Sarah Palin ads another scalp to her belt as Martin Bashir resigns.

Courtesy of the Hollywood Reporter:  

Martin Bashir is leaving MSNBC, effective immediately. After his Nov. 15 remarks about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin sparked lingering criticism from the media and conservatives alike, he announced Wednesday that he's stepping away from his job of the last three years. 

"After making an on-air apology, I asked for permission to take some additional time out around the Thanksgiving holiday," said Bashir in a statement released to The Hollywood Reporter. "Upon further reflection, and after meeting with the president of MSNBC, I have tendered my resignation. It is my sincere hope that all of my colleagues, at this special network, will be allowed to focus on the issues that matter without the distraction of myself or my ill-judged comments. I deeply regret what was said, will endeavor to work hard at making constructive contributions in the future and will always have a deep appreciation for our viewers - who are the smartest, most compassionate and discerning of all television audiences. I would also wish to express deepest gratitude to my immediate colleagues, and our contributors, all of whom have given so much of themselves to our broadcast." 

His departure leaves a hole in the cable news network's 4 p.m. hour. A MSNBC rep could not immediately confirm what the network would be doing with the vacancy in the long term, but Joy-Ann Reid will continuing pinch-hitting since Bashir departed for the Thanksgiving holiday. A permanent replacement is expected to be announced in the coming weeks. 

As for MSNBC topper Phil Griffin, the network president released his own statement crediting Bashir with the decision. "Martin Bashir resigned today, effective immediately," he said. "I understand his decision and I thank him for three great years with MSNBC. Martin is a good man and respected colleague - we wish him only the best." (Baldwin's departure came with a joint statement calling it a "mutual parting.") 

Goddammit! I hate it when that bitch wins!

You know it took me awhile to warm up to Bashir, but I really started to like him. He was witty, had a great accent, and never seemed hesitant about really taking it to the obstructionists in Washington.

Usually Palin's flying monkeys fail to take down their target, as demonstrated by their ineffectiveness against me, David Letterman, Andrew Sullivan, Bill Maher, Katie Couric, etc,. etc. etc.

However it only takes one perceived win like this to get her tribe of paint chip eating dipshits to think that she has real power to destroy those who speak out against her. Which in my mind means that those of us who are left need to really ratchet up the criticisms.

Let's do it for Martin!

Conservative pro-Palin YouTube user becomes unhinged in response to Obama's big win. (NSFW.) Update!

Okay before you watch this video please understand that this woman has essentially lost her shit and the video is peppered with expletives and vitriol directed at her fellow conservatives and YouTube users.

I recognize her voice and remember posting one of her videos quite a long time ago, but cannot find it right now. However hearing this might cause some of you to have a deja vu moment as well.

"Do you wnat to call me unhinged, I am, you'd be right"

Understatement of the decade!

Well we wondered how the Palin supporters would be handling this victory of Obama's and now we know.

By the way this lunatic's name is Shelly Dankert and she even has her own blog. But you might want to take a stiff drink before taking the plunge. It's scary!

Update: Okay believe it or not I think that Stephen Colbert opened his show last night with a parody of this lunatic. Go ahead see for yourself and tell me if I'm wrong.

No doubt about it Dancing with the Stars is rigged. Update!

"We did it! I told you Mama promised to make sure we stayed on for at least a couple of weeks."

Early reports showing up on the message boards indicate that Bristol and Mark not only survived last week's "ho down" debacle, but that they were never even considered in jeopardy of getting voted off tonight.

So just what is it that Sarah Palin has in her bag of tricks that kept Todd on that horrific "Stars Earn Stripes" program until the end and is now protecting Bristol from kicked to the curb on this program?

It CAN'T simply be support from her flying monkeys because most of them have either drifted away, dies off, or are currently banging their heads against the walls of their padded cells.

In other words, what in the actual fuck?

"Remember if you ever want to see your little dog again you will do what I say."

Update: Twitter is going crazy in response to this decision.  

Nauseating that Bristol is still in this. We need to do something people. WHAT THE HELLLL 

UGH Total BS that Kelly and Val are in the bottom. How the heck is Bristol safe? 

RT if you can't believe Bristol made it through tonight's elimination! I demand a recount on the vote! 

Dancing with the Stars is ridiculous. A blind man can see Bristol can't dance yet she's safe and Kelly's in jeopardy 

if you are voting for Bristol Palin to stay on because you think this is a partisan issue, you are an idiot.

Well if the producers of DWTS brought this no talent idiot back in order to stir up controversy, I hope they are prepared for  the anger and frustration that is coming their way.

Caption Contest! Update to include Palin's venomous ghostwritten Facebook diatribe.

This is the new banner that the Sea O' Pee put up just a little while ago.

I think it is supposed to show Palin's disappointment in today's decision, but my first impression was that the lunatics had finally realized that Palin will NEVER set foot in the White House.

So I got to wondering, what does it say to you?

P.S. By the way one of the articles featured prominently over there is titled, and I kid you not, "Breitbart’s Pollak on SCOTUS ObamaScare Ruling: Wrong, Wrong, Wrong."

You can literally almost hear him banging his hands and feet against the floor in a tantrum when you read that, can't you?

Boy is today a great day or what?

Update: Well it looks like Palin rattled RAM's cage and demanded that she earn her keep. ( "Get up bitch I have venom to spew!")

This courtesy of the Grizzled Mama's Facebook page:

Thank you, SCOTUS. This Obamacare ruling fires up the troops as America’s eyes are opened! Thank God. (Oooh passive aggressive, I love the passive aggressive Palin! You can almost hear her teeth grinding from here.)

This proves to be such an unsettling time in America as we undergo the fundamental transformation that Barack Obama promised he would do to us if elected. Obamacare was dealt in deception and confusion by flooding the public with an overwhelming amount of conflicting “rationale” via thousands of pages of unread legislative detail, which is the radical left’s M.O. Obama promised the American people this wasn’t a tax and that he’d never raise taxes on anyone making less than $250,000. We now see that this is the largest tax increase in history. It will slam every business owner and every one of the 50% of Americans who currently pay their taxes. The other 50% are being deceived if they think they’re going to get a free ride – because Medicaid is broke. Recipients of Obama’s “free health care” will have fewer choices and less accessibility. Trust me – this much more expensive health care WILL be rationed; to claim otherwise defies all economic and common sense. (Oh boy, SOMEBODY spit their meds into the toilet this morning!) 

