This is a big day for Palin, she actually gets to make her nasty remarks someplace besides Facebook.
I mean sure it's just that defunct site Breitbart, but hey baby steps.
Courtesy of the aforementioned defunct site:
Turns out Ted Cruz’s partner, Carly Fiorina, had a more graceful exit from the political stage than he had.
Cruz’s broken pledge to support the will of the people tonight was one of those career-ending “read my lips” moments. I guarantee American voters took notice and felt more unsettling confirmation as to why we don’t much like typical politicians because they campaign one way, but act out another way. That kind of political status quo has got to go because it got us into the mess we’re in with America’s bankrupt budgets and ramped up security threats.
It’s commonplace for politicians to disbelieve their word is their bond, as evidenced by Cruz breaking his promise to endorse his party’s nominee, evidently thinking whilst (Whilst?) on the convention stage, “At this point, what difference does it make?” We’ve been burned so horribly by that attitude that voters won’t reward politicians pulling that “what difference does it make” stunt again. Politicians will see — it makes all the difference in the world to us.
So Sarah Palin is criticizing Ted Cruz for not keeping his word?
Seriously does Wasilla not have at least one dictionary which can define "hypocrisy" for these people?
Palin also included this rather nasty video which mocks not only Ted Cruz, but also his former premature running mate Carly Fiorina.
As for Cruz, well dammit he is mad as hell and he is not going to take it anymore.
Courtesy of HuffPo:
“[I’m not going to] come like a servile puppy dog and say, ‘thank you very much for maligning my wife and maligning my father.’”
I don't usually condone violence, but Republican on Republican violence?
I could watch that.
How did she handle the will of the people electing Barack Obama TWICE?
ReplyDeleteIt was God's Will wasn't it Sarah? Sarah? haha
DeleteCruz is extremely scary, but I give him credit for not endorsing Trump, and doing it at the RNC. I hope he did damage to Trump AND damaged his own future in politics.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that I don't like Cruz at all, but I have to admire his speech at the convention.
DeleteWhat Trump did to Heidi Cruz and to Ted's father was utterly despicable.
Again, I don't like Cruz's principles, but at least he has the guts to stand up for the people he loves.
Ted Cruz must have a lot of splinters stuck in his taint from all that fence-riding.
DeleteCruz is scary but this isn't about his election. It is about the election of a fascist who is more patriotic to Putin than the United States.
DeleteWe may pay more to NATO but we also sell equipment through Foreign military sales, which, like WW2 Lend Lease program, helps our economy. Alaska remembers this very well.
I don't care for Cruz at all. People think he is a great hero or the worst loser with what he did. I like it for the reminder and any thorn in this flawed convention production.
DeleteI am waiting to see Melania Trump practice on stage by her husband's side on their most important moment. Togetherness will be interesting.
What will Melania say? It is a shame if Don plans to have his kid bogart such a special time
I hope there is an update on Meredith McIvers soon. We need to hear from Melania about what happened.
3 hrs ageo Snopes: Meredith Mc-Nigh-ver
http://www.snopes.com/meredith-mciver-exists/
They think she exists. When do we see and hear from her in real time?
It wouldn't be necessary for Melania to say anything at all. All she has to do is pose on Donald's arm.
DeleteLet's think this through, shall we. The Trump staffer explained how Michelle's words ended up in the speech after Melania read them to her over the phone, presumably as an idea of words she admired. So Melania knew damned well where they came from. When she saw them parroted back almost word-for-word in "her" speech, she delivered it without blinking and later said she wrote the speech with very little help.
DeleteSo, okay, is she as big a liar as her husband, or too stupid to recognize Michelle's words when she saw them again in "her" speech?
Creepy Cruz refused to kiss Don the con's ring. ;) They're both slimeballs. Sarah's running out of Asses to kiss.
DeleteWhy wasn't she smart enough to see thru Cruz when she was supporting him to get in the Senate?
ReplyDeleteMany will remember when Sarah sent Cruz a care package from Alaska when he shut down the government. She's just as sleazy and corrupt as he is.
Delete$$$
DeleteShe has always been stupid. That is why she worked for that creepy corporation, Fox. Too bad Ailes is not doing a perk walk.
DeleteHowever, I rather watch Fox than this convention show. I hope Fox will share more of their simple little lifestyle. I am sick of all the gold, flash and opulence.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/07/21/16/3676CDA500000578-3701634-Wedded_bliss_It_looked_like_Jerry_Hall_60_and_Rupert_Murdoch_85_-m-14_1469115152594.jpg
I am not watching either show. The Condors live cam at night is much better.
Yes. Goes to judgement, but really, who ever thought she had any?
DeleteMeanwhile, IM's preferred candidate has methodically removed every liberal from consideration as a running mate, just as we all knew she would. Warren was never under consideration, guarantee it. HRC is stuck in the 1990s and thinks she has to triangulate to the right to win the election. She's going to lose so big.
ReplyDeleteAw, Andy, it's going to be fun to picture your crumpled face and low-pitched blubbering the night of Nov. 8. You really would rather have an insane Republican in the White House than admit you were wrong about HRC's electability, ya dumb bastard.
DeleteDonald Trump is mentally unstable. He is the "preferred candidate" of irrational people.
DeleteAnd doesn't that explain a whole lot, 12:22pm.
Delete@Andrew Prostate Don't post comments while drunk.
DeleteI didn't hear Hillary promise anybody she'd pick Warren. I want Warren to stay where she is. I want a VP with strong int'l experience. Liberal or center, but with military experience.
DeleteSo that's what she thinks, eh Andy? Anybody else's head you live in? Do tell.
DeleteI'm not a Trump supporter. I'm a progressive and proud of it, but I have no trouble recognizing reality. She's going to lose and it's going to be entirely her fault and that of the people who chose to support Wall Street Banks and endless war over a real progressive. When your children and grandchildren ask you what you did to try to stop the dystopian hellscape future a Trump presidency will bring us, you can tell them that you aided and abetted his ascendancy by helping to nominate and supporting the one candidate in the nation capable of losing to him. I'm not looking forward to our eventual conquerors force marching us through the labor camps that will be set up on the outskirts of our towns and cities.
