LMAO! Insanity everywhere and there is no end. UNCLE indeed!
Here is a nice clip to calm you all down.
I know I have posted it before here, but I love it and it was my go-to calm down video tonight. Enjoy. It will bring your heart and mind back to a good place.
I agree that this is depressing. We seem to keep finding things that will derail the Palin express, and it keeps on going.
Two things are happening. 1) The people who can make a difference are enjoying the train ride. She boosts ratings and is interesting enough to attract attention. 2) There are a bunch of people who think she is not dangerous and are only catching the highlights.
Probably the main problem is that she has become a celebrity. Who worries about celebrities. Is Paris Hilton going to change world events? Will Lindsay Lohan influence Congress? Of course not.
The unappreciated actuality is her greed and ability to be moved by it. Anyone who can attach to her needs for adoration and money seems to have some influence.
She has gotten rid of the people in her circle who might clue her in. Reminds me of an old story of the prince who lived in a room with windows and mirrors. The more he looked at himself, the bigger the mirrors grew, and the view of the outside world diminished. At the end he went crazy because all he could see was himself, and the glorious nature through the windows was lost.
Well, I won’t be watching, but I’m sure some will. The problem is, she doesn’t know what reality really is since she lies all the time. And the thing is, don’t most of those shows do the filming and editing themselves? She won’t like it if they edit it so we actually see what she is like or how she interacts with her family.
Looks like Bristol left home just in time. And so . . . how does this keep her children “off limits” if she puts them on reality TV? I know the woman has no common sense, and that she is stupid – she just keeps proving every time she opens her mouth or appears on whatever show she is on.
I’d love it if she gets turned down by everyone – they should all take a lesson from Craig Ferguson and just say no.
Ah hah, ha, hah, HAH! No wonder she was trying to do a monologue on The Tonight Show (I only read about it, didn’t watch it). It would be hilarious and just think of all the fake tanning/botox/plastic surgery she would undergo! Oooh, I need more popcorn.
Mark Burnett, the producer dragging her around LA, is a Brit best known for “Survivor” and “Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader” — he seems to have found himself some bizarre hybrid of those two in $P. Rots of ruck pitching that show…
Granny was the #1 subject to lead off Jon Stewart tonight with that appearance on Leno. She must be soooooo proud.
I wonder why she doesn’t USE that Media to explain herself…?
She said she didn’t have time to explain herself with the FG Episode.
Stewart would give her the time……
Someone please give us an Update to the ” Tax Cheating ” Granny.
Aren’t the NEW modified records part of the public record at the Courthouse?
Okay–I said on another blog my son is a psych nurse and will soon have to take me to work with him and leave me!! Anybody want to go with me?? One whole unit is empty. Rick Perry , Gov Embarassment Forever, last night and Palin tonight and day after day after day. Help!
This says to me that she is no longer pretending to be a potential presidential candidate. I don’t believe we have sunk low enough to elect a reality star to the highest office.
Well, at least this will move her clearly into the “entertainment” arena and out of the “political” one. And all her rabid fans can follow her as she goes from one reality show to another and finally ends up on Dancing with the Stars.
When I saw this a chorus from a John Prine song popped in my mind.
“Blow up your T.V. throw away your paper
Go to the country, build you a home
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches
Try an find Jesus on your own”
The far right is infiterating our government…check out Utah on the latest of holding a pregnant woman responsible even if she naturally expells a baby. Does not matter how far along she is. Crazy.
perhaps she is trying to go the way of reagan – actor before a presidential run…?!?! harg. why, why, why?
i think i’ll listen to peter gabriel’s “big time” –
The place where I come from is a small town
They think so small, they use small words
But not me, I’m smarter than that,
I worked it out
I’ll be stretching my mouth to let those big words come right out
I’ve had enough, I’m getting out
to the city, the big big city
I’ll be a big noise with all the big boys, so much stuff I will own
And I will pray to a big god, as I kneel in the big church
Big time, I’m on my way I’m making it, big time, oh yes
Big time, I’ve got to make it show yeah, big time
Big time, so much larger than life
Big time, I’m gonna watch it growing, big time
Ho ohh ohh, oh oh, ho ohh ohh, oh ohhh
This has been going on for centuries – corruption, greed, deceit in the circle of those “in power”.. Thanks to internet communities of today we are enlightened…. Perhaps we are living in the age of a tipping point… Just trying to find the silver lining…
Seagull @32 – Her fans are justifying it, yes. Over in the sea, they had to justify the new book (a book of quotes and essays by other people) – a couple of them, disappointed that it was not a policy book were quickly admonished that SP is a genius and cannot be questioned. Just as they convinced themselves of this, they had to spin the reality show – you see, it will be about Alaska and drilling ANWAR, NOT about SP’s family – so this, also, too, is GENIUS.
If quittypants bites the heads off puppies and drinks the blood, this too will be GENIUS.
Nothing will convince them to see what she is – they are dillusional.
When someone like Palin grabs the celebrity ring, watch out – the media LOVES to build up celebrities and then take them down – hard.
Her insatiable need for the spotlight will be her undoing. I really believe that.
And now the Iditarod. If you haven’t seen it already, check it out. An organization that runs a race that so many of us love, an organization that should be completely non-political has done this:
The Wasilla Hillbillies are back to their “looting” ways:
“Palin at Oscar Gift Suite: Sarah Palin and Entourage “Like Locusts.’ ”
The Times also indicated that Palin was supposed to donate $1,700 along with all of her gift items to the Red Cross, which is currently helping with relief efforts in Haiti and Chile.
But E! Online insists, “we can assure you she did not give up any of her swag.” They quote an unnamed vendor who claims that upwards of 20 people from the Palin camp swarmed the event. “They were like locusts,” he told the entertainment news outlet.”
I know there are a lot of good authors who write for HC. I don’t want to boycott them entirely. However, I am going to look up St. Martin’s Press, and be a regular buyer of their publications. They are publishing Geoffrey Dunn’s book. I like them for doing that!
A new book, a reality show, that’s perfect. “Celebrity” is Sarah’s calling. She will be like the cabbage patch doll (dating myself), it was a wonderful idea- and the beanie babies craze – but how long did they last? poof to Sarah!
There is no way to spin this as a presidential maneuver. Reagan was a real actor (not a reality series player) and THEN SERVED as governor. He did not quit his job. He did not go from being an actor to a governor. Sarah Palin is not Fred Thompson.
A Palin reality series is the death knell for her political career; actually, many of us knew the bell rang long ago.
Even the new book will become branding for her reality show. Will her reality show be called ROGUES OF WASILLA? Or ROGUE IT UP IN ‘SILLA?
Sounds like she went shopping. She never gives anything without getting something in return.
She GAVE the charity a check for $1700.
She GOT “… thousands of dollars worth of free goods. Some of the products Palin picked up included Bloom facial products, which she told the vendor she needed for her under-eye area…But don’t think Sarah stopped there. Palin grabbed some oversize sweatshirts and tie-dyed “jeggings” for Bristol, got a blowout by colorist Erick Orellana from the Chris McMillan Salon, along with snatching up jewelry from Pascal Mouawad, Skagen Watches, Lash Food and 40 pairs of Aiaiai headphones.
A spokesperson for Aiaiai tells us Sarah said “they would be great for working out.”"
wow – I’ve been fearing to check in all day.
But I must say, I like Alaska Dispatch’s take on things Palin: relegated to a small corner, separated from ‘real news’. Not giving her attention may be the best reaction.
Bristol didn’t go anywhere- she’s in LA with Sarah right now taping her show. She’s still thick as thieves- her moms just bought her a house in Anc so she could show that her daughter is “independent and well adjusted”.
Wassila Hilbillies do L.A….swooped in and cleaned the place out..
