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The first part of this interview is about Chris Christie and Barack Obama, which IS very interesting and worth watching. But if you really just want to see the Palin portion you might want to skip itThe Steve Schmidt/Nicolle Wallace portion starts around the 12:23 mark.
The skewering of Palin begins around the 17:31 mark.
And things REALLY heat up around the 19:40 mark.
Wallace also finally admits that the "cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs" VP in her book is based on Sarah Palin.
Wow, who could have figured THAT out? I mean besides everybody?
I was floored by Steve Schmidt admitting that he too was involved in a campaign where a candidate wasn't properly vetted. Now, who would that be, Steve?
ReplyDeleteNicole's book is a combination of mea culpa and a clever way to recount the crazy that Sarah brought to the campaign without getting a warning letter from one of Sarah's lawyers.
So, it would seem that all those books, starting with Game Change were all correct? Guess Sarah will have to sue them all. LOL.
They are chuckling about running a stupid, ignorant person for VEEP!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat is wrong with them? At the very least Rachel Maddow should not let McCain staffers PROFIT from their treason.
I LOVED this! I would love to hear all the dirt they have on her...cuz you know it has to be so much more than they can say in an interview.
ReplyDeleteF both of those frauds. Steve Schmidt played a key role in unleashing this Palin scourge on the rest of this country.
ReplyDeletePerhaps Nicolle Wallace needs to take a trip in the wayback machine and look at all the interviews she did during the 08 campaign defending the mentally unbalanced idiot. I would have a lot more respect for both of them ifnthey at least had the balls to call out MCain, AND apologize to the country.
Fuck em
wallace and schmidt are my hereos. OK, not really. I do not agree with their politics, but they are political pros and certainly know more than $arah cares to have revealed. much more!
ReplyDeleteIs it true that Rachel Maddow cancelled the interview with Joe McGinnis re his book The Rogue. What is with that?
ReplyDeleteWill have a look at the video now.
Very entertaining. I think I'll replay this about ten more times. This is the gravy, folks.
ReplyDeleteAnother book to read!!! Haha! Read her first one and liked it, but really think I'm going to enjoy seeing the 'goofball' in this particular book that is favored after Sarah Palin.
ReplyDeleteGonna sue her too, sister Sarah?
Don't think there are many folks out there that have one bit of respect or care for Sarah Palin! Finally!!! Down, down, down w/her to the bottom of the pit.
So Rachel Maddow will give these two Republican whores a spot on her show, and make nice with them, but is too dainty to do the same for Joe McGinniss.
ReplyDeleteRachel Maddow sure has showed her true colors.
Nicole's book will be devastating. Take a peep at this. All done in the name of fiction. :)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/09/28/nicole-wallace-s-new-novel-it-s-classified-excerpt.html
I'm going to buy it.
OT,
ReplyDeletethere's a fresh thread over at the sea 0f piss that's got the last 10 participants doing reach arounds on each other.
Looks like one of $carah's ghost writers has just posted on $carah's FaceBook page some fresh excrement that the 'bots think that $carah just pooped out and the few that are left are translating it as $he's still going to announce.........
seriously, this is gonna be fun to watch when $he's absolutely and finally abandoned the last of her deranged fan base, where's $carah gonna hide ?
3:02, would it kill you to post a link to the threads you're talking about?
ReplyDeleteWhat surprises me is some of the comments that are posted as if this is the first time that Schmidt and Wallace have said anything about Palin.
ReplyDeleteIt's not. Schmidt more than Wallace, but they have both made comments about Palin in the past as to the campaign trail. They've both had more balls than those of McCain and the paid mouthpieces like Kristol et al, who were also responsible. Kristol, for example, sucked her toes forever and sat on TV panels getting paid for it. He's still got the hots for her and if she jumped in, so would he.
It's like an indication that people are pretending they've been paying attention to Palin and surrounding info but truly aren't.
As to Palin suing anyone - clearly nobody has paid attention to that either. The bar to sue a writer is so flipping high -- she can't jump that high. It doesn't happen.
Kitty Kelly wrote rag books on Sinatra, Streisand, The Queen of England - just to name a few.
NEVER HAS BEEN SUED AND NEVER WILL.
You know what? Schmidt and Wallace AND MOST ESPECIALLY JOHN MCCAIN still owe this country a sincere, straight from the heart apology. I appreciate that they are admitting now exactly what she is, but the fact is, Schmidt is trying to weasel out of this by throwing up John Edwards as a Democratic example of a poorly vetted VP. And Wallace is basing her Sarah Palin character as a Democrat! At the end of the day, they're both still rightwing worms who almost damaged this country beyond repair by not coming out with the truth about Palin before voters rejected their ticket!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad they both have a sense of humor about it. The fact that they confessed provides some redeeming value, but both they and McCain ought to be tried for treason for not jettisoning her as soon as they realized their mistake.
ReplyDeleteWow, so Maddow refuses to have Joe McGinniss on...a man who has actually tried (and succeeded) in vetting Sarah Palin...yet books two snickering rightwingers who are now excusing their failure to vet Sarah Palin by using the "Democrats do it too!" defense. John Edwards at least gave a damn about the least among us in our society, his own character flaws notwithstanding. What the hell does Schmidt and Wallace and their boss John McCain stand for, the borderline treasonous cowards?
ReplyDeleteJennifer Garner Goes Palin: 'Sorry I Was Born White, Tall And Pretty'
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/28/jennifer-garner-in-butter_n_984969.html?ref=sarah-palin#s342986
Anon 2:39
ReplyDeleteMaddow should not let McCain staffers profit from their treason.
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Do you honestly have a frigging brain. Wouldn't know it.
What the 'F' can Maddow do and secondly - it's not her place or job.
And people wonder why this Country has gone to hell -- just read stupid comments like Anon 2:39
Anonymous 3:01 said..."So Rachel Maddow will give these two Republican whores a spot on her show, and make nice with them, but is too dainty to do the same for Joe McGinniss."
ReplyDeleteI know. It's a terrible disappointment. But, Maddow was one of the lone journalists to pursue the truth about the set-up of ACORN, so I have to give her a break. This time. But again, it's a hell of a disappointment.
Here's Kuku 4 Cocoa Puffs Girl in October of 08 when asked about Sarah Palin:
ReplyDeleteSo few people have actually spent time with Sarah Palin. And you have, and you're one of the few people who talk to the media that has. Did you have an impression of her that's grown and changed over the few months you've known her? What has it been like getting to know her?
I think she has had an entrance into national politics unlike anybody else. Unlike Bill Clinton, who came from a small Southern state, he was the actual nominee so he was before different state press corps and he was before the political press corps. With Bush, the same thing. He was governor and came up as his own candidate. He obviously had a pretty big press corps in Texas and was in the Bush family.
I worked for Jeb Bush. Sarah Palin reminds me a lot of Jeb Bush, who was very hands on. He was always in direct contact, email-wise, with reporters. He'd often get back to them before I'd get back to them. She's like that. She's very hands on. Reminds me of my time working for Jeb Bush. She doesn't like a lot of bureaucracy. She gets on her email and deals directly with press and the staff and it's very, very impressive. Very appealing.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2008/10/28/a-q-and-a-with-nicolle-wallace.html
As I said before, f em
Just finished "It's Classified". The VP is obviously Palin. It provides more insight into Plain's character while on the campaign trail. Good read.