DeleteYou don't sound crazy at all.
DeleteLearn to read an electoral map, you ignorant jackass.
Andy has a crystal ball. Its made in China by Trump.
DeleteCruz says that he is not a servile puppy. Sarah; on the other hand, is an asskissing pill popper, who will pander to anyone, for a buck.
ReplyDeletehow low does she go? that is the question!
DeleteWho knew rock bottom has a basement?
DeleteAint that the truth. Thank god she's so ignorant. Dumb and evil is not as bad as intelligent and evil.
DeleteJust how low will Sarah go? Lets ask Roger..
DeleteAnd of course she has to channel Michelle Obama via Melania Trump, with the expression "their word is their bond."
ReplyDeleteSplodey heads keep splodin!
DeleteFirst Lady Michelle Obama Carpool Karaoke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln3wAdRAim4
Exactly 11:50. In true Sarah Palin infantile style, she tries to produce evidence after the fact that everyone uses the phrase "their word is their bond." Fail.
DeleteIt was not about 5 words anyway.
DeleteWhen is Melania going to remedy what happened? She is a sharp business woman and can handle herself and a matter like this.
She needs to talk about her relationship with Meredith McIvers and how it all came to be. Did Melanie hire McIvers herself? Was she part of the campaign?
The mean girl in her always rules. Vicious woman. I truly hope to hear tonight, from Melania, that Melania has apologized personally to Michelle Obama and she now would like to apologize publicly.
DeleteRegardless of how she acts, Melanie Trump can't move forward if she doesn't make her amends. She does not have to do it all tonight. She does need to address her elephant in the room. She will make Donald and Ivanka look like shallow cons if they suck all the air with their scripts.
DeleteI don't think Melania is scheduled to speak. She can do the eye candy routine in her sleep, it is what she does and probably all Trump wants her for tonight. There will be a yuuuge dark cloud over the arena if they don't deal with reality.
DeleteASAP Melania does need to take care of this business she got herself into.
Can you imagine if Michelle Obama stole words for any of her speeches?
Okay.... and I'm totally sure the persons who made this got permission to use the Talking Heads' song, as well as the clip from "This is Spinal Tap!" Yeah, that's the ticket.
ReplyDeletePalin: Cruz’s Trump snub ‘career-ending’
ReplyDeleteBe very careful Sarah Palin. Every time you poke your nose into grown folks business something bad happens like prostitute/girlfriend Shailey Tripp surfaced, Bristol gets a new trial husband, drunk suicidal son picked up for Domestic Violence, something happened to Todd that put him in ICU (no pictures of snowmachine if there was one that caused the injuries), leader of the Colony Girls avoided jail time for B&E, children's pregnancies before marriage, son divorced, three adult children not attending college and so on.
Sarah you are needed at home. Stay off of Instagram, Facebook and any other way you are trying to stay relevant.
she is allergic to logic but thanks for trying
DeleteTed Cruz got 20 minutes of prime time TV exposure for free.
ReplyDeleteSarah Palin got "[she's] a long ways away".
Better luck in 2020, Sarah.
LOL!
DeleteHer constant use of whilst reminds me of when I was in high school. In our English papers we all constantly overused the word "one", I.e. " when one ........". At the time we thought it made us sound sooooo smart!
ReplyDeleteI had a teacher once gave out a list of all the words that we weren't allowed to use in papers, sounds like Sarah needs to have that list. Just because the word sounds fancy doesn't make to any smarter Sarah.
DeleteRight Teddy, and Democrats are not suddenly going to swoon over Donald and say, "Thank you for calling Hillary a crook and calling for her murder. That's so astute of you. And thank you, GOP, for doing NOTHING for us for the past 20 years except get our kids killed for your wars and lower your own taxes while out cities decay and our young people can't find good work. Thanks for encouraging us to 'vote our conscience.' I think I will do just that-my conscience tells be to avoid every (R) like the plague you are.
ReplyDeleteNO dRumpf:
Deletehttp://www.politicususa.com/2016/07/21/republicans-trashing-trump-convention-nominee-threatens-nato.html
Is this like the time Sarah wrote Paul Ryan's obituary for not endorsing Trump right away. Ryan is not too worried and neither is Ted.
ReplyDeleteNot a Cruz fan at all, but glad to see him stick it to Trump. Remember when Obama put families off limits, even Palins kids.
ReplyDeleteCruz didn't stick anything to Trump, rather he fell into a trap and now he's lost 75% of the support he had for his 2018 Senate campaign. Cruz is only going to enjoy being a 1-term Senator from Texas, and thankfully so as he was one of the TeaBaggers brought into the Senate by the Palin influence.
DeleteGood riddance to bad rubbish, and he did it himself!
Whilst (ha, ha!) I do not care for Cruz, I think he is better respected than one might imagine. He certainly secured his place in history. Why didn't the crowd go after the astronaut because she did not endorse trump either?
DeleteSarah gets attention but right now, worldwide she is considered an American joke.
The little shit never misses an opportunity to pile on.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of blood in the water, I think that howling mob last night really wanted a piece of Hillary, but they had to settle for Heidi. Scary.
ReplyDeleteSarah, you dumb fuck, in case you haven't noticed, this is the second GOP convention in a row where you were NOT invited to attend or speak.
ReplyDeleteYour glory days are long gone.
Because, you lost it for mcane
DeleteAnd it's always embarrassing to see her wear red, like when she made her first speech, and think the cliche helps her.
DeleteAnn>"the little bitch who can’t get over it.”
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rawstory.com/2016/07/watch-ann-coulter-blow-her-top-over-little-btch-ted-cruzs-refusal-to-endorse-trump/
My conscience told me the day I heard Sarah Palin speak at the 2008 RNC that this woman was trouble. And, she was and still is...
ReplyDeleteNo one had ever yelled "kill him" before (I don't think). She opened that box. SARAH is to blame.
Delete12:08 PM Sarah was trouble for awhile in 2008 but she has now devolved into an annoyance similar to a mosquito or knat.
