Monday morning, I received an email press release that the Alaska Democratic Party was announcing that they would be joining the AK GOP in a lawsuit against the State of Alaska Division of Elections.   The suit alleges that the Division of Elections is violating its own regulations (specifically 6 AAC 25.070(b)) by allowing voters to look [...]

I remember back to August/September of 2008 when then-Governor Sarah Palin was the VP pick of John McCain. I was watching the news and Jason Moore of KTUU was covering the Republican National Convention. My jaw dropped when I saw State of Alaska employee, the Governor’s Communications Director Bill McAllister* chatting with Jason Moore about [...]

Sarah Palin’s communications director Bill McAllister announced today that (drumroll please)……… Sarah Palin has a Twitter account. No, I’m not kidding.  That’s the big breaking news that Eddie Burke promoted on KBYR. Why does she have this Twitter account?  Because there are so many lies and distortions in the media, that she needs a way [...]

So, the popular girl, the head of the cheer-leading squad made a date with a guy we’ll call Joe, for lack of a better name. Joe Average. He isn’t particularly popular, nor particularly bright, but he really really likes Popular Girl. A lot. He cannot believe she agreed to go out with him, and he [...]

When I read the blog entitled Palin v. Political Punch, I couldn’t help but think of this: Just in case it doesn’t become clear to you, the little Hawaiian Punch guy with the crazy hair-do/antlers/hat is Jack Tapper, from ABC News, and the big doofus guy is….well….you’ll see.   A very irate aide to Gov. [...]

Nobody needs reminding how much Sarah Palin HATES earmarks.  She campaigned hard using her earmark loathing talking point at every opportunity. Why, she practically crusaded against them!  She’ll annihilate those pesky buggers whenever they dare rear their ugly fiscally irresponsible heads in her vicinity!  Well…unless, of course, they’re the ones she wants. According to Taxpayers [...]

Well, another “why are they always picking on me” press conference today. Alaskans awakened to a clip of Bill McAllister on the front page of adn.com talking about “per diem gate”.  For those of you who may be getting your gates confused, “per diem gate” is the one where Sarah Palin, whose duty station as [...]

The big black cloud that has been following Talis Colberg has finally chased him out of the Attorney General’s office. Which excuse from the “Big Three Excuses” did he choose? A) Need to spend more time with family. B) I’m becoming a “distraction” C) I’m going to pursue other opportunities Let’s listen…. “I determined that [...]

Now THAT’s an Alfalfa Club that Impresses Me. Here’s the latest news from our globe trotting Gov. Next month, Palin will address a gathering of influential conservatives in Washington but before then, the big date in her diary is Saturday’s Alfalfa club dinner in Washington. The event is an invitation-only occasion for some of the [...]

It all started with the now infamous joke during the RNC speech, which has turned out to be Sarah Palin’s peak of approval with the public at large.  What’s the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull?  Lipstick. From that moment on, Palin was the quintessential pit bull.  There were pit bull buttons, [...]

Voting is closed, and the winners of the 2008 Muddies will now be revealed. Our honorary winner and recipient of the Golden Muddy, of course, is Governor Sarah Palin.  We didn’t even open the voting on this one, because, frankly, we all knew what the outcome would be.  Our efforts were saved for the dirty [...]

Soon 2008 will be a memory. It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. But one thing is certain, Alaska was in the news a whole lot more than anyone ever expected. Strange local politics suddenly became strange national politics, and even issues which remained local to Alaska became just as [...]

 I don’t know how to describe it.  The unravelling of a scarf?  A slow motion train wreck?  The Twilight Zone?  A playground fight?  We’ve probably all witnessed escalating email flame wars of one kind or another.  Once somebody steps over the line of civility, there is rarely a good outcome. But, I have to tell [...]