It was three years ago today that I received an urgent e-mail saying that something big was about to happen with Palin out in Wasilla, and that journalists had 45 minutes to get there.
Unfortunately for me I was unable to leave work (And besides in order to make the drive in 45 minutes I would have had to completely ignore the posted speed limits), so I stayed by my computer and television to wait for whatever this breaking news might be.
It soon exceeded my wildest dreams.
(Here's part two for those who want to see the entire speech.)
You could almost sense the jubilation that bubbled up among many in Alaska at the news. Finally our long terrible national disgrace was coming to an end.
Of course as we know that did NOT mean that Palin was going anywhere, and she still remains Alaska's most visible shame. But hey, at least she's not actively making policy, though as I pointed out she is STILL having an influence.
(P.S. Since I know that somebody is definitely going to send this link at some point today I thought I would beat you to it and include the "Every Breath You Take" version of the resignation speech here. That STILL cracks me up!)
Here's an opinion piece you'll love, Gryphen, (from Al Jazeera, highly respected all over the world, real news promoting democracy, decency and intelligent reasoning):
ReplyDeletehttp://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/06/2012630131753593235.html
This was the first time I'd heard it in three years.
ReplyDeleteWhere is Lak LooSILL?
And, seriously, could someone tell me why it's "dead"?
It's dead because Sarah swam in it; it killed everything that lived in or on the lake. Birds won't fly over it anymore, it's that bad.
DeleteHere's an article from Salon magazine, circa 2008 -- http://www.salon.com/2008/09/19/palin_13/
DeleteAccording to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Lake Lucille has been listed as "impaired" since 1994.
According to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Lake Lucille has been listed as "impaired" since 1994. See this article from Salon magazine, circa 2008, for more information -- http://www.salon.com/2008/09/19/palin_13/
DeleteI noticed that pronunciation also. Quite strange. But her accent all along has been strange.
DeleteIt is said she talks a lot like her pal.
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UOhJ2wEnJ4
OMG!
ReplyDeletehahahahahahahaha.
"I will not run for re-election for governor". I will quit--right now!!!!
I remember watching this with my mouth agape and wondering who
the hell threatened this mess of a human being . . . .Of course she already had a book deal with Rupert.
I loved it when she got that funny look on her face and said Todd was always by her side. Classic Palin. Todd had no idea what the hell she was doing. She had probably just heard about Todd's side trips or that Bristol had named her kid after Todd's side trip. Or someone made a call to tell her to step down or all her crap would be revealed? I don't think we'll ever know unless she seriously pisses off one of her kids. Thus, Bristol will forever be on the grift.
And that cat who ate the canary look she gave at the end was definitely Palin body speak for she had pulled something over on someone.
What fun Gryphen! I loved that debacle.
And thank you Sarah Palin for continuing to be the low life, ignorant, vengeful, ill dressed grifter of all of our dreams. No one does greedy, pandering and stupid like you do girl. Happy Anniversary!
I remember seeing a news blip online. I was ecstatic.
DeleteI knew, right then, that she would not be ELECTED to any national office. She became a total and complete QUITTER - Quitting on the people who had elected her. She would not be elected to a higher position again.
And she showed she was NOT going to take the next LOGICAL steps to being elected again - namely, NOT quitting AND studying your ass off.
Little did I know the shit stench she would continue to barf from her mouth hole.
Even though I knew what she was going to say, I could not watch that trainwreck. I prefer the breathy version. And still she lives on, spewing hatred and misinformation all over the airwaves.
ReplyDeleteWhen will our national nightmare end? Tonight, perhaps the Bristol show will be mercifully put down. Other than the p-bots and those of us with morbid curiosity, there are no viewers.
The breathless version is more honest.
DeleteBristol's son outgrew his stroller, so Sarah Palin gathered her resources and purchased him a custom Power Wheels. - SteelCityGirl
http://www.dlisted.com/2012/07/02/caption-contest-july-2nd
Sarah Palin going to QVC to sell her hot new line of shoes?
http://www.dlisted.com/files/jodiemarshshoes.jpg
GO STEPHAN! Palin’s show is getting more attention in the courts than it is from viewers. Monday July 2, 2012
http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/bristol-palin-sued-again-by-weho-bar-heckler/
To this point, I've been nestled among those with morbid curiosity. But tonight, I think that I'll just watch the Daily Show and Colbert, and then doze off on my own rather than bother with logging onto the interwebs to read in near-real-time about the Palins' most recent humiliation of themselves while grifting for gas money.
DeleteAfter all, with the flying monkeys dropping like flies over there at the Pee Pond, I can forgive myself for being a bit bored with the Palin-Heath sideshow as well. It's the astute analysis and witty commentary offered by the folks here at IM that make Palin-watching seem tolerable.
But as always, I'll be back here tomorrow morning with coffee cup in hand, enjoying your wrap-up and the great comments of your readers skewering the pitiful antics of Wasilla's Worst. Ciao!
I hate to tell you this, and maybe you don't care; but, Jon and Stephen are in reruns this week.
DeleteThe family will try to continue the grifting because that’s paid out the best, but I’m not sure where they go from here. Sarah was their only red light performer, and although her nastiness continues, her looks will/are fading. None of the girls can take her place; they bitch and moan; so delightful.
ReplyDeleteIf Todd wasn’t a pimp and bully, he might be likable, but he can hardly carry the huge existence Sarah has given them.
Grifters gotta grift.
Delete"her looks will/are fading"
Deleteher looks HAVE rapidly disntegrated
Fixed that for you. You're welcome!
