Swill Baby, Swill! Palin Hits Sin City.
What better way for your favorite Tea Party talker and her down-to-earth wholesome Christian values to make a splash, than by headlining at a booze conference in the heart of Sin City! That’s right, Sarah Palin will be delivering the keynote address at this year’s Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America conference in (where else) Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada! We never knew she was THAT kind of winer too.
Hopefully she’ll share all her great ideas about free enterprise, limited government regulation, and how the feds ruin everything they touch. I’ll bet the adult beverage wholesalers, who are quite gung-ho on the hightly regulated, government controlled distribution of alcohol in the United States will find it fascinating.
Maybe, they’ll even be treated to a flash of ”Boozers Rock!” written on her hand in Sharpie.
Palin does have some meager claim to affecting the sales of wine, however. Back in September of 2008, sales of the pre-existing and unfortunately named “Palin Syrah” plummeted in San Francisco. No word about whether the dusty bottles were shipped to less enlightened regions of the country.
Despite the unanticipated tanking of that particular Syrah, I have a hunch Palin may actually be responsible for an overall increase in alcohol consumption since August 29 of 2008. I know that’s true for this household.
The White House gate crashers were also wined and dined at Ceasars Casino.
Las Vegas is as good a place as any for the Grifter queen. Maybe she will like it so much she’ll gamble away all her Tea Bag money.
I’ll drink to that!
They probably re-labeled the bottles. Loved your parting shot.
Same here AKM!!
Why in the hell they are inviting her is beyond me. They must have short memories.
‘Palin Syrah’ Wine Drops in Sales After Sarah Palin Veep Pick
Even though sales are down, the wine—like Palin the politician—draws lots of attention and comments. One Yield regular suggested that Tavelli amend the wine’s tasting note to read: moosemeat, salmon, hint of gunpowder.
And maybe they will be selling these also , too.
http://victorystore00.stores.yahoo.net/sapawigl.html
She sure knows how to pick her places: an all white, anti-affirmative action Tea Bag convention. The all white, rich aura of Daytona (is there a black or hispanic driver, let alone owner? And only a couple of women drivers…all testosterone…just her speed.) And now Vegas and the white, wealthy wine growers. Yes sir, she sure is expanding her base, all right. But then, she had little time and less empathy for the native Americans in her own state, so this isn’t surprising. What will she do when she runs out of white supremists and secessionists? Go home to raise that family she loves from afar? Nah.
Remember her MO – right now she’s googling “liquor+wholesalers fantasies dreams beliefs catch+phrases quotes voting gays government+regulation” etc. She will dress and talk the part, whatever that is, to insinuate that she cares somehow for this group and their struggles. Or she’ll be in automaton robot mode with the stupid, irrelevant speech and glazed over eyes. You never know exactly which Sarah you’ll get, but it will be one of the two.
Lots of folks scratching their heads on this one.
http://www.slate.com/id/2242220/
http://thepour.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/sarah-palins-next-convention-speech/#more-2421
When the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America announced that Sarah Palin would be the keynote speaker at its April convention, the drinks blogosphere reacted as you might expect: with partisan outrage, rehashed jokes (“Which wine goes with caribou?”) and an overall sense of “what the hell?” But one relevant question was raised across the political spectrum: If Palin is such a staunch supporter of the free market, will she dare call out liquor wholesalers as obstructionists who, with the blessing of most state governments, stand directly in the path of consumer choice and free trade?
oops…….forgot the link. Haven’t even had a glass of wine yet.
http://www.seriouseats.com/2008/09/palin-syrah-sarah-sara-wine-drops-in-sales.html
$he’s pal-ing around with What? and Where? also, too!!!!
WWRMT?
(What would Rev. Muthie think?)
What Will $he say? and how will her minions $pin it? Oh, ickickick…
*sipping a glass of red to restore the Valentine glow*
$he definitely contributed,er, ContributeS, to increased consumption of tequila in our household, and consumption of wine, likewise.
definitely more red wine consumption in our household since palin descended upon the lower 48. until the election, there was also, too more pepto abysmal consumption – unfortunately not kidding.
Let me..dance in a delicate way..around what I am about to ..suggest..Ok? If you have received your copy of the :Alaska, The Magazine of Life on the Last Frontier..issue March 2010..let me suggest that the..ummmm photograph was managed by someone..who ‘might’ have ..thoughts such as ours’. Is it an accident? To ..WHAT..am I referring? Please turn your copy.. rotate..until upside down..to get the effect..that has had me..opening a bottle of nice cheap wine..and giggling..for some time the last 2 days. Go ahead..just..’rotate’..that magazine cover..and see..what’cha ..see. Posted by nobody..we know….
Relax. Sarah has no reason to fear Las Vegas or the makers of spirits – even if those spirits are evil.
Sarah Palin – Witchproof Since 2005
http://tinyurl.com/ycf5kgw
I think it’s okay for her to promote drinking in Las Vegas as long as it’s satire. She can check with Rush Limbaugh just to be sure.
I wonder if she’d dare to reminisce in her speech about her high school days, or reveal if she enjoyed a round or two of Lonesome Charlie at wild Wasilla parties. With a wink and a smile.
Drinking right now in her honor… or not honor. I mean really, who knew she had so many interests? Thought she was so invested in family and church and ALASKA. Boo Sarah. Go away. Also.