We will not retreat on this. A newly elected legislative branch is key to defending our Republic and fundamentally restoring all that is good in America. (Translation: "AHHH, this can's t be happening! We OWN the Supreme COurt! Who forgot to pay Roberts this month?) 

SCOTUS now rules this is a tax? Well, Congress has the ability to create taxes – and also has the ability to rescind them. Upon their return from the July recess, Congress should act immediately to repeal this terrible new tax on the American people, and indeed they must repeal all of Obamacare. This is the most brazen and sweeping new tax and government overreach imposed on us. We the People did not ask for this tax, we do not want this tax, and we can’t afford this tax. This is not an answer to America’s health care challenges. (Translation: And in closing let me just say, TAX, TAX, TAX! It's gonna be a goddamn tax people!) 

It’s time, again, for patriotic Americans to rise up to protest this obvious infringement on our economic and personal freedom. November is just around the corner. Today, the Supreme Court issued their ruling on Obamacare. In November, We the People will issue ours. (Translation: Fuck, fuck, fuckity, fuck fuck!")


- Sarah Palin

Palin is an idiot if she believes this hurts the President or proves that she was right about "death panels." It does neither.

But perhaps one of the best parts of this decision is that it REALLY irritates the moosecrap right  out of Palin.  Like I said, it sure is a good day!

Update 2: Damn, it looks like Klondike Kardashian is getting eviscerated on Twitter!

Gotta love it!

Sarah Palin's endorsement of Orrin Hatch disappoints rapidly diminishing pool of supporters even further.

Courtesy of the LA Times:  

Expected by many to support Hatch’s first serious challenger, former Utah State Sen. Dan Liljenquist, Palin instead posted a long defense of Hatch on her Facebook page Wednesday. 

“Orrin Hatch is part of the one percent,” wrote Palin. “No, not that one percent you’ve heard about. He’s part of the one percent of national politicians who I think should be re-elected.” Invoking President Reagan’s praise of Hatch as “Mr. Balanced Budget,” Palin cited Hatch’s record as a fiscal conservative, his opposition to “Obamacare” and his support of conservative Supreme Court justices as reasons she supports him. 

But those words prompted an outcry from many of her supporters, who left scathing comments on her Facebook page. 

“Sorry Sarah,” wrote AnnaMarie Stephens. “Nobody needs to be a Senator for life! We’re just so sick of the same ole, same ole.” 

“You have disappointed millions of us, who once appreciated your wisdom,” wrote Steve Hatfield. “Your new-found ‘wisdom’ seems to be more of the cronyism that has kept far too many RINOs in office. No thank you and goodbye.” (RINO is the acronym for the derogatory term “Republican in name only.”

Oooh, the flying monkeys are in a snit now aren't they?

But at this point what do these people expect? The idea that Palin possesses some innate political wisdom that dictates who she endorses is pure Palin mythological mooseshit.

It seems the reason for at least SOME of her recent endorsements are simply because those are the people who ASKED her for one.

People like Nebraska GOP candidate, Deb Fischer, who wrote the following:

I am writing to you as both a fan of your strong, conservative principles and as a fellow female Republican. I have watched your career with respect as you take on tough issues, all while raising a family and serving your great state. Your career has inspired me and so many other female politicians who believe principles should be above politics.

Ass kissed, endorsement provided.  See how that works?

So did Orrin Hatch pucker up as well?  Why yes he did.  

Hatch told the National Review that he has “doggedly” sought Palin’s support for a long time, and that he cultivated a relationship with Palin and her husband, Todd, through handwritten letters and personal phone calls. 

Hatch told the conservative publication that he spoke to Palin early Wednesday. “I told her that I love her and her husband,” he said. “She said, ‘We love you, too,' and that she’s here to help.”

Sort of like getting a hand job from the easy girl in the back of  school bus now isn't it?  I mean ANYBODY can get one, all they have to do is ask.

Look NOTHING scares Sarah Palin more than the idea that she is slipping into irrelevancy. So when anybody treats Palin like her endorsement is worth a shit, how is she able to say no?

Of course the question to ask is, is her endorsement really worth a shit?

Right now I think it can often do more harm than good in a number of places, but does carry some weight in certain deeply red primary races.  (Of course considering how angry she is making some of the Teabaggers that might NOT be for much longer!) However if Palin keeps giving them out to every Tom, Dick, and Orrin who asks her for one, they will soon not be worth the crayon smudged cereal box top they are scrawled on.

And if I were a Republican candidate for office (Excuse me I just threw up in my mouth a little at that thought.), I would certainly consider the fate of the OTHER people that Palin endorsed before getting my herpes free lips anywhere NEAR that ass in the hopes of an endorsement.

I'm just saying.

Palin drops a few crumbs for the Flying Monkeys.

"See? I still might get in. Send money!"

Courtesy of Politico:

Ken Vogel and I both have sources telling us that calls were made on behalf of a mystery candidate to various early states to determine presidential filing deadlines. 

The calls were made by representatives of the law firm Baker Hostetler - a firm that employs lawyer Mark Braden, who represents Sarah PAC, her political action committee. 

As Ken notes, while he nor representatives of Palin’s campaign would comment on the calls, Palin is the only GOP politician eying the presidential race who is represented by the firm. 

The current thinking in GOP election law circles is that the first hard cut-off for entering the race is Oct. 28, when presidential candidates who hope to appear on the ballot in the New Hampshire primary would be required to submit a filing fee from a federally registered presidential campaign committee. 

The news cycle has been dominated by Chris Christie today, so of course Palin has to find some way to get her name in the news and possibly squeeze some pennies out of her weary, uninspired supporters.

The funny thing is that I went over to the Sea O'Pee, and though they mention this article, there is VERY little enthusiasm.

I think that despite their protestations to the contrary that the Palin-bots are starting to see Palin the way the rest of the country sees Palin.

Methinks the Palin-bots are freaking out!

This is an ACTUAL e-mail that one of my readers just forwarded to me.

Subject: Mama Grizzlies In Action for American Values

To: (Name redacted to protect my source. Hah! WE can play that game too!)

Team Sarah
American Values in Action.
A message to all members of Team Sarah
Be A Media Volunteer

Team,

Do you think that the media should be focusing on the issues that our nation is facing (i.e. 9% unemployment, a housing crisis, and gasoline hovering at an average of $3.73 per gallon nationally)? We do too but instead, the media is focusing on the emails of Sarah Palin, a governor that has been out of office for almost two years.

