Yesterday was the one year anniversary of the day I spit a mouthful of coffee all over my keyboard after hearing on Morning Joe that Sarah Palin, OUR Sarah Palin, had actually been chosen to run as John McCain's Vice President!I quickly cursed the 70's and wished I had not eaten that innocent looking sugar cube because surely this must be an LSD flashback. But no, beyond all comprehension this was happening in my real life.
I quickly put up a post declaring that the world was coming to an end, or something like that, and then I just sat back and tried to make my eyes learn to blink again. For most of that day I simply did not know what to think.
Then came the e-mail.
"What do you know about Sarah's last pregnancy?" And the rest is history.
Now one year later McCain has lost his presidential bid, Sarah has resigned as my Governor, many of the questions about her last pregnancy remain unanswered, and she has vanished from the face of the earth.
Wow! Who needs television when you have Sarah Palin? There is more drama in just one day of her life then in six episodes of "The Guiding Light" or "Desperate Housewives".
However the question remains, just where in the hell is she?
Is she in Rhode Island? Or perhaps Montana? Is she in New York being groomed for a FOX talk show? Are she and Todd ensconced in C Street undergoing some intense Christian-based marriage counseling? Is she undergoing some dramatic plastic surgery to make her look more like her idol Carrie Prejean? Or is she actually trying to write her book, with a box of crayons in one hand, and a pocket size thesaurus in the other?
I hate to say this, but I have no freaking idea!
I have asked everybody I know, across the country, to keep an eye out. So far, nothing!
I have heard of two Bigfoot sightings, I found that sock that I was missing, and I think I may have a son I knew nothing about. But no Sarah Palin!
But I guess I should not feel bad, I mean even her own father has no idea where she is right now:
“Sarah’s been out of town for almost a month now,” said Chuck Heath, who is on a campaign swing through Idaho for GOP congressional candidate Vaughn Ward. “I don’t know exactly where she is, but she’s writing her book. She e-mails me quite frequently. She asks, ‘Oh, what happened on June 13, 1978?’ This is material for her book.”
Or, it could mean that her facial peel went too deep and damaged her memory.
Maybe she is wandering a hospital right now trying to remember who she wants to be next, trying to forget she is married to that snowmachine guy, and looking for her Blackberries because the twitching of her thumbs is driving her crazy.
Hey it is just a theory.
Anyhow I task you, the Immoral Minority readers, to find Sarah Palin! Look under rocks, look under bearskins, hell look under Rupert Murdoch! (Perhaps if you listen for the heartbreaking sobs of Meg Stapleton, THAT will give you a lead.)
I don't care how you do it, just find Sarah Palin!
pretty sure I saw her in the local Walmart....she was standing by the door saying, "Welcome to Walmart... do you want a sticker?"
ReplyDeletePot holders, Happy Acres, pureed foods.
ReplyDeleteI hope she is locked up in a psych ward, journaling (which I think, to her, means writing a book for Rupert Murdoch). Perhaps she is thinking of 22 steps to becoming Sarahcuda, since her uniform number was #22.
ReplyDeleteBut I fear she is somewhere plotting with a "christian" militia. Crazy Mama Palin and the Dominionist Crusaders.
She is in Russia. CIA is pissed off. Eric holder is threatening to prosecute the agency instead of agreeing to file a 'frivolous' lawsuit against private citizen Palin for unauthorized espionage.
ReplyDeleteMaybe she is getting toned up for a Play Boy center spread, after her book deal fell through.
ReplyDeleteBarack and Rahm have done a rendition and sent Sarah to an undisclosed prison in Uzbekistan.
ReplyDeleteAt this time she is being waterboarded, hung by her painted toe nails and beaten with a frozen carp (they could not find a salmon).
Sarah still has not confessed to who the real mom of Trig is or who the daddy is... nor has she said how her house was built.
She did confess to a sexual fantasy involving Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity.
She has disappeared from the face of the earth - even her FaceBook ghost has not said anything since the call to watch the Glenn Blech show.
ReplyDeleteMust be the mothership came early and picked her up.
Seriously, I'm betting on plastic surgery. She would have gone to that Anchorage event last week, only the swelling and bruising hadn't quite resolved enough yet.
ReplyDeleteI hope she has the right to some privacy. I think she is silly and creepy. I hope she has the right to some privacy.
ReplyDeleteWhy would anyone want to find her? She is finally out of the public eye. She has ghostwriters taking over her facebook page, and is no doubt sitting down somewhere furiously scribbling out her ideas along with her book ghostwriter trying desperately to get it done by the deadline so she can go on tour and sell..sell..sell herself all over again.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy she is nowhere to be seen.
Now I have heard that her kids have been spotted at home within the last week, so we know she isn't with them, which proves that spending more time with her family wasn't and isn't a priority for her and comes as no surprise to anyone I'm sure.
I think now is the time to regroup and prepare for her reemergence onto the scene and be ready for the bullsh*t we all know she will try to pass off onto those who are oh so willing to buy into her insanity. It pays to be prepared!
EOY
Sarah Palin has been sighted by some experts, hiding in the border regions between Paranoid Delusion and Destructive Narcissism.