Ah, it’s almost cocktail time here in Virginia, and I’ve already popped the cork on a Sterling cabernet. YUM!
thatcrowwoman @9 re: WWRMT What Would Rev. Muthee Think ? — Lordy, I’d love to interview that man and ask just that very thing.
Re: $P speaking at the liquor conference – She fried her Christian cred with this one. She’s taking BIG money to speak at a conference in Vegas of all places in order to help them make MORE money ?? Is there a Jesus Vodka being rolled out ? How is she justifying this ? Are the rational Christian churches calling her out on this ?
And, if you didn’t catch this Palin ’08 song on the previous thread, this is a good moment to offer it again : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DIc8jdra0o
I can’t get it out of my head but it’s one of those that are welcomed to stay for awhile . ” Oh – if you become VeePee – It’s Canada For Me”
Aha !!!! Finally Willow won’t have that frown on her face like she did at that Book signing. She’s saying…. Maybe I won’t get just a lousy ‘ T-Shirt ‘ when she returns from this speech. Or maybe Piper will stay home and some OTHER family Member will get to travel this time….? PARTY!!… PARTY!!!!
And why subject little Piper to the sights and sounds of what happens in ” Sin City “. That might corrupt her. Yeah right… what was I thinking. Vegas could take Lessons from ‘ Grifter Granny’.
Article by Andrew Sullivan on Palin’s political power
http://www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/article306982.ece
Juneaudream –
Alas……..do not have a subscription. Got a link , and I’ll stand on my head.
dang not Palin’s idea.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/13/dianne-feinsteins-hand-no_n_461585.html
Is there such a thing as paraphrased hand plagiarism????- She could have quoted the hand usage after all.
And leave to fox in charge to dig up ole’ shots. A good thing that the door swings both ways silly news channel-you betha.
betcha— snark snark
he!
Hit the craps table, Sarah. Let is allllll ride.
How long before word against around and bookings for this broad are in the happily forgotten past?
I hope she gives a shout out to the minors in her own family that seem to have a taste for spirits
If it weren’t for vodka and redbull she may have not had the pleasure of being a granny!
@ #11Juneaudream:
Your magazine cover is on their website
lol
Headline there:
The Smallest Hunter
Written by Karl Braendel
An annual family trip gives a 7-year-old her first taste of the kill
C’mon. 7?
How much is she being paid to lie at this function ?? Is Piper with her ! If so, wonderful surroundings for one’s young daughter ! She is a pathetic human being !
JerryH
Chugiak, AK
AKPetMom -
If it weren’t for vodka and redbull she may have not had the pleasure of being a granny!
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Zing !!
Is that the “Drop the Panties” cocktail of choice for Alaskan teens ??
How totally inappropriate for a woman who’s kids have had such a bad history with booze and drugs to glorify the liquor industry. She doesn’t have a clue.
Weird, isn’t it – the manufacture and sale of liquor in this country dates clear back to the farmers turning their surplus grains into hooch and crabbing against taxation of same, with Washington calling out the troops to quell the Whiskey Rebellion…Prohibitionists and Prohibition…stills and moonshine and revenoors…
Finally, after all this struggle, the industry reaches accord amongst the major producers to make sure the law gets enforced so that bootleggers don’t have an unfair advantage – pay the taxes, and make sure your competitors pay their taxes, too…
And then Palin rides up – but what will she be riding in on? You’re right on, AKM – this should be an entertaining speech. Should we have a Mudflats drinking game? [Sharpie notes on hand = swig o' white lightnin']
While the momma of the Wasilla Hillbillies is in the lower 48 throwing back shots in Sin City for $100k, who is toasting with Willow and the rest of the Colony Girls in some empty house belonging to some unknown Alaskan?
How can Palin support an industry that brought down her kids?
I hope Sarah did not drag Piper down there to do shots with a bunch of convention drunks?
AKPetMom
If it weren’t for vodka and redbull she may have not had the pleasure of being a granny!
I hope she gives a shout out to the minors in her own family that seem to have a taste for spirits
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I think that has to be my favourite comment of the week.
Have no fear mudflatters, the majority of those attending will be hammered and they really don’t give a rat’s rear end who is speaking any way. I’ve attended these shindigs with the hubby who is a head cheese in this industry for years. One of the reasons we chose not to attend this year was because of Palin and there are better ways to get information without blowing your pocketbook. Yeah, yeah some may cheer her but seriously, she’ll mean little to them. The only way she’d mean anything would be if one of those clowns thought they’d get 5 seconds sack time with her. While the pretense is business discussions, the reality is play time…especially in the evenings
Hmmmm..the story of a 7 yr. old hunting..is from..I believe..the..’prev. issue’. The copy of March..I am seeing now..has an unusual wolf face close up..so until that exact picture is in front of one..what I have said..will make absolutely..NO sense..whatso ever. Sorry….it will make sense when that issue/picture..shows up.
Drink baby Drink! Drink baby Drink! can you just hear it! I think I need a drink.
Now, Now, AKM,,,,, after reading about ALL the OTHER stuff going on in Alaskan Politics, there’s plenty of reason to imbibe besides Miss Quitty Pants…she’s just the frontrunner for the time being !!
y’all got server problems ????
