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INSIDE THE PALIN BUBBLE: Here's Why The 2012 Republican Front-Runner Just Made Such A Fool Of Herself
Sarah Palin, on the other hand, chose to respond to the atrocity by proclaiming that she was the victim of a "blood libel," attacked by evil meanies on the television set, when there was no evidence that her actions had anything to do with the actions of the loon who committed the atrocity. Factually true enough, I would say. But who cares? And why bother even mentioning it? It couldn't be less important. It couldn't be more self-absorbed.
Also notice when she closes her mouth she shows anger........Anybody out there who professionally reads body language---would be great to hear your comments.
Few days have underlined so clearly the contrast between a President and his pretender. By breaking her silence on Thursday, the day Mr Obama addressed the grieving people of Tucson, Ms Palin sought to write herself into his storyline. But did she do so in such a way as to harm her political prospects forever?
Mr Obama spoke movingly of reconciliation, not blame, of America as a family that should speak among itself "in a way that heals, not a way that wounds".
Ms Palin spoke angrily of blame and "blood libel", defending the perpetuation of angry rhetoric even after the tragedy in Tucson.
The furore over her intervention has focused mostly on the anti-Semitic slur (blood libel refers to an accusation against the Jews that dates from the Middle Ages) that she appropriated to paint herself as among the victims. But in her attempt to appear presidential, Ms Palin has betrayed herself as incapable and uninterested in moving beyond her brand of grievance-based politics.
In her eyes she is scared shitless. Desperate. Weedling us to believe her 'innocence'. But she's also PISSED and that is her undoing. She loses all her credibility with her resentment on full display.
Palin should apologize, too. And not just to Jews, including Giffords.
No, Palin should apologize to all of us. In a speech condemning the irresponsibility of her critics, who have played fast and loose with the facts, Palin did something even worse: She trivialized one of the great crimes of human history.
Are the Republicans to blame for the Arizona shootings? Of course not. But by suggesting as much, were the Democrats doing something akin to mass murder? Palin knows the answer. Now let’s see if she has the courage and the decency to say it.
While Obama tried to uplift, Palin tried to settle scores. While the president called for more civility, the former Alaska governor talked about duels and 'blood libel.' And while Obama's message was, well, presidential, Palin's was not. We'll say this: If Palin has ambitions for the White House -- and we're still not sure she does -- then her tone, message, and timing from her eight-minute video was a serious miscalculation.
One thing is clear: Mansour, as writer, has discovered a character in Palin.
"I am sick & tired of the 'lack of substance' argument against Sarah Palin," she once tweeted. "Try reading her Facebook posts & listening to her speeches."
Ms. Palin’s decision to post the video on the internet Wednesday morning all but invited comparisons to the president’s previously announced appearance at the memorial service for those slain in Arizona.
And her choice of words — most notably the accusation that her critics were guilty of "blood libel" for the things they have said about her — made it impossible to ignore the video as merely another statement from a politician.
Has Palin finally tarnished her luster with her thoughtless remarks about the Giffords shooting, or will she turn this into yet another opportunity to play the victim?
I am convinced that Palin's 'mishap' was no mishap. It was no accident that she timed her speech to be on TV before the memorial service. Nor was it anything but pure intentional malice to use the words, tone, and jaw jutting, lip pursing, head shaking gestures that she crafted very carefully. There's nothing like a good controversy to keep Palin's name in the news. Last night I counted 7 stories about her on the front page of Huffington Post. SEVEN!! I'd say from her perspective, her speech was a huge success. Do NOT underestimate this woman. She knows exactly what she is doing.
Ewww. Sounds like a halibut flopping about desperately using its gills to eke out oxygen in such a foreign atmosphere.
That's Palin, grasping at trying to sound and look Presidential. Notice she sounds more measured in tone, not loaded with her odd inflections and gutteral noises? But her bitterness shows in her tone and her facial expressions - still got to work at appearing that you are capable of compassion and goodwill toward man Sarah.
Palin's facial expressions have always reminded me of a pugnacious and indignant 13 year-old trying to square off with everybody (and anybody) within range. That kind of shallow self-righteousness may play in the sticks, but not on the international stage.
@dmoreno56 - I thought the same thing while watching her statement. That is not a woman saddened by what's happened. That is someone who is practically enraged. And as usual, her rage has nothing to do with injury to others. It's always about Sarah.
In her persistent perception that glasses make her look intelligent, Sarah kept her trademark on her face - only to reflect one of her greatest and most stinging critiques of President Obama - that he'd be nothing without the teleprompter.
But the reflection of her own teleprompter in her glasses reveals what we've always suspected about her - what she attacks the most, she's excessively guilty about it also too.
There are so many informative, entertaining and useful links being posted. Thanks to one and all.
I hope I can repay the debt by adding one more because it is information that is crucial to understanding why we have to stay tuned to the threat Sarah Palin and those like her present.
The movement to which Sarah Palin belongs, to which she has pledged her soul is one that is so hate-filled, so dangerous that none of us can afford to ignore.
It is an age-old problem, this hating, this greed, but Sarah has become the champion to usher it back into popularity. Only by being aware of it can we keep it from washing over us once again.
There is enough suffering in the world. Sarah seems intent upon generating more. It's why our vote against her and others like her is so important.
Thanks to all of you who seek to keep us all informed and better equipped to understand what Sarah and her ilk are trying to do.
Petty detail, but why not? She is going to seriously regret tattooing her eyeliner. As women age, a secret to looking younger is to draw the eye up. Make-up artists suggest that after 50, a woman should stop lining her lower lids. Remember Harriet Myers, Bush's White House counsel? She was 60 and still did her make-up like she was 40. She looked silly. Palin is going to look the same way in 5 years.
That bright light is a light, not the teleprompter. She has a professional camera courtesy of Fox. I think the teleprompter is right above or below the camera and not bright enough to shine on her glasses.