Sounds like they took everything but the toilet…Stay classy$carah…
I gotta go to bed my head hurts…G-nite all…
Bill of Wasilla @ 35 – It seems there are some in AK who just can’t (or won’t) accept the fact that she is no longer mayor or gov…and that every time she opens her mouth, more people in the lower 48 are convinced of the *lack* intelligence of all the state’s residents, than not. As a spokesperson/wordsaladsmith for ALL Alaska(ns), she’s an epic fail. Too bad the Iditarod folks haven’t figured that out. beth.
My fantasy is that she’s indicted right before Dunn’s book is out, making his book a huge best seller, and hers isn’t yet out. Then McCain loses his re-election bid and his obituary shows all this gory detail about his stupidity in chosing this fraud. Country first, my a$$, Senator.
I just sent an email to Stan Hooley, Executive Director for the Iditarod and voiced my disapproval of using someone like $arah as a representative for the Iditarod. How about Libby Riddles?
AKM…we are with you and we all have Palin Fatigue as well…..one day at a time we must continue our work to expose her for what she is. Has America EVER seen a “thing” like this??????
I just really really want her to go away. I long for the days when I traveled outside that people would ask me where I was from……..I would answer Alaska….and the response would be one of wonder and interest. I felt like I was an unofficial ambassodor for the state. I would brag about our natural wonders and unparelled scenary and give tips on the spot to visit. It was great. Now I travel and I make up where I am from to avoid both the Palinbots and the Palinhaters……..
It’s Ok to walk away from the wreckage, really. I am becoming more and more convinced that the more we talk about her – even to criticize or critique – the more of her we shall have. I say, no thanks.
i sent the following letter to shooley@iditarod.com
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i have always been proud to to have the iditarod represent Alaska and to consider it part of who i am and where i call home.
i am ashamed that the iditarod is now endorsing the behavior of a hypocrite, liar and a quitter.
Sara Palin is a shameful embarrassment to this state .
for the iditarod to endorse her behavior by having her as a spokes person is very disheartening and quite frankly a very stupid and self destructive move.
a woman who claims Jesus is her savior yet ignores the very principles of his teachings by belittling , ridiculing and tearing down those she is opposed to instead of offering positive solutions.
shame on you for using such pathetic person as a spokes person.
she is a quitter , the selfless dogs that run the iditarod would run themselves to near death if you let them and you want a self absorbed quitter to speak for them… ?
Ivan
God, I go to bed and all hell has broken loose! What does uncle mean? Has she signed up for a reality show? What has happened with the Idatarod? I have so many questions. I’m hoping I dreamt about the book!!
Can not spell—That is a too, maybe should add also.
Ivan@11:58 — Yours was a much better email – mine just stated that I have been here since ’73 and thought highly of the race but if they were now using a political hack and quitter as their spokesperson I would NOT promote, watch, contribute or give them any more hits at their site.
I associate Palin with Alaska about as much as I associate a Big Mac with nutrition.
She was never qualified to hold a real job, so pretending to be someone she’s not in a reality show would be ideally suited to her limited intelligence.
Sarah, you’re not retarded. You’re just plain stupid.
Just fyi, I think something is wrong with the “Uncle!!!” post – I can read “Please just make it stop” but there’s nothing else. I see pix and video on all the other posts, but nothing on this one. (From the comments, I gather freakazoid is now the spokeswoman for the Iditarod?)
The word “stop” is a link. Sometimes they are hard to spot. AKM
JCos…I just read the link. If anyone questioned that she actually taking the RNC to the cleaners during the election, perhaps they should rethink their defense. This woman is beyond belief.
I would think a quiet family life would be even more important for a child with special needs.
How does the absence of your “mother” all the time who is supposedly “writing” a book when she is there and now the chaos of a reality show help Trig?
Oh wait, it’s not about Trig, it’s about making as much money and taking as much as she can.
Please, karma, time to step it up!
…maybe it’s slowing down for her ?? have some time this weekend, will try to graph out # of “Events” and calender…sort of seems like the events are getting smaller,,,,,, or is this just wishful thinking on my part??
In all fairness, that Iditarod spot was well done. Had Sarah merely resigned as governor, returned to private life and used her celebrity to promote Alaska, it might have been a good thing. She gets attention, and attention isn’t a bad thing when tourism is chunk of your economy. She’s really not bad reading from a script.
But her ego and greed got control. Now she can’t even promote Alaska without ruining it.
The exact origin of “say uncle” or “cry uncle,” an American invention first appearing in written English around 1918, is unclear, but there are, as usual, some interesting theories. One theory posits that “uncle” is actually a mangled form of the Irish word “anacol,” meaning “protection” or “safety,” making a demand from an aggressor to “cry uncle” equivalent to the thug demanding that his victim “cry for help” as a signal of surrender. There’s no real evidence to support this theory, but there certainly was no lack of recent Irish immigrants in the U.S. around the turn of the century, so it’s not entirely implausible.
I freaking knew it. I just knew she was angling for a reality show. OMG will the freak show never end?????
The Huffpo article this morning about Palin & her entourage being like “locusts” at the Oscar gifts suite was perfect.
The greed is just breathtaking – keep in mind, this woman is already a multi-millionaire with a lucrative contract with Fox News and an in home studio. She just couldn’t resist grabbing more and more stuff – gifts for all of her entourage AND herself and family. She didn’t even bother to adhere to the protocol of donating her gifts + $1,700 to the Red Cross. If ALL of her entourage had already gotten gifts, isn’t that more than enough to go around, even with the donation?
I hope everyone sees this – it’s consistent with her behaviour during the campaign. I’m amazed at so many people willing to put up with her BS.
I say again – she can not be serious about running for POTUS in 2012, this is very damaging her to her “brand” of being a normal everyday hockey mom.
So from all accounts, Palin and her crew got there before anyone else, practically cleaned the place out (WHO needs 40 pairs of headphones??) but she did donate money (not the free stuff) to the Red Cross so that is one redeeming factor.
However – being on comparable grounds as the likes of noted free-loaders like Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton is not exactly presidential OR elegant.
I get it – it’s free designer high end stuff so why not partake? That’s fine – get yours, girl. But does it have to be this unseemly? Can Palin (and her crew) ever do anything with class and grace? Can she not have just picked up some stuff then write a fat check to Red Cross? Accounts above show that she donated $1700 to $2000 – Alyssa Milano alone donated $50,000 to Haiti. Sarah Palin makes just as much as Milano (maybe even more) – and she could only squeeze out $2000? Come on.
But hey – credit where credit is due – thank you Sarah Palin for your concern for the people of Haiti. I am sure your $2000 will be put to good use. Enjoy your new goodies! (No snark or sarcasm, I meant that!)
I think I agree with him. The reason why Palin is so angry at “the media” is cuz they make fun of her and won’t bow down and worship her. She hates them for being such meanies! She’s a typical attention craving cheerleader with a mean streak. She wants to be the Prom Queen and she wants everyone to LOVE LOVE her. She LOVES the glitz and glamour of Hollywood! The clothes, the money, the limos, the papparazzi! She wants it all! But will never admit it.
We also know she just wants CASH MONEY + FAME…..so I think Lawson’s idea is brilliant. It’s a gamble, I agree! But give this woman a talk show, all the crazy “base” people will come on it thus showing us ALL just how nuts it would be to allow teabaggers and neocons back in power and voila! Democratic Party in power for a generation or more!
It’s a Faustian bargain, I know. But come on, we gotta do SOMETHING! Palin will not go away! At this rate, we’re looking at 2 new books every year!! Oh the pain. I just can’t handle it anymore!!
Make her into the Hollywood celebrity she LONGS to be – and she will never be taken seriously in politics ever again. I don’t care if her base love her and if the Teabaggers invite her to speak every year at their convention. She’ll be nothing but an airhead with a talk show.
Somewhere, Meg Stapleton is kicking herself for not hanging on another few weeks in Crazy Land to cash in on the free Oscar goodies!! hahhahahaha!
Muddy: This is a GREAT adventure-trip story… classic for anyone who has travelled for a living – ALL THE TIME..axiom – life on the road SUCKS!!!
