Though I NEVER watch Fox News, I did watch this yesterday and was amazed. As much as it may turn your stomach, if you watch this entire interview you will have seen Sarah Palin completely unguarded. She feels safe with Greta and does not hesitate to let her insanity come out to play.
Part Two: Palin gets pissed at our President.
Part Three: Sarah demonstrates jawdropping ignorance concerning foreign affairs.
Part Four: Back on the bus with Palin, where she takes the opportunity to lie about why she quit.
Unbelievable. And this is an interview with an ardent supporter. Did you notice that Sarah accidentally admitted she is running in 2012? I did.
The word salad evident in this interview is overwhelming. Sarah has absolutely no idea what she is talking about, and, as evidenced by yesterdays video of her supporters, some people are anxious to embrace it as "being real".
This is EXACTLY how George Bush got elected, and without vigilance it could happen again.
Not that I don't do botox, but she is frozen.
ReplyDeleteand there is a slimming of the jaw, not so squarish, which was a good feature and good underpinning for ageing.
On she goes about the troops again. Well, Sarah, let me tell you something, not everyone that enters the military does so in sacrifice to self. Geezez, some go because they want a job with the possibility of 20 + year security, some want college paid for and some need training they could not afford otherwise. As a vet, I've heard and seen those reasons. She is clueless and sorry, but she does NOT get to live vicariously through her son when it comes to the service. The military is not to be used by the likes of her as some sort of huge hammer with which to smash anyone that disagrees with us. Cheney and Bush tried that and here we are today...in a quagmire. The military is the element of last resort, when all else fails. Unfortunately we now have idiots like Sarah that would bomb their way into infamy simply because they seriously lack other skills. An NO, Sarah and Daddy Chuck, fear is NOT the way to be respected. You 2 can wake up from the cold war; it's a very different day. I am so sick of these clowns ASSuming President Obama disrespects the troops. What's disrespectful is Sarah's lies and insinuations.
ReplyDeleteGryphen,
ReplyDeleteI couldn't listen to much of it, That voice grates on me and causes my little Chihuahua Chiquita to yowl and whine as if in pain. But Sarah acts like only neocons are in the army, pandering again to her base with the t-shirt...my very democratic son has served 4 tours in Iraq and voted for and fully supports our president.
OT I would like to thank you for many things. I have never met you, but if I ever do..get ready for a big hug :) You have become an advocate for sexual assault victims and now are bringing to the forefront needs of special needs kiddos. And for those things you have my undying gratitude. Each person who speaks out for the abused and neediest in our society is truly a hero. Thank you, its amazing that one person,such as yourself can help with awareness. While I realize the main reason for your blog is to out SP (and a big thanks for that) I hope every once in a while you will continue to be the advocate that you have ( maybe unwittingly) become.
One voice, one blog, aon "pajama clad" :) blogger can and does make a difference in our increasingly uninvolved society.
She's absolutely going to be the GOP nominee. She'll lose - but it's going to be scary.
ReplyDeleteI don't have the stomach to listen to these. Could some stronger soul out there report on the highlights? Thanks.
ReplyDelete"incentivizing" etc. OMG. OMG. OMG. The tee shirt. OMG OMG OMG
ReplyDeleteDevil woman makes me head spin. She's the Beast.
Gryphen--I certainly hope that you will be free to disclose what you know about her. While I understand you are still bound by a promise of confidentiality, do you think things will get out?
ReplyDeleteSo, now there is no excuse for the Army to keep her off its bases (against the law to campaign on installations)
ReplyDeleteBut we won't have to worry about 2012, will we? Please say she'll be done, politically, by then. This book tour is painful. How do her pathetic fans not see how manic, impatient and nasty she is? Watch the video of her at Orange something mall in FL. Nasty, hyper, classless piece of goods. No respect for her children, her parents, her aunt, anybody. Nobody matters but numero uno.
ReplyDeleteIs she wearing her pajamas for this interview? Looks like it to me.
ReplyDeleteWord salad for sure. Greta seemed to try a few "tougher" questions. But the answers - oy vey! Is this the substance Rush is praising? Yikes
How about you end this right now? I don't really fear Palin. I don't understand why people should. She is not qualified for the Presidency. It is simple.
ReplyDeleteBut why aren't you coming out with the information on Palin? I am beginning to think you either don't have it and want people to stick around so you can rack up hits on your website. (which is sad) Or you have it and it really isn't that great.
Maybe you will confuse my motives, but this is why I say you should come forth. Levi has been completely mismanaged by Tank and Rex. Ask anyone who does not post here and that is not relatively political. "Levi who?" is basically what you get or you get "that the guy who knocked up some person's daughter?" No one knows him and no one cares. Rex and Tank have made him irrelevant. He is not going to be the piece to take her down. I have said before here and will restate: He has zero credibility. His actions don't speak like someone who general populus is going to trust.
Now for Gryphen, I have read this blog for over a year. I like your insight, but it just seems like now you are trying to hold on to readers with "Breaking Palin News!" Dangling a carrot in front of us, but it never comes out. Like the divorce story that never came to fruition.
I guess one more question, since I don't have internet access all the time. But I have read the speculation that Bristol's kid, Tripp, is not hers. How would it be possible for Levi then to go for custody if that is true? The one positive that would come out of that is that we would then find out the truth regarding Tripp. Levi either gets custody or he doesn't based on him not being the "father."
I guess I am becoming skeptical and need to be made a believer again.
Gryphen,
ReplyDeleteI am going to have to toss this laptop out. The past day has been a SP frenzy .. she is gleeful and energized ... and enjoying the glare of attention. I have reached my limit of watching her gloat.
In that period of absence it seems she hired a speech coach ... I watched the first and a bit of the second frame .. i don't remember hearing any "also too s." and no winking. she gets her clues from her critics ... she's working on everything... we won't see her hold Trig as much either ... because it shows she does not care about him.
Her facts, however, are still glaringly wrong:
1. this economy during the Reagan years was not worse than the one we are in now.
2. Obama does acknowedge the sacrifices the military makes ... and he said he would not send them in to a war that was not warranted ... I remember this clearly.
3. Her response to the question about poor Americans ... she says we are all funamentally equal and implies that we all have the same opportunity for employment .. this is b.s.
Frankly, I am terrified and uncomfortable watching her ... I need to find a way to put blinders on ...
This is all just unbearable.
Jessica
Is Greta Van Sustern a Scientologist? Or just her husband, I don't know his name offhand? I thought I had read that somewhere. If so, creepy.
ReplyDeleteI think it has been proven statistically that the angrier candidate always loses. Keep it up, Sarah!
ReplyDeleteI haven't watched this train wreck as yet because I'm eating lunch and have no Maalox handy. I can say that IF she is "elected" (a la Georgie Boy) my husband and I are contemplating leaving this once-great land of ours. It'll become an unimaginable nightmare, with Queenie (and whomever is actually behind her pulling the strings) totally justified in whatever "she" does in the name of God and America. If anyone disagrees, she'll enact swift revenge, I'm sure. Notice I'm stopping short of any obvious references.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to keep opening my librul face and spouting against her to anyone who'll listen.
And IF she IS "elected" by some horrible twist of fate or Rove, we can't sit back like we did before. We MUST take to the streets!!
It is obvious she is obsessed with the blogs. You can tell by her body language. She gets sooo upset when she is talking about the ethics complaints and "personal attacks."
ReplyDeleteKeep up the heat.
omg I can't stand her! 'the talent that Obama wants us to believe he has' her clueless, simplistic bumper sticker word salad, no depth, no understanding of how to even begin to address any complex issues!