As Sarah straightens her skirt and fixes her hair, she tells Piper, “Now you remember, What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!”
As Sarah straightens her skirt and fixes her hair, she tells Piper, “Now you remember, What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!”
My bet is that $P takes a shot or two at Pres. Obama because of his prior statements that mentioned LV.
Ben, yes.
One of the most astounding statements in “Going Rogue” is on page 385.
“But I do believe in a few timeless and unchanging truths, and chief among those is that man is fallen.”
How about that for a campaign slogan? It’s down-right jaw-dropping.
Cheers, all.
“Sure, I can’t forget about my kids’ drinking problems……..as long as you pay me at least $100,000.” “Oh and throw in a few cases of your best for me to give the kids as souvenirs.”
Wow, the things people will do for money.
“lift American spirits” still works… just this time, it’s vodka, schnapps, gin….etc…
Bottoms up!
Man, this gives a bad name to wine.
Did Sarah bring along those crazy drinkin’ teens? Piper’s probably home babysittin’ Trig and Tripp, since she’s pretty responsible by Sarah’s flexible child care standards.
Party on, Palins! Just don’t get knocked up (again!)
Maybe she will wear a showgirl outfit when she gives her “speech.” Hey a girl can try to make a few tips can’t she?
How does going to a place dubbed :Sin City” square with her beliefs? Oh, I forgot, $100,000
squares very well with her beliefs!
just read article about Palin at Daytona 500..Mein Gott! they let her speak a few words!! All- American, Patriotic… shhhooooottt!! Ain’t nothing “Patriotic” about a bunch of good ole boys making a bunch of left hand turns !! just staying outta trouble and not running moonshine, …which is how Nascar got started !! they use to bust up a still a week in North Fla when I was growing up there in the 60′s ….aahhh , the good ole days !!!
guess Vegas doesn’t have enough problems. hope she take the whole darned family and they all cut loose and turn Las Vegas inside out.
But Ripley at #38, those “lifted American Spirits” are the perfect accompaniment for some cocktails!
benlomond2, moonshiners up Happy’s family tree, also, too “They call it that good old mountain dew…”
“Wine-makers” up my family tree… Great Uncle Joe was a sweetie, and so was his dandelion wine.
Mama’s brandied peaches were a favorite holiday treat…
I once made kahlua by soaking vanilla and coffee beans in vodka…
…which is a few turns (sips?) away from NASCAR.
*taking a wide right turn and waving a wing to Jesse and Lura and Eunice and Hoover, of Blessed Memory*
Hank says A Country Boy Can Survive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4s0nzsU1Wg
Happy’s birthday cake is ready to come out of the oven, and he’s about to get my undivided attention, so goodnight, folks.
*Steamroller Blues fades to black*
I’m just waiting to hear her say how patriotic it is to drink.
Allshhoo toooo, the drinkin’ and purveyin of booze is a fabuuulouusss ‘merican tradition. If it were not for the boozin’ then ther’d be no NASCAR as those fine ‘merican’s learned those drivin’ and evadin’ the law skills in order to practice the great patriotic tradition of sellin’ the alkehol durin’ the time when the government powers were so great as to prevent the legal consumption of Jesus juice, which these fine folks knew made Jesus unhappy thus they learned to drive fast and bootleg the finest ‘shine which we now call vodka and is no longer made in the bathtubs, I think. I promise you that I will give back a major percentage of my speaking fee here at the Vegas Booze Fest back to the booze industry; that you can count on, unlike the Teabaggers last weekend. Thanks so much for the 100 Large and the weekend in Vegas! Gotta go get the girls from the Playboy suite at the Palms…oh, and Todd to, he’s babysittin’….
Please sigh the petition-12386 signatures — goal 15000
http://www.change.org/actions/view/tell_sarah_palin_and_the_tea_partiers_to_stop_lying#letter_form
Did ya know we got a pale ale named after Sarah here in Kodiak? You betcha!
http://www.kodiakbrewery.com/posters.htm
So now she’s going to Las Vegas to charm the unsuspecting. I just read an article about her Daytona appearance that was depressing (all the attention, and people saying that if she ran for President, they would vote for her.) yuk
http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/Sarah-Palin-plays-politician-around-Daytona-500-021410
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SnQOdEXbNQ&feature=related I thought this was kind of a cute Obama song. Loved the link to the palin videos.I still think the bridge to no where song was one of the best.Though this is a real close second.
It boggles my mind as to how anyone with a half brain could consider this woman to be of any substance. Is this think fest (cough) I mean drink fest in Las Vegas going to be open to the media? If not, then she is a coward! How will she make it through the primaries without giving interviews to other media’s, than Faux!?
I was watching Meet the Press and I was amazed at Rachel’s intellect! I was impressed! And then for a nano second, I imagined SP at that table and that picture was not pretty! She would have been torn to shreds!
Seems to me I read where cindy McCains dad had something to do with the mob in Vegas back when and thats how McCain got into politics.One reason he left his first wife. I read where Ross P was helping her.
Just opened a bottle of “Three Blind Moose” to celebrate Brian, tomorrow’s day off school, and all of the bad Palin polls/comments this week (and the 30+ inches of snow outside) Can’t wait to hear the inspiration Sarah imparts (from the hand) to the boozer convention.
