things our mothers say about Sarah Palin

"that dizzy broad from Alaska"

I just did something interesting - I used Google Scholar (admittedly an uppity elitist institution) to search for national and international policy statements and original publications authored by Obama, Biden, McCain, and Palin. Guess who has the most? Guess who has the fewest? Guess who has NONE ! If you guessed that the order of appearance of these names in my list is the actual order of original, self-authored publications WITH IDEAS IN THEM, you'd be correct. Wake up, America. Love, Mom

"Where did she get those shoes?"

my mom thinks she's bossy and shrill. which is totally otm of course.

(Eric, did you take any photos of SP's shoes?)

I didn't ever see her. They really are keeping her under wraps.

I was worried my mom would buy into Palin's schtick - she's lived most of her life in rural-ass Michigan, which is basically Alaska Jr. She surprised me and called her out for being a shallow out-of-her-league hypocrite. She also mentioned how she knows tons of women like her (there are literally hundreds of hockey moms around) and she sure as hell doesn't want them running anything. Topping it off was her opinion that if McCain wins it will finally prove her theory that everyone is stupid.

Thanks mom!

my mom forwarded me Gloria Steinem's appropriately harsh column about Palin so there ya go

my mom is a wacky liberal cultist tho

I think my mom was feeling pro-McCain/Palin right after the nomination, but I don't know if she's learned more since that would change her mind. Sometimes I'm really amazed that two literate, connected people with internet and cable and educations and OPTIONS are so uninformed. It's not that they're stupid, it's just that they don't know anything.

"they really are doing everything they can to blow this thing"

"Where'd they *find* her? The North Pole?"

"she may be competent but her religious zeal scares me and i can't get over that"

"She's more real than Barack Obama."

at what point did the word "real" in some contexts come to mean "didn't bother with any of that book learnin shit"

"OOOH IM JUST A SMALL TOWN GIRL OOOH"

my mom likes her even though mom is a jewish democrat :/

My mom will not shut the fuck up about how much she hates Sarah Palin. Geez, mom.

good on her ffs

sarah palin is probably the most instantly revolting politician to come out of a western democracy in years

Would you hatefucker her, bro?

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Charles and Daniel HATE Sarah Palin!

Don't forget..it's grandaprents day!

Love,
Mom

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If you can get the Washington Post online, read Richard Cohen Hilarious!

"they really are doing everything they can to blow this thing"

― will, Thursday, September 11, 2008 6:38 PM

Surely this was about the Dems?

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I just heard the most revealing story about Sarah Palin, told by a Republican
operative who thought it showed her great character. As you may know, she chose
NOT to abort her youngest baby (now 4 months old) when she found out it had
Downs. Here's the story

She was flown down to give a speech at a Republican energy conference in Texas
this Spring. Before the meeting she approached one of the organizers and said
she needed to fly back right after the meeting. She gave her speech, then flew
back. They found out later that she realized she was going into premature labor.

Now, let me just ask you, if you thought you were going into premature labor
(the baby was months early) and you really cared about that baby, would you give
a speech and then fly all the way to Alaska or would you, perhaps, find the
nearest hospital? And, furthermore, should anyone (male or female) with a 4
month old, special needs baby, be on the road campaigning 24-7?

Sarah Barracuda (her high school nickname) indeed!

Love,
Mom

haha, way to not actually block my e-mail address properly.

only if she subsequently recanted all her bigoted principles xxxxxpost

"What a joke."

my mom really hates her too

Oh btw, this Palin, who doesn't appear to know what the VP job entails, will be the President of the Senate and has the power to tie-break a/an hypothetical 50-50 Senate vote. Totally irresponsible of McCain - the pundits say that this impetuous style is his mgmt frame - help ! Love, Mom

our moms should have coffee

i mean there are plenty of older ladies in the world who aren't uptight hateful cunts with the sex appeal of a gorse bush, if that's yr thing

idk her opinion but knowing my mom she probably strongly dislikes Palin's personality & politics but is still going to vote for McCain because she doesn't like progressive taxation

sex appeal of a george bush

"

THIS WOMAN IS A TOTAL NUT-JOB.

love
ted"

"Dear Ted,

Yes, it is.

This is not what I think of when I think of a spiritual person.

Do you that it is a refuge for those who cannot face tough times?

Much love,
Mom"

great thread idea, btw

idk her opinion but knowing my mom she probably strongly dislikes Palin's personality & politics but is still going to vote for McCain because she doesn't like progressive taxation

― krots tphns (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, September 11, 2008 2:03 PM (34 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

what is her objection to obama's tax plan?

yeah what the fuck is a gorse bush

mccains plan is more regressive deej

btw i am crut's mom

I'm not sure, we haven't really talked about it -- pretty sure we'd be paying less in taxes under Obama's plan than McCain's!!!!

she supports the FairTax :|

"Fair Tax" is such a horribly blatant misnomer

no shit!!!

me & mom email each other links about the awfulness of palin like everyday

"Wow, she's great!"

(NOTE: My mother will only vote Republican if someone completely changes her personality so plz no freakouts)

You know you're in trouble when they have to put "Fair" in the name of a policy.

at what point did the word "real" in some contexts come to mean "didn't bother with any of that book learnin shit"

sometime around the 1800s

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-intellectualism_in_American_Life

Dan's mom is a sucker for "stewardesses"!

sometime around the 1800s

lolz yeah fuckin Andrew Jackson

My mom is a mean librarian so I think there was some primal "crush YOU" instinct that gave her instant affinity with Sarah Palin even though she thinks the woman is slightly less qualified to be Vice-President than a stick.

wow my mom's a mean librarian too and the whole book banning thing made her blood boil. kinda figured most librarians would react that way...

I understand what dan is saying. I am v entertained by ppl like Palin who have forceful personalities, just scared when they start wielding power & influence

I guess some of you never lived under Reagan.

The book burning thing hadn't come out at that point; this was a reaction to her first speech. I haven't spoken to her directly about Palin but I think her reaction now will be respect for her presentation skills drowned out by screaming anathema to her plans and ideals.

I can't talk to Mom anymore about politics: she and my father, a much more rational man, don't like Obama and will vote Anyone But Obama.

ha just got an anti-palin fwd from momz

Subj: Putting Alaska on notice

To everyone I know:
Regardless of who you are planning to vote for, please read this email I
received from a good friend. Please share this with as many people as possible.

This is from a Bryn Mawr college grad to her fellow alums

Dear classmates -
As an Alaskan, I am writing to give all of you some information on Sarah
Palin, Senator McCain's choice for VP. As an Alaska voter, I know more than most
of you about her and, frankly, I am horrified that he picked her.

The most accurate description of her is red neck. Her husband works in the
oil fields of Prudhoe Bay and races sno w mobiles. She is a life time member
of the NRA and has worked tirelessly to allow indiscriminate hunting of
wildlife in Alaska , particularly wolves and bears. She has spent millions of
Alaska state dollars on aerial hunting of these predators from helicopters and
airplanes, dollars that should have been spent, for example, on Alaska 's
failing school system.We have the lowest rate of high school graduation in the
country. Not all of you may think aerial predator hunting is so bad, but how
anyone (other than Alaska wolf-haters, of which there are 20 many, most without
teeth), could think this use of funds is appropriate is beyond me. If you want
to know more about the aerial hunting travesty, let me know and I will send
some links to informative web sites.