It seems that the Washington Post and the New York Times are both recruiting volunteers to scour through the hundreds of thousands of emails that are due to be released tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. Alaska time. It’s been previously reported that some 2,000 emails will not be released and that many of the released emails will have details redacted by the state lawyers thus making it difficult to fully understand the context of the subject matter at hand. Therefore, we are asking that Team Sarah members go to the following links and volunteer to be a reader/commentator of these emails.


New York Times:

"We’re asking readers to help us identify interesting and newsworthy e-mails, people and events that we may want to highlight. Interested users can fill out a simple form to describe the nature of the e-mail, and provide a name and e-mail address so we’ll know who should get the credit. Join us here on Friday afternoon and into the weekend to participate."

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/help-us-investigate-the-sarah-palin-e-mail-records/

Washington Post:

"We’ll be posting them here, and are inviting you to comment on the most interesting or most noteworthy sections. Please include page numbers and, where possible, a direct excerpt. We'll share your comments with our reporters and may use facts or related material you suggest to annotate the documents displayed on The Post site. We may contact you for further details, by way of your registered e-mail with the Post, unless you specify otherwise in the comments."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/help-analyze-the-palin-emails/2011/06/08/AGZAaHNH_blog.html

If you are participating in this call to action please join us in the Mama Grizzly Group here and provide any informational updates.

Best,
The Tiny Team Behind the Team
teamsarahhq@gmail.com

Visit Team Sarah at: http://teamsarah.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

Now I have NO idea if there is really anything of value in these e-mails, but just watching the flying monkeys freak out is already making this e-mail dump one of the BEST things ever!

Still waiting to hear back from the Washington Post, but even if I don't get picked I will be combing through those e-mails on Crivella West with a fine tooth comb. And I imagine that many of you wil lbe right there with me.

Palin tweets a bright shiny object to divert her faithful away from paying attention to the Frank Bailey book.

From the Twit's Twitter account:

Tumultuous world gotcha' flummoxed? Divert w/tuning 2 unifying, sweet competition; Dancing w/the Stars TEAM BALLAS competes in finals tonite
1 hour ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

Now as many of you know I speak fluent Palinese, so allow me to translate:

Ooh look dancing! Much better than dumb old book about dumb old emails! STOP THINKING ABOUT THE BOOK, AND WATCH TV U FLIPPING IDIOTS! #SHIT

As a matter of fact the Flying Monkeys are so worried about this book that they have started doing pre-emptive strikes all across the internet:

Palin aides also pointed to previous ethics charges against Bailey during his service to the ex-governor’s administration, as well as an ongoing investigation by the state attorney general’s office over the emails Bailey included in the book. Additionally, SarahPAC spokesman Tim Crawford highlighted Bailey’s book cover, which is a modified image. The original photo was of Palin standing next to other governors at an RGA event, not next to Bailey.

“Frank Bailey was the only member of the Palin administration to be found to have acted unethically – twice,” Crawford said. “He is currently under investigation again by the state attorney general. Then, as the administrator of certain email accounts, he acted unethically by appropriating account information he was entrusted to protect.”

“Gov. Palin suspended Bailey and refused to hire Bailey when he sought a position on her vice presidential campaign staff and later with SarahPAC. Mr. Bailey has an axe to grind and abandoned truth in his book. The cover of the book tells this story, two completely different photos twisted and Photoshopped to create a fraudulent image. The book belongs on the fiction shelves.”

Oh, tomorrow is going to be SO much fun!

And remember it is not too late for you to share in that fun.  Just click here.

P.S. Did anybody even notice that Palin had one of her sycophants write a Facebook post for her to put her hoof print on today?  I was going to write about it, but there was absolutely NO Sarah Palin apparent in the writing, so why bother? 

I will bet big money she has never even read the thing yet, and I KNOW she does not understand what it says!

The saga of "WendyWaitress" and the pitfalls of an open dialogue on the internet.

It started with a comment that appeared on the Laura Novak tries to get a straight answer out of ADN editor Pat Dougherty post.

Hello there Gryphen. New reader, new poster here. I actually was "referred" if you will by Sarah Palin herself. She and a woman I did not recognize have lunched several times this year in the restaurant where I work. Of course one hears all types of gossip when serving what is generally considered the "upper crust"...but in this day and age of cell phone photos being sold to tabloids for 10 thousand dollars, many well known people tend to be more discreet now.

Then there are folks like Sarah Palin, whom I refer to as "the peek-a-boo set". They think just because they aren't talking TO you, that you can't HEAR them. (Palin is also a part of what I call the Shitty Tipper Collective...in Arizona where everyone judges you by the amount of money you do or do NOT throw around, Sarah Palin has tipped as low as 2 percent)

Anyway twice now I've heard her talking about someone who obviously presses her buttons...she had said the same thing practically verbatim both times, maniacally ranting why do people even listen to him, I mean who in their right mind calls themselves immoral with pride, and you know it's no wonder he turned his own kid gay, he's all the time talkin' about what a lousy husband he was, I mean this guy is deranged, do you know he has stalked me at public appearances, and he doesn't even have a job he's just a blogger......and on and on and onnnnnn.

After the second time I googled "Palin Immoral Blog" and here I am. I find it very funny that she says you are "just" a blogger, when as far as I can tell SHE is "just" a facebooker and twitter-er.
I am really enjoying reading your archives. I knew she was stupid and obnoxious but I had no idea about all of this....insanity. How is it this woman still has people thinking she is fit to lead the country?


This was not the first time that I had heard of Palin badmouthing me in public.  In fact the last time I was told of this happening, it was also something overheard in a restaurant.

By the way Sarah is not the ONLY Palin to say things behind my back, I have also had the honor of being bad mouthed by Bristol on Facebook. As you can imagine rather than hurt my feelings these reports kind of make my day to some degree.

After this comment our anonymous waitress friend adopted the moniker "WendyWaitress."


WendyWaitress said...

Wow, what a great welcome!! Thanks all.

I have now spent exactly..ummm ALL of my day off reading Gryphen's archives, I loaded this blog into my news reader and kept falling more and more down the rabbit hole. How is this not MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR news? Osama bin Laden KILLED, Active state governor fakes pregnancy. Am I wrong here??

For the person who asked me to describe the person Sarah Palin was with, well she was very nice compared to Sarah, she actually looked me in the eye and did not BARK at ME because SHE ordered a salad nicôise and was pissed it ended up being something she didn't like or even know what it was and then demanded I ask our michelin starred chef to make CHICKEN FINGERS..like someone else I could name. Anyway she had blond hair, kind of pink/ruddy complexion and was wearing a super expensive but VERY ill fitting (???) suit and louboutin heels which I know for a fact cost as much as my monthly salary.