Moose Pucky Says:
February 14th, 2010 at 4:36 PM
One of the most astounding statements in “Going Rogue” is on page 385.
“But I do believe in a few timeless and unchanging truths, and chief among those is that man is fallen.”
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Man may be fallen, but this woman sure aint!
Actually, I’m Christian and I do NOT believe in a fallen man or a fallen woman. I also don’t believe the curse thing. Having not ever seen a talking snake, for one, I find the whole story unsubstantiated by my experience or the experience of my family.
One thing though. If I can’t blame my faults and missteps on some weenie ancestors, that means I have to take the blame myself! Hmmmmm. Maybe Sarah’s on to something here. Blame Adam.
I’ve had the Sarah Pale Ale in Kodiak … quite tasty and I love the label, even have a picture of it on my iPhone.
thatcrowwoman… yup, supposedly a couple of Maine smugglers in the family tree here…. that border with Canada during prohibition…. chuckle, but HS yrs in Fla ( military brat) were an eye opener in some regards ! fortunately, I left, otherwise I might be one of those who can only “hear” one liners and not bother to look a bit deeper…
Calipat – I think McCain’s goose is cooked in AZ, relative in AZ says he’s DONE!
So if she wins 2012 will we all be rounded up into internment camps and slaughtered like Jews in Germany during WWII?
Fck Palin !
I expect she will make an a$$ of herself in Vegas too. It seems every body eventually hates her- but she keeps rolling… What will it take to stop a train like that?
Ah, forgot to mention in my earlier post #16, in reference to “Lonesome Charlie” that it was a pop wine made in the 70′s. Apparently canadian-made, something like Baby Duck. No, I didn’t mean a guy name Charlie……..
Get drunk! For the Troops!
What can she possibly say to this group that will support her talking points.
God. Troops. Patriots. American. Constitutional. Socialist. Health care (guffaw!… Booze and health care… riiiiight). God. Todd.
I don’t get it. It sure seems to be all about the money, also, too.
teutonic… asking how to stop palin is like trying to stop fanaticism…and you can see how much fun THAT has been with the Muslim extremeists !! Improved Education could stop the conversion, but I think the ones that have been converted will just have to die off due to old age…. even if Sarah is sent to prison for her misdeeds, these people will join together in believing it’s a goverment consipracy to shut her up because she’s talking “The Truth”…
can you IMAGINE the Howling at Fox if that happened ???? ( me bad !! chortle)
Until America can improve the overall population’s educational level, populism of this sort will continue…
of course, it WOULD be helpful to reinstate that FCC ruling about the media outlets having to give equal time to opposing viewpoint…
How are her “disciples” justifying this appearance and what will she say? I can’t wait to see her try and deflect the true intentions of her money-grabbing appearance by making it some kind of patriotic and “good for real Americans” kind of thing for this stellar target market. Blech…..
R’ipley @67: Spot on!
ot.. ( just doesn’t seem right to put on Open Thread with all that poetry stuff)
C-P listed in top 100 conservative sites…… and the buffons are patting each other on the back, because it got rated higher than those Alaska Blogs….Helloooooo !!! it said CONSERVATIVE sites !! Sheeeesh !! ( oh, they only got #81…hehehhehe!)
Yanno… she might actually make sense if she had a few drinks.
ben – if the peelander site is among the top 100 of conservative sites then it just go to show the lack of quality among conservative bloggers. Of course, with them, you never know if some of the better conservative blogs might be disqualified because they aren’t conservative enough.
ben – if the pee-lander site is among the top 100 of conservative sites then it just goes to show the lack of quality among conservative bloggers. Of course, with them, you never know if some of the better conservative blogs might be disqualified because they aren’t conservative enough.
59 califpat Says: February 14th, 2010 at 6:45 PM
It boggles my mind as to how anyone with a half brain could consider this woman to be of any substance.
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That is exactly the problem, califpat! The palinbots operate with but half a brain.
I think that “Palin Syrah” is most appropriate. Shortly after consumption it reemerges as urine. It seems kind of emblematic for nearly everything that emerges from Palin herself.
Am LMAO here —
Joe the Plumber is ticked off cuz “McC & Palin used him”
duh – how long did it take him to “get it”?
Jo Jo #60—–yes–you are right about Ross P helping McCain’s first wife.
I read where she was in a terrible car accident on Christmas Eve. This was when J McCain was being held in prison. I understand that Ross P , paid for all of her hospital bills. She was injured greatly and I read where she was inches shorter after her ordeal. Sad to read where she didn’t want him to know what happened to her as he was being held in prison. Then he leaves her for C.
35 Juneaudream Says:
February 14th, 2010 at 3:42 PM
Hmmmm..the story of a 7 yr. old hunting..is from..I believe..the..’prev. issue’. The copy of March..I am seeing now..has an unusual wolf face close up..so until that exact picture is in front of one..what I have said..will make absolutely..NO sense..whatso ever. Sorry….it will make sense when that issue/picture..shows up.
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Juneaudream, I did ‘the google’ to see if I could find the March cover photo for the mag. I couldn’t find it, BUT, I *did* find the following article, “Palin’s Way”, from their February 2008 issue.
