Banned in Wasilla – Fourth Name on “Banned List” Revealed.
24 12 2009Well, we’ve learned the identity of the mysterious fourth person on the Palins’ “banned list.” That’s the list of people who were barred from Palin’s public book signing event at the sports complex in Wasilla on December 22nd. Two of the four actually showed up at the event, were asked to leave, and escorted out the door by uniformed Wasilla police officers. (*Update – Apparently the cops were hired by Harper Collins to be there as security)
And we’ve also learned from Dennis Zaki, who drove to Wasilla to do a little gumshoe detective work on Christmas Eve that the “banned list” was penned not by Sarah Palin, not by her publisher Harper-Collins, but by ex-first Dude Todd Palin. Interesting… The Shadow Governor has now turned Shadow Ex-Governor.
The fourth name? Andree McLeod.
I’ve been waiting for the name to be revealed because I think this is a fascinating study into what really irritates the Palins – or I should say, what really irritates Todd Palin. What can we tell from the “banned” list?
Dennis Zaki – videographer and filmmaker. His videos of Palin have gone viral on the web, and his trip (funded by progressive blogs) to Emmonak last year brought national attention. But what do I really think it is? He reported on the rumor (that still exists) that the Palins’ marriage is not all it’s cracked up to be.
Gryphen of the blog The Immoral Minority – A frequent commenter on the more personal side of the Palins, and a burr under their saddle, he too reported on the dreaded “splitsville” rumor. A kindergarten teacher, Gryphen was threatened with legal action at his place of work by the Palin clan.
Shannyn Moore – A regular on Keith Olbermann, she and Dennis have both transitioned to the moving picture part of the media. Her report of a rumor existing that Palin was in trouble with the law resulted in the infamous Fourth of July threat of legal action by Thomas Van Flein, Palin’s attorney.
Andree McLeod – You’ll remember her as the ‘falafel lady’ in Palin’s fictitious memoir “Going Rogue.” Her watchdogging is surpassed by no one, and her current legal suit regarding Palin administration officials’ use of personal Yahoo accounts to conduct state business “off the radar” has been back in the spotlight lately. As a matter of fact, McLeod was in court on that very matter while the book signing was happening. Guess the Palins weren’t keepng track of that.
Multiple ethics complaints, and coverage in Alaska blogs, and on the Huffington Post have made McLeod Palin’s arch-nemesis. It’s worth noting that McLeod is the only Republican on the list, and was a former ally of the ex-gov before learning what she’s really like.
Many thought the fourth name was going to be Linda Kellen Biegel who filed the Arctic Cat ethics complaint, and recently had a “surprise” luncheon with the Palins’ attorney Thomas Van Flein.
And there were others who speculated it might be me, but as those who know me can tell you, I’m proud to still be sporting my shiny Teflon coating! And I’m pleased that I can still go all “incognito” and infiltrate any events that may come up. I’m thinking seriously about getting a Mudflats visor and blacking out the name for just such a purpose. *wink*
And to my friends on the forever infamous “Banned List,” I say “Wear it like a badge!”
December 24th, 2009 at 4:35 PM
I missed this. How did Todd get them banned? Did he get a no trespassing order against them? What was the legal basis for claiming those four could not come to a public event? I would think the police would need some justification for escorting people off of public property (the sports complex).
December 24th, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Yes! A red badge of honor!
I’m proud to read ya’lls’ words.
December 24th, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Well crap, Dennis and shannyn should have worn incognito hats to the event too, they might have slipped in.
December 24th, 2009 at 5:02 PM
truth-hatin’, trash-talkin’ palin should be banned!
I would like to get a restraining order against her, keeping her out of the lower 48…she can be under house arrest in Wasilla where she belongs and needs to stay! …who keeps giving this woman her queenly power? I want to know!
Is there not one moral, brave person in authority who will take her on? …she’s not even former governor…she quit…she’s nothing!