Delete12:31pm
DeleteIt's spelled "gnat". You can thank me later.
'word is their bond' (from Michelle's speech that was lifted by Melania)
ReplyDelete“At this point, what difference does it make?” (mocking Hillary when she testified during one of the Benghazi witchhunts.)
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2013/may/08/context-hillary-clintons-what-difference-does-it-m/
She thinks she's too clever by half, eh?
On Donald Trump’s Insane, Frightening Comments About NATO
ReplyDeleteIt’s getting truly scary now
If you needed any more evidence that Donald Trump is seriously unhinged and disconnected from the real world, his statements about NATO to the New York Times have to be some of the most bizarre things he’s said yet.
Trump is explicitly saying he won’t help NATO allies even if they are attacked by Russia, unless he feels they’re paying the United States enough: Donald Trump Sets Conditions for Defending NATO Allies Against Attack.
And he’ll make that evaluation only after a US ally is attacked.
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/46169_On_Donald_Trumps_Insane_Frightening_Comments_About_NATO#rss
His campaign manager is a freaking Russian spy, they rewrote the GOP platform to be more productive Putin. Stalin and Kruschev screwed up, all that money they wasted on an arms race when all they had to do was find a carnival barker, pay his loans, and let him go...
DeleteI have been whining about Trump's inappropriate relationship with Putin for months. I hope that the government does not provide trump with any top secret information. And, if they do, they carefully monitor him.
DeleteIOW, he will BLACKMAIL any NATO ally that might get attacked. "You pay me enough, I will maybe send some troops to help you. But if I decide you are not paying enough, then I won't send any help."
DeleteTrump is a bag of wind! Fart on cue! eyeroll
DeleteOr, if you don't let me buy land or put my business etc., you will be sorry.
DeleteI think President Obama is in charge of deciding if Trump should have secret information about our government, foreign policy, etc.
DeleteI hope to Hell he doesn't provide it to him. Trump having ANY kind of confidential information will NOT be to the benefit of America. Think of him providing it to his kids, the folks working on his campaign, etc.
Trump scares the shit out of me and I hope the majority voters in America are paying close attention. I know I'm talking to others about him....hope you are too!
I want someone or someone(s) on the Democratic side to come out and publically discuss this matter.
DeleteThey need to talk about Trump's campaign manager (highlighting the type of people he picks to work for or with him!) - provide the guys background (which is scary as Hell!) and take each statement being made by Trump, or one of his family members, and counter it w/facts if it is necessary!
I look forward to hearing what President Obama, VP Biden, and candidate Hillary Clinton will say at their Convention as well as on the campaign trail!
I'm sure it is going to become even more interesting than it already is.
I foresee Hillary's campaign being handled with 'calmness, steadiness, (sorely needed!) the plans she has for the future should she be elected, things she wants to see accomplished in her projected vision for America! Plus, her past experience should be noted as she has a LOT more than Don the Con has by a long shot!
If Trump keeps that up it's not domestic terrorism he will personally have to worry about. PS - How tall is trump tower?
DeleteAs we've discussed before, Trump's brand is dominance. He knows that Cruz dominated him last night. That not only eviscerates the brand it just as clearly unleashes a fearsome and destabilizing emotional turmoil within the man.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to believe that Trump won't spend a good deal of his time or at least much of his emotional energy tonight making the case not against Hillary Clinton but lashing out at Ted Cruz, a man who is irrelevant to Trump politically but hurt him in a devastating way.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-invents-the-anti-convention
I'm an Alaskan who voted for Sarah Palin for governor and I'm mad as hell she didn't keep her word and serve the people who elected her for a full term.
ReplyDeleteJust kidding. I'm not a dumbshit and sure as hell not a Republican, but I'm sure there are some idiotic Alaskan wingnuts who feel the above emotions. The ones who weren't relieved to see her go since she didn't do a damn thing for Alaska after her failed bid for VP.
Lmao, good one.
DeleteI remember the election and the government transition, which enlightened those who were brought in to assist in the transition. Bad situation.
Delete12:15pm
DeleteComing from a fellow Alaskan your comment does make you seem dumb enough to have voted for her.
12:15: she did not do anything for alaska except get her friends primo projects and go after people she did not like. It was disturbing to those that voted for her. We thought she was going to be good for alaska. We did not want her to act like this. It was very very bad.
DeleteI recall the debate I watched when Sarah Palin was running for Governor of Alaska against Andrew Halcro.
DeleteHer horrible performance made me vote for Andrew Halcro who lost to her. it's too bad more Alaskans didn't vote the way I did! I'm sure Andrew would have turned out to be a much, much better choice!
2:47
Deleteabsolutely unequivocally agree !!
I'm 1:37 and I can't comprehend simple sentences .
Delete2:47pm
DeleteI happily voted for a third term for Tony Knowles, but many who did not support his first two terms did vote for the Independent Halcro, whom I also respect greatly. In retrospect ANYONE was better than the 4 years of "Frank the Bank" that we'd just survived. Halcro did a fine job as a Republican Senator and he tended to piss off conservatives and liberals equally.
Palin only won by 7% of the vote and Halcro took nearly 10%. At the time many Democrats were lamenting the presence of Halcro in the election as a strong third-party candidate, as without him Knowles would have most likely won. Up until the week of the election Democratic leaders were asking him to drop out and "don't be our Nader", however I think that more Republicans than Dems voted for Halcro because many were horrified by Palin.
However, the "strong third party" candidate is a frequent conundrum here in Alaska politics, both at the local and state level. I've seen this happen more than a few times with the Democratic Party split with a more liberal candidate running as Democrat and the more conservative running as Independent.
Halcro ran as Independent as he'd been progressively becoming more liberal but wasn't quite what you'd call a "Democrat".
But hey, the Palin half-term WAS a lot of fun to watch and really she did neither harm nor good to Alaska.
Sayree did deliver the energy dividend once. Repubs now in office never would have done that. I thank her for that. It helped a great deal.
DeleteO/T - great news!
ReplyDeleteRoger Ailes has tendered his resignation from Fox!