Meanwhile....the Toad is next up for some public humiliation...check out this latest publicity photo...it's no better than the last ones...How come this dude looks like he's scared of the gun he's holding???
ReplyDeletehttp://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/assets_c/2012/07/Todd-Palin-Stars-Earn-Stripes-crop-thumb-300x391-42442.jpg
He also had this to say in the article....
"I'm a little sore," Palin tells Zap2it, calling in from his Arizona home, hours before flying back to Alaska to return to commercial fishing.
Asked what he did for the show -- which just finished filming -- Palin says, "You name it, jumping out of helicopters, running, rappelling walls, shooting all kinds of weapons. It was just insane."
Link...http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/07/stars-earn-stripes-todd-palin-and-mark-burnett-discuss-the-nbc-shows-operatives.html
I recall a line from an old Spike Jones and His City Slickers song that shouts out, "Hold up your muzzle! The candy's falling out!"
DeleteIf Toad's finished filming, I wonder how much the well-known organization "Armed Forces YMCA Alaska" raked in?
I wonder if they had a voice over for his part? He has such a teeny breathy, whiny voice.
DeleteMy God, he looks ridiculous. Is there nothing this bunch of grifters will not stoop to to make a buck?
DeleteIt's too bad that they didn't focus more on Todd's skills: building a house, building a fence, bullying anyone who criticizes Sarah, driving a bus, hold a purse, threatening to fire people, did I mention bullying?
DeletePhotoshop fail - they tried to take some weight off him, and took too much. Those hips do not match those shoulders at all.
DeleteDid you mention pimping?
DeleteTodd look TOTALLY out of place in those pictures..hehe
Deletebet his took the gold in the purse carrying relay.
DeleteIs that even a REAL gun? Looks like a toy...
DeleteOh yes I wondered when "Fishpicking" would be mentioned...
Gaaaaahhhhhh!
Hey Sarah, Where's TriG?
...Palin tells Zap2it, calling in from his Arizona home...
DeleteWho in their right mind would VOLUNTARILY live in Scottsdale Arizona in June/July, in light of that Weather.com map you posted yesterday or the day before, Gryphen?
"Splitsville"?
Thanks, Gina. Didn't Todd and Sarah hand over the fishing business to Sarah's first born son, Track on "Sarah Palin Sees Alaska For The First Time"? I know he's in an office shuffling papers in an undisclosed underground bunker overseas, while real soldiers are doing their jobs, but Really? Daddy has to take over fishing?
DeleteAnd puleezze! The poser looks like the human version of an anatomically correct Ken Doll.
I can't believe it has been three years, three long, long years .. of hearing her on FOX news; of seeing videos of her $100,000 speeches, of her trashy family showing up on various tv shows, of her constantly bad-mouthing my President, calling him names, and of her disintegration into the botoxed, drugged, wig wearing hag that she is. But I will forever remember that day. After living on the blogs, watching and waiting to see what Sarah was going to do after the election, of waiting and hoping the truth about Trig would finally come out, I had come to the office that day (a day without clients) and set up my laptop to review a work related conference tape; I logged on to my desktop to enter client data; I put my iPod into the iHome and cranked up the music ... no blogging today I said to myself. About 30 minutes into this self-imposed rigorous work-only day, my son called. Now, my son knew how passionate I was about getting Sarah Palin off the national stage; he vaguely knows about the Trig issue, though he will not listen to any of that, and he has always regarded Sarah Palin as not being a threat to our political arena (I disagee ... we can see the damage she has already done, plus he and my hubby had been trying to get me to give up my blogging saying it was bad for my health (which it was) so for him to call me with what he was about to reveal is unusual. But it was big. He said, Mom, I can't believe I am about to do this, but have you heard the news? Have you been on your blogs? No, I said .. told myself I was going to work and not blog today, I proudly said. Then he said, "Sarah Palin has resigned! And one of your blogs .. I think it is Mud something (Mudflats) is down ... it is overloaded." Well, there went the rest of my day at the office. I quickly checked and confirmed that indeed she had resigned; took the conference tape out of the laptop, packed it up, logged off the desktop, locked the office up and went home; settled in on the sofa with laptop and was there for the weekend! What a day!
ReplyDeleteAnd here is the 7/2009 Vanity Fair's edits of that speech:
ReplyDeletehttp://current.com/shows/lovelife/90493875_vanity-fairs-editors-correct-sarah-palins-resignation-speech.htm
or
http://current.com/15d0m4c
How dare them! She has a freaking journalism degree!
DeleteThat is effin gold!!! Thanks for sharing..lol
DeleteShe WROTE: "(Applause)"
Deleteat the end of her speech!!!!
AND- The editors crossed it out!
HAHAHAHAHA!!!
I remember Paul Begala's hilarious review of her resignation speech on the Daily Beast. He said something like, after reading her personally typed version of the speech, he now found it astonishing that Abraham Lincoln was able to get through his entire Gettysburg address without using a single exclamation point. Priceless!
DeleteThat's even funnier than Sarah's speech!
DeleteEvery time I see this video I think the same thing- someone HAD something on her.
ReplyDeleteWe all know the line about "better serving Alaska" is a bunch of twaddlebunk, but let's suspend reality for a moment and pretend that was true. Palin wanted to leave the office she gained by taking an oath to serve the people of Alaska- so she could serve the people of Alaska. Uh huh.
But if this had been a plan she actually thought about and then decided to execute, there wouldn't have been a breathless, wild eyed speech by the lake with almost no notice for news media to attend. No, there would have been a presser announced well in advance, so lower 48 journalists and even international press could arrive.