ReplyDeleteHi Trigs Grandma, Welcome Back!
ReplyDeleteQuick question, Wheres Trigs birth certificate?
must read:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/09/famous-reality-tv-star-laments-that-politics-resembles-her-world/245842/
I don't envy anyone who had to work with someone as stupid, ignorant, vain, and erratic as Palin. Just the same, they along with McCain need to apologize for foisting this nightmare on us. Although I will always be grateful that McCain and Palin lost, just the very thought that someone so shallow, ignorant, and hateful had the potential to get near the White House is just as scary as it was in 2008.
ReplyDeleteSo Rachel won't interview McGinniss for a book about the Real Sarah Palin.
ReplyDeleteBut she will interview Nicole Wallace about a book that is admittedly inspired by Sarah Palin (but not as factual because she has to change enough facts to make it fiction).
What's the rational?
Last week I heard the rational was that RM has always stayed away from SP as irrelevant, but then why interview Nicole Wallace on a fiction book inspired by someone who is irrelevant?
Lucy
It is true that suing a writer is near impossible. The process would take years and cost millions probably. No one's that stupid. It's sad people get away with slanderous comments (and yes I include Joe in that bunch) but books mean little
ReplyDeletePalin should get royalties from all the people banking on her name. She sure knows how to create jobs.
ReplyDeleteThat was okaaaaaayyyyy. Nicole really wants to spill babygate. Spill Nicole , Spill!!
ReplyDeleteI do believe there are folks here who are trying to sow discord (nothing new, it just seems more intense to this reader).
ReplyDeleteDo you honestly have a frigging brain. Wouldn't know it.
ReplyDeleteWhat the 'F' can Maddow do and secondly - it's not her place or job.
And people wonder why this Country has gone to hell -- just read stupid comments like Anon 2:39
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I have both a brain and courtesy. This country has not gone to hell. You are rude and incorrect.
The pair of McCain staffers are well compensated for their appearance on the Maddow show in the form of name recognition. They cash in that recognition to sell their books, obtain other media appearances and generally shore up their income stream.
Steve Schmidt characterized Sarah Palin as "mentally unstable" in his book. In that book and never since has Steve Schmidt admitted and apologized for attempting to put an ignorant, stupid person in the VEEP office.
My comment was not stupid. Your response was... less than normal intelligence.
Anon 3:15. You made some very good points. I noted with displeasure that Democratic V.P. switch as well. It was an offensive slap in the face, and Rachel should have called her on it. Another example of Republicans dumping their dirty water on us. I don't think I'll reward her for bad behavior. I've got plenty to read.
ReplyDelete1st 3:15
ReplyDeleteit's not all that complicated but go over to the c4p site and jump into The Telegraph's Tim Stanley thread that or as I mentioned, just wander on into $carah's Face Book, OK ?
I fail to see how the description of Palin in Game Change is different or worse than that of Hillary. I'd like to see how all the critics would react to being lied about so grossly, trashed so crassly, attacked so sexist-ly (yes I made it up), and thrown under the campaign bus so easily.
ReplyDeleteSarah is a rock, the energizer bunny.
Anonymous@ 3:29
ReplyDeleteBooks only mean little to people who can't or don't read, you ignorant idiot.
"Some authorities on lawsuits weigh-in on Sarah Palin's threat to sue" and why she would never be able to. The 'threatening letter' - that's all it is.
ReplyDeletehttp://palinquestions.blogspot.com/2011/09/some-authorites-on-lawsuits-weigh-in-on.html
The advantage of the 'threatening letter' - it keeps Joe's book in the headlines and sells more copies.
I fail to see how the description of Palin in Game Change is different or worse than that of Hillary....
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Palin was the "mentally unstable" one.
I just watched the clip, and I sincerely believe that Steve and Nicole would unleash their own hounds of hell if Sarah got into the race. I think they do love their country too much to let someone as "coocoo" as Sarah Palin into any national office. Read between the lines, it's very obvious!!
ReplyDeleteGood review by Rachel. I think it's time to bust Palin's a.. really. Just go get her and let the pieces fall where they may.
ReplyDeleteShe may end up making money somehow or not, but that's her problem.
There are too many issues in this world today and in the US that have to be dealt with than to bother with Palin's narcissistic drama. She's stupid and should be called that by everyone, including GVS.
During the "Palin family bus tour" when she was obviously trying to "shore up" not looking like a moron...I knew she was starting her descent into obscurity. And I just HOPED it would be fun to watch.
ReplyDeleteIt's great when something turns out just like you hoped.
OT,
ReplyDeletegoogle ; 10/4 Run Sarah Run Day
these 'tards are realllly "special" aren't they ?
Schmidt doesn't call Palin by name. He calls her "the nominee in 2008."
ReplyDeleteMaybe he's already said his first 2 out 3 "Beetlegeuses?"
Wallace and Schmidt - 'we were just obeying orders'...
ReplyDeleteIsn't that what it boils down to and now they conveniently profit from their roles as accessories. Schmidt has signed on with MSNBC and she writes another book using her insider info.
No thank you, I'd rather spend my time with Wallace & Gromit. They're far more entertaining.
Anon at 3:39
ReplyDelete"Sarah is a rock, the energizer bunny"
No, Sarah is dumb as a rock. And the only thing she has in common with a rabbit is her sex drive.
I had a comment nearly finished, but must have hit the wrong key: it disappeared.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link to this broadcast, Gryphen. I had never seen Gov. Christie before. He is disgusting. If he chooses to run for POTUS, I'll ask the Lord God to kill him. He's a rude, brainless barbarian.
On $arah Palin, this is on p. 128 of Levi's book: "On the morning of . . . (her) acceptance speech . . . I had asked her, What does the vice president do exactly?
Take over -- she had smiled-- when the president dies."
anon said
ReplyDelete"Sarah is a rock, the energizer bunny".
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Thats what Brad Hansen, Curtis Menard(Track and Pipers bio daddy), and Glen Rice said.
I agree with those above who feel outrage that those two giggling a-holes are being consulted here by Rachel, whom I admire greatly even so.
ReplyDeleteThis sadly does show how most of the "insiders" in the game of politics see our country's destiny as such - a game. When it comes down to talking politics, they are basically all on the same side (I know Rachel protested when Nicole said Obama had gone too far to the Left, but still).
They all need the game to continue so that they can have television shows and write books and get hired by campaigns. It's a business, and it makes me sick.
People rarely pay a price for anything in our world today, where media and politics intersect and are essentially symbiotic.
They are all chummy and would probably have a beer with one another in a heartbeat. Not that this is so terrible, as I do believe when it comes to governance in our country, some compromise is necessary.
But I don't like to see the clique behavior come out between millionaire pundits from our "fourth estate" who have turned our country's history into a career - especially when so many people are struggling financially.
It just gives me a queasy feeling.
Loved the stuff about Sarah, though.
3:39,
ReplyDeleteYou mean....
Sarah is a CROCK. A wannabe PLAYBOY bunny.
Those darn typos get me too, dontchu go feelin' embarrassed now.
Ms. Maddow is good friends with Ms Moore. She has let her friendship with Shannyn cloud her judgement and put her personal feelings for her friend first. Not the investigative reporter or integrety we all thought I guess.