The most interesting thing about Sarah Palin's lunch date is that she seemed very focused on redirecting Sarah when she would go off on these angry tangents.

She also had bangs, and her handbag was a dooney from the 2009 season I think, bright yellow patent. (I was a fashion major and I notice these things I guess)

The only other thing I think would be of interest to you all, on the second time I saw them, the companion was gently chiding Sarah, saying "hon you can't get mad at a little boy for calling you grandma when you are his grandma! Teach him "LuLu" when he's older!"

Which I took to mean, Sarah didn't want Bristal's little one to call her Grandma so instead she was trying to get him to call her LuLu. But now of course I'm wondering just who exactly they were talking about.

Unfortunately I think that pretty much empties my gossip quiver. But maybe they'll come back. You can be sure I will be paying verrry close attention if they do.

Thanks again for the warm welcome. I already love everyone here!

PS, in attempt to distinguish myself from the many other anonymous' posting, I will be using the name WendyWaitress=)

Right after this some of the anonymous commenters started to challenge "Wendy" about petty things about concerning her post and suggesting that she was not believable.  I allowed  these comments through because I was interested in just what Wendy had stirred up, and because I KNEW that others would defend Wendy. Which they did.

However the number going on the attack soon overwhelmed those arguing on Wendy's behalf.

This inspired WendyWaitress to come back to clarify her statements and defend herself.

Oh crap you are right. Maybe I should not have mentioned the salad.

Maybe I'm being naive but I am not worried. She was so dismissive she practically looked THROUGH me. Seriously.

We have a normally "tungsten steel clad" (as my boss says) rule that nobody ever discusses a "celeb" guest, ever ever ever. But my shift manager said "feel free to tell all and sundrie what a BITCH she is, maybe it'll get back to her and she can punish us by keeping on her high horse and riding the hell on past us next time".

Usually our celeb customers are so gracious and discreet AND they tip enough to buy more than a stick of gum...

I've been waitressing (we call it "serving") for almost 4 years, ever since I finished my apparently worthless degree. And only once have I ever run into someone well known who was rude like her. And keep in mind we're right in the middle of the "spa" district ("spa"'=rehab or plastic surgery recovery a lot of times) and we get our share of well known guests. But nobody has ever made the staff collectively raise our eyebrows like "are we being punked?" as she did.

To the person who worried Wendy might be my real name, no....I just wanted to think of something that sounded good with "waitress", LOL

I have been reading about this baby thing literally all day. I really have to give credit to a lot of the posters here, reading the comments on these posts is seriously better than a thriller novel! People here are so smart and clever with the observations and insights.

One thing I personally noticed right off the bat, Sarah Palin talked about breast-feeding her baby a lot in the beginning. Seems like I have read 3 or 4 articles just today where she mentions something about a breast pump. But then the photos of her at work just 3 DAYS after the birth?? My sister had a baby in January and on the 2nd or 3rd day after, her breasts swelled up as big as her head and she was in so much pain she cried when it was time to feed my nephew. It took a couple weeks for the swelling to go down. My sister could not have gotten in a size 2 fitted suit (her pre pregnancy work clothes) that soon after birth, if you had offered her a million dollars. And her MD said when she swelled up like that, it was totally normal and happens to most women in the first post pardum week.

When I see those photos of Sarah Palin in a fitted suit, 72 hours after giving birth (supposedly) and then I think of my sister who had her first baby, was only 29, and teaches pilates classes (you wanna see tight abs???).....well let's just say the picture of Sarah Palin in her tailored suit with perfect makeup and no hair out of place and the picture of my sister with her bed-head, broken cappilaries, and happy but exhausted eyes.....well it sure does not look like they went through the same experience.

Now that I have spent my whole day delving in to this insane story, I have to go do actual stuff like dinner and laundry. But please know all of your comments in all these great posts have just been so fun and interesting to read=)

After this comment the negativity from anonymous commenters increased and the statement was made that there were NO Michelin Star chefs in Arizona. (As I am sure many of you did, I googled to check just to be sure, and found that there were indeed some Michelin star chefs in Arizona, (Including by the way in Scottsdale.  You know, the same place where Sister Sarah JUST purchased a million and a half dollar mansion!)

However the questions concerning Wendy's believability were too much and she decided that perhaps IM was not the hospitable place she had first imagined it to be.

Huh. I guess I said my warm welcome bit a little too early.

Maybe you guys have been burned by people who have (or have not) interacted with Sarah Palin? I dint know. But it feels pretty shitty to have someone "call bullshit" on you because you misspelled nicôise. Unlike Ms. Palin, at least I know how to SAY it. (she said "nik-swah"; it's nee-swah)

As for there not being any Michelin chefs in Arizona...are you joking??? Are YOU Sarah Palin or one of her cronies? We have some of the best eateries in the country here. We have numerous restaurants on the grounds of posh hotels as well as high class dining in the shopping and spa districts.

What really IS bullshit...is that instead of dogging me and making me wish I had NEVER commented..you could have spent two minutes on google and gotten it right. Or even just READ my post- I did not say chicken fingers were on the menu- I said that is what she ASKED for when she disliked what she had ordered off the menu.

My observations may not be earth shattering, I may not ever hear anything truly juicy or revealing but if you jump everyone who comes here with ANY detail or personal account, it's a safe bet the people who DO have the really good dirt will NEVER speak up.

I don't know if I am even going to read the comments again much less write my own. If you want to doubt me that's your business, but you should at least have a better reason than "she didn't spell nicôise right"...I notice the person who pointed that out didn't spell it either. It's a hard word to spell and I can never remember where the accents go. The thing is, I'm pretty sure that only makes me HUMAN....not a liar.

To the person who suggested I have Gryphen verify my "credentials"...are YOU joking, too?? You want me to send my personal information to an out of state blogger I came across 12 hours ago? You can't be serious. I don't have "credentials". I'm a waitress who thought some people might find my personal dealing with a public figure mildly interesting. Nothing I could say about what Sarah Palin ate or didn't eat or what she was wearing is going to have even a shred of impact on her politics, who likes her, who doesn't like her...the end.

