And here is Todd's ghostwritten response:
"This is a man who has been relentlessly stalking my family to the point of moving in right next door to us to harass us and spy on us. He traffics in innuendo and falsehoods. A few years ago he interviewed members of Sarah's administration for a magazine article, and afterwards they said that he was the most disingenuous and intellectual dishonest writer they'd ever dealt with. He's spent the last year interviewing marginal figures with an axe to grind in order to churn out a hit piece to satisfy his own creepy obsession with my wife. I'd ask that people consider these facts when evaluating his latest lies."
"I'd ask the fathers and husbands of America to consider our privacy when one summer day I found this guy on the deck of the rental property, just 18 feet away next door to us, staring like a creep at my wife while she mowed the lawn in her shorts, unbeknownst to her that he was prying. As well as our teenage daughters while they tried to enjoy our traditional Alaskan summer days outdoors. Joe's son told the media he advised his dad not to move from the East Coast to become our next door neighbor, but said his dad 'was just waiting for Todd to be out of the picture.' Sarah has never spoken to this intruder into our lives, our friends and family don't speak to him, so we have no idea where he would come up with content for his book. He was on our doorstep one day trying to make conversation with our son until Track cut the conversation short after discerning Joe's odd behavior, and I spoke to him one time when I saw him 18 feet away, just to find out who he was. He took that conversation and reported it to the media as me 'threatening' him."
Well this is clearly the work of somebody who is NOT Todd Palin.
The opportunity to write THIS kind of statement is exactly why Sarah made those "creepy" references about Joe when he first moved in next door. The idea was to create a meme that he was a pervert, and possible pedophile, in order to lay the groundwork to dismiss his book out of hand when it was finally published.
And if the book had come out only a few months after Palin's Facebook post, that might have worked like a charm.
The question is now with EVERYTHING that has been revealed about Palin in articles, books, Nick's movie, and the blogs, and how similar it all is, will that actually be enough to discredit McGinniss and keep his book from selling?
I think the answer to that is no.
By the way here is today's Doonesbury strip.
Update: Okay since everybody is asking for it, THIS is what Joe McGinniss would have seen if he had actually been staring at Sarah Palin in her shorts.
I am not condemning anyone for pointing out hypocrisy and such things (though I wish you'd all be fair and treat democrats the same way). I am simply saying that you have to admit Sarah and Todd have the strongest relationship and family out there.
ReplyDeleteI don't think Joe came off good at all to the objective eye in the interview this morning. He showed no human qualities. I think even if Sarah's friends would have spoken to him, he would have distorted those interviews, or leave out things as Broomfield did. (and I know B left things out that were positive)
ReplyDeleteI can tell you the "shitty mother stories" are a huge exaggeration and it's evident by how happy her kids have always looked, how strongly they defend her. Typical teen behavior aside (as it's unfair to judge someone based on this), the Palins are close.
But in this country, as Joe has said, people can make money anyway they want. The Palins and Johnston's grift off "celebrity" and Joe grifts off them.
Why is 'Todd' the one who has to make a statement? Why not have Sarah herself make the 'statement?'
ReplyDeleteKind of stupid that the Today Show would even allow this. Or even believe it's from 'Todd.'
See, the written response is to avoid questions. They will never put themselves in the position to be asked the question... Is it true?
ReplyDeleteTodd calls Joe names, but doesn't say any of it is untrue. The only people that statement fools is the faithful.
ReplyDeleteSo, if it ain't true, then I guess they're going to sue for libel/slander...
ReplyDeleteYeah, sure. They have enough credibility to discredit anyone.
How many old racist horny white men will continue to donate to SarahPAC?
ReplyDeleteDamn Sarah, banging Glen just caused you to lose the majority of your supporters.
Even the Nascar crowd will stop donating.
Earth to Joe, how do you think Sarah is going to react when she's been burned so many times. You think her frenemies are the only ones with vendettas? Do you know how many people in AK have purposefully started rumors and verbally assaulted her just because of gender and whatever inane reason?
ReplyDeleteIt goes back to her beginning term as Gov, with those shock jocks and political adversaries stirring up trouble just because they didn't want to side with her or agree with her. I'm actually proud of Frank for continuing to defend her against these people.
You can read her rational responses in her emails. She says a lot , "I hope they're attacking me not you guys" and "calling us women all these demeaning names.."
She has a point. There are reasons she's becoming like she has in current interviews nd speeches and they all point to how she was treated. Who can blame her?
People don't want to admit the Palins are strong because it kills their fantasy and sick little world. But tell me, if she's irresponsible, why does feel comfortable leaving her son with his nana (sarah) for days? Why do her kids beam with happiness at every point in their lives?
Don't believe things just because a talented writer prints it or because some retardedly angry person says it. It really is like believing all the NE/GLobe stories, stories that have made even Obama look bad.
Why pick and choose? It's not fair and balanced and makes you no better than Fox. The more you attack her, the stronger she gets and the more empathetic people feel.
How come we didn't hear any denial from abstinence advocate Sarah Palin or Todd that she does not do collegiate or NBA players?
ReplyDelete"I am simply saying that you have to admit Sarah and Todd have the strongest relationship and family out there."
ReplyDeleteActually, I don't have to admit that. I mean, after all, I don't KNOW them, so how could I make that JUDGEMENT?! Your rules.
Just checked out the rankings for Joe's book.
ReplyDeleteAmazon Best Sellers Rank: #104 in Books
And that statement from "Todd" was pure horseshit. The grammar and the sentence structure prove that it was written by one of the Palins.
Have a great day everyone. I am so enjoying this.
Anonymous @ 5:20am said...
ReplyDelete[I am not condemning anyone for pointing out hypocrisy and such things (though I wish you'd all be fair and treat democrats the same way). I am simply saying that you have to admit Sarah and Todd have the strongest relationship and family out there.]
Now THAT is funny! Thanks for the morning laugh with my coffee. Here come the 'bots....
innuendo
ReplyDeletefalsehoods
disingenuous
marginal
evaluating
unbeknownst
discerning
Yeah, like Todd Palin would even know how to use these words in a sentence.
I'm thinking somebody's been putting their thesaurus to good use today.
To Anon@5:20, I would admit Sarah and Todd have the strangest relationship and family out there.
ReplyDelete5:20: I'm really impressed that Todd has stood by Sarah even though she, as a woman with a history of miscarriages and of advanced maternal age with a known special needs child, flew on two cross-country flights while in active labor after her water broke, risking both her life, the life of the unborn child, and the safety and convenience of the passengers and crew on those flights. A lot of men would say that that lady was crazy and irresponsible, but Todd has played along.
ReplyDeleteAnd, what democrats are abstinence advocates with four grandchildren born out of wedlock, who had a one-night-stand while at the same time saving themselves for marriage? I'm dying to know. I suspect there are democrats who have had one-night-stands, but they aren't preaching otherwise.
what is interesting is the lack of response from her fellow republicans either defending Palin or rebuking McGinnis. Looks like Palin has burned way too many bridges in the past, no one left to defend her. And the statement from Todd is really handled badly. It gave me the creeps when he talks about his wife in her shorts. Very unpresidential way to handle this. Obvious the Palin's have no professional political people that are advising them.
ReplyDeleteDon't know if it's a typo, but it would be "intellectually dishonest"...Todd, is that you?
ReplyDeleteGoing to go back and read/watch the rest, but I can see at the top of the thread the trolls ARE OUT!!!!
Again, Todd, is that you?
Tweet from Dennis Leary....bwahahha
ReplyDeletedenisleary Denis Leary
Cheney's pro gay marriage. Beck says 1st responders deserve more respect. What's next? Sarah Palin banging a black guy?
Despite that you want truth, I think it's shitty that good, happy people are brought into others' personal vendettas against this woman. The Hansons are living happily at present. Why make them endure things that MAY have happened 15 years ago?
ReplyDeleteSame for the defilement and lies concerning Menard. There is no basis for those rumors, and said rumors piss people who knew him off. Yet people feel the need to publicly malign anyone to bring down a person who doesn't matter.
As if anyone would believe that line about "waiting until Todd is out of the picture" - ha! If he ever said that he was being facetious, obviously. I doubt he ever said those words, though.
