Palin with her former political prop, courtesy of Facebook. |
Sarah Palin’s latest effort to unseat a Republican leader fell short when House Speaker Paul D. Ryan cruised to a victory in his primary, easily dispatching the insurgent Mrs. Palin had backed.
It’s the latest episode in which the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee has seen her star fall as the tea party movement she championed has splintered and the former Alaska governor’s populist appeal has been overshadowed by GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s far more outspoken campaign.
“She speaks to a part of the GOP primary base, but when it comes to general election messaging, she can really complicate things,” said Craig Robinson, a former GOP consultant who runs “The Iowa Republican” website. “So I think a lot of people stay away.”
That hasn’t quelled her own support for Mr. Trump, and she continues to defend him — and fire at liberals, the media and her other critics from atop her Twitter perch, with its 1.28 million followers, and elsewhere online.
Of course most of those Twitter followers are fake, but why quibble?
After her vice presidential run, some analysts predicted Mrs. Palin would be in the running for the top of the ticket in 2012 or 2016. But she took a pass. Instead, she has fired shots from the sidelines, albeit with less of an audience.
“Five years ago, she would have drawn 25,000 people to an event, and today she would do well drawing 2,500,” said Ken Crow, a tea party activist in Iowa.
Mr. Crow said Mrs. Palin remains a beloved figure — though some were turned off by her decision to back Mr. Trump over Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, whom many see as the ideological chief of the grass-roots movement.
“Although we realize her political stock is not what it used to be, her devotion to country and conservatism is stronger than ever,” Mr. Crow said. “We do love her, but realize that she will never be president. We realize that she will never be vice president, but she is one of the moral and emotional leaders of the tea party movement and she always will be because she preaches conservative values.”
I really think that when conservatives claim that they "love" Palin they are really in love with their idea of who she is and not with the reality of who she is, which as of now is of being a Facebook troll, a failed parent, and an albatross around the neck of the Republican party.
This Craig Robertson guy essentially drives that point home:
Mr. Robinson said it appears that as far as elected politics go, Mrs. Palin’s “role has been diminished to the point where she is a role player in primaries.”
“In [2008], I think people were looking at her as the future of the party, and I don’t think anyone is looking at her like that today,” he said.
Boy there's an understatement for you.
I am still amazed that there are people out there who are still willing to speak about Sarah Palin as if she was EVER anything more than a pretty face, with limited abilities, desperately in search of adulation.
In truth she was never an effective politician, never a faithful member of the Republican party, and certainly NEVER the future of anything.
And people really do not need to imagine what it would have been like if Sarah Palin HAD run for the presidency, and HAD been the future of the Republican party.
Because that reality is staring back at us from our TV sets every damn day!
The R is for Retard.
ReplyDeleteSara is wearing Stud Boy, The "T" Isis the only onlything that will/would touch THAT skank..Eeww..
Deletehttp://www.studboytraction.com
Does he not realize he is orange?
ReplyDeleteIt's the Boehner orange to cover up the yeelow from a dead liver from GOPalcoholics.
DeleteExcept around the slits of his reptilian eyes, which are white from the goggles he wears when he's tanning.
DeleteAs a woman, I have to say that Trump is one of the sleaziest public figures to appear on the scene in a long while. How his redneck followers can love a man who has a duck tail, who dies his hair blond,
who has tumbling tumbleweed on top of his head, whose vanity clearly drives him to a tanning booth instead of earning a real tan on horseback or at least on a golf course.
Who's obese, and just this side of morbidly obese.
Whose hand ARE small, and whose overall body type shouts "tiny in every way."
Who would want to kiss that puckered old mouth?
Listen to his inane thoughts? Watch his saggy rear end while he looked for his monogrammed robe?
Enough. We've been spoiled by President Obama, a classy man who's fit, active, and has a genuine smile. You can see it in his eyes. When was the last time you could actually see Trump's eyes?
When was the last time you saw Trump really, truly smile? Enough.
He doesn't drink 5:10 PM.
Delete5:10 & 5:23 aka teetotaler
DeleteAlcohol is not Trump's drug of choice. He's a speed head. Diet pill rx addict.
Delete5:17, that tan is from a tube. If he did a tanning bed his tiny hands would also be tan, but best I can tell from a distance they are not tan.
