The Mudflats

Tiptoeing Through the Muck of Alaskan Politics

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Playing on the beach of Cook Inlet with four-wheelers… Mt. Susitna (Sleeping Lady) in the background.

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September 1st, 2010

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AKMuckraker

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    dowlNo Gravatar says:

    Hope you ‘flatters are ready for the Vanity Fair reporting today…

    http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2010/10/sarah-palin-201010

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      IrishgirlNo Gravatar says:

      WOWEE. I have just finished reading it.

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      OMGNo Gravatar says:

      I can not wait to get home to finish reading it! We all know that Palin is a total nut kaboob, this just gives us more detailed information. What a wonderful week for Queen Esther: first Megan McCain’s book and now this. How will the teflon queen handle both?

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        IrishgirlNo Gravatar says:

        It is a long read – 8 pages. There is some great stuff in there. AKM and all the other bloggers get a mention too.

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      johnnyNo Gravatar says:

      “There’s a long and detailed version of what they had to say, but there’s also a short and simple one: anywhere you peel back the skin of Sarah Palin’s life, a sad and moldering strangeness lies beneath”

      http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2010/10/sarah-palin-201010

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      R'ipley in CTNo Gravatar says:

      She’s gonna blow a gasket for sure this time!

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        A Fan From ChicagoNo Gravatar says:

        Bot’s heads exploding all across the country! The stuff about Todd and the kids is going to send her into orbit. She’s going to use Twitter llike a six-shooter. Hide the women and children.There is some serious raw material in there about those shadowy charity organizations that sponsored her speeches and then disappeared. This is gonna be rich.

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        johnnyNo Gravatar says:

        She’s running out of gasket compound. What’s she gonna call them….lamestream media?

        Anyway, she’s rich and the hangers on will be too, her reality show, her daughter’s reality dancing where Palin can appear in the front of the audience, and the ex future son in law with his reality show. Imagine the opportunities in all of that for inserting the babies for even more cute pics and headlines.

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      G KatzNo Gravatar says:

      Even so, she continues with what appears to be an attempted march to get the keys to the White House with a scheduled visit to Iowa in September:

      http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/41623.html

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    merrycricketNo Gravatar says:

    Good Morning all. Just wanted to let everyone know that my brave and courageous father lost his battle with lung cancer early this morning. I am relieved that heis out of pain and heartbroken that I won’t get to hug him anymore.

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      OMGNo Gravatar says:

      My thoughts are with you and your family.

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      thatcrowwomanNo Gravatar says:

      {{{{{merrycricket}}}}}
      prayers are with you
      L’Shalom, dear one.

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        thatcrowwomanNo Gravatar says:

        Also, too, today, one of my students is at Shands Children’s Hospital for more tests (as if surviving brain cancer for 3 years wasn’t trial enough). Doctors have found a “suspicious spot” that we pray is not another cancer.

        I was at the Early Bird team captains’ meeting for Relay for Life last night. Why do I Relay? The list grows ever longer…

        This April, I’ll be walking for your brave and courageous father, of blessed memory, also, too.

        much love to you and yours,
        thatcrowwoman

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      IrishgirlNo Gravatar says:

      I am so sorry Merrycricket. My thoughts are with you. May your father rest in peace.

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      pacos_galNo Gravatar says:

      merrycricket, I am so sorry to hear of your fathers loss. :(

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      bubblesNo Gravatar says:

      ahh baby…you have been much on my mind this week. you have my deepest sympathy. you have done all that could be done. if love could keep our loved ones alive surely we would live forever. hold steady now dear Merry…love bubbles and family

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      G KatzNo Gravatar says:

      So sorry, merrycricket. Hugs to you.

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      jimzmumNo Gravatar says:

      Please accept my deepest sympathy. Look in your heart. His hugs are there, and will be forever. May Peace be with you.

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      twain12No Gravatar says:

      my deepest condolences

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      ZyxommaNo Gravatar says:

      (((((((( merrycricket ))))))))) You are in our thoughts and prayers. I’m glad your father is out of pain.

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      bethNo Gravatar says:

      {{{{{{merrycricket }}}}}} Here’s knowing sweet memories of your Dad will make many –and frequent– Heart Hugs for you, dear. Daddys are just that way…for Ever. beth.