ReplyDeleteOk, Nicole Wallace named her "crazy" vice president in her book "Tara". Is this Nicoles way of telling Sarah that you're crazy and we ALL know it?!? I think Nicole is spilling the beans in her book, and I'm loving it!!!
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to this then one has to ask the question of the MSM is how the fuck did they let this clearly insane woman get so close to the White House AND become a vocal flashpoint for the far right? She should have been tossed off the bus in 2008, instead she has squeezed millions from other vulnerable adults who probably can't afford it to begin with. She is going to go down as one of the most evil people in the history of this country. The ultimate flim-flam artist - we'll have to drop Ponzi Scheme and create a new crime - The Palin Scheme.
ReplyDelete...she has a "nest" of problems to confront? Sounds like snakes to me.
ReplyDelete"1st 3:15
ReplyDeleteit's not all that complicated but go over to the c4p site and jump into The Telegraph's Tim Stanley thread that or as I mentioned, just wander on into $carah's Face Book, OK ?
3:38 PM"
Why is it so hard to give an actual link? Do you know how to copy/paste?
Nicole Wallace's novel "inspired" by Sarah Palin is the icing on the cake for the month of September. I read an excerpt; the president is being impeached for hiding the VP's mental health problems.
ReplyDeleteAnd what's Sarah going to do? It's fiction. Nicole is a good interview, and is showing up everywhere, not afraid to say that Sarah inspired the cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs character. And Steve Schmidt - who wrote one of my all time favorite takedown emails to Sara - is right there beside her referring to how own involvement with inadequate vetting of a VP candidate.
And Sarah? Well, Sarah is swanning around agreeing with Steve and Nicole that candidate were not vetted well enough in the 2008 elections.
Is she that much of brazen idiot that she purposefully timed such an outrageous statement on the same day Nicole's book was released? Or is karma just all about timing this weeK?
Anon @3:01 "So Rachel Maddow will give these two Republican whores a spot on her show, and make nice with them, but is too dainty to do the same for Joe McGinniss."
ReplyDeleteNo kidding, right? That blows. I have enormous respect for Rachel and understand that she had them on in a different context but really and come on. That's just crap.
Republican whores is the nicest things I can say about those two.
Anon 3:31, why yes, Sarah is quite the job creator! We all have been enjoying our positions with SarahPac and the $5,000 monthly salary. Unfortunately, Sarah emailed us last night after her appearance on Greta, and told us she was cutting back our hours. :(
ReplyDeleteHmmmm. Now you've got respected professionals like Steve Schmidt, who ran a PRESIDENTIAL campaign! And Nicole Wallace, another respected pro from that campaign who's made her trip under the bus.
ReplyDeleteAnd they have just launched a carefully planned strategic assault on Sarah, with rounds of interviews and appearances. And they are not holding back more than they just have to for legal reasons - but everyone knows who they mean!
Wonder if Sarah is trying to remember what dirt exactly they might have? Bet she leaves them alone.
Love, love love this!
When is John McCain going to admit he picked a dumb clusterfuck to be his vp?
ReplyDeleteIt is okay to admit it John, the world knows how retarded Sarah Palin really is.
It is better to admit now that you made a mistake. By staying quiet you are saying she is worthy of being vp or president of the country you love.
You claim to be a man of honor, so what is it going to be?
The old rusty-crotched half-wit made another miserable racist gaff on Fixed “News” last night and called the one black Repub candidate the “flavor of the week” and that he doesn’t “look like” the others. Well, if anyone knows about the flavor of a black man it would be Sarah “I’m going to get me some of that” Palin.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.alaskawtf.com/2011/09/28/when-it-comes-to-black-males-palins-an-expert-about-flavor/
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ReplyDeleteHello Sarah, Todd, Chuck, Bristol, Willow or Pipe. Your Mom's in TRUBBLE. (prob how YOU spell it)
And the walls start tumbling down on Sarah, and I love it !!
ReplyDeleteSuperb interview. Maddow has class.
ReplyDeleteFOE News should take a step back and actually try to live up to their advertising. FAIR AND BALANCED.
Rachel was fair and balanced.
Yeah for her.
The references to Hillary Clinton in Game Change were mostly about her campaign strategies and certain mistakes and failures that cost her the Democratic Nomination in 2008. As someone who followed Hillary and worked on her campaign, I can agree and attest to what was written in Game Change . I saw it happening and predicted she would lose the nomination even before Super Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteSarah, on the other hand, was described as mentally unstable and grossly ill-prepared to run for or assume the vice presidency. I watched Palin closely during the campaign, long before I found this and other blogs and saw exactly what was described in Game Change.
Where were the lawsuits from Hillary and Sarah? Exactly.
We keep saying that Palin is done, but she keeps popping up like Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. I look forward to the day when her face and her screech is but a dim memory.
You said it, Virginia Voter at 2:44, I couldn't stand to see those two smirking and pleased with themselves. Absolved of all guilt now. Not in my book. Not by a long long shot.
ReplyDeleteI wrote Rachel stating exactly that. Nicole and Schmidt were now spilling the beans, because he is paid, and Nicole a book to sell, so they are getting top billing, What about Joe. First time I was deleted, but I wrote again and said that was the reason viewers were leaving MSNBC. They left it up for awhile.
ReplyDeleteApart from the Sarah craziness, we have to keep attention on the Media and their role in enabling this.
"It's not the Bristol I once knew,” Johnston told me on the set of "New York Live," referencing Bristol’s new face. "After she got the fame and the money it all changed after that. I think she definitely changed into the worst."
ReplyDeleteIn his new book, "Deer in the Headlights," Johnston says the mother of his child previously had liposuction on her chin and was never comfortable with her appearance.
"She looks like she got some jaw work going on there," Johnston says. "She was uncomfortable with [her body] growing up but was never one to go out and get plastic surgery. I mean, she never wanted to do that. But now she’s got the money."
And although both of their young lives were changed forever after Bristol's mother ran for office, Johnston says he’s still happy that he met the mother of his child and her family.
"I wouldn’t trade it for the world. I have a beautiful son. You know Bristol and I had some great times," Johnston tells me. "And this whole media thing, meeting a lot of great people, I’m a lot smarter. It's been a fun ride."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/28/levi-johnston-bristol-palin_n_985958.html
Former White House Communications Director and the top Campaign Director for a presidential campaign. Both Republicans.
ReplyDeleteShe is known by her enemies now, because no friends are stepping forward these days,
Not a chance for a VP slot.
Please please please run, Sarah! We just want to watch the carnage.
What is so devastating about this is that both Schmidt and Wallace worked for George W. Bush before they worked on the McCain campaign. To be called mentally unstable and unfit for office by two Bushies is about as bad as it gets.
ReplyDeleteSarah thought the blogs, comments on blogs and Facebook were tough! The pros are filleting her, one by one but she can't intimidate the authors or stop the interviews. Couldn't happen to a more deserving person.
ReplyDeleteWell, one thing for sure. If Sara does manage to wangle a VP slot in 2012 we won't have to worry about her getting a proper vetting. Any POTUS candidate who chooses her is committing suicide.