December 24th, 2009 at 5:10 PM
Todd may seem taciturn, a trait by-god he may have actually inherited from the strong but silent Yup’ik Eskimo, but as evidenced by his MO within the Palin Administration, on the campaign trail and now here at a public facility (they only had rights as a private venue on the second floor) where a public health event was also too taking place – I think we should all recognize that they do indeed work as a nefarious team. There is no yin and yang, it’s all shady. There is no sane counter-balance in this demostic partnership.
Even during Troopergate, I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt that it was all Sarah’s encouragement / marching orders, but that is simply not the case. I’d like to hear what hatchet-man Frank Bailey has to reveal about this dynamic duo.
Don’t want to end on a negative note here on Christmas Eve, since I’m not into all the drama (just like Sarah) so I’d even like to wish them a Merry Christmas along with the mudpups!
December 24th, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Lainey: Seriously, you can have her! Most Alaskans don’t want her here. Ok, ok, maybe that would be a bit too much for you guys on the mainland. =) I hear there are some vacant rooms at Guantanamo, though! I bet Sarah would look make quite the fashion statement when she wears her orange jumpsuit.
December 24th, 2009 at 5:16 PM
Don’t sarah and toad both label him as a “stay at home dad” ??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sn6vfWPoAA
December 24th, 2009 at 5:29 PM
who knows what the unwritten contract in that marriage is….but it’s obviously between two very unappealing, unstable, unhappy people.
December 24th, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Okay. So you didn’t make the top 4. But I’m sure both you and Linda will make the list as it expands. And you know it will. None of those names will come off. Names will only be added.
I’m sure Levi will make the Top 10, especially after he spills what he knows.
For now, we can all go to Highsmith.com and buy our own tee shirt: “I’m with the Banned.”
December 24th, 2009 at 5:49 PM
“Wear it like a badge!” That’s the spirit. It’s so ironic (and funny) that Gryphen got a bigger story by being banned than he might have got if they had let them in to cover the event. I take it that Queen Quitter has no media advisors.
December 24th, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Penned by Todd, but blessed by Sarah.
Like we’re supposed to believe she wasn’t in on it?
December 24th, 2009 at 6:00 PM
At least Todd can write a list, her?
December 24th, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Blooper: thanks, but no thanks on that b***h to nowhere…Gitmo is an option though.
December 24th, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Happy Holidays to the band (and banned) of brave truthseekers (o: Thank you for shoveling through the s*** (snow) to get down to the nitty gritty. Safer journey for our world.
AKM – We had our family Christmas here yesterday for kids and Grandkids. We read your post and played your George Harrison ‘Here Comes the Sun’, Beatles lovers all (o:
Also, adult children got Going Rouge and the coloring book. You impact my family life if such a positive way. Thank you so much.
December 24th, 2009 at 6:49 PM
I like Gryphen’s description of the reasoning behind the banning. The pictures used to identify the Fab Four were found after three minutes of searching in Google, and there, anyone could read the terrible things that they had said about Sarah. So, obviously, anyone in the crowd on learning their identities would turn on them and things could get ugly.
For the record, those rumors were circulated by bloggers six months ago, hardly on the minds of people waiting to see Sarah. But one thing is clear; Sarah never forgets, and she sure can hold a grudge. (Katie Couric).
No one in the crowd would have know who the bloggers were. By throwing them out, the Palins brought more attention to the matter than if the bloggers had just been allowed to take a few pictures and leave. But Todd is not a quiet enforcer. I remember hearing some of his taped telephone threats when he was trying to get his former brother-in-law fired.
NowI hear that there is a brand new big black Cadillac Escalade in the Palin’s driveway. Going price, anywhere between $60,000.-$80,000, your average hockey mom’s set of wheels. Or is that Todd’s Christmas gift???? Mind you, I read it on the internet, so it must be true (don’t sue me). I hope Todd enjoys it; he earned it!
And I hear him exclaim as he drove out of sight, “Merry Christmas to All, and to All, a Good Night!”
December 24th, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Mrs. Palin believes she can manage the White House but not four locals??
Is Dude a Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Colson rolled into one?
Shannyn and Gryphen are Woodward and Bernstein and all blogs are the Washington Post. I guess Andree is Archibald Cox. Who does that make Dennis? Sam Ervin??
Such self-importance for Quitters. Dang, I think Nixon quit also, there, too.
