Despite the Republican National Committee’s promise to donate Sarah Palin’s $180,000 campaign wardrobe to charity, word has it the Alaska governor’s clothes remain stuffed in trash bags at RNC headquarters, NewMajority has learned.
While Palin followed through on her promise to return her controversial wardrobe after the election, it seems the RNC has not followed through on its promise to give most of the clothes away.
During the 2008 campaign, GOP vice presidential candidate Palin was pummeled with accusations that she had overspent on clothes for herself, and even for her family — down to baby Trig. Palin asserted at the time that the clothes belonged to the RNC. They were not her property and would be returned at the end of the campaign. A campaign spokeswoman backed up those claims, saying, “It was always the intent that the clothing go to a charitable purpose after the campaign.” It was also understood that those that had not been worn would be returned to the appropriate retailer; those that had been worn would be used for some other purpose, perhaps auctioned off for charity or to retire campaign debt.
Mr. RNC, auction off that wardrobe! On eBay!
Jim Geraghty: John McCain Does the Impossible
This seems like a reasonably oxymoronic proposition, but that’s not what makes it absurd. What makes it absurd is that if McCain were capable of performing the impossible, then he would be The One, would have won the election, and would be adored by everybody everywhere. So, you see, Mr. Geraghty, you have to get up pretty early in the morning to pull that stuff on us.
Virginia Tax Puppet Mouse Promotes Online Filing, Murder of Jews
Okay, I made that last part up.
She’s super-hot? I think San Francisco might be the safest place to send her.
Just an attention whore. I agree with Ace on this, except for the part about people not paying whores to run think tanks.
Since Teh Stupidest Man On Teh Intartubes has deigned to link here, I’ll just repeat what Say Anything says:
Despite plenty of evidence of illegal and fraudulent fund raising activities by the Obama campaign – much of which implicates Obama campaign officials with being complicit with it – the Federal Election Committee apparently isn’t going to do an audit.
Like one of Obama’s friends once said: “Guilty as sin, free as a bird, it’s a great country.â€Â
But don’t worry folks. The McCain campaign will be undergoing a full audit that will, potentially, take years and cost millions.
How about The One! and our Congressional Betters about to authorize the spending of One Trillion Dollars = (10^12) = (1,000,000,000,000)?
Glad to see our ever-vigilant watchdogs focusing on the important matters.
Why must conservatives always be on the defensive with these people. Why can’t Palin and all the rest of them say, “yeah, we did it – we spent 180,000 on clothes. How much did it cost to clothe the Obama family? In other words, fuck off.”
Michelle Obama should have bought one of Palin’s suit for inauguration day instead of that hideous mustard couch she wore.
How ’bout Bush engaging America in the largest, most expensive Social Experiment in American history with our Republican adventures in Iraq?
Iraq is going to cost America one to three TRILLION DOLLARS.
But heathcare for Americans, oh that’s socialism.
Because the RNC and Co. are a bunch of limp-wrist pansies. When was the last time the party leadership fought back hard against anything the Democrats did? Judicial confirmations? Hah, what’d we get out of that, other than that crappy Gang of 14 deal? Defending the WoT? Pathetic.
Do I care how much the campaign spent on clothes? Not in the slightest. Heck, what did Barack drop that $600 Million on?
We’re going to have to wait for a new generation of party leadership before they decide to “fight back” on anything. They’ve totally signed onto the definition of “bipartisanship” as “giving the Democrats what they want”.
But heathcare for Americans, oh that’s socialism.
Heathcare? I think I read about that in The Candy Bar Journal of Medicine. Cutting edge stuff.
The left needs to fuhgeddabowdit when it comes to Palin. But it just goes to show that collectively they are a bunch of sore winners…
Or, maybe they’re so afraid of her that they need to ensure that they can continue to talk bad about her on a regular basis. Remember, the bigger the lie, and the more often it’s repeated, mean the faster it becomes da trooooooooooof!