ReplyDeleteWhatever else we think about them and their roles in 2008, the fact is that Steve and Nicole are out there in interviews as a deterrent to Sarah getting in the race. They will ramp up the comments and reveal campaign-ending dirt if she decides to run. This is a warning round. They are nothing if not loyal GOP foot soldiers, and they will take her down before she destroys the party. It's their job, and they'll do it. And very effectively, I would bet.
ReplyDeleteI admire Rachel as well, but I am very sorry she didn't ask either of them why they allowed Sarah Palin to remain the nominee after they realized she was unstable. I just cannot imagine that those two, both intelligent and respected, would allow the farce to continue - unless they were guaranteed she would be replaced before the inauguration. I do blame McCain for most of this nightmare (including Gabby Giffords) but these people are also culpable. Rachel, not liking thinking less of you!
ReplyDeleteStrike while the iron is hot! I sent the Sharlott article plus links from I'm to a woman who sat next to my table at dinner last week and this was her reply:
ReplyDelete"Thank you for your e-mails. I just read the first one about palin's baby hoax. I believe now it is not her baby. I had little respect for her before but this story really makes me think poorly of her, as well as her supporters. She seems power hungry and will stop at nothing to get what she wants!!"
Keep spreading the true story around and THAT's how bloggers will change what happens, regardless of our corporate-owned media.
nswfm
RM has remarked several times that she has a terrible time getting any Rethugs to appear on her program. Only a very few will do it. She has to keep things light and not challenge their lies or she'll lose them, also, too.
ReplyDelete"I worked for Jeb Bush. Sarah Palin reminds me a lot of Jeb Bush, who was very hands on. He was always in direct contact, email-wise, with reporters. He'd often get back to them before I'd get back to them. She's like that. She's very hands on. Reminds me of my time working for Jeb Bush."
ReplyDeletepeople usually tell Sarah - hands OFF when she is grabbing with gusto. She loves to try all the 'flavas'.
Just ask Brisdull's and Willshe's boyfriends and girlfriends.
I'm sorry gryphen, but wallace and schmidt are assholes. yes it's funny that wallace modeled the insane character in her book after palin. but BOTH OF THESE PEOPLE FAILED US 3 years ago, all because they had an agenda and fuck all the fallout - their agenda was to be achieved at all costs. fuck both of them. they'll fail america again if the opportunity comes up, because that's the kind of people they are - opportunists who are only interested in making name for themselves, not interested in what's best for all of us.
ReplyDeleteand maddow will have these shits on but not joe? yeah right.
Michele Bachmann: 'I Radically Abandoned Myself To Jesus Christ'
ReplyDelete"Even though I hadn't been a drinker, even though I never did drugs, ... even though I hadn't been chasing around, it didn't matter. I was a sinner," she said. "I radically abandoned myself to Jesus Christ."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/28/michele-bachmann-jesus-christ_n_986229.html
OK, so Sarah is OUT of the campaign. How do we get her OUT OF OUR FACES? She has no credibility, no platform as a failed governor (quitter) and is not a candidate. She has a BA in Journalism from running around to 3 or more mediocre colleges. Who wants to listen to anything she says? Not me!
ReplyDeleteCome on Sarah put on your inflatable girls and run! What are you afraid of? You know you can win the nomination with your sleazy sex appeal. I'd love to see you debate the President and have a complete meltdown in public.
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ReplyDeleteanon said
"Sarah is a rock, the energizer bunny".
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Thats what Brad Hansen, Curtis Menard(Track and Pipers bio daddy), and Glen Rice said.
3:54 PM
Correction 3:39,
NOT: "Sarah is a rock, the energizer bunny".
Should be: Sarah smokes rock and FU@KS NBA players like the energizer bunny crack whore that she is.
Rachel Maddow presents information in such a coherent, well-researched form that we should be so grateful to have her on MSNBC. She puts breaking news in historical context and analyzes the meaning of current event like no other.
ReplyDeleteThat said, she should give credence to Joe McGinnis and I can only think that she has not followed the "birth of Trig" story as I have, from the beginning, or she would be all over it. I have read this blog every day for 3 years or more and am convinced that Sarah scammed everyone. I want the truth and Rachel should do her usual exhaustive research and get on board.
This week, we decided to dig deeper into evaluations of Sarah Palin, starting with a more straightforward question: Should Palin run or not in 2012? We received responses back from 151 of our influential Republican leaders -- 35 in Iowa, 48 in New Hampshire and 63 in South Carolina. Just 15 percent said yes, Palin should run, while 81 percent said she should not.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/27/rick-perry-mitt-romney-polls-huffpost-patch-gop-power-outsiders_n_983659.html#s365302&title=Stay_Away_Sarah
I am 25% through "It's Classified," Nicole Wallace's book.
ReplyDelete"Tara," the VP character based on SP, has a secret. "Tara" was hospitalized (in college)for 10 days and diagnosed as bipolar and depressed.
hmmmmmmmm............
Badda Boom! Maddow hits a home run recapping the Wallace and Schmidt interview from the last night.
ReplyDeleteI'd be interested to find out the viewership count for tonight's episode. Would provide for an interesting look at how many were tuned in listening to the truth.
Obviously they are still doing it. Right. The media is still aiding and abetting the Rise and Fall of Sarah Palin, much like the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Now by giving voice and support to those who will profit financially from exposing the evil actions they participated in to perpetuate the fraud upon this country of the campaign of 2008. It will go down in infamy. What do you suppose the rest of the world will think of us when all of this is exposed. And Schmidt and Wallace are doing it laughingly .. all the way to their respective banks. We have serious challenges and problems in the United States and one very lonely, very loving and compassionate President who is trying to address these one at a time. And this is what we learn? That two people who knew the truth about Sarah Palin chose not to speak up because hey, it was their job to lie, to bolster up a fraud. They did it for the money? They did it because they believed in what? McCain? Another fraud. This is not funny; this is not okay. How could another country even begin to want to deal with us on a serious political or economic level when they read the stories that are coming out about our political games in 2008? This whole thing makes me very sick.
ReplyDeleteI was delighted when I watched this yesterday. Sarah's pretty low on Rachael's radar screen in general, she punted that job to Keith while he was on msnbc. I'm more disturbed at Keith than I am at Rachael for not giving Joe air time.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, These two gadflys get paid to run republican elections, it's what greases their palms, it's their specialty, and they're both held in high esteem among many of the Republicans.
To have them on MSNBC, bashing Sarah, who's sheer crazy they both experienced intimately, must be "driving miss Crazy" nuts!
(translated for palinbots who think books don't matter: Miss Crazy tm and Tara tm refer to Sarah "Jungle Fever" Heath Palin tm)
OMFG Rachael's show is rehashing this whole Sarah Palin interview... ephasizing and calling Palin's bluff) While showing clips of Sarah "Doing political things", Steve Schmidt says she's a "failure of the vetting process" and Nichol does a fictional book about a crazy vp pick.... "we don't usually do stories about Sarah Palin, but THAT may explain why we don't usually do stories about Sarah Palin"
Oh that poor FRIDGE!
Bad Girl Bad Girl
Who ya gonna sue?
Who ya gonna sue
When they come for you?
Cue up "they're coming to take me away" and pass the popcorn.
When the clip is available, I'll copy and paste it and share it with you... well worth seeing!