Well, back to the reel world of sister in LaLa for all the glitter and glamor… Leno and the trappings of Holywood.. (spelling is correct AND intentional)..
It was just announced here (LA) on the local mornings news (KTLA) where I’m visiting for a few days that on her ‘visit’ to LaLa earlier in the week, sister and her ‘people’ met with various ‘producers’ of kinda-reality shows and MAY have come to an agreement for a new program to be based at sister’s compound that focuses on ‘the rigors of growing up and living in Alaska’.
This snippet of a story this morning stopped me in my tracks like fast-dry concrete and then I almost spewed the same as you did when you heard the second book story from Shannyn.. I’ll try to verify the snippet with more data but seems that soon, you guys will have to make room for Holywoood North crews !! RRRRHHHHAAAAAAA>>>>……………
Alaskans need to protest about Palin (mis)representing them in a reality show. She quit! Now she wants to cash in…again. Will the people she neglected as governor see one dime in their pockets as she continues to promote herself (just like she did when she was in office)? What’s the opposite of you betcha?
aussiegal77
To make her into the Hollywood celebrity she longs to be — if you do that it just moves her higher up her ladder on to the next on her list. She’s never happy, never will be with accomplishing a goal she has set and as she attains each of them, she cares not about collateral damage. Making her the Hollywood celebrity would be in her eyes rewarding her and she would believe she’s then entitled to move up.
She truly has to be stomped on and stopped. She’s good for a laugh but too many of her followers are unhinged. When they will do ‘anything’ for her and then post names, addresses, pictures of houses, of those that don’t agree — there lies the danger.
Levi & Tank let the idea of his doing a reality show hang out there and she’s determined to one up Levi. I’m of the belief that Tank and Rex aren’t ‘all that’. Most certainly I question Rex’s legal abilities as so far Levi’s Mom hung out to dry for a first offense that others would have gotten off for. He certainly doesn’t sound all that brilliant in the custody case either.
meede – right on all points and I know it would be a big gamble. However, Palin’s downfall has always been her giant ego. Anyone who has any sense can see that plainly since her book came out – my hope is that she will self destruct and on national TV. I agree with you – she needs to be stopped – and in my mind, the best person to do that is Sarah herself =)
What I really truly want is for Palin to just go away but I think we can both see she just will not.
Burnett ought to get Sarah to appear on “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” but they would have to fill the board with first grade questions and check her palm for test cheats.
Anyone other than Fox that associates themselves with her is setting themselves up for trouble with any of their other produced shows. Burnett has a lot riding on it if he signs on as he has a number of shows. To sign on with her is a ‘political’ move for which other shows are viewed by all. To sign on – clearly shows they under estimate the other side!!! The producer, creator, network, cable — they thought ratings & sponsorship was having a rough time now – they ain’t seen nothing yet.
If there is one thing that so-called “reality TV” does best is kill reality. Maybe this is Paylin’s opportunity to die for her country….or just quit again.
Ah, but apparently it will never stop! Definitely a week, and then some, of Palin overload. I commend you AKM, and all Alaskans for your tenacious constitution in putting up with her all these years. How DID you do it?
Against my better judgement, I took a peek at some video from her visit to Leno, and boy howdy, her first lie I believe started at around word #3 after she first spoke? Oh the BS, it does flow like a river, and it sounds like that body of water will pay off for her quite nicely! Let’s hope her prolonged 15 minutes have a flameout real soon, because sooner or later I would think that even her die hard fans would start to get tired of her. Plus with all the $$ she’s making, the envy could turn to resentment real quick don’t you think?
As for the rest of us, well she isn’t getting any smarter that’s for sure, and all that $$ may trump any desire she may have for “partial term” elected office. I know she’s good news for Dems if she runs, but ever since the SCOTUS decision, well, just don’t want to go there if you know what I mean. Ugh!
But I couldn’t agree with you more: PLEASE make her go away!
Levi & Tank let the idea of his doing a reality show hang out there and she’s determined to one up Levi. I’m of the belief that Tank and Rex aren’t ‘all that’. Most certainly I question Rex’s legal abilities as so far Levi’s Mom hung out to dry for a first offense that others would have gotten off for. He certainly doesn’t sound all that brilliant in the custody case either.
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i agree. i don’t think much of mr. butler’s legal skills either. mrs. johnston would have done no worse if she had just thrown herself on the mercy of the court. jeebus.
Gryphen at IM has a VERY interesting post about Palin’s chances for a Presidential run in 2012. Even John Ziegler, Palin panty-sniffer extraordinaire, admits that her chances of becoming President are less than zero.
Awww. This is going to make the pe.e-bots very unhappy.
Thanks for the link to the HuffPo article re:Palin reality Show, Winski@86.
It doesn’t seem clear whether this is an actual Reality Show (expected to run multiple episodes for multiple seasons, requiring ongoing commitment on the part of the network, cast and crew) or a docudrama (generally having a fixed number of episodes, limited time commitment).
That’s important, because while SP may have caused the TV viewership to spike on Leno and Oprah specifically (I have doubts about what her appearances on Fox have done to raise ratings), the chief factor is that those are one-off appearances, not sustained week-after-week return viewership. She has zero track record for sustained …. anything.
If I were a network executive I would think long and hard about that before signing these folks up for something that I was investing in that I was expecting to be a long-term moneymaker.
But, if it is a ‘limited run’ deal, the net execs might gamble on her one-off phenomenon in the hopes of picking up ratings, but in the end they need money too – who’s going to advertise? Who is going to want to advertise during ‘her’ show?
I see this fraught with lots of problems, least of which is that the family’s appearances on TV I’ve seen so far have been really, really dull and lackluster.
I didn’t catch all of Sarah on Leno (probably good I didn’t – if I’d heard her ‘journalism’ rant, I’d have probably broken our TV screen in a vain effort to throttle her) but what I did catch came off as very scripted. While some of it was funny, it felt so painfully that Sarah was not actually being herself, and it doesn’t matter if she had or didn’t have a teleprompter or cue cards or if she memorized it – it was not off-the-cuff, it was all staged and scripted and I felt uncomfortable watching it, because it didn’t seem natural (we all know that natural for her is criticisizing those with whom she does not agree – President Obama, Rahm Emanuel. At least when she tried to defend her position regarding them, it really seemed like she was expressing her true dislike of them.)
I can handle an honest opinion I disagree with. I have trouble with people who are so obviously ‘faking’ that I have no idea how to respond to them. That’s how Sarah came off on Leno to me, in the last bit of the interview I saw and into the very painful ‘stand-up comedian’ section.
I didn’t think it was particularly funny (and Mr. Terps had to remind me that she herself did not write the jokes) but it still came off to me as … “The Tonight Show” writers gambled (correctly) that SP would be vapid and/or boring and/or insulting (insulting is different than ‘poking fun at’. Sarah’s good at the former, not so much the latter) and scripted the whole ‘stand-up comedian’ thing to pad time for what was a really dull guest.
I never thought that being President was what she was going for; this is exactly what she was going for. I have my days where I wonder where the h*ll we’re going as a culture, as a world of beings, with all of this ridiculousness. But I guess it’s all been done before: nothing new under the sun, eh?
I’ve heard of making hay while the sun shines, but we all knew this was a bad PLANTING. For me, Obama is the seed that took root and bloomed with wisdom and intelligence.
BTW, those Jersey people are from Long Island; just so you know.
It should be no surprise that the Iditarod hired her as spokesfool. The founders and organizers were/are from a small slice of Valley residents who are extremely conservative, who believe they represent the “real” Alaskans, and feel they are extra special for livng a “rural” life style, mushing dogs, etc. The Iditarod in its present state is far removed from the actual event that inspired it, and is really not representative of anything other than themselves. I’d say Sarah is a perfect match.
Well maybe palin will be the new Milli vanilli she certainly does nothing but lip sink. It is funny that everything she does is a fraud. She can’t write but
she is an author. She can’t write but she got a degree in journalism
She can’t governor yet she became one. This women is a total paradox.