She would have likely said lots of flowery and completely untrue things about her successor Lt. Gov. Sub-Parnell, and most importantly, she would have said "in order to not leave the wonderful people of Alaska in the lurch, I'm going to gradually transition the governorship to Mr. Parnell over the next several weeks."
Gryphen, I have always felt the email from the first batch of FOIA requests, the one from Parnell regarding OCS, plays a HUGE part in this mess.
I'm always surprised it wasn't given more attention. Here we have something during a very relevant time period (the 6-12 months before Trig's arrival) and Parnell is telling Palin to go to a quiet place and think about this issue regarding Office of Children's Services. If it was an official matter, would Parnell be telling her to go sit in quiet silence and consider- - whatever it was? Parnell's tone in the message sounded very somber to me, like this was a truly serious matter.
I'm not sure if the subject of that email in whole or part resulted in Sarah's obviously sudden and unplanned resignation, but I definitely think that email is a big piece of the puzzle.
Nyah, whenever I try to apply logic from a strategic viewpoint to Sarah's career choices, I end up twisting my mind into a pretzel.
DeleteSarah's announcement was obviously precipitated under duress, but she doesn't have the character attributes to humble herself and tell the truth about anything that doesn't present herself in the most positive light. She's so insecure about herself and how others perceive her that she can't bear to admit her faults and weaknesses, even when it's obvious to even the most naive witnesses that she has failed. It's fortunate for most of us that Sarah is such a poor actor that we can see right through her efforts to package herself as an "expert on everything".
She is what she has reduced herself to: A Liar and a Grifter, and nothing more. That will be her legacy among all but the most clueless who, incidentally, will be expecting her to be drafted to top the GOP ticket in 2012, 2016, 2020, ...
I remember thinking the exact same thing - "what do they have on her?". The sudden unexpected nature of the announcement screamed crisis, but it could have just been her undisciplined way of doing things (which has been documented sooo many times).
DeleteThat said, if she resigned because "they" had something on her, the question is, who is "they"?
The answer lies in the Latin question "quo bene?" or "who benefits?" in English.
Some thoughts:
The Democrats: They wouldn't be concerned about her Presidential run, as a matter of fact, they were looking forward to it - Obama would have eviscerated her in the debates. Plus it was too early for the Dems to strike, we would have held out until she won the primaries (if she won of course).
The Republicans: There was a definite concern in the rank-and-file GOP about her candidacy, and how it would reflect on the party, but again, that move was too early - and getting her to leave the Governorship bore no fruit for the GOP establishment, if anything it made them look worse for having nominated her as VP Candidate.
Sean Parnell: As Lieutenant Governor, he was probably tasked with taking up alot of the slack generated by a Governor who was becoming increasingly distracted by being a national political celebrity, and who just didn't have any interest in being Governor anymore. Further a Palin resignation would obviously be a benefit to him, in that he gets an instant promotion and salary increase. The OCS situation may well have been the stick used by Parnell to get her to resign.
Sarah Palin: Suddenly she's free to be a celebrity politician, with no true responsibility other than occasionally having egg on her face for saying something stupid (and not even bothering to wipe it off after). She's free to do her multi-million dollar gig on fox and talk to as many conservative groups at $100K a pop as she likes.
In my analysis, the one who truly benefitted from her resignation (other than Alaska) was Sarah Palin herself. If there was a "they", it was Sean Parnell.
One of you good citizens of Alaska, please tell me, were most Alaskans happy with her decision, and was her reasoning for leaving believable?
ReplyDeleteI believe Levi when he said he heard her bemoan the fact that she could be making all kinds of money if she take advantage of all the offers she was getting.
The majority of Alaskan wish she and her family would stay the hell out of their state! They are nothing more than frauds and white trash!
DeleteShe gave no believable, thoughtful, or sane reasons for leaving.
DeleteWe in Alaska are still waiting for her to leave.
Of course Alaskans were happy to see her go. Most of us are still profoundly embarrassed by her. And of course her reasoning was not believable; it wasn't even clearly stated or logical. It made no more sense to Alaskans than it did to anyone else.
DeleteI think her motives were pretty obvious to everyone. A grifter's gotta grift.
@7:21
DeleteHave you figured out what her reason for quitting is?
Sure Palin herself and her supporters have talked about libs and lawsuits or ethics complaints as reasoning for quitting. Which is weird, cause republicans were the number one filer of lawsuits or ethics complaints.
I suppose on a national level, stating or referring to rampant liberals and ethics complaints solves a quitters problem.
As a Alaskan, I know a rather large majority of ethics complaints came from republicans. Look, Palin has a history of being against Alaska's status quo of republican leadership.
I was/am joyous she quit. I and half of western Alaska already resigned to hoping she resigns MONTHS before she did.
QUITSTOCK Alaskans! What a wonderfully Alaskan way to celebrate independence!
One of the things that personally I hate the most about Palin is how she made Alaskans look so stupid.
DeleteShe wasn't even elected by a majority (48% in a three way race). Those amazing voter approval polls that were so touted by McCain's team were only because she sent checks for thousands of dollars to everyone in the state. Her popularity was very short lived. She fooled people but only for a while. Alaskans HATE quitters and saw through her faster than the rest of the US it seems to me.
Only saying what she said publicaly about Nancy Pelosi and Hilary Clinton.
ReplyDeleteThis "whiney,dingbat bitch" should shut up.
We should be so lucky.
Still weird after all these years.
ReplyDeleteAt least she finished the speech.