Thanks to the people who WERE nice. It felt great to be welcomed for those few HOURS before people started pissing on my parade. Being that my feelings are hurt and I don't feel I was given a fair shake by people who discredited me based upon their made up knowledge regarding the caliber of chefs we have in Arizona...if Sarah Palin "graces" us with her presence again I will probably be keeping it to myself.

Bye, folks. I am not the type who can just let being basically called a liar slide off my back and not bother me. It DOES bother me, so my choice will be to avoid it by not reading the comments here.

Next time someone speaks up, I urge you not to write them off until you have a legitimate reason for doing so. Maybe someone came here once and tested the waters by revealing a little of what they know. And maybe someone "called bullshit" on them. And maybe they decided, well...this is just not worth the hassle. And MAYBE...they would have had a lot more to say, if they hadn't been jumped on and ridiculed right away=(

At this point I realized that I had let the conversation get out of hand, and had failed to properly protect a newcomer who was not aware that most likely the negativity coming her way was from the Palin-bots who are constantly lurking around this blog.  She sadly believed it was from people who she felt should be on her side,  when it appeared they were not she became discouraged.

So I responded in an effort to let her know that her information and candor was greatly appreciated.

To WendyWaitress, I would like to extend my gratitude for the information that you provided, as well as an apology for how some treated you for your bravery.

It is my usual policy to allow an open exchange of ideas and opinions in the comments section. Usually a troll who attacks a commenter is taken down by somebody else rather quickly. I did see that happen yesterday, but then I also noticed a dramatic increase in the attacks leveled against you.

You are new to this type of give and take, but when THAT happens it is usually an indication that your remarks were potentially damaging to Sarah Palin, and her minions have been dispatched to discredit you.

The LAST thing they want to believe is that their Queen is so thin skinned and easily rattled that she sits around bitching about me. That would give me a sense of power that they are desperate that I not have.

However I have long known about the impact I have on Palin, and you simply provided more proof.

Thank you for your information, and rather than feel insulted by the attacks, rejoice! You scared the Palin-bots, and that is a badge of honor around here.

I really do hope you come back. I will certainly always welcome you, and by the way, whose blog is it anyhow? LOL!

Sadly I do not think I was fast enough, and Wendy may very well have meant it that she is never coming back here again.  If true that would be a loss.

Please take a good hard look a the last thing WendyWaitress wrote in her final comment, that is a lesson for ALL of us.

I have to accept the lion's share of the blame here, in my desire to not interfere with the back and forth among the commenters I left Wendy virtually defenseless.  I had hoped that there would be more than enough people to come to her aid, and to be honest I was out and away from my computer much of the 18th and 19th, and did not monitor the comments as closely as I do on other occasions.

I dislike having to reject comments unless absolutely necessary (And believe it or not I DID reject a number of comments during those exchanges that were extremely insulting), however in the future I may have to use a heavier hand in order to protect people who provide new information about Sarah Palin that will identify them as a target of the Palin-bots.

As for WendyWaitress, I certainly hope you are still lurking around here somewhere, and that you will continue to contribute occasionally, or at the very least continue to read the information provided here for the edification and enjoyment of all.

Oh and by the way, since we all know that the Grizzled Mama is an extraordinarily vindictive bitch, please let us know if there is any backlash against you at your place of employment.  If there any calls to complain or threats to your job, I would be more than happy to publicize that here, and as many other places as possible.

Do you hear that Sarah?

To protect Bristol Palin from criticism some of Palin's Flying Monkeys are trying desperately to convince America that they cannot trust their lying eyes.

Ignore that picture up above.

Yes I realize that the differences in Bristol's face are so stark that you would not even realize it was her if somebody had not told you who you were looking at (Hell some people are still not convinced after they have been told!), but according to this totally neutral "journalist" we are all jumping to a ridiculous assumption.

The 20-year-old single mother strutted down the red carpet at the 10th anniversary of the Candies Foundation recently with a face visibly different from just a few years ago. While her face is quite different -- after close inspection of the photos - we do not believe Bristol has had any procedures done. In fact, we believe her dramatic weight loss and a few style changes are responsible for her dramatic new look.

Pay close attention to Bristol's cheeks - the cheekbones seem dramatically "higher" now than before, however a sagging, chubby face hides cheekbones and gives the face a droopy look. Bristol"s newly-thin face allows her cheekbones to actually show. Her eyebrows are groomed entirely different - and eyebrows are known to have the power to dramatically change the appearance of a face - even seeming to alter its shape! Her hair is different, her makeup is more mature.

Folks, Bristol has not had plastic surgery. She's just grown up a bit!

See?  You were all simply fooled by Bristol's "dramatic weight loss' and her newly groomed eyebrows.

Seriously, why must you people always believe that the information transmitted to your brain through your optic nerves is trustworthy?  As you can clearly see from the composite below, this is the same old Bristol that we have all come to know and loathe love.

Besides as you can see from these clearly fair and balanced commentaries from this pathetic rag fine example of journalistic integrity, there is NO reason to suspect that this reporter, Toshiba Reynolds, has an agenda which would compel her to lie about Bristol's plastic surgery in order to curry favor with her mother.

Right?

So did this huge push to discredit those asking the Palin pregnancy questions finally shut Andrew Sullivan up? Yeah right!

From the Daily Beast:

I'm going to respond to Justin Elliott's alleged "definitive debunking" of the questions surrounding Sarah Palin's maternity of Trig in due course. It deserves more than an instant reaction - and adds two new sources to the dozens that have now emerged to shed partial light on the story. In the end, there are two stories here: the actual story and the meta-media-story. I'm interested in both equally. And the visceral contempt and dimissal for me personally is sadly a part of the latter.

One aspect of the meta-media-story is media intimidation - from within and without. MSM reporters tackling anything to do with the Palin pregnancy have to overcome what they know will be the spin from the Palinite right: that they are just liberal maniacs bent on destroying this real and talented hope for conservatism, precisely because she is such a hope for conservatism. This dynamic is one MSM reporters have internalized, making what would be routine questions and investigations of a public figure in, say, reality TV or national politics into exceptional and career-risking gambles.

And yes, before you ask, I am helping Sullivan as much as I can.

And Andrew may need as much support as he can get from all of you, because according to Wonkette he is about to become the target du jour of the "scary in their  own minds"Twitter cult called #TrigsCrew.

