of course not. There will be blogging aplenty.
Say, noticed what’s going on in Arizona? How the sheriff of Mariposa County has built his own militia and is putting judges in jail? And how the citizens and the federal government have their thumbs… well, not usefully employed?
Yeah. Palin’s visit home will be just like that. Call me Miss Cleo.
tweeth lol
What I have to say about her wouldn’t pass the filter.
Hey Tweeteth can ya get me a beah here?
ditto with me Irishgirl
Well , here’s hoping for some “Boots on the Ground” pics………..
Irishgirl , let me help you out. sarah is a major dumb-f^*k. also , too.
A full grown (physically not mentally) man (as a man I use the term man for this guy lightly) yells a 13 year girl, that is wrong and wrong if no one else there didn’t do or say something about, especially on a military base.
Chris (Central Florida)
LMFAO @ staredown with Willow! We got your back, little Mudpuppy!
She’ll never be rid of us. No matter where she goes in this great country, there will be a Mudpuppy there to “greet” her
Thanks to you, AKM!!!
WTF? What happens to the insubordinate one? The guy going against the Commander in Chief? Any reprimand…or more?
Bravo to the young Mudpuppy. So Willow was there, the only time S’error bonds with her kids is in front of a camera.
I’m with Irishgirl also, too!
AH, the phoney Military mom / Military booster on another Media grabbing splash.
No doubt Sarah has been asked not to give a Political speech. But either her father or another zealot will do the yell out. The whole Palin / Heath family are a discredit to the beautiful and wonderful people of Alaska.
I hope the girl who wore the Obama t-shirt is ok. To think someone would yell at her for that and scare her is beyond belief. This is a free country afterall. Did anyone yell at people wearing stupid’s name?
So Willow is an apple fallen not far from the mean mommy tree? yikes…..
My understanding is that she will go to any bookstore that will buy 2500 books and agree to her appearance terms.
I was there today as well. Talked to Papa Heath for quite awhile and asked about Billy Graham and the planes.
The place was packed with Palinistas, most were from out of state, and EVERY SINGLE one of the people from Alaska that i spoke to were from Wasilla. I kid you not.
I will post about it later. And should have video up tomorrow.
Palin back in enemy territory.
Do you think she will feel the love?
Will she get as many adoring fans?
Or has Alaska had enough, only time will tell I guess.
Speechless about the ahole who yelled at a young girl because she supports our military and our commander in chief. She is obviously smarter than the teabagger (my interpretation) who yelled at her. I’m not really surprised about the stare down with Willow. She has learned well from her mom and we have all seen that defiance on teevee from Sarah herself. I hope there are many Alaskans at the public ‘showing’, demonstrating how they really feel.
Nice creeps Scarah has there. Yelling at a young teen because of a t-shirt with the CIC’s name on it? Well, Scarah, I’m a veteran so honor ME by telling your idiot minions to behave and have some respect for the man that sits in the oval office…or is that beyond your petty, vacuous mind? Military Mom my cat’s furry hind end. Imagine the poutrage if some clown had yelled and scared one of the Queen of the Northern dim bulbs’ kids. I’ve had quite my fill of her phony patriotism. She has no honor, never will and doesn’t gain it by trying to claim it vicariously through garbage platitudes spewed at service men and women.
Get Ready Alaska….this should be the best yet….wish I could be there with y’all. . Hopin’ for photos and all the trimmins’…keep up the great work, AKM . .and all the other incredible real Alaskans ready to defend our country from the Queen . .
It’s a real busy time of the year for me…but I do get to glance at what everyone’s up to ….will have more time after the 1st of the year…..
On base is not enemy territory for Sarah in Alaska, most personnel are stationed here from other places Outside. Adulation, no different from her other red state venues. She gets to keep isolated in her fandom bubble. What I like to remind people is that even serial killers get fan letters and groupies. Forrest Gump had a devout following and he spoke NOT A WORD on his cross country running phase. People simply projected his meaning and clung to it.
If Sarah kept her mouth shut, I think she’d have a greater following, nice to look at the shiny object. So, we’ve got to be grateful she exposes herself in tweets, facebook postings, and friendly radio and tv programs. No takesies-backsies when she finally is confronted to explain her debris ridden path.
there is something not right in a grown man’s head that he would scare a child at a book signing event. seriously. what a creep.
This man that yelled at a13 year old for wearing a shirt with picture of our president (yes Palin, you lost the VP, don’t forget to tell your flock that doesn’t read much), shows the mentality of her supporters. She does nothing to stop it is mind boggling. She is teaching her own kids disrespect as well. Wish I would have witnessed this, I would not have been able to keep my mouth shut.
Oh come *on*: it was the *military’s* call that this be a closed event? Can we verify that? What I despise most about SP is that she has lived her entire life telling lies with impunity. She makes a mockery of the idea that there are adverse consequences in life for mendacity and contemptible behavior.
Hey there Alaska, you do still have ice floes correct?
Can we reserve on for the snow queen leaving a.s.a.p.????
She can rule from there and when she meets and greets the Polar Bears, she can explain once again to them that “they are not endangered, just unlucky.”