Good, now if the hired help goes too maybe they can be a real NEWS program. Not that I'll ever watch, but at least the poisoning of the American mind will stop.
DeleteThat means he gets his Golden Parachute...
DeleteIt also means that he cannot insist on arbitration anymore with all those women.
Funny, but as I saw that announcement on MSNBC as breaking news, over on Fox the bottom of the screen said that their alert was re Hillary announcing her veep pick.
DeleteFormer Fox Anchor Who Was Dismissed By Ailes Is Shopping Around Tell-All on Him
Deletehttp://www.mediaite.com/online/former-fox-anchor-who-was-dismissed-by-ailes-is-shopping-around-tell-all-on-him/
I can hardly wait for someone to do the same thing as to Sarah Palin AGAIN!
DeleteOne was written years ago about her that is a good read, with a new one being just as interesting concerning her more recent history, facts and wrongdoings!
For those interested (a great read!), the book was "Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin" and is written by Frank Bailey with Ken Morris and Jeanne Devon. Copyright 2011.
In February of 2012 the author, Frank Bailey, was fined $11,900 by the State of Alaska for releasing emails that were published in his book!
Remember, Sean Parnell was appointed governor when Sarah Palin quit! I'm sure he, Sarah and Todd (Todd was co-quitter gov w/Sarah) were the ones that pushed for the fine by the State in which Parnell was in charge!
Bailey worked with Palin in 2005, when he joined her campaign for Governor of Alaska!
In the book he revealed what Palin was really like on the campaign, of which the public was not aware! They learned all about her 'mental mess' later!
But, in the book Bailey listed her as being paranoid, emotionally fragile and unpredictable! He also found her to be very very self-serving!
Bailey went from admiration of her to total disillusionment.
In retrospect, Alaskans and Americans throughout the country grew to very much dislike and not trust her.
As to current year of 2016 - Palin (and Todd) have lost ALL political standing within Wasilla or the state level. She would never be elected to the United States Congress either! There is nary a chance of redemption for either of them!
OMG!!!! That's so!! Exciting!!!!!!
DeleteHey, Ted did right. He gets the award of sticking to your beliefs and honoring his wife and self respect. Don called Ted awful names, called his wife awful names, insulted America. Get in line to kiss the rump? Nope. STAND YOUR GROUND don't kiss assclowns.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Trump is unable to separate personal from political. He always tries to destroy anyone who doesn't support him. He is a dangerously unhinged person with mental issues that need to be addressed.
Deleteyeah Todd go back to killing prostitutes and hanging drug dealers! that is so much better!
DeleteYou Know Who Else Didn’t Endorse the Republican Nominee? Ronald Reagan.
Deletehttp://www.mediaite.com/online/you-know-who-else-didnt-endorse-the-republican-nominee-ronald-reagan/
The Republican nominee for president, Donald J. Trump, has chosen this week to unmask himself as a de facto agent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a KGB-trained dictator who seeks to rebuild the Soviet empire by undermining the free nations of Europe, marginalizing NATO, and ending America’s reign as the world’s sole superpower.
ReplyDeleteI am not suggesting that Donald Trump is employed by Putin—though his campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was for many years on the payroll of the Putin-backed former president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych. I am arguing that Trump’s understanding of America’s role in the world aligns with Russia’s geostrategic interests; that his critique of American democracy is in accord with the Kremlin’s critique of American democracy; and that he shares numerous ideological and dispositional proclivities with Putin—for one thing, an obsession with the sort of “strength” often associated with dictators. Trump is making it clear that, as president, he would allow Russia to advance its hegemonic interests across Europe and the Middle East. His election would immediately trigger a wave of global instability—much worse than anything we are seeing today—because America’s allies understand that Trump would likely dismantle the post-World War II U.S.-created international order. Many of these countries, feeling abandoned, would likely pursue nuclear weapons programs on their own, leading to a nightmare of proliferation.
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/07/clinton-trump-putin-nato/492332/
Donald Trump IS the devil incarnate and is pure evil!
DeleteMay something happen to him (major illness) before he ever reaches the steps to the U.S. Congress and White House!
He would bring nothing but harm to our country and the world! It's called WAR, Americans!
He truly is the second coming of Hitler!! He wants to 'dictate' to the world! He hopes to control! Think I'll stop there - but, there is so much more that is frightening about Don the Con!
Paul Manafort is pure slime!
DeleteAnother republican that literally give me the creeps. Wonder what is hiding in his closet?
Beside being an empty vessel generally, Palin's sense of morality never developed. She's amoral. Trump exhibits the same lack as do many in the public arena (and probably a considerable number in the population at large). Morality is just not there. They do what they can get away with. It's a sad comment on the human condition.
ReplyDeleteEarly childhood sexual abuse and incestuous relationships with her father/brother most likely are the cause of her arrested development.
DeleteScreech lacks any moral compass and spends way too much time trying to convince anyone that will listen that shes Christian.
DeleteO/T Governor Walker sits in on Mat-Su Assembly meeting
ReplyDeleteobservations: showing up playing the victim card!
question: why does that seem familiar?
I personally don't give two shits about the PFD being cut as it pretty much all goes to taxes, but Walker needs to get into all of the unnecessary State positions and start wielding his scythe before he hits the PFD.
DeleteLotta people make a lotta money working for the State in jobs that are basically redundant. We could cut 1/3 of State positions and help balance the budget. Until that he should leave PFD as some people really seem to need that money.
I totally support the actions of Governor Walker. He's working against Republicans in the Alaska Legislature (majority) that are just as bad as the ones we have in our United States Congress and the ones in attendance at the Republican Convention.
DeleteGovernor Walker is admired by many Alaskans and we are thankful we voted for him.
Alaskans will rid themselves of many of the Republicans coming up for reelection that have run Alaska into the hole!
Start with Fairclough of Eagle River (but married a guy in Juneau - where actually does she actually reside Alaskans?) - Lisa Murkowski - Don Young - etc.
May be he had a secret meeting with Sarah!
DeletePlaying the victim card in politics is her!