This is an RNC problem, not a Palin problem. And the left needs to STFU about it and start owning their President’s, and his administration’s, actions and statements-as well as the sure to follow unintended consequences…
Oh, and Mav needs to STFU too! He’s lucky he doesn’t have to own all this “funky sh*t goin’ down in the city” (H/t Steve Miller Band), but he doesn’t need to be dragging all of us into owning it either, at least in the eyes and voices of the press, by shooting his mouth off about the lefts new favorite words; unity and bi-partisanship…
David – first off, I have always been against nation-building, so I’m not wild about a lot of the spending on Iraq.
That said, you just argued that the ENTIRE IRAQ WAR is comparably the “stimulus” spending the Democrats are proposing for just this spring. And it doesn’t even touch the amounts of money spent or swindled over TARP and Paulson (a Democrat, though a Bush appointee) giveaways, which are, from bailouts and all last year, something around $14 trillion.
And there is a darn sight difference between conducting a war and seizing an industry and running it by the government. “Socialism” doesn’t have anything to do with the amount of money spent. “Socialism” and “nationalizing” have to do with domestic government policy and action. So even crappy nation-building isn’t, ipso facto, socialism. Putting control of any (formerly) private industry into the hands of government is.
So:
fighting a war != socialism
nationalizing industry = socialism
“comparably” => comparable to.
Does anyone else feel like they woke up in Monday?
How about this Congressional Authorization H.J.Res. 114, David?
Closer to one trillion, David; Steven Sachs is wrong…
Thanks for your concern, but the one’s bailouts will cost more than that next year…
Funny though isn’t it, but the bulk of the proposed several trillion won’t really start to come on until 2011…
Funny how that coincides with the beginning of the next presidential election cycle, isn’t it?
Coincidence, I’m sure…
If David’s heathcare plan can improve our lives as quickly and remarkably as the surge did, then fine, let’s pony up the dough. My one condition is that the funding for heathcare be limited to a similar timeframe as that afforded to our military in Iraq. If, six to eight years from now, our candy bars require ever-increasing money for their care — tough darts. David and his candy-huggers will just have to MoveOn.
David: STFU. You are clearly too ignorant about…well, everything, to comment. At the very least, there is a tangible, beneficial result of the war. There will be no such thing as a result of the “bailout.” Unless you’re a well connected democrat/Obama supporter/contributor. Those douchebags will make out like bandits.
“But heathcare for Americans, oh that’s socialism.”
Yep.
Unless they pay for their own insurance.
Or piggyback on the people who pay for their own insurance.
Wimmin’s Studies programs is the the gift that keeps on givin’.
OK
So someone employed at the RNC should be delegated to take care of the clothes properly and coordinate the auction.
Or they feel like the clothes auction wouldn’t be worth the time.
So what?
Maybe after getting their asses kicked in the last two elections they feel like they need to find a real leader and get on to winning some seats back in 2010 instead of running an auction.
You know, if they can’t get heathcare for all Americans, maybe an economic Snickulus would be a decent compromise. After all, aren’t we all just peanuts and caramel, waiting to be covered in chocolate?
What’s David’s complaint? I thought we were getting paid back for the war in Iraq with oil. Isn’t that what the left kept shouting? Don’t tell me they were wrong all this time.
If so, at least we got to kill some bad guys, bring gemocracy to an oppressed people, and help keep America safe through an aggressive war on terrorism. What did the left do apart from bitch about everything?
#7 Bob Reed:
It isn’t anything really to do with Gov. Palin, or anybody at all. Those people who are still going about nursing their anger and spite are just naturally angry people. That is the way they are, their humors are so mixed that result comes out.
I’ve got some $100,000,000 bars for sale! A thousand times better than those other bars you may see at the convenience store!
Healthcare? David’s mumbling about healthcare? BTW, President Bush is now former President Bush, David. Do keep up.
You might be right MikeyNTH…
Most of that lot on the port side are semi-professional malcontents anyway…
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I see that Oliver is still discribing himself in the titles of his posts.