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      Baker's DozenNo Gravatar says:

      He was blessed to have you.
      {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

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      jojobo1No Gravatar says:

      My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family and I know how you feel about being out of the pain My dad when he passed was in much the same place.

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      AKMuckrakerNo Gravatar says:

      Condolences to you and your family, merrycricket. Our thoughts are with you.

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      B in CoNo Gravatar says:

      So sorry for your loss, Merrycricket. May your Dad rest in peace.

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      LoveMydogsNo Gravatar says:

      (((((((((merrycricket))))))))) I hold you in my heart today. Along with 2 of my friends who are just starting their battle with this very thing. May my blessings on you come to you in waves.

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      leenie17No Gravatar says:

      You and your family are in our thoughts, in our prayers and in our hearts.

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    OMGNo Gravatar says:

    Parker writes a very interesting column about Glen Beck’s revival meeting, likening it to rehab:

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/31/AR2010083104879.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

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    austintxNo Gravatar says:

    Meghan McCain is gonna be on GMA and talk about her book and sarah. I’ve always said that she has some good dirt on the Palins.

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      johnnyNo Gravatar says:

      I’ll bet she does, but she won’t share it. She won’t even say if she would vote for Palin. I’d love to have been a fly on the wall in conversations between Meghan and her Mom, re Palin.

      Pres Obama’s oval office was redecorated, has Palin decried that yet?

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    jimzmumNo Gravatar says:

    Mercy Maude! It seems as if the Glennster lied. Misspoke. Erred with his mouth. Whatever. Rill dill, here.

    http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/08/glenn-beck-george-washington-restoring-honor

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    jojobo1No Gravatar says:

    So did any of the cloths go to charity or did itall return to palin?

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    A Fan From ChicagoNo Gravatar says:

    AKM – Any plans to amplify on the mention in the VF article that you and Shannyn are looking to set up a foundation? Sort of came out of left field.

    Sure did like the point that during the presidential campaign, Palin had no idea who Margaret Thatcher was. Why am I not surprised? Just like I wasn’t surprised that she thought Africa was a country. The difference is that she made a point earlier this year that her “staff’ was working on setting up a meeting with her other hero Thatcher. Just because it provided a good line in a speech or a tweet or a FB post. Kinda like that trip she was making really soon to the Arizona/Mexico border to see the problems first hand. Several months ago.

    Sarah…Stop Makin’ Things Up!! Just as a rule, and mostly because you suck at it.

    Can I say that?

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    jimzmumNo Gravatar says:

    The twit tweets:

    “# When yellow journalism gets ratcheted up for a period of time over an individual or an issue it makes u wonder what’s up? What’s the threat? about 1 hour ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®”

    • 9.1
      bethNo Gravatar says:

      Any clue as to what she’s referring?* Something has obviously gotten her riled up (again)…what is it now? Is it the Vanity Fair article? Are folks yellow-journalism-ing her, Beckster, LumberJoe, who? And/or what? What’s got her panties all in a bunch now? beth.

      {And, so help me G_d, if it turns out she’s ticked at some article written by someone from or in, (or printed by someone from or in) Asia … ;-) b.}

      *[Is that sentence grammatically correct?]

      • 9.1.1
        bethNo Gravatar says:

        Never mind… I found out what she’s so all-fired ticked about that she has to share it with the world… she’s just being a Mama Grizzly. The tweet just before her ‘yellow-journalism’ one was:

        “Wow,media goofballs rearing heads this wk,big time!Wonder what’s up?Taking the cake:ink re:Bristol=a diva? Silly;obviously have nvr met her” about 6 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

        Hmmm – this woman was a journalism major, you say? Oh, she she so, too? Ummm, does she know *what* “yellow journalism” is? What the term means? Somehow, I don’t think dissing the consistently demonstrated ‘Miss All-That’ of Bristol (and her ‘Thang-ness’ also, too) quite qualifies. Maybe that’s just me, though. beth.

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    poolmanNo Gravatar says:

    Happy hump day everyone! Loving the pix AKM! Peace to all.

    Helen’s got a new post that’s pretty good. :wink:

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    leenie17No Gravatar says:

    Las Vegas oddsmaker puts Bristol Palin at the bottom of the pile to win Dancing With the (Who Are These People?) Stars with odds of 35 to 1. Even 76-year-old Florence Henderson comes in ahead of her. Ouch…that’s gotta hurt!