ReplyDeletecan't subject myself to the videos. Won't. It's cruel to expect me to even think about opening them ;)
ReplyDeleteIt's TIME people. Whomever has anything that will take her off her pedestal needs to come forward, for their country. What is the status of all the ethics complaints that were still open when she deserted? Is the FBI still up there in Alaskahh, as was reported a while ago? Updates, we need updates. To keep us sane.
I am stunned by how dangerously naive and ignorant she is. She has absolutely no clue what she is talking about with regard to foreign affairs. None at all. Her "solution" to the India/Pakistan issue is for them to "forge" a friendship and hold hands against the Taliban, which she mistakenly holds accountable for the Mumbai massacre. Gee, I guess no one has EVER thought of diplomacy in the India/Pakistan problem. She's a genius!!!
ReplyDeleteHer ridiculous ignorance about "free market" principles as the solution to everything economic is so trite and half-assed that there isn't enough space here for me to comment sufficiently.
I am floored by the complete lack of susbstance this woman has that I cannot fathom how she is a force in national politics. She doesn't appear equipped to successfully run as town dog catcher.
I'll give Greta credit - no one has asked her these kinds of questions on her book tour. I think if Greta knew what a giant ass SP would look like, she might have asked her questions about huntin' and fishin' and Todd.
Anonymous @9:24
ReplyDeleteMan, if I didn't know better I would have sworn I wrote your post. Gryphen, Surely you realise that ever hour that goes by strengthens her. Over and Over people say to me "Why didn't the media find this out?" They believe her because no one has called her on the lies. I know you are protecting someone, but dang it - our country is more important than one person. Did you read what Frank Rich said in Sunday's NYT? If Sarah doesn't get elected she could easily smooth the path for someone with less baggage but the same ideas. COUNTRY FIRST.
Sorry, forgot to spell check before I posted. Don't want you to think I'm dumb like SP.
ReplyDeleteSorry, I just couldn't listen to it for very long. She makes my brains explode and then my head hurts. Here's a fun link my geeky son sent to me: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2009/11/11/sarah-palin-wonder-woman-mad-magazine/
ReplyDeleteThat interview will hit the spectrum of the conservative sphere and its hollow talking heads as her policy manifesto... manifest destiny... or some such mavericky thing!
ReplyDeleteGood grief, the constant repetition of a few key phrases in that screechy voice and the utter lack of new approaches for the problems America faces gives me renewed gratfulness she is no longer in office.
ReplyDeleteHer statment that staying in office and doing her job was the same as quitting, and quitting is the same as "fighting for Alaska" is no less absurd than the first time she said it.
In her mind, I think she is running a political campaign, not a book signing tour. Of course, she does not have to do anything but up show up, smile, and act nicely toward her fans. Interviews with sympathic newscasters replace the need for debate with informed opponents.
If her fans pony up enough dollars to keep her in luxury while she "runs" for office, I think she could be very happy with a losing campaign.
The plot of "The Producers" was exactly about how putting on a flop could be profitable for the top three or four people.
CR46: I love your homage to Gryphen. What wonderful words you wrote. I second them. Thanks Gryphen for being there.
ReplyDeleteWhy does GVS refer to her as 'Governor Palin'? That is when I turned it off.
ReplyDeleteWant to hear about something scarier than Palin? Although, no doubt, Palin plays a role in this cult.
ReplyDeleteThe Secret Political Reach Of 'The Family' - NPR's Fresh Air w/ Terry Gross.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120746516
Interview with author Jeff Sharlet, The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
Adulterers Ensign, Sanford; Fundamentalist Stupak, and the rest of these CRAZY NUTS Christian Taliban in the government.
Did you notice that in many cases in her questioning that Greta sort of sets the question up for Palin?
ReplyDeleteInteresting.
It's obvious that this "interview" was an attempt to showcase Sarah Palin. How did they just happen to put up the clip of Reagan when she talked about Reagan? BTW, she's full of it. A lot of businesses are failing not because of taxes but because demand for their products/services is down and they are unable to obtain credit as easily as they used to. If she's so concerned about debt, why wouldn't she support a tax increase to close the gap. BTW, she doesn't mention the trillion dollar boondoggle in Iraq, and the staggering increase of the deficit under Reagan and Bush (I and II). BTW, business doesn't create jobs when taxes are reduced; they create jobs when the cost of new employees is less than the revenue the new employees will generate. Only a poorly run and marginal -- on the verge of bankruptcy -- business would create jobs because its taxes are reduced.
ReplyDeleteSHE IS TOO A QUITTER! Why does GVS call her Governor? But, Gryphen, I am feeling antsy today - like something is going to happen. Please tell me it is! I cannot link to Celtic Diva (I need to get in touch with her and let her know and see what's happened); she seems to have breaking news right now that Ft. Hood might not happen for the Palin Wasillahillbillies! Help.
ReplyDeleteThey are all complaining about Obama's "dithering" on Afghanistan -- a Cheneyism, by the way -- because they know that a considered appraisal of the facts could result in less funds for the military/contractor-complex. It's as simple as that .. they're driven by pure greed, not the country's interests. Interesting that she complains about deficits, but supports greater indebtedness to strengthen a military she says should be "second to none," while ignorant of the fact that weapons' development could stop for some time and the country's military would remain second to none for some time.
ReplyDeleteAre we still on the clock?
ReplyDeleteWeren't the "15 minutes of fame" supposed to have expired about 10 months ago?
Anonymous @ 9:28:
If Palin is elected and you want to move, if it's not geographically out of the question, I'll help you pack.
Anniebegood: I thought Palin was the definitive lightweight--a person
of no political significance; the ultimate sideshow.
Now we have Maureen Dowd urging the President to take a play out of Palin's playbook. The immovable Gryphen violating his "No Fox ever" dictum, and you are begging for someone to give you assurance that
someone sticks the proverbial fork into her before 2012.
Why would that be?
Is she any savvier than she was a few days ago when the one liners by
Jon Stewart and Letterman seemed to have the power of silver bullets.
Surely you haven't given up on Levi Johnston as the giantkiller.
What is the reason for your teeth gnashing?
If I were in your shoes--that is feeling absolute disgust for the woman--and Gryphen had something on her, in the interest of the public welfare, I'd think he'd come forward. Every day she can continue her slash and burn tactics puts healthcare at greater risk. It opens the door for more innocents to be seduced--just like in Nazi Germany.
Now, if someone had something that could have stopped Hitler cold before he could get a toehold in the hearts and minds of the German people, would YOU have used it against him or been constrained by "confidentiality".
Would you rather be remembered as the woman who made a preemptive strike against the ultimate deaths of millions or the person who believed "confidentiality" to be the higher moral law?
Which would you be the more noble course: maintaining confidentiality
or risking breaching it even if it meant the end of your career but by doing so you saved the country from falling into the hands of a tyrant?
I'm not asking you to decide what is protected and what is not. I'd simply like to know that if YOU were in possession of information that could save this country from a leader that could destroy it, would you go public, piss off your sources, but spare incalculable suffering?
I am a veteran and can tell you she is full of s**t.
ReplyDeleteto anonomous at 9:20 : Which baby are you talking about Trig or Tripp? They said Trig is not Bristol's baby. Tripp is Bristol and Levi's baby.
ReplyDeleteFor the person who asked if Greta van Sustern was a scientologist the answer is yes. IS Greta's husband still advising Palin on her PAC? It would be scarier still if the Church of Scientology were backing her and advising her given the recent media attention on their human rights abuses - what would they advise her if she were President?
ReplyDeleteLOL .. "quitting is not quitting" ... Interesting thing is that she signed those ethics laws and didn't have the foresight that they might be used against her? Kristan Cole essentially told WSJ that she couldn't work with the ethics laws in place .. very telling. She is not cool, calm and collected .. I think the head doctors call if "pressured speech." What we've got to ask at every stop if she runs in 2012, "Why would you resign, if elected?"