Besides all the other possible explanations, I wonder if her breathing has something to do with keeping up with the written speech on the Teleprompter, and sneaking in breaths. If the speech is written to makes more sense read out loud, than the rhythm of speech, you might have to choose between completing the sentence (extending your breath) or breathing in the middle. Sorta like singing the difficult parts of Handel, Bach, and Mozart, having to sneak in breaths in the middle of a run of 16th notes, which is as close as I've ever come to whacking a dead halibut I mean high art. Ben in SF
Obama absolutely did defend her in that speech, she should be grateful. He said that lack of civility did not cause Jared to attack Giffords and others. He went out of his way to say that. He was talking about Palin and her map.
Here's the exact quote:
"It is not because a simple lack of civility caused this tragedy," forcefully said President Barack Obama, "It did not!".
How is the President one minute going to say during his speech that no one knows why the shooting occured, and even admitting that we still don't have all the facts, and then later say with 100% certainty that this crime had nothing to do with the lack of civility?
They are still investigating and gathering evidence. They still don't have all the facts, yet, and are still trying to figure out his motive. So, right now, everything is still only speculation. Even this crap about the gunman being mentally ill. Without having all the facts, and all the evidence, it doesn't matter what anyone thinks, at this point. Not even the President.
Anon @ 6:41, that may be so, they may find a link to political websites or whatever, but as someone who has some knowledge on the subject I can assure you Jared Loughner is mentally ill. That is a very big factor in the story, there's no getting away from it.
Obama walked the talk in trying to deflect sole blame on Palin and her map. He is right. It wasn't just the rhetoric. He was being a leader there. Can Palin do the same by acknowledging regret about her language and imagery? Doubt it.
Be interesting to know what a speech teacher or therapist would advise her. She has always talked from the top of her vocal cords. And her breath is very tight which makes it sound as though she is climbing a steep pitch. (A metaphor?)
Bill Clinton did the same thing, and wore out his vocal cords. I think she will have the same trouble if she continues without change.
Her breathing sounds shallow, like her heart was racing. Not very composed. Somebody probably threatened her not to go off-script and she was mad about that, too.
Thanks to everyone who posted links to other articles and videos!
Her eyes are more telling than her breathing. Her eyes look scared. She is really worried that this is going to hurt her politically. The rest of the time her eyes look angry and defiant. I saw no sympathy or compassion in her eyes. Everything is about Sarah.
O/T: I AM DONE WITH HUFFPO! Like many others who have commented on other posts here, I cannot post on any of the Palin posts there. I even wrote a relatively innocent comment (they said she showed in one of her shows, how she can shoot, so I commented that she needed 6 shots to kill, and that her daddy needed to reload for her). Other unflattering comments are going through, but mine does not, as I had noticed a few times before. No more *me* visiting Ariana's blog. FINISHED. OUT. GONE. I am FEDUP with her partisanship.
Old street person's tale: if you see the neck cords in a stressed person, if you can see their "elevens," where the neck cords are so deeply defined, the person's time is coming to an end.
Compare neck cords in the 2009 and 2011 breath videos - that's not just rapid aging.
****Even this crap about the gunman being mentally ill. Without having all the facts, and all the evidence, it doesn't matter what anyone thinks, at this point. Not even the President. *
Other than to say he failed a drug test at MEPS in Phoenix and some remarks about him smoking pot, no one has asked or talked about drugs. He wasn't in treatment, not likely he was on medication. If he smokes pot and who knows what else he would get from someone? He possibly had a dealer or dealers for years.
He seemed to have had an accelerated decline in his mental condition the last four months. Drugs could compound a mental illness at a significant rate. Someone may have been aiding him with that. It could have been intentional. Intentional or not some type of drugs could well be a significant part of the decline. I've known of many people of various ages with schizophrenia, bi-polar, you name it and drug addictions. The picture they say is his mugshot is startling. He looks like he also rapidly aged and that fixed grin? There is too much we don't know to conclude it was only mental illness.
A high school girlfriend spoke about when she knew him. He was a completely different person and she didn't see the mental illness signs at that time.
There was a black bag found with more ammunition. He didn't have a job and no one knows where he got the money to make purchases. It was in the range of $1,000. You have to consider there could be others involved with helping him out.
I don't recall details but I'd read about the small cells in Arizona and how they work. The idea is to not have trail. I'm not saying that is probable in this case, but it is still a possibility that he was not alone or that he wasn't manipulated. The mentally ill are frequently manipulated. We don't know if someone was feeding his paranoia or the circumstance.
Rep Giffords specifically addressed the SarahPac target message to her. She felt threatened. Sarah Palin never reassured her that was not her intention. After the massacre Mansour only said they needed it for the election and didn't take it down after they no longer needed it. At some point, it does not even need to be directly related to this massacre. In regard to Congress and safety issues, SarahPac must address some questions in a deposition and under oath. There are too many questions and Congress has to rethink their security. Especially with the current laws and attitudes. It is not just this one attack.
Slightly OT, but I have been wondering: someone at another blog site made the comment that it did not appear she had learned much at broadcasting school, and then I realized I had never seen any commentary from anyone who taught her or went to college with her. Do you Alaskans know anything about that?
If the eyes are the window to the soul, through this window I see anger, fear & defiance. I strain to see compassion in her eyes, but cannot find it there.
This is hilarious, but it's really unfair. I record and edit podcasts for my blog; a lot of it is editing out the breathing. We all do it, you know. The problem here is that you can't edit this out of video without a) jump cuts; b) needing "B" role to cover the edits. The whole idea of a canned statement was poor. The timbre is terrible. Her statement is defensive and inflammatory. Let's double down on hate speech. This may or not be her ultimate undoing, but it was definitely not presidential and definitely not her finer moment.