DeleteMax Factor, MAC, or Maybelline?
DeleteFrankly if we have a president that colors their hair and wears a ton of hairspray and put make up on every morning I'd prefer that president to be a woman.
Bullshit on the drinking meme. There is too much photo evidence of him drinking.
DeleteI'm more inclined to 7:44's suspicion too. Although Trump obviously isn't following through with counting calories, his motor mouth, ill-governed temper, and grandiose ideation are common side effects of prolonged amphetamine use. It would also explain why he doesn't want a current and thorough medical report publicly available. Then too, he many not have the billions he claims, but like Michael Jackson and Elvis, he certainly has enough to doctor shop till he gets what he wants.
DeleteDrumpf wouldn't be the first overweight speed/meth/coke head. They aren't the norm, but a few of them DO exist.
DeleteOf course, she hasn't quelled her support for Mr. Trumpet!
ReplyDeleteShe has no where else to go.Whether he likes her support or not.
She will only get accolades in public. The defi ition of "political stock" (she is no longer useful to our agenda.)
You have been rode hard and put aside wet you imbecile, Sarah palin!
Twad go fuck yourself! Boy!!
Just remember folks - anyone Sarah Palin supports always loses! She is the kiss of death and few ask for her endorsement or public support anymore.
ReplyDeleteThe Donald will lose and then we'll really hear even less of Sarah, Todd, Bristol, Track and the DS child!
Sarah has been a user and abuser and we are finally seeing karma kick her and Toad boy in the butts!
How many women wear visors like she does, except on the golf course? Is that one of those "wig, complete with headgear" that used to be used years ago?
Delete"her devotion to country and conservatism"
ReplyDeleteDuluth Trading briefs are twenty bucks a pair. Don't make me brown dot them with laughter.
Now that's funny!
DeleteTrump is an assclown shart.
Delete"Moral and emotional leaders of the tea party movement and she always will be because she preaches conservative values.”
ReplyDelete------
Preaches, yes. Lives, NO. She switched from AIP to Republican only to run for office, and then hired people to do her job for her. Don't get me started on Tawd shadow governing and per diem charging your state so she could stay at home. I could go on and on. Why did you seal your records, honey, something to hide? I'll bet bunches!
The Washington Times is akin to The Independent Journal, of which she now posts her screed, in credibility. Whine on, $arah, you were never a leader nor credible.
For your disliking politically correct people, it's the only reason you're hanging on like a thread and still in the news when someone decides to bring you up. What they really want to say is, "screw you." Why you're not on the trail, toots, no one wants you. Maybe someday you will get this through that gray matter you call a brain.
End rant.
It was a great rant, thank you. 🙂
DeleteShe should know the rant, surely she feels useless. Always. With a pregnant stupid daughter.
DeleteThe only thing anyone should lament is the fact that Sarah and Todd Palin let Trig's baby and adult teethe rot out from lack of care.
ReplyDeleteThey cared not one thing about him; a prop when they had the financial means to make his life they best it could be and did absolutely nothing.
Deletecontrol freaks cannot control themselves...
DeleteAll extended families line up outside the school on the first day of the semester to have their pictures taken with their prop kid.
ReplyDeleteSure thing. As any parent knows, it is all about the parents.
DeleteWhat 's with Sarah's perennial sunglasses and that silly looking eyeshade? She's a bookie who's counting out the receipts for the day. Plus, that dirty hair she flops on top of the headband, which just appears, in the words of Donald Trump, "sad."
ReplyDeletePalin wants the fame and money; she doesn't want to have to work hard for it. She wants the adulation; but not have to get up and actual go to a job everyday. Neither does Todd. No, they live off the easily duped rubes and Social Security recipients. Their children are total losers, uneducated drunks and domestic abusers. But the Palins hold conservative values? In what universe??
ReplyDeleteMy question: “In what universe are these conservative values?” The spin is exhausting.
DeleteSame with Trump. Wants to be worshipped. Hates to do RILL work.
DeleteCorrect, 7:48 PM, he has already said Pence will deal with foreign policy, all of it, he'll sit in the Oval with his feet up on the desk no doubt.
DeleteShe was a moral leader of the tea party and now the tea party is dead. And five years ago Sarah Palin couldn't PAY to get a crowd of 25,000 (hello, does anyone remember her failed presidential bus tour of 2011?).