ReplyDeleteI always thought that Sarah quit because she had used her office as governor to enrich herself. At issue was something called the Alaska Fund Trust which really was a legal defense fund to defend Sarah and her family against "baseless attacks." Although the state of Alaska had a procedure for defending the governor against ethics violations, Sarah chose to use her own lawyer. But, the fund meant that Sarah didn't have to pay the lawyer; the fund did. That is considered enrichment, namely saving Sarah a couple of hundred thousand dollars. It's as if someone else paid your rent and paid for your groceries. You just save all that money.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that the ethics board, three people who had usually ruled favorably on Sarah's side in the past could not overlook hundreds of thousands of dollars. Either Sarah had to pay it back, or they might have put her job on the line. "I'll show them that they can't fire me, I'll quit." seems have been the theme of Sarah's speech. Her announcement was so sudden that Todd had to fly in for it.
Sarah proved the ethics violation was right. Being governor was nothing more than a stepping stone for her-- much like Mitt Romney's term as governor was his stepping stone towards bigger things. Sarah proved that it was all about the money when she signed with Fox, started giving $100,000. speeches, and had a book ghost written for her the month after she quit. I do believe Levi when he said in a Vanity Fair interview that Sarah hated her job as governor, left early, came home and watched reality shows on TV. Sarah's own reality show diminished her standing as a credible politician. Now that Bristol and Todd are TV stars, it's clear that it was always about celebrity and money, not public service.
My favorite choice of reasons re why she quit with the appearance of immediate huge duress were:
Delete-- Something about the Trig BC, insurance issues for him, the Office of Childrens Svs memo and phone call described above.
-- Something about tying her to the Dar Miller fire.
-- Something about the Alaska Fund that she put her pal in charge of, and then the computer records for it got messed up, and they had to reconstruct them by hand. Oh my! what a lot of oppty for some extra-curricular grafting. But I bet someone knows, and is making use of that knowledge.
-- Because they got Stevens on some (smallish) house expense from public funds, I wondered if her stolen house materials were going to come to light.
-- Could have been the prostitution, although WE did not know about it then.
-- One of her big-time GOP VIPs was yanking her chain about something, and resigning was her response.
Didn't you get the feeling that officials with sirens and handcuffs might arrive at any time during or after that speech? Her hysteria in speaking suggested that to me.
I think $he resigned so quickly because $he was fixin' to be implicated in a 'sexting a minor' scandal.
DeleteI'm serious.
Happy Quitter's Day Alaska!
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing that three years later, we still don't know what caused that abrupt, breathless, drugged (probably) resignation.
ReplyDeleteYes, just amazing. It just confirms for me that she is being protected so she can do the "energize the base" thing for the GOP's Southern Strategy. She's so good at that.
DeleteShe is the biggest embarrassment to Alaska and has become so to the entire nation!!!
ReplyDeleteCannot imagine living in her mind and body. The Palin/Heath group are nothing more than proven frauds and liars!
I know we've talked about SP and her mental stability many times. I found this explanation fits her to a tee (T): =
ReplyDeleteDr. Robert Hare, one of the world's foremost experts in the field, estimates that there are at least two million psychopaths in North America. He writes, "Psychopaths are social predators who charm, manipulate, and ruthlessly plow their way through life, leaving a broad trail of broken hearts, shattered expectations, and empty wallets. Completely lacking in conscience and in feelings for others, they selfishly take what they want and do as they please, violating social norms and expectations without the slightest sense of guilt or regret."(9)
Another researcher described psychopaths in this way: "These people are impulsive, unable to tolerate frustration and delay, and have problems with trusting. They take a paranoid position or externalize their emotional experience. They have little ability to form a working alliance and a poor capacity for self-observation. Their anger is frightening. Frequently they take flight. Their relations with others are highly problematic. When close to another person they fear engulfment or fusion or loss of self. At the same time, paradoxically, they desire closeness; frustration of their entitled wishes to be nourished, cared for, and assisted often leads to rage. They are capable of a child's primitive fury enacted with an adult's physical - capabilities, and action is always in the offing.
Ultimately, "the psychopath must have what he wants, no matter what the cost to those in his way."(l7)
And the psychopath's destruction is so much more awful when the psychopath has the management of young children.
DeleteWow. That is Sarah to a tee.
DeleteSarah has never apologized for anything. Never showed remorse, never showed shame for hurting people, or throwing people under the bus. And this is early on, from the time she was Mayor and Governor of AK. Wise people who aren't deceived by looks and charisma, see through the veil of deceit and see a very disturbed dark soul, that seeks to destroy everything she touches.
ReplyDeleteHer life is a tragedy. She still has the chance to seek redemption and steer off the road she's on. It's never too late. Second chances are for everyone.
But, as it appears now, until that time, her state of unhappiness and discontentment is obvious to anyone who hears her speak. Like the Bible says, "there is no peace to the wicked".
I don't know how this woman keeps going with the lying, the deceit, and attention-seeking, the verbal attacks on others, the vendettas, the grudge-holding, and the constant self-adulation without introspection. How one person can live with that much negative energy in their soul, is a mystery.
She would say that national liberals and others have been nasty and verbally attacked her. But this happened only AFTER she opened her mouth when she was introduced as John McCain's VP choice at the conventions and rallies. Her words weren't words of "WWJD", rather they were words filled with self-pride, arrogance, and insults towards others. This is why she isn't like or loved by the majority at present.
If she screams "victim! victim!" now, it just bounces off. People are very tired of hearing her and her family claim how victimized they are and the lame excuses they make when they are quitting, seeking fame, pointing the finger at others who do the dirty work (while they sit around whining and texting and bad-mouthing, traveling and shopping and just being plain lazy).