Hilarious about the eyes. When I first saw this I thought "Damn..she looks rough"..like she had been crying. I think the pot is a better theory though, as I don't think she has the capacity to cry.
I will send her some Visine for the next time she f's up...hmm...I should probably look into overnight shipping.
What is telling about Palin's pathetic apologia - aside from it's insulting tone, the idea that she is somehow the 20th victim in this tragedy, and her insensitive anti Semitic swipe at Jewish Giffords as she recovers in a Tucson hospital - is the desperation of her body language.
With its extreme editing, removing ALL of Palin's words (oh, that all her speeches could be so mercifully silent!) it was startling how terrified she appeared to be. Gone is Mama Grizzly. What we have here is a cornered, wounded, very confused animal very different from the combative image Palin has tried to cultivate.
She seems to have come to some dim, hazy, faint realization that she may have done something that is indeed very bad for her future political aspirations. She clearly doesn’t understand why, but she is equally clearly running very scared right now.
True to form, she is running to Palin panty sniffer Sean Hannity who will undoubtedly jam his nose about a foot and a half up her ass. There is no amount of obsequious groveling and ass kissing that Hannity can do that will make a damn bit of difference. The only real question left is: when she appears on Hannity’s show, how much worse will she make the situation. Will she further try to justify her use of the rifle scope image which targeted Giffords - albeit somewhat indirectly? Will she continue to push her case that SHE is just as surely a victim in this tragedy, just like those who were killed or wounded in Tucson? Will she defend her ignorant and insensitive usage of the term “blood libel” even after so many within the GOP have condemned her for doing so?
History has shown that each and every time that Palin tries to undo the damage created from her own self inflicted wounds, she ends up making the situation very much worse. If she or her handlers collectively had a functioning brain amongst them, she would just shut the hell up on this issue, FOREVER! But, I think it is a very safe bet that she won’t have enough sense to just be quiet.
There is nothing she can say at this point that will mollify those whom she has offended. There is nothing she can do that will make her appear less petty, vain, insensitive, and just plain vindictively mean. There is nothing that she can do that will make her appear to be less of an anti Semite. But it will sure be fun watching her try.
Sarah should take a leaf out of our Premier Anna Bligh book to see how a State leader act in a time of need.
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"Anonymous said... It's the "dead" eyes that are freaky to me.
If the eyes are the window to the soul, through this window I see anger, fear & defiance. I strain to see compassion in her eyes, but cannot find it there.
9:27 AM"
She has really weird eyes--they are kind of like Jackie Kennedy's where they are so far apart that they seem to have 2 different views. You can see them well in Palin's wedding photo--where she has on that awful pink shirt. They are like crab eyes, they are really off. I think that is why she started wearing glasses. to hide them.
I didn't expect them to show the veins in her bloodshot eyes and the pupils! They don't ever address questions. That means she chose or prefer the people to talk among themselves and speculate on what that is. Be sure to include the other signs she is flashing to us over the last few years as you draw your conclusion to what the eyes are telling us.
@9:21, that was my take from her eyes and her gasped breath. She struck me as a small, trappped animal. I pity her, when I am not struggling with my rage towards her.
This was her attempt to upstage the president. In her silly, twisted, self-centered mind, I believe she imagined she would appear presidential.
Instead, she revealed that she is afraid and nervous and possible using drugs or on medications. She has the look of someone who hasn't slept in a few nights and is under tremendous stress. She knows she won't recover from this and all I can say is good riddance.
My guess is that Sarah won't want to look back but only continue forward and progressing Alaska or is it Arizona? She will briefly mention her deep pain in hearing the old news about Tucson and about some official and a kid. They may feel obligated to give 30 seconds to being somber like. Maybe Piper said something prophetic before they voted on the best condolences to twitter for the Congresswoman. She was in such a rush to be the first that she didn't check or verify what happened. Mansour probably gave her the go ahead and what more does she need?
The Hannity/Palin version of confronting issues and critics is an opportunity to sell her wonderful uplifting brand, she is like Reagan, you know? There is that big conspiracy out to get her, just ask talk radio and the other Fox pundits for the facts. The threats against her do cause her to take precautions but like a true frontierswoman nothing can hold her back. She is all about protecting her children and that is what it is all about. She doesn't have much time to think about herself because it is all about being a Grizzly Mama. If you don't know what that means to her be sure to buy her DVD Sarah infomercial. (Be careful, there are probably subliminal messages to send money to Sarah Pac) Bristol and her friend of Israel, Graham, deserve a shout out and a reminder about the charity giving Sarah in Haiti. How inspired she must be by Bristol's humility. She won't say but will allude to the successful lives of her two older children and what Bristol has planned for her future. It will be amazing. She really can't bother with the conspiracy against her and the naysayers because she is so busy progressing her greatness. The others suck! Just ask Tammy Bruce. If there are no Republicans to run for President they will be knocking on her door and she will have to do it.
I doubt that her catch breaths between sentences is any different than anybody elses.
However her mouth is all over the place. And watching her whole video with the sound off, it is almost as though she has some sort of muscle control problems with her face and mouth.
There is a lot of intense emotion going on in her in this speech which makes me think it is a dog whistle to her Christianist base in code and hoping they catch the hints in an otherwise very awkwardly worded comment.
Or she is truly going insane with conflicting thoughts and lapses in concentration flashing across her face, as she bits and gnaws at her own words.
On second thought, she may announce she is going to step off the stage, no more Palin to kick around. It is a sacrifice and a courageous act to protect her family from the vicious conspiracies and threats.
There is no need for me to write. You wrote it better than I could. I never watch Hannity but Monday night, I might make an exception to see if we are both correct. Thank you.
Thank you one and all for the Lillian Glass web site. Can't wait to read it. My daughter is a speech pathologist. I am sending the you tube to her for her analysis. She can't stand Palin but I am going to ask her to be unbiased.