She has been a strong supporter of increased use of fossil fuels, yet the
McCain campaign has the nerve to say she has 'green' policies. The only thing
green about Sarah Palin is her lack of experience. She has consistently
supported drilling in ANWR, use of coal-burning power plants (as I write this, a
new coal plant is being built in her home town of Wasilla ), strip mining, and
almost anything else that will unnecessarily exploit the diminishing
resources of Alaska and destroy its environment.

Prior to her one year as governor of Alaska , she was mayor of Wasilla, a
small red neck town outside Anchorage.The average maximum education level of
parents of junior high school kids in Wasilla is 10th grade. Unfortunately, I
ha ve to go to Wasilla every week to get groceries and other supplies, so I
have continual contact with the people who put Palin in office in the first
place. I know what I'm talking about.

These people don't have a concept of the world around them or of the serious
issues facing the US . Furthermore, they don't care. So long as they can go
out and hunt their moose every fall, kill wolves and bears and drive their
snow mobiles and ATVs through every corner of the wilderness, they're happy. I
wish I were exaggerating.

0ASarah Palin is currently involved in a political corruption scandal. She
fired an individual in law enforcement here because she didn't like how he
treated one of her relatives during a divorce. The man's performance and
ability weren't considered; it was a totally personal firing and is currently under
investigation. While the issue isn't close to the scandal of Ted Steven's
corruption, it shows that Palin isn't 'squeaky clean' and causes me to think
there may be more issues that could come to light. Clearly McCain doesn't care.

When you line Palin up with Biden, the comparison would be laughable if it
weren't so serious. Sarah Palin knows nothing of economics (admittedly a weak
area for McCain), or of international affairs, knows nothing of national
government, Social Security, unemployment, health care systems - you name it. The
idea of her meeting with heads of foreign governments around the world truly
frightens me. In an increasingly danger ous world, with the economy in
shambles in the US , Sarah Palin is uniquely UNqualified to be vice president.
John McCain is not a young man. Should something happen to him such that the
vice president had to step in, it would destroy our country and possibly the
world to have someone as inexperienced and inappropriate as Sarah Palin. The
choice of Palin is a cheap shot by McCain to try to get Hillary supporters to
vote for him. when McCain introduced her today, Palin had the nerve to compare
herself with Hillary and Geraldine Ferraro. Sarah Palin, you are no Hillary
Clinton.

To those of you who, like me, supported Hillary and were upset that she did
not get the nomination, please don't think that Sarah Palin is a worthy
substitute. If you supported Hillary, regardless of what you think the media and
the democratic party may have done to undermine her campaign, the person to
support now is Obama, not Sarah Palin. To those of you who are independent or
undecided, don't let the choice of Palin sway you in favor of McCain. Choosing
her shows how unqualified McCain is to be president. To those of you who are
conservative, I guess you have no choice for president. But please try to
see how the poor choice of Palin tells us a great deal about McCain's
judgment. While the political posturing inherent in the choice of Palin is obvious,
the more serious issue is the fact that the VP is, literally, a heartbeat
away from the presidency. Sar ah Palin is totally and unequivocally unqualified
to be vice president, let alone president.

I know this is a lengthy and emotional email, but the stakes are high. I
thought it might help for all of you, regardless of political affiliation, to
know something about Palin from someone who has to live with her
administration in Alaska on a daily basis.

Here's some basic background from MoveOn.org:

* She was elected Alaska 's governor a little over a year and a half ago.
Her previo us office was mayor of Wasilla, a small town outside Anchorage.1
* Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of
rape or incest.2
* She supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000. 3
* Palin thinks creationism should be taught in public schools.4
* She's doesn't think humans are the cause of climate change.5
* She's solidly in line with John McCain's 'Big Oil first' energy policy.
She's pushed hard for more oil drilling and says renewables won't be ready
for years. She also sued the Bush administration for listing polar bears as an
endangered species—she was worried it would interfere with more oil drilling
in Alaska.6

Here's a sample of Alaskan's responses:

She is really just a mayor from a small town outside Anchorage who has been
a governor for only 1.5 years, and has ZERO national and international
experience. I shudder to think that she could be the person taking that 3AM call on
the White House hotline, and the one who could potentially be charged with
leading the US in the volatile international scene that exists today. —Rose
M., Fairbanks , AK

She is VERY, VERY conservative, and far from perfect. She's a hunter and
fisherwoman, but votes against the environment again and again. She ran on
ethics reform, but is currently under investigation for several charges involving
hiring and firing of state officials. She has NO experience beyond Alaska . —
Christine B., Denali Park , AK

As an Alaskan and a feminist, I am beyond words at this announcement. Palin
is not a feminist, and she is not the reformer she claims to be. —Karen L.,
Anchorage , AK

Alaskans, collectively, are just as stunned as the rest of the nation. She
is doing well running our State, but is totally inexperienced on the national
level, and very much unequipped to run the nation, if it came to that. She is
as far right as one can get, which has already been communicated on the
news. In our office of thirty employees (dems, republicans, and nonpartisans),
not one person feels she is ready for the V.P. position.—Sherry C., Anchorage ,
AK

She's vehemently anti-choice and doesn't care about protecting our natural
resources, even though she has worked as a fisherman. McCain chose her to pick
up the Hillary voters, but Palin is no Hillary. —Marina L., Juneau , AK

I think she's far too inexperience d to be in this position. I'm all for a
woman in the White House, but not one who hasn't done anything to deserve it.
There are far many other women who have worked their way up and have much
more experience that would have been better choices. This is a patronizing
decision on John McCain's part- and insulting to females everywhere that he would
assume he'll get our vote by putting 'A Woman' in that position.—Jennifer M.,
Anchorage, AK

Please forward this to everyone you know!

ftr, my mom was not a clinton supporter

i don't talk about politics with my parents

No fan here--reminds me of some people we have known though--remember the ****'s?
We cantalk when I'm home!
Love,

Mom

^^^hmm, i had to censor that name but basically we know a family that palin's brood does seem reminiscent of

i have to talk to my mom again and find out why she thinks sarah palin is "exciting"

lipstick?

The most accurate description of her is red neck. Her husband works in the
oil fields of Prudhoe Bay and races sno w mobiles.

i don't avoid politics because my parents are crazy republicans or anything, it's just not something we talk about

Palin caused my obama-skeptical grandmother to send him some money

"she's a psychopath. is mccain trying to insult us here?"

i wouldn't be surprised if my mom, who got a little skittish over the whole Wright "controversy", isn't starting to revisit her initial Obama-crush, basically because of this nitwit

Um, so no one's mom thinks she's cool?

I think my mom likes her as spectacle but would never, ever, ever, EVER vote for her.

Keep in mind, in most cases these mothers produced the people who post on this thing

fuck mothers man its a tired business

how many ppl's mothers who don't like Palin live in red states?

just objectively speaking btw i rank my mothers response to palin as #2 behind the OG response which frankly cannot be trumped

My rents think they are staunchly conservative but in fact they just don't know what the Repubs are really about -- my mother with a straight face asked me if the Dems weren't the "nanny" party that wanted to make your decisions for you. It's really horrifying to me but I can't rant about it or she get stubborn.