December 24th, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Change my “four locals” to FAB FOUR per Mae Lewis’ post. Perfect!
Definitely have to have caps and t-shirts for all of Mrs. Palin’s future events.
Maybe all go on Larry King since Mrs. P’s all for that freedom of speech thingy.
December 24th, 2009 at 7:11 PM
How the mighty have fallen, from shadow governor to keeper of the banned list. And a very short list it is. Though it probably took Todd Palin a while to find the pictures and then of course getting the names in alphabetical order is a chore.
I was betting that AKM was at the top of the list. The Palin’s would be wise not to underestimate the power of AKM’s pen (and blog).
In honor of the banned 4, I put a “banned” list up next to my front door. Mr. and Mrs. Todd Palin’s names are on it. Right under the name of the skunk that came to live under my porch.
December 24th, 2009 at 7:15 PM
@antiAnti, Todd would have included our blog mistress, but he couldn’t spell AKM. As for some of the other bloggers, he tried checking his blackberry for their names, but he was finally closed out of the government account.
December 24th, 2009 at 7:22 PM
Between the lines- sounds like Todd felt he would have to tangle with Zaki or Gryphen, or at least gave Hastings reason to think he might. So, how did they have Gryphen’s photo? Did it get taken at lunch with Flein? The other three are findable on the web. Sounds like Todd must have provided photos, not just names, so it wasn’t a spur of the moment list.
December 24th, 2009 at 7:27 PM
Tony Soprano didn’t get his black Escalade till his fourth season.
December 24th, 2009 at 7:38 PM
thanks for the update! i wondered if was andree. i am so glad that you are still free to flit about incognito, though! the visor is a brilliant idea!
December 24th, 2009 at 7:48 PM
So it’s The Dud who made the list… hmmm… maybe G was correct about the marriage some months ago. And The Dud is not letting him forget that he was correct. Okay, so G and others were banned… but The Dud is stuck in his unhappy marriage to the adulteress.
Now, on to the important stuff. How do I get my ugly mug onto The Dud’s list?
December 24th, 2009 at 8:16 PM
If SP is so tough, as her fans seem to believe, why ban anyone? A real fighter would say “Bring it on, bloggers!” SP is a weenie.
December 24th, 2009 at 8:22 PM
When you think about all of the critical things written about Sarah Palin, it is amazing that Todd could only come up with four names. Granted, he was thinking local, Wasilla. But we should help him out with an all star championship list of people Sarah wouldn’t want hanging around any future book signings, speeches or beach dates. Some all star candidates would be:
David Letterman
Katie Couric
Tina Fey
Keith Olbermann
Andrew Sullivan
TMZ photographers
All paparazzi
Anyone who writes for Daily Kos, including Markos
Betty White made a joke about Sarah on Craig Ferguson’s show)
Craig Ferguson
Conan O’Brien
William Shatner
Anyone else who made a joke about Sarah Palin
Anyone who wrote a blog about Sarah Palin
Liberals
Democrats
The Canadian Phone pranksters (and she still wants to go to Canada!)
Nicholas Sarkozy (just because)
Al Gore (she doesn’t want to debate him)
Barack Obama (he is out to get her)
John McCain (just because)
Levi (how could I forget Levi!)
The other Johnstons (because of Levi)
Any and all Alaska Bloggers, because they vetted Sarah better than MSM
December 24th, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Antianti has it right:
“In honor of the banned 4, I put a “banned” list up next to my front door. Mr. and Mrs. Todd Palin’s names are on it. Right under the name of the skunk that came to live under my porch.”
I’m going to make my own list of 4:
Sarah Palin
Todd Palin
John McCain
Chuck Heath
December 24th, 2009 at 8:39 PM
I kinda tend to agree with txindygirl @ 11.
Just because Todd presented the list doesn’t mean he generated it, but even if he DID generate it, I wonder if it had more to do with keeping her on an even-ish keel. Some attendees noted $he looked (was it tense? nervous?) before the event. She SHOULD have been her most relaxed and happy there, at home and surrounded by her ‘home team’. Perhaps the sight of any of the ‘Fab Four’ would have pushed her into a meltdown, and Todd knew it.