Oliver can’t tell his ass from a hole in the ground.
We’re going to have to wait for a new generation of party leadership before they decide to “fight back†on anything.
How perfectly passive-aggressive of you Techie.
Palin’s clothing story was the Mark Foley story of 2008…the instant it hit, I knew the good guys were going to win.
“I knew the good guys were going to win.”
Yeah, too bad Obama and Biden won instead. Maybe if Franken loses your statement will be partially right…
How perfectly mature of you, Bob.
I’ll take the money I won betting on Israel surrendering before Obama took office and wager that Palin won’t win re-election.
Why?
She’s either going to have to raise taxes or cut services with oil prices in the crapper.
Let’s see: Palin’s clothing-biggest story of 2008
O! palling around with admitted terrorists, being mentored by an avowed Communist, and passing millions of federal dollars to his corporate friends-no story at all. Check.
Israel didn’t surrender parsnip; so either you’re lying about the wager or the payoff; or both…
But go ahead and bet against Palin if you’d like; I’m sure the odds are long on that one…
For being an inconsequential token hick, the Left just can’t seem to quit Sarah Palin.
Yeah we can take what Moira Bradley, who the hell is she, part of the Frumspawn at New Majority, to the bank right up there with Sarah showing up in a towel, (too good to check?)and a hundred other rumors, The only reason they complain is because she looked good in them, too good, they were a party expenditure, and hence the party sees to do with them as they see fit. She has the guts
the determination, to fight against impossible odds, and that’s why she’ll win
The good guys, as he calls em, took money from every crooked institution on the face of the earth; who were then paid back with
the stimulus bill. Their associates pressed
for the release of every one of those 500 terrorists from Gitmo, 62 of them have been either shot, detained again or identified as combatants.
Palin is the only (unintentionally) funny right winger, Techie.
And we like to laugh and laugh.
Oliver can’t tell his ass from a hole in the ground.
There’s a reason for that.
She has the guts, the determination, to fight against impossible odds, and that’s why she’ll win
Um, Palin’s already a loser, ian.
Let’s hope for the sake of the Republicans she takes a clue from algore and Kerry and not run again nationally.
RACIST!!!
squirrelly veggie
“She’s either going to have to raise taxes or cut services with oil prices in the crapper”
Nope
link
Wow, a fiscal conservative being fiscally conservative.
Holy shit, someone alert the media.
Mccain damn near snapped his own neck with that sudden veer to the right he made during the campaign and almost did it again with his veer back to the left.
The man clearly does not know who he is or, and more likely in my opinion, he loves the positive attention from the media and is motivated to win back the hearts of those who shit all over him for the last 8 months.
I find it shocking when neo-cons wonder what went wrong and “how do we right the ship”. Simple. Don’t nominate the GOP version of John Kerry.
Personally, I’m not holding my breath for Sarah to show any willingness to return to the national stage.
Her negative railroading, from foe and “friend” alike, was no fluke. The GOP establishment took a good long look at what she’d done to the corrupted party in her own State, declared “DO NOT WANT” (the Purges are no fun when you’re one of the Purged), and proceeded to crap all over her every time they got a microphone and an excuse.
The misogyny from the Chosen One’s camp is to be expected — remember, in order to violate your principles you first need to have some. The bitching from her supposed allies, on the other hand, was inexcusable and apocalyptic ass-covering upon realizing that they were going to be the ones up against the wall when the Revolution came.
The wardrobe thing is only a blind, Bob. If it wasn’t that it would be something else. Those who were politcally opposed to Gov. Palin used this as a politcal club. It is reasonable for a major political candidate to be properly costumed for the political stage. I don’t oppose that for major candidates and their family members. (Men are more fortunate than women because men can have just a few suits (navy blue, black, and banker gray) some white shirts, a selection of ties, and black wingtips and they are set. Women need more clothing – sad but true.)