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From the article:
She has attracted attention for everything from her appearance to being a maverick Republican, but Sarah Palin says she just wants to straighten out Alaska politics.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stands in her kitchen wearing a black skirt and silver-sequined sweater, dressed for the gala she is about to attend. In front of her are a BlackBerry and a cell phone, devices that rarely leave her side. It’s her favorite room in the large but unpretentious home her husband, Todd, designed and built five years ago. In the kitchen, 6-year-old daughter Piper’s artwork dominates the décor in an otherwise modern, black-counter-topped room that opens into the rest of the living space.
“I wanted to be able to see everyone, to talk to them from here,” Palin says, glancing at her BlackBerry while leaning on the countertop. She quickly pushes a few buttons on the device. It is a rainy Saturday afternoon, but the work of the state’s first female governor never stops. [snip]
Across the room, the front door bursts open and Bristol, 17 and the second-oldest of the Palins’ four children, rushes in. She’s a younger version of her mother, with the same striking, dark eyes and hair that have earned Palin a reputation as “the hottest governor in the country.”
It’s a moniker that Palin shrugs off. Although poised and confident on camera, she is nonchalant when it comes to the comments on her appearance.
When a reporter and photographers from Vogue magazine came to Alaska in December to do a story on her, Palin was sure she disappointed them. “In the interview you could tell that the writer was trying to get me to focus on the gender and appearance issues, but I kept talking about energy and national security, and not relying on foreign sources of energy,” Palin said. “Finally, she stopped me and said, ‘I know that’s what you want to talk about, but this is a women’s fashion magazine.’ I don’t know about fashion. It’s bunny boots and fleece and The North Face. So I tried to talk about that, but it’s just not the way I’m wired.” [snip]
About lunchtime, Todd Palin enters his wife’s office wearing a dress shirt and tie. He throws his jacket over a chair and sits down by a large coffee table littered with Girl Scout cookies and a floppy, stuffed-animal polar bear.
Having such a high-powered wife does not seem to faze Todd, who refers to himself jokingly as the “First Dude.” While Sarah does the work of governor, Todd remains the quintessential Alaska man. He stays busy with his week-on, week-off job with British Petroleum on the North Slope. He’s also one of the state’s best snowmachiners, and has won the grueling 2,000-mile Tesoro Iron Dog race four times.
In the summer, Todd fishes a commercial site in Bristol Bay and spends time flying his airplane, a hobby he has enjoyed for 20 years. Having his wife become governor changed the Palin household, he said, but not in a monumental way.
“Her schedule dictates my schedule, but with her being mayor for so many years, we were already used to it,” he said. “The kids are very adaptable. There are thousands of Alaska families that adapt, whether you’re a contract guy who’s gone for the summer season, a sloper or in the military, we have a lot of families who don’t have the 9-to-5 schedule.” [snip]
The Heath-Palin connection has created a large and wide-reaching family tree. Todd’s family is spread from Bristol Bay to Homer, and Sarah’s siblings all still live close to home in Southcentral Alaska. Todd and Sarah have four children of their own: The oldest, Track, 18, graduated from Wasilla High last May and then enlisted in the U.S. Army. Next is Bristol, who is staying in the Valley to finish high school. Willow, 13, and Piper attended school in Juneau during Palin’s first year in office, which made the transition easier for the whole family. But despite her fame and new job requirements, Palin is still a mom first.
“She can be on the phone with Dick Cheney and have (Republican Senate President) Lyda Green right outside her door, and her kids call and she goes, ‘Oops, hold on,’” said Leighow, the deputy press secretary. “Her kids trump everyone, and I think that’s pretty neat.” [snip]
Bristol, upon returning from a shopping trip in Anchorage, received Palin’s nod of approval for the $15 dress she bought for the night’s gala they were about to attend. No need for a $300 gown, Palin said.
But when Bristol revealed she spent $30 on leg waxing—“That was supposed to be gas money,” Todd Palin said disapprovingly—the governor wasn’t too happy, either.
“That’s a waste of money,” she said. “You have razors.” [snip]
It’s that kind of attitude that seems to have gotten Palin where she is today. She has been a practical person since before her future even hinted at a career in politics, and she’s bringing practicality to Juneau. As Palin sees it, for too long the state has been waxing when it could have been shaving. She acknowledges that there is still much work to be done to reduce state spending, improve business growth and create an open and honest state government.
But, she maintains, it can happen.
Source and *full* article, here: http://www.alaskamagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=876&Itemid=141
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Amazing how little has changed in PalinWorld…and in the media’s coverage of it. The article, knowing what we –thanks to AKM et.al– now know about the Tundra Teatard, is truly and utterly incredible for its naïveté. And, that so many people are still under the illusion that that naïveté passes for truth about her, is very disheartening to say the least.
I do believe we’ve ALL got our work cut out for us: in every and any way, we *must* continue to expose Ms Quitty-Pants to *everyone* for the dangerous fraud she is. Every time ‘we’ are silent, she wins; I’d prefer the alternative: She is silenced through wide-spread exposure of her multiple lies and manipulations.
>>>After ‘preaching to the choir’, I’m stepping off of my soapbox, now…<<< beth.
benlomond2 @68 -
Improved Education could stop the conversion, but I think the ones that have been converted will just have to die off due to old age….
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True, but the good news is that, according to all the video and photos we’ve seen of the tea partiers, they’re mostly old, angry, and not exactly the picture of blooming health. That dieing-off thing might happen sooner than we think!