Lets hope she goes the way of Fabian .
Dear Alaska friends,
I have two questions:
1. Do you want SP to represent Alaska on a reality show?
2. Do you want the lower 48 and the world to know what Alaska is like through the eyes of SP?
I don’t think Sarah should be counting her pelts before they’re skinned.
Hollywood is a very nepotistic town. Not necessarily familial but definitely word of mouth. People like working with people they’ve worked with before or who are recommended highly by people they trust.
While the Oscar Gift Suite incident certainly doesn’t do Palin any favors, more telling is the truth behind her Leno appearance. The couple behind the Going Rouge coloring book were in the audience that night. He has a blog and he tweets. He’s a professional audio man. He called it as he saw it. And he says that Leno’s show was tracked. Laughs and applause were added that just didn’t happen live. The editors basically went back and made her appearance look more successful than it was in reality. (and the author speculates that is only one of the reasons she’d never do Letterman, Stewart or Colbert; they’d never add a laugh track to boost her ego.) While I’m sure the ratings were great (Shawn White and Adam Lambert didn’t hurt) I’ll lay money no one at home was laughing. More like staring like deer in the headlights at the trainwreck.
The camera men and technicians were there and they knew what was happening and what was subsequently done. Word gets around. Palin may have a lot of polite meetings but I doubt she is going to get her reality show. Shows cost money and they have to make even more money. That means sponsors. Sponsors aren’t political. They’re capitalistic. If they don’t think they can sell enough products to the small demographic that her show will generate they won’t buy air time. If enough air time can’t be sold, then neither will the show. TV isn’t charity and it isn’t political. It’s a business. And Palin can’t bring home the bacon and support the bottom line. Leno did her a favor and in doing so didn’t do her any favors. I’m sure in her deluded head she thinks she’s a hit. Leno’s writers tried their best to make her into a stand up comic. Abject FAIL. An added laugh track can’t make her funny or teach her timing.
In the mean time Kathy Griffin is filming around Alaska with Levi on her arm.
That’s gotta hurt. (Paying taxes on all of that swag is going to smart too. Her pittance of a donation won’t begin to offset what she’ll owe.)
HA! Roller Derby – that’s rich. I think you just hit the nail on the head, #108 sallyngarland,tx. ROLLER DERBY – I’m ROFL! Hand me a kleenex.
Going back aways to #53 Ivan: Thanks for the link to shooley@iditarod.com. I just fired off a letter explaining, in very clear terms, why our friends here in Los Angeles won’t be making their annual trip to the race…ever… until Palin is removed as their “mascot”.
I also appreciate reading the inside poop about Palin’s appearance on Leno 2 nights ago. The applause was obviously fake…I live near Burbank, and have attended a few Leno tapings. They generally occur at 10:30 – 11:00 AM. Last I heard, the guests-on-the-couch received $500 each, although that was quite a few years ago. It’s no big $$ – it’s the exposure that counts.
The audience “draw” that night was for Shaun White, the gold-medal winning Olympic snowboarder. And who didn’t want to see what Adam Lambert might come up with? Truth be told, it was a great show. We were watching to see if/when/how $$arah might crash and burn, and then we had two accomplished “kids” to look forward to. Shaun White’s pure and fun honesty was wonderful to see. Adam Lambert – what can you say? He’s an entertainer, and good at it. They both made Sister look sick.
Believe me, nobody in Burbank is going to clap for Palin, or even issue a chuckle for her sorry attempt at moose comedy. Quite a few of Leno’s guests receive lukewarm applause, despite the giant lit up “Applause Now” signs everywhere. The clap/laugh-track has plenty of hours in which to be added before the show airs at 11:35 PM. What was seen and heard on national TV was faked. The entertainment world is all about ratings, hence, money.
If we can vote her off the island, I’m all for it. It would be the first and last reality show I would ever watch or participate in. But only so long as we can vote her off the island and the votes are counted fairly.
BTW, if she thinks that Hollywood won’t chew her and her family up and spit her out like the tasteless piece of old Wrigleys that she is, she is sadly mistaken.
That does it! I’ll never watch Leno again. I’ll turn it on Letterman every night just to give him the ratings. I can’t believe the teflon granny grifter. Everything just rolls right off her back and she keeps making money. Another book? Ridiculous. Will this never end?
Well count me out. I’m not going to return my new high-def set top. I don’t know if it’s Father Time or just her personality but the woman gets uglier and uglier dang everyday!
Actually, this may be her downfall.
LMAO! Insanity everywhere and there is no end. UNCLE indeed!
Here is a nice clip to calm you all down.
I know I have posted it before here, but I love it and it was my go-to calm down video tonight. Enjoy. It will bring your heart and mind back to a good place.
http://video.tiscali.it/canali/truveo/611_1234581161.html
Jesus……….I thought I would check the ‘flats before I hit the sack………f^*k !!
Dang , does it ever stop ?!?!
Dear. God.
(thud)
I agree that this is depressing. We seem to keep finding things that will derail the Palin express, and it keeps on going.
Two things are happening. 1) The people who can make a difference are enjoying the train ride. She boosts ratings and is interesting enough to attract attention. 2) There are a bunch of people who think she is not dangerous and are only catching the highlights.
Probably the main problem is that she has become a celebrity. Who worries about celebrities. Is Paris Hilton going to change world events? Will Lindsay Lohan influence Congress? Of course not.
The unappreciated actuality is her greed and ability to be moved by it. Anyone who can attach to her needs for adoration and money seems to have some influence.
She has gotten rid of the people in her circle who might clue her in. Reminds me of an old story of the prince who lived in a room with windows and mirrors. The more he looked at himself, the bigger the mirrors grew, and the view of the outside world diminished. At the end he went crazy because all he could see was himself, and the glorious nature through the windows was lost.
AKM: You must not, CAN NOT give up!
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” (good women, also, too).
~Edmund Burke
WE are here, we are with you, we care, we will help.
Well, I won’t be watching, but I’m sure some will. The problem is, she doesn’t know what reality really is since she lies all the time. And the thing is, don’t most of those shows do the filming and editing themselves? She won’t like it if they edit it so we actually see what she is like or how she interacts with her family.
Looks like Bristol left home just in time. And so . . . how does this keep her children “off limits” if she puts them on reality TV? I know the woman has no common sense, and that she is stupid – she just keeps proving every time she opens her mouth or appears on whatever show she is on.
I’d love it if she gets turned down by everyone – they should all take a lesson from Craig Ferguson and just say no.
….Every. Single. Day.
” I’d say that’s some serious cognitive dissonance happening…but that would imply Palin has functioning cognitive skills. ”
comment at thinkprogress
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/03/03/palin-fox-objective/
Ah hah, ha, hah, HAH! No wonder she was trying to do a monologue on The Tonight Show (I only read about it, didn’t watch it). It would be hilarious and just think of all the fake tanning/botox/plastic surgery she would undergo! Oooh, I need more popcorn.
Can we switch topics and talk about the upcoming local elections? I am so sick of everything Palin. We need to stop feeding her ego.
I am personally boycotting the Leno show, and I’m letting them know why.
I refuse to support any commercial enterprise that gives this liar and evil person a platform to spew more hatred and vitriol.
I will write, e-mail and phone all the shows where she is given free reign to malign our president and our country.
My list, so far, includes Oprah, Leno, Harper Collins, Fox (as if I needed another reason to not watch them).
What businesses have I missed?
Mark Burnett, the producer dragging her around LA, is a Brit best known for “Survivor” and “Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader” — he seems to have found himself some bizarre hybrid of those two in $P. Rots of ruck pitching that show…
Here, as Mrs.TBB says, a palate cleanser, for all you physics fans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w
Granny was the #1 subject to lead off Jon Stewart tonight with that appearance on Leno. She must be soooooo proud.
I wonder why she doesn’t USE that Media to explain herself…?
She said she didn’t have time to explain herself with the FG Episode.