Those who are still harping on this are going beyond politics, and using politcal opposition as another piece of cover. Holding grudges and hating isn’t really acceptable, but politcal opponents allow the hater to indulge fully in his or her hate and keep a modicum of respectability. They out themselves by going beyond reason – even politcal reason – and continuing to focus on something as ultimately trivial as this. Here, a question of being disproportionate in response to the triviality of the alleged sin is an appropriate question to ask. The pretextual nature becomes very apparent.
I am not a psychologist, but that is my take on it.
Um, Palin’s already a loser, ian.
Let’s hope for the sake of the Republicans she takes a clue from algore and Kerry and not run again nationally.
Parsnip, I REALLY interested in knowing who you think could win it for the Republicans …
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Mccain damn near snapped his own neck with that sudden veer to the right he made during the campaign and almost did it again with his veer back to the left.
The media announces “THE MAVERICK IS BACK!”
Palin uses Yahoo! mail -> stupid hick.
Barky and his minions use Crackberries and Gmail -> brilliant tech experts.
Palin wears expensive, elegant clothes -> stupid hick.
Barky’s wife wears expensive, hideous clothes -> “fashion icon”.
Palin works her way through college, taking several extra years as a result -> stupid hick
Barky gets scholarships, fellowships, and book deals handed to him despite his (apparently) poor grades, simply because he is Teh Black and spouts the appropriate Marxist drivel -> brilliant scholar.
Palin tries to get a State Trooper who tased an 11 year old kid fired -> corrupt.
Barky hangs out with terrorists, gangsters, and crooked politicians in the most famously corrupt political system on the continent -> pure as the driven snow.
Do I have The Narrative correct here?
BTW, I see that Barky has followed through on one (and only one) campaign promise. We’re now missiling the piss out of Pockeestawn.
That makes…well…let’s see…one campaign promise that he’s carried out.
I wonder what the “peace” nuts are going to make of that?
The fact that Sarah STILL has these nancy-boys pissing down their legs, well, it just warms the heart, you know?
#43 Carin, Why?
When I want the opinion of a root vegetable, I’ll grow one.
while I am thinking along this line, let me just point out that many questions and responses are framed in legal terms, when in actuality the question and answer is political. For example, the entire torture issue. Things that are obviously torture – such as the rack or red-hot pokers – are not in the discussion What has been the subject of discussion has been waterboarding, which has been in a gray area. Legal arguments can (and have) been made that it isn’t torture and that it is torture. What was done, was this submitted as a legal question and then a definitive answer given?
No, it was used as a political club and was used to justify investigations, speeches, editorials, etc. And the investigations aren’t what would be thought of as legal investigations and determination, they were congressional hearings. Congressional hearings have very little to do with law enforcement and more to do with political positioning and posturing. A political body doing an investigation on another political body, no matter the veneer of legalism applied, is always politcally motivated in one way or another. The Clinton impeachment was political. The fact there was a legal issue involved (the district court did find perjury in the testimony) does not remove the political factor, the large political factor, from an impeachment proceeding. See Andrew Johnson’s impeachment and trial for a good example of this.
When a political body and political foes are decrying an action and investigation, no matter how questionable or how blatantly illegal the action in question, political motivations are the driving force.
Well, it was one of those dealos where I say one thing, but I really mean something totally different.
#44 Carin:
Whenever I hear or see the word ‘Maverick’ I think of the yellow Ford and the other brown Ford my parents’ owned.
Don’t say “attention whore”, Dan. Certain people will just think you’re calling them a whore.
Meh, takes one to know one, Slart, but for all my troubles all I get is a Hungry Hungry Hippo link?
“Comment by parsnip on 1/23 @ 4:09 pm #
Um, Palin’s already a loser, ian.”
She’s Governor of one of the largest ststes in the ubion.
You on the other hand……..
Well, THE largest state in the ubion.
Dan,
What in the world is a Hungry, Hungry, Hippo link..?
Oh, just referencing the above link (from Oliver Willis).
