How Senator Stevens and Senator Hoffman can compliment this speech with a straight face is beyond me.
The Governor threw in every poorly crafted reference to Alaska that she could think of in an attempt to appear all home spun and connected to our state and its people. And instead appeared to be desperately pandering to a group of people who are simply over her now.
I think this part was my favorite.
Today, when challenges may seem as high as Mt. McKinley, and change as constant as the mighty Yukon flows, and political events send shockwaves through our foundation like the '64 quake - what do Alaskans do? We climb Denali, we forge the river, we rebuild a stronger foundation on higher ground. When it matters most, lesser differences fall away. Just like family, Alaskans unite.
Saturday Night Live could not have done a better job of providing parody then Palin did herself.
Forge the river? I always thought it was ford...
ReplyDeleteFrom speech posted at Alaska Dispatch: "When I took my oath of office to serve as your Governor, remember, I swore to steadfastly and doggedly guard the interests of this great state like a grizzly with cubs, as a mother naturally guards her own. Alaska, as a statewide family, we've got to fight for each other, not against and not let external, sensationalized distractions draw us off course."
ReplyDeleteokay, so wouldn't that ALSO include interviews with EXTERNAL media and book deals with EXTERNAL agents and taking time off of that mama bear-like guardianship to place telephone calls to EXTERNAL print media about soon-to-be (or maybe not-soon-at-all) son-in-law and daughter's diploma status and...need i go on, governor?
"oh looky! a big yellow ball in the sky!" [hides piles of shit behind back while naive eyes gaze up wards towards sun, burning retnas.]
LMAO at Jen's comments!
ReplyDeleteNo regina, as you probably know we "forge" our rivers in Alaska. Do you think those magnificent bodies of wanter just happened naturally?
Hello, Can anyone in Alaska explain why Sarah Palin's fake pregnancy has not be made public???????????? surely everyone up there is not scared of her.
ReplyDeleteI think Piper wrote it for her, that kid has the smarts in the family...
ReplyDeleteexcept for the "sensationalized distractions" part.
Jen, It's more like "Today, when challenges may seem as high as Mt. McKinley, and change as constant as the mighty Yukon flows, and... and... Oh! Look! A bee!"
ReplyDeleteSP is responsible for the dumjming down of AK, Thank goodness the L48 didn't keep her.
ReplyDeleteOkay, as a non-alaskan... that speach was kind of creepy.
ReplyDeleteI certainly don't want my governor putting out images of himself (or herself) as my parent. PLEASE, if you all look at her as your "mommy" don't make that public.. it's really is creepy.
All those thank-you, bless you, etc at the begining? Nearly 5 min of fluff...
Then all that wilderness talk... guess Alaskans got that one...
AND Finally, AK is HORRIBLE when it comes to preserving wilderness and Palin is the WORST OF ALL!
AK has a case in court to win the right to dump gold tailings into lakes... Fine if ya'al want arsenic in your water, but that case will screw EPA Clean Water Act for the entire US. If you guys don't care if you kill your wilderness and people that's fine, but I hope you go broke loosing all your court cases against the EPA, wildlife and habitat protections!
So when she says that AK protects its wilderness, that is a BOLD FACE F&&&KING LIE!
I haven't even watched the clip yet and I'm laughing at the quote!
ReplyDeleteAnd you are correct: you FORD the river, and you put iron in a FORGE. You could also "forge ahead across the river" but to forge the river makes no sense.
How about the end? "Just like family, Alaskans unite".....(unless they are starving and cold in Emmonak, in which case they are just bothersome whiners slowing down her book deal).
FORD the river...I picture her sitting in a Ford Pickup truck trying to get across the river...LOL...
ReplyDelete( she looks like shit in the video without all her hair and makeup ...ah too bad..