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Welcome to the Fray.

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There’s a bit of sage advice that most politicians take to heart:  Rise above the fray.  President Obama is a great example of how this works.  Sarah Palin and spokeswoman Meg Stapleton are a great example of why the advice exists in the first place, and as we have seen before, they are main characters in yet another cautionary tale.

After the now infamous “Divagate” incident, Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton issued the following ill-conceived screed:

Recently we learned of a malicious desecration of a photo of the Governor and baby Trig that has become an iconic representation of a mother’s love for a special needs child.

The mere idea of someone doctoring the photo of a special needs baby is appalling. To learn that two Alaskans did it is absolutely sickening. Linda Kellen Biegel, the official Democrat Party blogger for Alaska, should be ashamed of herself and the Democratic National Committee should be ashamed for promoting this website and encouraging this atrocious behavior.

Babies and children are off limits. It is past time to restore decency in politics and real tolerance for all Americans. The Obama Administration sets the moral compass for its party. We ask that special needs children be loved, respected and accepted and that this type of degeneracy be condemned.

Just in the interest of entering the weekend with a clean slate, I thought it would be appropriate to clear up a few things.  Contrary to what you may have heard from the rumor mill, I am not being paid by the Republican Party to clean up their mistakes.  I do it out of the goodness of my heart.
1)  desecration (noun) –

    An act of disrespect or impiety toward something regarded as sacred: blasphemy, profanation, sacrilege, violation. See sacred/profane.

“Malicious desecration?”  “Iconic representation?”  Does the spokeswoman or the governor herself believe that a picture of she and Trig is literally a sacred object?  Might be time to find that knob that says “rhetoric” and turn it down a notch…or three.  I mean, if you’re worried about offending people and all.

2) Linda Kellen Biegel is not the official Democrat Partyblogger for Alaska.  This requires a two part debunking, so bear with me.

a)  As we all know, there is no “Democrat” Party.  That’s just a made up name courtesy of Frank Luntz and Newt Gingrich, used because it ends in “rat“.  Get it?  It’s sort of a juvenile insult.  It’s actually called the Democratic Party, and when anyone says “Democrat” party, members of the DemocratIC party instantly know they are being insulted, and they tune your message out, or think they should believe exactly the opposite.  So, is she really trying to insult the 70 million Americans who are members of the Democratic Party, while simultaneously stating that she is advocating for children with disabilities?  Is she only really concerned about Republican families with special needs children?  Is this issue a partisan smack down?  Or did she just not learn the correct name of the largest political party in the nation while she attended Georgetown University?  It’s a head scratcher.

b)  All that aside,  the Democratic Party in Alaska does not have an official blogger. Nor does Linda Kellen Biegel have an official connection to the Democratic National Committee, which also does not have an Alaskan blogger. 

Here’s the story.  Linda Kellen Biegel won a contest.  The Democratic National Convention Committee (the folks who planned and put together the convention last August) had a contest, and they picked a blogger from each state to attend.  Linda won, and she went.  That’s it.  She’s not affiliated with the party in any way.  Former Voice of the Times editor turned conservative talk show host Paul Jenkins talked about that today.  How did he know?  Simple.  He asked….Linda Kellen Biegel.   Clever lad.

If they have enough money, I think SarahPAC needs to bust open the piggybank and hire a fact checker.  Or they should pay Stapleton 10 or 12 minutes of overtime pay so she can Google this stuff herself, or make a phone call.

3)  (This is my favorite) Meg Stapleton wants the President of the United States to speak out and condemn “degeneracy” found on a local blog in Anchorage Alaska in the form of a Photoshopped image of Sarah Palin holding a baby featuring the head of a local degenerate talk show host.

Wow.

Let’s think this through for a minute.  What might be the outcome of this request?  Does Palin believe that the President of the United States, leader of the free world,  will stop what he’s doing, and get down in the political muck to bring down a woman who runs a local political blog in Anchorage Alaska?  I’m guessing he’s smart enough to recognize that this would be a foolish idea.  No national politician in their right mind would go there.  Which is why Sarah Palin does.  And why our president in 2012 will be … Barack Obama.

Besides, he’s got his own battles to fight right now…like this recent depiction of him and his beautiful baby daughter….who now sports the apalling head of none other than liberal bazillionaire George Soros. 

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He’ll probably be trying to find out who’s responsible for this shameful slight to African American babies and asking the head of that person’s political party to apologize to all the innocents that have been maligned.  Or, perhaps…just perhaps… he won’t get near stuff like this with a 10-foot pole.  Let’s see what happens.

In the mean time, remember that lesson we learned up there in the first line?

Click here, and Welcome to the fray.