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ReplyDeleteYES - both Greta and her husband are bigwigs in Scientology. And Sen. Joe McCarthy was one of her father's best friends and he used to stay in their home in Appleton, WI when he was home from DC when she was young. Pretty scary. And she is on FOX. Say no more.
But she did seem to push some direct questions on Sarah that caused the spewing forth of the salad. So points to her for that.
You'll have to summarize for me because I cannot contaminate my soul with her actual hateful words and mean voice any longer. She is awwwwful. Scary. Vacuous. Mean. and yes, per Bitney, a sociopath.
ReplyDeleteMainly, today, though, I'd like to know why the comments from Mr. Mitchell posted through Mudflats and Huffington Post re: the alleged Sarah Palin/Brad Hanson affair have NOT made it to the top of the news, and whether or not she or her lawyer have attacked Mr. Mitchell about this.
We all need to be very wary that this person with no apparent brains or soul doesn't keep getting RESPECT from the media. She DOES NOT DESERVE RESPECT. She needs to be publically called out on each and every one of her lies, both professional and private issues. She wants people to think she is worthy of admiration personally? Then her character is fair game to be attacked.
And, she looks like 45 years old going on 60. She has aged tremendously and the gobs of makeup are making it worse.
Oh, and Sarah? I'm not fooled. You really do think God has chosen you. Guess what? God told ME that you heard him wrong.
If Miss Wasilla got elected president it would mean that the country went to hell in a handbasket, so if one could leave, that would be an easy decision.
ReplyDeleteShe could only get elected if the whole economy and world just melt down. And if that is happening, not sure it makes any difference.
So, if we can keep it all somewhat together, she won't be near the White House.
And can anyone imagine another candidate picking Miss Rogue as VP again???!!
I'm with the rest of you who can't open these videos...I'm sick enough already of her constant bs with that screechy voice! I hope this over exposure on palin has the same results as a certain smoking cessation program. When everyone becomes saturated with her crap,...its over!
ReplyDeleteI can't read or post much more about her, I'm afraid of what I would say!
In part IV, was the bus really moving or were they wobbling the camera? I don't hear the usual bus noises that anyone who has ever ridden a bus hears. If the bus was moving, that was an awfully bumpy road. Just sayin'
ReplyDeleteMy goodness...she does talk in circles, doesn't she? I cannot watch anymore. Her annoying voice and speech patterns have driven my out! She repeats the same talking point over and over.
ReplyDeleteI fear for you, America.
Your Candian friend.
9:01 AM Anonymous Vet said...
ReplyDeleteOn she goes about the troops again. . .she does NOT get to live vicariously through her son when it comes to the service.
The military is the element of last resort, when all else fails. Unfortunately we now have idiots like Sarah that would bomb their way into infamy simply because they seriously lack other skills.
Anon 9:44 said "Her ridiculous ignorance about "free market" principles as the solution to everything economic is so trite and half-assed."
Thanks you guys, great highlights.
She couldn't even match her energy and free market "expertise" against an eight grader.
Sarah is an embodiment of Arrested Development, a stunted individual suffering from entropy.
"8:58 AM
ReplyDeleteJaime In Texas said...
I don't have the stomach to listen to these. Could some stronger soul out there report on the highlights? Thanks."
I'll give it a go for you...:)
Me Me Me Me Me Me God God God God God Small business Small business Small business Small business Lower taxes Lower taxes Lower taxes Troops Troops Troops Troops Me Me Me Me Me Me God God God God God Opposition Research Frivolous law suites Opposition Research Frivolous law suites Me Me Me Me Me Me Troops Troops Troops Troops Me Me Me Me Me Me.
I think I've got it covered for you.. Oh! Wait a minute I forgot a few Me Me Me Me Me Me God God God God God Troops Troops Troops Troops Me Me Me Me Me Me.
There we go.. Job done..:)
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The complaints against Sarah are and will continue to be her claim to fame.I think they are going to bite her in the A$$ . She's had a run of luck that's got to end in disaster I get the feeling She thinks She's invulnerable to the truth. The evidence is out there! I wish someone would come forward .
ReplyDeleteOMG. I always thought she would decide not to go for top spot because there would be too much work. She plans to delegate everything. Obama should hurry and make a decision because our troops need to know what they will be doing, so they can make plans and not just stop living while waiting? WHAT? She IS planning a run, and we will all be in trouble if she wins. The entire world.
ReplyDeletePalin's use of the word 'Homeland'(2 or 3 times) made me very uncomfortable. For some reason it makes me think of Germany. I know we have a Dept. of Homeland Security but I don't think I've heard other politicians use the word like she does.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if she thinks America is the Homeland for American Jews or if she thinks they need to go to Israel.
Her idea of diplomacy is using our superpower status and might to force other countries to do our bidding. Apparently she agrees with her father that fear brings respect. Frightening!
I listened to the whole lot and all I can say is OMG.
ReplyDeleteI know this is upsetting to watch as she single-handedly displays/exemplifies the problems and holes within our system of government -- as she shouldn't ever have been allowed to run for VP and most certainly shouldn't be allowed to run for P.
ReplyDeleteBut I honestly believe that she's hanging herself. What's to fear? Let her talk. And talk. The only people who will hear her are her base. Remember, she started out at the RNC wtih a lot of female support (PUMA). That quickly shifted.
Those women are never going to trust her again.
She can't expand her base.
She's a dangerous sociopath, who could endanger the well being of this country. OR does endanger the well-being of this country.
But she will never be the P.
Every interview she does, she LOSES support.
You know how her fans always crow about her FB supporters? Well, I cruised over there yesterday and guess who's pictures I saw on the front page as her friends? Three of MY friends who despise her!
Three out of the million pictures they could have shown. That's weird.
And comforting. There are more people watching to see the train wreck than watching for support.
That said, I hope AK govt get's its act together. Parnell, we're watching you from the lower 48.
Where are the emails?
Donald Craig Mitchell talks of Palin’s Going Rogue.
ReplyDelete(Heavy on the political revenge. Not apropo for a military base.)
Sarah trashes Nick Carney (the Wasilla city councilman who recruited Sarah into politics), John Stein (Sarah’s predecessor as mayor of Wasilla), Anne Kilkenny (a Wasilla resident whose viral email educated the nation to Sarah’s lackluster record as mayor), an unnamed City of Wasilla librarian, Frank Murkowski (Sarah’s predecessor as Governor of Alaska), Gregg Renkes (Frank’s Attorney General), Lyda Green (the former President of the Alaska Senate), Hollis French (the chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Alaska Senate), Steve Schmidt (John McCain’s campaign manager), an unnamed KTUU television cameraman, Walt Monegan (Sarah’s Commissioner of Public Safety), Randy Ruedrich (the chairman of the Alaska Republican Party with whom Sarah worked at the Alaska Oil and Gas Commission), Bill Allen (the corpulent head of the oil field services company VECO, a odious scum bag whose reputation as the bag man for Big Oil in the state capitol had been a matter of common knowledge in Alaska for a generation when Sarah went with her hand out to Bill for the campaign contributions she used to launch her statewide political career), Mike Wooten (Sarah’s ex-brother-in-law), unnamed executives of the Exxon-Mobil, British Petroleum, and Conoco-Phillips oil companies, Pete Rouse (a former Alaskan who was Senator Barack Obama’s chief of staff), Rahm Emanuel (President Barack Obama’s chief of staff), Kim Elton (a former member of the Alaska Senate who is Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s Special Assistant for Alaska), unnamed members of the McCain campaign staff who prepped Sarah for her television debate with Joe Biden, John Bitney (Governor Palin’s liaison to the Alaska Legislature), Levi Johnston (the hockey-playing, Playgirl modeling impregnator of Bristol Palin).