ReplyDeleteI don't want to know where she is. I am enjoying Palin free airwaves. With her out of the limelight, the average IQ across all media has risen about 5 points. I sincerely want her to stay for eternity in whatever hole she is in. I know that this is unlikely permanent, but I don't miss her one bit.
ReplyDeleteThat the Republican Party would seriously contend that this woman was suited to be President of the United States tells me all I need to know about that party.
Even if it is but a temporary respite, I am thoroughly enjoying not having to endure her insipid, imbecilic drivel.
If anybody finds her, I'll pay you to keep quiet.
The heck with trying to find her, I say good riddance! It wouldn't hurt my feelings if she stayed out of sight forever!
ReplyDeleteKallie in Texas
Did you notice, Levi Johnston has also gone quiet...
ReplyDeleteMethinks Levi and Sarah are getting together in some undisclosed location unbeknown to both their families.
I truly believe she is sequestered somewhere undergoing an intensive preparation by a team gathered by someone influential (Rupert Murdoch? That Christian power secret-house in Wash.?) to re-emerge as the supposedly informed, rational (!)voice of the far right. A puppet. The end-times figurehead being positioned for power. And it scary, because it could work.
ReplyDeleteWho really cares where she is?
ReplyDeleteAlthough it is hard to believe it has already been a year ago that she burst onto the scene when John McCain picked her as his VP running mate.
Maybe she is reminiscing about the "good old days" of campaign 2008?
Stay tuned...
Haaaa, haaaaa! Thanks for the bag-o-chuckles this morning!!!! "Or is she actually trying to write her book, with a box of crayons in one hand, and a pocket size thesaurus in the other?"
ReplyDeleteROFLMAOAPIMP!!!!!
I think Palin in "recuperating" and "recharging" wearing some lovely complimentary "loungewear" in a nice safe "SPA" somewhere in upstate New York...
I'm going with the plastic surgery theory, and seriously it would not surprise me at all to find out she has had a complete mental breakdown as well. I don't buy for one minute she is busy writing her book. We all know she is not capable of writing anything but silly Tweets. She may be in contact a couple of times a week with the ghost writer(s) to give them her no doubt brilliant input.
ReplyDeleteI hope she stays in reclusion but at some point, when the swelling is gone, she'll be back. Maybe Murdoch is realizing no matter how much money and coaching she receives it will not help her to be able to string two cohesive sentences together. I don't care what John McCain says publically, I would be willing to bet big money he regrets every single day bringing her onto the national/international stage. Meanwhile, I have to say I am enjoying the Sarah Silence.
Has anyone seen Todd or the Palin kids? Did Sarah go off and leave the kids to raise themselves? Inquiring minds want to know!
ReplyDeleteLike the line from the song, she's "on the road to nowhere" and that's just fine with me.
ReplyDeleteWherea Sarah? Twwwwweat! Twwwwweat! Whistle! Whistle...not in Southeast Alaska, the air is much too fresh this morning.
ReplyDeleteGood morning everybody! I'll be keeping my stink eye out here in Southeast Alaska but I don't think we have "much" to worry about. She hates this area of the State as much as she does Barack Obama! We consider it a compliment!
Alaskan Sisu with her stink eye out and too much coffee!
Cheers everyone.
Maybe Todd, in a fit of jealousy over Huckebee's infatuation, took her diving to look for her ring with a concrete block as ballast.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the last poster. I hope this question is still being asked next anniversary.
ReplyDelete"Maybe she is wandering a hospital right now trying to remember who she wants to be next, trying to forget she is married to that snowmachine guy, and looking for her Blackberries because the twitching of her thumbs is driving her crazy."
ReplyDeleteHere's a theory: may be if you did experiment with LSD you were one of the outliers who could experience long-term psycho-emotional effects and a significant changes in personality and perspective from even a single dose.
Scary...but it could explain a few things. Would any individual with no
apparent neuro-or psychopathology become so obsessed with the life of a political figure?
I guess it depends.
If you're Andrew Sullivan or Keith Obermann the answer is "Definitely!"
If you're Tina Fey the answer is "Nah. It's only for a laugh."
Hey, it is just a theory.
My theory is that she has joined the spirit of Col.Walter E.Kurtz in the Cambodian jungle, amassing a revitalized legion of Montagnard troops, readying themselves for a new assault, via oth use of new radio broadcasts and recordings.
ReplyDeleteI think finding her may be a mission for Charlie Sheen. After all, his dad found Kurtz in "Apocolypse Now",and he knows the turf,having been in "Platoon" ;)
Are her kids at least in school?
ReplyDeleteHer favorite movie was that Mel Brooks version of Frankenstein. She went for the brain transplant, and it backfired. Now, like Mel Brooks, she is making jokes in Yiddish and doesn't understand herself.
ReplyDeleteWhat we have to do is get a couple of operatives enrolled in some of the 12-step program places like Betty Ford Clinic. The first one who finds Sarah wins both the spa treatment and digestive organ cleanse.
ReplyDeleteI'm kind of on the side of "who gives a damn"? I'm more interested in what her flying monkeys are saying? I assume they are gradually coming apart at the seams?
ReplyDeleteWhat happens when your cult figure is picked up by the Mother Ship and you get left behind?
Plastic surgery - gotta be. And hopefully REHAB.
