However there is this one part in the article that I felt summed up the Grizzled Mama best.
One major GOP Senate campaign sought Palin’s endorsement at the beginning of the year but didn’t know how to reach her. Out of desperation, they ended up sending a message to her Facebook page. Having never heard back, an operative for the campaign asked a reporter for the e-mail address of Palin’s representative at the time. The campaign got a noncommittal reply.
Then, one day months later, the campaign was told Palin was going to offer her endorsement. They waited for much of the day, frequently checking her Facebook and Twitter page. Finally, a consultant to the campaign put a call in to somebody close to the former governor and asked if the endorsement was still coming.
“We were told it was going to happen in an hour, and she was going to tweet it,” recounted an operative on the campaign. “But we waited and waited and waited, and it never happened. Then we never heard of it again.”
Sarah Palin is all about Sarah Palin. I keep waiting for the Republicans, and the Teabaggers, to figure out that very obvious fact, but so far they are still so smitten with her star power they cannot see that she is using them and then discarding them like a snotty tissue.
However I am certain that the majority of the American people are WAY ahead of these idiots, and that at some point she will find herself literally laughed off of the political stage. Perhaps it will look much like what recently happened to Christine O'Donnell when she displayed her ignorance of the First Amendment.
Too bad they haven't listened to anyone from Alaska! What does that say about our influence up here in the far north? We're going to have any less influence if Miller is elected - or, Murkowski for that matter.
ReplyDeleteYou'd think they would have already figured it out but the fools keep rushing in and waiting for things to change. They will eventually see that the ONLY that that ever changes with Sarah is her mind (or what little of her mind that is left).
ReplyDeleteShe goes where the money is or the best press is. That is all she is concerned with.
If a few republicans would speak out and refuse any connection to her I am sure others would follow. But first they need to find those first few that actually have the balls to stand against her.
The song lyrics "When will they ever learn" from "Where have all the flowers gone" kept running through my head as I read that article.
ReplyDeleteAbout Miller.
ReplyDeleteRachel Maddow is doing a segment on the Alaskan Senate race with Nate Silver's commentary.
Must see TV.
As someone who recently worked for the Repub party in my state and knows many national repub candidates, I can vouch that this is not true. Several of those people in the article have asked for a retraction, much like Michael Gross'. Cmon Gryphen, you're better than this to believe anon sources. Never reliable.
ReplyDeleteAlthough her world is chaos and her attention span is short, Sarah Palin has so far successfully faked a pregnancy through a governorship, a veep campaign and a book tour.
ReplyDeleteShe has the chaos thingy down to art.
We all expected so much with the nomination for VP. We understood she was governor and therefore a good political player. In the last 2 years we have learned that it was a fluke, and we are waiting for the press to acknowledge that.
ReplyDeleteHow does one still put trust in mainstream media when time and time again each and every journalist, news anchor and pundit has been proven to be biased and onesided. How is an entire opinion piece taken as fact when NOT ONE source is disclosed and several names mentioned have publicly denounced the hit piece?
ReplyDeletePathetic MSM. STICK TO THE FIRST HAND FACTS. What are you teaching today's kids? Rumors don't fly
Only #deadFish go with the Joe. #Alaska #vote no on #Joe.Miller
ReplyDeleteI love how 5:42 insists he/she knows better and as such, presumably is more reliable.
ReplyDeleteThe best part is how 5:42 tells Gryphen that he is too good to believe anonymous sources.... Oh, the irony... 5:42 posts ANONYMOUSLY!
LOL. Too funny.
right....anonymous @ 5:42 talks down about the anonymous sources in the politico article..... WHAT A HYPOCRITICAL IDIOT!!!!! In the immortal words of your crazy repub candidate....MAN UP!! or WOMAN UP!!! and give your real name!
ReplyDeleteBREAKING NEWS! Joe Miller had a "Meet and Greet" and just kicked out the ADN reporter (Julia O'Mally)!
ReplyDeleteNo Press, no questions! OMG.
You know I REALLY have to wonder about the sanity of somebody who comes over here and tries to shame ME about anonymous sources.
ReplyDeleteAnybody who has even made a handful of visits must know that I have worked with anonymous sources a number of times in the past and that many of those tips have turned into some very interesting and newsworthy posts.
I trust that a journalist who uses such sources to learn more about Sarah Palin has confidence in their accuracy, and is braced for the incredible backlash that will surely come from her rabid base of supporters.
As for anybody who has asked for a retraction, I would be much more likely to believe that they are crumbling under the vitriolic and poorly spelled e-mails from the Palin-bots jamming their in-boxes rather than that they have been misquoted.