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120 Responses to “Welcome to the Fray.”
  1. Alaskan Sisu says:

    Meg speaketh “the scripted ones babble”. Thanks for the “Palin clarification”

    BETH! thumbs up

  2. Alaskan Sisu says:

    Palin is the first narcissistic comedian to Govern Alaska. I do enjoy watching Palin and Meg +8 ; each unscripted episode continues to convince the rest of Alaska and the rest of the country that she is truly is not POTUS material, and never will be – EVER, also.

  3. riley says:

    Wailin Palin Strikes Again.

  4. anonymous says:

    Loving your child doesn’t make you a hero Sarah. It just makes you human. You embarrass yourself. Since these numbnuts have so little going for them, they’re always congratulating themselves for ‘achievements’ like being an American citizen, being heterosexual, being married, having a job, being a parent. Talk about setting the bar low. I’m a mother. My child has special needs and she’s adopted. By Sarah and Meg’s reckoning I’m a freaking saint. Last time I checked I wasn’t any better than anybody else, let alone ready to pose for an icon. There’s something really monstrous about congratulating yourself for loving your child. Was it a terrible struggle or something?

    Besides she’s a lousy parent.

  5. beth says:

    “Recently we learned of a malicious desecration of a photo of the Governor and baby Trig that has become an iconic representation of a mother’s love for a special needs child.” ~SP in her statement (via Stapleton)

    Um, does she understand the mechanics of the English language? The construct of the above statement makes me wonder. According to the way the above portion of her statement is written, it is the maliciously desecrated photo (of baby Trig and his mother) that “has become the iconic representation…”. (Go on, re-read it – read exactly what it says…)

    What she MEANT to say is: “Recently we learned a photo of the Governor and baby Trig, one that has become an iconic representation of a mother’s love for a special needs child, has been maliciously desecrated.”

    Instead, she releases a statement stating -plain as day- that the *new* “iconic representation of a mother’s love for a special needs child” is the one photoshopped by a blogger (AKA “Celtic Diva”.)

    Sheesh, ol’ Sarah with her ever-hysterical Sarahness – gotta love her; she can’t even get ‘righteously indignant’ without messing it up. Big time.

    What a gal.

  6. mlaiuppa says:

    Hmmm. Palin’s been out of town…right? And she probably doesn’t have much internet access, right? (Does she even know how to surf the ‘web?) So the stapled tongue has been “handling” this herself…right?

    And I’ll bet Meg hasn’t informed Palin of the fallout her statement has caused. (But I’ll bet some ‘bot will.)

    What happens when Palin returns and finds out how Meg handled it and what happened? The viral profusion of parodies palin pics.

    Will Meg get the boot or only a severe tongue stapling?

  7. Wolfe Tone says:

    I’ve come to the inescapable conclusion that Meghan Stapleton is just as Batshit Crazy™ as Sara Palin.

  8. Deb says:

    P.S . You can actually SEE the internet from your house!

  9. Deb says:

    Hey all….Deb (in Denver) here…just had to laugh along at how VIRAL the pics of Our Holy Mother Sarah with various “children” has become. SP, welcome to the internet!

  10. Shannyn says:

    Hey all,
    This is AKM. Working on connection issues!

  11. rocket says:

    Meg is an idiot.

    P.S. Did you hear that Trig is a special needs child?

  12. clydedog says:

    The outraged can’t, or won’t understand reality.

    1- You start with a picture of a national politician that includes one or more other people.

    2- You copy only the image of the politician.

    3- The picture now has nothing to do with the people that may have been in the original.

    If someone had used the image of the child, that would be different. But people going purely on emotion don’t go in for nuance. I know I keep asking, but who writes and approves this Stapletongue crap. Asking the president to intervene? What a putz.

  13. zyggy says:

    How come staple tongue isn’t screaming over all the over photoshopped pics of Palin? Why, lol, there are now just too many. I’m so glad Dr Chill came up with Baby Burke and that Linda posted it on her blog.

    I think Pres Obama would tell Palin to chill out and that type of stuff will only continue if she cries about it. And it will, I’m sure we’ll be seeing more, and some of those on somethingawful are really quite awful, but Palin and her dimwit spokesperson brought it upon themselves for being too thin skinned and just plain stoopid.

    Dat ill teach ’em.

  14. Simple Mind says:

    So Palin and her attack dog, Stapleton, think President Obama should “condemn” this “desecration”. I’ve been working alot recently. I must have missed it when Governor Palin condemned Republican activist Rusty DePass for comparing a gorilla to Michelle Obama’s family or maybe the aide to Republican Senator Diane Black, who broadcast an e-mail portraying President Obama as a set of spook-eyes on a black background. Oh well, its so hard to keep up with the many thought-provoking policy statements coming out of the Palin office.