RE: Levi - he was never very vocal - more defensive - JMHO
She's a disaster. Reading some of the Palin Desperados, clinging to the last vestigages of a dying delusion, it's hard not to feel disgust.
ReplyDeleteYou have a responsiblity as a voter to inform yourself. You can't call yourself a patriot and defend this woman as a candidate for anything, let alone (still hard to believe this hapepened- where is the apology?) VP.
And in her mentally deranged mind, she thinks she should run for POTUS. Oh, god. LOL.
Sarah who? Couldn't care less!
ReplyDeleteSouldn't that be a Whaaaaaa-mber Alert? We haven't heard XINO complaining about anything for DAYS!
ReplyDeleteAnon@9:09 Palinbots are boorish with absolutely no sense of humor, or no sense at all!
ReplyDeleteWhat a collection of P.R. geniuses.
ReplyDeleteThe "death panel" soundbite did its job but it came at a price: it did help sustain the devisiveness in the republican party.
Lawyers (and political advisors) know that when the rehabilitation of the public image of a client or candidate is necessary, you "go to the mattresses". Insofar as Palin goes, this maneuver has an almost insignificant downside but a tremendous upside.
It is right out of the Richard Nixon playbook, and coincidentally, the fact that Palin weighed in "in absentia" on the Glenn Beck issue suggests she is already being "coached up" by Roger Ailes--which should be a concern to those who despise the woman. Counted among Ailes' projects
have been Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bush "41" Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, and Shepherd Smith. (He is also credited with rehabilitating the
public image and careers of Oliver North and Geraldo Rivera.
Let that sink in for a moment.
This is the guy who also took Fox to the top of the charts in 2002 where it has stayed for seven years.
Can anybody here connect the dote:
If Ailes thought Glenn Beck was out of line he would have fired him. He didn't and he will not because there is one thing that is more important than sponsors: ratings--because ratings mean sponsors.
How many times has Don Imus been fired only to be rehired?
So, Ailes likes Beck, Beck takes a hit, and who covers his back from the tall grass: only Palin. Already, 16,000 people have weighed in on Facebook to say they liked Palin's position on the matter.
But here's the real gist of the matter: the 30 or so sponsors who have bailed on Beck are not taking their money to CNBC or CNN-they are staying in the same hotel, they just want a different room. The network, therefore, has not lost money. Bill O'Reilly will get his share as will Hannity and Smith.
But back to Palin's going underground. That's what Nixon did in 1963.
He moved to New York, became a senior partner in a leading law firm,
and remained largely out of the public eye for months at a time, writing only one article "Asia after Vietnam".
You don't think Ailes knows any of this? He wrote the book on it.
Now, if the host of this forum has any legitimate sources it should be very easy to find out where Palin is--if she's been hospitalized, or in rehab, or suing or being sued for divorce.
Hell, Princess Diana couldn't even hide in Paris or London. How is that in
the microcosm of Alaska or Rhode Island or Montana Palin has pulled a Kaiser Sose act?
"...and like that, poof!...(s)he's gone."
This board is as good as "24"
"I'm going with the plastic surgery theory, and seriously it would not surprise me at all to find out she has had a complete mental breakdown as well."
ReplyDeleteI've considered the mental breakdown possibility, and I decided that Palin's level of delusion is too strong to break down. She'd never think there's anything wrong with her. Physical changes from time- wrinkles, etc.- those she acknowledges because they can be fixed and then denied.
She'll turn up eventually, and we'll get a good look at her face. There's enough saved photos that we'll be able to judge. I wonder; if she paid for her plastic surgery, did she go for a really good (expensive) plastic surgeon? Or did she go for a lower-cost one? Or did somebody else pay?
Three words--"Weekend at Bernie's"
ReplyDeleteJust saying.
If she was serious she would make an appearance and say she is going on a family vacation or something. She may not get privacy but at least she would not be responsible for sending up the alerts. It would be less sensational. If only she could learn to stop lying. That's another reason she is dogged and there is no privacy for a liar. The bigger the lies the less privacy.
ReplyDeletePeople don't want to find her so much as they are just playing her game with her.
Hey, Anon@9:09. Heavy, heavy. Is that the best you can do to defend your fallen disappeared crazy girl idol?
ReplyDeleteEOY - Good idea. Get ready for the next reemergence.
ReplyDeleteAnyone can say they saw someone. Those type of reports mean nothing. Why would a person not leave there name? It is not a crime to be spotted at a Walmart.
More people need to have their camcorders and cameras available at all times.
It can't be called an Amber Alert, because with an Amber Alert people really care where the missing person is.
ReplyDeletePersonally I am sure that if Sarah Palin stayed in obscurity forever, the world would keep on spinning and life would be juuust fine. We'd all get a permanent vacation from her self-absorbtion, histrionics, special-needs-child- and troop-pimping, hypocritical family values lectures, and manic quitty temper tantrums. It would be like finding out you never have to see some bratty, spoiled child ever again--cool!
It's all just a fantasy though....since there is no cure for NPD you can count on Sarah coming back for more supply. Keep your tylenol and earplugs handy!
Yes-We all really don't give a damn where she is-but I think it is unerving to not have your eye on that crazy woman. She can do MORE damaged unmonitored...
