Longtime "Today Show" anchor Matt Lauer fired from NBC over allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct.

Matt Lauer has been terminated from NBC News. On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer. As a result, we’ve decided to terminate his employment. pic.twitter.com/1A3UAZpvPb

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) November 29, 2017

Courtesy of NBC News: 

Matt Lauer, the anchor of "Today" for two decades, was fired by NBC News after a detailed complaint about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. 

"Today" co-anchors Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb announced Lauer's firing Wednesday, telling viewers at the top of the show that they were processing his departure but didn't yet know all of the details. 

In a memo to employees sent Wednesday morning, NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack said the complaint, which was made by a colleague of Lauer's, prompted a serious review and represented a "clear violation of our company's standards."

Lack said it was the first complaint lodged against Lauer, 59, for his behavior since he took over as anchor of the show in 1997, but there was "reason to believe" it may not have been an isolated incident. 

"Our highest priority is to create a workplace environment where everyone feels safe and protected, and to ensure that any actions that run counter to our core values are met with consequences, no matter who the offender," Lack said.

Guthrie, who joined Lauer at the anchor desk in 2012, said she was "heartbroken" for both him and the "brave colleague who came forward to tell her story and any other women who have their stories to tell." 

"I'm sure we will be learning more details in the hours and days to come. And we promise we will share that with you," she said.

I predicted weeks ago that we would see people who we would never have suspected accused of sexual misconduct, and I have to say that this is certainly one of them.

One thing is for certain, NBC News is absolutely not going to waste any time once allegations are made.

And another thing that is for certain is that Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb are the very definition of grace under pressure.

It is quite clear that their heart is broken and yet they soldier on and do their job even through their tears.

Which only underlines the hypocrisy in this tweet from Trump this morning.

So now that Matt Lauer is gone when will the Fake News practitioners at NBC be terminating the contract of Phil Griffin? And will they terminate low ratings Joe Scarborough based on the “unsolved mystery” that took place in Florida years ago? Investigate!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2017

The fact that this POS continues to live in the White House while so many people are losing their jobs for far less egregious acts of sexual misconduct is a terrible injustice that I hope will someday be rectified. 

National treasure Samantha Bee eviscerates the media for not doing their jobs.

Part Two Here is my favorite part of this segment:

"On the one hand you have the most breathtakingly unqualified ignoramus to heave his spray tanned bulk within striking distance of elected office. A race baiting bully who, according to two meticulously researched biographies, is a tax cheating, investor swindling, worker shafting, dictator loving, pathologically lying, attorney general bribing, philandering, mobbed up, narcissistic, serial con artist, who hasn't got the attention span to read a fortune cookie much less a fucking intelligence briefing. But on the other hand Hillary Clinton used a private email server. See? Perfectly even."

I feel bad I did not bring this to you earlier, as it is quite brilliant.

However I apparently was distracted by a bunch of breaking news items and then forgot to get back to it. 

I really don't think the wait time has damaged its relevance or brilliance.

Hillary Clinton laughs off Right Wing fantasy that she will be jailed over e-mail "scandal."

Here is how Hillary Clinton responded to a question about a possible indictment over her e-mail server courtesy of People:  

"Oh my goodness! Matt, I know that they live in that world of fantasy and hope because they've got a mess on their hands on the Republican side," Clinton replied.

"That is not going to happen," she added of the possibility that she might ultimately be forced to take what Lauer called "some kind of political perp walk." 

"There is not even the remotest chance that it's going to happen." Clinton dismissed the FBI investigation into her use of a private email server as a "security review" that had become politicized because of her involvement. 

This is actually believed, not only by the Right Wing, but even by some of those supporting Bernie Sanders.

We have even had a few of them here on IM.

Even my own daughter has parroted Right Wing talking points about Hillary's trustworthiness and possible criminal activity.