I think SP let the idea of being a kingmaker go to her head. Her endorsements helped some unknown candidates (cough, Christine O'Donnell) win a few primaries, the media picked up the story and ran with it, and Palin decided she was Karl Rove in Naughty Monkey heels. Sounds like before one complete election cycle is even over, though, she's tossed away a good chunk of her influence by being a diva and endorsing candidates who have become national jokes.
ReplyDeleteSarah is furious!!! She is having a fit and has been on the phoneS and twitter ALL day! Any retractions are being forced.
ReplyDeleteCheck out her insane psycho-tweet!
Sarah is mentally ill and everyone sees it now.
Truly she is calling all she knows telling them they better speak out against this "or else." And Todd is on the phones too.
She is damn mad at "Johnny" and is going to make the "big boys" in her mind retract.
Sarah Sarah Sarah u prove this and VF articles through your mean girl manic tweets! How many today?
Drink some Bailies and take a long TOKE PRINCESS SARAH! You know how!
And to anon 5:42......ROFL!!!!!!!! Keep drinking that koolade honey. If you aren't Sarah, you are as big a liar/denier as she is.
All this goes to show she hasn't matured or leveraged her paradoxial rise in national prominence in two years.
ReplyDeleteThere is no work on her part if she remains in her devoted waters, if she were to head into a national run, that would require actual work and accountability. We all know Sarah ain't about to risk her gravy train for some actual responsibilities.
She's a half assed operator. Always has been, always will be.
Nicole Wallaces new "fiction" book is quite revealing about Sarah, or is it not about Sarah.
ReplyDeleteNicole Wallace is a class act, unlike Sarah Palin.
J Martins article about Sarah today was right on! All around the country people are laughing at her and avoiding her and Tad's phone calls. Hahahaha
This is nothing new to people paying attention to princess sarah.
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty clear that palin typically operates in an erratic manner.
The only one that thinks no one outside her trusted circle knows is her. Fool.
"Cmon Gryphen, you're better than this to believe anon sources. Never reliable."
ReplyDeleteFrom an anonymous poster. LOL
Palin always seems to get a pass on her endorsements. In Dallas, she endorsed Stephen Broden(R-Tx) for Congress who has recently said he "would not rule out a violent overthrow of the government." He is a tea party candidate,African American, has been on Fox many times and is in a district which went 88% for Obama(which is probably why she endorsed him--her jealousy.) This, though, is why Palin should mind her own business. Palin knows nothing about his district,or Tx, with millions of people or this man.
ReplyDeleteThought about Palin when I was at the State Fair of TX in Dallas. There were more people at the fair than live in Wasilla. Palin simply doesn't have a clue.
The Teabaggers Republicans and GOP are imploding from the inside. It is just a matter of time.
ReplyDeleteAlmost scary.
Gryphen; Take no notice of those fools like anon 6.20pm.Like this person said Don't believe an anon Sources then posts as anon.
ReplyDeleteI feel very sorry for those people at c4p,that they have to live their lives through another.
They are obsessive more like a cult than a fan club.
Enjoy Jon Steward next weekend I am so glad you can go.
Anon 6:20 PM
ReplyDeleteWasn't Deep Throat an anonymous source? Just saying..he he he.
The last sentence in your first paragraph is why all need to wake up. For families who have lived with bipolar we know it when we see it.
ReplyDeleteHer brain is chaos.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous sources are quoted about Palin for a good reason: her flying monkeys issue death threats to anyone who criticizes her.
It's not worth the hassle to change an email address and contact the FBI.
The drip, drip, drip of criticism against Palin will continue -- because it's damn well-warranted.
Hey Palin, how's that "herky jerky" thing workin' out for ya?
ReplyDeleteDumb fucking broad.
Thanks for posting this, Gryphen. I could only get through the first page & a half, but this was my big take-away:
ReplyDelete“It says to me she’s not serious about running for president,” said a source close to Grassley, suggesting that a real White House hopeful would not have snubbed a figure like the senior senator in the state that begins the nomination process.
This kinda irks me, because if she actually ran, people might start spilling their secrets. Also, in the unlikely case she was the republican nominee, Obama would win by a landslide.
Now I can truly understand why $arah had to hire a City manager, and why the Toad had to run the Governor's office. $he is incapable of doing anything,
ReplyDeleteThe woman is mentally ill.
This part was disturbing also (too):
ReplyDelete“People lose sight of the fact that this is a woman with certain responsibilities that other major figures in the Republican Party don’t have — in her case, five kids, one of whom is very young,” Goldfarb said
She has TWO very young children. Poor Piper's a mother duck to that baby, and she hasn't gradgeated the sixth grade.