ReplyDeleteMedical privacy rights will protect her again from having to be honest-though it will be SO obvious when she resurfaces with that skin tight scared G-force look after a face lift. And the bloated lips that look well, like a swollen vigana! Haha this will be great...
I am an Alaskan woman but I spend time in California with family so I see all these ridiculous plastic surgery jobs that are just gross, it doesn't look good, it looks SCARY! That LOOK will serve her well...
I agree, the disappearance is along the lines of what 8:41 AM is saying.
ReplyDeleteThere are people who want to know where she is because they are working on books and documentaries. Charlie Manson,
Jim Jones and other charismatic leaders all have books written about them. It is not because they are likable people. Don't read them if you aren't interested. The real story is not about a person that is crazy. It is how did a crazy person get all those rick people to back her and get that close to the nukes. What is the story of the churches and fanatics? We need the whole picture to try to prevent the next one. She is a puppet and puppets are dispensable to their masters. She will be replaced. We also want the whole story on McCain and to see justice.
There is a problem in our election system. How and why does a mental case have a PAC?
I enjoy the respite and feel if she is able to return it will be another problem for her. The public may have to endure some of the make-over results and fake events but she will do what she always does and sink even lower. One day she won't come back at all.
Baby gates are not solved and there is story after story there. Some of it is soap opera and grade B movie material. Other is one of the biggest frauds and cover ups of the 21st century. 100 years from now no one will realize she was in politics or even a celebrity. She will just be the crazy woman that faked a pregnancy.
How is it that Chuck Heath is a benefit to any campaign? Who the hell would give a rat's ass if he were there? I guess his Repugnant claim to fame is that he raised at least one child who is as stupid and obnoxious as Glen Blech and the Manatee. Wait, that puts him at the top of the manure heap that supports the GOP. So, never mind.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, Gryphen, have you ever considered switching to another blog provider? Blogspot runs slow, won't let me post from Firefox and others from IE, and seems to pick up an unusual amount of spyware. I cleaned up with Spybot Search and Destroy before and after coming to your site, and, yep, tons of stuff. I love your blog, but the mechanics of it are annoying. Mudflats runs much smoother. Just a thought.
Re: Sarah's possible "nicer" re-emergence. Mental health experts should weigh in, but I believe SP's symptoms are so severe that she cannot be "taught/repackaged" at this late point in her life. The GOP tried once--spent hundreds of thousands on it, actually. It was an EPIC FAIL and as we can all see, her symptoms have only gotten worse as time goes by.
ReplyDelete@10:01. - Ailes' modes of rehab are outmoded. He is sooooo 20th century. It's a new Brand Day, baby. And Palin cannot be coached in the 21st century media demands. Her mental illness is too severe. I hope they keep trying; the results will be painful to watch. It will be like watching a trainwreck in slow motion; it makes us feel terrible but we can't help but look at it.
Alaskan Sisu says:
ReplyDeleteI hope she's going for that "tight" Joany Rivers look, also too.
Perhaps we are all missing something... Maybe she's getting a hair transplant or a sex change, also, too. I mean, even VanFlea appears to have disappeared too, *****Pooooooof!
It's WAAAAAY past time to give idiot Palin headlines of any kind...'
ReplyDeletecan't we JUST move ON and stop talking about that stooooopid idiot and quit fanning the flames of her head lines, that she SOOOO loves?
it seems obvious that the less she is publisized in the national media the MORE she disappears... which is what we want!
shut it peeps on the GD palin subject... just let it float out to sea with all those dead fish... she seems to "be going with the flow" so just let it be....
WHY are you censoring my post in regards to the Pink Handcuff thread...??? I have sent it 3 times, and yet it never posted...
ReplyDeletewhat are you so afraid of???
Re: Sarah's possible "nicer" re-emergence.
ReplyDelete"Aile's methods of rehab are outmoded."
Perhaps, but let's talk about you. I'm assuming you're not a practicing mental health professional but since you find it good sport to label someone with a severe, intractable psychopathology, perhaps you would find it enlightening to be on the receiving end of that sort of passive aggressiveness.
Your post suggests that you may have a tendency paranoid cognition. Not in the sense you might think I mean but in this way: You do your homework. You examine the "apparent" facts carefully but you do so with considerable prejudice, dismissing out of hand those elements of a situation which do not support your initial assumptions while locking on to anything that supports them.
The predominant assumption driving you to your conclusions is that any observation which does not support initial appraisal of a situation is
a sham.
Consequently, when you investigate a matter you do so with remarkable focus and intensity. The problem is, however, your attention
is rigidly directed, which is why it is invariably biased. We all have certain preconceptions through which we observe the world and which
colors our perceptions but these preconceptions are modified when we observe that which we did not expect to observe.
The individual whose cognitive style is somewhat paranoid, however, does not possess this perceptual flexibility. He or she considers their idiosyncratic view fallible, thus they impose their own anticipations on whatever they observe. Apparent contradictions between what is and what they believe things to be or always resolved in the same way: the
fact in opposition to their belief is simply dismissed.
I am fairly sure I brought to your attention one or two things about Roger Ailes you didn't know but since they were in opposition to what
you believe is the ultimate truth about the man, you dismissed the information rather than genuinely examining it.