ReplyDeleteGryphen, I disagree, this seems like it could easily have been written by Todd. It's very poorly done.
A palin projecting again? I'm shocked! Everyone knows Todd and Sarah are the real perverts. Sarah wishes anyone wanted to rape her daughters the sick freak. This is the bizarre dysfunctional Palin family we're talking about after all. I wouldn't be surprised at all if piper, willow and Bristol are all victims of Todd the pervert. Todd is a weak coward with no balls.
ReplyDeleteNotice that no one, not a single Palin or spokesman, has categorically denied any of Joe's claims revealed so far from the book.
ReplyDeleteEven with all the help they got on drafting the written "response" it is really, if you'll pardon the very crude expression, only some weak-ass shit.
Really? Just consider that we are calling him a creep? We think he does creepy things, WE didn't talk to him so no ideas where he's getting his information?
Hello! Earth to Palin-land: other people in the world who were there as participants, witnesses, victims or observers - or the friends, colleagues and family of those who were. Duh.
Bristol, why don't you just say "First!!!!"? (I know you want to)
ReplyDeleteOh dear, the fairytale trolls are out in force. :)
ReplyDeleteI can't wait until Tuesday. I'm sure Joe has some even better bombshells to drop.
Palin is a horrible mother. Her children's misery is all the proof you need. I've never seen more unhappy kids in my life. They should be taken away by protective services. They are in danger.
ReplyDeleteThere's something about Todd's statement re: "mowing the lawn in her shorts" that is just creepy.
ReplyDeleteHave you seen Sarah in her shorts?
http://punchumgum.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/sarah-palins-wardrobe-malfunction/
Sarah Palin mows her own lawn?
ReplyDeleteSo Sarah sends her protector-thug Toddliwinks to make a NON-DENIAL? How perfect is that.
ReplyDeleteHorse is out of the barn for defending Sarah's honor, dignity or reputation.
And "Him bad, don't believe him" is the strategy?
How delusional ARE these people?
MOW THE LAWN???
ReplyDeleteOh dear gawd, NO-ONE except for the see of pee would swallow that lump of crap.
IF, and I really mean IF Sarah positioned her ass behind any lawn mower, it was just for this potential scenario. It was for attention and the purpose of appearing to be something she clearly is not.
More likely it's just another Palin fabrication to perpetuate Sarah as the constant victim.
OMG, mow the lawn... that's the best laugh I've had in a quite awhile. Thanks Todd :)
Why does Todd the coward refuse to answer the question of why his daughter named her son after todd's prostitute? What's he afraid of? This is one sick disturbing family.
ReplyDelete"I am simply saying that you have to admit Sarah and Todd have the strongest relationship and family out there."
ReplyDeleteBwahahaha!! Now that is some funny. Good one Bristol!
I couldn't care less that Sarah screwed some BB player years ago. I DO care that Sarah's narrative is that of a pure, religious, family woman, abstinence pushing, politician She clearly is NOT any of those things. If she hadn't pushed that narrative on the public, you can bet there would be very little fall out about this tryst.
ReplyDeleteAnon: 5:39:
ReplyDeleteAgreed! The reason Toad didn't speak those words is because he can't pronounce them! As if he has the intelligence to string together sentences with more than 3 words! HA!
And what about the Grizzly? She sure talks it up, but can't follow through with the actions. Quittypants is a fraud.
Unbelievable lame response. My teenager could do better than that, for crying out loud.
ReplyDeleteWrong source, wrong medium, wrong message.
NO response would have been the way to go, or some version of "We are not going to dignify these accusations with a response. No further comment will be forthcoming."
But noooooo. These people have shit for brains, on top of which they conduct themselves like the trash they are THEN whine when they're found out.
Ok I am a little confused...Todd says Joe has a creepy obsession with Sarah and was just waiting for Todd to be out of the way. So if he is infatuated with her why would he write all of these so called lies in his book about her?? If he is infatuated with her wouldn't he be singing her praises in his book??? Which is it Todd...you can't have it both ways.
ReplyDeleteHey Todd how's that STD thingy you got from Sarah working out? ROFL. What a pervert.
ReplyDeleteAnd Glen Rice is complimentary! Hard to accuse him of a conspiracy, hah!
ReplyDeleteThink Todd knew she was talking to him daily right up until the panic elopement?
What kind of an ugly mess is this marriage? Oh, I forgot: Sarah.
5:20.I think you are confused..they are the most vindictive, hypocritical, dysfunctional family out there. Of course they stick together, they have to keep covering each other with all the lies and keep the $$$ flowing.
ReplyDeleteJimmy Kimmel was talking about "The Rogue" on his show last night. Saying how much Sarah likes black men and drugs. It was funny. This just might be what it takes to bring Sarah down.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad Samantha was his interviewer. Her responses are how most of America would react, with empathy and hesitancy to believe.
ReplyDeleteOK, well Savannah just had to let "Todd" have the final word, but I can tell you this:
ReplyDeleteThis one simple interview and piece, with its preponderance of negative material, just shown to probably millions of people who didn't know the half of it, is the
Nail. In. The. Coffin.
That's all it takes, in the good old US of A.
Thank you, Today show. You rock. You are doing your patriotic duty; go have a beer on that one. I mean that sincerely.
Can we all say FINALLY?
And of course a huge thank you to Joe McGuinness! I think he came off as being very credible.
It was good for him to point out that none of the people closest to her would speak to him. That says a lot in itself. And as folks have pointed out, if the Palins do not file a suit against him, well...
anon at 5:20 wants us to treat Democrats the same way. Excuse me, but where were you when Bill Clinton was being skewered in the media and by congress? How about Anthony Weiner? How about John Edwards? They have all faced scrutiny.
ReplyDeleteTodd and Sarah have the strongest relationship and family "out there"? Compared to whom?
DAG! The 'bots are ON IT this morning! Look at them sounding all rational-like.
ReplyDeleteThis, from 5:20am, made me laugh out loud in my cubicle here: "I am simply saying that you have to admit Sarah and Todd have the strongest relationship and family out there."
You can not make this shit up! (oh wait, maybe you can!)
You tell 'em Todd! You keep whining about how mean that author has been to the poor, defenseless, lawn mowin' Mama Grizzly and keep giving him free publicity for his book! Go right on and send out more ghost written whines and bring more attention to Going Rogue because there may have been 3 or 4 people who didn't hear about your wife doing Glen Rice behind your back or snorting cocaine off an oil container when that was in the news yesterday!
ReplyDeleteHappy happy joy joy.
ReplyDeleteHappy happy joy joy.
Todd and Sarah or Ren and Stimpy?
Seriously, in Sarah Palin we have a person who is demonstrably and relentlessly thin-skinned and viciously vindictive, who never has an idea of her own, but relentlessly attacks those of others, and whose children obviously have serious emotional and psychological difficulties (juvenile crime, alcohol, underage sex, underage pregnancy, body image issues, etc.).
Sorry, Palin fans, no one that venomous and nasty in public can be a happy, peaceful, serene and confident person at home, especially considering how her children have been acting out over the years.
Troll, you do well by Sarah, jumping on the very first of the comment thread. . .are you a pathetic, pajama clad troll living in your parent's basement, bleary-eyed, O.D.'ing on diet Red Bull and crunch wrap supremes surveying all the anti-Palin blogs - ready to jump to their defense at any cost, especially with their lack of credibility?
ReplyDeleteCue "The Palin's are the strongest, most healthy and happy families on earth with God on their side" and whatnot defense.
ReplyDeleteAs if any of that bullshit means anything in relationship to the truth about what a fucked up family they are.
Frankly, I'm fine with them being a strong, happy and healthy family - I'm not a Palin so I don't plan on destroying them and salting the earth so that they don't grow anymore - but I want them to stay out of my business, meaning, degrading my civil liberties with their hypocritical and antiquated notions of what makes us all America and American.
Well we know Mr. Einstein Todd NEVER wrote that dismissive piece of tripe. Todd proves his phoniness to match that of his snowblower wife. If all this is untrue then sue Joe...but they won't. The requirement in a civil suit for the Palins to have to answer questions would kill them so it won't happen.