“I wonder what the “peace†nuts are going to make of that?”
Code Pink is working on the “Obama Lied, People Died” signs as we speak.
Thanks for the info.
I think it’s the buffet snippy frequents…
Oy vey……
Preview is my friemd…………………….
Is a parsnip just a carrot of pallor?
“#Comment by soroslapdog on 1/23 @ 5:45 pm #
Is a parsnip just a carrot of pallor?”
Naw, he’s a reactionary leftist fuckhead.
Carin,
I don’t think the Republicans have anyone who could beat Obama in 2012.
In 2016, who knows?
“I don’t think the Republicans have anyone who could beat Obama in 2012.”
Does HIS picture help when you defoliate?
No, you have the narrative all wrong. It’s more like this:
We took care of your girl, Sarah Palin, in 2008.
All you got now is sloppy seconds, pie eater.
Comment by thor on 1/23 @ 7:15 pm #
That’s nice, puta, now go take your meds and have a nice long nap.
“No, you have the narrative all wrong. It’s more like this:
We took care of your girl, Sarah Palin, in 2008. ”
Does HER picture help when you defoliate?
Folks, the poor economy is just a facade. We must get our nation back on track and focused on the nation’s important business.
Yes that’s right. Sarah Palin: thongs or granny panties? The public demands answers.
Case on point?
Via Ed Driscoll.
http://eddriscoll.com/archives/014838.php
“I don’t think the Republicans have anyone who could beat Obama in 2012.”
Don’t be silly – when unemployment hits 10 percent sometime around late 2010/early 2011, Obama is going to make Jimmy Carter look downright heroic.
Of course, elections will be outlawed by 2012 so it won’t make a difference. The public won’t mind though because Obama will smile as he signs the order and the
Ministry of Propagandamainstream media will insist the public likes it since “it’s change”.“Did Pervez Musharaaf run over his dog as a kid or something?”
No bad acid trip during his visit to Pakiland in the early ’80’s
“Why would a show trial or witchhunt be bad?”
Because, Chrissie, the result would be the nastiest backlash you could ever imagine.
God Damn, are these people this ignorant, or are they playing for their audience? And is their audience this dumb, or are they just going along with the herd?
Blast.
Have we determined whether thor is male or female; if the former, it’s ‘hijo de’
if the latter, it’s ‘hija de’ modifying
names are important, when you curse, Brain: By the way, the story appears to be just another case of ‘unicorn
skittles’:’http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/01/23/hating-on-sarah-palin/’
The lies from Tina, Katie, and Charlie, had there affect for a while, butpeople are starting to see through that screen of lies, when the euphoria finally passes the idea that he closed Gitmo on the sixth anniversary of the beheading of Daniel Pearl by KSM, will seem less
amusing and more revolting.
She’s the only one in the party in elective office with any guts, to be diplomatic about things. It seems to be a pattern that occurs on the right, the Tories had no guts before Thatcher, and they were woefully deficient after, Even though Thatcher was ten years older than Sarah, when she entered office, a release of commentary of the period, shows her detractors screeched about her need for a good hairdresser and her arrogant streak
#73 Rob Crawford:
God Damn, are these people this ignorant, or are they playing for their audience? And is their audience this dumb, or are they just going along with the herd?
The answers to your questions are not mutually exclusive. And the fools think that they will always be on top; yet the wheel keeps spinning.
Sarah as Thatcher? Dude, get yourself off the Alaskan Oxycontin. Stay away from Sarah Palin’s relatives.
Your brain is not healthy when on drugs.
Did Congress authorize military action against Pakistan?
Maybe you haven’t noticed, Bmoe, but there’s not very many rethuglidums left in Congress to vote against military action.
Once again thor for the ada crowd:
“Did Congress authorize military action against Pakistan?”
“Did Congress authorize President Obama to conduct military action against Pakistan?â€Â
OBAMA LIED PEOPLE DIED!!!!