As a general rule, this happens because that which is "novel" is a threat
to a person with a paranoid cognitive style. Palin is a media whore. She is seemingly avoiding the spotlight. Her behavior currently is both unexpected and novel--a potentially combustible cocktail for someone
who is in a constant state of vigilance to avoid observing the unexpected.
Now why would that be? It is because the unanticipated always has the possibility of harboring danger and in this case "danger" would be Palin making a sincere effort with the help of an established P.R. genius to
rehabilitate her reputation.
You cannot emotionally allow that possibility to be given credence so
Ailes--through your eyes--is an anachronism despite the fact that he
has mastered telecommunications and made media stars out of suspect raw material in the 21st century. Sean Hannity comes to mind.
The bottom line is this style of cognition blankets reality--not across the board but in certain specific circumstances. I've little doubt that you
are a professional success, for instance and are quite capable of seeing things as they are in your work. But in the domain of politics, your vision is distorted and incomplete. You miss what others see as obvious--the plain "face-value" of things. There is no evidence whatsoever (and even Gryphen has begrudgingly acknowledged this) that Palin is in hospital, recovering from cosmetic surgery, or in the middle of divorce proceedings.
To conclude, at least politically, you disdain the obvious, suggest that
the apparent facts are misleading, superficial, and a mystery to be solved.
The fact of the matter is Gryphen, to his credit, has it partially right. Palin's behavior currently is perplexing but to suggest that one KNOWS that the absence of some facts proves the legitimacy of others similarly
unknown is indicative of a dysfunctional manner of viewing reality.
Gryphen, do not stop talking about this idiot. You should continue to expose her. This woman is absolutely crazy and so are her followers. I do not want anyone to forget about this idiot!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all you do. Keep up the good work. I am very interested in what you and other bloggers have to say about this person who thought she could become VP without being vetted.
Someone needs to do a writeup about John McCain for not putting his country first by choosing this a**hole.
Reesie in VA
I can't believe no one specifically has asked WHO'S TAKING CARE OF TRIG?
ReplyDeleteDid Sarah Palin depart for parts unknown without the baby? That's sure mother love for you -- unless you believe like the rest of us that his true mother is taking care of him right now back in Wasilla.
We know Sally Heath doesn't have Trig, because according to Geoffrey Dunn and Chuck Heath, Sally is in the Pribilof Islands (although there's a possibility she's taken Trig with her to put him on an ice floe -- the Palin version of a "death panel" -- so that Sarah Palin can later say he was kidnapped by those White House conspirators and disposed of).
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P.S. to Anonymous @ 10:01 AM -- "Already, 16,000 people have weighed in on Facebook to say they liked Palin's position on the matter."
Phooey. 16,000 is nothing, not on Facebook, and not even on HER Facebook page, where 80% of those who are supposedly Palin "friends" are the morbidly curious and the highly entertained progressive/liberals who enjoy seeing how nutty both Palin and the 20% who are "true BFF" can get.
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What if Anonymous @ 10:08 is right, and Sarah Palin is "Bernie"?
That would just about guarantee that plastic surgery has been done, but on a clone Sarah Palin, some dotty Palinista with a physical resemblance who's agreed to step in, something like the character in the movie "Dave" (thank God and every other deity that the circumstances for this clone substitution didn't come to pass!!!).
I agree with anon@10.01 If you don't think it is possible, study Nixon, listen to the tapes. And imagine the technology now, 30 some years later.
ReplyDeleteIf Sarah doesn't come out with some kind of response on her FB tomorrow about Geoffrey Dunne's article, then we KNOW something is wrong!
ReplyDeleteAs far as "Rehabbing" Sarah's image...Ain't Gonna Happen. She is to far gone. They would have to tweak her medicine to such a level. *Shaking my head at the possible results*
Anon @ 10:01am
You forgot one thing about Ailes Re-habbing those folks. They are all MEN. Sarah is a different kind of CRAZY. Here is something else to think about...Sarah's Murphy Law Effect. Everything she touches turn's to S*&T.
While most of this is very funny the part about the kids is not.
ReplyDeleteAt some time I would think someone would care about them and care about the public that has become interested in a celebrity family. The Sarah Palin devotees might care to know and see that the kids are being schooled and where they can get therapy and medical attention when needed.
"I can't believe no one specifically has asked WHO'S TAKING CARE OF TRIG?"
ReplyDeleteI just assumed his mother was taking care of him. I'm sure Sarah's too busy. Or something.
But Nixon was probably reasonably intelligent. I agree that a makeover and political rehabilitation of some sort could be in the works, but I really don't think anything can be done with Palin's basic lack of ability. She's out of her league in serious politics. I don't think she'd make it through the primaries. And if she did get into the primaries, I'm pretty sure the kid gloves would come off so far as babygate and the media.
ReplyDeleteWhich doesn't mean she can't be groomed for some other, quite dangerous position. I mean, Beck, Hannity and Limbaugh do a lot of damage.
Before we go down the Richard Nixon path, may I point out that Nixon had a huge amount of foreign policy experience, was a lawyer, had traveled internationally and was not STUPID. He may have been evil, paranoid and twisted, but he was also extraordinarily SMART. And yes I hated him too. But when you are rehabbing someone, it helps if they posess a working brain.