Stewart would give her the time……
Someone please give us an Update to the ” Tax Cheating ” Granny.
Aren’t the NEW modified records part of the public record at the Courthouse?
sigh………I’m toast…….
http://i.imgur.com/wIXWX.png
Okay–I said on another blog my son is a psych nurse and will soon have to take me to work with him and leave me!! Anybody want to go with me?? One whole unit is empty. Rick Perry , Gov Embarassment Forever, last night and Palin tonight and day after day after day. Help!
Well the program name should definitely be:
Northern OverExposure
This says to me that she is no longer pretending to be a potential presidential candidate. I don’t believe we have sunk low enough to elect a reality star to the highest office.
Well, at least this will move her clearly into the “entertainment” arena and out of the “political” one. And all her rabid fans can follow her as she goes from one reality show to another and finally ends up on Dancing with the Stars.
I predict that it would have a pretty short run… eek. Maybe not. You know how people are fascinated by train wrecks.
When I saw this a chorus from a John Prine song popped in my mind.
“Blow up your T.V. throw away your paper
Go to the country, build you a home
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches
Try an find Jesus on your own”
The far right is infiterating our government…check out Utah on the latest of holding a pregnant woman responsible even if she naturally expells a baby. Does not matter how far along she is. Crazy.
Why doesn’t she just go on “Dancing with the Stars” and get it over with??
president’s yearly salary ~ $400,000
sarah’s earning potential (books, speeches, tv appearances, news show, reality show, & gobs of gifts & donations) ~ unlimited
makes me sick.
soooo….
it’s a reality horror show???
will there be fun songs and dancing like in Rocky Horror Picture Show?
Yo ho. I think this means her “presidential ambitions” are officially kaput. Bye bye, SarahPAC.
whore.
perhaps she is trying to go the way of reagan – actor before a presidential run…?!?! harg. why, why, why?
i think i’ll listen to peter gabriel’s “big time” –
The place where I come from is a small town
They think so small, they use small words
But not me, I’m smarter than that,
I worked it out
I’ll be stretching my mouth to let those big words come right out
I’ve had enough, I’m getting out
to the city, the big big city
I’ll be a big noise with all the big boys, so much stuff I will own
And I will pray to a big god, as I kneel in the big church
Big time, I’m on my way I’m making it, big time, oh yes
Big time, I’ve got to make it show yeah, big time
Big time, so much larger than life
Big time, I’m gonna watch it growing, big time
Ho ohh ohh, oh oh, ho ohh ohh, oh ohhh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0FBi5Rv1ho
geez, that song seems perfect for her now that i think of it! sarah should appreciate the sarcasm, and we all know how she loves sarcasm!
This has been going on for centuries – corruption, greed, deceit in the circle of those “in power”.. Thanks to internet communities of today we are enlightened…. Perhaps we are living in the age of a tipping point… Just trying to find the silver lining…
Do you think she’s going for this because Levi is getting a reality show? She has professional jealousy!
I just clicked on the link… that’s too funny. It would be great if she got a reality show. That photo of her is one of her bad ones.
Wonder what her political fans think? Justifying it somehow?
I won’t watch, comment on even HP, and generally ignore her. With dear ol’ mudflats as our safety valve, I figure we can hold out for a long time.
Seagull @32 – Her fans are justifying it, yes. Over in the sea, they had to justify the new book (a book of quotes and essays by other people) – a couple of them, disappointed that it was not a policy book were quickly admonished that SP is a genius and cannot be questioned. Just as they convinced themselves of this, they had to spin the reality show – you see, it will be about Alaska and drilling ANWAR, NOT about SP’s family – so this, also, too, is GENIUS.
If quittypants bites the heads off puppies and drinks the blood, this too will be GENIUS.
Nothing will convince them to see what she is – they are dillusional.
When someone like Palin grabs the celebrity ring, watch out – the media LOVES to build up celebrities and then take them down – hard.
Her insatiable need for the spotlight will be her undoing. I really believe that.
And now the Iditarod. If you haven’t seen it already, check it out. An organization that runs a race that so many of us love, an organization that should be completely non-political has done this:
http://www.iditarod.com/
Oh, damn, who put all that make-up on her? She reminds of the Joker in Batman.
The Wasilla Hillbillies are back to their “looting” ways:
“Palin at Oscar Gift Suite: Sarah Palin and Entourage “Like Locusts.’ ”
The Times also indicated that Palin was supposed to donate $1,700 along with all of her gift items to the Red Cross, which is currently helping with relief efforts in Haiti and Chile.
But E! Online insists, “we can assure you she did not give up any of her swag.” They quote an unnamed vendor who claims that upwards of 20 people from the Palin camp swarmed the event. “They were like locusts,” he told the entertainment news outlet.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/03/palin-at-oscar-gift-suite_n_485101.html
I know there are a lot of good authors who write for HC. I don’t want to boycott them entirely. However, I am going to look up St. Martin’s Press, and be a regular buyer of their publications. They are publishing Geoffrey Dunn’s book. I like them for doing that!
A new book, a reality show, that’s perfect. “Celebrity” is Sarah’s calling. She will be like the cabbage patch doll (dating myself), it was a wonderful idea- and the beanie babies craze – but how long did they last? poof to Sarah!
There is no way to spin this as a presidential maneuver. Reagan was a real actor (not a reality series player) and THEN SERVED as governor. He did not quit his job. He did not go from being an actor to a governor. Sarah Palin is not Fred Thompson.
A Palin reality series is the death knell for her political career; actually, many of us knew the bell rang long ago.
Even the new book will become branding for her reality show. Will her reality show be called ROGUES OF WASILLA? Or ROGUE IT UP IN ‘SILLA?
Oops^above, I meant above that Reagan DID go from acting to politics.
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/the_awful_truth/b169997_sarah_palin_grabby_entourage_like.html
Sounds like she went shopping. She never gives anything without getting something in return.
She GAVE the charity a check for $1700.
She GOT “… thousands of dollars worth of free goods. Some of the products Palin picked up included Bloom facial products, which she told the vendor she needed for her under-eye area…But don’t think Sarah stopped there. Palin grabbed some oversize sweatshirts and tie-dyed “jeggings” for Bristol, got a blowout by colorist Erick Orellana from the Chris McMillan Salon, along with snatching up jewelry from Pascal Mouawad, Skagen Watches, Lash Food and 40 pairs of Aiaiai headphones.
A spokesperson for Aiaiai tells us Sarah said “they would be great for working out.”"
wow – I’ve been fearing to check in all day.
But I must say, I like Alaska Dispatch’s take on things Palin: relegated to a small corner, separated from ‘real news’. Not giving her attention may be the best reaction.
Bristol didn’t go anywhere- she’s in LA with Sarah right now taping her show. She’s still thick as thieves- her moms just bought her a house in Anc so she could show that her daughter is “independent and well adjusted”.
I’m with you AKM- I just need it to stop.
Wassila Hilbillies do L.A….swooped in and cleaned the place out..
Sounds like they took everything but the toilet…Stay classy$carah…
I gotta go to bed my head hurts…G-nite all…
Bill of Wasilla @ 35 – It seems there are some in AK who just can’t (or won’t) accept the fact that she is no longer mayor or gov…and that every time she opens her mouth, more people in the lower 48 are convinced of the *lack* intelligence of all the state’s residents, than not. As a spokesperson/wordsaladsmith for ALL Alaska(ns), she’s an epic fail. Too bad the Iditarod folks haven’t figured that out. beth.
My fantasy is that she’s indicted right before Dunn’s book is out, making his book a huge best seller, and hers isn’t yet out. Then McCain loses his re-election bid and his obituary shows all this gory detail about his stupidity in chosing this fraud. Country first, my a$$, Senator.
If Levi has the dirt this should make him spill it.
http://omg.yahoo.com/news/levi-johnston-ordered-to-pay-palin-18-500-in-back-child-support/36477#comments
I just sent an email to Stan Hooley, Executive Director for the Iditarod and voiced my disapproval of using someone like $arah as a representative for the Iditarod. How about Libby Riddles?