There's nothing uplifting about Sarah, she squanders her time on hating, rather than using her (questionnable skills) to better the issues that she pretends she has such a passion for. What actually has she done to date, since quitting her governorship? She talks for a living. She texts a tweet, or posts a facebook sermon. It's just her opinion. She uses her PAC money sent by middle-class donors to manage a staff and a paid ghostwriter who gives her advice on what to post on her facebook, and she values herself as the most giving selfless servant's heart in the world?
Whatever happened to sick children in Haiti? Whatever happened to victims of tornados that she stood with and prayed with, with cameras rolling? Has she followed-up on these events on facebook posts and written human interest stories? With all the people she's met and talked to, isn't there one story that impressed and moved her enough to share with others?
No. And, that's because the woman is self, self, self, self-absorbed. And that's very tragic.
"If she screams "victim! victim!" now, it just bounces off. People are very tired of hearing her and her family claim how victimized"
DeleteJust like the boy who cried wolf!
STFU Sarah and Bristol!
She still has the chance to seek redemption and steer off the road she's on. It's never too late. Second chances are for everyone.
DeleteDon't know about that. Sarah Palin and her families image are set in stone and they may never recover from it.
Woot!
ReplyDeleteQUITSTOCK!
I'm tellin ya, the Quitter couldn't handle the job. And pundits say the Quitter wasn't qualified VP... tsk tsk...
You realize poor ol' Todd had to fly in from Bristol Bay, ON PEAK SALMON RUN WEEK, to be by her side for this?
The Quitter lost it. Can't handle work.
It cracks me up when the words "hard working American or Alaskans" spews from her mouth.
Sarah Palin is the worst example of a 'woman' on the planet. She, to begin with, does not compare AT ALL to the professional working women in America. Sarah Palin does not know what the term 'work' even means. She has no ethics - is a proven continual liar and is nothing more than a fraud! She no more acts like a christian than an 'alien' from outer space!
DeleteAlaska is glad to be rid of her in government, but her 'guy' Parnell is still around and is the shell up there for the oil business.
So, whatever happened to the Alaska Fund Trust?
ReplyDeleteThere's so much going on with this shady woman that it's hard to keep track of the various slush funds and LLCs.
An LLC 'bought' her mansion for her in Arizona
DeleteI remember watching this and she kept saying, "I've given my reasons" for resigning, and I would think, No you haven't! I couldn't make heads or tails out of that gibberish.
ReplyDeleteI agree with another comment that Todd had no idea what was going on. His wooden reaction was so strange.
And Piper was struggling with Trig. The whole thing was completely crazy.
R in NC
Todd either had no idea what was going on or he strongly disagreed with her quitting.
DeleteIf it was the later, though, I think he came around once the money started pouring in.
Yes, what an amazing day. I was right here, reading your every post. Do you remember our hopes, wishes, predictions for the "iceberg"? Many of us changed our avatar to something iceberg-related: See, mine is the "Iceberg" rose variety. Still.
ReplyDeleteI guess we continue hoping there's an iceberg around, ready to do the right thing. Mr G do you have an iceberg you are keeping hidden? Just a simple "yes" or "no" would do. Thank you.
"Iceberg" was actually my friend Dennis Zaki's term, but yes there was information about actually a couple of those at the time.
DeleteAs for if they are coming, many of us believe that the resignation was part of a deal she made in order to forever keep them hidden. Because once she was gone, our sources essentially dried up.
Of course that did not keep some of us from digging up our own mini icebergs. And to this day Palin is still fighting to keep those quiet.
Thank you, G. That makes perfect sense. So it's our job to get that info uncovered. Bloggers vs people who can "keep things forever hidden" seems like an unequal match, but it is what it is. Thank you for answering! I am guessing that you have some idea re what the deal involved. So I wish you would keep telling us when we are going off on a pointless tangent, or when we are warm and warmer. I trust you will do what you can.
DeleteHappy Quitter's Day, Alaskans! We ought to make it a state holiday.
ReplyDelete"Pass the ball for victory" by walking off the court and quitting. That's a fine example of that illogical lying that Palin does so well.
I'm sorry but the state of Alaska tourism board needs to do some damage control. I don't live in the USA. We had always thought of taking a nice cruise through Alaska one day, perhaps even do some fishing. The place always held some mysticism for me and my friends.
ReplyDeleteEver since Palin came and ruined things for everyone, I can't help shake the feeling the state is filled with lowlife hillbillies (I know it's not the case, but my minds eye has been polluted) and now I have no interest in visiiting.
I hope Alaska can change the way it is perceived and go back to letting people believe it is a magical place with tons of beauty. I'm not trying to insult any Alaskans, just trying to call it like I see it
My cousins are coming from Calif. to Anchorage today for their first Alaska visit. We are going to stay in a cabin on the Kenai River and fish, we are going to take a glacier/wildlife cruise and explore around Seward and Homer. We are going to eat in some fabulous restaurants in Anchorage, visit two world class museums, and enjoy every single moment the amazing beauty of the surrounding mountains and ocean. We haven't talked about Sarah Palin once in our planning, and her name will not come up at all during their visit. Sarah Palin is not Alaska. She is a mean, sick person who happened to have lived here and used Alaska as a platform for attention. I hope, 8:57, that you will give up the notion that SP represents this state. Check out some Alaska tourism websites. You won't see SP or her breed of white trash mentioned anywhere. They are an insignificant piece of this state.
DeleteI know there are lots of terrific people and much beauty in Alaska. My fear is that, like driving in Mexico, if one got in sideways with the law somehow (like a car accident, or anything, really), you would be in a corrupt Kafkaesque system set up to fleece you. Too scary.