ReplyDeleteThat being said - shall we consider Sarah in the same vein as Richard Nixon??? For heaven's sake people, she is NOT rehabbable (is that a word)? Even by Roger Ailes! You cannot rehab someone that possesses NO cognitive function, is NPD, paranoid, and a raving loon.
Her disease is (as someone said) a very noisy disease. She must always be guarded and cautious. She is always vigilent for surprise attacks.
He can rehab her for years and she'll still be Stupid Sarah, the Cheap Media Whore.
Gryphen: Having NO problem accessing the blog. Am running a MAC with both Safari and Firefox 3.5 Beta Test - picking up no spyware either.
ReplyDeleteJust to let you know.
Ailes is like Bill Parcells. He knows the game and how to pick his spots.
ReplyDeleteParcell's genius was always taking on the job of coach when a team had
certain potential.
He took over the Giants job after watching Lawrence Taylor play a few years.
He went to New England knowing he could draft a franchise quarterback in Drew Bledsoe.
The Jets were his next masterpiece. They had been 4-28 before Parcells
became their head coach. In two years they played in the AFC title game.
Then there were the Cowboys--5-11 for three years; in the playoffs with Parcells in his first year.
Now there is Miami: 1-15 before Parcells became their G.M.; 11-5 his first year with as a division title.
Those are the facts and it doesn't matter if I think he is a nasty S.O.B., a bum, or deranged in the way he manipulates players psychologically.
I'm not a big fan of Obama's. I didn't like the fact that his political ascension came largely by playing really dirty politics in chicago to take out his opposition (getting sealed divorce records made public) but I can acknowledge what seem to be the facts although they may be disagreeable to me:
He is a very gifted, brilliant, and charismatic man.
He may have the toughest job an American president has had since FDR.
He is a deserving heavy favorite to be reelected in 2012.
He is almost certainly a much finer human being than I am inclined to think he is.
He quite likely is doing a much better job than I give him credit for.
I admit these things knowing I really cannot speak with any authority on the kind of person he really is because I've never had a personal encounter with him. My opinions have been shaped by what I see in the papers, on the web, and on the tube--and they have been further distorted by my political dispositions.
Someone once said, "We never really KNOW enough about anyone to hate them."
I suppose there are exceptions. But who here can speak with authority
based on PERSONAL experience of having sat down with her for an hour or two, relating as one human being to another, say they have infallible knowledge that Sarah Palin is to be despised.
My problem with the president's road to the White House is my problem, not his. I KNOW I don't have all the facts. If I did maybe I wouldn't have a problem.
Where is that idiot than kidnaps women and keeps them in his backyard for 18 years when you need him?
ReplyDeleteWhere is Dr. Cathy Baldwin-Johnson? The doctor who delivered Trig? Maybe that's why Sarah has disappeared. She went to visit the good doctor to keep her hushed-up a while longer. ::tinfoil hat::
ReplyDeleteRE: Phooyey:
ReplyDeleteI'll tell you what: ask the CEO of Geico if he has a problem if he gets hit with 16,000 messages from people saying they are going to terminate their coverage because of a decision the company made.
AARP lost 60,000 members after the death panel business. If you don't think Palin has the clout to get that many people to boycott a former Beck sponsor, you haven't been paying attention. For every one who
took the time to post a message, there are probably a hundred who agreed with her.
The answer is Rehab, people.
ReplyDeleteShe's sequestered without the blackberries so she can't twitterbabble, and facebook's hired the ghost writer. Because twitterin' and postin' are not 2 of the 12 steps.
I believe she is in an Australian rehab being sponsored by Rupie Murdoch.
ReplyDeleteI think she just secretly had an abortion. Blame it on the icemachine guy.
ReplyDeleteShe'll do a minor face-lift to divert everyone's attention.
anon @12:21 or lizzy or Meg - whatever your name is - we GET it, ok? Sherry J. broke the law. She is a dealer. She dserves (and will) pay the price for that. I have not seen anyone "defending" what Sherry J. did - just specuation on the possible motives, the timing of arrest, the pink cuffs, etc.
ReplyDeleteBecause she is a criminal (again, we get that) does not excuse any mistreatment of another human being (at least that is what I believe).
Demonize her all you want - her guilt is not disputed, but don't confuse compassion for her as an excusal of her law-breaking.
"Weekend at Bernie's"
ReplyDeleteEvita Peron or a combination?
As for Betty Ford Rehab, I can't see SP doing that ever. When Limbaugh did "rehab" it was private, alone with a doctor. Rehabilitation is a word for the courtroom. If she was backed into a corner and had to say "rehab" it would be a Jesus camp type. Rehab is not what wing nuts do. They are saved, exorcised, prayed over. The prisons are where others do "rehab." It is also a place where ministries save souls. Her mental illness is the same. It would be a battle with the devil and she would win or martyr. When I think of her in "rehab" or "hospital" I think of her with spa like treatments, not working steps or as much as a 30 day program. A hospital would be more like a Michael Jackson could set up at home. Her handlers may not like the drugs she is on and they could take her some place to get more control. They might want to get her off speed and sedate her.
Whatever diabolical "care" she could be getting from the likes of Ailes, it could include cosmetic surgery. Heck, if they thought it would give them what they want they'd give her a lobotomy.
As for the Roger Ailes scenario, it may not be the exact model. They adapt to stay current.