@3:55 You came close to expressing my feelings. It is "just business", Rachel, Steve, and Nicole, doing what they are paid to do. Paid performers, courtesy of corporate media. Like Sarah. All of us are guilty of flocking to those whom spew "our version" of THE TRUTH. The truth doesn't exist, never has, never will. The truth is controlled by the controllers. Fake pregnancy exposed and McCain saying he's sorry? Not happening. Ask Debra Medina of Texas, when baited by Glenn Beck about 9-11 truth, something benign about maybe a new investigation, DEMONIZED AS A TRUTHER, and Rick Perry slides in. The media and the politicians are owned by the same people. Want a job? Follow the script. I know some of us are miffed at Jeanne Devon and Shannon Moore, but they were willing to follow the script to get ahead. Like Rachel and Keith. Exposing the truth? No one in this society gets far enough ahead to expose it. Truthers are marginalized as whack-job tin-foilers. Some of you people here are experiencing the frustration of what 9-11 truthers went through, most of whom left the movement in disgust circa 2006. Joe McGinnis put a truth out there, but he will never commit to the full extent that David Ray Griffin has. History has a way of following us into the future, but only on it's own terms.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I've read on the Daily Beast, Ms. Wallace's book is at best, terrible. She should stick to being a political hack and not delve into fiction. Not an easy read, even if it is a lightly veiled look into Sarah Palin's psyche.
ReplyDeleteWho knows what sort of "non disclosure" agreements she had to sign whilst on the campaign trail but really, she should just grab another candidate and babysit them because she can't write.
O/T but here we have another...
ReplyDeleteGAG! We get rid of one looney wingnut only to be saddled with another! Geeze.
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They ALL use the exact same words, catch phrases, rhetoric. EXACTLY. It's almost spooky if it wasn't mindnumbing.
Anon 5:10, very well said:
ReplyDelete"Whatever else we think about them and their roles in 2008, the fact is that Steve and Nicole are out there in interviews as a deterrent to Sarah getting in the race. They will ramp up the comments and reveal campaign-ending dirt if she decides to run. This is a warning round. They are nothing if not loyal GOP foot soldiers, and they will take her down before she destroys the party. It's their job, and they'll do it. And very effectively, I would bet."
Believe it or not, I can imagine exactly how they could have allowed the nomination to go so far. It wasn't their jobs to vet her, but just to prep her and media train her, etc. She wasn't tapped until Aug. 29, with the election just 8-1/2 weeks away. They are loyal foot soldiers, and by the time they probably realized she was nuts, it was way too late in the process. It would have ensured that their candidate would lose. Besides, they probably didn't have the power to turn the course.
I'll look for Nicolle Wallace's book in thrift stores in a few weeks. That way I can read it without boosting her sales, library requests, or bank account. :) I'll probably do the same with Levi's.
ReplyDeleteSlimy Wallace was on Hannity charging that the President has 'instigated class warfare." She said it with an angry sneer. I will never buy anything this woman sells.
ReplyDeleteI pressed on the ad on your site that asked whether Sarah Palin should run. I answered “yes” to that question and then the next question asked whether she should remain in the role of a “staesman” who advises? Whomever is running this poll is obviously deluded and truly nuts. BTW, I answered “yes” to both questions. Bring her on! Any idea who might be paying for this ad?
ReplyDeleteThis Wallace/Schmidt coverage is perfect timing, isn't it? I wonder ...
ReplyDeleteDid MeAgain not declare in a commentary that SP was preparing two letters (Yes/No) simultaneously?
Could Schmidt/Wallace have been tipped off to SP's intentions? We're talking about two senior conservative strategists - they have there inside contacts in Washington and beyond.
SP's time clock to publicly announce is nearing it's end. This was good strategy and timing on their part to go on record and attempt to put an end to any hope of this charlatan reaking havok on the American population.
This clearly adds further support for McGinniss' book and the validity of its content with naysayers.
Hmmm - do you think this could be Nickie and 'Lil Stevie's (and whoever is backing them- Hi Karl) way of pre-empting Palin from another VP or even cabinet appointment attempt?
ReplyDeleteIt's taken three long years to bring all of this out about Sarah. Sarah herself has done the most public damage to herself during these 3 years. Even now look what's happening to Joe McG. What do you think would have happened in this country if - after the RNC speech when the entire GOP fell in love/lust with her - if McCain would have dumped her? Would anybody on the Right have believed she was crazy? There would have been millions of Palinistas going beserk.
ReplyDeleteWish Rachel would have ask Schmidt and Wallace if they voted for their boss. Wouldn't surprise me that even Johnny voted for President Obama.
"Sarah is a rock, the energizer bunny."
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That's from the coke, meth and diet pills. She's a drug addict.
I'd love to understand why three well-placed, well-connected, and bright newspeople won't touch the Palin Baby Hoax.
ReplyDeleteYes, Rachel Maddow is one of them. Shannyn Moore, and also Jeanne Devon, the AKM blog writer and co-author of the Bailey book. Three people in the news/blog business who are surely aware of the WHOLE story via professional gossip where they can separate the wheat from the chaff.
Another woman who surely knows the whole entire story is CBJ.
All four of them refuse to touch this story. They won't even tell us why they refuse to touch it.
My guess? They think that if all the details were to be known, we would find it appalling beyond belief, and so would all concerned.
And there's another very important reason to avoid the BabyGate story: lots of people are hoping it will all just go away, become a dim memory. Then there would be no need for Schmidt and Wallace to apologize, no need for McCain to admit his role, no need to show how damaged the GOP is. No need to think about who else might be involved (Hi Murdoch, Kochs, and MSM). Yes, without the Baby Hoax it would all be so much easier to forget.
NPR not running an interview is one more indicator of how deep and strong is the muzzle on BabyGate stories. As is the disappearing of the video of the Behar/McGinniss interview, although the transcript remains. McG is the third interviewee.
G-Man, I wish you would do a post about this. Explain it to us. Why no comment from these VIPs on this important story.
interview with Chuckie
ReplyDeletehttp://thevictorysessions.com/2011/09/27/exclusive-interview-the-common-man-chuck-heath/
4:06
ReplyDeletegot a burr up yer ass or somethin' ?
AAMOF I don't know how to copy and paste,
deal with it.
I'm sure everyone remembers that all of Palin's docs from her 2006 gubernatorial campaign were created by "Cuckoo For Coco Puffs," right?
ReplyDeleteAnon 3:39 the very low iq paid Palin nutjob is back.
ReplyDeletePalin is a rock??? ROFL !!
Energizer bunny? Well with all that red bull mixed with cocaine and psychotropic drugs. Gee, that's a good description.
Poor poor Sarah. Whine whine whine. Who writes your scripts? If it's you, you suck. Same BS, different day.
Do you really think you make a difference here? Only a sick mind like Sarahs would think sending paid trolls to this blog would do anything. You are a joke.
And are you April M by the way? Say hi to your brother in prison. Sarah sure stuck up for him in public. Some family friend. Your pay check will be ending soon. What will you do then? Have a reality show?
"I admire Rachel as well, but I am very sorry she didn't ask either of them why they allowed Sarah Palin to remain the nominee after they realized she was unstable. I just cannot imagine that those two, both intelligent and respected, would allow the farce to continue - unless they were guaranteed she would be replaced before the inauguration."