America’s surly unemployed white mouse-clickers need a little direction here. What website needs to be boycotted next? It appears it is Andrew Sullivan’s “Daily Dish,” because he has committed the Crime of repeatedly writing in a Disrespectful Way about Saint Sarah Palin and her baby. Do these people realize Andrew’s site isn’t just a couple of bloggers, but is actually part of the Daily Beast and Newsweek? Do they have enough twitterers and mouse-clickers on the ‘puters to click every ad on a hundred years of Newsweek archives and send illiterate twats to every banner advertiser? Is Sarah Palin’s army of deluded fools ready to go to bat? It’s one thing to get a Democratic congresswoman shot — that just takes one lunatic — but it’s an entirely different thing to ask people to wear out their clickin’ fingers before their programs come on the teevee.

Somehow I doubt this will be terribly successful since the Daily Beast certainly knew that they would suffer the airborne poop droppings of the Flying Monkeys when they hired Sullivan in the first place. Still I think he might like to hear that he has the support from those of us who are ALSO interested in seeing Sarah Palin's big lie revealed to the world.

Feeling under assault Sarah Palin summons the Flying Monkeys.

Come to me my minions! Come and protect your Queen!

This was posted over at the Sea O'Pee yesterday:

The White House and Congress heard loud-and-clear that Americans don’t want cradle-to-grave government control of our lives. We don’t want government bureaucrats deciding what kind of lightbulb we should use, what kind of cars we should drive, and which doctors can and can’t care for us and our families. And we don’t want our President continuing to manipulate the U.S. energy supply. What we want are the freedoms and opportunities to make a better life for ourselves in this most exceptional nation on earth…

Now, you and I must fix our eyes on 2012. Our goal is to take back the White House and the Senate. We must take back control of Congress and the White House in order to undo the damage done by the disastrous Obama/Pelosi/Reid agenda…

Can I count on your support as we look ahead to 2012?

Here let me translate that from Palin-speak to people talk:

Nobody is treating me like a viable candidate, and Trump and his alien hair have stolen the attention of the Teabaggers, Birthers, and lunatics away from me. 

To make matters worse that "Rhymes with Harlot" Professor is getting people to pay attention to that ingenious lie I told back in 2008. (You know, the one that made all of you like me in the first place.), and THIS time people are actually scrutinizing my lies and looking at the evidence. Shit!

Now I am feeling very depressed, and feel another cold sore coming on, so I need all of you to quickly send me all of your money so that I can splash my face with it, and soak in the happiness that only your hard earned cash can bring me.

Prove your love for me so that I might rise again!

We have seen this pattern all too many times before.  Palin feels under attack by people who insist upon using logic, so she releases a story that indentifies her as a victim, and then asks for "support" from the low hanging fruit which still adores her.

And the truly sad this is that apparently this still works to some degree.

If some enterprising young clinician wanted to make some real money in the near future he would start a 12 step program called "Getting Over Your Allegiance to Sarah Palin!"  My guess is that in the next six months to a year they could make some serious money. 

Assuming of course these poor bastards have any money left after Snowdrift Snooki is done with them.

Poll saying that Independents would favor disgraced actor Charlie Sheen over disgraced half-term Governor Sarah Palin has caused the flying monkeys to take flight.

You know there are literally so many negative stories coming out about Palin that I have to pick and choose which ones to post or else I would probably not even have time to eat or sleep. 

So I passed on the Public Policy Polling survey that showed bat shit crazy Charlie Sheen polling higher among Independents than bat shit crazier Sarah Palin did.  Funny, but others had covered it so I left it alone.

But that was before I read this e-mail from a Palin-bot to PPP that I felt perfectly illustrates the frustration and seething rage that seems to define those who are left among her rapidly dwindling supporters.

From: M JN [mailto:retiretherinos@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:07 PM
To: PPP Information
Subject: Partisan Propoganda Polling

Dear Partisan Propoganda Polling,

PPP/Kos/SEIU you are now even more of a joke than you were before. Your polls are such lies that are growing more and more outrageous by the month. You really have been proven to be Propoganda Polling except you don't poll, you just make it up. Everything you put out on Palin is suspect. What kind of a Pollster puts out a Palin vs Charlie Sheen poll and polls the favorability of Levi Johnston and Asks Alaskan's if they Can See Russia. Are you kidding? You Pathetic Partisan Loons really hate Palin and the fact that you include such questions make you a joke. PPP is agenda driven garbage and your polls on Palin are not believed by anyone but the moronic left. Plus your latest poll on John Kasich with a 35% Approval and 54% Disapproval, How much did the Unions Pay for that Propoganda? You are making it up because Kasich is going after the People that write your Checks, the Unions. Public Propoganda Polling is now alligned with the Daily Kooks and SEIU, so we know that your polls are Left Wing Propoganda. Your Anti-Palin agenda is so obvious, you poll the favorability of Levi Johnston and her versus Charlie Sheen. Left Wing Lunatics and Derranged Palin Haters should not be in the Polling Business. Your Alaska Polls were way off in Every Race because you don't poll! Public Propoganda's South Dakota polls are Laughable, your numbers on Palin and Kristi Noem are bullcrap. Everything you put out on Palin is bullcrap and every poll that you put out is bullcrap. Partisan Democrats have no interest in Accurate Polls. You lie! Your South Dakota numbers are bogus, your Missouri Numbers are bogus, your Palin numbers are bogus, and your credibility is Non-Existent. If Palin Runs, your propoganda fails.

Oh my!  Are you all loving this as much as I'm loving this?

I especially love how the guy misspelled propaganda, over, and over, and over again. Which as you all know is the calling card of the true and faithful flying monkey. 

In fact I believe there have to be a certain number of misspellings before they are allowed to get their wings.

Ladies and gentlemen let me present Sarah Palin's brain, Rebecca Mansour. Updated.



The elusive RAM

 

 Courtesy fo the LA Times:

In an organization that is opaque, if not secretive, Mansour's profile has remained especially low. News stories have described her as an "all-purpose advisor," Palin's "enforcer," her "secret asset." Vanity Fair said Mansour was "Palin's most unconventional hire."

Mansour declined half a dozen requests to meet for this story. Her reticence, said the Palin aide, "is a sign that she is loyal and that she is focused on doing her job and not on being in the public eye. That's one of her greatest strengths: her total lack of ambition to be the story itself."

"I cannot stress enough," Mansour said by phone, "I am the most boring individual."

This is only a taste of what is in the article, and the Times has done a fairly reasonable job of finally fleshing out just who has been putting words in Palin's mouth, and standing in for her on Facebook, and Twitter.

This is the first "good" photo I have ever seen of RAM, and all I can say is...well nothing nice actually.