Sarah Palin: “cuckolding Todd when he was working on the North Slope by hooking up with Brad Hanson, Todd’s business partner in the Polaris snow machine sales business Brad and Todd owned in Wasilla.” No, she did not sue The National Enquirer.
Saw this interview last night on Fox. Several things came out at me, including the high-pitched irritation in her voice, and almost yelling at Greta. It was like she was seething underneath. Must have been time for her meds.
ReplyDeleteAnd, it's very embarassing to hear her raise "solutions" on Afghanistan/Pakistan relations. They have been neighbors for centuries. Their understanding of eath other's culture and values are so much different than ours. Sarah claims, "they need to know this and that.....blah, blah, blah." The woman is not an ambassador, diplomat, and it's shameful to watch her spill out these simplistic points on a bus, on a million dollar tour, on American soil, where her right to promote herself is protected by the US military, and their allies, who we all hold dear.
I think even Greta was a bit annoyed.
I believe since Palin is calling for " no Press " at many of her events. Also asking the prefered people who are being allowed to quizz or interview her...that they put their questions in writing BEFORE INTERVIEWS and such. Yes, after listening and watching these four clips, I believe Greta gave Palin the list of what questions she would be asking. So Palin studied them and prepared for this interview. Otherwise Sarah Palin would have done her usual type interview of misunderstanding those questions. Greta has been a fervent butt kissing fan of Palin since day one...and as one can see, Greta still is fawning and butt kissing her idol Sarah Palin.
ReplyDeleteSarah is more snarky than usual in her interview with Gretta.
ReplyDeleteHilary Rosen was on Joy Behar's program last week as Sarah's book first came out. Hilary, who has worked on numbers of campaigns and is often on TV as an advocate for the Democratic party had some words of wisdom regarding Sarah's possible run in 2012.
ReplyDeleteAfter the way that Sarah trashed Steve Schmidt, Nicole Wallace, and everyone else who ever spoke a harsh word to Sarah, it would be next to impossible to get people to work for her. They would surely understand that in a moment's notice, they, too, would be in the next book.
Sarah has poor organizational skills. That on-again off-again stuff with the speeches, and advisors telling her that wasn't "cute," that she should get organized is an indication of her organizational skills.
Another problem for Sarah is sticking to the same job, staying on message and not lettting criticism and fact checking get to her. She has the thinnest skin in politics. Bloggers post that Trig shouldn't be barefoot, and the next thing you know, he's got his shoes on.
The most frightening prospect of Sarah running for president is the people who will be backing her. This time it will be conservative, fundamentalist, evangelical religious fanatics. And, their agenda is very much at odds with our Constitution, regarding the separation of Church and State. That will most likely be the first rule of law that they revoke. Then, we'll have a rebirth of the Inquisition. First the motto will be "Palin 2012," followed by "Convert or Die."
Hey! If you're calling about the Ft. Hood visit, tell them about the pitch for SarahPac on the side of the bus! That is a politcal solicitation!
ReplyDeleteOn Palin's ties to Scientology through Van Susteren and husband John P. Coale:
ReplyDeleteLast spring I wrote "Palin might prefer to run, or might be forced to run as a third party candidate if she hopes to run for high office. That requires either a personal fortune or supporters with deep pockets as demonstrated by H Ross Perot in 1996. With high unemployment and a depression looming, and the favor of a Third Party candidate that is in sore need of advice and financial backing, could John P. Coale, David Miscavage and Scientology finally be positioned to realize their long nurtured ambitions to infiltrate Washington by backing a contender for President? Could Palin's party, whether Republican or a Third Party splinter group, possibly become the party of Scientology as well?"
To read further on this: (skip to Part 7 of this article)
http://nailinpalinnow.blogspot.com/2009/04/palins-coale-keeps-scientologys.html
And if you think this is just wild speculation, please read Part 6 of this article on how Scientology successfully influenced US Foreign policy under the Clinton administration, then tell me that Palin could not be subject to the same types of pressures. Or worse.
OT
ReplyDeleteFrom Mudflats:
Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the ground each morning the devil moans “Oh crap! She’s up!”
FOR Palin the Devil would say' "Mornin' Mom"
Since the Moosiah let it slip that she intends to run in 2012, she definitely should NOT be allowed on Fort Hood!
Oh and by the way $arah, did ya know that "Going Rogue" in British slang means having unprotected anal sex? No wonder your book is doing so well.
Sorry. There's no way I'm watching 28:59 of this crappola. I'm just thankful that there are patriots, like yourself,willing to throw yourself on her verbal grenades for such as me. My stomach is just too touchy,I can't do it.
ReplyDeleteomg...all of her nonsense os just going to far. Surely these people who think she would make a great president, need to be formed to an asylum? Unfreaking believable. She frightens me terribly.
ReplyDeleteFor those of you that actually have thought of moving if she were to run and win...come to Canada. We will love you...give you health care...and cuddle you until the hurt of the last year and and half goes away. God I feel sorry for you, but I believe there are far more smart americans than dumb ones.
Well, Gryphen, I didn't watch those videos, but I surely appreciate your posting them here for all to see. I prefer a summation, like Anonymous @9:44, thanks! Like your reading of that book for the group; others are doing the same. She has become too much of a distraction.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous @9:24 sorta reflects my sentiments. I read a comment posted at palingates that spoke of people worshipping at her feet in heaven, I think I am saying that right. It was posted at Bree's blog, too. And I heard of a picture on the internet with her image as Jesus on the cross, but I am not sure. Bad enough I saw her image as a cherub. Sure made me think about those images I remember of Jim Jones and David of Waco. Gryphen, did that book contain the name of Jesus at all?
Anyway, changing the subject, I am shocked that any publisher or parent would allow children to travel on a book tour. The baby has a known disability and BW said there was a hole in his heart that might require surgery. Is that true? Then the best interests of that baby have been ignored. Is it in the best interests of a child to be among a group of adults 24/7? What about watching an interview where the parent discussed adult topics, even about sexual issues of family members?
Oh well, thanks for letting me rant, and for sharing those videos!
More than 500 people turned out to see former Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin and get their books signed at the Villages in FL.
ReplyDeleteNot a lot.
Response from Sarah Palin on Facebook:
ReplyDeleteThere has been a lot of criticsm from those on the Left about how I am using my blessed little angel Trig as a prop to further my iconic mothering image.
There were some pathetic elitist college students from up the road in Rochester in the great state of New York (except for the city)that bragged about studying fruit flies.
I believe that these unpatriots only motivation to use our tax dollars is to make my joy, my pro-life credential, more "acceptable" to liberal sensibilities. . .Well I say hell no! I'm going to keep our special needs blessed divining rods as God made em, cross-eyed and barefoot!
Gyphen,
ReplyDeleteI have such a crush on you because I almost hate her as much as you do. Unfortunately you had to live with her as your Govern-not for a bit. I'm on the other side of the country. NYC grown. I've seen a lot. I've been through a lot , but this woman scares the shit out of me.
I hope Sherry gets out of jail soon and the family can begin to heal. I also hope S'error is exposed for the fraud that she is.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your daughter. Thank you for all the work you do for your state and country.
NYCgirl
I swear, if that twit gets elected to our highest office, I will renounce my citizenship while the county "first" deserves what they get.