You know the Rude Pundit addressed this very thing quite eloquently yesterday:

"The only reason you think Clinton is shady is because 25 years of conservative media shoved it down your throat. She's been accused and accused and investigated and investigated and guess what? Not a goddamn thing has ever come of it. It's all shit made up to damage her. If you keep saying over and over that someone did something wrong, did something wrong, did something wrong, but you never prove it, then you're just an asshole."

Exactly!

The conservatives created a cottage industry of making scurrilous, inflammatory claims about  Hillary Clinton, starting from her days as First Lady and extending through her stint as a New York Senator, then potential presidential nominee for the Democratic party in 2008, to her time as Secretary of State, and now once again as the potential presidential nominee for the Democratic party in 2016.

Those were seeds planted in the fertile soil of the conservative brain, and now those roots have spread to infect the minds of those who have no reason to dislike or distrust Hillary Clinton but do so only because they have been conditioned to do so.

That is what her campaign faces going forward, not an actual indictment for wrong doing, but only the expectation that such an indictment is always just around the corner.

Hillary Clinton's response to Bernie Sanders saying she is unqualified to be President.

Okay I thought that was fair and non-confrontational, unlike Sanders' response.

Speaking of Sanders' response this is how he responded to Charlie Rose on this topic yesterday:

Bernie Sanders is refusing to back down from his claim that Hillary Clinton is not "qualified" to be president, though he told CBS host Charlie Rose on Thursday that he only attacked her because she attacked him first. 

“Do you believe Secretary Clinton is unqualified to be president?” Rose asked the Vermont senator on CBS Evening News on Thursday.

“Well, does Secretary Clinton believe that I am unqualified to be president?” Sanders shot back. 

Is anybody else getting a distinct Donald Trump vibe here?

By the end of the interview Sanders had grudgingly acknowledged that Hillary Clinton would be better than any of the choices on the Republican side. 

Here is what Josh Marshall of TPM has to say about all of this:

All candidates, by definition, say that they're more qualified than their opponent. Various things Clinton said can be reasonably interpreted as questioning whether Sanders is up to the job of the presidency. But it is an entirely different matter when an opponent, in his own voice, says flatly his challenger is "unqualified" to serve as President of the country. That's something that cannot be unsaid. If Clinton is the nominee, it will undoubtedly be a staples of GOP stump speeches in the Fall. These are simple realities of political campaigns. Primaries that drag on get intense. Especially in the venomous and kinetic New York media environment. The Clinton operation has plenty of sharp elbows themselves. But it is incumbent on both candidates to fight hard and yet not say things that can't be unsaid - not always as easy thing to manage. Because it matters a lot on various fronts, what the candidate him or herself says, says explicitly. 

Hopefully from this point forward both the Sanders' camp and the Clinton camp will keep in mind that either one of them are far, far, far better than anyone being offered on the GOP side, and stop providing ammunition that will be used against the ultimate Democratic nominee in the general election. 

Sarah Palin's Today Show interview goes down in flames. Update!

Watch @SarahPalinUSA speak out on TODAY in exclusive interview. #IowaTODAY https://t.co/Kbol2A7w9x

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) February 1, 2016

Courtesy of Business Insider:  

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) bristled during a Monday interview on NBC's "Today" show when she was pressed about her provocative comments about her son's arrest and post-traumatic stress disorder. 

"You guys brought me here to talk about Iowa politics and the caucus tonight — not to talk about my kids," Palin said. "And that was a promise. But as things go in the world of media, you guys don't always keep your promises, evidently." 

"It's a shame that our military personnel even have to wonder, if they have to question if they're respected anymore. It starts from the top," she said then. "The question, though, it comes from our own president, when they have to look at him and wonder, 'Do you know what we go through?'" 

During her Monday "Today" interview, Palin said she wasn't blaming President Barack Obama with her comments. 

"What did I say that is offensive?" she said after host Matt Lauer asked if she regretted what she said at the Trump rally. 

"I don't regret any comment that I made because I didn't lay PTSD at the foot of the president," Palin added. "I did say, though — and suggested very adamantly — that there is much more that our commander in chief could do to prove that he respects our troops and let them do their job." 