My mom is impressed with Palin as a speaker (she thought both Palin's and McCain's RNC speeches were fantastic) but also thinks she's a total nutjob.

"If I have to hear that damn joke one more time, I'm gonna shove a pitbull up her ass."

^^ no f...in way

that takes the cake btw if its real

yeah, she said it at dinner last night. we were watching World News Tonight, and they were doing their huge LIPSTICKGATE feature and kept replaying both Obama's comment and Palin's joke.

honestly, her reaction kinda surprised me. I mean, I was kinda annoyed by the end of it, too, but still... it's my mom! jeeze!

(although she does have a reputation in our family for her outbursts of profanity whenever she's driving and another car does something stupid, so I guess it's not totally unprecedented)

how many ppl's mothers who don't like Palin live in red states?

mine lives in MI, which I believe is purple

Mine lives in a couple blocks from dan m's mom. But his mom digging Palin would have been 1000x more shocking than my mom digging her.

I am v entertained by ppl like Palin who have forceful personalities, just scared when they start wielding power & influence

these are exactly my feelings on palin, i'm still v much in LOL PALIN mode and even though i kind of *know* she's reprehensible in many ways, i definitely want her to stick around in the public eye just to entertain me. lack of desperate housewives-esque revelations this week is disappointing though. really, i've just been very impressed with her so far, and i cringe every time i see a dem-sympathiser be dismissive of her. or gross and sexist which brings me to:

i mean there are plenty of older ladies in the world who aren't uptight hateful cunts with the sex appeal of a gorse bush, if that's yr thing

godddd you are so gross. sarah palin >>>>>>>> just got offed, i would rather watch a thousand palin speeches on loop than read another sentence like that one again. ugh, seriously.

anyway my mother thinks palin is "frightening and dangerous". my mother is v conservative but that's by british standards, she says she'd be a dem in america.

Mine lives one block from joygoat's mom, and a mile from dan's. If my mom was swayed by Palin, I'd be shocked. She has threatened to stop giving Obama money if he doesn't effectively and harshly attack McCain/Palin, though. (she's still angry about '04/'08)

I guess some of you never lived under Reagan.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn,

what was this in regard to?

I haven't talked about this election with my mom at all. i suspect she was a hillary supporter in the primaries. there is no way she would vote for mccain though.

prob me as I only lived for 13 months under Reagan

i carried krots tphns in my womb for 9 months

hahaha my dad called her "xena the warrior princess"

Both of my parents are die-hard conservative Republicans who get all their news from Fox. I try to avoid discussing politics with them as much as possible, but I'm pretty sure they both love her.

Oh my gosh I think I need to call my mom right now. We'll probably just end up talking about colors again, tho.

zomg sisut you an Idahoan?

or Palousean at least?

I'm the only Palousean, those others are Chicagoans. We all just grew up in the same town in Michigan.

momrza: guess what, gas is supposed to hit $5 here any hour now
momrza: well Sarah P is going to convince the country to drill holes in Alaska to solve the problem
tza: i know
tza: she is so crazy
momrza: just watch out or she'll get voted in; we really need to keep speaking out against the duo
tza: the only thing is that all the bad press about her is going to the people who already hate her
momrza: the dem's better crank up a really positive campaign and getr more visible. She is stealing the show

not so snarky/funny, but i'm glad she feels this way instead of being all mccain/fey 08!!!

My mom, the eternal Republican but also animal lover:

"How did we end up with McCain? Why didn't McCain choose Giuliani? No, he had to go pick some hunting bitch bombshell. Did you hear how she just wants to get rid of all the bears in Alaska?"

...

So, I guess Palin loses the PETA vote, no matter how strongly right the party affiliation is.

For reference:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/2829843970_77f0a0edfd.jpghttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3122/2349657247_1667422e69.jpg?v=0

l-r gorse bush, older right-wing lady

I'm starting to be kind of with Lex on this one.

I find her beliefs and politics as apalling as the next former blue stater. However the reek of sexism behind the brutal slapdowns quite worries me, too.

it's bemusing. like, you can't think of anything else to criticise her about?! also, i don't know what to make of the fact the wonkette commenters seem to be a ton more sexist and stupid than defamer commenters.

Women are still judged, first and foremost, on their appearance, rather than their actions or their beliefs.

^^^ Think the GOP are relying on this, tbh.

^^^OTM

yes, this is clearly the only reason sarah palin is popular, especially with conservative white women. it's because she's hott!!!!!1111

i mean i'm not denying her image is a huge huge factor but it's the whole package, and reducing it to her looks and sex appeal is retarded

It cuts both ways though, you can attack her on her views, opinions and experience and get slated for picking on the poor defenceless woman. Which already seems to be shaping up as the VP debate strategy.

That wasn't what I was saying, was it? If you think that a certain cynicism about women and their appearance wasn't at least a partial motivation for the people that selected her to run I think yr kidding yrself tho.

That's so depressing on so many levels.

Someone said above, that they thought public/media interest in Palin would wane once her basic idiocy was discovered. To which I thought about saying "When has basic idocy ever harmed the popularity of a physically attractive woman? If anything, it helps it."

But thought that was far too sexist and horrible a thing to say. Except I suspect that American society really is that sexist and horrible.

This is the problem with Democracy - how to stop it from turning into a simple popularity contest, rather than a contest of philosophical soundness or leadership skils.

x-post - it *IS* retarded. But people (women as well as men unfortunately) DO think about women mainly in those incredibly stupid and reductionist terms.

i mean i'm not denying her image is a huge huge factor but it's the whole package, and reducing it to her looks and sex appeal is retarded

― lex pretend, Friday, September 12, 2008 9:35 AM (1 minute ago)

And whilst I agree that there's plenty of misogyny in the responses to Palin, you're overlooking the fact that appearance is an integral part of political "debate" and has been for years, unless I've imagined all the "lol McCain you old" stuff.

also, obama's image (whole package inc sex appeal) has also been a huge factor in his own campaign, in almost exactly the same way as palin's. but you don't find people criticising him for having the sex appeal of a gorse bush ffs

It cuts both ways though, you can attack her on her views, opinions and experience and get slated for picking on the poor defenceless woman. Which already seems to be shaping up as the VP debate strategy.

well, this is why she's a savvy choice innit. but a good campaign should certainly be able to find a way to criticise her without leaving themselves open to this.

It's not the campaign tho, it's the cheerleaders.

...which is why i was criticising the cheerleaders. obama's response so far hasn't been bad.

lex you massive spacker i was responding to JW's comment "would you (hate)fuck her". judging her as a politician i already have done elsewhere, and determined that she's a thoroughly nasty, stupid, reprehensible piece of work.

i asked my own mum about her this morning and got the line "I think she's dangerous. How could they choose someone like her?", so the party line, pretty much

My mom, who thinks she is "a doll", liked her snark line about the merits of McCain's career working for change rather than Obama's harnessing change for a career - never mind that Palin didn't even write it. She also points out that she's VERY attractive to a certain kind of man who leans R in elections, so the idea that she's there to mess with the Hillary demographic is only half of the story. My mom is also insane mad angry about Obama/Ayres though we haven't spoken since Billobama. She still claims to be an undecided voter and any thing could happen; she was unimpressed by blogs going after Trigbaby although she will not take seriously her religious views' impact on future governance if elected. She trusts the public too much.