ReplyDelete-ske in atx
Absolutely stunning...where does one even begin when commenting about this interview? I am just going to reiterate once and for all what liberals "fear" about Sarah Palin...it goes back to what Jon Stewart commented on last week. It is not that she is pro-life, it is not that she has a DS child (that makes her more human), it is not that she's "attractive" (to the over 55 Viagra set), IT IS THAT SHE IS SO FUCKING DUMB! DUMBER THAN GEORGE BUSH, DUMBER THAN ANY OTHER PERSON THAT HAS EVER BEEN ELECTED TO ANYTHING,EVER, EVEN A STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT. Sarah is an empty vessel for George Bush neocons to fill with their war mongering, tax cutting, nonsense that got us into this mess in the first place SARAH you dumb fucking hick.
ReplyDeleteHow are you going to cut taxes when nobody has an income? Here you go poor black people of Detroit, her's a tax cut for you! Now get a job! OH MY GOD, her stupidity makes my head hurt.
And Sarah, or whoever, I know your ass obsesses over these blogs, so I have to tell you that your hair is a rats nest, your clothes are disheveled, and please stop carrying around Trig as a prop.
Ok, I only got through the first one and I am pissed. This woman drives me insane. She knows absolutely nothing about the economy or anything else for that matter.
ReplyDeleteWhen the truth about her is revealed I am going to run out and dance in the street in celebration. Please let that be soon...that would be the ultimate Christmas present for me!
I normally do not advocate the burning of books, but I have lost all faith in the publishing industry. There is a reason besides money that SP is being alowed to get away with all of this. At this point I do not care who the puppetmasters are, I think it is time to put the puppet back into the toybox.
ReplyDeleteG. let me know when & where the bonfire is!
I thought I'd read that the Gov. of Alaska *IS* defended legally by the State. She says here that she had to defend herself. Which is true?
ReplyDeleteIt's time to initiate a blog-driven campaign to force Sarah Palin to put her money where her mouth is. On her latest Facebook posting she says about the military:
ReplyDeleteRead my books's dedication page. The book is for these Patriots who fight for freedom.
Start a nation-wide campaign for Sarah Palin to donate all proceeds from her book to military family organizations. If the book is "for these Patriots," then the proceeds should be for them as well.
Time to end the HYPOCRISY.
Does Sarah Palin know that it's OK to say "ethics charges" without putting the word "frivolous" in front of it?
ReplyDeleteNo Americans, you can't come to Canada. We are a bunch of commies and you wouldn't like how we care about our people anyway. And besides, we wait in lines a mile long to see our doctor. It's also a lie that our pharmaceuticals are cheaper by a mile and it's a lie that we only pay a little more than $100 a month for a whole family's healthcare.
ReplyDeleteYup all lies, and all a bunch of commies. Commie lies, the worst kind!
Three and a half minutes into Part 1, I had to stop.
ReplyDeleteThe stoopid is so overwhelming, I just couldn't cope.
This is the dumbest personality I've ever seen. She even makes Greta seem vapid.
If memory serves, Greta rode OJ's coattails to public attention.
Now she's helping enabling another sociopath.
How incredibly sad!
If you want to know the full ugly story of Scientology check the St. Pete Times. Recently they did a huge expose and I believe they will win an award for journalism. This is something everyone must read.
ReplyDeleteMind control.
Bwaaahahahahahahahahahahahahha. Hoooooo. Heeeeeee. Hoooo. Hahahahahaha. Ha. Ha. Ha.
ReplyDeleteYes, Indians and Pakistanis holding hands and forging a friendship against the Taliban.
As an Indian, nothing has been funnier to me than her solution to the Indian-Pakistan. She is such an idiot and ignoramus!!
Anonymous at 10:27 YOU ARE SO RIGHT. SHE NEEDS TO BE SHOT DOWN YESTERDAY.
ReplyDeleteI just want to make three points:
ReplyDelete1.) Hat tip to that great American, Todd Palin, for giving up his job so that our returning troops would have a better opportunity at finding work.
2.) I thought you people commenting that Sarah must have had plastic surgery while in hinding were full of crap. I apologize; I was wrong; you were right. Her face DOESN'T MOVE when she talks. LMAO.
3.) I see (actually hear) that Tharah has acquired a little lisssp. Watch her mouth, and listen carefully when she says her eth-es. I can understand why your face wouldn’t move with botox, but I wouldn’t expect it to give someone a lissssp. Musth be her lateth cothmedic dental work duzth’t fit that good.
I love it when someone's vanity bites them in the ass!
Special report on Scientology by TampaBay.com:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tampabay.com/specials/2009/reports/project/
You can also check the Australian papers for a story about an Australian MP using his parliamentary immunity to expose Scientology.
ReplyDeleteSomeone please explain to me how people overlook the mishandling of this DS child.
ReplyDeleteShe gets off the plane the other day in Asheville, NC with baby in tow on a damp day and everyone has a jacket on except the child. People and welcoming her with umbrellas and coats, she has on a jacket, her daughter has on a jacket but the baby has nothing on except a tee shirt.
http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2009/11/sarah-palin-meets-franklin-graham-in.html
First 10 seconds of Part 1, leading GVS to the side of The Big Blue Bus: "See my big picture? NO WRINKLES!!"
ReplyDeleteHow cute, ANOTHER backhanded slap at Katie Couric, aided and abetted by GVS. That weird lump is still in front of her right ear.
It's obvious she went to the hairdresser; her hair color is back to all brown, and she's obviously not wearing the multicolored wig. I'll bet she got her hair tinted back to brown to match that curly little animal she's clapped at the top of her head -- it must be more expensive than it looked.
She quickly corrected herself from "our Federal government will quit taxing those who are creating the jobs....er, not quit taxing, but reduce the taxes and start incentivizing small businesses especially..."
Oooo, I was wondering when she'd get around to "reduce the capital gains tax on corporations...oh, and small businesses too (oops, almost forgot!)"
When GVS pointed out the diverse needs of folks in our various states and Palin answered her, I thought I accidentally re-set the video back to 5:10 because Palin responded with exactly the same thing again, starting at 5:40.
Oh, God, she LIKES the status quo with "the very poor" using emergency rooms for their health care! "That is that compassionate heart of the American people...and of our government." Aaaack!
"The very rich for the most part are business owners, small business owners, who are creating the jobs. If taxes rise so rapidly on a small business creating jobs, they're just going to move their wealth elsewhere..."
They already do, and they have for YEARS, you ignorant twit! It has little to do with taxes, but a lot to do with PROFIT.
Geez, if someone could get this woman to READ something instead of forcefeeding her neocon talking points, she might take a look at an article from last July in the NY Times:
"[Y]esterday’s tax code, unlike today’s, had separate marginal tax rates for the truly wealthy and the merely affluent. For a married couple in 1960, for example, the 38 percent tax bracket started at $20,000, which is about $145,000 in today’s terms. The top bracket of 91 percent began at $400,000, which is the equivalent of nearly $3 million now….
Today, by contrast, the very well-off and the superwealthy are lumped together. The top bracket last year started at $357,700. Any income above that — whether it was the 400,000th dollar earned by a surgeon or the 40 millionth earned by a Wall Street titan — was taxed the same, at 35 percent. This change is especially striking, because there is so much more income at the top of the distribution now than there was in the past. Today a tax rate for the very top earners would apply to a far larger portion of the nation’s income than it would have years ago.
I CAN'T LISTEN TO ANY MORE OF THIS WOMAN'S IDIOCY. Please, someone else summarize the other Parts of the interview!
Never see right side of Face
ReplyDeleteNYC girl: (btw, I am a NYorker wannabe! I (heart) NY) but back to my point: I hope Sherry gets out of jail soon and beats the s&*t out of Sarah! How's that? I've about had enough.
ReplyDelete"I can say that IF she is "elected" (a la Georgie Boy) my husband and I are contemplating leaving this once-great land of ours."
ReplyDelete"I swear, if that twit gets elected to our highest office, I will renounce my citizenship"
I thought of that, during the Bush misAdministration, but decided then I would just become a victim of his foreign policy. If I stay American, I can fight from within.