Palin further criticized the hosts for not having her exact quote. 

"If you guys have a specific quote, it allows the media to be more credible," she said.

Matt Lauer then said that the Today Show had NEVER promised to avoid asking questions about Track's arrest or her comments on PTSD.

This was Palin's response:

Well, I was told that this interview is about the caucus tonight in Iowa. And right on, who will it be to put America back on the right track and restore constitutional government that we are lacking today and that we so need? And I said, "Right on, let me go talk about that. Sure."

Okay well let me just say that I take back all of my recent criticisms of the Today Show and Matt Lauer.

THIS is exactly the kind of interview that I was hoping for and did not expect to see.

Just watch Palin's face when they ask those questions about Track.

Update: Here is Palin on MSNBC this morning.  (I guess she did not learn her lesson yet.)

"I can do and say whatever I want."

Please do, that always works out SO well for you.

Robert Bates, the reserve deputy who shot instead of tasered a suspect, is interviewed on The Today Show.

Courtesy of Mediaite:

The Oklahoma reserve police officer who mistakenly shot and killed an unarmed man earlier this month finally spoke out on Friday morning, sitting down for a satellite interview with NBC’s Today Show. 

“First and foremost, let me apologize to the family of Eric Harris,” Tulsa reserve deputy Robert Bates said of the 44-year-old black man he fatally wounded. “This is the second-worst thing that’s ever happened to me or the first that ever happened to me in my life. I had cancer a number of years ago. I didn’t think I was going to get there… I’d rate this as number one on my list of things in my life that I regret.” 

Asked by Matt Lauer how he could make the fundamental mistake of grabbing his gun instead of the taser, Bates replied, “This has happened a number of times around the country. I have read about it in the past. I thought to myself after reading several cases, I don’t understand how this can happen.” 

He added: “You must believe me, it can happen to anyone.” 

A couple of things got my attention during this interview.

First why in the hell did this guy feel the need to drag his entire family onto TV with him? He looks more like a politician accused of having an affair, rather than a man who accidentally shot a man to death.

Second he at first suggests that this might be the "second" worst thing that has happened to HIM. He corrects it almost immediately and decides it's the first worst thing that has happened. But he continues to make this all about him, instead of about the victim of his incompetence.

And thirdly when Matt Lauer asks Bates to stand up and demonstrate where the taser was in relation to his gun, and the fact that the taser was on his chest while his gun was on his hip, makes the prosecution's job much, much easier.

And his declaimer at the end that this can "happen to anyone," which I would contend is flatly untrue with adequate training, does not do a lot to help his case,

I think this guy is in big trouble, and I think deservedly so.

You may have missed this but, according to the Right Wing, Sarah Palin really "schooled," "slapped down," and "demolished," Matt Lauer on Monday.

Sarah Palin uses her death stare to emasculate Matt Lauer, just like she did Todd.

Okay well I covered the interview on Monday, and I thought I did a fine job. However apparently I missed the part where Palin handed Lauer his ass.

I feel so ashamed.

Because according to Fox News she schooled Matt Lauer.

And according to Newsbusters she slapped him down,

And according to Rush Limbaugh she demolished Lauer.

Wow, how did I miss that!

Okay so here is the part that seems to have tickled the Right Wing taint.

Just in case you did not understand her response here is what she said spelled out for you:

"The plan is to allow those things that had been proposed over many years to reform a health-care system in America that certainly does need more help so that there's more competition, there's less tort reform threat, there's less trajectory of the cost increases, and those plans have been proposed over and over again. And what thwarts those plans? It's the far left. It's President Obama and his supporters who will not allow the Republicans to usher in free market, patient-centered, doctor-patient relationship links to reform health care."

Do you get it now?

No?

Thank God, I thought it was just me. 

Holy moosecrap on a cracker that is ignorant blather. And what the hell is "less tort reform threat?"