DeleteI feel the same way. Wanted to take a cruise in Alaska but that dream died with the introduction of the Palins on the national scene. They tainted the dream for me.
DeleteA New Englander
I was lucky enough to visit AK early in 2008, before I knew who $P was. I thought it was kinda cool that there was a woman governor, but didn't think any more about it. It is a beautiful state with great people and I hope I get back someday.
DeleteOf course, I live in Texas, and we got some screwballs here, too. Don't hold it against the rest of us.
It would help if we could have a stand-down on keeping Palin in the media and on blogs.
DeleteDon't let anything stop you from following your dreams, I visited twice, once with a cruise and once visiting friends and seeing the sites on our own.
DeleteDon't get me wrong, the cruise was ok, you do get to see a lot of nature and the unique beauty and breathless landscapes, you're basically seeing what the cruise ship wants you to see, and you're isolated from the true Alaska. All the stops are basically tourist traps, and the experience depends on how well the tour's leader is.
To me, nothing compares to going it alone. We met so very many great people. Flying into and out of Sitka, where our friends live was the part I'll never forget.
My travelling days are over due to health issues, but I've learned more by living among the people of various states and countries, learning their traditions,History, language, and cultures than eight years of higher education.
When DINGBATS EPIC FAIL!
ReplyDeleteI trust Levi Johnston: Jul 10, 2009 Palin Resigned Because Of Money
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/09/levi-johnston-palin-resig_n_229182.html
Johnston says he lived with the Palin family from early December to the second week in January. He claims he heard the governor several times say how nice it would be to take advantage of the lucrative deals that were being offered, including a reality show and a book.
Jun 2, 2010 Palin Quit To Cash In On Fame
http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-250_162-5149480.html
Jul 6, 2010 – The father of Sarah Palin's grandchild backtracked Tuesday from scores
Vanity Fair magazine
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/09/levi-johnston
Aug 3, 2010 – Palin quits again, huh. ... Seems like Bristol is quite a spoiled little b$%ch. .... Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston are off-again, she confirmed
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2010/08/bristol_levi_breakup.html
Happy Independence Day Alaskans! Fuck you Sarah!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletenot fair, so does Alaska have a two day holiday now, July 3 & 4?
ReplyDeleteHappy Quitter's Day Alaska!
In the clip at around 5 minutes, Sarah talks about her administration's successes, then says, "This success, I am proud to take credit for, hiring the right people".
ReplyDeleteI never heard any politician come right out and say that they are PROUD to take CREDIT for being successful. They usually thank their hired staff for helping with the success. But, Sarah, is proud and thanks herself and will take the credit for hiring the right staff to make it so.
What a big ego!
And the ducks or water birds in the background really were squawking every time she made some false claim. They were really on to her.
They were loons..lol
DeleteI found this and the other blogs after she quit on the good people of Alaska. I use to just cringe whenever she opened her mouth during the campaign, I was actually embarrassed for her utter stupidity. But, after she quit, I thought someone had to have something on her, who quits the governorship? (Unless like me you live in Illinois and your POS governor (Blagojevich) gets impeached for trying to sell Obama's Senate seat among other various crimes.) Then after playing catchup on all the bullshit from the various blogs I became hellbent on this woman hoping and praying for the day the Fed's come knocking on her door! Maybe they have a woman section in Colorado where Blago is. Match made in political heaven. Thanks, Gryphen for all you do!
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Happy Independence Day Alaskans!
ReplyDeleteRIP Andy Griffith.
She will forever be known as the "QITTER" who then became the "GRIFTER."
ReplyDeletePriceless. someone post that to malia blog.
ReplyDeleteBy the way... the "attack in a different direction" quote is from Major General O.P. Smith; Doug MacArthur is the knucklehead who ordered his 1st Marine Division into the trap at Chosin. Fitting, but not in the way of Queen Esther's intent!
ReplyDeleteAmerica As Self-Declared Victim
ReplyDeletehttp://newspaperrock.bluecorncomics.com/2012/05/america-self-declared-victim.html
"One reason for this feckless conduct is that the pronounced sense of American victimhood has powerfully strengthened American self-righteousness. We are as sure as we ever have been that we have a Providential mission on this earth, that we were born as a nation in a condition of "original virtue," that 9/11 was an offense against the natural order of things. That order must be restored--in our hearts, in our minds, in our spirit--by acting our there, not by looking inward. After all, Americans are a proactive, can-do people.
Americans, more than most other peoples, live by their collective myths. American 'exceptionalism' in particular holds a key place in their make-up. That places an exceptional burden on preserving our foundation fables.
The impulse to pursue real and imagined enemies across much of Eurasia and Africa is propelled in part by the fearful quest for absolute security that is taken as an American birthright. That impulse is reinforced by the imperative to validate the nation's mythical self-image.
Atavistic beliefs that Americans are winners, that they act selflessly in the world, that this goodness should be recognized by others, that Truth is on their side--together form the keystone of American being and meaning. Individuals' sense of worth is tied to this mythologized collective identity.
This makes it exceedingly difficult, psychologically, to cut loose from actions that failed the test of utility in meeting national interests years ago. For the dread of facing a reality bereft of the moral and ideational sustenance those myths provide is stronger than is the fear of costly wars without end and corrupted ideals."
Read more at the link.
So, I'm curious: How soon after the quitter quit did all the construction around her home begin? The home improvements, new Fox studio and apartment (the one Bristol lives in) and when did they all start driving brand spanking new vehicles??