"...and then I realized I had never seen any commentary from anyone who taught her or went to college with her. Do you Alaskans know anything about that? Aurora 9:23 AM"
Excellent point. Kind of reminds you of the class mates in pilots school with Bush but can't remember him.
Pot is a euphoric it wouldn't make her hyper. (Same with the assassin Jared) It makes people relaxed, happy, and hungry. She has become anorexic since the 08 election and is wired so tight she literally can't sit still.
She may be taking an appetite suppressant, which tends to make people hyper. Or she may be taking legal or illegal uppers than keep her wired and exacerbate her short attention span.
from Aurora and Anonymouse: "...and then I realized I had never seen any commentary from anyone who taught her or went to college with her. Do you Alaskans know anything about that? Aurora 9:23 AM" Kind of reminds you of the class mates in pilots school with Bush but can't remember him. 3:37 PM
In five years I have never heard anyone come forward to speak of her academic times, no one from any of the five or six colleges.
Not even the college which gave her a degree - usually a small college would really brag that up to increase alumni donations and to attract new students.
That tells me she was less than a stellar student - possibly even got the credits to complete by, ahem, favors.
It looks like a technique to deal with the tongue problem. She clamps her lower jaw shut to keep her tongue in. She was having trouble with her tongue coming out as she spoke.
What does Palin's eyes reveal? Panick, pure panic. She is trying to figure out how to save her reputation. Palin knows her political career is gone and she needs to save her reputation so that she can still get paid by fox and maybe a future movie about her. She is also worried about how she will be documented in history books. It is all about her.
Anon at 4:03 p.m. said: Pot is a euphoric it wouldn't make her hyper. (Same with the assassin Jared) It makes people relaxed, happy, and hungry.
This is what I've always thought. It's how pot has affected me and people I've been around who have used it. But my brother, who's a cop, swears that it makes people violent and belligerent. He has as many stories about aggressive potheads as I have about giggling fits while stoned. So I think it affects different people differently--it helps most people relax, but maybe if you're wired for rage, it brings that out.
My brother only encounters the angry, violent pot users, because they're the ones who break laws. And because I don't hang out with psychopaths, my friends get happy when they're stoned.
I don't usually agree with this guy about much of anything, but he has encapsulated our Quitter Queen magnificently. DO listen.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YoI_-3tJY0&feature=player_embedded
the teleprompter reflection is too funny! classic.
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Cafferty File: Palin's reaction to Tucson massacre end her chances of being president? Jack always hits the nail on the head, now doesn't he.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuqGspBl96E&feature=
INSIDE THE PALIN BUBBLE: Here's Why The 2012 Republican Front-Runner Just Made Such A Fool Of Herself
ReplyDeleteSarah Palin, on the other hand, chose to respond to the atrocity by proclaiming that she was the victim of a "blood libel," attacked by evil meanies on the television set, when there was no evidence that her actions had anything to do with the actions of the loon who committed the atrocity. Factually true enough, I would say. But who cares? And why bother even mentioning it? It couldn't be less important. It couldn't be more self-absorbed.
http://www.businessinsider.com/sarah-palin-bubble-2011-1
I hate the way she shuts her mouth in disapproval.
ReplyDeleteI had a terrible thought. She's going to write another book because she'll have to explain how the map, etc weren't her fault.
Look at those blood shot eyes!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHer body language was very strange and the eyes, mouth and shaking of the head.
ReplyDeleteAlso notice when she closes her mouth she shows anger........Anybody out there who professionally reads body language---would be great to hear your comments.
ReplyDeleteLook at those blood shot eyes!!!!!!
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noticed that immediately - she must have smoked a couple of joints before she went on camera. (to relax her, doncha' know...wink, wink, you betcha')
Few days have underlined so clearly the contrast between a President and his pretender. By breaking her silence on Thursday, the day Mr Obama addressed the grieving people of Tucson, Ms Palin sought to write herself into his storyline. But did she do so in such a way as to harm her political prospects forever?
ReplyDeleteMr Obama spoke movingly of reconciliation, not blame, of America as a family that should speak among itself "in a way that heals, not a way that wounds".
Ms Palin spoke angrily of blame and "blood libel", defending the perpetuation of angry rhetoric even after the tragedy in Tucson.
The furore over her intervention has focused mostly on the anti-Semitic slur (blood libel refers to an accusation against the Jews that dates from the Middle Ages) that she appropriated to paint herself as among the victims. But in her attempt to appear presidential, Ms Palin has betrayed herself as incapable and uninterested in moving beyond her brand of grievance-based politics.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/president-barack-obamas-poise-pins-sarah-palin-as-political-pariah/story-e6frg6ux-1225987976333
it would be fun to analyze her facial contortions on "Lie to Me"....
ReplyDeleteIn her eyes she is scared shitless. Desperate. Weedling us to believe her 'innocence'. But she's also PISSED and that is her undoing. She loses all her credibility with her resentment on full display.
ReplyDeletePalin should apologize, too. And not just to Jews, including Giffords.
ReplyDeleteNo, Palin should apologize to all of us. In a speech condemning the irresponsibility of her critics, who have played fast and loose with the facts, Palin did something even worse: She trivialized one of the great crimes of human history.
Are the Republicans to blame for the Arizona shootings? Of course not. But by suggesting as much, were the Democrats doing something akin to mass murder? Palin knows the answer. Now let’s see if she has the courage and the decency to say it.
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/what-blood-libel-really-803503.html
While Obama tried to uplift, Palin tried to settle scores. While the president called for more civility, the former Alaska governor talked about duels and 'blood libel.' And while Obama's message was, well, presidential, Palin's was not. We'll say this: If Palin has ambitions for the White House -- and we're still not sure she does -- then her tone, message, and timing from her eight-minute video was a serious miscalculation.
ReplyDeletehttp://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2011/01/tucson-reax.html
Off topic (or is it since Halftime Sarah = RAM?)