ReplyDeleteThe guy that wrote this must have spent a fond last personal hour in the bathroom with a picture of Sarah when she was young. She hasn't been all that for years.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/08/tea-party-pacs-ideas-death-214164
DeletePUTRID DEAD OLD MEAT...
LOL.
Deletere 6:30:
Delete'What began as an organic, policy-driven grass-roots movement was drained of its vitality and resources by national political action committees that dunned the movement’s true believers endlessly for money to support its candidates and causes.'
Or he used one of Todd's girls.
DeleteThe "Tea Party" was never an "organic, policy-driven grass-roots movement." It was created by the Koch brothers to push their far right agenda. It's "philosophy" dominates many local, county and state governments and school districts across the country today.
DeleteBeaglemom
Shocking! She got 'dressed' to being the prop to school.......
ReplyDeleteI wonder if other parents even talk to them in the hallways. I'll bet not.
DeleteI wonder if they even brave the hallways HA! No pictures of the kids with their teacher, at their desk or at the doorway of their classroom like normal folk
DeleteWhy would they be in the hallways where there's not enough light for photographs? Had to laugh at Dumbkota along for the fakery. I'm so disappointed in him, I figured he'd be a real man and work to support his child, but no...
DeleteDumbkota saw his in at the SHOT show and now he's stuck with it. No sympathy at all.
DeleteShe fails with her stage design. If it is the first day of school it needs to look like school. Even if the building and kids are in the back ground. That is a parking lot like at a McDonald's fast foods.
DeleteProp does have shoes. That is an improvement.
Glory days, well they'll pass you by
ReplyDeleteGlory days, in the wink of a young girl's eye
Glory days, glory days ....
Dumbkota plays this song every time Sarah visits. He says it cheers her up.
Troopergate.
ReplyDeleteThat is all.
What 's with Sarah's perennial sunglasses and that silly looking eyeshade? She's a bookie who's counting out the receipts for the day. Plus, that dirty hair she flops on top of the headband, which just appears, in the words of Donald Trump, "sad."
ReplyDeleteThat's her sporty "Olympics" look. She went home and mowed her lawn with Sailor on her back. :)
DeleteDoesn't Toad mow her lawn anymore?
DeleteLove the way she's hiding her knobbly legs behind the little prop too.
DeleteTrump dumping Sarah was the biggest smack down she has ever had.
ReplyDeleteSarah is dead in politics.
Considering what a hit Trump is supposed to be taking in November, maybe Sarah got off the ship early, before it hit the iceberg. Dumb luck. She would rather have been at the convention and she would rather be at a podium speaking. But Sarah just might have dodged a bullet when Trump told her that Alaska was too far away to attend the convention.
DeleteSarah will seek revenge against Trump.
DeleteI doubt it, 8:64 PM, remember "I don't need a title?" They're both in with Russia up to their fake hairlines. Bought and paid for.
DeleteOh good then they will be tossed down a mineshaft when it's all said and done 911?
DeleteWhat an absolutely HORRIBLE haircut on that little guy--whoever he is.
ReplyDeleteI said the same thing. The poor little fellow looks like he just stepped out of a North Korean barber shop.
DeleteIt's primary day in Alaska.
ReplyDeleteWho did Sarah Palin endorse?
Who did Sarah Palin attempt to primary?
Did Sarah Palin even vote today?
There was an old picture of her on November 4, 2008 found at the ADN primary story today.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=1trhxw&s=9#.V7O996K3NyE
LOL great pic of Sarah voting for herself.
Delete
Delete"Speaking to reporters afterward, Ms. Palin said she was “just so glad to be home in Wasilla to cast this vote, because forever I’m going to be Sarah from Alaska.”
“Tomorrow I hope, I pray, I believe that I’ll be able to wake up as vice president elect,” Ms. Palin said. “So anxious to get to work for the American people. So we have a very optimistic, very confident view of what’s going to happen today.”"
:-)
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/the-final-countdown-the-road-from-wasilla/
Well, $atah, you yourself said that God would have the right people win and you lost. Did you ever consider that maybe He wanted you to stay home and make something of the family you destroyed for your own selfish aims? Just asking.....