1:42pm
DeleteMurkowski is running unopposed and Don Young has only one challenger who is a person that no one has heard of. Those two aren't going anywhere, unfortunately.
Trump taunts GOP in private donor meeting
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/trump-taunts-republicans-meeting-225958
Ted Cruz Is Heckled Again the Morning After His Non-Endorsement
ReplyDeleteIn an extraordinary display of party division — at a typically staid Texas state delegation breakfast that is held with the intentions of exemplifying convention-week harmony — Mr. Cruz strained to manage the vitriol directed his way, stressing that he had not said a cross word about Mr. Trump.
“I addressed the convention because Donald Trump asked me to,” he said. “And when Donald Trump asked me to, he didn’t ask me to endorse.”
“We don’t just put on red jerseys and blue jerseys,” he added. “This is about principles and ideals.”
Repeatedly, the taunts rained down on him.
“Sit down!” one man said, before a “Clinton-Cruz 2020” sign was raised.
“You need to do it now!” shouted another.
“Do it!” yelled a third. “Do it now!”
The episode supplied another vivid demonstration of a party sharply at odds during a moment historically reserved for unity, a snapshot of a convention hurtling into chaos in what was intended to be a celebratory week.
When attendees pointed out Mr. Cruz’s past pledge to support the eventual Republican nominee, Mr. Cruz, under duress throughout 25 minutes of heated questioning, suggested that any agreement was “abrogated” when Mr. Trump attacked his family.
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“I am not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and attack my father,” he said, adding that he was not a “servile puppy dog.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/us/politics/ted-cruz-rnc.html
Cruz had every right NOT to endorse Donald Trump. I wouldn't have either the way Trump has badmouthed his wife (even w/photos he put up) and the claim he made against Ted's Dad.
DeleteTrump is one evil bastard!
Cruz made a calculated move, and it was a good move. He's betting that Trump won't win in November and will be completely washed out, and a public joke for the next few years. That will leave him and Kasich as dignified politicians that stood their ground didn't endorse Trump. As a results Cruz and Kasich will be the only credible GOP presidential candidates in 2020 to pick up the pieces that Trump left behind.
DeleteLook at these comments!
Deletehttp://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/288646-palin-cruzs-trump-snub-career-ending
Ted Cruz’s Campaign Manager Says Christie ‘Turned Over His Political Testicles’
ReplyDeleteThat guy turned over his political testicles long ago,” Jeff Roe said on the “Chris Stigall Show” ― which, thanks to BuzzFeed, you can listen to below. “I don’t take what he has to say with any meaning. You know, he embarrassed himself pretty quickly in this.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/christie-cruz-testicles_us_5790dca6e4b00c9876ce41d2
It's her own blood she really smells. Blogger Malia Littman did it. The prostitution scandal has hit the news. They didn't directly mention Shailey Tripp but she is now vindication and so are you and Malia Litman. Congrats. Because this has links to the book, to Malia's blog and a time line which mentions Todd Palin and Shailey Tripp. It's all there. This is a good day indeed. Pass that popcorn.
ReplyDeleteOutstanding! I read Shailey's book years ago and recommend others purchase it and do so too. It's truthful, has facts in it that she supports w/copies of items and then describes Todd in ways that most don't know!
DeleteTodd did use her sexually as his prostitute! Sarah was aware of her and supported Todd in forwarding political guys (during McCain campaign), Anchorage cops and Anchorage FBI to Shailey.
For those interested in the book - it's entitled "Boys Will be Boys" - by: Shailey M. Tripp w/Vickie Bottoms. First published 2/16/2012.
Everyone should notice that Shailey's last name is spelled exactly as the name Bristol provided her son, Tripp!
I'm sure he is going to have questions about that as soon as he's old enough and starts digging into the Palin history!
Interesting to note that the Palins never went after Shailey in a lawsuit - which was unusual, at that time, for them not to at least threaten it! But, they knew if the brought a lawsuit that they'd both have to appear and answer questions (under oath) proposed to them by Shailey's attorneys - so, hence - no lawsuit!
where?
DeleteHey is Steve still shipping them back and forth to Russia or is that just drugs now?
DeleteI did find a link to a Radaronline article from today with a link back to Litman's blog but not listed under her name.
DeleteWow, the commenters on that website are 99% sure that all of this corruption is Obama's doing...not a really sympathetic airing of grievances regarding our secret service!
http://radaronline.com/celebrity-news/secret-service-sex-scandals-government-documents/
2:49 PM
DeleteThere are many who do not want any prostitution business revealed. It is a command from headquarters to always blame President Obama, that's not new.
May the Tundra Turd and her whole famdamnily (except the youngest) drown in the bitter bile she spews.
ReplyDeleteWhy is establishment a bad word? Why can't we adjust and reform problems with the establishment rather than demolish it and replace it with something that will be far worse?
ReplyDeleteWill Sarah Palin join the lawsuit against Roger Ailes? Or did Ailes run away from Sarah's stench?
ReplyDeleteMy guess is Bristol had to do the dirty man in order for he mom to get the job.
Deletestrumming of guitars! sarah and bristol singing 'we were raped by an ape who can't eat a banana!' hahaha
DeleteWhile Bristol was giving Ailes a BJ he said, "hey, would you mind switching to 69 because that thing on your chin is smashing my balls, thanks."
DeleteSarahclown, the woman who took an oath when she became Governor, then Quit, for the pursuit of money, should be last person to talk about Cruz.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right, Patti.
DeleteBeaglemom
The muthafucker is OUT!
ReplyDeleteRoger Ailes Resigns As CEO Of Fox News Amid Harassment Probe
Roger Ailes, who built Fox News into a cable news powerhouse, resigned Thursday amid swirling allegations of sexual harassment.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch will be chairman and CEO of Fox News and Fox Business after Ailes' resignation, which a press release from parent company 21st Century Fox announced was effective today.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/roger-ailes-resigns-fox-news
He had to resign so that the accusers arbitration contract agreements stand and he no longer has to entertain their actual lawsuits.
DeleteHe'll settle and those ladies will eagerly take any crumbs he throws them.
Amazing how it is ALL about money, huh?