Let us see how endangered and unlucky she becomes.
I can not longer listen to her voice, it grates on that one last nerve I have, and makes my teeth hurt.
Should be “one” and “not”…see how she gets on that nerve…
BTW, I saw on Celtic Diva’s blog that military security was out in full force; remember that at C4P they were encouraging her to declare historically early her intention to run for POTUS so that she’d get Secret Service protection. I suspect she *adores* that idea, and in advance of that step, has asked for an ostentatious show of protection . . .
I’m curious if the SarahPac signage is on anything around or physically on her military tour du jour. Please, AKM (and whoever else may have info about it) let me know. I have an increasingly abhorrent feeling about her making these visits to our military troops.
a little puzzled here…
But first: The man yelling at the 13 yr old needs to be taken down several pegs – I hope she’s doing better now.
So… Was the man military? Retired, active duty? If he wasn’t military, how’d he get on base?
For that matter, how did Kim & daughter get on base if it was closed to the general public (unless they’re military or military dependents)?
Yes, that’s a digression, the thing is, no one needs to scare a kid. Geez.
So it was closed to the public today? how come all the people from outside and Wassilly? If she does do a public signing in say Anchorage. Will the tax payers have to foot the bill for security? We know APD is stretched as it is. Once out of the military protection she will have to face those of which she $hat apon.
I doubt Sarah will really have a public book signing. At this point, she may feel sheepish facing her State public. Maybe the Santa Norad trackers on Christmas Eve will see that little light with a train of reindeer pulling a sleigh over Alaska, and see a figure with a red jacket. Maybe it’ll be Sarah……Sarah Claus, dropping signed Going Rogue books down the chimneys of her beloved Alaskans.
Any grown man yelling at a child for “political” reasons is an immature and most likely ignorant person. I hope someone was there to counsel the poor kid and sufficiently “enlighten” the ignoramus who did this. Jeeze!
$P must have read all the outrage about her doing “book events” on 2 bases in AK that were closed to the public when she tardily tweeted that there would be a “Public one”. Hahaha! I wish I was independently wealthy so I could go to wherever she chooses to do this one and hold up a sign of protest for her. I bet it won’t be Anchorage. I’m guessing Wasilla with no press, no cameras and no individual photos. I’m so glad the Costco/Jet/Bus/BS/Book Event/Return to Twitter Tour is finally over. Gawd! It’s been a long couple of weeks.
I had the same questions: if the event was closed to the public, were the Palinbots all military? Off duty, wearing gear supporting the Quitter Queen? Did all the Wasillians work on base, and that’s why they were there?
Or was it “closed” to those who had low scores on the Fan-O-Meter…
Uh, in that opening tweet did Sarah say that she’s going to EIELSON AFB in ANCHORAGE??? (For you non-Alaskans or non-believers in geography–Elemendorf AFB is in Anchorage, Eielson AFB is in the middle of the state near North Pole).
I’ve posted on another site that I think the mother of this child knew that the t-shirt would get a reaction. She should have shielded the child and worn the shirt herself. It was terrible that someone yelled at anyone with a t-shirt supporting the CiC, and even worse when it was a child, but this is similar to SP taking Piper out to drop the puck at the hockey game.
Why not a Christmas Open House book-signing at the Palins? Free books for all the good people of Wasilla, her former subjects! It may be the only way to get a crowd.
Celtic Diva has lots of pictures! Sarah’s parents, Chuck Jr., youngest 2 daughters, and BF Juanita Fuller are pictured. I find it so strange Sarah needs so many people to stand around for hours as she signs books. Wonder how many of them will be forced to go to the 2nd signing of the day.
Sandra @30: While we know that $arah purposefully brought Piper to that hockey game in a misguided attempt to prevent booing, we do NOT know that it wasn’t the Chatman child’s OWN decision to wear an Obama shirt. Kim’s children have very good reason to be openly proud of our CiC.
My understanding of this event was that it was for military personnel and their guests. So that may be how the civvies got in.
I have the great good fortune to be in Anchorage in February. I do hope a signing will be in progress in that city when I am there. I will be happy to join those outside exercising our right to disagree!
If it was the 13 year-old’s decision to wear the shirt (which would be my guess for a teen), then good on her for being courageous enough to show what she thinks.
But what I first thought of was all the outrage that Palin’s children were off-limits, yet some yahoo picks on someone else’s child. He needs a lesson in manners, and he needs to act like a grown-up.
Is that one picture of Bristol or Willow? Whoever, she looks mean enough to bite a ten-penny nail in two. Yikes.
Way to go, Kim Chatman! Way to take it to the hoop!
There’s nothing wrong with Kim’s daughter wearing an Obama shirt. Nothing at all. Indeed, if S’error the punked ever gets the courage to come to my part of pennsyltucky, I’ll bring along the tweener with her Obama shirt and me in my yellow mud-galoshes. But that would be a different bittertwitterquitter.
Hey, I even have military bases near me if she’s so scared of the right-wing militiamen around these parts. Letterkenny would be the right place for her to visit. I’d be among the first in line.