Can it be just coincidence that she commiserates with the Dick? Cheney is quiet a mastermind in his own mind. Maybe she is in Texas where they say Dick hides while he pretends to be in Wyoming. Texas is full of secret hide aways and vast ranches, they buy their own law enforcement. Remember when Dick shot his friend in the face?
I do find it odd that a master P.R. person would have her just disappear. That appears to be the work of the incompetent Meg. I'd think the professionals would have had a coherent statement about she would be working on her memoirs or some reason not to make it look so much like she is needs to withdraw from drugs or reach critical mass with her mental illness.
Also, there are the theories that she is avoiding the Feds. She could be too paranoid to let Meg know that much about where she is. She could be constantly on the move. It is all highly unusual and we need answers.
FACT: Ailes has not successfully launched a female politician, and certainly not since the 20th century.
ReplyDeleteShouldn't those kids be in school by now? Oh wait....it's the Palin's. They could care less about edumacating their brood.
ReplyDeleteTwo questions can be answered by people in Wasilla.
ReplyDelete1) are the kids at home??
2) Is little Piper in school??
Then we can debate the lunatic asylum over plastic surgery
I have just a little experience with a relative with a Borderline Personality Disorder and it fits Sarah, that being said, it is NOT treatable and they will not participate in treatment. So my number one guess is a little nip and tuck, removing some of that loose neck skin, shaving down her manly jaw bones, fillers in the deep creases by her mouth and a mini face/ or eye lift.
"I can't believe no one specifically has asked WHO'S TAKING CARE OF TRIG?"
ReplyDeleteWell, probably his mommy Bristol, that's who!
Tooo funny--I do not look at the PeeSea very often, but there are a bunch of articles on there which Sarah obviously would not be able to understand, and complicated topics about which she could never debate. If it's a site ABOUT her, shouldn't the articles on it be written at a 6th grade level so Sarah can understand them?
ReplyDeleteInteresting comments. I will continue to follow the AK bloggers of progressive type, they do not make my stomach upset!
ReplyDeleteFunniest post ever, Gryphen! As far as Sarah goes, I hope she fell off the edge of the flat earth. It would make my day.
ReplyDeleteHiking the Appalachian Trail?
ReplyDeleteanother message for anon @12:21:
ReplyDeleteI see you also posted your message at Mudflats as
"Lizzy."
IzzyLene is a consulting firm in Alaska registered to Meg Stapleton. It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out who "Lizzy" is. Add to that the writing style and the overabundance of exclamation points and VIOLA!!! Hi Meg. WHY are you so concerned with discrediting Sherry J? Yes, we know she broke the law and deserves to be punished - but if you think it means we will discredit any unrelated insights she may provide on the life and times of Sarah, you are mistaken.
Um, where did anonymous get the idea that Palin's suptid death panel lie made 60,000 people drop AARP? Fox? LOL. Yeah, she's got the "power". The power to raise only 700k in a year, and spend over 1/3 of it on administrative costs. LOL. That's how to get ahead.
ReplyDeleteLet us know when she finally figures out how to hire people who can file a FEC report without being called incompetent.
Oh, free republic is where anonymous heard that AARP lost 60,000 people due to Palin's lie.
ReplyDeleteMaybe she does ave the capacity to scare people into believing her lies. Wow, what a legacy.
How stupid are those poor seniors, to drop out of a good program because Palin lied about healthcare? She must be so proud of her good work. Way to influence policy. More people without resources due to her lies.
Actually, my husband and I just joined AARP because of hearing that some folks left (whether it is true or not that 60,000 really did leave, I don't know). I'm sure there were others across the country who did the same, so Palin brought new folks to AARP, also too.
ReplyDeleteHow hard would it be for Sarah to drop a note to the sea of pee'ers to let them kno she is "hard at work on her book blah blah blah...." and thank them? Those are her supporters, and they keep sending her money! She has ignored them, and they do not care! She ignores more supporters - her fans (5000 of them) at the AK church function - does not even have the class to let them know she can't make it. And they do not care! I wonder if the Pastor or Star Parker will comment on her rudeness (doubt it). How can they all be SO STUPID?
ReplyDeleteSarah is in South Carolina helping Governor Sanford with his problems, giving him advise on resigning and helping him with his resignation speech.
ReplyDeleteHey there Anon @12:21,2:08 and maybe 9:52-
ReplyDeleteI don't think you are Meg- No- I believe that you are a "woman who likes to run with the wolves."
It is quite a treat watching you deploy your considerable cerebral gifts to obscure rather than to clarify.
It's a wonderful game you play--- can YOU see through the haze that you've created with your own cloud machine ?
BREAKING!
ReplyDeleteSarah Palin has been sighted by an unnamed NASA employee...
No, she is is not found traveling in outer space. She has been seen entering a conference room at the NASA headquarters in Washington D.C.
In a surprising move, she has volunteered to become the first human specimen to be "Frozen in Time"! As part of the NASA's planned 'Manned Mission to Mars and Beyond' program.
As to her motivation, Palin has cited her 'curiosity about the universe', her 'deep respect for science' and her 'patriotism'. She had been heard saying "finally, I will know how it feel to be a Mommy Grizzly, hibernating like the bears I so admire."