DeleteFor some reason I don't believe Ailes sexually assaulted any of them! I think the women jumped on the bandwagon once Gretchen started it (reminds me of the Bill Cosby situation)!
He gets millions from FOX and so do they! Think I should have handled things differently when I was in the midst of my career years ago! Haha!
In reflection - I had many cases had they been done in our business world of today.
But, back them we just didn't take them to heart or blow things out of proportion! We saw them as flirting, being complimentary, etc.
I remember flying with one of my bosses (to other towns in our state - regarding our work) - he was the pilot and owner of his small plane - and never once did anything that made me uncomfortable. I found our outings fun and exciting and a very different experience as to my day-to-day work! in all the years I worked and they were many!
Nor did others I worked with - as we've talked about it all these years later! We're still friends and many of us are retired now in our 60s and 70's!
I feel sorry for the guys working in our business world today. I'll bet many of them are paranoid as to how they address women in the office, how they act, what they say, cannot touch them in greetings, etc.
I'm glad I was a part of the workforce of yesteryear! It was so easy, nice and fun!
Our world now is all about suing, money, fear, being angry, white men trying to control women, religion (being used to the extreme), etc. Shit, we didn't even discuss religion or our faith back then - that was private as I reflect!
What is going on today in government, business and religion is extremely idiotic and ridiculous!
A product of puritanical, polly-anna, republican prudes. Thanks GW.
DeleteShe is getting torn apart on the Huffington Post about this.
ReplyDeleteI was glad Ted Cruz decided not to endorse Trump. I was afraid that all of those Republicans had lost their minds. I mean, Trump said some horrible shit about them, and they all fell in line with him in the end. I was like, Ted, what he said about your father was not right. Thank you Ted. The rest of America hates you but right now this American is feeling good about you. You may be the only Republican who stood up to Trump. In my book, anyways. That's what America is about.
ReplyDeleteKasich too stood up to Trump but without all the drama
DeleteYea for Cruz and Kasich!!!
DeleteI can't help but think the white guys that came out in support of Donald Trump at the Republican Convention might actually vote otherwise once they step into the voting booth!
I honestly cannot believe ALL of them would support the bastard, liar and fraud!
Illinois Republicans remove Trump delegate with 'whitepride' social media handle
ReplyDeleteLori Gayne, a Trump delegate, posted on a photo of police officers to her Facebook on the opening day of the RNC, according to the report.
"Our brave snipers just waiting for some “N—- to try something. Love them," the caption read.
...Gayne told the Sun-Times in a statement that she “in no way intended to make racist or threatening statements.” She said her comments were “ignorant and intolerant, and they cannot be justified."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/lori-gayne-removed-rnc-delegate-white-pride
Well, I guess we now know where the line of acceptability is drawn. WTF lady, don't you understand how to say what you want to without "really saying it"?
DeleteShe's a pretty shitty republican if you ask me ;-)
Behind The Religious Right's Efforts To Strong Arm Donald Trump
ReplyDelete...The primary cycle was somewhat of an embarrassment for the activists in the room. The GOP's leading candidate repeatedly waffled on abortion, made clumsy overtures to the gay community, fumbled Bible verses and in general, seemed to care very little about their issues. But he won the GOP nomination anyway.
But they put their best face forward, claiming that over the course of the primary, they had bent Trump to their will, while behind the scenes pushing the party farther to the right than ever.
In Trump’s indifference to their issues, social conservatives could find one silver lining: His campaign hasn't made much of an effort to steer the party to the center ahead of November’s election -- and no where was this more evident than in the 2016 GOP party platform.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/religous-right-gop-convention
They compare him to some guy from the bible named Cletus, oh, wait, forgive me, Cyrus. A guy who was a terrible christian but somehow, and forgive me again for not caring, found grace with the big old sky fairy even though he was what they considered an "infidel".
DeleteI tell ya what, once people are dumb enough to believe in a god they will pretty much exercise any amount of mental gymnastics to create their reality in a way that fits their narrative.
Hence, Trump, Evangelical christian idiots in bed together, willingly.
Morons, they all deserve each other and they also too deserve an America under Trump, for one or two terms, to remind them what absolute brain dead idiots they are, and also to remind them that there is no god, unless he's down with making them suffer for 8 years, which of course they will find a bible verse to account for their fucking suffering.
I'm surprised, Anon at 2:23 pm, that the evangelicals found anyone in the New Testament. They seem to limit their worldview to the Old Testament.
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I seriously doubt Ailes would have gone after Sarah. She's suppose to have a specific kind of odor about her which repels men! Plus, she isn't sexy and not blond!
ReplyDeleteSarah Palin Says Black Pastor’s RNC Speech Was ‘Goosebumps-Inciting’
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mediaite.com/online/sarah-palin-says-black-pastors-rnc-speech-was-goosebumps-inciting/
Oh yeah, Sarah has a hard on for the pastor.
DeleteCuz he's black (remember, she is racist in her usual commentary!) and he must remind her of the black, basketball player she had sex with back when she was a sports radio announcer for Channel 2 in Anchorage, AK! (She was fired from that job!) He actually admitted his involvement with her a few years ago!
DeleteBarstool demonstrated length of white boys!
DeletePalin is an idiot who likes religious morons regardless of their color. Remember that stupid African witch doctor that prayed over her years ago?
DeleteThere is one thing to say about religious idiots, their idiotic beliefs actually trump their racism because at the end of the day they all have stupidity and a belief in fairy tales in common, it is the tie that binds them, in their stupidity and ignorance.
>>‘Goosebumps-Inciting’
Delete'inciting'? Maybe inducing.
in·cite
encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behavior).
synonyms: stir up, whip up, encourage, fan the flames of, stoke up, fuel, kindle, ignite, inflame, stimulate, instigate, provoke, excite, arouse, awaken, inspire, engender, trigger, spark off, ferment, foment
in·duce
bring about, cause, produce, effect, create, give rise to, generate, instigate, engender, occasion, set in motion, lead to, result in, trigger, whip up, stir up, kindle, arouse, rouse, foster, promote, encourage;
Tapper Asks What People Want to Hear From Trump’s RNC Speech and, Well…
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mediaite.com/online/tapper-asks-what-people-want-to-hear-from-trumps-rnc-speech-and-well/
I want him to say that it was all a joke and that the primaries should be done again with none of the previous candidates allowed in.