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In either Game Change or Geoffrey Dunn's book, there were passages about this. McCain higher ups were feeling very guilty about putting Palin so close to power and were considering how to sideline her in the unlikely event that McCain won. I understand people faulting them, but keep in mind that the alternative would have been completely obliterating McCain's chances by ditching his running mate, mid-campaign. Suicide. Sidelining her or forcing her to resign if he won was their only option.
Bizarre that they said that there have been unqualified VPs "on both sides" recently.
ReplyDeleteWho do they mean?
Al Gore? Qualified
Dick Cheney? Qualified (though totally evil)
Joe Lieberman? Qualified
GHW Bush? Qualified
Geraldine Ferraro? Qualified
Lloyd Bentsen? Qualified
Walter Mondale? Qualified
Nelson Rockefeller? Qualified
Spiro Agnew (ugh, but....) Qualified
The only VP candidate in the last 30 years I can think of besides Palin who wasn't qualified is Dan Quayle. And he was better than she.
Is Sarah going to sue Rachel, Steven and Nicolle now?
ReplyDeleteMAKE SURE to watch The Daily Show!!
ReplyDeleteHilarious opening segment!!!
Here comes the next nail....
ReplyDeleteIf you walked in thinking she was a vapid, inept idiot who's more concerned with surface than substance, you will walk out thinking the same thing. Similarly, if you're a fan of Palin and believe she's a straight-talking breath of fresh air, a woman of the people with vision for the country, then you will continue to believe that.
Actually, there's such jokey condescension in Broomfield's approach -- the title alone says it all -- that his film will undoubtedly fortify her supporters who feel she's been unfairly targeted; this is the woman, after all, who coined the phrase "lamestream media" in an effort to diminish her perceived attackers.
...But rather than enlightening us, Broomfield (and co-director Joan Churchill) trot out old material and end up with a portrait of a petty 12-year-old girl in an ambitious politician's body.
There's the Katie Couric interview in which Palin couldn't name a single newspaper or magazine she consistently read, and the Charles Gibson interview in which she smugly bumbled to answer his question about President Bush's doctrine. There's the video of Palin cheerily chatting before the TV cameras as Thanksgiving turkeys are being slaughtered in the background. It's a greatest-hits collection of lowest moments.
But Broomfield also lines up an array of former friends, supporters and colleagues who repeat a couple of prevailing themes. One is of Palin's radiant charisma, and her ability to make you feel like you're the only person in the room when she's talking to you. The other is the assertion that once she perceives someone as a threat or finds that someone is no longer useful, that person will not only be jettisoned by Palin but ostracized by her entire family. The phrase "thrown under the bus" comes up a lot, and it makes you wonder how enormous this bus must be.
Shunned former allies describe her as if she were the meanest mean girl in school, the leader of a coveted clique, one that you're either in or out of depending on her ever-changing assessment of your loyalty. It's juicy stuff but not very informative.
Broomfield does get a rare sit-down with Mike Wooten, the Alaska State Trooper whom Palin tried to have fired following an ugly divorce from Palin's sister. (The state Legislature found that she had abused her office in the case that became known as "Troopergate.") Wooten pokes holes in Palin's image as a loving, hardworking mom who's juggling a career and kids: He says she would often shoo the children away to play in the backyard, and that he was actually the one who helped raise them.
The one who provides some truly startling perspective is Pastor Howard Bess, who has dared to clash with Palin over one of the chief topics that define her: religion. Palin is a born-again Christian, and has enjoyed the fervent support of evangelicals nationwide. Bess suggests the possibility of a Palin presidency in which God might be giving her instructions to start a nuclear war, for example -- she's that certain of herself in her status at the anointed one.
Now is that a scary prospect? You betcha.
http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2011/09/28/review_doc_provides_few_new_details_on_palin/
Uhoh. Now they are going to get death threats from Sea o' P.
ReplyDeleteTop McCain Aides Come Clean: Sarah Palin is Mentally Ill
ReplyDeleteIn the course of discussing the possibility of Sarah Palin entering the GOP Presidential field, Nicolle Wallace told Rachel Maddow that the fictional Vice Presidential character in her new book, It’s Classified, was inspired by Sarah Palin. This Vice President is “cuckoo for cocoa puffs” and resigns in shame.
It’s almost three years since Republican strategists Steve Schmidt and Nicolle Wallace were telling us that Sarah Palin had been vetted, that she was a great choice, that she was ready to be President. Now that the truth has come out, the story of the behind the scenes real Sarah Palin should serve as a warning for all voters.
Yes, your instincts were correct. Sarah Palin is not well...
more...transcript
http://www.politicususa.com/en/tmccain-aides-sarah-palin-mentally-ill
Sally Heath, Sarah Palin's mom, does not understand why people hate her daughter.
ReplyDeleteSally if you do not understand why America passionately hates your daughter then you are a dumber clusterfuck than your retarded daughter.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/09/28/nicole-wallace-s-new-novel-it-s-classified-excerpt.html
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@Anon648 said...
ReplyDeleteBizarre that they said that there have been unqualified VPs "on both sides" recently.
Who do they mean?
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They said VP candidates on both sides were unqualified, and they (Steve, anyway) specified John Edwards.
Yeah, I'm not going to defend that one.
Hey, G--
ReplyDeleteSeems like your attention may be elsewhere today? I hope it's not a sign of trouble on your end. In fact, I hope it's a sign of upcoming developments!
Thanks for ALL your hard work!
For all that Rachel has exposed that no others have in the media and her keeping focus on stories that MSM may have done a 2 minute segment, it's hard to believe how so many have posted what sounds like hateful comments because she had Wallace & Schmidt on but not Joe.
ReplyDeleteTo see how quickly you've thrown Rachel under the bus, I'm thankful she didn't have Joe on. Chances are, he wasn't even scheduled but that wouldn't be something you necessarily let get in the way as it might possibly be a 'fact'.
@6:31 MeAgain is full of shit. Sarah ain't givin' no speech. Grifters don't like to be penned down. Doesn't MeAgain live in Alaska? Why doesn't she just ring up Uncle Gryph on the telephone and arrange to meet somewhere? No, super-secret-software is needed to keep from having an anxiety attack, or something. I hate what Sarah has done to someone I care about, but it's all really about ME!
ReplyDeleteSo your mad at Rachel; mad at Keith; many don't like Matthews or Schultz - that leaves you who on the left MSM to watch?
ReplyDeleteGuess you're left with CNN & Fox.
Rachel dropped the ball by not having Joe McGinniss on her show. Who cares if she acts all "concerned" by having two conservatives on her show. She could have had Joe Mc, which would have been one of the biggest literary names that she's ever hosted, but alas, Rachel is paid by MSNBC and she goes with what her bosses tell her to, because these days, she also needs a paycheck.
ReplyDeleteI think they were referring to John Edwards, Kerry's VP choice. It's obvious he was a cheatin' slimeball. He still might have made a good VP though. Wasn't it Grover Cleveland who had a child out of wedlock? Bad indeed. But still not on the level of Sarah Palin.
ReplyDeleteDidn't one or both (Wallace/shmitt) say that they had planned to extract a promise in writing from McCann that he would replace Palin if it appeared they would win in 2008. Someone from McCann's crew said they decided amongst each other that they could not allow her to take office even as vp because she was looney tunes..