Heh. Funny thing is, there’s a straight, clear answer. Why am I not surprised that hor is incapable of giving it?
I noticed you all were quick to mock Oliver Willis’s link, but did anyone read it? He has a good point: the link up top says “lefties are still yammering” about Palin’s wardrobe, but it links to a righty Web site. It’s really a pretty simple, stupid mistake, but it could have been fixed by now if you weren’t all “Oh, Willis is an asshole.”
Really, I haven’t heard any lefties mention Palin’s wardrobe since well before the election. In fact, lefties don’t really mention Palin at all, except to say “Is she still here? Why won’t she shut up already.” and “God, I hope the Republicans run her in 2012.”
It’s an honest mistake, “zadig”. History tells us that the odds are Willis is an asshole — it’s a near certainty, in fact — and the bizarre attacks on Palin have, around here at least, come from the lefties.
Unless she starts dating Rachel Maddow, or if she’s arrested for lewd and lascivious behavior for running around in the snow naked pretending to build her imaginary pipeline, I don’t won’t to hear about the winky-winky white trash airhead.
“I noticed you all were quick to mock Oliver Willis’s link, but did anyone read it? He has a good point: the link up top says “lefties are still yammering†about Palin’s wardrobe, but it links to a righty Web site. ”
Don’t confuse David “vomit” Frum with the conservative philosophy.
For the racists folks:
“I don’t won’t to hear about the 1/2 black
winky-winky white trashairhead.”In fact, lefties don’t really mention Palin at all
Liar.
Liar.
Liar.
Liar.
I trust that settles that, “zadig”.
STFU until you learn to tell better lies, m’kay?
For those who don’t feel like clicking all of the links:
Results 1 – 10 of about 37 from feministing.com over the past month for palin.
Results 1 – 10 of about 999 from democraticunderground.com over the past month for palin.
Results 1 – 10 of about 1,700 from dailykos.com over the past month for palin.
Results 1 – 10 of about 97,200 from huffingtonpost.com over the past month for palin.
Thanks for driving that point good and hard, Spies.
Don’t confuse David “vomit†Frum with the conservative philosophy.
You take over the job of administering loyalty oaths to your dwindling band of pariahs from Darleen, lappie?
That’s a smart way to grow the party.
You will do pretty much anything to nip at the heels of this administration. Kind of like we did, but with less arrogance and more drastic revisionism.
“You take over the job of administering loyalty oaths to your dwindling band of pariahs from Darleen, lappie?”
No you idiot veggie. I say if you want to be a Demorat be a Fucking Demorat. R’s say “Fuck The State”
OK, we’re talking at cross-purposes here. This blog entry was about lefties obsessing about Palin’s wardrobe. Only righties are obsessing over the wardrobe. So Oliver was right anyway.
In my original reply, I overgeneralized and assumed that because I and the people I hang with don’t give a shit about Palin, lefties in general were ignoring her. Thanks for the links setting me straight, Spies. Of course, your links don’t tell the whole story the way you implied.
The first huffpo link you point to is a reference to the same Righty link you use at the top of this article. The rest of the links on huffington are automatic links to news coverage (CNN, NBC, etc.) where Palin, her daughter, etc. won’t shut up and go away. None of those are lefties obsessing over Palin.
I’ll grant you the Kos links. Many of those are about the news coverage rather than about Palin herself, but some of the people over there don’t know when to let the subject go either.
Personally, I thought Palin got too much coverage during the election, much less now that she’s a proven loser. But maybe that’s just me. Either way, try to be more accurate in your accusations, and I’ll do the same.
Anyone else find “try to be more accurate in your accusations, and I’ll do the same” particularly ironic coming after a declaration that Palin’s a “loser”?
She’s more accomplished than you are. She’s more accomplished than Caroline Kennedy. She’s more accomplished than 90% of the population.
“Personally, I thought Palin got too much coverage during the election,”
I thought the same about Joey Hairplugs.