DeleteBeaglemom
Palin seems to have forgotten she was for Cruz before she was Trump! And, Alaska voted majority Cruz for the Alaska delegation to take to the Republican Convention!
ReplyDeleteThe bitch is a 'quitter' herself! What the fuck is she talking about? Bullshit, as usual!
Sarah - how about you zip the lips! You are toxic and offer absolutely nothing. You've been thrown out by everyone and will never win or gain a political spot ANYWHERE for the rest of your life.
Get a paying job and work for what you earn for a change. Alaskans would love to see that!!!!
Sounds like good advice but what sort of job could the poor unqualified dear land?? Pretty sure she could handle being a greeter at WallyWorld but she'd somehow figure a way to charge entrance fees to the poor suckers coming thru the door and ruin that too.
DeleteYep, 3:33 PM, think you are correct. There probably isn't a small or large business that would hire her in Alaska! And, I doubt that State or Federal positions would want her on board after having 'quit' as gov of Alaska! (Just a 'small' state position! Haha!)
DeleteShe has screwed up her/their lives royally! Hope she likes sitting on her dead lake with neighbors that probably despise her, Todd and the family!
There is no one that would want to live any of the lives of the Palin klan!
Look at their lives say ten years ago and compare to that of today. How they have fallen - in every way possible!
And, they did it all to themselves!
Keith Olbermann returns!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/07/donald-trump-keith-olbermann-sanity-test
I so wish Keith Olberman were on one of the cable shows daily. I miss him terribly!
DeleteI read his piece. Some very interesting tidbits about Trump's past. He's never been a nice person, not even as a child. But, in the end, I think KO was a bit too generous to him.
DeleteBeaglemom
Sarah would know about the road to nowhere because she is at the end of it.
ReplyDeleteAn excellent summary of the evil that is Donald Trump:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.vox.com/2016/7/21/12218136/donald-trump-nomination-afraid
Share it.
You people just feed on the "fear factor" don't you?
DeleteThe "fear factor" is why we went to war in the wrong country after 911. The "fear factor" is why we squander treasure that could be used to improve America's infrastructure on military waste.
Fear is what drives this country now, and quite frankly with so much fear in the air, America deserves 4 years of Trump to perhaps wake us up to what is really important.
You got that right. Four years of Trump and we will really appreciate our freedoms that we now take forgranted. That pyscho will make us all wish for the America of today.
DeleteFEAR? They're the ones that feed on fear and arm themselves to the hilt! This world will not survive four years of Trump, let alone this country.
Delete3.11 PM - if we have any left!
DeleteInternational money laundering REAL>
ReplyDeletehttp://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-scandal-usa-wolfofwallstreet-idUSKCN1002UK
Sarah is very familiar with money laundering!
DeleteIn that case, she can afford to pay more hush money.
Deletewhat hush money? hahaha
DeletePerhaps Sayree can teach journalism at the UofA. There may be an opening. That way she could ensure there would continue to be no professional practice of journalism in Alaska well into the future as is now the case.
DeleteSarah, who sold her soul to the media so she could have more money to spend at Target. I mean what Governor quits two years into office? Unless, shit was getting real and you did the pros and cons, and decided "fuck these Alaskans" and rushed on down to Arizona and thought you hit the big time. Welcome back to our state. Just you and yours stfu. You really don't have anything to say that we haven't been bombarded with from your word salad bowl. Shits getting real now and just so you could be vindicated in your rightousness, you are allowed Satan's right hand in taking over America, the only country that allows humanity freedoms that are not to be taken forgranted. And you are handing it over to him like a gift. Fuck that.
ReplyDeleteShe would shop at Target, wouldn't she? She's a Walmart and Target gal all the way, and her "wardrobe" gives her away every time!
DeleteI buy clothing from these places, I am not rich. I don't buy clothing from the teen department as it is important to age gracefully. Sara is having an issue with aging.
DeleteDear Sarah Palin,
ReplyDeleteGuess why you lost in 2008. Republicans could not vote for you even though they admired John McCain. No matter how loyal they were to the Republican party, they could not vote for the possibility that you might replace the 72 year old man with a history of recurring cancer. Did they sign a meaningless oath? Did they all cheer for you and McCain at the convention? Did they campaign for you and McCain? None of that matters when we enter the voting booth in order to cast our secret ballot.
Let me say this as loudly as I can. Getting people to swear an oath, promising to vote for the party no matter what, is giving up one's free will. IT IS GIVING UP YOUR FREEDOM! That is one of our sacred, most treasured rights, the freedom to vote in secret. The reason why Putin wins elections with 99% of the vote is because no one dares to vote for anyone else in a dictatorship. That's what Trump is asking for. Vote for the dictator or you will be threatened with enough violence that your wife needs a security guard just to get out of the hall. Being told to vote for a particular candidate is not democratic. And you're the one who keeps going on about how Track fought for our freedoms. One of the freedoms that I cherish is the right to cast a ballot in secret, for the candidate of my choice. Oh, but you don't believe in choice, either.
Track has fought no one, not even his demons.
DeleteSorry $arah, but Ted was right for once on voting. You are one narcisstic bad word to think that anyone would vote for someone because of your endorsement.
ReplyDeleteRepublicans Are Trashing Trump At His Own Convention After Nominee Threatens NATO
Donald Trump is getting trashed at his own convention by Republicans after threatening to break up NATO if member states don't pay the US more money.
...What we are seeing is the Republican Party fall apart in front of our very eyes. Trump couldn’t even keep it together long enough to accept the party’s nomination.
Donald Trump had caused an international incident, split his party into pieces, and shown that he is Putin’s puppet all before what supposed to be the shining moment of his presidential campaign.