ReplyDeleteHuman ashes dumped at Four Corners Monument. Equivalent to urinating in someone's church. Keep it classy, white folks. http://t.co/kHIJ23ZH
ReplyDeleteAmerica has become a nation of bullies. "Hiss and taunt. Tease and intimidate. Target your enemies and torture them." http://t.co/2Jp8dfAk
Alaska's "gain" was America's "loss." Palin is the plague.
ReplyDeleteWTF Michele Bachmann "SLIM PICKINGS?"
ReplyDeleteDon't tell us Romney is going to pull a McCain and is looking for a vagina? Any vagina will do?
(CNN) – Former presidential candidate Michele Bachmann did not deny Monday whether she was being vetted for the job of Mitt Romney's running mate.
"Whoever it is that he chooses to bring in as his V.P., it will be a highly competent person who could step in at a moment's notice and assume the responsibilities of the White House," the Minnesota congresswoman said on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight."
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/03/bachmann-on-vp-spot-not-for-me-to-make-that-decision/
OMG - shelly? Didn't they learn enough of a lesson with Sara? yet another smack down or is the GOP bound and determined to throw these two losers out there, spend every nickel and eff up the economy as much as possible in the slim chance the American people - those who haven't been disenfranchised or scrubbed by Diebold - can spring an upset. Otherwise they can take these two losers and throw them on the trash heap of history telling them not to come around their playground until they wear big boy pants and cotton undies. I'm beginning to smell a McCain - the GOP didn't want him and he won the nomination. His payback was Sara. The GOP old liners don't want mittens - will he get stuck with Shelly as his punishment?
DeleteDon't forget Alaska's Sarah Palin. She is an energy expert with no energy experience, mother of four uneducated children and Sarah has at least 3 grandchildren and a pimp for a husband.
DeleteIf Romney choose Palin as his vp, it is recommended that Romney hires a food taster.
Oh Please, Please, Please, Romney, pick Bachmann.
DeleteLOL
Unfortunately until you vote out the scat she left in her place your governors mansion will stink like Tawds sperm laden washclothes.
ReplyDeleteNot being an Alaskan, I had not connected Sarah Palin's quitting with the even of the Fourth of July, on which date we celebrate the founding of our country. Sarah Palin could not be more different from our "founding fathers" whom she claims to respect so much. They did not quit on July 3, 1776. They and many thousands of others were getting ready to put their lives on the line.
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Yeah, I know. I'm an Alaskan, in Alaska and didn't even think of Sarah Palin when I got up this morning. Or the significance of the date, or what happened in Alaska, three years ago today?
DeleteThanks for the reminder.
Has anyone here read "Griftopia" by Matt Taibbi?
ReplyDeleteFrom Chapter 1:
Just looking at Palin up on the podium doesn’t impress me. She looks like a chief flight attendant on a Piedmont flight from Winston-Salem to Cleveland, with only the bag of almonds and the polyester kerchief missing from the picture. With the Junior Anti-Sex League rimless glasses and a half updo with a Bumpit she comes across like she’s wearing a cheap Halloween getup McCain’s vice-presidential search party bought in a bag at Walgreens after midnight— four-piece costume, Pissed-Off White Suburban Female, $19.99 plus tax.
Just going by the crude sportswriter-think that can get any campaign journalist through a whole presidential race from start to finish if he feels like winging it, my initial conclusion here is that John McCain is desperate and he’s taking one last heave at the end zone by serving up this overmatched electoral gimmick in a ploy for … what? Women? Extra-horny older married men? Frequent Piedmont fliers?
I’m not sure what the endgame is, but just going by the McCain campaign’s hilariously maladroit strategic performance so far, it can’t be very sophisticated. So I figure I’ll catch a little of this cookie-cutter political stump act, snatch a few quotes for my magazine piece, then head to the exits and grab a cheesesteak on the way back to the hotel. But will my car still be there when I get out? That’s where my head is, as Sarah Palin begins her speech.
Then I start listening.
She starts off reading her credentials. She’s got the kid and nephew in uniform— check. Troop of milk-fed patriotic kiddies with Hallmark Channel names (a Bristol, a Willow, and a Piper, a rare Martin Mull– caliber whiteness trifecta)— check. Mute macho husband on a snow machine— check. This is all standard-issue campaign decoration so far, but then she starts in with this thing about Harry Truman…
I’m on the floor for the speech— stuck in the middle of a bunch of delegates from, I believe, Colorado— and at the line “They are the ones who do some of the hardest work,” the section explodes in cheers. I look back up at Palin and she has a bit of a confident grin on her face now. Not quite a smirk, that would be unfair to say, but she’s oozing confidence after delivering these loaded lines. From now through the end of her speech there will be a definite edge to her voice. Before I have any chance of noticing it she’s moved beyond the speaking part of the program and is suddenly, effortlessly, deep into the signaling process, a place most politicians only reach with great effort, and clumsily, if at all. But Palin is the opposite of clumsy: she’s in the dog-whistle portion of the speech and doing triple lutzes and back-flips. She starts talking about her experience as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska…
Thank you! Taibbi. I'll get it immed.
DeleteShe starts talking about her experience as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska…
DeleteDid Sarah Palin mention how she screwed up the town hockey rink and put Wasilla into unnecessary debt for many years by having the rink built on private property and eventually was taken to court and had to pay top dollar for the land? Did Sarah Palin mention how she got her two story red house built about the same time the rink was built using similar materials that the rink was built from and how Todd built the two story home with only a couple of buddies and nobody knew who they were and there were no plans? Did Sarah Palin mention Todd can't even build a fence without the first wind blowing it over but the mystery two story Todd built house manages to withstand the harsh Alaskan winters and wind?