So that is what a person who feeds solely on occasional attention from the Grizzled Mama, and spends all day baring her teeth and Twitter-scratching the eyes out of any potential Palin critics looks like.

Maybe it is just me, but is anybody else instantly reminded of the movie Batman Returns?

Update: If I may I would like to point out that I did not say that RAM was unattractive, I simply pointed out that this picture reminded me of a character in the Batman Returns movie, which it did almost immediately.  For all you know I could have been talking about Michelle Pfeiffer. (Okay I did not expect you to buy that one.)

However if you want me to worry about Becky's feelings getting hurt because some people are making comments about her looks, sorry I am usually quite chivalrous but not for somebody like RAM.

And seeing her in the flesh may very well help to expalin WHY she is so drawn to Snowdrift Snooki.

I would have to imagine that Mansour was probably not somebody who was invited to the cool parties, or was asked to hang out with the cheerleaders and football players.  So having attention paid to her by somebody who she clearly worships, the ultimate ex-beauty queen who EVERYBODY wanted to be with, had to have made her feel special.  And what would Becky be willing to do for somebody who finally made her feel part of the cool kids group?

Just about anything, would be my guess.

So yes, in this case RAM's outward appearance may help to solve part of the mystery as to why she is so completely infatuated with Palin. Therefore it should be noted and opened to discussion.

Now the question that I am curious about is whether the picture that was first identified as RAM, and sent to me as such, is in fact the same person pictured above. 

Any thoughts?

Update: The comments section had yet another picture of RAM. Oh my.

BTW if you concern trolls think the comments here are harsh you should all head on over the LA Times comment section and see what THEY are saying. Comparatively speaking things are rather mild over here.

You can tell your design for the cover of a book about Sarah Palin is a good one when the flying monkeys start pulling out their fur.

From the Examiner:

Joe McGinniss, the author of Broadway publishing's book about Sarah Palin - 'The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin' - is apparently stopping at nothing to demean Palin. The book's cover has been released by the publisher in advance of the book's availability to the public, and many descriptive words may immediately come to mind for the artwork - or lack of it. The most common word being used to describe the cover is 'unflattering' to Palin, as the silhouette of Palin's stance can most adequately be described as intended sleaze.

"Can most adequately be described as intended sleaze."  Like I said yesterday, Now THAT captures the true essence of Sarah Palin!

And by the way, for those who are concerned that the really horrible pictures of Sarah Palin will not be used, just let me say that I have been contacted by more than a few authors of upcoming Palin books, and they have had full access to my large collection of "flattering" photos of the Grizzled Mama.

So yes, I do believe her true "beauty" will be represented quite adequately.

Palin-bot throws tantrum that his idol did not make Newsweek's "150 Women Who Shake the World" list.

From something called Opposing Views:

The current issue of Newsweek is dedicated to "150 Women Who Shake the World.' The usual suspects are on the list -- Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Nancy Pelosi, German Prime Minister Angela Merkel. Then there are several entertainers noted for their charity works -- Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Shakira, Meryl Streep.

There is one name noticeably absent -- Sarah Palin.

Agree or disagree with Palin's views, she is certainly a force in our national dialogue. The mere title of the piece warrants Palin's inclusion on the list. She can't open her mouth without the entire world "shaking." Everything she says or does is closely watched and reported by the media ad nauseam. If she is not earth-shaking, who is?

Okay here's the thing, up until this point Mark Berman and I are on the the same page.

I ABSOLUTELY believe that Sarah Palin should be on this list.

Of course I disagree with her, and obviously don't care for her very much, but I have to admit that she has an impact on politics and current events that really cannot be ignored.  While I agree that her influence is rapidly fading, it is clearly still powerful enough to have warranted inclusion on this list.

But then Berman did the unthinkable. He decided to attack those who WERE included instead of his beloved Sarah Palin. And since he was a Palin-bot he made the attack as ugly as possible.

Gabrielle Giffords? Her story is tragic and everyone wishes her a fully and speedy recovery, but with all due respect and not to be insensitive, she was just an anonymous Congresswoman before being shot. What did she really do to shake the world? The same could be said for CBS News reporter Lara Logan, who likely would not have made the list had she not been beaten in Egypt. (And raped.  Don't forget that this brave journalist was brutally raped and sexually assaulted by her attackers as well. Or were you afraid that letting your readers know that might make you look like an even bigger piece of shit?)

Oh..my..God!

Now for most thinking people nobody has to defend either Gabrielle Giffords or Lara Logan, but I am going to just in case there are some who actually believe that this idiot has a point.

Gabrielle Giffords was in her third term as a Democratic Congresswoman in the reddest of states, stood up to both Sarah Palin and a Teabagging opponent chosen specifically to defeat her. She was also gaining national attention as a possible candidate for an Arizona Senate seat even before the shooting.  While it is true that the attempted assassination made her name a household word, she was already "shaking" her part of the world even BEFORE Jared Loughner put a bullet in her head.

As for Lara Logan...Jesus, I cannot believe I even have to write this.

Lara Logan is a well respected journalist who has been embedded with the troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan virtually since the two wars first began.  She has reported on some of the harshest fighting in those war zones, and taken some of the most dangerous risks imaginable to bring the news of what it is like to be a soldier in those extreme environments to the people back home.

She also received quite a lot of attention when she criticized Michael Hastings Rolling Stone article because she felt it would keep commanders from providing access to reporters in the future.

I did not always agree with Logan's take on the two wars, but I certainly believe she earned her place on the Newsweek list of "150 Women Who Shake the World."

And you know THIS is exactly how you differentiate between somebody who is a regular commentator making a salient point about how Sarah Palin might have been treated unfairly, and a flying monkey.

The flying monkey seems to channel the darkness and venom that broils inside of the Grizzled Mama and to use it to attack and demonize her critics or those seen as possible competition.  A true Palin-bot cannot simply say "This is unfair!" They have to say "This is unfair, and THAT person does not deserve what my Queen cannot have!"

It is almost as if Sarah is some kind of Palin-poltergeist who invades the psyche's of her supporters and uses them as a vessel to launch an attack on those who dare to take what is hers, or who reveal something painfully true and purposefully hidden that she does not want others to see.

In fact sometimes her sycophants sound so eerily like her (Or her emotional doppelganger RAM) that if you close your eyes you simply cannot tell the difference.

Politically Palin is finished in my opinion, but her poison is still working its way through the veins of our national discourse, damaging the process and scarring innocent bystanders as it goes, and the sooner we figuratively cut off the serpents head the better for all of us.