ReplyDeleteInteresting article on RAM:
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2011/01/13/sarah-palins-secret-asset-cyber-messenger-rebecca-mansour/
Suzi Parker writes:
One thing is clear: Mansour, as writer, has discovered a character in Palin.
"I am sick & tired of the 'lack of substance' argument against Sarah Palin," she once tweeted. "Try reading her Facebook posts & listening to her speeches."
Ms. Palin’s decision to post the video on the internet Wednesday morning all but invited comparisons to the president’s previously announced appearance at the memorial service for those slain in Arizona.
ReplyDeleteAnd her choice of words — most notably the accusation that her critics were guilty of "blood libel" for the things they have said about her — made it impossible to ignore the video as merely another statement from a politician.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2011/1/13/936034/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Round-up
Another excellent article:
ReplyDeleteIs This the End of Sarah Palin As We Know Her?
Has Palin finally tarnished her luster with her thoughtless remarks about the Giffords shooting, or will she turn this into yet another opportunity to play the victim?
http://www.alternet.org/story/149522/is_this_the
_end_of_sarah_palin_as_we_know_her?page=entire
I am convinced that Palin's 'mishap' was no mishap. It was no accident that she timed her speech to be on TV before the memorial service. Nor was it anything but pure intentional malice to use the words, tone, and jaw jutting, lip pursing, head shaking gestures that she crafted very carefully.
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing like a good controversy to keep Palin's name in the news. Last night I counted 7 stories about her on the front page of Huffington Post. SEVEN!!
I'd say from her perspective, her speech was a huge success.
Do NOT underestimate this woman. She knows exactly what she is doing.
Ewww. Sounds like a halibut flopping about desperately using its gills to eke out oxygen in such a foreign atmosphere.
ReplyDeleteThat's Palin, grasping at trying to sound and look Presidential. Notice she sounds more measured in tone, not loaded with her odd inflections and gutteral noises? But her bitterness shows in her tone and her facial expressions - still got to work at appearing that you are capable of compassion and goodwill toward man Sarah.
Remember this golden oldie?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcUxlGJwjG0
M in BET
Anon 4:08 - Do the Palinbots have the nerve to try and take on the Sternbots?
ReplyDeleteActually, remember how they manipulated the coloring of Sarah's eyes for her second book? Changing the brown to more gray?
ReplyDeleteLook at the coloring of her eyes in this video. Is it to be more anglo for the benefit of her followers? Curious.
I'm sure Palin was incensed that Obama didn't take any time during his speech on reconciliation, healing and discourse to not defend her.
ReplyDeletePalin's facial expressions have always reminded me of a pugnacious and indignant 13 year-old trying to square off with everybody (and anybody) within range. That kind of shallow self-righteousness may play in the sticks, but not on the international stage.
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ReplyDeleteIt's easy to be a "genius" when your followers are myopic idiots.
@dmoreno56 - I thought the same thing while watching her statement. That is not a woman saddened by what's happened. That is someone who is practically enraged. And as usual, her rage has nothing to do with injury to others. It's always about Sarah.
ReplyDelete"Palin's Breath" - best speech she's ever made!
ReplyDeleteIn her persistent perception that glasses make her look intelligent, Sarah kept her trademark on her face - only to reflect one of her greatest and most stinging critiques of President Obama - that he'd be nothing without the teleprompter.
ReplyDeleteBut the reflection of her own teleprompter in her glasses reveals what we've always suspected about her - what she attacks the most, she's excessively guilty about it also too.
Idiot.
Cross-eyed, cross hairs, angry & ugly.
ReplyDeleteScarborough was pretty decent this morning. The gist of it was that it was all about Palin this week.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many informative, entertaining and useful links being posted. Thanks to one and all.
ReplyDeleteI hope I can repay the debt by adding one more because it is information that is crucial to understanding why we have to stay tuned to the threat Sarah Palin and those like her present.
Please check out the following:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/13/sarah-palins-jewish-problem_n_808854.html
The movement to which Sarah Palin belongs, to which she has pledged her soul is one that is so hate-filled, so dangerous that none of us can afford to ignore.
It is an age-old problem, this hating, this greed, but Sarah has become the champion to usher it back into popularity. Only by being aware of it can we keep it from washing over us once again.
There is enough suffering in the world. Sarah seems intent upon generating more. It's why our vote against her and others like her is so important.
Thanks to all of you who seek to keep us all informed and better equipped to understand what Sarah and her ilk are trying to do.
Petty detail, but why not? She is going to seriously regret tattooing her eyeliner. As women age, a secret to looking younger is to draw the eye up. Make-up artists suggest that after 50, a woman should stop lining her lower lids. Remember Harriet Myers, Bush's White House counsel? She was 60 and still did her make-up like she was 40. She looked silly. Palin is going to look the same way in 5 years.
ReplyDeleteWhen I closed my eyes because I can't stand looking at her. I almost pissed myself laughing. She sounding like she was masterbating! LMAO!
ReplyDeleteCheck out the pupils...She is drugged!
ReplyDeleteGryph,
ReplyDeleteStop by my House.
I have the YouTube video up of the great Howard Stern eviscerating the Idiot Palin.
It's pure Stern and he leaves nothing on the bone.
A riot!
That bright light is a light, not the teleprompter. She has a professional camera courtesy of Fox. I think the teleprompter is right above or below the camera and not bright enough to shine on her glasses.
ReplyDeleteBesides all the other possible explanations, I wonder if her breathing has something to do with keeping up with the written speech on the Teleprompter, and sneaking in breaths. If the speech is written to makes more sense read out loud, than the rhythm of speech, you might have to choose between completing the sentence (extending your breath) or breathing in the middle. Sorta like singing the difficult parts of Handel, Bach, and Mozart, having to sneak in breaths in the middle of a run of 16th notes, which is as close as I've ever come to whacking a dead halibut I mean high art.