Seriously? I used to think that I might die in the streets, shot while performing a nonviolent act of civil disobedience as political protest. If Palin is ever elected to our highest office, I'll be thinking that way again. It's not paranoia when they really are trying to get you.
In my calmer moments, I think Sarah couldn't get elected. She seems to have a congenital lack of abaility to organize. From the PTA members who complained that she'd sign up for everything and not follow through to her Quitter speech, she's all mouth, and no competence. I am cautiously optimistic. Too much is known about Sarah amongst the republicans. If she tries, I think they'll be the ones to oppose her. And she won't be able to hire qualified staff: the McCain campaign had a bunch of them, and they are now telling the world that she's lying about them. No sane person would want to be hired to work a campaign if the candidate had a history of blatant lying about staff.
That, of course, brings up the question about the not-sane people who like Sarah but can't articulate any of her policy positions. They may apply for jobs with her campaign, and even get them, but do they know how to do them? Sarah doesn't hire qualified people: that was the problem with her whole administration.
I remain cautiously optimistic, slightly disbelieving at the lies some people are willing to believe, and slightly frustrated at the hints of a HUGE scandal that nobody is willing to talk about.
Seriously. Levi knows something that will take her down. Kathy Griffin, who became friends with him and is smart as a whip, agrees, and won't say anything; Andrew Sullivan says it's a HUGE scandal... as do you, Gryphen... and nobody whispers.
Somebody ought to just bite the bullet and announce it. Get it out into the open. Dare Sarah to demonstrate its falsity.
Ivyfree
I CANNOT STAND IT! She doesn't know anything. She might watch the news and then makes stuff up to sound opinionated and anti-Obama.
ReplyDeleteIf the ethics complaints were frivolous, why would it cost "millions of dollars" and "thousands of hours" to defend against them?
ReplyDeleteWhy was her administration paralyzed and deadlocked when Bill Clinton had to fight impeachment and trial and still the gears of the federal government kept cranking?
Was he brilliant and she just inept?
I've only watched Part 1. Can only watch her in small doses.
ReplyDeleteHer comment as to taxing the rich - 'They'll take their businesses elsewhere'. Really Sarah - What rock have you been under - Bush already did that. He sat back and watched while the telemarketing, the textile industry, the digital/technical industry, name any manufacturing/service industry. He sat back watching education failing. Yet he stepped up and gave the leaders of these sectors whopping tax cuts all of which created jobs -- In India, In Indonesia, In Thailand -- I could name all the countries in the mid-East - but not in the US.
So the more she spews, the deeper she digs her own grave.
I'd chip in to win the chance to give the last kick to push her in. With pleasure!
To continue spewing more tax cuts - those the 'rich' business owners/corporations get are still in force and being used/received by them to continue lining their own pockets so quit spewing BULL SHIT Sarah.
And oh by the way -- Where's your unemployed husband Sarah? No where to be seen on the tour carrying around Trig. He's got all the time in the world now since he too is a "quitter" since he quit the slope.
Seems to be the Palin family characteristic -- Both parents are 'QUITTERS'
@Ron - Brilliant idea! She should at the very, very least give a percentage to help families of soldiers who lost their lives. I think a fair percentage should also go to organizations for Down's Syndrome:
ReplyDeletewww.ndss.org
www.nads.org
How much does this fine Christian woman give to charitable organizations every year? Probably a lot, right? After all, giving to help others is what a good Christian life is all about. Right?
Anon at 1:19pm
ReplyDeleteLOL! Some of us have checked into immigrating to Canada. And guess what :) the next time a republican is in power in the US I will. I meet all the criteria and since I do own land (Inherited through family) in Canada, I was told that we qualify to be first in line. We meet other qualifications too. Financial, would move our business, no felonies. But apparently my husband is lucky, owning a few thousand acres of land puts me at the top of the list :) (I'd let my husband come too.
Curiouser: I completely agree about her tone when saying the word "homeland"...pretty pretty scary, to quote Larry David. I bet he'd have a whole lot to say about this lunatic! And as for the Jews, I am fairly certain she expects them to go on over to Israel in droves so she can get this Rapture thing started already! The traditional Judeo-Christian relationship is something totally different to these evangelicals, and it's not good news - for the Jews, I mean. They need to get out there and call this woman out. Also, all the moderate Christians. She doesn't represent them; thank the Lord these fanatics are not truly in the majority, faith-wise. They are the fringe, and they are shameful.
ReplyDeletePalin looks at things as a challenge, but once attained is bored. Note her climb from her appointment by Murkowski, to Mayor, to Governor, to failed VP.
ReplyDeleteI named 4 challenges. She attained 3 and quit all three before her term was up to move to the next challenge. In doing so, she cares not about the collateral damage.
She failed at attaining the VP Office and therefore is still focused on that except she has moved the stakes higher to President as she doesn't have to wait for phone call for the invite from the old dog now.
As people have set out the joke bumper stickers sayings:
PALIN 2012 - 2014 1/2
It too would be the run for the challenge, then boredom within a short timeframe, but where would she be able to go from there. She has a definite problem as she won't attain the President's office no matter how many attempts she thinks she can make. The more she goes at it, she'll get worse than what she is now as for us it would be frustrating, but imagine for her as she doesn't believe anyone can tell her no. She would self desruct.
When she starts speaking in the fourth clip, I immediately thought of Stewie Griffin:
ReplyDeleteyou know...the novel you've been working on?
Listen, maybe someone has already pointed this out, but Sarah Palin says "Jeez" ALL THE TIME. Serious Christian do their best to not say the name of the Lord in vain, I'm sorry but that's true. Not that they are perfect about it, but it certainly MEANS something to them and so it is not generally used in such a casual manner! This woman is a total fraud.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of starting a campaign asking Sarah to put her money where her big loud disgusting full of crap mouth is. Let's start. Twitter campaign Facebook page saying Sarah is going to donate all proceeds from the book to military families. Great idea Ron!
ReplyDeleteI wrote emails to the people mentioned on Palingates asking them to ban Sarah from Ft Hood. There was far too much partisan talk there. I hope lots of you call and right so they ban her.
I can't watch these Greta clips right now Sarah and her big mouth and huge sawdust filled skull make me sick. She was a failure as governor. Why would she want to be president. She already said titles don't matter. Blchhhh
She gets away with everything and I am SO sick of it. I am praying for Karma.
PS And she's not saying, "Gee", either, it's "Jeez". That is short for Jesus.
ReplyDeleteOn Facebook, Sarah Palin says:
ReplyDeleteWe can take it back because we are fired up...
No doubt, Obama 'stole' "We're fired up and ready to go" from Sarah Palin, too, also; just like 'change.'
She was 'fired up' before 'fired up' was hot.
WOW. Jaw-dropping stupidity is right! I was gasping she is so clueless.
ReplyDeleteWhy would India waste one moment fighting the Taliban for Pakistan?
Why isn't this segment HUGE news!! Her Obama slams are just shocking, really.
Aon 1:19:
ReplyDeleteCan we send the Moosiah and her worshippers to you instead?
Gryphen,
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you have been to Palingates or Celtic Diva, but all kinds of sh*t is flying over at both of those places regarding SP's recent and upcoming book signings at the military bases.
I'm thinking that you, too, should make mention of it here to spread the word to your readers who may not visit the other blogs to stop her from making another visit to any more bases, including the one on Dec. 1st? It appears that a lot of people have already contacted the both bases to express their discontent and prevent any future visits. I'll be emailing and calling.
She needs to be stopped!
Would someone please point out the section or sections where she slips and says she's running in 2012? I'll slit my wrists if I have to listen to the entire interview, but I think I could push myself to get through one section.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
Where are the Yes Men when we need them ?