Gryphen - Totally off-topic, but I've waited one whole month to ask this: What has happened to Mercede Johnston's blog? Considering all the people who initially supported her, and offered encouragement, I think she/someone should provide an explanation. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteTo 8:56 p.m.
ReplyDeleteAmen. I live with someone with bipolar disorder, so Sarah's behavior looks very familiar. She needs to be institutionalized and then she needs to start a course of medication. This racing around the country, talking a mile a minute, is classic bipolar behavior. Then she self-medicates with liquor to ward off the depression, I presume. Palin has done one good thing. She's uncovered the extent of mental illness in this country, considering the number of people who blindly believe in her, including congressional candidates. This is not an individual suited for any public office or for parenting, for that matter.
And speaking of her friend Christine, one of her prominent backers has extremest ties - more of the chaos that Quitter Twitter brings.
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Politico is known to have a right bias and they always did fluff pieces on her before this.
ReplyDeleteThis is not from a "lefty blog" as much as she tries to say it is.
Something changed and the governor is off the governor, so to speak, for the news people.
I love in the article how her spokesperson excuses her disorganized and chaotic ways by saying that she, unlike everyone else, has children!
ReplyDeleteSure, Sarah. You're the only person in the world who has children to care for.
The founder of the TeaParty has called the now leaders of this party "douchebags" what a fitting name for Sarah.
ReplyDeleteI have bee searching my menory for a name that fits.Finally, "douchebag"does the job........douchebag, douchebag.yea Sarah....
When reading the article, I couldn't help but draw comparison to my daughter when she was a teenager. Scattered thinking, over the top reactions to any slight, plans that constantly changed based on where they could have the best time, and expecting everyone to pay her way! She is a lovely, successful, young woman now, but she certainly had her Palin years when she was 15, 16 and 17.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous at 5:42 p.m. There are lots of people involved in campaigns. Some who aren't drinking the kool-aid. Of course, the candidates disowned the comments if they were in a tight race. They know how easily Scarah throws people under the bus.
ReplyDeleteIt is very interesting that the Grassley campaign, far ahead in the polls, hasn't issued a retraction!
Crazy talk 5:20 and 6:42, and oh, so hypocritical to post anonymously, given their subject!
ReplyDeleteThey obviously don't understand that a cited 'anonymous' source doesn't automatically translate to unknown to the author. Sadly, there are people who could be hurt by telling their truths.
5:20 and 6:42 probably also believe they can go around the 'net posting anonymously and no one will ever know who they are!
But, don't tell them, OK? Hahaha!
I hate to buy into the "SP is bipolar" idea because I'm bipolar. I don't exactly go around telling people. Even so, it was embarrassing enough a few years ago when Britney Spears was the "probably bipolar" poster child. Sarah Palin is SO much worse! I want to believe that she's simply stuck in a teenage phase, as Anon. 5:38 notes.
ReplyDeleteBUT I was just thinking about some of the symptoms SP exhibits: the rapid-fire speech, the erratic behavior, the delusions of grandiosity. I thought, "But there's no way I could stand to give the same speech over and over like she does. I'd totally get bored with it." And a little light bulb went off. Maybe that's part of why she keeps changing the Trig birth story--not because it's some master plan to gradually change details over time (if she's bipolar, I doubt she's capable of that kind of sustained effort) but because she's bored with repeating it.
Bipolar would also explain the post-election depression, eating ice cream on the couch in her pajamas. But it seems like now she's been on a sustained mania for months, which makes me suspect that pharmaceuticals are involved. Otherwise, I'd sure like to know her secret!
This reminded me of $P.....
ReplyDeleteI urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I am full of joy over you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil. | Romans 16:17-19 NIV |
This article is a warning shot from the GOP Powers-that-be to Princess $arah: fall back in line or you'll pay. Those good ol' boys don't take too kindly to a demanding diva telling them that she'll start a 3rd party if they don't follow the orders of the lunatic fringe. They started out easy, a few people going on the record to a right-leaning publication that's always been friendly to her, providing stenography services as PR puff pieces in the past, to get her working the way they want her to on campaign trails. If she doesn't produce any results with this election or she keeps up th 3rd party threat
ReplyDeletelook for even more explosive articles to follow.
maybe this has already been brought to your attention, but sarah was so miffed about this article, the twit took to the twitter:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/32527116@N06/5102807624/
she really can't let anything go, and in this tweet pretends in is the feelings of her conservative cronies that she is so concerned about. you're funny sarah!