With the other side of her mouth she complains that nobody's getting issues out there, after she's spent 30 transatlantic minutes going on about Michelle Obama's shortcomings as a human being. Haven't heard any of that since the DNC though.

haha I was gonna stand up for LJ but he already on it

things people say about things people say about things our mothers say about Sarah Palin

it's because she's hott!

sadly, no

y'all keep watching gossip websites from overseas as barometers of our coverage

haha gabbneb otm

but a good campaign should certainly be able to find a way to criticise her without leaving themselves open to this.

this is literally impossible methinks, particularly when the side that nominated her is already as sexist as possible and will look for every opportunity to portray any attack against her, no matter how substantive, as sexist (see newest McCain ad making the spurious claim that Obama/Biden have criticized Palin for being "good looking")

To which I thought about saying "When has basic idocy ever harmed the popularity of a physically attractive woman? If anything, it helps it."

Completely true! And with the added advantage of being funny. Doesn't strike me as unpleasantly sexist in any way that Palin hasn't put on the table herself -- like issuing a press release about the details of her daughter's pregnancy and how they're going to make her -- oops, I mean, Bristol WANTS TO -- marry the teenaged father...and then lambasting the press for addressing the details of the press release that SHE PUT OUT THERE.

I have insomnia...ugh.

I am flipping out about McCain-Palin. Working for
Obama this weekend for NH (swing state)--phone
banking. Each of our votes for Obama says we don't
believe in the America of the Republican Party. I
want to make that heard. God forbid if McCain-Palin
get elected.

^ love my mom! <3

> > Eve Ensler, the American playwright, performer, feminist and activist best
> > known for "The Vagina Monologues", wrote the following about Sarah Palin.

on the phone today, after 15 min of political talk:

momrza: she is such a pig
me: you can't say that, it's sexist
momrza: I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT LIPSTICK!

My mum spent about 5 minutes on the phone yesterday ranting about how dreadful she is. Mainly because she wants to repeal the Law of Evolution, but also the anti-abortion stuff.

But then she really worried me by turning around and announcing that she "doesn't trust" Obama, though she can't provide any actual substantiation for that beyond kneejerk racism. (It makes me really sad how my mum seems to be drifting towards racism in old age, makes me wonder if nurture really does outweigh nature, and if she will ever really escape her South African upbringing, despite going to great lengths to actively deny it for so long.)

She said, if she could vote, she would vote for Obama as the lesser evil.

She then started talking about how every American black she has ever known has ultimately revealed that they "live two lives" (I know this is getting to be third hand hearsay, so I'm possibly misquoting my mum misquoting her friends.) I said, isn't that true of any historically oppressed ethnicity? Catholics, recusants, Jews, etc. She says no, this is somehow "different."

Don't get me wrong, I'm not slagging off my mother. But it does give me great pause when this liberal, left-wing woman starts saying things like this. :-(

I will ask my "You Know if Hussein Obama wins the Muslims will be dancing in the streets" moms about Palin tomorrow and hope for the best.

Has anyone else's mother forwarded them the viral email and photos of the anti-Palin rally in AK? Got it from my mum today, so wondering if was doing the rounds.

There's some great pics of "Hockey Mamas for Obama" and the like.

Subject: Pics of Biggest Rally in AK history... anti-Palin

Psssst...pass it on!

The Alaska Women Reject Palin rally was to be held outside on the lawn in front of the Loussac Library in midtown Anchorage . Home made signs were encouraged, and the idea was to make a statement that Sarah Palin does not speak for all Alaska women, or men. I had no idea what to expect.

The rally was organized by a small group of women, talking over coffee. It made me wonder what other things have started with small groups of women talking over coffee. It's probably an impressive list. These women hatched the plan, printed up flyers, posted them around town, and sent notices to local media outlets. One of those media outlets was KBYR radio, home of Eddie Burke, a long-time uber-conservative Anchorage talk show host. Turns out that Eddie Burke not only announced the rally, but called the people who planned to attend the rally 'a bunch of socialist baby-killing maggots,' and read the home phone numbers of the organizers aloud over the air, urging listeners to call and tell them what they thought. The women, of course, received some nasty, harassing and threatening messages.

I felt a bit apprehensive. I'd been disappointed before by the turnout at other rallies. Basically, in Anchorage , if you can get 25 people to show up at an event, it's a success. So, I thought to myself, if we can actually get 100 people there that aren't sent by Eddie Burke, we'll be doing good. A real statement will have been made. I confess, I still had a mental image of 15 demonstrators surrounded by hundreds of menacing 'socialist baby-killing maggot' haters.

It's a good thing I wasn't tailgating when I saw the crowd in front of the library or I would have ended up in somebody's trunk. When I got there, about 20 minutes early, the line of sign wavers stretched the full length of the library grounds, along the edge of the road, 6 or 7 people deep! I could hardly find a place to park. I nabbed one of the last spots in the library lot, and as I got out of the car and started walking, people seemed to join in from every direction, carrying signs.

Never, have I seen anything like it in my 17 and a half years living in Anchorage. The organizers had someone walk the rally with a counter, and they clicked off well over 1400 people (not including the 90 counter-demonstrators). This was the biggest political rally ever, in the history of the state. I was absolutely stunned. The second most amazing thing is how many people honked and gave the thumbs up as they drove by. And even those that didn't honk looked wide-eyed and awe-struck at the huge crowd that was growing by the minute. This just doesn't happen here.

Then, the infamous Eddie Burke showed up. He tried to talk to the media, and was instantly surrounded by a group of 20 people who started shouting O-BA-MA so loud he couldn't be heard. Then passing cars started honking in a rhythmic pattern of 3, like the Obama chant, while the crowd cheered, hooted and waved their signs high.

So, if you've been doing the math… Yes. The Alaska Women Reject Palin rally was significantly bigger than Palin's rally that got all the national media coverage! So take heart, sit back, and enjoy the photo gallery. Feel free to spread the pictures around to anyone who needs to know that Sarah Palin most definitely does not speak for all Alaskans. The citizens of Alaska , who know her best, have things to say.

A bunch of pictures of that rally:

I'm pretty certain my stepmother would know her personally. She's way for Obama, btw.

My mom just sent me a little rant. About how her friend from church was all "Palin, that's my girl!" and she said, "Oh, so you're in favor of girls dying in back alley abortions?" Which is true enough, but isn't going to change too many minds I think. I suggested that next time she go with the rape kit angle.

My mom has a lot to say about Sarah Palin, pretty much all of it negative. To continue on the theme of the last post, she says, "Palin is saying she's so proud of her daughter for choosing life...so she had a choice, but if Palin has her way nobody else will! It's personal for her family, but has to be legislated for everyone else!" And she can't stop quoting stupid things Palin said and talking about this SNL skit about Palin & HRC that she really liked. (I was away from English media between early August and yesterday, so my mom's opinion is ALL I've heard on this topic so far.)

from my mom this morning:

Please consider doing this.