Sauerkraut @ 73 says, “The palinbots operate with but half a brain”…..
and I add “between them”.
Perky Plastic Palin(s)
You have to remember that website you are talking about is a free website hosted by Google Blogspot and that means they do not have any “real” server stats at all.
I believe they are referring to stats from Alexa.com which is only people who use Internet Explorer or have decided to install the Alexa toolbar on their browser which the average internet user does not even know exists.
Our real stats – which we can get because we *pay* for a server – are nothing like the stats seen on Alexa. One of the reasons for that is well over half our visitors do not use Internet Explorer at all.
Those people have no idea what they are doing, how to host a real website, or anything about real stats on the internet. But let them enjoy their supposed “high status” – those of us who know better just laugh.
When they get a real website, maybe they will learn how the internet really works.
LOL @ Poolman!
Guess who has insomnia? Sheesh…
OMG. Celtic Diva’s got the Family Guy episode up…. I laughed hysterically not at the plot line (though I must say, Woohooo!) but the canine dominatrix scene.
I’m thinking that when she sees this, she might take it as a sign from “you know who” that she should go ahead and get sloshed at the speech!
WHOA! Did anyone check out how much is being charged to attend WSWA’s 67th Annual Convention and Exposition? [Registration prices at the bottom of the site page, here: http://www.eshow2000.com/wswa/registration_housing.cfm ]
The WSWA event runs -for their non-board executives- for all of 3.5 (count ‘em, three-and-a-half!) days.
It chuckles me, greatly, that Tundra Teatard is scheduled to deliver her keynote address on *day ONE* … and deliver it *in the MORNING*!:
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Opening General Session
Speakers: John Baker, WSWA Chairman
Sidney Frank Award Presentation
Keynote Speaker: Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska (2006-2009) and
2008 Republican Vice-Presidential Nominee
It chuckles me even more that she’s delivering the keynote address before the Exhibit Hall Grand Opening (which will be 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM)! [Schedule of events, here: http://www.eshow2000.com/wswa/schedule.cfm ]
I hate to be snarky about it (no, not really), but what do you suppose should be worn to make a keynote address at (+/-) *9 am* of a Tuesday morning? Knee-high, black, 3-inch-heeled boots? Naughty red monkey shoes? Black stockings? Fishnet stockings? Beige stockings? A red rose-covered jacket? A sparkly, sequined jacket? And do we go with the Israeli flag lapel pin or ‘ice-cube’ earrings – possibly both? Oh, my – so many choices…what would be appropriate to wear with one’s ‘obligatory’ tight, hemmed-4-inches-above-the-knee, black skirt while making the keynote address? Yup, you betcha’ also, and too – ’tis a real puzzlement. [/snark]
Too bad (per the registration page) “Retailers and the general public are prohibited from attending,” it would be such jolly good fun to get first-hand reports of the TTs speechifying from an [non-Palinbot/sane] ‘outsider.’ Does anyone know if media is similarly “prohibited” from attending? beth.
And what, may I ask, does any of this have to do with “progressin” Alasssssska? She quit to progress Alassssska. Yes, she quit, quit, quit to progress Alasssssska. Alaska has a very high rate of Alcoholism. Hmmmmmmm.
Beth-no one says you can’t wear a tiara before noon.
OK- I know this is off topic but I just cannot put this comment on the open thread with all of the beautiful poetry. austintx left a comment over there about $P’s remarks at the Daytona 500 and how she compared it to the Iditarod. I have to call bullsh*t on that one. Driving around in circles for 500 miles at high speeds on a racetrack IN NO WAY WHATSOEVER can be compared to racing dogs in the Iditarod. The Iditarod takes at least 9 days to complete. The sleep deprivation is extreme because one spends all of ones time taking care of the dogs. The dogs are everything. You don’t have a pit crew–if your sled breaks YOU have to fix it, if your dogs run out of fuel, YOU have to fix it. If you run out of fuel, YOU have to fix it. Etc, etc, etc. To say nothing of subzero temps for days on end and having to navigate in white out snowstorms or at night with a headlamp. And then there are always the drunk people on snowmachines that might run you down…..Need I go on? Either she has no idea what she is talking about (which, in this case, I doubt) or she is insane to try to compare the two. Of course most people in the lower 48 would have no idea how WRONG she is.
Sorry, I have friends who run the Iditarod and this is not a fair comparison. It irks me.
Get out of our town, $$$arah! Las Vegas has more class than the likes of your ilk! Anybody attending your screeching “lip-moving-event” will still be wasted from the night before, or the morning of, and they sure as hell won’t be looking at your knobby knees and flat chest. Guys wearing $9.99 Walmart neckties will be breaking their necks looking at the cocktail waitresses instead. Get over it..you’ve been rid hard ‘n put away wet. Take that – you lying fake Christian, dragging your kids all over the country.
What’s left on your $100K agenda? I know. How about a speech at the United Organization of Legal Nevada Prostitutes? Lot’s ‘o good speechifin’ palm-writ points there…successful entrepreneurial spirit, individual initiative, good work ethic, blah, blah, blah.
I repeat – GET OUT! This town will shred you, as if you aren’t doing a good enough job yourself. But on the other hand, you could just keep it up. You are too stupid to even know you’re revealing yourself over and over as the fraud you are. We know how many of your “books” sarahPAC bought.
heidi-you go girl! Just had a funny thought. Vegas showgirls are waaaaaaay more beautiful than granny. Hahahahahaha.