ReplyDeleteTheir entire family has engaged in the coarsening of America. Values my cat's butt. I don't expect any person, politician or not, to be perfect. However, when a family like the Palins constantly rides the Values horse they deserve a good whipping.
I expect the whining and victimization howling to intensify in days to come. The Palins offer nothing of substance. It's all about what "others" have done to them forever. Responsibility (for one's actions/words) is simply a word in a dictionary to the Palins---a book they've never read. Their responses have always been attack, attack, attack, never learn when it's better to STFU. Fine, I hope they shoot themselves in the foot.
As we have seen for ourselves McGinniss's own hypocrisy and vindictiveness, I am glad that the Today show has spared me the trouble of reading his book. The haters must be very afraid of Sarah if they go to all this trouble to try to smear her - and with what?
ReplyDelete5:34..I thought she has an 80% approval rating when she was Governor, so who are these people who were starting rumors and were assaulting her? Names would be nice and maybe some facts instead of your continues happy family bullshit.
ReplyDeleteWhat's interesting is that Joe M broke the ice on all of this, really, for the MSM. He is one of them; he is highly educated and accomplished and driven, just like they are. He is not a representative of the National Enquirer (and I have nothing against them, I know there are some hard hitting journalists working there as well, as a matter of fact).
ReplyDeleteJoe M is leading the way, and now I bet one of them will have the courage to follow. The Trig story is going to make that level of exposure at some point, I would bet.
It's over, Sarah. Figure out what to do with your life. If you are at all remotely smart, you will pick up your marbles and go home. If you and your powerful friends insist on keeping you on our TVs, however, be prepared for the stakes to get ever higher. You might be held legally accountable for something, and that would REALLY change your life. Get out while you still can, and leave us all in peace.
You had your 15 minutes. They are up.
why doesn't todd or one of the kids mow the lawn?
ReplyDeleteTo Anon 5:20 who said "Sarah and Todd have the strongest relationship and family out there." It's a relationship built on co-dependency and lies to cover up their dysfunctional family.
ReplyDeleteThe trolls are working overtime these days. I hope they're getting paid well.
"Well this is clearly the work of somebody who is NOT Todd Palin."
ReplyDeleteClearly. But can you not see these two intellectual lightweights bent over behind said ghostwriter like a couple of Quasimodos, frothing at the mouth with tiny fists clenched, spitting out epithets and innuendo-all the while insisting those words be used in this transparent response?
Stick a fork in 'em, they're done.
The Palin's only play is to make Joe out to be a pervert. And putting her husband out there to respond is the best way to launch that attack. If she's truly a strong leader, she would never hide behind her husband (as a woman, this makes me cringe). The assumption that everyone out there finds her attractive is insane. If she is a real, strong, modern woman, strong enough to lead the US, she wouldn't fall back on sexualizing these reports as "from a pervy stalker." A true professional woman would try to steer the conversation as far away from "I have a scary pervert stalking me" as possible. She would turn the conversation back to her record, her policies, etc. But Sarah has none. This is their only play, and I'm not one bit surprised. How unprofessional....
ReplyDeleteWhy did Todd defend her? Why did she not defend herself. If by any chance she was the president worse things will be said. Is Todd going to jump in then? Sarah is a Joke. She is done.
ReplyDeleteTalk about CREEPY!!!! Todd Palin's response was creeeeepppyy!!! And talk about innuendo. It has ALWAYS been Todd and Sarah's way to use innuendo....suggesting sexual perversion, limp, impotent, so on and on. Projection much Todd. YOUR GETTIN YOURS NOW SARAH. BASKE IN ALL YOU GLORY BABE.
ReplyDeleteLiz, you are right - that's hilarious.
ReplyDeleteAnd what about "our swimming hole"? Does she mean a cement pond? Do they have one? Or does she mean that big lake at the end of their lawn? Do people swim in that?
@ 5:34, The delusions are strong with you. But keep on donating to her PAC, she needs some more coke & plastic surgery. She also has to pay for a few more hush contracts.
ReplyDelete@5:25 ....then answer me this:
ReplyDeletewhy, oh why, do ALL of the books written about Sarah ALL recount the very same tale?????
Anon @ 5:45 a.m.
ReplyDeleteDespite that you want truth, I think it's shitty that good, happy people are brought into others' personal vendettas against this woman. The Hansons are living happily at present. Why make them endure things that MAY have happened 15 years ago?
Like Sarah Palin always says, we Americans have a right to question past associations.
Oh I'm sorry, that only applies to the opposition, not Sarah or Todd the Secessionist, second only to Perry.
Anonymous @ 5:20 AM: "I am not condemning anyone for pointing out hypocrisy and such things (though I wish you'd all be fair and treat democrats the same way). I am simply saying that you have to admit Sarah and Todd have the strongest relationship and family out there."
ReplyDeleteBecause they smile when the cameras are rolling? Anyone with their eyes open can easily smell "phony" underneath the surface.
Once again you have struck a nerve if the volume of trolls defending their queen is any indication. Didn't think they had that many fans left.
ReplyDeleteAs for the rebuttal. He couldn't have gone on live in any venue because he doesn't have that command of the English language. His rambling diatribe would have been laughable.
Better to issue a Press Release than to actually stand up and take your best shot.
Oddly, here the denials but no threats or attempts to stop publication.
No todd. Joe was NOT looking at her ass. He was looking AT the ass.
ReplyDeleteWhy does Sarah have to mow the lawn?
ReplyDeleteAre the broke? Is Todd such a wimp that he can't mow?
Or does he do a different type of Mo'ing?
No way did Todd's statement vindicate Sarah. First off, he didn't even write it. Second, he didn't even address it. Third, he only attacked Joe's character. If it's all lies and smears the logical course would be to sue. In the end when all the truth comes out history will not be kind to the Palins.
ReplyDelete525. Yes, they are 'happy' allright! You'd be happy too, if you were a teen who had access to drugs to dull the fact your mom is ignoring you, or sleeping around to get someone to replace the love they were missing at home.
ReplyDeleteWould You Sleep with Sarah Palin? Jimmy Kimmel is at his best!!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDGkchGZBS0
The anon troll sounds like someone named "Brooklyn" who frequents the Palingate blog. She's got to squash the truth but she's not winning anyone over with her lies.
ReplyDelete"Traditional Alaskan summer days outdoors"?
ReplyDeleteIsn't that a tradition all over the world.....even for foreigners?
5:45..you know what, if Sarah really cared about the Hanson's and the Menard's and her children she would sit down and shut the fuck up. But Sarah only cares about Sarah and thinks she is better and above everyone else, she a vindictive bitch and it's finally catching up to her. And Todd's a whiny little high school bully, waaaaaaaaaaa, he saw my wife in shorts.
ReplyDeleteSo good to see the trolls are up early today. Good morning, folks! Hope you had your Wheaties. You're in for another long day.
ReplyDeleteWhy is 'Todd' the one who has to make a statement? Why not have Sarah herself make the 'statement?
ReplyDeleteMcG isn't just attacking the slutty flight attendant, but THE WHOLE FAMILY so father has to defend all (as it should be).
No way this doofus wrote that.
ReplyDeleteTo the people hearing laughing their asses off about Palin mowing the lawn: back when McGinniss moved next door, Sarah herself said he was staring at her while mowing the lawn with ....wait for it....: 2 1/2 year old TRIG strapped to her back!!
ReplyDeleteI see even Todd couldn't recycle that ginormous lie. Pathetically Pathological Palin.
If Todd is so manly, why isn't HE mowing the fucking lawn? Or Track?
ReplyDeleteThis myth of Sarah Palin running around mowing the lawn in hot pants is just too ridiculous to be believed.
Unless of course she did it on purpose to try and get Joe's attention… ;-))))
Rebuffed again, eh Sarah??
The NERVE of Joe not ogling your sexy bod and deciding to dump his book in order to make hot weasel love with you with Trig strapped to your back and the lawn mower vibrating and oh oh oh!!
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/12/17/article-1236561-07A11F66000005DC-874_634x878.jpg
(Nothing millions of people haven't seen before, hon.)
She forgot the part about strapping Trig to her back.
ReplyDeleteWhen Joe saw Sarah in shorts ...
ReplyDeletehe immediately realized he had forgot to pick up the cottage cheese at the store...