PBS is running a poll which asks if Palin is qualified to be VP. The right wing has
organized a "yes" campaign and at the moment, "yes" is winning.

http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html

Vote and then send this on.

my parents are obama/biden all the way. i haven't talked to mom about palin yet, but i don't think the small-town fundie shiksa image appeals to my dailykos-reading big-city jew mom.

momrza: is the hair just pulled up and done or were you just working on makeup
tza: i pulled my hair back
momrza: now don't go lookin like sara P!

i don't think the small-town fundie shiksa image appeals to my dailykos-reading big-city jew mom.

That's because she's big city elite. She's out of touch with the regular folk who live in Alaska and shoot wolves from airplanes.

update: I was wrong, my mom likes sarah palin

My mom: "I love her. She's like me! I think it's cool that she could be elected as vice president."
Me: "I love you mom, but I wouldn't vote for you either."

My mother's election decisions are all derived from her pro-life stance, so this was entirely predictable.

My grandmother: "I wouldn't elect her dog catcher."

Also predictable. This was coming from the 85 year old lady who talked my ear off about the Blackwater book she was reading during my last visit.

my landlady was in the WaPo yesterday
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/20/AR2008092002245.html

no offense dude, but she sounds like a massive pain in the ass.

my mom wants us all to vote in this poll on PBS about whether sara palin is qualified to be vice presidetn.
two clicks.
http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.htm

NOT AVAILABLE

torpedoed by Joe Biden's depressing "qualifications"

oops;

http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html

yesterday my mom forwarded me a dismissive critique of sarah palin written by deepak chopra

yet she forgot to wish me a happy birthday ;_;

But other factors trump those issues, she says, naming Obama's inexperience, Clinton's treatment by her party and the media, and the Democrats' failure to choose a female running mate.

The issue that has most of Long's friends recoiling in abject horror from her decision is abortion. Long calls herself unwaveringly "pro-choice." But, she says, "as long as we let that determine our votes, we are hostages to the Democrats.
..from the article about Tom's landlady. I can't disagree with the last sentence, since being single-issue about abortion is what keeps a lot of people stuck to the Republicans against their better interests. But seriously, this lady sounds like an asshole who thinks gender trumps all other issues, which is even worse to be single issue about when I don't think that choosing Palin necessarily does much more than saying "a woman can be vice president."

Fey shrugged off her resemblance to Gov. Sarah Palin, whom she won raves for portraying on the season premiere of NBC's "Saturday Night Live."

"But then my kid saw her on TV and said, `That's Mommy!'" she said.

She was more open about her thoughts on reprising the "SNL" role. As in, she'd prefer not to.

"I want to be done playing this lady Nov. 5," she said. "So if anybody can help me be done playing this lady Nov. 5, that would be good for me."

http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html

NOW website polling validity + gop campaign desperation = lols

I just vote No about 12 times there in the past 5 seconds.

It's moved from 52-46 to 51-47 since this morning.

OMG Tombot, she's awwwwful, and So Not A Racist, hmmm?

...and for the FIFTY MILLIONTH TIME, Hillary is not the VP candidate because her husband would not allow his library donor list to be vetted. Hillary knows this and is acting a damn sight better on campaign trail than Bill.

? Hadn't heard that one before.

OMG Tombot, she's awwwwful, and So Not A Racist, hmmm?

precise lol

what I don't get is I'm the one that lives underground, but SHE's the obvious troll

Visited my "I <3 Hilary, you know if Hussein Obama wins the Muslims will be dancing in the streets" moms this weekend. A sampling

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MOM #1: "I'm almost afraid to ask, but what do you think of Palin?"

HOOS: [I provide laundry list of reasons I dislike her & McCain]

MOM #2: "Well I like her. She seems real approachable, and she's a badass to boot."
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MOM #1 had just been telling me about how her retirement is all fucked up at the mo due to stock fluctuation, and I mention that McCain has been backing lots of the dereg that helped it happen.

"Well you know your buddy Obama has some Freddie and Fannie people high up in his campaign too. I think Palin will help clean up some of that corruption."

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Mom #2: "She kills moose, Justin! That's my kinda VP!"

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So basically McCain-Palin has the small town lesbian gun toting soccer mom voting block on motherfucking lock.

are they being satirical

they are not being satirical

Again, if you can't run on issues or policy to save your life, you run on 'character'

man i just have the hardest time wrapping my head around her appeal for ppl who aren't just straight-ticket voting culture warriors. is it really all about having two of the same kind of sex chromosomes for some folks? (not to knock yer mom, hoos.) it's just... confusing.

Hillary is not the VP candidate because her husband would not allow his library donor list to be vettedwould not acknowledge her mistake in voting for the war

okay, i asked my mom for her thoughts on the palinator tonight. her direct quote:

"Pathetic."

Yeah I mean I'm honestly all kinds of frustrated about my moms on this. I expect the "common sense conservatism" thing from my dad who "used to read and like Glenn Beck before he got crazy," but I'm disappointed in my Moms.

Steendrvr has two moms.

My mom today: "I wouldn't put it past Sarah Palin to arrange Obama's assassination"

:O

Damn.

"McCain says she's the best governor in all the land. He should be in a home."

gah you guys are all lucky, its just me and the hoos stuck in this world of crazy

oh don't forget my mom. Please let me join the crazy mom club. I def qualify.

My mother hasn't said anything since CASUALLY MENTIONED how "interesting" it was that McCain had taken on a female running mate. Then NPR came on and the news person said, "...will devote their administration to overturning Roe v Wade" and I said "HEY that make my choice EASY!" and we have not discussed it since. So technically I don't know what she says about Sarah Palin.

oh god i forgot about that. i'm also not speaking to mine so i sympathize!

My mum on the weekend: "McCain is an old fuddy duddy, he's too old to start being predisent now! And that Sarah Palin has no idea what she's doing... but omg lol did you see that Tina Fey thing SHE LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE HER LOL".

She of course said president, my fingers are getting dyslexic in my old age ;_;

i've currently got an email in my inbox from my dad that i have yet to open since 8am this morning, because i can see the first sentence is "don't discount fox news so readily" and i'm like oh god. he's been relatively reasonable in recent conversation about this but otoh he tells me some story about my (very liberal) grandmother and he getting into an argument over my dad's support of mccain which ended in him yelling at his own damn mother that a lady who has made such bad decisions about men shouldn't be treating other people like they are dumb because SHE'S the idiot so i'm like...do i really want to bother with this.

but at least he comes at it, generally, with completely wrong fiscal ideas. my mom is just being a goddamned racist. it's infuriating in ways that my dad's longtime conservatism just could never be.

My mom got that "what if...Obama had a unmarried pregnant daughter/cheated on his wife/got implicated in a financial scandal" email forwarded and it's caused MASSIVE drama and people who don't even know each other are arguing about it.