Write to him at shooley@iditarod.com
AKM…we are with you and we all have Palin Fatigue as well…..one day at a time we must continue our work to expose her for what she is. Has America EVER seen a “thing” like this??????
ooh lookie – everyone’s a star in hollywood. their’s ricky and vicky and quitter and sitter………buh bye losers.
I just really really want her to go away. I long for the days when I traveled outside that people would ask me where I was from……..I would answer Alaska….and the response would be one of wonder and interest. I felt like I was an unofficial ambassodor for the state. I would brag about our natural wonders and unparelled scenary and give tips on the spot to visit. It was great. Now I travel and I make up where I am from to avoid both the Palinbots and the Palinhaters……..
Hilarious, AKM! It’s so time for it to stop!
I hate that I’m saying this but, if the reality show is a classy AK exploration show, it could possibly give her a boost.
It’s Ok to walk away from the wreckage, really. I am becoming more and more convinced that the more we talk about her – even to criticize or critique – the more of her we shall have. I say, no thanks.
i sent the following letter to shooley@iditarod.com
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i have always been proud to to have the iditarod represent Alaska and to consider it part of who i am and where i call home.
i am ashamed that the iditarod is now endorsing the behavior of a hypocrite, liar and a quitter.
Sara Palin is a shameful embarrassment to this state .
for the iditarod to endorse her behavior by having her as a spokes person is very disheartening and quite frankly a very stupid and self destructive move.
a woman who claims Jesus is her savior yet ignores the very principles of his teachings by belittling , ridiculing and tearing down those she is opposed to instead of offering positive solutions.
shame on you for using such pathetic person as a spokes person.
she is a quitter , the selfless dogs that run the iditarod would run themselves to near death if you let them and you want a self absorbed quitter to speak for them… ?
Ivan
ivan great letter. especially your observance about the dogs who run the iditarod
Here’s a video clip of the Palins at the event.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk6SnTFSJyk
“Here’s a video clip of the Palins at the event.”
What the heck was that??
I just saw $arah’s Iditarod commercial on tv, and like several others I sent them an email expressing my disgust.
Would they glorify a musher that quit halfway through their race?
God, I go to bed and all hell has broken loose! What does uncle mean? Has she signed up for a reality show? What has happened with the Idatarod? I have so many questions. I’m hoping I dreamt about the book!!
BooBoo@11:08 , I to sent an email to the Iditarod.
Can not spell—That is a too, maybe should add also.
Ivan@11:58 — Yours was a much better email – mine just stated that I have been here since ’73 and thought highly of the race but if they were now using a political hack and quitter as their spokesperson I would NOT promote, watch, contribute or give them any more hits at their site.
@13 norwegian blue: Thank you, thank you. That was bloody wonderful.
I associate Palin with Alaska about as much as I associate a Big Mac with nutrition.
She was never qualified to hold a real job, so pretending to be someone she’s not in a reality show would be ideally suited to her limited intelligence.
Sarah, you’re not retarded. You’re just plain stupid.
Just fyi, I think something is wrong with the “Uncle!!!” post – I can read “Please just make it stop” but there’s nothing else. I see pix and video on all the other posts, but nothing on this one. (From the comments, I gather freakazoid is now the spokeswoman for the Iditarod?)
The word “stop” is a link. Sometimes they are hard to spot. AKM
@ Irishgirl
uncle
Thanks Gyalist!!
Palin and her greedy entourage “like locusts”. Thank you, Jesus, for opening that door!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/03/palin-at-oscar-gift-suite_n_485101.html
JCos…I just read the link. If anyone questioned that she actually taking the RNC to the cleaners during the election, perhaps they should rethink their defense. This woman is beyond belief.
I would think a quiet family life would be even more important for a child with special needs.
How does the absence of your “mother” all the time who is supposedly “writing” a book when she is there and now the chaos of a reality show help Trig?
Oh wait, it’s not about Trig, it’s about making as much money and taking as much as she can.
Please, karma, time to step it up!
…maybe it’s slowing down for her ?? have some time this weekend, will try to graph out # of “Events” and calender…sort of seems like the events are getting smaller,,,,,, or is this just wishful thinking on my part??
Do her bots know that the “just like me” quitterqueen has an ENTOURAGE of handlers, security, assistants, NANNIES etc……
In all fairness, that Iditarod spot was well done. Had Sarah merely resigned as governor, returned to private life and used her celebrity to promote Alaska, it might have been a good thing. She gets attention, and attention isn’t a bad thing when tourism is chunk of your economy. She’s really not bad reading from a script.
But her ego and greed got control. Now she can’t even promote Alaska without ruining it.
#58 @Irishgirl
The exact origin of “say uncle” or “cry uncle,” an American invention first appearing in written English around 1918, is unclear, but there are, as usual, some interesting theories. One theory posits that “uncle” is actually a mangled form of the Irish word “anacol,” meaning “protection” or “safety,” making a demand from an aggressor to “cry uncle” equivalent to the thug demanding that his victim “cry for help” as a signal of surrender. There’s no real evidence to support this theory, but there certainly was no lack of recent Irish immigrants in the U.S. around the turn of the century, so it’s not entirely implausible.
http://www.word-detective.com/112701.html “Please release me”
Greedy then, greedy now. At least she’s consistent in that regard.
“Wasilla Hillbillies Looting Nieman Marcus”
Palin’s shopping spree was even bigger than the $150K already reported says Newsweek:
http://www.rollingstone.com/nationalaffairs/index.php/2008/11/05/wasilla-hillbillies-looting-nieman-marcus/
I freaking knew it. I just knew she was angling for a reality show. OMG will the freak show never end?????
The Huffpo article this morning about Palin & her entourage being like “locusts” at the Oscar gifts suite was perfect.
The greed is just breathtaking – keep in mind, this woman is already a multi-millionaire with a lucrative contract with Fox News and an in home studio. She just couldn’t resist grabbing more and more stuff – gifts for all of her entourage AND herself and family. She didn’t even bother to adhere to the protocol of donating her gifts + $1,700 to the Red Cross. If ALL of her entourage had already gotten gifts, isn’t that more than enough to go around, even with the donation?
I hope everyone sees this – it’s consistent with her behaviour during the campaign. I’m amazed at so many people willing to put up with her BS.
I say again – she can not be serious about running for POTUS in 2012, this is very damaging her to her “brand” of being a normal everyday hockey mom.
Hmmm…..
LA TImes indicate that Palin did donate her gifts + $1700 (The article said “I’m told that Palin donated her gifts etc” that’s not exactly rock solid fact): http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2010/03/sarah-palin-oscar-gift-lounge-bristol-.html
Conflicting reports from E Online: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/the_awful_truth/b169997_sarah_palin_grabby_entourage_like.html
Yet another conflicting report from Hollywood Life – seems she did donate some money:
http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2010/03/03/sarah-palin-sexy-lingerie-oscar-gifiting-suite/
And one more:
http://www.popeater.com/2010/03/03/sarah-palin-reveals-her-love-of-hollywood-swag/
So from all accounts, Palin and her crew got there before anyone else, practically cleaned the place out (WHO needs 40 pairs of headphones??) but she did donate money (not the free stuff) to the Red Cross so that is one redeeming factor.
However – being on comparable grounds as the likes of noted free-loaders like Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton is not exactly presidential OR elegant.
I get it – it’s free designer high end stuff so why not partake? That’s fine – get yours, girl. But does it have to be this unseemly? Can Palin (and her crew) ever do anything with class and grace? Can she not have just picked up some stuff then write a fat check to Red Cross? Accounts above show that she donated $1700 to $2000 – Alyssa Milano alone donated $50,000 to Haiti. Sarah Palin makes just as much as Milano (maybe even more) – and she could only squeeze out $2000? Come on.
But hey – credit where credit is due – thank you Sarah Palin for your concern for the people of Haiti. I am sure your $2000 will be put to good use. Enjoy your new goodies! (No snark or sarcasm, I meant that!)