ReplyDeleteMy husband doesn't really entertain anything Sarah Palin, but he did watch the Daily Show, where Jon Stewart lambasts Sarah for being a fake candidate or crazy. The episode ends with her on Greta quoting the poll that puts her four or five points behind President Obama, then her Iowa speech, where she says "the only thing polls are good for are strippers and cross country skiers." He turns to me incredulous and says, "This has to be a joke. We're going to find out in 20 years that they were making a movie. She's Joaquin Palin."
ReplyDeleteThe video I want to see is this Schmidt-Wallace giggle fest interspersed with their comments about Palin during the campaign.
ReplyDeleteWho was it in the campaign that wanted Palin withheld from the media until they were sure she would be treated with "respect".
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2008/09/palin-media-a-2/
ReplyDeletePalin Media Avoidance Watch: Day 9 — McCain Camp Says She Won’t Do Interviews Until It Knows She’ll Be Treated with “Deference”
Rick Davis, campaign manager for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., just told Fox News Channel’s Chris Wallace that McCain running mate Gov. Sarah Palin won’t subject herself to any tough questions from reporters "until the point in time when she’ll be treated with respect and deference."
(the mentally unstable part must have turned up by then)
@7:41 Yep, Rachel does what she's told. I think some of you need to learn some new terms, like "limited hangout." If the tide hadn't turned on Sarah, Nicole wouldn't have been on Rachel's show. Take your truth where you can get it.
ReplyDelete6:11--"She wasn't tapped until Aug. 29, with the election just 8-1/2 weeks away. They are loyal foot soldiers, and by the time they probably realized she was nuts, it was way too late in the process. It would have ensured that their candidate would lose. Besides, they probably didn't have the power to turn the course."
ReplyDeleteMcCain could have requested her resignation, "for the sake of her family," or many other options, and she would have had to do a farewell speech along those lines. She'd retain a shred of dignity and her secrets, he could pick someone much better and maybe even have won. (McCain lost my mother's vote because of Palin.) If they sincerely believed she was a danger to the country, Wallace and Schmidt would have found a way to get her off the ticket. I cut them no slack on this...they're smug and unprincipled.
Another nail on Rachel Maddow TONIGHT! She replays clips from yesterday's interview with Wallace and Schmidt and explains that this is news: Sarah Palin was not vetted and is MENTALLY ILL.
ReplyDeleteI was riled that Schmidt didn't admit the Republican 2008 VP vetting failure without trying to even it up. There's just no comparison between John Edwards and a mentally ill Sarah Palin. Do we know if Edwards was even cheating in 2004?
Anyway, neither Schmidt nor Wallace had to own up to the 2008 failure. They could pull a McCain and say how proud they are that Sarah brought excitement to the campaign. They're showing their patriotism and owning up now. I'm grateful.
OK, gotta say this. I have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Living with a mental illness is HORRIBLE. It takes a serious toll on self, family, relationships, work, etc. I have been in and out of therapy for more than half my life, have been suicidal on several occasions, have played guinea pig while various doctors tried to sort out the best cocktail of drugs.
ReplyDeleteIt is so difficult to tell people about this condition. I feel like a drama queen for even bringing it up. Dealing with people's stereotypes adds a whole other layer. I am particularly sensitive to this because when I first began to show symptoms, I was in a dominionist high school/church and no one believed in psychology as a valid discipline. Therefore, I was blamed for my mental illness, depression, and uncontrollable moods. Some people actually suggested that I might be demon-possessed. I had to fight hard, with everything I had, to convince my parents to even check into whether their insurance would cover therapy. Fortunately, in college I finally was able to start working through some issues with an excellent counselor. But there are still so many stigmas attached. I have to keep differentiating myself from public figures who exhibit behavior that gets labeled as "bipolar." I have to keep telling people, "No, I'm not like Britney Spears. I'm not like Charlie Sheen." And now, "I'm not like Sarah Palin."
Do I feel bad for her? Not even a teeny, tiny bit. I cannot presently afford either the therapy or the medication that I desperately need. Sarah Palin can afford both. She can afford the best doctors, a stay in a luxurious private hospital, whatever she needs to get better. The fact that she doesn't do it--that instead of focusing on dealing with her own mental illness, she poisons our national discourse and tries to spread her madness to the rest of the country--is infuriating and humiliating to me.
(will continue)
(bipolar comments continued)
ReplyDeleteOne of the hallmarks of mania is, of course, grandiosity. I understand that. Sarah clearly exhibits that. I think it is part of her religious conviction that she is God's anointed. Untreated mental illness and religious fanaticism are a lethal, frightening combination.
But I am also lucid enough, even in my manic flights, to understand some of my limitations. I know I would make a lousy president. There are days when I walk around crying for no particular reason. I understand that this would be disastrous if I had, say, a sensitive meeting with the hostile leader of another country (or, heck, even with an ally). I realize that someone who is sometimes too depressed to get out of bed should not be making decisions that affect other people. I realize that someone who is preoccupied with death and sometimes thinks all this life stuff is pointless because we're all going to die anyway--this is not a person who should have access to nuclear codes.
And you know what? If I decided to run for mayor, I have family members who would remind me of these things and point out that a stressful, political position would be in no one's best interest. It's all of our misfortune that Sarah has had no such people in her life, or has refused to listen to them.
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(final comment about bipolar disorder)
ReplyDeleteOn the one hand, I'm glad Nicolle Wallace is admitting that Sarah Palin would have been a disaster as President. On the other hand, I'm distressed that she might be stigmatizing mental illness even further. No, a bipolar person absolutely does not belong in the vice presidential office. But Sarah Palin has many shortcomings that are more or less within her control--the pathological lying, the vindictiveness, the corruption. Why not highlight those rather than the mental illness? Because while I think SP could be getting treatment and chooses not to, bipolar disorder isn't *inherently* her fault. It isn't something she chose to have. It isn't something within her control to overcome.
Sorry to rant. Seeing Nicolle Wallace dismiss her as "cuckoo"--rather than as all the many other horrible things she is and chooses to be--just really pissed me off.
Steve Schmidt is more forthcoming than he has been in the past, but he is STILL pulling his punches regarding Palin.
ReplyDeleteHe SHOULD have resigned from the McCain campaign when he realized that McCain wanted to fuck our entire country by foisting this congenital moron on us. That he did not do so and expose McCain's folly will be an indelible stain on Schmidt's reputation. He could ameliorate that somewhat by telling the WHOLE truth about Palin's idiocy and fecklessness. When he does THAT, then I'll think more kindly of him.
Schmidt is still trying to cover his ass and evade full responsibility for his role in orchestrating what is probably the single biggest campaign clusterfuck in history.
Anon on BiPolarism,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. Thanks for keeping up the tough work of staying healthy. Having dealt with depression, I know that it is HARD WORK.
People who haven't been down that road have no clue how hard the most basic things are--like finding the energy to even get up to go to the bathroom!
I would suggest to everyone that they encourage depressed or otherwise mentally ill family and friends to get help. Not "get over it." Get help. They won't "get over it" without help.
A lot of mental health issues can be treated beneficially with medication. It's not an instant fixer, but with time and support, the issues can often improve dramatically.
Thank you again, Anon, for your courage to speak up. May strength stay with you.
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ReplyDeleteWhat happens in Hawaii stays in Hawaii.