ReplyDeleteBen in SF
Funny, thanks! Not as good as her famous quitter speech breathing, but waaaay better than hearing her voice.
ReplyDeleteHilarious video compilation of Sarah's weird mouth movements, lip compressions and smacking
ReplyDeletehttp://www.salon.com/news/politics/sarah_palin/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/01/13/weird_palin_video
Obama absolutely did defend her in that speech, she should be grateful. He said that lack of civility did not cause Jared to attack Giffords and others. He went out of his way to say that. He was talking about Palin and her map.
ReplyDeleteHere's the exact quote:
"It is not because a simple lack of civility caused this tragedy," forcefully said President Barack Obama, "It did not!".
When watching this, I am reminded of her quitter speech. I don't have the capability to compare the two, but it might me interesting.
ReplyDeleteHer body language is very carefully analyzed by Dr. Lillian Glass Body Language Blog at Wordpress.
ReplyDelete(Sorry, I'm not sure how to post links, but it is well worth reading!!)
Final remarks: Bad Actress
5:54 a.m.,
ReplyDeleteHow is the President one minute going to say during his speech that no one knows why the shooting occured, and even admitting that we still don't have all the facts, and then later say with 100% certainty that this crime had nothing to do with the lack of civility?
They are still investigating and gathering evidence. They still don't have all the facts, yet, and are still trying to figure out his motive. So, right now, everything is still only speculation. Even this crap about the gunman being mentally ill. Without having all the facts, and all the evidence, it doesn't matter what anyone thinks, at this point. Not even the President.
Best Palin speech I've heard!
ReplyDeleteHere's the hilarious quitter version.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcUxlGJwjG0
Anon @ 4:39.
ReplyDeleteThe best comment I have read about Becky, I can't remember the blog, was.... a 40+ PR hack. ;-)
Ohiovoter
Anon @ 6:41, that may be so, they may find a link to political websites or whatever, but as someone who has some knowledge on the subject I can assure you Jared Loughner is mentally ill. That is a very big factor in the story, there's no getting away from it.
ReplyDeleteObama walked the talk in trying to deflect sole blame on Palin and her map. He is right. It wasn't just the rhetoric. He was being a leader there. Can Palin do the same by acknowledging regret about her language and imagery? Doubt it.
anon @5:38 AM..you are 1000% right about the light box reflecting...but no one seems to get it. Even the big media types...
ReplyDeletethat was the creepiest thing ever. almost worse than listening to the whole thing!!!
ReplyDeleteand personally....her looks are GOING GOING GOING GOING GOING...AND SHE KNOWS IT.
This video was lame compared to the breath video done for her resignation speech [July 2009].
ReplyDeleteThe 2009 tape was so intense I was sure she was using non-prescribed medication to get through the day.
Be interesting to know what a speech teacher or therapist would advise her. She has always talked from the top of her vocal cords. And her breath is very tight which makes it sound as though she is climbing a steep pitch. (A metaphor?)
ReplyDeleteBill Clinton did the same thing, and wore out his vocal cords. I think she will have the same trouble if she continues without change.
Strung-out....
ReplyDeleteAnon at 4.13am - thanks for the link to the article from The Austalian!
ReplyDeleteI love the papers in my home country - they don't mince words.
If you are a conservative and even The Australian is calling you a pariah? You're toast.
That. Was. Way. Too. Creepy.
ReplyDeleteHer breathing sounds shallow, like her heart was racing. Not very composed. Somebody probably threatened her not to go off-script and she was mad about that, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks to everyone who posted links to other articles and videos!
Her eyes are more telling than her breathing. Her eyes look scared. She is really worried that this is going to hurt her politically. The rest of the time her eyes look angry and defiant. I saw no sympathy or compassion in her eyes. Everything is about Sarah.
ReplyDeleteThe lip smacking=deception also too.
ReplyDeleteO/T: I AM DONE WITH HUFFPO! Like many others who have commented on other posts here, I cannot post on any of the Palin posts there. I even wrote a relatively innocent comment (they said she showed in one of her shows, how she can shoot, so I commented that she needed 6 shots to kill, and that her daddy needed to reload for her). Other unflattering comments are going through, but mine does not, as I had noticed a few times before. No more *me* visiting Ariana's blog. FINISHED. OUT. GONE. I am FEDUP with her partisanship.
ReplyDeleteHer elevenses are up.
ReplyDeleteOld street person's tale: if you see the neck cords in a stressed person, if you can see their "elevens," where the neck cords are so deeply defined, the person's time is coming to an end.
Compare neck cords in the 2009 and 2011 breath videos - that's not just rapid aging.
You heard it here first.
****Even this crap about the gunman being mentally ill. Without having all the facts, and all the evidence, it doesn't matter what anyone thinks, at this point. Not even the President. *
ReplyDeleteOther than to say he failed a drug test at MEPS in Phoenix and some remarks about him smoking pot, no one has asked or talked about drugs. He wasn't in treatment, not likely he was on medication. If he smokes pot and who knows what else he would get from someone? He possibly had a dealer or dealers for years.
He seemed to have had an accelerated decline in his mental condition the last four months. Drugs could compound a mental illness at a significant rate. Someone may have been aiding him with that. It could have been intentional. Intentional or not some type of drugs could well be a significant part of the decline. I've known of many people of various ages with schizophrenia, bi-polar, you name it and drug addictions. The picture they say is his mugshot is startling. He looks like he also rapidly aged and that fixed grin? There is too much we don't know to conclude it was only mental illness.
A high school girlfriend spoke about when she knew him. He was a completely different person and she didn't see the mental illness signs at that time.
Her eyes are filled with fear. I think she was forced to do this video and she did not want to do it.