Palin and Co swept through the Oscar’s gift suite like locusts.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/03/palin-at-oscar-gift-suite_n_485101.html
Richard Lawson makes a compelling case for giving Palin her own talk show”
http://gawker.com/5484853/please-give-sarah-palin-her-own-show?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gawker%2Ffull+%28Gawker%29
I think I agree with him. The reason why Palin is so angry at “the media” is cuz they make fun of her and won’t bow down and worship her. She hates them for being such meanies! She’s a typical attention craving cheerleader with a mean streak. She wants to be the Prom Queen and she wants everyone to LOVE LOVE her. She LOVES the glitz and glamour of Hollywood! The clothes, the money, the limos, the papparazzi! She wants it all! But will never admit it.
We also know she just wants CASH MONEY + FAME…..so I think Lawson’s idea is brilliant. It’s a gamble, I agree! But give this woman a talk show, all the crazy “base” people will come on it thus showing us ALL just how nuts it would be to allow teabaggers and neocons back in power and voila! Democratic Party in power for a generation or more!
It’s a Faustian bargain, I know. But come on, we gotta do SOMETHING! Palin will not go away! At this rate, we’re looking at 2 new books every year!! Oh the pain. I just can’t handle it anymore!!
Make her into the Hollywood celebrity she LONGS to be – and she will never be taken seriously in politics ever again. I don’t care if her base love her and if the Teabaggers invite her to speak every year at their convention. She’ll be nothing but an airhead with a talk show.
Somewhere, Meg Stapleton is kicking herself for not hanging on another few weeks in Crazy Land to cash in on the free Oscar goodies!! hahhahahaha!
Great book title from Wonkette:
Title: “A Roadmap for America: Energy, Budget cuts, Tax, Lift American Spirits”
Muddy: This is a GREAT adventure-trip story… classic for anyone who has travelled for a living – ALL THE TIME..axiom – life on the road SUCKS!!!
Well, back to the reel world of sister in LaLa for all the glitter and glamor… Leno and the trappings of Holywood.. (spelling is correct AND intentional)..
It was just announced here (LA) on the local mornings news (KTLA) where I’m visiting for a few days that on her ‘visit’ to LaLa earlier in the week, sister and her ‘people’ met with various ‘producers’ of kinda-reality shows and MAY have come to an agreement for a new program to be based at sister’s compound that focuses on ‘the rigors of growing up and living in Alaska’.
This snippet of a story this morning stopped me in my tracks like fast-dry concrete and then I almost spewed the same as you did when you heard the second book story from Shannyn.. I’ll try to verify the snippet with more data but seems that soon, you guys will have to make room for Holywoood North crews !! RRRRHHHHAAAAAAA>>>>……………
Alaskans need to protest about Palin (mis)representing them in a reality show. She quit! Now she wants to cash in…again. Will the people she neglected as governor see one dime in their pockets as she continues to promote herself (just like she did when she was in office)? What’s the opposite of you betcha?
aussiegal77
To make her into the Hollywood celebrity she longs to be — if you do that it just moves her higher up her ladder on to the next on her list. She’s never happy, never will be with accomplishing a goal she has set and as she attains each of them, she cares not about collateral damage. Making her the Hollywood celebrity would be in her eyes rewarding her and she would believe she’s then entitled to move up.
She truly has to be stomped on and stopped. She’s good for a laugh but too many of her followers are unhinged. When they will do ‘anything’ for her and then post names, addresses, pictures of houses, of those that don’t agree — there lies the danger.
Levi & Tank let the idea of his doing a reality show hang out there and she’s determined to one up Levi. I’m of the belief that Tank and Rex aren’t ‘all that’. Most certainly I question Rex’s legal abilities as so far Levi’s Mom hung out to dry for a first offense that others would have gotten off for. He certainly doesn’t sound all that brilliant in the custody case either.
Fear not, her blatant greed will be her undoing.
meede – right on all points and I know it would be a big gamble. However, Palin’s downfall has always been her giant ego. Anyone who has any sense can see that plainly since her book came out – my hope is that she will self destruct and on national TV. I agree with you – she needs to be stopped – and in my mind, the best person to do that is Sarah herself =)
What I really truly want is for Palin to just go away but I think we can both see she just will not.
Burnett ought to get Sarah to appear on “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” but they would have to fill the board with first grade questions and check her palm for test cheats.
Anyone other than Fox that associates themselves with her is setting themselves up for trouble with any of their other produced shows. Burnett has a lot riding on it if he signs on as he has a number of shows. To sign on with her is a ‘political’ move for which other shows are viewed by all. To sign on – clearly shows they under estimate the other side!!! The producer, creator, network, cable — they thought ratings & sponsorship was having a rough time now – they ain’t seen nothing yet.
Here’s the news….
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/03/sarah-palin-reality-show_n_485055.html
If there is one thing that so-called “reality TV” does best is kill reality. Maybe this is Paylin’s opportunity to die for her country….or just quit again.
Ah, but apparently it will never stop! Definitely a week, and then some, of Palin overload. I commend you AKM, and all Alaskans for your tenacious constitution in putting up with her all these years. How DID you do it?
Against my better judgement, I took a peek at some video from her visit to Leno, and boy howdy, her first lie I believe started at around word #3 after she first spoke? Oh the BS, it does flow like a river, and it sounds like that body of water will pay off for her quite nicely! Let’s hope her prolonged 15 minutes have a flameout real soon, because sooner or later I would think that even her die hard fans would start to get tired of her. Plus with all the $$ she’s making, the envy could turn to resentment real quick don’t you think?
As for the rest of us, well she isn’t getting any smarter that’s for sure, and all that $$ may trump any desire she may have for “partial term” elected office. I know she’s good news for Dems if she runs, but ever since the SCOTUS decision, well, just don’t want to go there if you know what I mean. Ugh!
But I couldn’t agree with you more: PLEASE make her go away!
Haven’t caught up on reading comments so don’t know if someone else posted this — Palin & the family left Leno’s show and went to watch Idol.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/americanidoltracker/2010/03/sarah-palins-double-dose-of-idol.html
Wonder who she’s chasing to get tickets to the Oscars?
Meant to add to my post:
Wonder how many Oscar parties they will crash?
If anyone had a brain, they should turn them away.
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March 4th, 2010 at 9:03 AM
Levi & Tank let the idea of his doing a reality show hang out there and she’s determined to one up Levi. I’m of the belief that Tank and Rex aren’t ‘all that’. Most certainly I question Rex’s legal abilities as so far Levi’s Mom hung out to dry for a first offense that others would have gotten off for. He certainly doesn’t sound all that brilliant in the custody case either.
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i agree. i don’t think much of mr. butler’s legal skills either. mrs. johnston would have done no worse if she had just thrown herself on the mercy of the court. jeebus.
Gryphen at IM has a VERY interesting post about Palin’s chances for a Presidential run in 2012. Even John Ziegler, Palin panty-sniffer extraordinaire, admits that her chances of becoming President are less than zero.
Awww. This is going to make the pe.e-bots very unhappy.
Sorry, forgot to post the link:
http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2010/03/for-those-of-you-still-concerned-that.html
@LiladyNY, thank you for the explanation of uncle.
@Wonder how many Oscar parties they will crash?
She has to be in Calgary, Alberta Saturday night, so Oscar parties are out.
Unless she quits Calgary.
One of the articles about the Palin crowd on the looting spree mentioned that she had “secret service” agents with her. Huh? Why?
Thanks for the link to the HuffPo article re:Palin reality Show, Winski@86.
It doesn’t seem clear whether this is an actual Reality Show (expected to run multiple episodes for multiple seasons, requiring ongoing commitment on the part of the network, cast and crew) or a docudrama (generally having a fixed number of episodes, limited time commitment).