I would rather have a Mom support Palin than a conspiracy-Mom who would suggest that Palin would arrange an assassination. Left-wing Moms are perhaps more dipshit...

gonna have to disagree with you there boss

yeah man, i dunno, my mom's liberal and all that but she's not a dipshit.
she'll go spend a weekend canvassing in New Hampshire but I don't get crazy conspiracy e-mails.

haha conspiracy mom versus racist mom, YOU DECIDE

while i disagree that liberal mom = dipshit (i know plenty of non dipshit ones), i was actually bone-pickin with "mccain is a baby killer who knew about 9/11 mom" is worse than "he has arab blood in him mom"

conspiracy mom versus racist mom

My mom is a reese's peanut butter cup of these two

i'll take a mom who jokes about sarah palin being a beeyotch over a palin supporter, thanks

there's nothing good about having a batshit insane mom to any degree, politics or not. :-/

"mccain is a baby killer who knew about 9/11 mom"

i am unfamiliar with this meme

nude spock mom versus roger adultery mom

ok, but TS: an informed Republican Mom vs. a conspiratorial Dem Mom? Maybe (in NY) I just see more middle / retirement aged Moms (and Dads) who spout unthinking one-liners just as annoying as I imagine those on the other side to be...

i am unfamiliar with this meme

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dunno i just went with an imagined old lefty mom voice

there really aren't any lefty conspiracies this year, are there? I guess the big one was that Trig was Palin's grandson. But compared to Obama is a Muslim/Michelle's whitey tape/etc it's fairly toothless.

my vaguely right of center stepmom gets apoplectic when Palin comes up in conversation. it's weird to see a woman who never gets mad start into a rage. "that baby. how could she just leave the baby? pay it no attention? i can't believe it!" etc. etc.

I have met some left of center women who say it too, although they say it in a whisper, like "I hate to say this, but I'm worried about how she's going to take care of her kids".

"that baby. how could she just leave the baby? pay it no attention? i can't believe it!"

maybe that explains why she drags that damn baby to every single campaign stop.

yeah i don't know where stepmom got her information but she's voting democrat for maybe the first time

haha, I say roll with it

I wish that the folks at convinceyourmom.com had updated for this time round

ok, but TS: an informed Republican Mom vs. a conspiratorial Dem Mom? Maybe (in NY) I just see more middle / retirement aged Moms (and Dads) who spout unthinking one-liners just as annoying as I imagine those on the other side to be...

a) well my mom is from queens so we've got our fair share of both types of assholes coming from the northeast.
b) yes, 9/11 was an inside job people are terribly annoying and dumb and obnoxious. i still will take them over abject racists!

also lol @ nude spock mom

My mom's a feminist Dem but it turns out she's pretty old fashioned, because she told me, "I just don't think feminism is about being just like men. I think you have to respect that women are different than men," and specifically goes onto explain that that implies taking maternity leave, supporting it for other women as well as paternity leave for men if you're a manager or lawmaker, and not running for VP when you're still at a time of your life in which you're giving birth. I agree with her on part about supporting maternity and paternity leave, but was surprised and not very happy to hear her actually say Palin's choices are inappropriate. (To be fair, though, she is coming at it from the perspective of a mother who quit her job a few months ago mainly because her disabled kid needed more help.)

Q: What should she run for next?

A: Her life.

i called my parents last night to see if they were awake to hear the news. they were so thrilled about obama's victory. and of course they had msnbc on in the background -- my mom is an olbermann/maddow groupie.

email from momz:

"Pennsylvia and Ohio (andFlorida too!) can just burn"

THANKS MOMZ, BYE

lol PENNSYLVIA

not about Sarah Palin, but my mom was pretty excited about voting for the winner for the first time in her life

Hey Mackro, send her this link:

http://www.immigrantcouncil.ie/

Be warned -- she will discover that there are people in Ireland who are NOT WHITE OMG

Text from my mum this morning just going 'WHAT AN AMAZING AND WONDERFUL DAY. It's a joy to have seen this, love Mum xx'. Awww.

Oh begorrah Ned, next you will be telling me that there are people in Ireland that actually differ in religion.

YOU MAKE THE CRAZY MOM CRY

I am cruel.

Oh wait, send this to her instead:

"Barack Obama's remarkable personal story -- allied to his eloquence and his huge political talents -- sends a powerful message of hope to America's friends across the world," said Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, who invited Obama to visit Ireland, where he has ancestral roots.

The Washington Post is a lying liberal rag, Ned. duh

mom called her "a crazy fuckin' bitch" last night.

x-post -- Then send her this link instead:

http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/index.asp?locID=584&docID=4078

The Taoiseach also formally invited President-elect Obama to visit Ireland and his ancestral home in County Offaly.

This strikes me as unfortunate.

That's why Ireland is great.

haha, Ned, my mom doesn't even know where Ireland is on a map, much less realizes it's NOT in the UK, much less has any chance of even following up on her promise.

It doesn't stop the lolz tho

"I don't give a rip what she wears or looks like, she acts like a bitch"

kinda thirdhand, somebody else's mom, but:

"she was trying to lose the baby. that's the only reason anyone would wait that long after her water broke to go to the hospital."

oh shit son

needs more breast milk

My parents are loony right-wing OMG TERRORISTS OMGOl;kajsdfl;kajsdf;ljk Republicans and I am basically a Socialist so we very, very carefully avoid political discussions (except for when drunk or when my life-long Democrat yet intractably racist grandmother says at breakfast that she can't believe her only granddaughter is going to vote for "that nigger" and thus forces the issue) but I put my toe in the water right after the nomination and emailed my mom to ask what she thought of Sarah Palin and my mom replied, "I like her a lot" and we basically made the unspoken, mutual decision not to speak again until last Sunday.

went to my nephew's one year b'day yesterday/last night and the whole family (cultural, economic conservatives) was there. everybody was surprisingly silent about the election, save for dad (re: economy - "Well, Obama's going to fix everything, right?" with surprisingly little sarcasm) and drunk sis ("I just don't understand his family situation. Did he grow up with his mother or his grandparents? I thought his speech was truly moving, etc.)

and i have to believe their 'graciousness' was due in part to the fact that palin was one scary, embarrassing freakshow.

Social Networking, the Palin way!

http://www.teamsarah.org/

Calling on Team Sarah Members to uphold the dignity of our community
Posted by Emily (TS Mod) on December 22, 2008 at 2:30pm
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As many of you know, Team Sarah is a project of the Susan B. Anthony List, an organization founded in 1992 and named after the suffragette who fought for women's rights and against slavery. Susan B. Anthony possessed the core values and convictions that embraced all human rights and human dignity.

She stood up for rights for slaves, women, and unborn children. She lived out her values consistently, as does Sarah Palin.

She lived with backbone and determination and confidence. So does Sarah Palin.

And so does Team Sarah.

Susan B. Anthony never backed down from her fight, and even though she died before she saw women's suffrage, she never wavered. When you see Governor Palin's unblinking, confident, firm-jawed statements about protecting the unborn, children with special needs and women around the world, you can witness the same compassionate spirit that Susan B. Anthony had.

For you braver souls who wish to venture on in deeper, step into this nightmare:

http://www.teamsarah.org/forum

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Tripp?

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trip: 4. noun. a mistake

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no one bought mom a Palin '09 calendar?

they only make 'em for 1949, amirite.

http://s.wsj.net/media/sarah_palin_art_400_20081029155948.jpg

Plzplzplzplz tell me it's a 'quote of the day' type thing!

I don't think so, but surely some enterprising libs have whipped one up by now?