ReplyDeleteThere was a black bag found with more ammunition. He didn't have a job and no one knows where he got the money to make purchases. It was in the range of $1,000. You have to consider there could be others involved with helping him out.
ReplyDeleteI don't recall details but I'd read about the small cells in Arizona and how they work. The idea is to not have trail. I'm not saying that is probable in this case, but it is still a possibility that he was not alone or that he wasn't manipulated. The mentally ill are frequently manipulated. We don't know if someone was feeding his paranoia or the circumstance.
Rep Giffords specifically addressed the SarahPac target message to her. She felt threatened. Sarah Palin never reassured her that was not her intention. After the massacre Mansour only said they needed it for the election and didn't take it down after they no longer needed it. At some point, it does not even need to be directly related to this massacre. In regard to Congress and safety issues, SarahPac must address some questions in a deposition and under oath. There are too many questions and Congress has to rethink their security. Especially with the current laws and attitudes. It is not just this one attack.
Slightly OT, but I have been wondering: someone at another blog site made the comment that it did not appear she had learned much at broadcasting school, and then I realized I had never seen any commentary from anyone who taught her or went to college with her. Do you Alaskans know anything about that?
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It's the "dead" eyes that are freaky to me.
ReplyDeleteIf the eyes are the window to the soul, through this window I see anger, fear & defiance. I strain to see compassion in her eyes, but cannot find it there.
@ 6:19 am, here is the link
ReplyDeletehttp://drlillianglassbodylanguageblog.wordpress.com/
This is hilarious, but it's really unfair. I record and edit podcasts for my blog; a lot of it is editing out the breathing. We all do it, you know. The problem here is that you can't edit this out of video without a) jump cuts; b) needing "B" role to cover the edits. The whole idea of a canned statement was poor. The timbre is terrible. Her statement is defensive and inflammatory. Let's double down on hate speech. This may or not be her ultimate undoing, but it was definitely not presidential and definitely not her finer moment.
ReplyDeleteWhy are her pupils so huge - even with the BRIGHT lights shining on her? What kind of drugs is she on?
ReplyDeleteHilarious about the eyes. When I first saw this I thought "Damn..she looks rough"..like she had been crying. I think the pot is a better theory though, as I don't think she has the capacity to cry.
ReplyDeleteI will send her some Visine for the next time she f's up...hmm...I should probably look into overnight shipping.
What is telling about Palin's pathetic apologia - aside from it's insulting tone, the idea that she is somehow the 20th victim in this tragedy, and her insensitive anti Semitic swipe at Jewish Giffords as she recovers in a Tucson hospital - is the desperation of her body language.
ReplyDeleteWith its extreme editing, removing ALL of Palin's words (oh, that all her speeches could be so mercifully silent!) it was startling how terrified she appeared to be. Gone is Mama Grizzly. What we have here is a cornered, wounded, very confused animal very different from the combative image Palin has tried to cultivate.
She seems to have come to some dim, hazy, faint realization that she may have done something that is indeed very bad for her future political aspirations. She clearly doesn’t understand why, but she is equally clearly running very scared right now.
True to form, she is running to Palin panty sniffer Sean Hannity who will undoubtedly jam his nose about a foot and a half up her ass. There is no amount of obsequious groveling and ass kissing that Hannity can do that will make a damn bit of difference. The only real question left is: when she appears on Hannity’s show, how much worse will she make the situation. Will she further try to justify her use of the rifle scope image which targeted Giffords - albeit somewhat indirectly? Will she continue to push her case that SHE is just as surely a victim in this tragedy, just like those who were killed or wounded in Tucson? Will she defend her ignorant and insensitive usage of the term “blood libel” even after so many within the GOP have condemned her for doing so?
History has shown that each and every time that Palin tries to undo the damage created from her own self inflicted wounds, she ends up making the situation very much worse. If she or her handlers collectively had a functioning brain amongst them, she would just shut the hell up on this issue, FOREVER! But, I think it is a very safe bet that she won’t have enough sense to just be quiet.
There is nothing she can say at this point that will mollify those whom she has offended. There is nothing she can do that will make her appear less petty, vain, insensitive, and just plain vindictively mean. There is nothing that she can do that will make her appear to be less of an anti Semite. But it will sure be fun watching her try.
Sarah should take a leaf out of our Premier Anna Bligh book to see how a State leader act in a time of need.
ReplyDeleteWe are suffering our worst floods ever covering nearly 3/4 of our state of Queensland Australia. Please I wish you all to have a look at our Premier in Henkimaa blog that Gryphen in his blog roll .
"Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteIt's the "dead" eyes that are freaky to me.
If the eyes are the window to the soul, through this window I see anger, fear & defiance. I strain to see compassion in her eyes, but cannot find it there.
9:27 AM"
She has really weird eyes--they are kind of
like Jackie Kennedy's where they are so far
apart that they seem to have 2 different views.
You can see them well in Palin's wedding
photo--where she has on that awful pink shirt.
They are like crab eyes, they are really off.
I think that is why she started wearing glasses.
to hide them.
I didn't expect them to show the veins in her bloodshot eyes and the pupils! They don't ever address questions. That means she chose or prefer the people to talk among themselves and speculate on what that is. Be sure to include the other signs she is flashing to us over the last few years as you draw your conclusion to what the eyes are telling us.
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ReplyDeleteI don't think she has the capacity to cry.
9:59 AM"
She got a bit teary on election night. She is
a sore loser.
She may have been crying because she was sick of practicing and she was begging for mercy. I can't go on! Don't make me do this! boo hoo
ReplyDeleteThe pupils are unexplainable. I don't think marijuana does that? Something stronger is possible.
$arah is stoned just like she was when she resigned.
ReplyDelete@9:21, that was my take from her eyes and her gasped breath. She struck me as a small, trappped animal. I pity her, when I am not struggling with my rage towards her.