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/07/21/republicans-trashing-trump-convention-nominee-threatens-nato.html
BREAKING NEWS
ReplyDeleteROGER AILES OUT AT FOX NEWS
RESIGNED AS CHAIRMAN AND CEO
Roger Ailes now do you believe in the Sarah Palin Curse?
ReplyDeleteNow, Sarah, tell us if he ever went after you?
DeleteBeaglemom
I want to know did Toad go after Roger? Just wondering!
DeleteI seriously doubt Sarah Palin would have been the Ailes type. She's not blond, tall or sexy and has a nasty aura about her!
DeleteSo she truly has elevated herself to queen status. Doesn't have to go anywhere, do anything, just impart her wisdom from "above" to her peon masses. There's a word for that.
ReplyDeleteScarah has no room to be yapping! She's a goddamned hypocrite; everything she bitches about others doing, she's done herself!
ReplyDeleteShe should be happy, now she has Cruz in the gutter with her! Ha, ha, bet he gets out and she doesn't!
I despise Cruz as one of our senators, but damn that is one cold backstabbing bitch. She got him elected here and then turns around and plunges the knives in. When is she going to get some of that action on her? She is just plain evil.
ReplyDeleteShe is a fucking piece of white-trailer trash! She hasn't a clue what side she is ever on...back and forth and forth and back...which reflects the total mental problems she has and has always had!
DeleteSomeone needs to get her in a psych ward SOON! Isn't there one in Anchorage?
API for our AIP haha
DeleteNo. There is not one psych ward in Alaska. We wouldn't tolerate it.
DeleteHere you go..... Sarah has also written an opinion piece at the Independent Journal Review site, and you guessed it.... it's all about her. Really corny. She's so desperate to appear important and relevant. But the big news is that Andrew Clark (the guy on SarahPac's payroll) has also contributed a piece on IJR about Dakota Meyer's opinion of the Cruz-move. And other stuff. Looks like Clark has been contributing regularly there for a few weeks... perhaps more. I am too bored with Sarah's shit to look into it any further.
ReplyDeletehttps://ijr.com/#
Are there more than 2 human beings who are the least bit interested in what MOH thinks about anything? He's as dumb as Bristol.
DeleteBeaglemom
I'm disappointed Gryphen that you haven't reported on the further descent into madness of Sarah's other cuddle bunny, Joe Miller. ;)
ReplyDeleteThat loon is even less relevant that Sarah Palin. On the other hand I could believe Joe and the rupubes might get Walker impeached.
DeleteThat way they would really be able to burn the budget down.
I doubt Governor Walker could be impeached. But, Alaska politics is as fucked up as is the United States Congress and the Alaska Legislature!
DeleteAll majority Republicans that need badly to be replaced if up for reelection. They put Alaska in the red and need to pay for it!
Alaska needs to turn blue again....we operated so much better back then!
6:09pm
DeleteIn a fairness, falling oil prices is what has stalled our economy. The problem with our Legislature is they've been hemorrhaging money for years, most of it on overfunded pet projects that everyone knew would never come to fruition, knowing full well that oil would tank, knowing full well that they had not prepared for that eventuality.
Same cause as the 80's recession and same lack of Legislative preparedness. Homes will foreclose again, retail will be shuttered and people will leave in droves. Give it 5-8 years and the economy will bounce back again but it's not going to be pretty around here for the next foreseeable future. The state Government apparently learned nothing from the Great Recession 30 years ago as history is definitely repeating itself, except this time the average Joe has skin in the game due to PFD capture.
Wasn't he in the news about something?
DeleteLet's see the old bat, mini-me, and duh hit the trail on Donnie's behalf the next four months or at least the rest of summer. What's that? They aren't invited?
ReplyDeleteIvan said NO Alaskan losers or quitters hittin' on Father's trail.
DeleteTrump folks indicated that Trump did NOT feel a connection with Sarah Palin and that is why she was dropped like a bar fly!
DeleteThis is in her final time as a loser....she's literally - finally down for the count! count!
We're all sick to death of her 'kiss of death' to everything she touches.
Go home, Sarah, find a job and do something that is beneficial to yourself and family members. Although I'm really not sure you could redeem yourself with them either!
Cruz went rogue and Sarah is mad. She thinks she was the original rogue and nobody goes rogue like her...
ReplyDeleteWhat Sarah smells best is money. That's why she cashed in all her chips on Trump so naturally she'll fight for him. In her mind she's planning a FB screed claiming she's a kingmaker when Trump wins and then collect anything that happens to fall out of his pockets on the ground. In reality she's just going to have to accept the fact that this will be the 3rd time she's on the losing team. If you thought she was off the rails before....wait till he loses! She'll finally go to where I always predicted she'd end up. On televangelical TV because turning to G$O$D will be the only way she can handle it. Either that or more pills & booze.
ReplyDeleteThis pic is from the government shutdown, orchestrated by Turd Cruz. In case you forgot, the vets assembled at this gathering were not exactly buying what they were selling:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=redlU3_SNBs
wah ha ha Maddow is asking WHY Sarah Palin isn't there lol
ReplyDeleteSure hope she's the next to walk off a cliff playing Poke-your-mama...
ReplyDeleteI used to think that Cruz and Trump are equally despicable, but now I have some respect for Cruz. At least he's got the backbone to stand up to a bully.
ReplyDeleteATTN JORDAN LOEWE
ReplyDeleteDomestic Abuse Victim
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Since Sarah is a stranger to the truth and fact challenge, she might need to be reminded that her idol and fellow loonie bin resident Donnie "people like me" Trump backed out of the pledge 4 months ago!!!!!
ReplyDeletePoor Sarah, she has to keep insulting the "establishment" because she would give her eye tooth to be part of it. Just like she insults those of us with an education.
She is doomed to be white trash, no matter how much money she makes, she will never be anything more than white trash.
They should put it on pay per view! Good Job, whoever wrote for la calaca from wasilla! Who'd you copy off of, Melania???
ReplyDeleteThe whole "pledge" idea was idiotic to begin with, so glad the GOP fiasco is over, now it's going to be about issues. And things I care about most, health care, education, job creation, equal pay, gun control, gun control, blm, policing, etc. etc.