Palin foe Andree McLeod receives restraining order against Palin-bot after receiving death threats.

From ADN:

Anchorage citizen activist Andree McLeod has obtained a six-month protective order against a woman who threatened her life over her public records requests for former Gov. Sarah Palin's official e-mails.

The woman, Clare Goodchild, also of Anchorage, admitted making the threats and apologized in court to McLeod. Goodchild said she "meant no harm" when she said she had the cross hairs of her gun scope on McLeod's head and that McLeod had "used up too much oxygen."

"I find it very offensive that Andre Mclead (sic) is asking the state for every e-mail written or received in ANY account maintained by Palin and her husband," Goodchild said in the e-mail to the Daily News, signing it only as "Clare."

"Where does this b*tch get off thinking the public should shell out for her revenge for the Palin family. I've heard enough from this, and I would like to use stronger words to express my feeling for Andre (sic). Well... I think Andre (sic) has used up to (sic) much oxygen. So I have my scope cross hair on her head! She better watch out, the request may have been her last!"

Let this be a reminder to those of you who wonder why more people don't come forward with information about the Palins. 

However as I have said many times in the past if there were more of us willing to tell what we know, and to stand up to this kind of threatening language and bullying from the Sister Sarah and her crazed followers, we could finally end her reign of terror and send her back to the obscurity from which she emerged.

I have to add that this case with Andree is very uncommon.  Most of the threats we receive are from Palin flying monkeys living out of state.  For somebody up here, who should know better, to still be this delusional is very sad. As well as a little frightening.

(Please click the ADN link and read the entire article.)

The Palin-bots are in a complete state of denial about Frank Bailey's book.

The flying monkeys are flapping around in a blind panic over Bailey's book while attempting to appear completely unconcerned.

Just check out this response from a spokeswoman from SarahPAC according to the ADN:

Pam Pryor, a spokeswoman for Palin's political action committee, said she didn't expect Palin to react. "Doubt she will respond to this kind of untruth," Pryor said in an e-mail.

The article also states the following:

Bailey wrote in the book that he and his co-authors put together the manuscript with the help of more than 60,000 e-mails he sent or received while working for Palin.

I have to wonder did Ms. Pryor read this part about the "60,000 e-mails?"  It seems a little careless to label something an "untruth" with 60,000 e-mails to back it up, don't you think?

And let me just add that I know Jeanne Devon quite well and there is little doubt that she has meticulously cross referenced just about everything in that manuscript to such a degree that the Palins will be completely unable to legally challenge its content. Then we will see just who is the one telling "untruths."

The nasty little gremlins over at the Sea o' pee used the headline "Why Nobody Should Be Worried About Frank Bailey’s Hilarious Manuscript" for their dismissive post about the book.  However from what I read it appears they have not actually had a chance to see what is contained in that leaked manuscript:

Bailey claims to have thousands of e-mails from Governor Palin that supposedly substantiate the charges that he levels against her in the manuscript but the Alaska media that has access to the manuscript has failed to cite even one damaging e-mail.

I am pretty confident that their tune will change dramatically after they see with their own eyes just how many damaging revelations are contained in those 456 pages.

Gee I wonder how winged monkeys get around after their wings have been clipped?

TLC disinvites TV critic from podcast due to fears of terrorist attack by Palin-bots.

Are you all still confused as to how Palin manages to get a pass by many media critics despite the obvious crappiness of her ridiculous reality show/political advertisement?  Perhaps THIS will help to clear things up.

From Jezebel:

Jennifer Pozner, author of Reality Bites Back (from which we published an excerpt last month), was all set to appear on TLC's Talkback Live podcast after Sunday's episode of Sarah Palin's Alaska. Then Pozner wrote a blog post detailing her past and present criticisms of the show: "I've called it a series-long unpaid political advertisement, helping a potential presidential candidate brand herself in exactly the down-home, family-values-having, rugged individualist image she has always favored for herself and her family. I've also been extremely critical of the abject glee the show takes in depicting hunting and fishing in as violent a way as possible, complete with extended scenes of the Palins gutting bloody animals and aggressively beating fish to death with bats." And suddenly, Pozner was no longer welcome on the podcast. Is it because the organizers of the show can't handle anybody even mildly badmouthing Palin? Well, not exactly.

In a post about the Pozner incident, the show's social-media strategist Brian Reich wrote, "We canceled the interview because our planned conversation became, perhaps inadvertently, political." As Pozner pointed out on her blog, the idea that "I'm just too 'political' ... for a show about a former Governor and potential future Republican presidential candidate" is pretty ludicrous. But when I spoke to Reich, he acknowledged that "too political" isn't really the whole story. He explained to me that "the response to her blog post was ridiculously negative — and not negative in the appropriate ways, negative in ways that go way beyond what we're comfortable with." He added that ever since a gunman sparked a standoff at the Discovery Channel headquarters in September, "everyone at Discovery and TLC is very anxious about security issues." So basically, they were worried that if they let Pozner talk on the podcast, a pro-Palin wingnut might try to bomb the building.

How often have we heard about this same kind of threatening posturing coming from the Palin-bots? 

Joe McGinniss, David Letterman, Michael Joseph Gross, Me, Margaret Cho, Mercede Johnston, Barbara Walters, the list goes on, and on, and on.

This is how the supporters of Sarah Palin respond to ANYTHING even remotely critical of their queen.

I am glad that Jezebel put these facts out, because until people REALLY see the kind of nut-jobs that Sarah Palin attracts as supporters, they might simply go on thinking she is like every other politician or reality TV star.  But she is not.

She taps into the same kind of angry, ignorant, mentally unstable American psyche that inspires people to blow up federal buildings, or attack Alaska natives on the street, or to hire their own security staff to arrest journalists trying to exercise their first amendment rights. Many of these crazed, barely coherent psychopaths who have, up until now, been leaderless, have found themselves inspired by the regurgitated one-liners, ghostwritten Facebook posts, and crazed Tweets of the Grizzled Mama.

Here finally is a person who is as mentally unstable as they are. Who better to lead them to victory over the "guvment" they feel oppresses them, the minorities they feel have stolen their jobs, and the voices in their head that keep telling them they are worthless? 

However they are also bullies. And the best way to deal with bullies is to stand up to them and refuse to take their shit.  Until the media starts to, in Palin's words "man up," she will continue to get a pass by the more manstream media simply because they fear a backlash from her troop of flying monkeys.