There is literally NOTHING in that which could be described as an answer to Lauer's question. It is simply a bunch of words strung together to give the appearance of an answer. In fact I think it is right up there with her "I'll try to find you some and bring'um to ya" response to Katie Couric back in 2008.

However this is what passes for a liberal media ass kicking among the conservatives these days.

Gee no wonder she can sell them ghostwritten books about a made up war on the most popular holiday in the country.

Round two for crazy Sarah Palin interviews. This one from the Today Show.

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Here are the lowlights courtesy of the Today Show:  

Sarah Palin had harsh words for Obamacare on Monday — and the GOP's chances in 2016 didn't fare much better in her opinion. 

“I would never put my faith and hope in any one individual politician,’’ Palin said after Matt Lauer asked her about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a favorite in the field, on TODAY. “Not any of them. There is no Ronald Reagan on the scene today. If he were on the scene, that’s who I would put my faith in. (Wrong! IF he were on the scene today she would call him a RINO.)

"New Jersey, a blue state, has a Republican governor. Right on; it beats the alternative.” 

Last week in an interview, Christie called the federal government shutdown engineered by Republican Senator Ted Cruz and members of the Tea Party “a monumental failure.” 

“When you stand in the middle of the road, you’re going to get hit on both sides of the road,’’ Palin said. “We need to take a stand, especially on this Obamacare, and support those who are just fulfilling their campaign promises. So many politicians ran for reelection and for election saying they would do anything in their power to de-fund the state of socialized medicine program called Obamacare. Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, some of these guys were actually fulfilling their campaign promises and they ask for debate. That’s why they stood up. They took the stand, (and) fought for us to debate the issue of Obamacare.” Lauer asked Palin about President Barack Obama’s apology at the end of last week after it was discovered that five percent of Americans can't keep their existing policies because they don't meet the standards of the new healthcare law. 

“What apology?’’ Palin said. “He kind of acknowledged a bit that there’s a broken website. The broken website is the least of America’s worries. This broken website I think is symbolic of a broken administration. Take over one-sixth of our economy and the socialized medicine (Oh, if were ONLY so lucky as to have socialized medicine.) that’s being crammed down our throat, that’s what’s broken. 

“Where do you get this five percent?’’ she said. “It’s not five percent. It’s most Americans will not be able to keep the healthcare policy and programs that they had desired. (It really pissed me off that Lauer did not call her out on this statement.) The new programs that are being forced down our throat are unaffordable. Some of them are still being told, ‘Well if you like that insurance policy and that coverage, you still will be able to keep it, it’s just going to cost you a little bit more.’ That’s the point. If it’s going to cost you more, then it’s not the same policy.” 

Lauer asked Palin about the Tea Party’s alternative. 

“The plan is to allow those things that had been proposed over many years to reform a healthcare system in America that certainly does need more help so that there’s more competition, there’s less tort reform threat, there’s less trajectory of the cost increases,’’ Palin said. “Those plans have been proposed over and over again, and what thwarts those plans is the far left. (That's total bullshit. The Republicans have done nothing on health care unless they were trying to thwart a Democratic plan.) It’s President Obama and his supporters who will not allow the Republicans to usher in free market, patient-centered, doctor-patient-relationship leaps to reform healthcare.” (Also bullshit.)

Palin was coy about any of her own future political aspirations, including a possible run for the Senate out of Alaska. (Palin does not "play coy" if she were going to run she would be telling everybody! The fact is that she is never running for office again and journalists should realize that.) In her book, she writes about a saying posted on her kitchen cabinet that reads, “Do today what others won’t, so you can do tomorrow what others want.” 

“Sometimes you do have to make sacrifices today in order to progress those around you to create a better environment for all, so making sacrifices today, perhaps doing what you don’t necessarily really, really want to do today, but it pays off in the end,’’ she said. “I don’t know if that necessarily applies to political office though, because people can make a difference without a title, without an office, and we’re proving that.” 