Todd your wife is not hot...
Sarah Palin: revealed to be the biggest fraud evah!
ReplyDeleteMust be some kind of new record for how fraudulent you can be in how many roles, with a lifetime achievement award for consistent deception and hypocrisy.
Keep whining Todd, your just bringing more publicity to Joe's book. Idiots never know when to shut up.
ReplyDeleteThe Today show proves Sarah is not a Christian.
ReplyDeleteChristians would issue their own statement and state how being born again washed away their sins and made them a new, better person.
That's how it's done. Bush understood-- But Sarah's got to do it her way. That's why the real fundies like Graham etc have dropped her.
She can't even pretend to do it right.
"... you have to admit Sarah and Todd have the strongest relationship and family out there."
ReplyDeleteSeriously? If by "strong", you mean, like, bullies?
Typical Palin response...up is down, black is white, everyone has evil, sick intentions except for Pure-As-New-Snow-$arah.
ReplyDelete6:22. but their special because they live in Alaska and have a garden and swimming hole and Sarah wears shorts in the summer and someone looked at her, like no one else wears shorts in the summer. So much comedy and BS in that family it's unreal.
ReplyDeleteGryphen-
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting Todd's response. As I was reading it, I kept imaging Todd reading it out loud as Dana Carvey's Church Lady character.
Most amusing.
YUP! That written response sounds JUST LIKE Toad.... NOT!!!
ReplyDeleteOh Sally Heath you just never give up. We know Sarah and Todd are still on their honeymoon.
ReplyDeleteIn response to "So Sarah sends her protector-thug Toddliwinks to make a NON-DENIAL? How perfect is that."
ReplyDeleteDon't you know anything it was his turn. She went on Bob and Mark show to defend him, it was his turn. Jeesh.
Todd, a real man, especially an unemployed one, mows his own lawn , dick. Besides, most people with a brain wear long pants when mowing lawns so their legs don't get torn up by flying grass.
ReplyDeleteBesides, I've seen Sarahs nasty cellulite pocked thighs from your trip to Hawaii in 09, and they are disgusting. You'd have to pay Joe to actually look at that mess.
Joe came off great, 5:25, and you can stop defending your mother now. If I were you, I'd be embarrassed by her, not constantly feeling I need to defend her. I'm sure you love her; that's natural, but don't you think it's time for your mother to start acting like a grownup instead of a whiny little brat and having her children and her husband have to try and defend her shitty behavior?
ReplyDeleteTodd's the one to put out a statement? The Amazon who ran a half marathon and won a medal, all without breaking much of a sweat or even breathing hard couldn't speak for herself?!! Well, that's ended any lingering doubts I may have had about the race. No way did she legitimately run or win that race. Everything Anon "Me Again' has said is true, and Sarah is falling apart. What a wuss, hiding behind her husband. What a pathetic coward.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 5:20
ReplyDeleteSarah Palin has gone out of her way to treat our Democratic president unfair and has lied consistently about him. She should be in jail for sedition. This is the first true story about the Palin's that the media has glanced at. She has been given a pass on all these things before. Also, why would anyone look at Sarah in shorts, and why would Todd Palin care? Please, this is a woman who walked into a meeting in her hotel room, filled with men, wrapped in nothing but a towel.
If there is anyone who believes Sarah Palin actually cuts her own grass, well...I have a bridge I'd like to sell you.
ReplyDeletetrust the paymes to always be some sort of sexual victim! Why am I not surprised by this line of response. It's been done; over and over again! This was so predictable! Next time I'm going to the betting shop!
ReplyDeleteTodd; why does your family always accuse people of sexual attacks??? Everytime that is your defensive line. So all the other 'lies' are people who was sexually interested in your trailler trash 'family'?
"People don't want to admit the Palins are strong because it kills their fantasy and sick little world."
ReplyDeleteAgain, "strong" isn't quite the right word; BULLIES is.
"Why do her kids beam with happiness at every point in their lives?"
ReplyDeleteSeriously? Non-stop beams of happiness at every single point in their lives? What, are they raiding Mom's uppers?
The "intellectual dishonest" (sic) typo was on the screen just like that as I watched it this AM.
ReplyDeleteanon 5:34, I think you mean "sympathetic" not "empathetic". Having never had affairs with my husband's partners, never snorted coke, had a daughter pregnant at 17, had a son coerced into joining the military, written a bestselling novel, had my own pac, my own reality tv series, NO I cannot empathize with her. I doubt most people can. We also not feel sorry for her.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely got a laugh out of the Doonesbury strip! But, I don't care about these kinds of rumors. I want more attention paid to her fraudulent financial doings. Oh well, I can only hope that "unbeknownest" to us, the IRS and FBI have been investigating her these last few years.
ReplyDeleteAn excerpt from The Rogue.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/books/excerpt-the-rogue-by-joe-mcginniss.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
Anony @3:34 A.M.
ReplyDeleteabused children always defend the abusers. they always put on a happy face, so others do not know what is really happening.
This is her "out." In a few weeks, she'll put on her hairshirt, look forlornly into the camera, and say that she's not about to put her family through the agony of running for President. And all her supporters will say "oh, she is such a good mama grizzly, protecting her little cubs, blah blah blah..." If there ever was someone who played professional victim, it's her.
ReplyDeleteFunny thing is, now that this book is out, what more is there to learn about her and the family?
anony @5:51
ReplyDeleteJust who, will ever believe sarah mows the lawn?
5:34 AM: "The more you attack her, the stronger she gets and the more empathetic people feel."
ReplyDeleteShe gets richer, and she gets more sympathy, but she's not getting politically stronger. Look, even I feel some sympathy for her family that such a sordid story is being published about her. I even certainly would expect her or her husband to release a statement condemning the story and the author.
But then here's where she loses people AGAIN. By peppering the statement with odd sexual imagery that clearly is meant to serve a dual purpose: first, make her male supporters salivate. Second, to paint the author as a pervert.
She can't ever let well enough alone. That gal that worked on the McCain campaign is right, Sarah Palin is her own worst enemy. Which is why she has so many enemies!
Let's not forget that if she hadn't made an enemy out of her OWN NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, Joe McGinniss never would have been able to move next door!
"Obama Pals around with terrorists," said Sarah Palin, referring to Obama's years ago very limited relationship with former Weatherman Bill Ayers.
ReplyDeleteAnd now it comes out: Sarah pals around with black basketball players, referring to her one-night stand with Glen Rice.
This will not go over too well with the Bible thumping teabaggers, some of whom are from states where such interracial relationships were once illegal.
After seeing Sarah in shorts what would Joe do?
ReplyDeleteA. Toss his lunch
B. Turn gay
C. Poke his eyes out
D. Send Todd a symphony card
or all of the above.
http://punchumgum.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/sarah-palins-wardrobe-malfunction/
Good job, trolls. Thanks to your hard work the book is now in the Amazon top 100 and moving up fast. Keep talking it up!
ReplyDeleteInnuendo? Todd's whole statement is innuendo or outright distortion. He implies that Joe's son said his dad was waiting for Todd to be out of the picture, presumably so that Joe could have Sarah to himself. Then, he claims that the staff interviewed for the Portfolio article, Pipe Dreams, said those things about Joe, yet doesn't let the staff speak for themselves. Todd outright lies when he makes statements that Joe was leering at his wife in her shorts. And then uses Piper to claim that Joe was ogling her too. Jesus, these Palins are SICK.
ReplyDeleteThe way they are responding to the book, with smear, proves Joe's claims are true.
Did Sarah move out of her Arizona home?
ReplyDeleteSo now Todd is concerned about guys peeping in on Sarah wearing a pair of shorts? Before the additional fence was up, and the rental house was being rented by some rehab folks, ex-convicts, he didn't bother to put a fence up.
ReplyDeleteWhen Todd rented that house and supposedly renovated the upstairs, couldn't he have suggested building a fence too? A fence to completely hide his yard and house?
If it's so important for people not to snoop on Sarah's shorts, why, with all their money, could they not have built a 12-foot fence around their property before this?
I hope media, and Savannah Guthrie think about that one.