ReplyDeleteRe: The Veteren truth detector:
ReplyDeleteHow is exactly does that work--that is, having served you have a built-in truth detector?
I'm a vet, too, and I took Obama at his word when he said he would end income tax for seniors making less than $50k.
Was it special training? An implanted chip of some sort. We were trained on how to baffle interrogators but not how to tell when they were being deceptive.
"I'm a vet. I know she's lying."
I'm a vet and I think you're leaking from both ears.
I use to work in the book biz. I remember hearing once that when a book sold a million copies, it meant the stores ordered a million, not that the consumers bought a million. The million does not take into account all of the books that are returned after the 3 month sell time. (most publishers will take back what you do not sell after 3 months if you order the books 'returnable')
ReplyDeleteSo what I am hoping is that after 90 days, Harper Collins' will have truck loads of returns. (especially from the stores that had to order 2500 copies to get the queen to appear)
I doubt we'll ever know how many copies people really bought of GR, but I have a little comfort knowing the publishers inflate the numbers.
You know what Sarah reminds me of? A potato that has gone bad. It's covered with eyes (lumps), it's rotten inside, and anybody with a brain gets the hell away from it.
ReplyDeleteI muddled through the videos and strangely enough, my feelings are that Greta is no longer quite as enthralled with mistress P as she once was. She actually looked stunned at some of Palin's obvious ignorance of world affairs.
ReplyDeleteGAWD I wish Nancy Reagan would speak out, while she is still alive, to set the record straight on what SP is saying about what her husband did and did NOT do as President. Surely, even Nancy sees the value in coming forward, shutting these crazy religious single-mantra nuts down once and for all in the name of country! We all know Ronald was limited and far from perfect.
ReplyDeleteRe: Anonymous: incentivising.
ReplyDeleteOMG. OMG.
It's a verb. I means to motivate. Do you need help with that?
daisydem....I totally agree, if not Sherry, someone else ought to have a come to Jesus meeting with her. I am sick of her shit.
ReplyDeleteIt's about time: Keith Olbermann just had a really good piece on Sarah Palin and the Assemblies of God, as well as the significance of
ReplyDelete"the Rapture", Billy Grahams role as a promoter of Rapture theology, and the significance of Palin asking Graham about what the Bible has to say on Iran, Iraq, and Israel. Good point that she apparently intends to GET HER FOREIGN POLICY FROM THE BIBLE! That is really scary. She was also telling Barbara Walters about how Israel needs to be allowed to build more settlements for all the Jews that will be streaming into Israel from all over the world, again more Rapture theology. Of couse also according to that theology, some Jews will convert to Christianity but the rest will die in the battle of Armageddon, going to hell of course after since they would not be saved Christians. So it's not exactly a rosy picture for the Jews.
For those who do not already know this, this is why there is such strong support for Israel by conservative Christian elements in this country, and why they will never criticize anything that Israel does.
This type fundamentalism that has been so heavily promoted by the "Left Behind" series of books, and earlier by the Scofield Study and by the Moody Bible College, is NOT a straightforward reading of the Bible but is a very new development in the history of Christianity, cropping up in the 1800s and based in part on "prophetic dreams" of of a teenage girl. Most churches consider it a heresy.
This is all from memory, I might have a small detail or two wrong here, but overall this is the truth about this movement. This system of belief has been preached in certain circles for years, and recently the "Left Behind" books have introduced it to many people who do not know the Bible or traditional Christianity very well, and just assume that the Rapture theology is a mainstream belief system. It is not.
Thanks Keith for covering this. Next you might want to cover some more about how she is connected to a movement that wants to take over government and turn it into a theocracy.
Cammie: You are right, there is jaw-dropping idiocy here and you are its author
ReplyDelete"Why would India waste one moment fighting the Taliban for Pakistan?"
That's suggestive that you lack any awareness of an important triangulation in the region: that between Russia, India and Pakistan.
Last spring, (March?) India and Russia agreed to shore up their fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan which represents a threat to the national security of both nations.
Russia also agreed to assist India in expanding the latter's civil
nuclear energy programs.
At the SAME time, Russia in a joint effort with China has been involved in helping Pakistan meet its energy needs through the development of
additional nuclear plants. Russia would also help Pakistan modernize its rail system.
Russia, as a quid pro quo, called on leaders of both nations
to address the volatile situation in Afghanistan which remains a threat
to the development of India and Pakistan and as such, a threat to Russia's economy and strategic interests in the area.
Thus, Russia (and China) are doing precisely what Palin advises the U.S. to do with respect to Indo-Pakistani relations: employ its status as a super power to demonstrate there are significant practical advantages to be made if India and Pakistan can get on the same page to combine resources to drive out the Taliban and destroy it.
Get it now?
Anonymous at 4:17:
ReplyDeleteYou may want to recheck your bean counting. Harper Collins is now on target to have 2.5 Million copies. Now, if Palin's returns reach the industry average for "best sellers" (30%), that still leaves 1,700,000 unreturned.
Practically speaking, as far as your concerned, it's irrelevant whether anyone reads the book. The crucial issue is that HC believes it is a good risk to take and is committed to cranking out millions of copies.
Publishing is worlds different than the film industry where you make the movie after sinking a hundred mill into a movie only to watch it tank. A publisher has the advantage of monitoring sales and then deciding whether or not to push more money into the pot.
They may guess wrong with unknown authors but with celebs of Palin's
stature and first-week sales nothing will compromise the status of this book as a mega-blockbuster.
Sucks, but true.
Keith Olbermann, Levi johnston, and Andrew Sullivan.
ReplyDeleteNow there's an alliance that must strike fear in Palin.
Has Sullivan gotten his hands on the amniocentesis report yet?
Last spring, (March?) India and Russia agreed to shore up their fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan which represents a threat to the national security of both nations.
ReplyDelete=====
Russia went broke fighting in Afghanistan. Why not have a whack at getting India to do the same.
I think you can leave foreign policy decisions to Obama, 5;32. He's our President and he's making actual decisions.
ReplyDeleteIt's kind of like governing from facebook, only you hve real responsibilities.
And by the way, Obama had a state dinner tonight with the head of India, so I think he's got this one in hand. He doesn't need advice from Palin, who's never even been to India, doesn't know anything about it, and has no inclination or patitude for diplomacy.
Gryphen,
ReplyDeleteThank you for slogging through this excruciating interview and posting it. I watch it and listen to it with horror.
Why horror?
There are many people in the US that relish simplisitic approaches to problem solving. These people think it is easy. If it were this easy, President Obama would be a national hero.
Yes, I gagged watching most of it:
I am paraphrasing:
Poor people with limited skills and no education can be hired for jobs as long as the government reduces taxes for corporations and small business owners.
Sarah: Read the want ads. The ads are short and to the point. The minimum qualifications are a HS diploma with the ability to speak, write, and read English. Today, more and more businesses are looking for college degrees.
India and Pakistan:
Sarah, yes, all they have to do is meet and forged a friendship to defeat the Taliban. My God, wasn't this simple? I am so surprise that President Obama didn't think of this. Thank you for your insight. You might try reading about these nations' culture and history before you speak with such authority.Could you explain the reasons France and England don't always agree?
FYI: Sarah... President Obama did not hire General McCrystal, he was part of the armed forces (Sarah, Part I)
As far as listening to him, what the hell do you think he is doing?
Sarah: Check the facts. This recession is different from the one that occurred in the 1980's. Different recessions need different solutions and you don't have any.
Finally: OT Using your son who has downs syndrome as a prop is appalling. Here he is bare legged and feet at midnight with a sweatshirt thrown over him. He does have arms, you know. Edgar Bergen had more caring for his "dummy" Charlie McCarthy than you do for this child.