Delete"Although we realize her political stock is not what it used to be, her devotion to country and conservatism is stronger than ever,” Mr. Crow said. “We do love her, but realize that she will never be president. We realize that she will never be vice president, but she is one of the moral and emotional leaders of the tea party movement and she always will be because she preaches conservative values.”
ReplyDeleteThis fellow is really, really, really, really, really, really, really, stupid.
Finally! Their DS kid is wearing glasses. Don't like his haircut - too extreme for a kid his age.
ReplyDeleteAnd why, why, the oversized glasses on the child?
DeleteLooks like they grabbed an old pair of Sarah's or Bristol's "librarian glasses".
DeleteThey don't fit him properly, but heck he was only there for the photo shoot anyway.
Anon 1:46 - oh, exactly! Those are not Trig's glasses! It is only for show
DeleteCan't wait till the day when they can say that about crazy don. Geez, those Republicans are really gearing up to try and take Hillary down. It's come to emails, Roger Ailes, more talk of Benghazi, etc, etc. Meanwhile, Trump has ties with Putin, says crazy things about women, babies, Muslims and Mexicans and gets away with whatever he wants, and no one in his party censures him. Not one bit. They are, if anything getting so desperate by the moment and pulling out all the stops on Hillary. It's horrifying to watch. Hang in there Hillary.
ReplyDeleteWhat is in that boy's.left hand, and why us he carrying one tennis shoe?
ReplyDeleteWell the commenters are lamenting her, they're trashing her.
ReplyDeleteI am not trashing her; she made her bed.
DeleteWe all have our struggles; some of our own making.
She should best go away, and the more she tries the more pathetic.
Cute little kid on the first day of school. However, I see no resemblance to "parents." Todd is some Alaska Native but Trig looks too much Alaska Native in comparison to the other Palin kids.
ReplyDeleteLet's see,we have dad and granny in the photo op. Where's his mom? Oh,hangin' with the s l o w witted doughboy (2 peas in a pod,there). What,3 kids returning to school and she only shows up for trip?
DeleteThe photo from Sarah's facebook is only part of the story. Over at Bristol's instagram, she posted a photo of Tripp (cute) and Trig. Gee, I always feel sorry for him when I see photos of him. He doesn't look at the camera. I wonder if he is able to focus his attention. The bad hair cut and the over-sized glasses don't help. I just wonder what he could have been if he had received DS therapy instead of being dragged around as the election prop.
ReplyDeleteBut it was what Bristol wrote on her instagram that is also important.
bsmp2First day of 2nd grade for my babes!! 🍎📚 and first time I've seen Tripp in jeans all summer #hecould
Bristol has used those words before, her two babes. Those boys are 8 years old, or going to be 8 years old when he has a birthday. They don't want to be called babes. Bristol is marking her territory, staking her claim and letting us know exactly who belongs to whom.
Sarah wrote on her facebook "First day of school! It's still quite the "event" even after all those other "First Day of School!" times with our big kids. God bless all America's students & teachers as we kick off the new school year!"
Sarah's language is stiff and guarded.
Good observations. Bristol does not trust her mother.
DeleteMany people are saying that Bri$$y is not Trig's mom; and, that Todd is Trig's daddy.
DeleteI'm one of those peeps...
Posted to Malia over "big kids" comment.
DeleteAt this point, Bristol, just admit he's yours and quit the lie. You say you want freedom? Tell the truth; you were lactating at the RNC and we all knew it!
I, for one, will not judge you. I had a DS child in my family, and I also have autistic grandchildren.
The TRUTH will set you free, as the Bible you claim to hold onto states.
Just Do It -- Nike.
Indeed, Bristol. Only you have the power to set yourself free. I don't think you can do it.
DeleteIt wouldn't be the first time that a mother covered for her unwed pregnant teen daughter. The signer, Bobby Darin, found out, when he was an adult, that the woman he called "mother" was really his grandmother. His sister who was about 14 or 15 years older than him was really his mother. He wrestled with the information and then learned that this was common in small towns where there was too much gossip and not enough understanding. This was also before a woman had a choice. Then, her choice was a back alley abortion or going out of town for a few months and then her mother had one of those change of life pregnancies. Bobby Darin's story is not the first or the last story, especially when the family involved has someone with political aspirations, and a child born out of wedlock would not go over well with the conservative Christian voters.