I find it absolutely HILARIOUS that a woman whose greatest claim to fame is lying and exaggerating (death panels, pallin' around with terrorists, Bridge to Nowhere, etc, etc) is now suggesting that dozens of regular people, who have absolutely nothing to gain, are all liars.
ReplyDeleteHey honey, look in the mirror!!
McGinniss will be on The View on Wednesday, Sept. 21.
ReplyDeleteThe View is discussing the book in Hot Topics today. It is the first thing they discuss
Hey Todd, Sarah posed on the cover of newsweek in SHORTS for MONEY! So are you going to condem the short, short skirts, slutty clothes, water bras, that's how Sarah makes her money.
ReplyDeleteDid you write your response on Rice paper, we ain't biting.
Keep fooling people that Sarah will run for president and the Wassabillies don't have to talk.
Go sue Joe...we double dare!
Anonymous 5:20
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Out where? I'll put my 41 years and four kids up against them any day for strength, values, civility, talent, education and empathy.
The Rogue is #98 in books on Amazon.
ReplyDelete9/15/2011 11:05am est
We saw $carah's legs in the Hawaii shots - McGinniss would have been staring at them only if he is a fan of cottage cheese.
ReplyDeleteSo todd is worried about an older man gawking at Sarah's shorts, but he doesn't have any problem with his 19 year-old daughter gyrating a simulated sex scene on the floor on DWTS.
ReplyDeleteSorry Todd, it ain't working.
I truly hope Joe's book blows the lid off her scandals and brings her down.
ReplyDeleteBut we need to remember that WE are not the audience -- we know this stuff already. The general public is. And I have to say that it WAS kind of creepy to have him move next door and I'm not buying his innocent coincidence act one bit.
Of course, this wierd sexualization/everybody wants to victimize the Palin women is bizarre spin from a sick mind and we get that. The public doesn't. Joe needs to point out about the shorts pcitures on magazine covers, the dubious history of the house next door and the strange sexualization stuff to add context to the Palin pushback out there.
I don't think he came off well either in the Today interview. He needs to give examples like Dairygate, Troopergate, etc. or else he just sounds like he's spinning rumors & doing a hit job. he needs to set the context better for the REAL audidence of this book.
Laura Novak has some really good stuff going on today:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.lauranovakauthor.com/1/post/2011/09/the-insurance-dilemma-a-guest-post-by-palinoia.html/?
So Todd, who is worried about people exploiting his wife and family could not THINK up a plan to create a privacy environment for his property?
ReplyDeleteInstead of renting the house next door, why didn't they buy it? They had money to buy a brand new second home next to their pre-existing home.
He's going to have to come up with a better excuse.
Look Todd, if you're really worried about the neighbors being scared by seeing your cottage-cheese-thighed wife outside in the yard cutting the grass in her shorty-shorts, get your ass out there and cut it yourself, you little 4-in needle-dick punk!
ReplyDeleteBecause I'm damn positive no one wants to see THIS:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/12/17/article-1236561-07A11EE3000005DC-969_634x562.jpg
NOR THIS:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/12/17/article-1236561-07A11F66000005DC-874_634x878.jpg
Seriously... does that look like a marathoner to you? LOL Only in PalinLaLaLand.
I watched the video. Joe did a good job. I think he showed himself as credible and even kind. I thought the ending where Todd is "quoted" stating that Joe watched SP mow the lawn in her shorts was hilarious! Sounds like something SP wrote.
ReplyDeleteTodd, most fathers and husbands of America, if they're not struggling to put food on the table or paying for health insurance, would consider putting up a structured fence around their home if they lived next to a rental.
ReplyDeleteMost fathers and husbands, if they could afford it, would want privacy for their family and think ahead - do I want my kids being watched by strangers who rent the house next door, considering that my wife was a VP candidate and my kids have become little celebrities?
Most fathers and husbands, Todd, would be much more responsible than you have been. So, no, they don't understand your take on this.
Her kids beam with happiness?
ReplyDeleteLet's see - Bristol looks wooden and had some sort of eating disorder which caused her to gain weight on DWTS if other suspected stories are not the case. Then said kid also has a pregnancy as a young unwed teen, as well as facial plastic surgery. She also sees herself as a victim and (on video) expresses a desire to take revenge on an unseen audience) paranoia much?
Second daughter is a documented homophobe who again sees disrespectful language to adults with differing political opinions as OK.
Third daughter thinks it's OK to physically assault adults doing their jobs as well as publicly exhibit needy, clingy infantile behavior.
Yeah, as long as they plaster on a smile while doing all those, then that just proves they're one big happy family.
Let's get this straight people.
ReplyDeleteGlenn Rice is the guy who mowed Palin's lawn.
Gryph, you gotta post that picture of Sarah in her shorts. Readers of Todd's response to Joe's book need a point of reference.
ReplyDeletehttp://punchumgum.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/sarah-palins-wardrobe-malfunction/
I know I'm gonna piss off some folks, but WTF was Sarah doing mowing the lawn? Isn't that a man's job, Sarah? See, real confident and self-assured women can let their men do the dirty work and don't have to show them up, and chivalrous men will be more than happy to do it for the women they love. Call me old fashion, but I just don't get their dynamic. Sarah's mowing the lawn and Todd's carrying her purse? Okay. Gotta to respect THOSE family values, I guess.
ReplyDeleteYou know what I got from that statement? The fact that the Palins just verified that they read ALL THE BLOGS. Ha. Ha. Ha.
ReplyDeleteAbout what Joe's son said, that statement was a joke and they know it. We all read it when it came out.
The fact that they are throwing everything in there and the kitchen sick means that they are not only scared but desperate.
This is PURE Palinese. Attack the messenger when you cannot attack the message.
Why make them endure things that MAY have happened 15 years ago?
ReplyDeleteBecause $carah Palin is entertaining notions that she should be POTUS.
It's up to the person with the skeletons in the closet to prevent collateral damage, not the media. The media's job is to investigate not only the facade, but the integrity and character of the potential legislators and executives.
Either Alaska media did a pisspoor job originally, or all Alaskan candidates have similar integrity issues, or Wasilla>Alaskan voters are stupid.
@5:20 A.M. If you think Todd & Sarah have the strongest relationship out there, who's being the hypocrite? Our President and his wife have absolutely no scandal attached to them or their children. They also talk to each other, smile at each other and hold hands. Their love for each other and their family comes shining through. Can you see that?
ReplyDeleteSarah & Todd strong family & relationship? We've seen how they have raised their children-enough said!
I need to clear up one thing here.
ReplyDeleteSarah really WAS mowing her lawn in shorts with Trig strapped to her back, just like her Facebook ghostwriter said she was.
I asked Joe specifically about that, right after the Facebook post came out, because I thought it was a bunch of bull as well.
And yes he WAS looking in her direction (And who WOULDN'T considering how odd that must have looked?), but he was not "ogling" her. In fact he kind of hoped that once the Palins met him they might agree to an interview for the book.
Joe really was COMPLETELY surprised by the attacks that came his way.
In fact he called me afterward and told me that he now had a much better understanding of what I had gone through after my "Splitsville" post, and that until you had been subjected to the vicious attacks from the Palin-bots you simply could not understand what it was like.
And I have to agree with that.
Even if I had never heard of Joe McGinniss, never read his "Rogue" blog, or for that matter, never read IM, Palingates, and so on, I would want to read Joe's book based solely on his interview this morning.
ReplyDeleteTodd's ineffectual response was the perfect finishing touch, and just what I would have expected from the Palin camp.
The 'bots are out in full force today! Everything is wonderful and happy at Casa Palin! Sure it is, and I have beachfront property in Arizona for sale, right down the street from the HAPPY PALIN HOME!
ReplyDeleteFor all the pounding that Sarah does that 'we should know about Obama's association with Rev. Wright and others' -- what goes arounds comes around - Her affair with the the basketball player and her religious associations.
ReplyDeleteWorks both ways!!!!
As for Sarah in shorts mowing the grass -- yea - for a photo op.
In response to the poster at 5:20
ReplyDelete"be fair and treat democrats the same way"
Have you read any liberal/progressive/left wing political blogs?
We do criticize our own about just about everything. That's how we keep from being hypocrites.
It would not surprise me if Sarah has a complete mental breakdown... in fact I've been expecting it for months.