I agree; I thought the Palin uproar was stupid. Who wants her used clothes, and why bother with the new ones? If they fit her, let her keep them. It was an investment; I get it.
Has anyone seen Rahm Emmanuel lately?
Isn’t it odd for a White House Chief of Staff to disappear like this?
“Only righties are obsessing over the wardrobe.”
FU leftists idiots
Gillibrand Is a Centrist With a Tenacious Style
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/24/nyregion/24gillibrand.html?hp
‘
R’s say “Fuck The Stateâ€Â
Oh, really, lappie?
Is that why the Republicans increased the size of government 50% when the briefly held power?
Well let’s take it one a time, there’s CNN where even there one good reporter, Griffin, blind sided her with the Byron York quote, or Jack Cafferty’s daily idiocies,
NBC do I even have to say what their coverage was like during the campaign, CBS, the House that Katie’s doing the best to burn down. Yes she’s answered a few questions to make up for all the (what’s the Russian word for excrement) that has been thrown at her. Kos and the Huffington Post, the trash compactor, at the end of theinternet, floating every lie about her.
We were content to focus on her efforts on the pipeline, her budget cutting measures, her health care proposals, but the New Majority, directed by the Frummette Moira Bagley:
“The Kentucky native with porcelain skin came to Washington as a journalist but joined the Republican National Committee (RNC) after realizing “I couldn’t hide my light under a bushel anymore,” she said. Before becoming an RNC press secretary, Bagley was a copy editor at Roll Call, where she once had a run-in with the IT department for using 80 percent of the office’s Internet bandwidth to watch the National Zoo’s Web cam of its newborn pandas.”
There’s a person of remarkable judgement right there, it’s a wonder we won any state, with her skills.
To the Europeon vegitable.
Fuck you Fuck the Demorat party Fuck the Repuborat party JUST FUCK YOU AND YOUR SOCIALISM!!
This is just a small part of her State of the State speech given yesterday:
“I used to wonder if the occasionally rough edges of politics were unique here under the Great North Star. But I ventured out a bit this past year, and I tell you that, as partisan quarrels go, ours really aren’t so bad. At our best, we are forthright in our opinions, charitable in our judgments and fair just like the people who hired us to work for them.
Today, when challenges may seem as high as Mt. McKinley, and change as constant as the mighty Yukon flows, and political events send shockwaves through our foundation like the ’64 quake – what do Alaskans do? We climb Denali, we forge the river, we rebuild a stronger foundation on higher ground. When it matters most, lesser differences fall away. Just like family, Alaskans unite.
It was this kind of determined action that turned the northland wilds into a territory, a territory into a state, and that state, across 50 years, into a land of industry, opportunity, and enduring beauty. And now that perseverance is needed again, as we go through a time of testing for our country – a time of economic worry for many Alaskans – a time of challenge to the wisdom and resolve of state government.”
Governor Wally Hickel said he feared more than any economic depression – a depression of the spirit. Alaska, it’s time we revive the optimistic, pioneering spirit that our founding mothers and fathers birthed in our State Constitution! As we celebrate statehood – let that spirit rise now, and our actions correspond as our founders intended.”
Beats the dirge on Tuesday, by several miles.
OK, we’re talking at cross-purposes here.
No, you are a lying troll.
Buh-bye.
I suggest that anyone who’s skeptical of my statement in 104 click through to some of those “automatic links” on HuffPo and read the comments.
For example, this one (1974 comments).
Or this one (1085 comments).
Were those comments “automatic links” too, liebot?
I don’t recognize your name, zadig — you may be new, haven’t been here for a while, or (like so many of the other trolls) are too ashamed to stick to one name. I made a New Year’s Resolution to not debate dishonest trolls. So, I’m done with you. You can save your next half-assed spin attempt, because I won’t even see it.
Folks, your back and forth partisan bickering is just a “distraction” from the real issues.
Yes that’s right. Red: does it make Sarah Palin look fat? Discuss.