DeleteI have a friend who also had a baby her mom raised. It was heartbreaking when she finally (in her late 20s) had children of her own. It was then she finally realized she would one day have to tell her “brother” that she was his mother so she could feel whole again. Her relationship with her mother was entirely over at that point and it became clear the ruse was more important to her mother’s reputation and certainly not the action of a loving parent. What a sad, sad mess.
DeleteShe looks uncomfortable in this photo, certainly aware of how old she is compared to other parents dropping their kids off for the first day of school. What a mess the Palins have become.
DeleteJack Nicholson, the movie star, was raised by his granmother with his REAL mother acting as his sister.
DeleteEric Clapton was royally mindfucked when he was informed that his older sister was his birth mother. Lots of abuse went on in that household.
DeleteTed Bundy's 'older sister' was his mother. Word is, her dad, his grandad, was his bio father. LOTS of abuse in that household. Secrets like that are a blazing red light! Abuse is a family system to some types.
O/t, omg, trump is reading. Lol. What an idiot.
ReplyDeleteOMG, I hope $carah isn't listening! What will she do when she discovers that the Trumpeter USES a TELEPROMPTER!! Dang, she can't criticize him like she constantly does about PBO using one. Oh, and just like she and thousands of other pols have done since they were invented.
DeleteShe must wear that gawd-awful visor to hide the big, fat 'L' on her receding forehead. Probably a 'P' up there for 'poser', also too.
He really sucks at teleprompter. I couldn’t stop watching it was so obvious he was trying so hard to keep to script. It must be hard to handle him.
DeleteIt's hilarious how bad he is at reading the teleprompter! He must have a learning disability or dementia or something. I couldn't stop laughing bigly.
DeleteThere is no fix for what Ailes Donald.
He is so cheap.
ReplyDeleteWhy would rnc have him? Ehy?
ReplyDeleteI see Sarah & Todd are wearing their free shirts from friends. “STUD BOY”® traction products on her & Alaska Directional drilling (Billy Long & the other birthday boys) on Todd.
ReplyDeleteWhat's in it for us?
DeleteIsn't that Billy Long the rich old man who had to bail out Traax the night of the drunken domestic violence incident when his parents were just getting started humpin for trump? yeah it is.
Deletemakes you wonder why nobody in that oh so rich family had the $1500 on hand to bail that criminal out that night.
You have nailed it Jesse. Palin was a mirage that never materialized for her ever-challenged mouth breathing followers. Those of us who really know her were slack mouthed when she became governor. Palin is entirely ignorant and a product of a backwoods upbringing (without the woods). We were simply apoplectic when she was a candidate for the second most important seat of government. It has been quite a ride, but we will never forget what a derelict parent she was. As soon as the pregnancy and baby bumps wore off, she went at it again and again until even breeding wasn’t enough for her need for adulation. Then her children became accessories meant to burnish her mom creds even as she ignored and abandoned them to others while seeking a political/celebrity life. What a fraud, I don’t know how she sleeps at night.
ReplyDeleteFrom the lower 48, I don't know either, but I will say this and have before: While she went on and on about Reverend Wright and President Obama, we can see how he has led. Then there's Reverend Muthee and that laying on of hands to her. I still say that he prayed the devil into her if you believe that stuff.
DeleteI always thought he was attempting to pray the devil and darkness out of her.
DeleteBreaking: Gravy Train is over
ReplyDeleteI Am Cait has been cancelled. Jenner to star in new show next season called Just Call Me Bruce Again.
A "moral and emotional leader" ---
ReplyDeleteI'm $peechless ...
I believe it might just be a spelling error. She is amoral. No space needed between the 'a' and the 'm'.
DeleteAnd "emotional" is code for mentally unstable.
DeleteTrump is a chump. I mean it. Really.
ReplyDeletehttps://margaretandhelen.com/2016/08/16/trump-is-a-chump/
OT:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/internet-buries-alaska-state-fair-in-mockery-after-they-invite-rappers-then-eject-them-for-rapping/
crispy 'FAT FUCK' cream>
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/chris-christie-let-trump-settle-30-million-in-nj-casino-debts-for-just-5-million-nyt/
The Erica Kane of politics.