In her new book, Palin steers away from politics (The hell she does!) to write about the Christmas holiday. She believes Christmas is under assault from atheists and secular liberals. (See!)
“What I’m saying is, we need to protect the heart of Christmas and not let an angry atheist armed with an attorney, a Scrooge, tell us that we can’t celebrate traditional faith in America,’’ she said. “We have a constitutionally-protected right to celebrate faith, and Christmas is a part of that.” 

Apparently Palin brought her own Wig wrangler to the Today Show with her.

God two interviews in two days, what did we all do to deserve this?

If Palin keeps this up, and continues to give these crappy interviews, she is going to destroy her ability to fool even the tiny remaining group of people who still give her the benefit of the doubt and fail to realize that she is a giant fraud, and colossal moron.

So let's hope for many more of these, shall we?

The Today Show's Mat Lauer is flying to Alaska to interview Sarah Palin about her newest "book of lies."

The picture that Page Six used to illustrate their story. Really captures Palin's essence, don't you think?

Courtesy of Page Six:  

Matt Lauer is going to Alaska for Christmas. 

The “Today” show host will spread some Yuletide cheer with Sarah Palin and her brood riding snowmobiles, ice-fishing and making moose stew. 

An NBC source said the arrangements were made as Matt prepared to interview the former vice presidential candidate live on Monday about her new book, “Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas.” 

Lauer will visit the Palins in Wasilla in early December for a segment that will air the week of December 16.

I would usually add some holiday snark to this post, but I have to go bleach my eyes out in an attempt to rid it of that image. 

The Palin curse continues and even knocks the Today Show off of a 16 year winning streak.

Of course I'm popular! Who else gets asked to autograph a baby?

Courtesy of Media Coder:

ABC’s “Good Morning America” appears to have prevailed over NBC’s “Today” show in weekly viewership for the first time in over 16 years. 

Preliminary Nielsen ratings show that “GMA” had an average of 5,147,000 total viewers for the week of April 9 — 13,000 more than the “Today” show, which averaged 5,134,000. 

“Today” still led “GMA” by more than 250,000 viewers between the ages 25 to 54, the key demographic for advertisers. But by edging out “Today” among total viewers, “GMA” has at least briefly accomplished what has been the top priority of ABC News: to put an end to its rival’s winning streak. “GMA” had not won a week outright since December 1995.

Palin apologists are going to say that during Palin's Tuesday appearance the Today Show won the day, which is true, but as we know that was mostly just because people tuned in to see the train wreck.

The important take away from this is that once again something Palin touches turns to yet another steaming pile of moosepoop.

I am not at all superstitious, and would usually poo poo the idea of a curse, or bad mojo, but I have to admit that Snowdrift Snooki has made me a believer. I have literally NEVER seen such a consistent harbinger of doom in my life.

Her trail of destruction began with John McCain, and from there went to Sharon Angle and Christine O'Donnell, through Herman Cain and Rick Santorum, and even derailed the careers of Tim Tebow and Jeremy Lin. All it seems to take is for Sarah Palin to appear, endorse, or even mention you and your days are numbered.

Hell Matt Lauer's just lucky the Today Show did not spontaneously combust the minute the Wasilla Angel of Death sashayed onto the set.

Thank Odin for small favors.

Sarah Palin wastes little time in rushing back into the comforting arms of Fox News after her embarrassing appearance on the Today Show.

After Palin's appearance on Today, she quickly limped back to Fox in order to commiserate with Sean Hannity, Dana Perino, and some old guy whose name I don't have time to learn. (The pertinent portion is between 0:25 and 3:45.)


“It wasn’t just a coincidence that I was on this morning up against some competition down the plaza.” Yeah personally I had no illusions that any of this was accidental.

Palin was even MORE forthcoming with Zap2it:

"The people backstage," she writes to Zap2it, "who make the 'Today' show happen are top-notch! Todd (husband Todd Palin) said to let you know, Kate, that '...they put my home TV crew to shame' (That would be my crew of Todd and a buddy -- and sometimes the kids helping out -- in our Wasilla studio located in the back of Todd's airplane hanger). 