ReplyDeleteIt couldn't happen to a nicer person. Karma's a bitch Sarah, and so are you.
"Sarah has never spoken to this intruder into our lives, our friends and family don't speak to him, so we have no idea where he would come up with content for his book."
ReplyDeleteThis sentence is so garbled that it almost sounds the way that Sarah speaks, when she doesn't have a script.
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln have bee dead for a long time, but people keep writing about them without ever speaking to them "into their lives." A good writer can flesh out a story by alternative sources.
Since the book is about Sarah, she should be the one to be outraged, insulted and hurt that someone would print so many untruths about her. There doesn't seem to be much of a threat of a lawsuit. Todd was too limp to defend Sarah in a face-to-face (or TV remote) interview. He must be afraid of the questions about his role in Troopergate, his former business partner, Brad Hanson and having to explain that ridiculous fence. If Todd was a real man, he would have answered the questions directly. Sarah wants to run for president, and she can't even answer a few lamestream media gotcha questions. If she does announce that she'll be a candidate, people WILL ask her about Joe's book. Count on it.
LOL yeah right, $arah was "mowing the lawn". First rule of lying: IT SHOULD SOUND PLAUSIBLE!
ReplyDeleteFail.
And yet in Tawd's response he doesn't deny the drug use or the affair with Brad Hansen? Hmmm...seems to me that if those were untrue that thats what MOST loving husbands would be upset about.
ReplyDeleteBut since Becky Man sour actually wrote the post, it must not be that upsetting to her. Yes Becki, we all know tour writing style.
anon at 5:25 am
ReplyDeleteNo, typical teen behavior is NOT drinking, drug use, vandalism, and teen pregnancies. If you think that is typical I'd hate to be your child or come from your family.
But does Joe talk about why on earth Brisket named her son Tripp after one of his prostitutes?
ReplyDeleteDid Sarah have to go buy a backpack to carry Trig around while she mowed the lawn or did she borrow one? That's what she had to do when she LIED to Runner's World about running with Trig in a stroller. Her staff found a running stroller for her and she posed with Trig and even ran with him FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!
ReplyDeleteFor all you 'bots here, are you delusional in regards to the number of lies Palin has been caught in? Her admission in emails about rigging polls and the software her staff bought to do it? Her letters to the editor in praise of herself and all she had allegedly done and then signed by a supporter who LIED about having written it. Then there are the op-eds written by advisors, who when they tried to educate Sarah on what they wrote, ignored them and then couldn't answer questions about what she allegedly wrote when interviewed.
All of this is in black and white and yet you ramble on as if this woman is supposed to be some type of super woman. She threw her daughter, pregnant, unwed and 17, under the bus so she could run for V.P. Bristol was overheard saying to her, "it was bad enough with all of Wasilla knowing, now the whole world will know". A decent mother would NEVER have done that to her daughter. After that, I knew there was nothing redeeming about her and she proved it for the last 3 years with her violent, nasty rhetoric. Have you ever heard our President bother to respond to her nonsense? Of course not. He wouldn't sink that low.
Open your eyes and see the reality behind this woman. How can you defend her, seriously?
Yesterday, I went to watch my daughter play soccer IN SHORTS. As a matter of fact, the WHOLE team was IN SHORTS. And, get this, the stands were filled with people WATCHING them. At least the girls covered their ankles.
ReplyDeleteIt sort-of made me wish my kid would do something better with her time, like go camping with the guys, or something. I can only hope.
From faux Toad's statement:
ReplyDelete"He's spent the last year interviewing marginal figures with an axe to grind in order to churn out a hit piece"
This statement alone confirms how vindictive she is.
She already threw these people under the bus and clearly, she can't let them go. She still vilifies them. They are still 'under her skin'.
Hello Home Depot. Would you deliver another of our standard order -- one fridge to go!!
ReplyDeletePalin posed on the cover of Newsweek in shorts for the world to see! So his "in shorts" statement is ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteOne question Gryph, did Sarah know Joe McGinniss was her new neighbor when she strapped Trig on her back and donned on shorts to go mow her lawn?
ReplyDeleteToddie Boy,
ReplyDeleteYou better get your ass out there in the yard working on building that fence a little higher...
Glen Rice can JUMP OVER that li'l ol' fence right now and be cracking yer ol' lady before you know what happened.
You'll see her smiling face with that wonky eye poking out, and think that she's just taken an extra happy pill.
Those sure aren't runner's legs!
ReplyDeleteAh, the Trolls. Right out of the gate w/Anon 5:20 leading the pack.
ReplyDeleteGo the fuck away.
Oh, by the way, TODD, it's not Tri-G that Sarah is gonna have strapped to her back while she's cutting the grass...
ReplyDeleteit's a MATTRESS, in case Glen Rice wants to pay a quickie visit.
Capiche?
I watched the piece on Today. I thought Joe McGinniss came off as an incredibly professional political writer, which is what he is. Very real and very knowledgeable about his subject. Keep in mind, none of this could have happened without the bloggers staying with the true story.
ReplyDeleteYou only get those thighs from running back and forth to Taco Bell. Yikes.
ReplyDeleteI just pre-ordered "The Rogue" for my Kindle. Neither the Palin-Troll histrionics or Joe-hating rival authors could stop me from exercising my rights to support this book.
He may be a dick in a lot of ways, but from what leaks I've read so far, this book looks to be scathing. That's what a good author delivers, whether you like him or not.
"5:20 AM'
ReplyDeleteSTFU and stop your lying, you simpleton. rotf
Typical Palin response. Plenty of name calling, victimhood, and character assassination but nothing of any substance.
ReplyDeletePlain sells photos of herself in shorts to Runners World...
ReplyDeletethen Todd says... OMG he looked at my wife in shorts!!!!
Bet they were not as short as Willow's shorts on stage in NY.
CBJ? Calling Doctor CBJ?
ReplyDeleteNow would be a great time to hold a press conference and come clean. STAT also, too.
"Why do her kids beam with happiness at every point in their lives?"
ReplyDeleteDo we really need to pull out all the pictures of Piper on campaigns or bus tours with her mom? There are plenty of them, but I don't recall much beaming.
5:20 a.m. - you have got to be kidding me. There are millions of people who have strong relationships and families.
ReplyDeleteI don't like her because I don't see the "fruits". I see kids who are troubled and I am not even sure Sarah & Todd are even together all that often. Last time I saw Piper on the bus tour she was an unhappy little girl. I felt so sorry for her, and I feel she is going to have some serious problems in the future.
Everything she pretends to be is false. A christian? I don't see it. A good mother? I don't see that? A fiscal conservative? Don't see that either. A good wife? Have no idea but if all accounts of the Brad Hansen crap are true then I don't think so.
Believe me we do treat democrats the same. Have you not been reading? The reasons the repubs seem to be taking hits is because they say they are such good christians, pro-family, anti-gay and everything else in between.
If you are going to promote yourself like this then you have got to take the hits when you are having an affair, sleeping with the same sex, and found doing something fishy with money.
If I ever gave CNN any credit at all, no more.
ReplyDeleteWhere most days their online "Ticker" is a veritable treasure trove of all things Palin-related, they are inexplicably silent today.
Instead, they are carrying on about how Obama is in big trouble. Yesterday it was Cafferty, today they are quoting the ever playing-both-sides James Carville (what do you expect from someone who is married to a GOP talking points shill).
CNN is in the can for the GOP, period. Nothing you say can convince me otherwise. Also, I do love Brian Williams (and I do believe he is on our President's side) but that Chuck Todd is woefully biased in the GOP direction. If I am not mistaken he is also married to a former Bush staff campaign person. I am not saying all married people have to share the same political views because they don't very often, but it says to me they tolerate the other views quite well. I personally could not do that.
No matter what happens, some of these MSM guys will throw the narrative for their own purposes. Focusing on what they chose to focus on and ignoring anything that doesn't conveniently fit into their horse race scenario.
Makes me sick. What weak cowards they are. It's all about the benjamins. Sarah Palin is just SO good for business, isn't she fellas
(and gals)?
Chances are that Kyle Massey called in sick today instead of having to be around Brisket and her 'sunny' mood today!!
ReplyDeleteSNARK!!!