ReplyDeleteIf you're reading this, $arah, it is not an attribute.
"in the running for the top of the ticket in 2012 or 2016. "
ReplyDeleteI wouldnt be so cocky about her slightly postponed run for president, Gryphen, if that's even your real name. She's MUCH smarter than you give her credit for being. She's carefully laying the groundwork for a MASSIVE shock-and-awe-style run for Commander in Chief and there's nothing you libtards can do to stop her. The more you run her down and say she's stoopid, the more she (insert something Screechy-positive here). AND DONT YOU FORGET IT!!
Anyway, I can't divulge my sources for obvious reasons but I will bet you ELEVEN dollars and THIRTY SIX cents ($11.36) that she will DEFINITELY run in 2038, 2045, 2046 or 2047 AT THE VERY LATEST. Or maybe 2064, also too.
Welcome back!
DeleteHey someone left the door open in the Psych Ward...we got a loose goose!
DeleteYou are funny. I get the sarcasm ;)
DeleteYou sound like Beldar J. Conehead! *smile*
DeleteThank you.
dowl
Love you, Beldar, you are missed!
DeleteThe material just writes itself, doesn't it? ;)
Deletehttp://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-texas-official-says-he-was-told-to-drop-trump-university-probe/
ReplyDeletehttp://www.redstate.com/sweetie15/2016/06/02/texas-gov.-abbott-received-35000-donation-trump-dropping-trump-university-investigation/
ReplyDeleteDrumpf is now rolling out his latest lie about the TU probe. Claims that President Obama bribed the AG to go after his little ponzi scheme.
DeleteUGH!
ReplyDeleteLiz Cheney wins Wyoming GOP primary
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/liz-cheney-wyoming-227096
I understand there never was any doubt, that you can win Wyoming with money and the rich old men she can do favors for just fell over themselves and each other trying to give her piles of money.
DeleteThat said, I can't see her getting a warm reception in DC, not with her name and reputation. I should think people would be very wary of her.
Won't exactly help the GOP's image having a Cheney back in government.
DeleteNow THIS is important!
ReplyDeletehttp://62milliongirls.com/
No one of any significance is lamenting Sarah Palin's political demise. The only thing she's ever brought to this country and the GOP is the glamorization of ignorance & stupidity. And they despise her for it. May her children find a way out.
ReplyDelete~Canuck~
Yes, please, may her children find a way out and get help for the pattern that they are emulating for their own kids, Canuck.
DeleteI just emailed the writer, pointing out that since it has been uncovered that Sarah's Facebook fans are 40% young men living in New Delhi it's hardly likely she has 1.28 million Twitter followers.
ReplyDeleteNot hard to see that at 4.whatever million followers, and maybe 700 replies each Facebook post, that no one is that interested. Maybe someday the pee pond will realize that they've been had and continue to be by their golden calf they worshiip.
DeleteHey that little guy is cute. It does not matter today his parents story. What matters is this living human and the quality of his life. The eyes and smile of a child are priceless. Teach your children to play nice and be human.
ReplyDeleteSign of the times. Check out Sarah's PAC. The headline reads January 28, 2016, and the story is the up to date coverage of Trump not appearing at a Republican debate and instead, he is holding a rally to raise money for veterans' charities. If only I could see into the future and learn just how much money Trump collected and actually donated. Hmmmmm.
ReplyDeleteThere are later news items:
Protected: 6 Times Liberals Embarrassed Themselves
February 5, 2016
Media: Here, Let Me Define For You a Genuine “Game Changer”
January 28, 2016
USA athletes work so hard in Rio... then return home to find Uncle Sam wants a (big) piece of it. What'd he do to... https://t.co/n0czFnv76I 9 hours ago
The U.S. government does not technically pay its athletes for Olympic hardware. Instead, a non-profit called the United States Olympic Committee foots the bill. The committee will reportedly pay U.S. Olympians $25,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver, and $10,000 for bronze medals in 2016, according to Forbes. So if a golf player won $25,000. in a golf tournament, he or she would have to pay income tax on the money that they received, no matter how much blood, sweat, tears and expenses went into training, practicing, buying equipment, coaching. They could deduct those expenses from the cost of their winnings.