I’m not, of course, stating this as fact, but I do know that spouses of the personality-disordered often ‘run interference’ unprompted. You learn quick that life will be just that much more difficult for YOU, if your loving nutjob goes into a tailspin. Drawing “the enemy’s” fire is seen as very-much the lesser of two evils.
JMHO, of course….
December 24th, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Thank you New Mexico, you caught me off guard and I laughed out load & woke the cat. And everyone knows a cat only sleeps 23 1/2 hours a day.
Merry Christmas my fellow puppies, Scarah not so much.
December 24th, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Merry x-mas, and happy holidays to all the banned pups, peeps, and perfectly lovely mudpups!
December 24th, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Merry Christmas Dear Mudpups Everywhere!
December 24th, 2009 at 9:30 PM
I’ll go along with MonaLisa & TxIndy –
If MsQuitter is or has been having emotional issues – he may very well been trying to protect her by removing additional stressors.
Also, if these emotional issues have been on-going, it would account for many inconsistancies in their relationship. No one know for sure what goes on beind the closed doors in a marriage.
May just be me, but I would like to believe Todd, who we have seen the last year & half steadfastly by her (and the childrens) side, was being protective and diffuse a situation. Would this also account for some of his actions during troopergate? Possible. Would this account for him residing in another community with the children while she is out on whirlwind tour? Again – possible. Would this be a reason for her strange & manic resignation speech – very possible. Pehaps the only time the kids have a so-called normal life (school – friends – dates) is while living with him.
Guess I would like to believe the good in people.
December 24th, 2009 at 9:45 PM
It must hurt, AKM, not to have made the list. Need a Banned-Aid?
Merry Christmas to all who keep it in spirit
(Excluding the dense holiday fruitcakes (see Gryphen’s IM) who are boycotting Christmas to protest health care reform)
And to all a good night!
December 24th, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Dear Toad, be a good guy, a honest loving husband and tell Sarah that the Canada flag pin she wore at the Wasilla “book” signing, really doesn’t cover up the lumpy fat on the thighs. Just saying…
December 24th, 2009 at 11:17 PM
AKM, you are too nice, that is why you didn’t make the list. I, on the other hand am a real beeotch. Tawd, fer god’s sake, don’t let that woman out without makeup and especially do not let her wear shorts……I nearly lost my breakfast when I saw those pics.
December 25th, 2009 at 7:23 AM
I’ve been a lurker here for a long time and greatly enjoy stopping in every day to see what the latest is. I’ve not commented before as I felt everything was already very well said. However, the comments regarding her queenship’s cottage cheese thighs are starting to bother me. I believe that adds credence to the “we’re all jealous because she’s so pretty” silly train of thought. Plus I know my thighs sure wouldn’t stand a comparison test! Merry Christmas to a great group of people who have made me laugh as well as think for the past 18 months or so.
December 25th, 2009 at 7:27 AM
Merry Christmas, mudpups! I wish the best for you and this season!
Sarah couldn’t fart as gov w/o copying Todd; it’s inconcievable this list didn’t get her blessing.
Seeing Andree’s name reminds me that the Palin administration has set up a catch 22: either Todd is a private citizen and his actions during Troopergate are his own and do not reflect on Sarah therefore any email on which he is copied is clearly not privaledged and should be released, OR he was an unpaid and unofficial member of the administration and he was granted power and priveledge as such which means there was gross abuse of power during Troopergate. The administration cannot have it both ways.
So what’s it gonna be, Sarah? Abuse of power or release all emails on which private citizen Todd was copied?
December 25th, 2009 at 8:02 AM
I believe Sarah was behind it and Toad was the messenger in this case.
December 25th, 2009 at 8:34 AM
@ google:
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rogue – definition of rogue by the Free Online Dictionary …
An unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person; a scoundrel or rascal. 2. One
who is playfully mischievous; a scamp. 3. A wandering beggar; a vagrant. …
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hahahahaha
December 25th, 2009 at 6:24 PM
Since Todd quit the oil business and Sarah is his money making machine, he’ll stick around and play the loyal husband. Plus he can still hit the slopes when he needs to get away, when she’s not running around the globe making a fool of herself. Heck, he even has his own house now, he’s got it made (and maybe the bar is fully stocked to help him through)!