Brisket's not 'sunny' on a good day for her, so imagine what today would be like.
BREAKING NEWS: Hollywood has been evacuated. Only one person remains: Brisket!! Officials didn't give her the message - purposedly!!
Stalking? What happened to that restraining order against Joe Tawd?... Oh, I see.
ReplyDeleteLies? What about that Liable Suit Tawd?... Ohhh, well yeah, that would be hard.
Hope that statement works out for ya Hon, It's sorta your last time to whine that anyone will listen.
What? Levi's book?...Well good luck there Tawd, think you've kinda used up all your special adjectives on Joe.
Oh Well, Try to have a good day anyway.
Certainly you find his book libelous and damaging your wife and her credibility. As such, Mr. Palin, file the lawsuit. File it now!!
ReplyDeleteWhat? The standard for libel requires that the statements have to be false. Since that isn't the case, I guess you won't be filing a lawsuit.
Amazon #87 at noontime!
ReplyDelete"Hey Todd! You just worry about carrying her purse. Don't set it down now, chump. I'LL cut the damn grass and then I'll take care of the other business around the house that you are, I hear, UN-EQUIPPED to take care of."
ReplyDelete---Glen Rice
@Anonymous 6:57-
ReplyDeleteMy first response was a startled, "Ahh!", while simultaneously recoiling from the screen. Supports the claims of lipo-dissolve treatments. Isn't cottage cheese/cellulite dimplier, larger & chunkier, like large curd vs. small, LOL?
Then I watched the coked- out video mash-up. I chuckled to imagine the invading, incessant voices in her head telling her that her spanx were showing & to pull the damn skirt down.
Such a f*cking moron one can barely conceive. To think that she really believes she can peddle sex.
The disgust notwithstanding, it was an enjoyable link simply to see how painfully self-conscious she is and the tic-y actions & lip licking/tongue thrusting must be from the coke. So thanks (I guess?) for that.
The "shitty mother stories" are huge exaggerations?
ReplyDeleteShe is their mother. What do you want them to say? She has also told these kids since birth that everyone is out to get her. I am sure her kids believe that. They don't get the "real" version of her.
Janet Maslin reviews The Rogue in the Times rather unfavorably while pointing out Joe McGinniss' character flaws and the "gossipy" and "nasty" nature of the book. She does not broach the subject of Palin's own record of ineptitude and leaves the impression that McGinnis' book is on the level of a lurid ragsheet.
ReplyDeleteIf The Rogue is gossipy and nasty, well the subject of the work is not above mean and nasty herself and McGinnis not very likable according to many who have contact with him. That doesn't automatically imply his writing is dishonest or untrue, and that's where Maslin's review becomes itself dishonest and biased.
It's "shoot the messenger." Mr. MGinnis was not, is not, running for office. Whatever his faults, he is one MS journalist willing to investigate Palin. This job should have been undertaken by 1) the Republicans when McCain was considering her for a running mate 2) the Media. Ms. Maslin sidesteps this glaring void of professionalism and accountability in the realms of politics and journalism.
I'd also like to remind Ms. Maslin, and other devotees of the NYT, that the "paper of record" was in the front line reporting lies (WMD)on page one, fed to them by the Bush/ Cheney team cynically through one (now disgraced reporter), to get us into a war that is ongoing, unethical and illegal in Iraq--a war in which hundreds of thousands of innocents have died. I have seen no apology from the Times for that to date. As a writer myself I would be ashamed to be associated with the paper.
Is Maslin following an editorial policy set by her employers--perhaps but no matter, since to work in the MSM is self-censoring in that people who really can't stomach lying (often by omission) to propandize unethical wars (and other abuses of power) probably won't be working for the MSM, or not for long.
Finally, if, as Maslin suggests, the truth about Palin is on the Internet one wonders why her paper has not printed it thus far to help voters make informed choices. Do Maslin and her employers care about the public's right to know about politicians, are they afraid to discomfit the corridors of power?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/books/joe-mcginnisss-the-rogue-on-sarah-palin-review.html?
"Supposedly In Labor"
ReplyDeleteWell, the Doonesbury strip only included nuggets of reporting, the kind of thing that NYT reporters are above, i.e. reporting fully on the life and background of a former vice-presidential candidate. The only relevant question is: are these assertions true? Maslin offers no rebuttal to any of them. The raciest one so far - the one night stand with Glen Rice - is fully on the record. But Todd is mad as hell:
"This is a man who has been relentlessly stalking my family to the point of moving in right next door to us to harass us and spy on us to satisfy his creepy obsession with my wife. His book is full of disgusting lies, innuendo, and smears."
This has been the line from the Palins from the very beginning: that McGinniss is a pedophile/pervert who wanted to get his jollies from watching the Palin kids and his wife in the backyard. So it's ok to call someone a creepy stalker with no evidence at all, but not ok to have countless newly unafraid people on and off the record talking about who Sarah Palin really is?
Again: what matters is whether the book is accurate in its reporting. So far, no hits. Meanwhile, the Beast is serving up tidbits.
http://andrewsullivan.thedaily
beast.com/2011/09/supposedly-in-labor.html
Pictures I've seen of the Palin house on the dead lake do not reflect grass that has to be mowed.
ReplyDeleteI'll wager the piece supposedly by Todd was not written by him..neither Todd or Sarah are well spoken or written on their own.
To make Joe out to be a pervert is exactly what they did when he moved in next door. If I were Joe, I'd sue the hell sue the hell out of them for character assassination and get them in Court - boy, I'd love to see Todd and Sarah on the stand!
Joe's book will be a #1 seller as his previous books have been and the Palins are just adding to the interest in what Joe says in his book. He is a well written and a good investigative author.
Oh my.
ReplyDeleteThat photo of poor Sarah bending over just reminded me that I need to get more milk. The half gallon in the fridge has almost turned to cheese.
Okay, folks. I'm a 47-year old woman who mows the lawn all the time. In shorts, sometimes, because it gets hot here! And no, my husband (a talented engineer and cabinetmaker) is not emasculated by this in the least. Our rule is, when the lawn gets too high, whomever has time gets to mow it. No big deal.
ReplyDeleteNot, of course, that I would ever do it with an infant strapped to my back. Lawn mowers do throw up projectiles, sometimes, and I understand the risk but would never expose my baby to that.
I wonder if Sarah didn't do it on purpose, just to give a little strength to the narrative that Joe is a perv.
" Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteTodd calls Joe names, but doesn't say any of it is untrue.
5:29 AM"
EXACTLY! That means it is all true. Ha!
5:20AM. Message to the first posting troll. We did treat Democrats the same. Did you hear any of us support Edwards when he was caught in his lies? Nope! When Weiner was weinerized, we didn't support him.
ReplyDeleteIt’s really John McCain’s fault. When he plucked Sarah Palin out of obscurity to become his Vice Presidential Candidate, he turned her private life into a public life. It was John McCain who thought that because Sarah Palin had fooled people in Alaska, she could also fool all of America. It’s taken three years, multiple books, and a variety of blogs, but the truth about Sarah Palin is finally inescapable. We will never forgive McCain for thrusting Palin into the national spotlight.
ReplyDeletehttp://malialitman.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/sex-drugs-and-rock-n-roll-in-sarah-palins-alaska/
Morgan 7:51
ReplyDelete"You only get those thighs from running back and forth to Taco Bell."
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The word should be 'driving' not 'running'.
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It’s really John McCain’s fault. When he plucked Sarah Palin out of obscurity to become his Vice Presidential Candidate, he turned her private life into a public life. It was John McCain who thought that because Sarah Palin had fooled people in Alaska, she could also fool all of America. It’s taken three years, multiple books, and a variety of blogs, but the truth about Sarah Palin is finally inescapable. We will never forgive McCain for thrusting Palin into the national spotlight.
Rock-N-Roll
When Time magazine published the yearly list of the 100 most influential people of 2010, Sarah Palin was identified in that group. Ted Nugent was the author of the article about her. Somebody at Time had a sense of humor, as demonstrated by the choice of Ted to write that article. Ted lacks a college education. He urinted on a nun. He showed up for his draft board physical exam in pants caked with his own urine and feces. He has been sexually active with a teenage girl when he was 30 years old and fathered a child out of wedlock.