“This calendar is more spectacular that I could have imagined. The photos are beautiful and outside the political realm. It shows Sarah and her family enjoying the great outdoors. What a beautiful family those Palins! I highly recommend this calendar to anyone who loves Sarah. To those non-supporters, you would enjoy the calendar for its picturesque shots of the great outdoors.”

“To those big libs who is fortunate to have the calendar , hold on to it , Remember her Kawasaki eyeglass ? You will be lucky if you can buy it for a thousand . I can’t understand why big lib goes apoplyctic and berserk with Sarah Palin . You need to examine your heads…You critisized everything she does including clothes… I have no problem sending campaign money for her dress allowance and she should be allowed to keep it too. Sarah Palin is our star and beautiful and the lib can’t stand it…In reality , she is a woman of modest means and if she can improve her situation then more power to her…I say to all libs- MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. let’s live in peaceful co-existence.”

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2008/12/28/the-2009-calendar-to-own-13-months-of-sarah-palin/

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I've never heard it called that before

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how can anyone take this guy seriously when he hasn't even got his biblical degree yet.

That guy looks a lot like a guy I used to practice non-abstinence with in not-bible college.

Jesus fuck - http://www.sarahpac.com

I like the way her torso just fades out of the green.

I don't see the problem. Please please please please PLEASE let her be the future of the republican party! Let's watch her debate Obama in 2012! Keep the hits coming!

My mother didn't say that, but she very well might.

Maybe John Boehner will be her running mate!

Sarah's, not your mom's.

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Palin rails against 'anonymous, pathetic bloggers'
Former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is still mad at media coverage of her candidacy, particularly "anonymous, pathetic bloggers" who she says spread falsehoods about her.

By BETH FOUHY

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK —
Former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is still mad at media coverage of her candidacy, particularly "anonymous, pathetic bloggers" who she says spread falsehoods about her.

The Alaska governor also says she's addicted to Carmex lip balm, grew up playing flute and trombone, and says sports taught her everything she knows. She shared those and other insights in the March issue of Esquire magazine, scheduled to hit newsstands Feb. 16.

In the interview, Palin, who rocketed to fame as John McCain's running mate in last year's election, reiterated her complaints about media coverage of the campaign. She said reporters continue to question whether her 9-month-old son, Trig, is actually the child of her 18-year old daughter Bristol from a secret previous pregnancy.

"I'll tell you, yesterday the Anchorage Daily News, they called again to ask - double-, triple-, quadruple-check - who is Trig's real mom," Palin told Esquire. "And I thought, 'Okay, more indication of continued problems in the world of journalism.'"

Rumors that Bristol was Trig's mother swirled on the Internet shortly after McCain chose Palin as his running mate. But the mainstream media did not report the story until the McCain campaign announced that Bristol was pregnant, in part to tamp down the rumors about Trig. Bristol delivered a baby boy in December.

In the interview, Palin also reiterated her wish that she had had more input on strategy during the campaign.

"If I were giving advice to myself back on the day my candidacy was announced, I'd say, 'Tell the campaign that you'll be callin' some of the shots. Don't just assume that they know you well enough to make all your decisions for ya," Palin said.

On other topics, Palin said she hunts and goes fishing to provide "good clean healthy protein" for her family. Mooseburger is the secret to a good chili recipe, she said.

"I don't know if you can get it commercially in New York," Palin said. "Come up here to my home, and I'll prepare it for ya."

Palin said she named Bristol in part for Bristol, Conn. - home of the sports network ESPN.

"When I was in high school, my desire was to be a sportscaster," she said. "Until I learned that you'd have to move to Bristol, Connecticut. It was far away. So instead, I had a daughter and named her Bristol."

I'd highlight a quote, but nothing really stands out. It's all unbelievable and perplexing as it always has been.

"When I was in high school, my desire was to be a sportscaster," she said. "Until I learned that you'd have to move to Bristol, Connecticut. It was far away. So instead, I had a daughter and named her Bristol."

I think this stands out, personally.

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Moose does not actually taste good.

At least the stuff my mom cooked and then put in a jar for me.

http://postworthy.com/contributorimages/PalinShine.jpg

maybe her next daughter will be named Andromeda

ugh where do you find this stuff ugh
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"Mooseburger is the secret to a good chili recipe"

"Mashed potato is the secret to a good french fry recipe"

Oh the sorrow:

Campaign Solutions, a Republican consulting firm advising Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's political action committee, has parted ways with the former Republican vice presidential nominee.

The group had been working with the Palin operation to raise money for SarahPAC but decided to step aside after a series of strategic and philosophic differences, according to a source familiar with the decision.

A spokeswoman for Palin did not immediately return an email seeking comment.

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The parting of ways between Palin and Campaign Solutions is the latest sign of a divide between the governor's official Alaska staff and those advising her on the national level. Palin has struggled badly to balance those competing interests; she recently agreed to and then canceled an appearance at a fundraiser to benefit the Republican House and Senate campaign committees.

The news of the latest problem in Palin's political world comes on the same day that the Alaska governor announced the formation of the Alaska Fund Trust, an official legal fund designed to "defend the integrity of the Alaska Governor's Office from an onslaught of political attacks launched against current Governor Sarah Palin, the First Family, and state-employed colleagues," according to a mission statement on the organization's Web site.

It also comes less than 24 hours after Levi Johnston, the former fiancee of her daughter, Bristol, appeared on CNN's "Larry King Live" to discuss his relationship with the Palins.

she'll be callin' some shots

sadtrombone.wav

That's too bad, I was rooting for Sarah Palin. If she somehow managed to win the primaries for 2012 it would be a 99.99999999% guaranteed win for Obama.

and all those lols :(

Mine has not spoken yet, but I think we'll all be needing this.

During the election my mom was convinced that Palin was picked by some strategist that had also watched this British dramatic mini-series she had seen about some random middle-class lady who rises to power as a Conservative because she's "just like one of us." One of mom's close friends really liked Palin for that reason. She reminded my mom of that friend's daughter, who is charming and plucky and a good real estate agent, but that my mother did not think should be a political leader.

Sarah Palin: 'I am a bear GROOOOOWL'

lol @ "(don't tell Andrew)"

evidently, a bear who doesn't "get" twitter? lose the adverbs, lady

I kind of want to see these amazing talking bears myself.

"gutteral raw instinct" HOW DIFFICULT IS SPELLING?

Correct spelling is for liberals.

The next conservative who pooh-poohs 'book smarts' issa gettin' WHACKED.

I had missed this:

One of Mrs Palin’s constant refrains when asked about giving up her office is that she didn’t want to practise “politics as usual”. Well, she can certainly be acquitted of that. And there is nothing wrong with unusual in politics from time to time. But for a party that seeks to govern to speak so openly of its dislike of governing, of the people who govern and of the place from which they govern, isn’t entirely serious.

Mrs Palin need not worry too much about this, because she has worked out that she can have an entire career, a public voice and a good income entirely by pleasing the Republican base. More broadly, her party has concluded that it can have a fine life just pleasing itself.

The maths of politics aren’t very complicated. If you want to win and you don’t have enough votes from people who agree with you, you have to win support from people who don’t by accommodating their views. You cannot win elections by getting the same people to vote for you by pulling the lever harder. This, however, is the strategy the Republicans seem to be embarking upon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_IuhYsauyg

Holy Shit! Sarah and Todd are DIVORCING!