Sarah Palin was apparently, very impressed by a power point recruitment presentation that ended quoting the experts "the subject's biological aging will be curtailed by the process and the physical 'beauty' might even be enhanced."
If agreed, Palin will be frozen for about 3 years, just in time to re-emerge for the 2012 GOP primaries.
Another Will She ~ Won't She?
ReplyDeleteHONG KONG — Former U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, once questioned about her lack of foreign policy experience, will make her first trip to Asia in September.
The former Alaska governor will visit Hong Kong to address the CLSA Investors Forum, a well-known annual conference of global investment managers, the host announced Monday.
The Sept. 23 address will mark Palin's first commercial speaking engagement, according to CLSA. Her speaking fees were not disclosed.
It will be closed to the media, and the topic has not yet been confirmed.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iEwG-HifurWOKH6CY8lWjbp2rinwD9ADOEP80
EOY
Looks like Sarah may be in hiding to prep for a supposed visit to Asia. But since it isn't listed on her Facebook page, I am guessing that she has not actually accepted this engagement (that is what her supporters claim, that Meg will approve it and post it on facebook if it is really happening and don't believe it until you see that happen).
ReplyDeleteEOY
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iEwG-HifurWOKH6CY8lWjbp2rinwD9ADOEP80
HONG KONG — Former U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, once questioned about her lack of foreign policy experience, will make her first trip to Asia in September.
The former Alaska governor will visit Hong Kong to address the CLSA Investors Forum, a well-known annual conference of global investment managers, the host announced Monday.
Bill Clinton, Al Gore and Alan Greenspan have spoken at the event, hosted by brokerage and investment group CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets.
"Our keynote speakers are notable luminaries who often address topics that go beyond traditional finance such as geopolitics," company spokeswoman Simone Wheeler said in a statement.
"We just felt it would be a fabulous opportunity for CLSA clients to hear from Mrs. Palin," Wheeler said, adding that CLSA approached Palin with the offer.
annonymous 10:01 AM - If you have been reading this "board" you know we think she is linked to Faux News. Was babygate Roger Ailes' idea? Was he behind outing and trying to smear left bloggers who wrote about Palin? He has a history of doing such things? Roger Ailes is one of the Dominionists who manipulates the republican leaders of our country so they appear to be something they are not. He helps them plot the manipulation of the sheeple. As more people are becoming aware of this his power will decrease. In his book,"You are the message", one of the chapters is- qualifications vs qualities. Palin has a charisma which attracts the most backwards people in our country. The problem is she has no qualifications. If he is involved he may be teaching her how to use her quality of charisma to try and overcome her disabilities. Will he advise her to have selective enhancement of her facial features? Research shows when we have a younger appearance people have more of a tendancy to think we have positive personaity traits. We of course assume she is being made over we just do not know the details. You Betcha.
ReplyDeleteAccording to HuffPost ... if it is to be believed ... and if she doesn't bail out at the last minute ... comes September, SP can be found in Asia
ReplyDeleteBut but... All evenst MUST be confirmed by Meg Stapelton of SarahPAC and should be cleared by Van Flea!
ReplyDeleteDon't "celebrate" already about the Alaskan joke coming to your town, Hong Kong!
The bigger question is: where is Tina Fey? Has she been seen recently?
ReplyDelete"I suppose there are exceptions. But who here can speak with authority
ReplyDeletebased on PERSONAL experience of having sat down with her for an hour or two, relating as one human being to another, say they have infallible knowledge that Sarah Palin is to be despised."
It doesn't always take personal experience to judge another person. If you want Biblical authority for this (not my background, but it might be yours) then look at "By their fruits ye shall know them." People have histories, and you don't have to know them personally to have access to their histories.
Sarah has been a disastrous failure and a quitter throughout her career. After a while, you get to realize it's not bad luck: it's her. I felt the same way about George Bush. He was never successful in any career venture he tried- he constantly had to be rescued by his father or his father's rich friends. It didn't take personal acquaintance to know he'd fail as a president.
Knowing the person face-to-face as an individual may explain WHY the person failed. For judgment, though, you look at somebody's history. Have they got a 20 or 30 year trail of failure behind them? Probably not a good idea to vote for them, then.
And talking with Sarah has really no point behind it. One thing we all know about Sarah is that she's a liar. And, my gods, what I'd give for Sarah to sue somebody for calling her a liar. No intelligent lawyer would take her case, though: there's too much evidence, and Sarah herself would never appear in a courtroom under oath. And things like birth certificates could be required as evidence.
Bristol was at the state fair on Saturday, late afternoon, with the double stroller filled with two babies. No sign of Sarah or Todd.
ReplyDeletewhy would no one take a photo?
ReplyDeletewe need photos.
Well, my kids saw Bristol at the fair. I hear Willow is at CHS and that she's living with Todd, who's moved out?? And Palin is in NY. All rumor of course, but there it is- that's what's come across my desk...
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Palin has the 2 little kids with her..
anon @ 5:40: I think that Trig and Tripp are likely with Bristol. If Sarah has Piper, I wonder how they get around the school issues.
ReplyDeletePiper is being 'hotel-schooled' by her mother. Besides, religious fundamentalists don't need to send their kids to school - education only interferes with the brainwashing.
ReplyDeleteCan you please, please let her stay hidden.
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