"Really, it was a lot of fun to work with every single one of the folks at the 'Today' show. I have so much respect for the workerbees at my FOX job, and to see this network support staff working just as hard to produce their network's product reinforces my belief that it's the good people with their elbow grease and nose to the grindstone who make the world go 'round. They make the talent look good! 

"And, frankly, I'm ecstatic we beat the 'perky one,' although I wouldn't have gone up against ABC's vacationing Robin Roberts, because she's such a good egg. By the way, both Robin and Matt Lauer have traveled the long journey to Alaska and dealt with unglamorous, rugged conditions to see more of our world; they've shown respect for a more unconventional Americana lifestyle, and we appreciate that."

"Workerbees?" Is that her version of "the little people?"

I don't know why Palin has to describe a trip to Alaska as rife with hardships. We are the 49th state in the union, NOT the deepest darkest jungles of Africa. (Which by the way ALL Alaskans, with one notable exception, recognize as a continent.)

So clearly Palin went on the Today show simply to beat the "perky one," as Palin so derisively calls  award winning journalist Katie Couric, which is exactly the kind of ugly, mean girl comment that we have all come to expect from a woman with perhaps the longest list of enemies since Richard M. Nixon.

However what she fails to note is that the Today Show ALWAYS beats GMA, and that her appearance actually improved those ratings very little.

P.S. if you want to see Hannity's the entire interview with the Grizzled Mama you can see it by clicking here.

NBC's new morning show, "Three Professionals and a Grifter." Palin's Today Show appearance continues.

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I have heard the term "duck out of water" my whole life, but Palin is more like a legless duck dragging herself by her bill across a highway in five o'clock traffic. You just KNOW she is going to get run over by something bigger than she is at some point.

You know, something like those uncooperative liberal leaning facts.

I swear to God that this whole segment was designed around Palin scandals.

Admitting you bit off more than you could chew (Oprah), gaining weight (Or not gaining weight) during pregnancy (Jessica Simpson), making lists of your enemies (Facebook App.). and biopics about famous people (Steve Jobs movie.) Every ONE of those is something that Palin is infamous for!

I loved Lauer's shot at Palin over the pregnancy issue.

Lauer: "Governor I don't know how much weight you gained during your pregnancies, but how would you have felt had someone criticized you for gaining too much weight?" (I almost choked on my coffee at this question.)

Snooki: "I would have wanted to punch them in the neck." (Check out her face, and how quickly she changes the topic.)

On the Facebook App: "Nope it's all about tearing people down, and hurting people, I don't see anything positive, anything good about this." And later, "It just adds more darkness to our world."  (Says the woman whose first book was all about tearing down her "enemies" and throwing ex-supporters to the wolves.)

On the Jobs movie: "Well do any of you here have experience with people being paid a lot of money to pretend like they're you?"

Donny Deustch: "I was going to ask, what did you think if Julianne Moore?" 

Palin's response, a thumbs down followed by this obvious lie "You know what? I didn't see the movie, and I wouldn't waste my time to see the movie."

Star Jones, "Are you telling the truth?" (Of course not!)

Palin: "Nah because I don't waste my time on false narratives, on lies."

After that she kisses up to NBC some more by saying that, "I do have to admit that Tina Fey has been pretty clever."

Even if you hate hearing Palin's voice as much as I do at this point, you may want to suffer through this clip just to watch the contortions of her face in reaction to "too close to home" questions and the glee the other panelists take in needling her.

They could have been tougher, but it was still a hell of a lot better than those ass kissers at Fox News have been doing!

Word salad is NOT a part of this healthy breakfast! Sarah Palin lowers the median IQ on the Today Show. Update!

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Simply put Palin brings her Fox News sideshow like quality to the Today Show, by spewing the same tired, overused catchphrases, and talking points, that she ALWAYS vomits forth.