ReplyDeleteAurora
Whats up with her eyes? They are usually shit brown, but sometimes she tries to make them look lighter. Another fake phony hoax on Palin's part.
ReplyDeleteYes, she does look scared out of her skull and strung-out.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like she has been badgered and bullied ... perhaps trying to memorize her speech. Who is behind the camera?
This was her attempt to upstage the president. In her silly, twisted, self-centered mind, I believe she imagined she would appear presidential.
ReplyDeleteInstead, she revealed that she is afraid and nervous and possible using drugs or on medications. She has the look of someone who hasn't slept in a few nights and is under tremendous stress. She knows she won't recover from this and all I can say is good riddance.
My guess is that Sarah won't want to look back but only continue forward and progressing Alaska or is it Arizona? She will briefly mention her deep pain in hearing the old news about Tucson and about some official and a kid. They may feel obligated to give 30 seconds to being somber like. Maybe Piper said something prophetic before they voted on the best condolences to twitter for the Congresswoman. She was in such a rush to be the first that she didn't check or verify what happened. Mansour probably gave her the go ahead and what more does she need?
ReplyDeleteThe Hannity/Palin version of confronting issues and critics is an opportunity to sell her wonderful uplifting brand, she is like Reagan, you know? There is that big conspiracy out to get her, just ask talk radio and the other Fox pundits for the facts. The threats against her do cause her to take precautions but like a true frontierswoman nothing can hold her back. She is all about protecting her children and that is what it is all about. She doesn't have much time to think about herself because it is all about being a Grizzly Mama. If you don't know what that means to her be sure to buy her DVD Sarah infomercial. (Be careful, there are probably subliminal messages to send money to Sarah Pac) Bristol and her friend of Israel, Graham, deserve a shout out and a reminder about the charity giving Sarah in Haiti. How inspired she must be by Bristol's humility. She won't say but will allude to the successful lives of her two older children and what Bristol has planned for her future. It will be amazing. She really can't bother with the conspiracy against her and the naysayers because she is so busy progressing her greatness. The others suck! Just ask Tammy Bruce. If there are no Republicans to run for President they will be knocking on her door and she will have to do it.
I doubt that her catch breaths between sentences is any different than anybody elses.
ReplyDeleteHowever her mouth is all over the place. And watching her whole video with the sound off, it is almost as though she has some sort of muscle control problems with her face and mouth.
There is a lot of intense emotion going on in her in this speech which makes me think it is a dog whistle to her Christianist base in code and hoping they catch the hints in an otherwise very awkwardly worded comment.
Or she is truly going insane with conflicting thoughts and lapses in concentration flashing across her face, as she bits and gnaws at her own words.
On second thought, she may announce she is going to step off the stage, no more Palin to kick around. It is a sacrifice and a courageous act to protect her family from the vicious conspiracies and threats.
ReplyDeleteGasman 10:14AM
ReplyDeleteRe: Your post
There is no need for me to write. You wrote it better than I could. I never watch Hannity but Monday night, I might make an exception to see if we are both correct. Thank you.
Thank you one and all for the Lillian Glass web site. Can't wait to read it.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter is a speech pathologist. I am sending the you tube to her for her analysis.
She can't stand Palin but I am going to ask her to be unbiased.
"...and then I realized I had never seen any commentary from anyone who taught her or went to college with her. Do you Alaskans know anything about that? Aurora 9:23 AM"
ReplyDeleteExcellent point.
Kind of reminds you of the class mates in pilots school with Bush but can't remember him.
Pot is a euphoric it wouldn't make her hyper. (Same with the assassin Jared)
ReplyDeleteIt makes people relaxed, happy, and hungry.
She has become anorexic since the 08 election and is wired so tight she literally can't sit still.
She may be taking an appetite suppressant, which tends to make people hyper. Or she may be taking legal or illegal uppers than keep her wired and exacerbate her short attention span.
I bet her blood pressure is out of sight.
Sorry, if my last sentence seemed insensitive. After 1000+ students, it would be impossible to remember everyone. I hope you understand.
ReplyDeletefrom Aurora and Anonymouse: "...and then I realized I had never seen any commentary from anyone who taught her or went to college with her. Do you Alaskans know anything about that? Aurora 9:23 AM"
ReplyDeleteKind of reminds you of the class mates in pilots school with Bush but can't remember him. 3:37 PM
In five years I have never heard anyone come forward to speak of her academic times, no one from any of the five or six colleges.
Not even the college which gave her a degree - usually a small college would really brag that up to increase alumni donations and to attract new students.
That tells me she was less than a stellar student - possibly even got the credits to complete by, ahem, favors.
UPDATE:
ReplyDeleteSomeone did a 'NEW' REMIX of the video
It's pretty funny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mse4gs2o19Y
If ONLY that were all we heard whenever she opened her maw, that would be just fine.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a technique to deal with the tongue problem. She clamps her lower jaw shut to keep her tongue in. She was having trouble with her tongue coming out as she spoke.
ReplyDeleteWhat does Palin's eyes reveal? Panick, pure panic.
ReplyDeleteShe is trying to figure out how to save her reputation. Palin knows her political career is gone and she needs to save her reputation so that she can still get paid by fox and maybe a future movie about her. She is also worried about how she will be documented in history books. It is all about her.
Anon at 4:03 p.m. said:
ReplyDeletePot is a euphoric it wouldn't make her hyper. (Same with the assassin Jared)
It makes people relaxed, happy, and hungry.
This is what I've always thought. It's how pot has affected me and people I've been around who have used it. But my brother, who's a cop, swears that it makes people violent and belligerent. He has as many stories about aggressive potheads as I have about giggling fits while stoned. So I think it affects different people differently--it helps most people relax, but maybe if you're wired for rage, it brings that out.
My brother only encounters the angry, violent pot users, because they're the ones who break laws. And because I don't hang out with psychopaths, my friends get happy when they're stoned.