I do believe he is probably a more stable parent though. When the kids are with her, they’re out of school, bored to tears and subjected to her narrissism and other psychotic disorders.
I can only imagine how many twisted conversations and experiences those kids have been through in her presence. Like listening to her trash people she just worked with on the campaign, who they probably thought were nice, and who their mom seemed to like, are now the enemy. How confusing and hurtful to their ability to form long term, trusting friendships.
December 25th, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Actually I thought the fourth one on the banned list was Brian the Moose, turns out I was wrong. But I was really surprised that there were only four names on the list when you think of all the people she has thrown under the bus in the last few years, Lyda Green, Walt Monagan, Trooper Wooten, etc etc. And I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that Todd was involved. I think he wants to feel important, like when he called Walt Monegan to Sarah’s office for a one on one. I wonded if he if feeling a little down given that he quit his job now. WHat exactly does he do? Maybe he made up the list so he could feel like he had some power instead of being the third wheel with Sarah and her ego.
December 26th, 2009 at 6:56 AM
So Zaki and Gryphen the intepred ones who posted rumors of a split were top of the short list of the 4 with Shannyn who had to wash her hair or couldn’t decide what to wear, or maybe had a headache, so didn’t go. And obviously the biggest burr under the saddle, Andree MacLeaod who is in court fighting the good fight. Congratulations to the 4 brave Alaskans.
A bit like the Japanese film the Seven Samuri.
4 Alaskans trying to expose $arah Palin,( the lame duck,) she said it not I. Y’all know her, the governor who quit after a few years, because “Only dead fish float downstream.”
The Alaskan Sopranos.
Todd and $arah.
Quite a pair.
December 26th, 2009 at 7:02 AM
Correction Intrepid 4.
Seven Samurai.
Should proofread.
December 26th, 2009 at 11:26 AM
Applause for everyone on the banned list. Moose Pucky was allowed, but gosh, Moose Pucky had no interest whatsoever in being there.
December 26th, 2009 at 1:35 PM
I tend to too be disappointed that Brian (the happy traveling moose) didn’t make the list. Ah well, what does a moose have to do these day to make the ‘local Wasilla banned list’
On the other hand. Cheers to those who did.
December 26th, 2009 at 2:44 PM
The Order for the list came from Ex-Gino the half-term quitter.
The Execution came from Mr. Palin (shades of his “co-governor job” when the quitter guv was in office).
The Reasoning (if “reasoning” it can be called) for Mr. Palin’s role is on the basis of plausible deniability for the quitter.
The Effectiveness of the whole process…….laughable. As AKM so eloquently pointed out in the 12/23/2009 post on the subject: “Never let it be said that Sarah Palin couldn’t make a bad situation worse.”
Andree McLeod’s real impact is in the courtroom ……not at a silly Look-at-me-love-me” book signing. Congratulations, Andree, for your place on the List of Honor….it means you’re really effective.
December 26th, 2009 at 5:09 PM
I don’t care why Todd quit his oil job.
He’s been putting up with the Many Moods of Sarah for a long time — and appears to be the only adult in the family who has any clue about parenting or emoting genuine affection. Bristol comes in second, followed by Levi.
For myself, I prefer not to judge people by their jobs. I believe that just as it’s fine for a woman to work in the oil fields, it’s fine for a man to stay home and nurture the children.
I don’t care about Sarah’s thighs or chin, other than because the natural condition of those things proves she’s still human, which she certainly doesn’t seem to want us to believe, in spite all of her fertility goddess posturing.
I think Sarah believes she’s been called by god to put this nation Right and that she’s leveraging her sexual appear in order to improve her chances, all while claiming otherwise, of course.
In the meantime, what’s being done to make sure Trig gets the best chance at life available to him? There’s a wide range of DS capability levels depending on the person in question and their environment. I wish Sarah would stop waving him around and start providing some substantive explanations about how her family is meeting their special needs child’s special needs.