That’s important, because while SP may have caused the TV viewership to spike on Leno and Oprah specifically (I have doubts about what her appearances on Fox have done to raise ratings), the chief factor is that those are one-off appearances, not sustained week-after-week return viewership. She has zero track record for sustained …. anything.
If I were a network executive I would think long and hard about that before signing these folks up for something that I was investing in that I was expecting to be a long-term moneymaker.
But, if it is a ‘limited run’ deal, the net execs might gamble on her one-off phenomenon in the hopes of picking up ratings, but in the end they need money too – who’s going to advertise? Who is going to want to advertise during ‘her’ show?
I see this fraught with lots of problems, least of which is that the family’s appearances on TV I’ve seen so far have been really, really dull and lackluster.
I didn’t catch all of Sarah on Leno (probably good I didn’t – if I’d heard her ‘journalism’ rant, I’d have probably broken our TV screen in a vain effort to throttle her) but what I did catch came off as very scripted. While some of it was funny, it felt so painfully that Sarah was not actually being herself, and it doesn’t matter if she had or didn’t have a teleprompter or cue cards or if she memorized it – it was not off-the-cuff, it was all staged and scripted and I felt uncomfortable watching it, because it didn’t seem natural (we all know that natural for her is criticisizing those with whom she does not agree – President Obama, Rahm Emanuel. At least when she tried to defend her position regarding them, it really seemed like she was expressing her true dislike of them.)
I can handle an honest opinion I disagree with. I have trouble with people who are so obviously ‘faking’ that I have no idea how to respond to them. That’s how Sarah came off on Leno to me, in the last bit of the interview I saw and into the very painful ‘stand-up comedian’ section.
I didn’t think it was particularly funny (and Mr. Terps had to remind me that she herself did not write the jokes) but it still came off to me as … “The Tonight Show” writers gambled (correctly) that SP would be vapid and/or boring and/or insulting (insulting is different than ‘poking fun at’. Sarah’s good at the former, not so much the latter) and scripted the whole ‘stand-up comedian’ thing to pad time for what was a really dull guest.
“Make her into the Hollywood celebrity she LONGS to be – and she will never be taken seriously in politics ever again.”
Uh- are you sure about that? Reagan… Schwarznegger …
I never thought that being President was what she was going for; this is exactly what she was going for. I have my days where I wonder where the h*ll we’re going as a culture, as a world of beings, with all of this ridiculousness. But I guess it’s all been done before: nothing new under the sun, eh?
I’ve heard of making hay while the sun shines, but we all knew this was a bad PLANTING. For me, Obama is the seed that took root and bloomed with wisdom and intelligence.
BTW, those Jersey people are from Long Island; just so you know.
Will this show be better that the Osborne,s reality show. Will I get to be on it if I show up in the Palin yard? With a sign?
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/market_news/article.jsp?content=D9E81QVO0
Calgary just had an Arctic Gas conference where Denali/BP and TransCanada/Exon/AIGA snarked at eachother.
It should be no surprise that the Iditarod hired her as spokesfool. The founders and organizers were/are from a small slice of Valley residents who are extremely conservative, who believe they represent the “real” Alaskans, and feel they are extra special for livng a “rural” life style, mushing dogs, etc. The Iditarod in its present state is far removed from the actual event that inspired it, and is really not representative of anything other than themselves. I’d say Sarah is a perfect match.
I can’t wait to boycott any company who sponsors The Grifter.
Well maybe palin will be the new Milli vanilli she certainly does nothing but lip sink. It is funny that everything she does is a fraud. She can’t write but
she is an author. She can’t write but she got a degree in journalism
She can’t governor yet she became one. This women is a total paradox.
Lets hope she goes the way of Fabian .
Dear Alaska friends,
I have two questions:
1. Do you want SP to represent Alaska on a reality show?
2. Do you want the lower 48 and the world to know what Alaska is like through the eyes of SP?
I don’t think Sarah should be counting her pelts before they’re skinned.
Hollywood is a very nepotistic town. Not necessarily familial but definitely word of mouth. People like working with people they’ve worked with before or who are recommended highly by people they trust.
While the Oscar Gift Suite incident certainly doesn’t do Palin any favors, more telling is the truth behind her Leno appearance. The couple behind the Going Rouge coloring book were in the audience that night. He has a blog and he tweets. He’s a professional audio man. He called it as he saw it. And he says that Leno’s show was tracked. Laughs and applause were added that just didn’t happen live. The editors basically went back and made her appearance look more successful than it was in reality. (and the author speculates that is only one of the reasons she’d never do Letterman, Stewart or Colbert; they’d never add a laugh track to boost her ego.) While I’m sure the ratings were great (Shawn White and Adam Lambert didn’t hurt) I’ll lay money no one at home was laughing. More like staring like deer in the headlights at the trainwreck.
The camera men and technicians were there and they knew what was happening and what was subsequently done. Word gets around. Palin may have a lot of polite meetings but I doubt she is going to get her reality show. Shows cost money and they have to make even more money. That means sponsors. Sponsors aren’t political. They’re capitalistic. If they don’t think they can sell enough products to the small demographic that her show will generate they won’t buy air time. If enough air time can’t be sold, then neither will the show. TV isn’t charity and it isn’t political. It’s a business. And Palin can’t bring home the bacon and support the bottom line. Leno did her a favor and in doing so didn’t do her any favors. I’m sure in her deluded head she thinks she’s a hit. Leno’s writers tried their best to make her into a stand up comic. Abject FAIL. An added laugh track can’t make her funny or teach her timing.
In the mean time Kathy Griffin is filming around Alaska with Levi on her arm.
That’s gotta hurt. (Paying taxes on all of that swag is going to smart too. Her pittance of a donation won’t begin to offset what she’ll owe.)
I still think the perfect place for Palin would be Roller Derby.
HA! Roller Derby – that’s rich. I think you just hit the nail on the head, #108 sallyngarland,tx. ROLLER DERBY – I’m ROFL! Hand me a kleenex.
Going back aways to #53 Ivan: Thanks for the link to shooley@iditarod.com. I just fired off a letter explaining, in very clear terms, why our friends here in Los Angeles won’t be making their annual trip to the race…ever… until Palin is removed as their “mascot”.
I also appreciate reading the inside poop about Palin’s appearance on Leno 2 nights ago. The applause was obviously fake…I live near Burbank, and have attended a few Leno tapings. They generally occur at 10:30 – 11:00 AM. Last I heard, the guests-on-the-couch received $500 each, although that was quite a few years ago. It’s no big $$ – it’s the exposure that counts.
The audience “draw” that night was for Shaun White, the gold-medal winning Olympic snowboarder. And who didn’t want to see what Adam Lambert might come up with? Truth be told, it was a great show. We were watching to see if/when/how $$arah might crash and burn, and then we had two accomplished “kids” to look forward to. Shaun White’s pure and fun honesty was wonderful to see. Adam Lambert – what can you say? He’s an entertainer, and good at it. They both made Sister look sick.
Believe me, nobody in Burbank is going to clap for Palin, or even issue a chuckle for her sorry attempt at moose comedy. Quite a few of Leno’s guests receive lukewarm applause, despite the giant lit up “Applause Now” signs everywhere. The clap/laugh-track has plenty of hours in which to be added before the show airs at 11:35 PM. What was seen and heard on national TV was faked. The entertainment world is all about ratings, hence, money.
If we can vote her off the island, I’m all for it. It would be the first and last reality show I would ever watch or participate in. But only so long as we can vote her off the island and the votes are counted fairly.
BTW, if she thinks that Hollywood won’t chew her and her family up and spit her out like the tasteless piece of old Wrigleys that she is, she is sadly mistaken.
That does it! I’ll never watch Leno again. I’ll turn it on Letterman every night just to give him the ratings. I can’t believe the teflon granny grifter. Everything just rolls right off her back and she keeps making money. Another book? Ridiculous. Will this never end?
Well count me out. I’m not going to return my new high-def set top. I don’t know if it’s Father Time or just her personality but the woman gets uglier and uglier dang everyday!