Attacking the President, changing the pitch of her voice to scare small children and house pets, and demonstrating an almost stunning lack of intellect about the issues of the day, Palin once again embarrasses women everywhere, Alaskans in general, and, the Doctor Frankenstein to this pathetic creature, the Republication party as well.

I will give Matt Lauer credit for at least attempting to call Palin out on a few of her misstatements and lies, but he lets extraordinarily obvious bullshit remarks go by unchallenged. The President's ability to impact the price of gas being one of them.

Watch Palin's face toward the end of the interview to see it start to contort in response to Matt making the case that she may have been TOO inexperienced to have been put on the national stage by John McCain.  I don't think she enjoyed hearing THAT at all.

In a few minutes Palin joins Donny Deustch, Star Jones, and Nancy Snyderman.  This should be entertaining as well.

Update: The Wall Street Journal has a live blog that you can see here.

Uh Oh! Caribou Barbie did NOT like that the Today Show failed to make Joe McGinniss look creepy. Damn, if only she could have figured out a way for Fox News to interview him!

Wow! That was fast! From Sarah's Twitter account one hour ago: 

Any wonder why public can't trust mainstream media?I'll facebook our latest incident w/NBC unbalanced/sensational "reporting";Don't trust'em

I wonder if Joe can hear her stamping her feet and throwing a tantrum from his back porch?

Ya think it might have been the comparison to Nazi's that pushed Sister Sarah over the edge? Or the fact that Joe showed where he was ACTUALLY standing when they took his picture?  Or maybe it was the fact that he mentioned that she incited hatred? Or hell, it may have been all three!

Well whatever it was, THAT is an angry, angry tweet.

Oh you just know this is NOT over yet.  She is going to bitch and complain for the rest of the week at least.

Get your popcorn kids!

Update:  Here is Sarah's Facebook post, and boy is it a humdinger!

The Today Show's Matt Lauer interviews the most famous neighbor in the world, Joe McGinniss.

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Did you notice that  Joe made sure that Lauer knew exactly where he was standing when that famous picture on her Facebook page was taken?  I wonder how the Fox News idiots will spin that?

By the way McGinniiss did not just keep the Today show from filming the Palin's home from his property, he will not allow ANYONE to take a picture or film any footage.

In my opinion what the viewers should take away from this interview is how readily Sarah Palin incites hatred and how quickly her crazed followers rise to the bait. (Not mentioned in the piece is the fact that Joe's landlady installed a very high tech security system to protect her famous guest. And it is also worth noting that a number of local Wasilla residents have come by to wish Joe well and to inform him that not ALL Wasilla people are as rude and nasty as Sarah Palin.)

John McCain refuses to take responsibility for Sarah Palin.

He claims he did not know ANYTHING about her vetting?

He chose her as his VP without having any idea of who she actually was?

I smell bullshit! McCain had to have known at the very least HOW she was selected, what kind of a presidential candidate does not at least know that? I also call bullshit on Steve Schmidt's selective memory of how Palin was discovered and researched.

The TRUE story written for The New Yorker by Jane Meyer, a writer by the way with NO reason to revise history, tells the true tale of Palin's vetting process.

In July, 2007, Barnes wrote the first major national article spotlighting Palin, titled “The Most Popular Governor,” for The Weekly Standard. Simpson said, “That first article was the result of having lunch.” Bitney agreed: “I don’t think she realized the significance until after it was all over. It got the ball rolling.”

Max Blumenthall also pokes holes in Schmidt's version of events on the Huffington Post.

Now is it possible that though there was clearly more than just a simple Google search used to pick Palin that "Grampa" McCain was left completely out of the loop, and that she was forced on him without giving him the opportunity to refuse? Yes, that part is sadly very believable.

John McCain sold ALL of his integrity and ideals for a shot at the big time and now he is nothing but a sad old pathetic excuse for a man. Just another life that Sarah Palin helped to destroy.