From hunting
to disparaging President Obama, Ted Nugent and Sarah Palin have a lot in common.
Drugs
Lorenzo Bennett confirmed in his book Trailblazer that Sarah Palin had smoked pot while in Hawaii, enrolled in college. But it wasn’t until the revelation by Mercede Johnston that we learned Sarah Palin was reported to have used cocaine. Levi Johnston’s sister Mercede’s Johnston told us that “multiple family members (of the Palin family) had done cocaine. She gave a specific account of Sarah Palin at a local bar, the Mug Shot, snorting cocaine. While that account seemed credible, the source of the information was a person who posed for playboy, and had reason to be adverse to the Palins. Now confirmation comes from Joe McGinnis’ book, wherein Palin is reported to have snorted cocaine off a 55 gallon drum while snowmobiling with “friends.”
Obviously use of cocaine is illegal, but Palin has always admitted that she was one of the “common” people. Alaska has the highest rate of illicit drug usage for all states in the United States, with a reported rate of 12%. The “illicit drugs” included marijuana/hashish, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens.
Behavior consistent with Bi-polar disorder and narcissistic personality disorder has been observed in Sarah Palin. However we may add a couple of new possibilities. She may be exhibiting signs of cocaine usage, or a combination of mental illness AND cocaine usage.
Cocaine users often describe a sense of elation that might include::
• an increasing sense of energy and alertness
• an extremely elevated mood
• a feeling of supremacy .
These would be consistent with the “perky” Sarah described in Game Change. People also describe cocaine as causing:
http://malialitman.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/sex-drugs-and-rock-n-roll-in-sarah-palins-alaska/
That is a really lame response. If that response was paid for then someone needs to get their money back.
ReplyDeleteSarah would have been better off admitting that she did Glen Rice and that he was a nice person but no, they have to act like they are holier than anybody else.
Yeah folks- it's her thighs, that's the problem. Keep concentrating on that. You'll find a lot of answers there.
ReplyDeletere: Sarah mowing the grass with Trig on her back.
ReplyDeleteThat alone proves beyond a shadow of a doubt her stupidity and recklessness. What if she had tripped and he'd fallen out, or God forbid, gotten hit by something flying out from underneath??? My husband won't even allow the *DOGS* to be in the yard when HE is doing the mowing.
Your update - just another example of how the image Sarah Palin likes to portray does not live up to reality.
ReplyDeleteAnd the toast that is paylum gets darker.
ReplyDeletegross cellulite is usually caused by excess toxins that store in fat cells, from over-doing junk food (preservatives), smoking, medications, drugs...a general bad lifestyle without enough balance of clean foods and exercise that accumulates over time. SP's thighs are added proof that she isn't what she claims to be.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of the McCain campaign, Sarah ought to be careful about who else she pisses off.
ReplyDeleteRemember how certain computers/phones were "scrubbed"? Hmmmmm?????
You know, they did get copies of those files before they were "scrubbed.".
Author speaks out on salacious Palin claims
ReplyDeleteThe 'Rogue' author calls ex-governor an 'utter fraud,' suggests she's an absentee mom
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/
44531485/ns/today-books/t/author-speaks-out-salacious-palin-claims/#.TnIk4dSYEz8
So, her tryst from 30 years ago is off limits, but Obama's being a neighbor with that 'terrorist' when he was a mere 5 or 8 years old is not?
ReplyDeleteEAT IT!
If she knew that Joe was there, why did she mow the lawn in her shorts with her special needs baby strapped to her back?
ReplyDeletePhoto op?
Weirdness
Fair and good book review right here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/books/la-et-0916-mcginniss-palin-book-review-20110917,0,3591447.story
It's zooming up up up on all the book lists. Can't wait to get my copy!
¨There is nothing wrong with sleeping with black men. I have done it. I recommend it.¨
ReplyDeleteYou tell ´em, Mom! ha ha. Best advice you ever gave!
I got your back!
Why is SHE mowing the lawn (btw, with Trig strapped to her back according to her own testimony!), when HE is/was unemployed at that time?
ReplyDeleteSo what have we learned thus far? Sarah Louise Heath Palin mows the lawn, how come ole sorry ass Todd doesn't mow the lawn since he has no job except the paid bully job?
ReplyDeleteWell, now maybe Sarah can get a job or start her own "Lawn Service" business and mow others lawns.
No, I don't believe for a second that Sarah, the harpy bitch with the ugly cottage cheese thighs, ever mowed the lawn. You can also tell by those "legs" that she is NOT a runner.
Hey Sarah, hard to go back after you've had BLACK.
of course, they Palins never objected when the rental house was occupied by a meth lab and filled with drugaddicts and ex-cons. Of course, those are people they're comfortable with.
ReplyDelete(H/T excerpt from NYT)
I haven't yet any other comments because 5:20 stopped me in my tracks.
ReplyDelete5:20 - you have got to be kidding me. Sarah and Todd have "the strongest relationship and family out there." Choke, choke, laugh, choke, choke, laugh.
So that strong relationship is what drove him to prostitutes? So that strong relationship is why, even though Todd doesn't work anymore, that he doesn't travel with her?
Strong family? Oh, yeah, with the older kids into vandalism, alcohol and supposedly drugs? Oh, yeah, family values. With Piper mouthing off to her mother and reporters? Uh-huh, all examples of good mothering and strong family. Give us a break. At least one daughter sexually active while a minor. At least one daughter giving birth to at least one child out-of-wedlock (which, being the strong Christians they are is sooo acceptable).
Goodness, it is really early to be slugging down that Kool-Aide. Really early, 5:20. There must be a AA chapter to deal with that 'cause it's really strong stuff.
IMO, Joe's "interview" was cherry picked by NBC to make him look like an idiot.
ReplyDeleteThe Toad could never have used those words in a sentence, so it is OBVIOUS that is not his comment they posted. I wonder how much THAT cost the paint chip eaters that give the grifters all their kid's lunch money...
5:25, you have to be 5:20 - of not, you probably know each other. Like I say, there must be an AA chapter just waiting to help.
ReplyDelete$arah could not make it to an interview/online statement, because she is totally drugged-up, curled up into a ball in her bed. Physical restraints are helping keep her calm.
ReplyDelete5:20 Democrats have been been vilified for YEARS, for the slightest infraction. Look at repubs. Vitter, Ensign, DeLay, Gingrich, Hastert, the list is endless, all adulterers. All given a pass from the LSM. Palin is not what she portrays herself to be. Strong family? Did you not hear how her kids speak to her in her documentary? Strong families do NOT have multiple illegtimate births and vandalism charges filed against them. They actually attend school, with their parents insisting on it!!
ReplyDeleteI have to wonder why the trolls here still insist that the Palins are such a great family. An enormous amount of evidence proves the Palins are completely dysfunctional and even somewhat criminal. There's no way the disgraced Quitter would ever be elected to anything so why perpetuate a myth about their wonderfulness? I'm guessing because admitting the truth about this bunch of grifters would shatter your naive view of the world.
ReplyDeleteGosh, Gryphen, I haven't gotten past 5:34 and have found the trolls piling up thick and fast.
ReplyDeleteOh, this is really fun. Their comments are surreal.
"Why do her kids beam with happiness at every point in their lives? " Yeah, right. Did that person miss all the photos were the kids glare and miss the DWTS comments by Bristol? Who does this person think he or she (or it) is trying to fool?
I think reading the rest of the comments is going to be difficult because I may end up laughing too hard or having my head thumping from the illogical of it all. Man, these people are truly delusional - or they are Palins (hmm, same difference).
Gryphen: Wow, so Joe confirmed the claim that Palin was mowing the lawn in her shorts, with Trig strapped to her back. (slapping forehead as light bulb goes off)
ReplyDeleteWhat does this remind me of? A lemonade stand, for one! A man complains about traffic in the neighborhood, what would a good mom do? Put their child out there, for all to see, and set up the victimhood meme she can run with.
A man writing a book about her that will actually tell the truth moves in next door? What else would a good mom do, but strap on one of her tools, I mean her grandchild, and parade around in shorts, so she can complain about it on Facebook and twitter.
She's is a manipulative maestro, no? Unbelievable....