Matt Taibi. Fantastic, I am so excited!
DeleteOff Topic but H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S!!!! A commenter on Wonkette responds to article about Sara calling Pelosi a dingbat!
ReplyDeletehttp://wonkette.com/477049/very-self-aware-grandma-grifter-sarah-palin-calls-nancy-pelosi-dingbat#more-477049
"A unicorn fucking a leprechaun on the surface of the sun makes more sense than this bitch."
Primogen1
Primogen 1 nails it!
DeleteHow convenient that Life's A Tripp is featuring Palin at CPAC on the anniversary of her quitting. Is this a ploy to show she's fulfilling her duties to help Alaska--outside of Alaska? I wouldn't doubt it.
ReplyDeleteAwww...QUITTER Day...who could forget that day! I was toggling between IM's and "Crazies4Palin!! And let me tell you...it was more entertaining over at the Asylum! Between the crying and the praying and the speculations I laughed till I damn neared cried!
ReplyDeleteEspecially when Baldy announced that she was "stepping down for Alaska"! I tried to find the post...but it looks like they got rid of it! Gee....I wonder WHY! LOL!!!
Today at the Asylum...they haven't mention that this was the day Baldy said adios to her political career and hello to fame whoring! And look at her crazy ass 3 years later....an international laughing stock...a dingbat...a face lifted loon who only garners laughter and scorn! What a wonderful legacy! LMAO!!
I must say though...the Asylum has been pretty entertaining the last few days! Apparently the moderators mean what they say because today they have deleted several of Exxodus' post! And that TeresaAK person posted this plea to Creepy Jr...
" TheresaAK Today 03:28 PM
Wow! Such Fire In The Belly.../s
Lord help us.
Vote for the empty orange juice can because the empty orange juice can is not obama.
That's all you need to concern yourselves with...and that is what will get him elected, you know.
This is the new American Spirit?
It is what it is?
Deal with it and don't question what problems could arise with Romney, just get behind him and stop complaining about it.
Is this the message from C4P?
Sarah said ABO, and if you support Sarah, this is what you must do?
I don't believe that's what Sarah meant at all...That's not the dynamic Sarah I know...
Chuck Jr...take this message to Sarah...please!
Give us more of a reason to get behind this guy, than ABO.....
If you want us to truly do this, you, must make the argument for his case, other than just because he isn't obama ......
That is not you...I know it isn't....
Fire in the Belly! Remember?
Now, I know you said not at this time, I respect that and I am not writing about you jumping in, I am asking you to give us real reasons to support this guy.
I remember that some Republicans voted for obama because he wasn't Bush...look what happened?
Many still will not vote for Romney just because you say, but if you have compelling reasons to give, you could very well change minds in his favor.
I personally am open to listening to you, and contemplating what you would say......but I need much more than ABO.
I need to be reassured with answers on just exactly how this guy will govern to the Right....when the leaders pulled in many of the Tea Party freshman....those that promised to stay true to those who elected them...."
I don't think Creepy Jr gives a shit...he just needs some of the remaining fools to buy his stupid ass book in the fall! Good luck with Crazies4Palin even being AROUND in the fall! LOL!!
I've done some more reading today about National Quitter's Day and now I'm even more sure someone forced Sarah to pull up political stakes and haul scrawny ass to the campground marked "wannabe celebrities".
ReplyDeleteTodd had to fly in, so sudden was Sarah's "decision"- that I already knew. What I did NOT know was Todd left the fishing biz during the one and ONLY "peak salmon week" of the entire year and by doing so, the Palins lost thousands and thousands of dollars.
You're telling me Sarah couldn't wait 72 HOURS to quit? She HAD to quit that day, PERIOD?
Oh yeah, someone was holding her feet to the fire. And I think it MUST be something to do with Trig. (any of 'em, all of 'em)
I know Palin herself is who stood to gain the most by quitting- financially at least. But the damage to her reputation was SO costly, I think she'd have managed to lump along for the 16 months (or whatever it was) of her term and then cash in immediately after.
Therefore I think the person who said Parnell was the "they" who had something on Sarah is likely correct. Parnell must have been livid as he watched Palinflit about on private jets, burning through 200k of donor money on clothes and fancy accessories for her family. He must have rolled his eyes every time someone in the media touted Sarah as the "woman who has it all".
Parnell had never (to my knowledge) spoken up about the Trig rumors. Not even to say "that's ridiculous, I saw a fabric covered layer beneath a layer of fabric under a layer of fabric- she was DEFINITELY pregnant!"
Even those on the periphery of Palin's circle of sheep said things of that nature. (such as people at the ADN) defended her "pregnancy".
But her running mate, her lieutenant, her successor? Not a peep.
And in this case, his silence SCREAMS knowledge.
It's official- I think Parnell or a surrogate of Parnell told Sarah she was GOING to quit that very day- or else.
Sorry, damn autocorrect. Should be "limp along", not LUMP along- although that too would be appropriate terminology for a Palin governorship.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the trip down memory lane. This video is one is a classic! She had her hastily prepared speech/ notes on the podium and was keeping her place with her finger while gulping air like a guppy out of it's bowl. I kept hoping someone would heave ho her into the lake. She looked completely apoplectic, and we all knew something was up. She couldn't wait for July 4, a date a true patriot would raise the white flag of surrender.
ReplyDeleteThe every breath is funnier today than it was back then. There were several distinct "breaths", on the hannity show, she could barely muster repeating the one breath style that time, hard living, and substance abuse have caused since that historic day.
And she's attracting the same size audience! Karma, sweet Karma!