Wow, just saw the cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs line made it onto Hardball. Palin has to be spittin' mad. If you've ever been party to a bipolar rage fit you have to feel sorry for her family.
ReplyDeleteOH PUH-LEEZE! Stop all the division and judging and hatin' on Rachel. You have NO CLUE what goes on behind the scenes. The witch IS melting right before our eyes.
ReplyDeleteIt's almost beginning to sound like Sarah & the sea of pee-ers with their enemies list. SO quick to judge and jump to conclusions.
I can't stand the lying quitter & have done my fair share for the last 3 years to help bring her down and will keep on doing so until the day she finally sits down, shuts up and quits messing with America. Everybody does their own thing in exposing the right-wing nuttiness. Just because someone is not as OBSESSED as we are, doesn't mean they aren't doing their part in their own way.
All will be revealed in time and it won't matter then that you got mad at MSNBC or Rachel. Give it a rest and don't be acting like the flying monkeys do in rushing to judgements.
I too will never forget Palin’s smug and angry response to the question about the Bush Doctrine. I was disgusted watching that interview as she tried to evade and minimize her poor performance. But, the question regarding what she read was more telling. She portrayed herself as an avid reader, yet it was very revealing when she couldn’t name anything she had read. She backed herself into a lame passive response by saying “anything that has been put in front of me.” An avid reader would have jumped for that question with enthusiasm! There is nothing more fun than describing a favorite book. Instead Palin looked like Couric had just passed gas.
ReplyDeleteGasman @9:53 PM, you hit the nail on the head again.
ReplyDeleteAt best she is a malignant narcissist: At worst, a psychopath.
ReplyDeleteNEITHER can be cured nor treated. SP exhibits signs of any/all of these "disorders".
She needs to be permanently retired, away from any position of power, including a Fox talking head.
Charles Manson was a psychopath. She is not as smart to do Manson damage but pretty 'enough' to get people to do damage for her...(jared lounger)...will the public EVER get to know whom actually inspired him to do the horrid shit he did? I doubt it, even if he straight up claimed he did it b/c of the cross-hairs SarahPac had up on their website...We will NEVER GET TO KNOW!
Well, I didn't see anything new in the Schmidt/Wallace interview. Maybe I missed it. Seemed like they were trying to discredit President Obama. And Nicolle is making money off of Palin by writing a book with a character based on her. Sarah Palin is an industry. Even the people who despise her have figured out a way to capitalize on her crazy.
ReplyDeleteJohn Edwards was NOT a poorly vetted V.P. His problems didn't start until after he and Kerry lost the '04 election when he started to run for '08. I'm not sure of the exact timing as to when he met his mistress who later had a daughter with him but it had nothing to do with Edwards as V.P. That started in either '07 or '08.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure there have been other poorly vetted V.P.'s by both the Democratic and Republican party but Palin has to be the worst since they never spoke to anyone in Alaska until after she was offered the nomination. They did NOT know of Bristol's pregnancy until AFTER she said yes. Their response from McCain's spokesperson was along the lines of, "They're getting married-right? Like today?"
The McCain team spent approximately 3 weeks vetting Pawlenty and Lieberman, and 3 hours, if that much, vetting Palin. They definitely lived to regret it. However, they got off easy compared to the rest of the country.
I can't believe the audacity of these two. Wallace and Schmidt can sit there spewing all the opinions and BS they want – they are just as culpable as Palin and McCain. How DARE they?? After making a massive effort to get him elected in spite of the serious and frightening VP candidate – they actually believe we’re all gonna sit around now and say – “wow, thank god Wallace and Schmidt are telling the truth now”. You better believe this – if that election had a different outcome, none of this would see the light of day. They lied, they covered up and now they have the audacity to laugh about her mental state. Especially Nicole Wallace. I’d like to smack that smirk off of her face – she is cashing in on the mess they tried to shove down our throats. Buy her book??? Not in this lifetime. Nope. Every dime that she profits should be donated to charity because she has no right to make money off of an absolute nightmare they created and hid from the public. It’s really not ok to make money off a crime, now is it Nicole?
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Anyone else have the notion that "MeAgain" could be Me-aghan Stapleton?
ReplyDelete(Or Ivy Frye?)
MicMac
Anonymous at 6:37, Gryphen and all. If you want an understanding of how deeply things can be buried, read "Family of Secrets" by Russ Baker. Gore Vidal called it the most important book of the past ten years. I call it the most important book of my lifetime and I'm seventy years old. I read the book three times looking for holes. They simply are not there and yet some enormously important events in our country and I mean GIGANTIC have been covered up and ignored. There is a TABOO that simply cannot be ignored.
ReplyDeleteBTW Bill Moyer as well as Dan Rather also endorsed "Family of Secrets". It will knock your socks off and then you will start to understand.
I still think she will get in as a third party candidate.
ReplyDeleteShe has to do something to satisfy her increasingly vocal base.
If she doesn't, she is finished.
I don't think they will wait around till 2016.
She will split the party vote and hand Obama the election.
Or if she doesn't, she will continue to do reality tv until she fades into oblivion.
or until she has a breakdown and becomes a spokesperson for whatever ailed her.
What disturbs me about this particular episode by Schmidt and Wallace is what were they also hiding about McCain? It is common knowledge that the man has an explosive temper and is a gambling addict. Some of his close political allies said rght from the start that he does not have the temperament for the office. So these two operatives were willing to put TWO unstable people at the top of the ticket. I think both should squirm away in disgrace.
ReplyDelete10:37, you're the one who sounds like a peebot.
ReplyDeleteIn my world, everybody, including Rachel Maddow, gets called on their shit, whether they are liberal or not (or whether I voted for them or not, either, for that matter).
I have no time or inclination to defend the indefensible. And there is no defense for an influential, liberal commentator like Rachel Maddow to not only allow people like Schmidt and Wallace on her show, but to fawn all over them.
Surely Maddow isn't so powerless as to have been made to do that. Just like she isn't so powerless as to have been denied permission to have McGinniss on her show. Chris Matthews did, so obviously MSNBC has not blackballed him.
Trust me, life is so much easier when you stop twisting yourself into a ball trying to justify the unjustifiable when your own favs do it. Just hold them all to the same standard.
Well, now we know the reason why Fox News and the press and other members of the GOP have been giving her a free pass.
ReplyDeleteIf it came out that she was CRAZY and people knew about it and nominated her anyway, that would a be SEVERE BLOW to the GOP.
It would cause mass questioning of motivations, etc.
They HAD to make her sound sane and give her some aura of credibility to cover their own behinds.
Anon on BiPolarism:
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your story. You are an amazing person who is doing an incredible job at dealing with a mental illness you never asked for. More power to you, my friend.
Everything you said about Palin and Wallace was dead on point. I have no respect for either of them but I do hope and pray that Palin will get the help she so desperately and obviously needs.
We've all had to deal with her issues these past 3 years. I hope this is the beginning of the end of this nightmare...
And to you - tidal waves of grace, love and happiness.
Yikes!!! I just finished "It's Classified" and while it's better than "Eighteen Acres" (dreck), I found this darn scary. And the VP in the book WAS sympathetic. She wasn't evil...just mentally ill. Very scary to put the country in that position. Thanks for nuthin' John McCain. I still think he owes each and every American, and frankly the rest of the world, an apology.
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