Its amazing, Lyndon Johnson received hell from U.S. citizens for picking up one of his beagels by the ears, yet nary a sound is heard (except for Alaskan bloggers) for treating a child with developmental disabilities or any child, so poorly.
I could go on but it has already been said by people "who are in the know".
To my dear Alaska Bloggers: Don't give up the fight! Keep sending those important message about her to all in the US.
indylindy:
ReplyDeleteYou will definitely have a lot of people joining you for that dance.
@05:48,
ReplyDeletePalin is too busy enjoying her manic episode and adoration of her fans to be paying much attention to anything else right now. But this tour will send and KO, Johnston, and Sullivan will still be there. It's a long time till 2012. I had thought she was just a grifter who was going to milk this for all it's worth, but I am starting to think she really does want to run in 2012. But she'll never hold it together that long. And now that she's rapidly aging and has the money to keep on getting plastic surgery, botox, etc etc, she may already be unrecognizable by the primaries.
She is getting more "bold" in her interviews the past few days, which will not do her any favors with sane Americans. She's also looking worse by the day. All these different wigs and the heavy eyeliner is not helping. Why is is that she seems to have learned nothing from the hair and makeup assistance she received during the McCain campaign?
Palin has already managed to reveal she is obsessed with certain blogs in particular. She's changed her behavior already quite a few times in reaction to criticisms on the blogs. Which is fortunate for poor Trig, as she actually had his glasses on him once, and has now had Piper carry him onto stage a couple of times, an improvement since Palin herself seems to be the only one who can't hold that child in a way that looks at all comfortable for him. You get the idea she hasn't been holding him much at all before this book tour.
And her book shows that she holds grudges for years about the smallest things. Part of the reason she had trouble governing Alaska was that she was too busy wasting time harassing the likes of Trooper Wooten and bitching about her critics. And firing off angry emails to the ADN because, well, they weren't smooching her butt quite as much as she felt was proper. Seems like a great temperament for a head of state. Yeah, I AM being sarcastic with that last line.
When even Greta starts seeming disillusioned her, you know it's getting bad. Bill O'Reilly seemed to enjoy her legs and heels, her potential as the Commander in Chief not so much...
Palin may well be the one who brings her own self down. I cannot imagine a better way for her to be brought back down to earth.
Her resentment that there's a black man in the white house (instead of hers) is really showing.
ReplyDeleteShe's clueless about world affairs, what a VP does, even about what she does or doesn't read, and she's talking about a Nobel Peace Prize Winner "dithering"? Has she been debriefed and met with her cabinet? Who's fridge magnets has she been plagiarizing?
That entire interview was pre-planned and she STILL can't get anything right. The only thing she's reloading is her salad shooter. And I resent her using "Patriotism" as her salad dressing.
Anon at 5:44: There is something in publishing called "velocity." It applies to how fast a book sells. If you regularly watch the bestseller lists, you'll have noticed that some books shoot up to the top of the lists and then fall off very rapidly. That's because they have "velocity" but not a lot of staying power. For instance, readers of certain romance writers are famous for rushing out and buying their favorite authors as soon as the new book is released. Those devoted fans will push the romance author to the top of the list, but there aren't enough of them to keep her there for long. Contrast this to someone like, say, Pat Conroy, who might not hit as high on the list but will stay there for months and months, long after the romance writer's shooting star is gone.
ReplyDeleteI suspect we'll see the same thing with Going Rogue. You can be sure that all the Palinbots ran out and bought the book the instant it was released--hell, they preordered it. Her sales in the first week or two will be huge (because the counting lags, she didn't appeared on last Friday's list). But I have no doubt we'll see her sales nose dive very quickly. Virtually everyone who is going to buy that book will have bought it by the time her book tour is over.
It is not at all unusual to have returns of 50 or even 75%. All those stores that ordered 2,500 copies to get her to schedule an appearance will be sending 1,500-2,000 of those copies back. That's not going to be good for her sell-through rate.
Think about how much Harper Collins has sunk into this book tour: two buses, drivers, jet, pilot and crew, accommodation and meals for 10-20 people (mom and pop and Aunt Katie, too!), security, full page ads in newspapers along the route. And then there's the coop (the money the publisher pays to get a book at the front of the store). The biggest promo budget in publishing history was for The Da Vinci Code. I've no doubt this blitz beat him by millions.
HC is going to lose a fortune over this. It's just Murdoch's underhanded way of contributing to her political career.
To anon 3:55
ReplyDeleteI don't blame the previous poster (anon: incentivise OMG) for not recognizing "incentivise" right away. Palin used it as a buzzword so many times in so many interviews that my first reaction was that she had made up a word for her word salad.
I'm very literate and I still double checked it in the dictionary. (oh wait, did I just do opposition research?)
Goodness! What political savvy she has! I believe President Obama should appoint her Commonsense Czar. Or, perhaps Ambassador at Large for Commonsense World Solutions. Why, she could just go on over there (wherever "over there" is) and get these people talkin'! That's all it takes, for goodness sakes!
ReplyDeleteGrrr...
You all hate Sarah so much, but have you stopped to think about why she is so popular? It' because Americans are sick to death of paying tax after tax for no rational reason. Take the Estate Tax. Here is a tax that kills jobs and small businesses, contributes $12 Billion a year to the bottom lines of life insurance companies in a sick form of IRS mandated corporate welfare, and has never produced more than 1.5% of the federal budget.
ReplyDeleteWe need jobs, we need small businesses, we are sick of companies like AIG getting taxpayer money. Get all the facts at www.estatetaxtruth.org
No matter what you think of Palin, she is speaking to the people, ans they are listening.
Oh wow, I was going to be objective and really listen to this interview. I can't stand it. I can't listen to it. It makes no sense, it is word salad. I really tried but I would rather listen to a rerun of something else than this crap. She really appears stupider the more she talks. Her talk makes something happen in my brain, I can't explain it, I just want it off.
ReplyDeleteWhen we capture terrorists, we should play these interviews over and over, I bet they would crack quickly.
[Anyone absorbing this web piece covering Palin etc. will know more about the "rapture" fly-away than most theologians seem to know! - Harrold]
ReplyDeletePRETRIB RAPTURE RUSTLERS
To see the long hidden side of the 179-year-old, British-invented-and-American-merchandised, apocalyptic "rapture" mania, Google "Pretrib Rapture Diehards," "Thomas Ice (Bloopers)" (the sloppy copyist "genius" that Lindsey, LaHaye and other "rapture" tycoons lean on!), "LaHaye's Temperament," "America's Pretrib Rapture Traffickers," "Edward Irving is Unnerving," "Thieves' Marketing," "Appendix F: Thou Shalt Not Steal," "The Newest Pretrib Calendar," "The Rapture Index (Mad Theology)," "Roots of (Warlike) Christian Zionism" and "Pretrib Rapture Dishonesty," for starters. The author of these items plus the bestselling nonfiction book "The Rapture Plot" (available online) is journalist/historian Dave MacPherson who has uniquely focused for 40 years on the bizarre history of this endtime craze which is anti-Jewish, anti-Catholic and anti- just about everyone else! MacPherson is the "Pretrib Rapture Answerman" who has researched throughout Britain and aired so much rapturesque "dirty linen" that he's found behind the scenes (clever revisionism of early 19th century documents, rampant plagiarism, phony doctorates, Swaggart-type scandals etc.) that he is now No. 1 on the hate lists of the leading "rapture" money-changers! As everyone's black, dust-covered book says, "There is nothing hidden that won't be revealed...." (PS: Google "Pretrib Hypocrisy" for stun gun shocks about the Assemblies of God with whom there's a Sarah Palin connection!)