Yes that’s right. Red: does it make Hillary or Caroline
Sarah Palinlook fat? Discuss.Yes that’s right. Red: does it make Hillary or Caroline or Nancy Pelosi or Jane Harman or Teresa Heinz
Sarah Palinlook fat? Discuss.Pauly Shore and Carrot Top is what we’re stuck with?
Where’d all the A list wingnuts go tonight?
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“Where’d all the A list wingnuts go tonight?”
Why do we have to argue with you LEFTWING ASSHOLE?
Fuckin’ vegetable of PALLOR.
You don’t have to y’know. He really isn’t worth the pixels.
“Pauly Shore and Carrot Top is what we’re stuck with?”
I’m sorry sir, I’m new to this and I never got my Leftist memo about what I’m supposed to do as the loyal opposition. You know, things like:
Constantly and continuously compare the President to Adolf Hitler
Make films depicting the fictional assassination of the President
Contend that the President deliberately allowed a terrorist attack on his own country for political gain
Have my Senate leadership declare a war that is occurring in real time to be “lost” without regard for the troops in the field, their families back at home or the welfare of the nation at large
Put an ad in the New York Times suggesting that the President’s top general is a traitor for accepting the job of top military commander during a war
You’ll have to pardon my sarcastic comments about Baracky. Totally inappropriate and uncalled for, especially during this amazing era of Change I Can Believe In. Rest assured that it won’t happen again sir.
no, no, I can’t get enough of him. God love ‘im. Let’s all stand up for Joe!
Sarah Palin in 2012?
She needs in to increase her approval ratings and draw a larger audience.
Bukkake videos are her future.
Dan, squint at your marathonpundit link, you will see that Ayers is quoted saying, “Guilty as hell, free as a bird, it’s a great country.†Not “guilty as sin.” Not a huge difference, but it’s more obvious Ayers has made a deal…
Can we just declare a site-wide ‘let’s not respond to the trolls’ day? Because at this point, thor’s run out of puerile shock-content to show us how much of a real cool guy he is. He’s repeating himself.
And arguing with parsnip is like trying to nail Jell-o to the wall, except not nearly as tasty or faintly erotic.
Please. For Michelle’s children!
I read a horrid little socialist jello mold of a book on my flight back yesterday. I learned that business people are teh psychotic evil and they will chop off your feet to make you work more better and also climate change. It’s their fault. Torture is bad, very bad. DO NOT TORTURE PEOPLE, CHILDREN. Unions are the future cause they are good. Author is retarded. Published by HarperTeen.
Hammer the trolls, hammer those who spend 80% of their time responding to the trolls… nothing left.
I’m really not going to try to tell Jeff, or for that matter Dan, what to do. I just check in every so often to see if they’ve done it.
President Obama continues his illegal incarceration of muslims at Guantanamo while raining death on innocent victims in Pakistan with his predatory robot drones-
STOP THE MADNESS
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the Alaska governor’s clothes remain stuffed in trash bags at RNC headquarters
Sure it is. Why not say it, nobody will question it on the left and the press will pick it up as if it’s gospel. It doesn’t matter if its true or not. All that matters is how you can manipulate the ideas of voters.
Christopher Taylor:
It doesn’t really matter, as you know. The clothes are in trash bags; like Sarah Palin is trash. Even though no one ships in trash bags.
Got to get the idea across – clothes worn by Gov. Palin = trash. Extrapolate, Gov. Palin = trash. No matter that the original complaint was that the clothes were too expensive.
Like the complaint that Sec. of State Rice was clothes shopping in NYC during Katrina. It is just a political club to wield on a foe. Like complaints about the expense of the Bush innaugurations, and the gushing over the Obama innauguration. Just a political club.
Can’t wait for the stories about the Soul Glo stains on the couch in the White House, or the little toy train that brings the drinks out onto the bar.
Well its an attempt to counter the Democratic Party stuffing flags into trash bags and leaving them after the convention story. Except that really happened.
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