Yeah, lovemydogs – and I was only talking about the cocktail waitresses! The showgirls are drop-dead gorgeous, and good girls….almost clones of each other, like the Rockettes. They rehearse those shows for hours and hours every day. Palin’s so out of her league in Vegas, it’s pitiful.
But, per usual, she’ll just hide in her suite at Caeser’s – too, too bad! I’ve got a classy 60-ish bartender at …mmm…one of the big-name casinos (don’t want to get anyone in trouble) who has the whole place lying in wait for $$$arah to show up so they can verbally call her out. She won’t show, if she knows what’s good for her. Let me put it this way, and as you can well imagine, Vegas is NO tea-party convention. $$$arah’s little black pencil skirt will make her look like a total nerd in Vegas.
well heck if she wears the red naughty monkey shoes and short skirt she may pick up a few “extra” bucks walkin the strip!
heidi- good for you. I would love to hear about Vegas showing up and spitting her out. That would be worth buying tickets to. She probably thinks she is safe in Vegas.
akfishergirl- The street walkers in Vegas are more beautiful than she is and the naughty red monkeys can’t hold a candlestick to the shoes they wear (I’d break my neck). The call girls are even more beautiful.
fishergirl – That’s a cinch and you’re right. It’s totally legal. That ‘look’ would definitely reel in the older guys, and they have ALL the money. Trouble is, $$$arah would have to get some glossy glam-shot business cards printed real fast, complete with cell phone number. No one walks the strip anymore…actually, being blatant like that isn’t legal. Did you know that all the “escorts” now hire 8 year old boys to hand out their business cards on every street corner? Yup – you can collect ‘em like baseball cards.
P.S. Can anyone here give me a link to these much talked-about red naughty monkey shoes? I may have a pair, and don’t even know what they are. Do 5″ red stilletos from Frederick’s count? Hey – they were a gift.
lovemydogs – ALL the call girls in Vegas are gorgeous. There’s not a movie star out there right now that comes close. From what I’ve seen, most are big-haired ‘blondes’ (uh-huh), with, well…big everything. Think sweet Dolly Parton (I love her) minus 40+ years. I DO have these red 5″ heels, and was paralyzed after wearing them to dinner one night with the shoe-donor. Ever try to shove a size 8 foot into a size 6-1/2 shoe? What I wouldn’t pay to see $$$arah try workin’ the game for one measly hour!! Oops…maybe she already has. OMG – I’d pay huge bucks to see what she reeled in with her business cards. Also, too, maybe and also, too…doesn’t it seem revealing that we’ve even got on this floozy topic in the first place?
#54 AKPetmom – Without a doubt, this is the finest piece of unforgiving American satire I’ve ever read. You nailed the lingo. In a different place and time, your words would make the great Thomas Jefferson proud, because you cut right through the Palin crap at the Vegas money-making gig. You calls ‘em as ya sees ‘em, and I loved it! (I’ve copied to my friends all over the lower 48). Even Las Vegas.
Here goes (quote AKPetmom), and it deserves to be repeated here:
Allshhoo toooo, the drinkin’ and purveyin of booze is a fabuuulouusss ‘merican tradition. If it were not for the boozin’ then ther’d be no NASCAR as those fine ‘merican’s learned those drivin’ and evadin’ the law skills in order to practice the great patriotic tradition of sellin’ the alkehol durin’ the time when the government powers were so great as to prevent the legal consumption of Jesus juice, which these fine folks knew made Jesus unhappy thus they learned to drive fast and bootleg the finest ’shine which we now call vodka and is no longer made in the bathtubs, I think. I promise you that I will give back a major percentage of my speaking fee here at the Vegas Booze Fest back to the booze industry; that you can count on, unlike the Teabaggers last weekend. Thanks so much for the 100 Large and the weekend in Vegas! Gotta go get the girls from the Playboy suite at the Palms…oh, and Todd to, he’s babysittin’….
It’s never too early for $arah to sport a honking huge corsage, also, too.
*winkwink*
a pic with Palin only 1k
http://wdbo.com/localnews/2010/02/sarah-palin-a-big-hit-in-centr.html
Johnny – Nahh…really? I believe you…. I’ll have to look at your link. Gotta go to bed right now though. I’ve spent all night forwarding this AKM info to everyone I know. I think this is all going to explode pretty soon, guys! SPLAT!
yeppers
“Next month, Palin will be here for the Orange County Republican’s big fundraiser. It costs 250 bucks for a plate of chicken, and for a cool grand you can get your picture taken with Sarah Palin.”
#67 @ R’ipley in CT Says:
Get drunk! For the Troops!
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Whoa! Next time give a three-post no-beverage-in-hand warning before you say something like this!! OMG LOLOLOLOL
That was good. That was so good. I’m going to be laughing all day!
Shill, Granny, Shill! Never too early for a Pea Tarty, huh Mama Grizzly? Or is that never too late … one of ‘em, all of ‘em, any of ‘em … progressin’ Alaska, also, too, and the troops; those who serve and their families, also, and the low sun silverin’ the sparkle on the glacier …
Happy year of the Tiger. Health and peace.