She is the gift that keeps on giving, truly.

"sarah palin divorce" the number one search in Google

#2 is "sarah palin dinosaurs."

she is leaving their marriage to effect greater change outside of the constraints of their union. she is slowly peeling the onion to get to the inner core at which she can truly explode the world into greatness.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/08/01/2009-08-01_sarah_palin_denies_reports_she_is_getting_divorced_from_.html

so the same meg stapleton who didn't know palin was resigning until the day of the press conference now knows about the health of Palin's marriage?

Checked in a old lady earlier tonight who saw Palin on TV and turned and said "what's this fool doin now??"

http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2009/08/02/alg_palin-speaks.jpg

caption needed

pew pew

Hahah true.

lots of mothers commenting on this palin note

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=116471698434

Dor4ni4 L3br0n Sarah God has sent you for such a time as this, the Lord is with you, and in you, be strong and encouraged.
56 minutes ago · Report

Kr13g Chr1st0ph3r god bless Sarah Palin for exposig the truth out Obamacare! Now if only somone would speak out over the evils of Affirmative Acton.
49 minutes ago · Report

and your winner, ms. l4ur13 d33

L4ur13 D33 Sarah, great note. Too bad the naysayers underestimate your great writing abilities. Guess they forget you were a journalism major. And you don't require the use of a teleprompter to get your point across.

wonder if john mccain ever feels like oppenheimer

Hitler used a teleprompter

looks like jordan needs to get to de-friending

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/11/palins-book-sparks-republican-war-on-vegetarians.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+topoftheticket+%28Top+of+the+Ticket%29

"If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore," she wrote. "If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?”

Unsurprisingly one of the readers comments are about Cannibalism.

To be fair, if she wasn't serious then that's a pretty good joke.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM7Xhg0WIbU

its also a bumper sticker that she's probably seen on the back of a pickup in alaska

xp

oh well

"If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore," she wrote.

aw she wd make me a fucking salad, it's a date!

and i get a lecture, too!

That joke was old in the Catskills. At least as old as 'Fur is murder. To clean.'

it's a pretty good joke, for Palin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKKKgua7wQk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_h28PAIinU

those clips fucking bum me out.

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22they%27re+afraid+of+her%22

ha WOW

ok this slice of time is worth preserving for the thread:

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AP on Palin: They're afraid of her « DPGI – the aftermath
Nov 18, 2009 ... AP on Palin: They're afraid of her. November 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment. via AP Turns Heads for Devoting 11 Reporters to Palin Book 'Fact ...
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Conservatives4Palin.com: Rush: 'They're Afraid of Her Because She ...
Rush: 'They're Afraid of Her Because She Can Win'. By Mel Bryant. Rush Limbaugh talks about Gov. Palin on his show this afternoon: ...
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Michelle Malkin » Who's afraid of conservative American women?
Nov 16, 2009 ... RINOs, and the media are all ganging up on Palin this early in the election cycle is a pretty good indicator that they're afraid of her. ...
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They're afraid of her ignorance and stupidity and the fact that she was almost elected to Vice Presidency. TheRedNewt, on 11/18/2009, -5/+80Please, yes. ...
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American Thinker: Why the Left Fears Sarah
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Listening, GOP? 40% of Americans Call Themselves Conservatives
Jun 15, 2009 ... They're afraid of her. They're afraid of that 20000 people she can draw anywhere, any time, when she shows up to make an appearance. ...
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Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Vol. 1
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second to last one there: gross? poignant? metaphorical?

PALIN MAN 2012

why won't ilx talk about Palin Man: they're afraid of him

Is she the most experienced person in the world? ...

"If I see her face one more time I'll scream."

I'll have to ask my mom later this week. But assuming this woman is a mom:

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/Video-Catches-Confrontation-Between-Palin-and-Alaskan-Teacher-4643

latest gaffe about paul revere is classic!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS4C7bvHv2w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8NUUWTn1h0

something about her tone of voice in the second clip sounds like dignan from bottle rocket

"warn the british that we're already there" lol oh really?

"you are not going to beat our own well-armed person's individual private militia" WHAT?

note how her eyes narrow and lips purse when she hears the question

mentions arms/militia/ammunition 6 times in 50 seconds

Kind of baffled by my own post upthread with my mum apparently loling at Tina Fey as Palin. When the heck would my mother watch such a thing. Do not recall!

one if by land
two if by sea

I happened to watch this just this past week, so the Palin clip above sounded immediately familiar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8BODTA3Kn8&feature=related

you gotta hand it to Obama's optics-management via sounding (relatively) smart, and then doing mostly what Palin would do.

Palin does't have any interest in "doing" anything fwiw

what she says she would do, Archbishop Shakey

I didnt see that in the article, please add if I am not dumb and it is not in there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.1.112.247 (talk) 00:51, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

An exercise in failed expectations.

November 2008 -- in the wake of the election, one Erick Erickson, noted angry person, establishes Operation Leper: "We’re tracking down all the people from the McCain campaign now whispering smears against Governor Palin"

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2008/11/05/operation-leper/

September 2011 -- Erick Erickson is a rather disenchanted individual:

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/today-is-p-day/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/it-is-6am-et-sarah-palin-has-not-announced-yet/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/it-is-7am-et-sarah-palin-has-not-announced-yet/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/it-is-8am-sarah-palin-has-not-announced-yet/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/it-is-9am-et-sarah-palin-has-not-announced-yet/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/it-is-10am-et-sarah-palin-still-has-not-announced/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/it-is-11am-et-its-7am-in-wasilla-ak-still-no-sarah-palin-announcement/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/it-is-12pm-et-still-nothing/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/it-is-100-p-m-et-sarah-palin-has-not-announced-she-is-running/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/it-is-2pm-et-nope-not-yet/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/breaking-news-palin-supporters-claim-she-never-said-it-or-meant-it-or-something/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/its-4pm-nope-sarah-palin-does-not-appear-to-be-running/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/its-5pm-everyone-tune-to-fox-i-guess/

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/09/30/its-6pm-still-no-smoke-on-the-horizon-for-palin-2012/

And from 2009, the glory days!

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/17/redstate-interviews-gov-sarah-palin/

hahahahaha

ever get the feeling you've been had, erick?

Is it really an interview if there are no questions or answers?

The circle is now complete:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_296w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2012/07/25/Style/Images/NUP_151089_0095.JPG

“God has absolutely blessed us with wonderful opportunities,” Sarah Palin told Jam!’s Bill Harris. “One of our mottoes is to live life vibrantly and that is what we’re doing in participating in different forms and formats that have been presented us.”

her bangle, UGH

http://greginhollywood.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/P1070584-400x304.jpg

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/806558/thumbs/o-SARAH-PALIN-NATIONAL-ENQUIRER-570.jpg

woah, steven tyler's looking rough...

underrated tabloids i have read

Unemployed

is NRO hiring

Too bad she didn't run 2012.

mitt understands; he's unemployed too, my friend

romney rather less likely to be promoting cash-4-gold in the near future tho

happy 50th, u lucky gal!