The big money for the Olympic athletes is in the endorsements. It's too bad to Sarah doesn't look at the whole picture because those gold medals are the bargaining chips in million dollar deals. And, yes, they do have to pay taxes on those earnings, too, but it starts to offset all of the blood, sweat, tears and expenses that Palin is complaining about.
Nobel Prize winners are also taxed on their $1 million prize. And if you hit the jackpot in Las Vegas, the government will take cut of that too. Sarah has found the one cash cow that the government doesn't do very much about, her own personal PAC. All she has to do is donate $5,000. to some poor guy running in a primary and it's got a political agenda. In any other business, when expenses exceed receipts, it's considered a very bad business. It is considered a very bad charity (or PAC) when over a hundred thousand is donated and Sarah gives a $5,000. donation to the guy running against Paul Ryan. The FEC has no teeth, being made up of equal numbers of republicans and democrats. Tell me, Sarah, when Todd wins some money at the Iron Dog race, doesn't he have to pay taxes on it? It is income even though he spent blood, sweat, tears, time and a lot more preparing for the race.
And good luck with that PAC. I understand that postage is very expensive these days.
Her Pac was set up by Greta Van Susteren's husband. I wonder if he gets a cut?
DeleteIt gets worse for Sarah: her boyfriend Bannon of Breitfart- maker of 'The Unwashed'- has just been recruited by Trump to head his campaign. No doubt some work will be thrown RAM'S way and even Sarah's ridiculous token black sycophant with the really bad hair might get a job on the campaign... but still nobody wants Sarah. She's just too far away. Really.
ReplyDeleteAnd still nobody wants Sarah.
http://nypost.com/2016/08/17/trump-hires-breitbart-news-chairman-in-campaign-overhaul/
Gryphen! Gryphen! Wake up! Crazy Donald has brought on someone even crazier than he is! Steve Bannon! hahahahaha...breathe...hahahaha!
ReplyDeleteWho replaces their campaign manager in the middle of the night?
DeleteCraziest damn election I have ever seen, this is!
Because clearly his poll numbers have been dropping like a stone because he hasn't been mean and nasty enough #DoublingDownOnHate
DeleteSarah’s only contribution to politics was the end of civility and the lowering of standards for our leaders.
ReplyDeleteShe makes me laugh in her salute to teachers; she despises teachers because they have something she lacks, an education.
Good points. Sarah has made clear her disdain for those who, after high school, obtain a higher education.
DeleteAfter all, many of us don't believe she really has that four year degree she claims from the University of Idaho.
Sarah WHO?
ReplyDeleteYou know, that great grandma to her three basta... I mean grandkids.
DeleteDonald Trump's campaign announced several staff changes on Wednesday, including the addition of Stephen Bannon.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-campaign-stephen-bannon-rick-tyler-227099
Can he convince Trump how much he needs Sarah Palin to stump with him? The woman's touch.
Is this the week Melania is going to give her excuses about her immigration status and all that? You know she did nothing wrong? Why it takes 2 weeks for her to say anything.
When are the kids coming back from vaca?
Did Sailor cut Trig's hair?
ReplyDelete" Moral and emotional leader of the tea party"? Give me a break, this drug snorting POS has no morals. It's common knowledge in the Anchorage area that she loves cocaine and meth.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many lives were RUINED due to Sarah's stalking others thru the school district? I know a sub who was targeted because Basrtool and Levi were in the class for ONE day! Next thing I heard is there was no more work and their kids were targeted...so when that one switched work? Constantly called to 'pick up the kids' and that was costly! Now if a lawsuit were to emerge - it would not be a good for Sarah the Pretender!
ReplyDelete12:11, What are you trying to say?
DeleteIt sounds like a Mean Girl Syndrome with ol Sarah and her clan to me! Heard about that with alot more folks 1211 so you are not alone! Remember that! Together = Stronger!
DeleteThat is actually a nice picture of Trig and Ma and Pa Palin. Don't see what the fuss is about.
ReplyDeleteThe whole extended family was lined up taking pictures with Trig outside the school: publicity pictures for when they want to exploit his disability and he's not available for a photo op.
Delete1:56, how many hours a day, on average, do you spend on your obsessive Palin hate? Just curious.
Delete@2:48 PM How many hours a day, on average, do you troll IM comments? Just curious.
Delete