@AKPetMom, @heidi 1, @thatcrowwoman et al
They say laughter is the best medicine. Well, Glory Be, I am HEALED!!! You guys have Lifted this American’s Spirits like no adult beverage could.
Here I was this morning feeling sad and missing Mah Honey® while he’s away and thinking about the snow that’s coming today and tomorrow, and now I’m chuckling so much my doggy thinks I’ve gone ’round the bend.
You guys are the best.
@Snoksred
Thanks for that information about the website. Does that mean that all sites that are “blogspot” are by Google?
I wouldn’t use Internet Explorer if you paid me to. Spammy and, in my experience, a virus magnet.
Thanks for the link Johnny@98.
The article is short, but you can’t help but notice the subtle snark. I liked this quote:
“I was very, very disappointed that the media is crucifying her, and I know it’s because they’re scared to death of her. I know it’s because a lot of people respect her views.”
This man will be at today’s book signing, he certainly thinks Sarah Palin is electable. I wonder if he knows where she’s from?
“It would be nice just to be able to see her personally, and I wish she would have run for Senator from the state of Florida and let Charlie (Charlie Crist) stay as Governor.”
“I wish she WOULD HAVE run for Senator from the state of Florida”? WTF? No wonder they love her up there.
Which scares the bezeezus out of me. I hope to God Florida runs a Tea Party candidate for that Senate seat. Lots of folks up there are supporting Rubio just because he’s further right than Crist, but even he is not far right enough for a lot of them (but yet way too right for my tastes). They’d drop him like a hot potato given a chance.
I also read that other, longer article from Foxsports earlier. Is it just me, or was every quote from her pretty much the same thing? How many times did she say American, all-American, patriotic, and kept going on and on about racing, speed, “just like Alaskans”. That is definitely one of her little overworn and patently transparent tricks: Link something about the event/city/state that I am in to something from Alaska. I had hoped that after the lackluster showing for the book tour at The Villages last year that folks from our state would be over her, have become more reasonable.
But then again, who’s to say that her boisterous reception was primarily from Floridians? I bet lots of people from elsewhere go to the Daytona 500. (Just trying to make myself feel better).
#105 terpsichore
“I wish she WOULD HAVE run for Senator from the state of Florida”? WTF? No wonder they love her up there.
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Some people slept through that class in Civics didn’t they?
A lot of people do go to the Daytona 500 from other places. We have gone in the past and friends of ours having been going for years. It’s an annual ritual. I wouldn’t say that the majority of people in attendance went particularly to see Ms Grifter.
Maybe she will go to the Lance Burton show and he will make her disappear. Forever
I want to see Billy Graham organization, Dobson and Pat Robertson justify Palin taking money from, and address, this group that functions soley to promote alcohol consumption. Seriously, I really want to hear Evangelicals, who consider any kind of drinking to be a sin, justify this and support Palin as a Christian leader.
While they are at it, maybe they can use the word retard as satire and and we can all get a good chuckle. Better yet, maybe the Christian Right can swear like Palin and put out a statement that says something like this,
“Hell NO, we aren’t upset that Palin is promoting alcohol consumption. You are all a bunch of retards who are only attacking her because she is a good Christian woman”.
Seems all of today’s right wing Christian’s are willing to sell out their values and faith for power and Palin. I’m thinking that the Evangelicals have been duped by the devil.
There exists in Alaska a law allowing communities to vote in a local option alchohol regulation. There are a number of options available under this law including dry (absolutely no legal alchohol) and damp ( no sales of alchohol, but legal importation of designated amounts) The damp option includes a computer generated list of all alchohol ordered by anyone in a damp community, that can be monitored by the ABC board and law enforcement. Last year Ms. Palin asked the senate judiciary to cut the alchohol importation limits in half, although typically, she declared that she wasn’t asking to cut the limits because a person under local option law would be able to order the same amount of spirits, but only half as often(subtle huh?). There was so much opposition to this new regulation that the judiciary commitee removed it from consideration. This action by our dear guv resulted in the community of Bethel voting out of local option, resulting in the city council and citizens searching for legal options that are truly local and community relevant. All this from a woman being payed to speak to purveyors of booze. whoda thunk.
Sarah to God of half open doors: How can I justify speaking to a group that exists to promote more alcoholic consumption that ruins lives and families?
God of doors to Sarah: Borrow from the Mormons and pretend you’re there to “Bleed the Beast”, that will let your conscience off the hook like it does theirs…too also. wink.
Sarah: Oh God, you little dickens, and a wink right back atcha. That’s perfect, I can use that one forever…and I don’t even have to wear funny underwear, or any underwear wink, cause I’m going Rogue don’tchaknow.
Palin Wine: No flavor, no bouquet, no aroma and flat with one bubble off a plum.
obdewl x @109 – Thanks for the info about the “damp” option!
When we lived in Bethel, it was “dry”, but you could order from the “Brown Jug” in ANC and they would fly it out on Wein. I guess that was before computers, and the means of keeping tab on who bought how much.
LOL – No matter how secret you tried to keep it that you were expecting a booze shipment, folks found out, and had better be prepared for folks dropping in that night.
When we first cam to BET, a teacher gave us a fifth of liquor, and said welcome – you’ll need this! Actually we loved Bethel, and have many fond memories.