Archive for the ‘Sarah Palin’
Getting a Handel on Twitter
The only thing more humiliating than a public figure’s gargantuan screwup-by-retweet (see above) is an alert citizen grabbing a screen shot of it before the perp’s hapless attempt to scrub it. When not embarrassing herself on Twitter, Karen Handel, the now famous, Palin-endorsed former gubernatorial candidate and reactionary from Georgia, has been busy making liars [...]
Palin Returns to Anti-GOP Roots
As the immediate past Vice Presidential nominee, it’s hardly surprising that most people outside Alaska view Sarah Palin as a card-carrying member of the GOP establishment. Despite her husband Todd’s seven year dalliance with the secessionist Alaska Independence Party, and his quiet conversion to the GOP when his wife decided to run for office, Sarah [...]
Game Change Sneak Peek with Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin
March 10 on HBO. Prepare for the deliciousness! Trailer Preview 2
Battleground Florida: Clown-on-Clown Violence
It’s time to put a couple fresh plump Florida oranges in a tube sock, and let the beating begin. All week long, Americans have been treated to the horrifying yet compelling spectacle of the two frontrunners in the GOP race for their party’s nomination pummeling each other like Roman gladiators before the bloodthirsty crowd. The [...]
Palin’s Newt Testament
After 30 years, Alaska Airlines has decided to no longer include prayer cards on the tray with their in-flight meals. The small, business card sized cards contained short quotes from the Bible and a peaceful image of nature. In a memo sent to frequent fliers, the airline made the announcement on Wednesday that the cards [...]
The Casualty in Alaska’s Culture War
By Elstun Lauesen There is a culture war going on. And the epicenter of that culture war is right here in Alaska. It is outrageous in its brazenness and tragic in its effect. It is political in its tactic and economic in its objective. It is a classic tale of western frontier conquest. I [...]
In Parnell’s Administration, Cronyism Rules the Day
By Shannyn Moore The war on science is winning. And I’m not talking about those who confuse weather and climate. Nope. I’m frustrated with the continual election of candidates with a faith-based bias when it comes to policy that should rely on science. In a letter this week, Ed Fogels, deputy commissioner of the Alaska [...]
Palin Urges South Carolinians to Vote for “Egotistical Narrow-Minded Machine Goon”
Was Sarah Palin’s proclamation, “If I were in South Carolina, I’d vote for Newt” really an endorsement, or just her attempt to keep the wounded elephant that is the current presidential GOP lineup limping forward as far as possible before it collapses under the weight of its own unelectability? Correspondence from Palin seems to indicate [...]
More Than a Million Wisconsinites Want to Quit Scott Walker
More than a million signatures (that’s 3,000 pounds worth) were gathered and delivered today to ensure that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker would face a recall election later in the year. That’s what happens when you push policies that effectively eliminate most collective bargaining rights for many public employees. Just to play it safe organizers overshot [...]
The Comeuppance of a Gopher Choker – Corey Rossi Busted for Illegal Bear Hunting
Corey Rossi, director of the Alaska Division of Wildlife Conservation, who has just resigned in scandal after being snared (as it were) engaging in the illegal hunting of bears. Mudflatters may remember past coverage of Corey Rossi, referred to by others as “the gopher choker.” Rossi began his ignominious political career by being friends with [...]
Unvetted Palin Says Republicans Should “Vet One Another.”
Sarah Palin, perhaps politics’ most high-profile vetting escapee seems to have a strong opinion on the matter of vetting when it comes to people who are not Sarah Palin. Despite documentation that proves Palin was never vetted (as John McCain and others claim), she is waving the red flag, encouraging Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich and [...]
McCain on Palin “best decision I’ve ever made.”
So, with a couple year’s worth of perspective, and with the cold, hard realization that there may never have been a candidate so frighteningly unprepared, and so woefully inadequate to hold the position of Vice President of the United States, how does John McCain feel? How does he feel about having chosen an un-vetted running [...]
Palin Endorses Gingrich
No, not Sarah. Todd. His wife has not decided yet “who is best able to go up against Barack Obama,” Todd Palin said. But apparently Newt has won the heart of the savvy political expert that is the snowmachine racing ex-first-dude of Alaska. One thing it does tell us is that a last-minute re-entry into [...]
The Iowa Caucuses – Culling the Herd, One Mad Cow at a Time.
[Former candidate Michele Bachmann, with her husband Marcus (in pink shirt and tie) says farewell to the race. Photo by Chris Carlson/AP] Let’s do a quick Countdown of Crazy, and touch base with the best of the best of the Republican party and what they have to offer us in country leading potential. 6) Michele [...]
“Jon Huntsman Should Drop Out,” Says Palin
The ex-half-term governor, and former mayor of a town of 7,000 people has some political advice for the field of Republican presidential candidates, particularly for Jon Huntsman. I wonder if Huntsman (former full-term governor of Utah, who served in the administrations of four Presidents) will take the sage advice, based on her vast experience and [...]