When I see things like this, I always remember what Time Magazine said after the Troopergate report came out:
ReplyDelete"But the Branchflower report still makes for good reading, if only because it convincingly answers a question nobody had even thought to ask: Is the Palin administration shockingly amateurish? Yes, it is. Disturbingly so."
It doesn't matter how many kids she has. A true professional would manage their time and commitments, and not make promises they could not keep. It's not as if she doesn't have a spouse, two grown children, a nanny, two set of grandparents who live nearby, not to mention how many consultants on her PAC's payroll. There is no excuse for this unprofessional behavior.
Her spokesperson cites her "5" children (and one very young) as the reason why she can't commit to events or backs out of them. BUT it was so sexist to suggest, during the '08 campaign, that she couldn't run for and serve as VP because she has 5 children (and one was an infant).
ReplyDeleteSarah: are you seeing the disconnect here? How are you gonna run for/be POTUS if you can't commit to a silly fundraiser?
from a Palin tweet on 10/21/2010:
ReplyDeleteRefreshing vindication 4 folks putting up w/ this crap 2 long
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Sarah Palin does not have the mental and emotional capacity to understand that putting "crap" in a tweet is not the mark of a potential presidential candidate.
Palin may be a sociopath, bipolar, arrested development, drugged, or whatever other diagnosis that suits. It does NOT matter what her problem is. The question is whether she will eliminate herself from political power or will she need assistance to leave public life.
IMO, she'll have to be pushed out of public life, so please keep the pressure on, Gryphen. Sarah Palin will undoubtedly get even more "careless". It's the Alaskan locals on the spot that have the best opportunity to expose Sarah Palin's incompetance to US electorate.
to 6:28, you're onto something.
ReplyDeleteI think much of the bullshit that is made up about her is meant to rattle her so she'll fall back in line and help them regain control. Sarah's not one for following orders from the top of the political food chain as we've seen. And we all know none of the diva stories and creative writing exercises are true. ALL JOURNALISTS HAVE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL AGENDAS. Steve Schmidt does. NIcholle Wallace certainly does (there's a winner, she's the biggest opportunist of all.)
It's a journalists job to create stories that keep the newscycle alive so they can continue to have a job. It's that simple. Creative writing is a pre requisite. ANy college grad knows that. Sarah knows that. Why do you think she's not rattled by this, or why it hasn't slowed her down? I can hardly believe all that she's acocmplished in the not quite 2 YEARS since the election. More than any of us thats for sure.
My life has daily impact from 2 women who are sisters, no relation to me, both manic depressive (bipolar being the more recent terminology for this affliction) and the one has been "manicky" for at least 10 years+ and the other has serious depression, ongoing.
ReplyDeleteThey both deny the diagnosis, self medicate with alcohol and street drugs, and are assured all their problems are caused by "others."
They are not at the top of the "smart" range, but feel they are always "right" about any issue that arises, and are in their mid-40's and are not employed.
They have a following, of "losers" and are very popular with those folks, who bend and stoop to do whatever task, need etc. the two request their "court" execute for them.
Daily, I remark to myself and to some others, that they could as easily be $carah P. The places could be exchanged and the TEEPartiers would be none the wiser except the one is better looking and a little "hotter" than $P but could spew the same sh... and the men would have their tongues dangling out of their mouths in anticipation.
Personal hygiene is somewhat wanting, and their surroundings are chaotic, unclean and for me, undesirable. Those attributes do not deter their followers.
However, I am one who just wishes $P would get her hair laundered more frequently and tidy herself up a bit more before some of her stage appearances.
It is a known fact that photography, both video and still pictures tend to portray things much better than in real life. That is a fact, and I have read commentary from attendees who have seen $P up close and made note that a more polished presence and shampoo is in order before she hits the stage for an appearance .
However, if $P needs a stand in when she is spread too thin or is too tired, there must be plenty of those with compromised ability similar to hers who could take over in a heartbeat.
Untruthful statements rendered with great authoritarian stance seems typical of those suffering from the same disabilities $P seems to have fallen heir to, unfortunately. Thus, it is difficult for people to strip out the truth and the untruth when these people are "holding forth" in their infinite wisdom.
We do not wish those afflictions on anyone but it is disastrous when individuals follow those impaired persons because they, as followers, are not educated enough to recognize impairments of this nature.
That candidate who was kept waiting, waiting, waiting for SP's endorsement?
ReplyDeleteDid it occur to him that $P was probably waiting for the cash, cash, CASH, and it never came, came, came?
SP: See yaaaaaa, Foooo!