What about it palinbots? I know you read the mudflats… come on over and pay me a visit. I’ll show you how to properly sign a book.
Earmark Ulu said:
“Uh, in that opening tweet did Sarah say that she’s going to EIELSON AFB in ANCHORAGE??? (For you non-Alaskans or non-believers in geography–Elemendorf AFB is in Anchorage, Eielson AFB is in the middle of the state near North Pole).”
I checked the twitter and YES she did type EIELSON.
So either she really is the CW or just ill-informed about her own state of AK???
Regarding “the military’s call” to not open the base to the general public — there was a statement printed in the news article on Friday from the Elmendorf Public Affairs office, explaining that because the Palin tour gave such short notice to the Air Force about this last-minute decision to grandstand at the bases, “the military” would not have had time to make all the coordination and preparations for assuring security and general open-base procedures.
So, although it WAS the military’s call to follow security procedures (what if the Salahi’s had tried to crash the party ?!!), it was the Palin Camp’s call to ignore advance coordination protocol. … and she thinks she might be qualified to be the Commander in Chief someday? Gag me with a spoon.
It makes sense that if USAF was not given enough advance notice, that the event would have to be restricted to those who already have base access. That said, former military members generally do get base access, and with the high number of veterans in our state, and the large number of civilians employed on the bases, that would still allow for a lot of non-active duty folks to come in for this event. That probably explains the large Wasilla contingent.
As for a “public signing,” I remember a so-called public event here in Fbks in early September of ’08, when she first returned to AK after being named the VP candidate. Planners announced that members of the public who did not support her were supposed to just not show up. It wouldn’t fit the triumphal return script, after all. This was in the Newsminer around Sept 8 or 9, 2008.
“While the event is open, organizers are asking that people attend in support of Palin and McCain. If you don’t, we’re encouraging you not to come, [spokesman] Pierre said.” This generated lots of online comments as I recall.
Based on this track record, I think we know what kind of public event to expect for an AK book-signing.
“LMFAO @ staredown with Willow! We got your back, little Mudpuppy!”
Little Mudpuppy should have asked Willow where her nephew/prop Trig was. Also too isn’t today a school day? Willow and Piper will end up being dropouts at the rate they’re going. WTG Sarah!
Sandra in Oregon-
As I wrote on another site, why should the mother tell her child she cannot wear a shirt with the President’s picture on it? Why should anyone cower to SP’s hooligan fans? That child is proud of her President, AS SHE SHOULD BE! For her mother to tell her not to wear it would be shaming her choice. No caring mother would do that! What kind of lesson would that teach her? Be fearful and ashamed? F-that! Being harassed by that idiot man was unpleasant, but that child stood up for what she believed in and her mother supported her! Good for both of them!
27 mudflats fan Says:
BTW, I saw on Celtic Diva’s blog that military security was out in full force; remember that at C4P they were encouraging her to declare historically early her intention to run for POTUS so that she’d get Secret Service protection.
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So, smaller government Palin (and her fans) want to add the additional cost of her security to the government’s tab? I guess it’s smaller goverment unless it’s for Sarah?
Also, Diva mentioned all of the military security. I want to know who is paying for this? Are taxpayers being billed for the security of a private citizen? Shouldn’t the publisher be paying for any and all security related to their event? Any way to find out who is picking up the tab for her private security?
@35 She should have shielded her child?
I disagree. We are talking about the President of the United States…..on a military base. Why should someone have to shield her child from wearing a t-shirt with the President? It wasn’t like she was wearing a t-shirt with Hi_tl_er or Cas_tr_o on a military base…..it’s the President!!!!!!
Frightening 13 year-olds is all the “Rethuglicans” and their ill-minded ilk know how to do anymore.
where in the world was military security in all this. here is a man shouting at a child and no one responded? no one heard? no one saw? i am sorry ms Chatman, at the very least i would have alerted security and had mr. bully removed and with any luck he would have assaulted or insulted one of those rather large warrant officers or a brawny NCO who has a sweet little girl of his own or just respects and appreciates his CIC
I completely agree and share your outrage, bubbles. Totally outrageous and absolutely and completely unacceptable. (was thinking of you today and hope to call soon…mini)
Does it concern anyone that many of these signings are taking place on military bases..government property? Seems a little foreboding to me, like an early preparation for some sort of right wing coup, with Sarah as appointed to enforce the military/ industrial disaster and dumb down.
Just sayin Have read some articles that mention the same thoughts and they say the evangelicals are trying to take over the military
A few quotes Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the
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Poor poor MS palin maybe she and some others who think she was picked on should take a look at what is happening to Tiger Woods than see if she really has a valid complaint.I don’t think so.VP Biden did not attack and incite people to violence like she did. She is the antichrist in a skirt,wrapped in the flag and carrying a bible.the antichrist will be the great deceiver and that she is. She is a fake christian.Even as she tries to claim others are. JMO Is Palin against grandma and grandpa getting care through that evil government program called Medicare??
Palins dad and brother looks like some of the Idaho people that were and are bent on destroying our country.They live in the mountains and hard to reach places where they can train terrorist to fight against our government.They look just like the pictures I have seen of the men captured.