  15. Professor Geezer says:

    Who would buy ANY book by Sarah Palin after the disastrous month of June she’s had, from a PR standpoint? If I were her publisher, I’d be worried about how much she’s hurt her future sales.

  16. mlaiuppa says:

    Does the Stapled Tongue really expect the Obama administration to apologize for their “official state blogger”?

    Obama has no idea who Celtic Diva is. The Democrat IC party has no idea who their “official state blogger” is. And no one has any idea who Meg Stapleton is.

    If she isn’t ignored, she is going to get smacked down just like Obama does to the press corps when they step out of line.

    Oh, boy. Can I watch? (popcorn! more popcorn!)

  17. winkwiinkWA says:

    Love all the ironic, desecrated iconic pictures of Miss Sorry A&&, but don’t you think its ironic that the pee’ers, Sarah and Meg used that picture (saying it was making fun of a special needs child) to get back at Linda,. Are they brain dead or just stupid?? I think her followers will end up being the end of her, they started that snowball rolling down the hill and won’t be able to stop it now. WOW, if that’s the kind of people that support her I would hate to meet her enemy’s, none of them can keep there mouths shut..IDIOTS

  18. EyeOnYou says:

    LiladyNY Says:
    June 27th, 2009 at 11:39 AM
    This from the somethingawful.com:

    ____________

    Oh they just love Sarah over there don’t they? ROFLMAO…

    Every argument sarah palin makes about anything is just like this.

    “the liberal media hates me because of my conservative family values… they don’t treat hillary clinton like that.”

    No Bitch, Its because you’re really stupid. They don’t treat Hillary like that because she can answer questions.

    Is there anything that Palin won’t try to turn into a grandstanding shit fit to keep herself in the public eye?

    “AP NEWS – Alaska Gov Sarah Palin ‘Outraged’ that Local Rite Aid is Out of Lady Speed Stick”

  19. Raven21` says:

    I think all photographers should take a stance and NOT take pictures of Palin when she has a child(ren) in tow, at any time, so she won’t have anything to rant about afterwards.

    Gees, Sarah–put on your Big Girl Panties. Surely the RNC bought you a pair with that $150,000 wardrobe–or did you have to give them back after the campaign?

  20. ValleyIndependent says:

    Wasn’t it Michael Reagan who said something to the effect that the last thing SP needed was to be in a battle with her grandson’s father in the national media and that sometimes you just need to sit down and shut up? Does anyone here have a link to that interview? It was before her “introduction” of him, and I figured it sort of explained why she didn’t talk about him or his accomplishments and instead copied the Gingrich/Shirley piece about his father, and also why she didn’t greet him on the stage.

  21. tewise says:

    97
    Ennealogic Says

    Oh my did you see the animated one, oy.

  22. sjk from the belly of the plane says:

    ITS OFFICIAL! scarah-cuda has been just pronounced POTUS in 2012 by some CRAZY bloggers. Meeting with the Lithuanian Minister just clinched it. OY!!!!

  23. Ennealogic says:

    OMG, more fray. Thumbnails, beware, NSFW but funny!!!

    http://conservativecult.wordpress.com/

  24. Nebraska Native says:

    Rocket… amending that to read “The Empress wears no appropriate clothes, also”

  25. Ennealogic says:

    This whole thing is such a farce. Gah, I needed a good laugh into the weekend. I simply love the fact that Wonkette has put up not ONE but TWO posts about this, both extremely snarky, and the folks that comment over there are snarkier yet. I about busted my seams laughing at the wit.

    It does go to show that Meg and Sarah are still know-nothing neophytes when it comes to the media and the Intertubes. See me pee people may find something valuable in Sarah’s outrage (“Oh, she is SO courageous! She won’t take this lying down! She is our hero!”) but I guess they haven’t got the ability to see the broader picture at all.

    Meg and Sarah are flushing themselves down the toilet of no return. Not even JTP will be able to unclog those pipes.

  26. rocket says:

    All bow down before Saint Sarah of Alaska.

    She doth stride across these lands farting magic rainbows.

    Off with your heads if you dare disobey Her.

    (Actually, the Empress wears no clothes – spread the word)

  27. Marnie says:

    31 aha Says:
    June 27th, 2009 at 1:00 AM
    Recently we learned of a malicious desecration of a photo of the Governor and baby Trig that has become an iconic representation of a mother’s love for a special needs child.
    —————————————
    I’m confused. Is it the malicious desecration that has become ”…an iconic representation

    And who exactly decided this photo was an icon?

    Oh. Riiiiiiiiight. Sarah decided and she is the Decider or all of us.

    Not!

    These people are trying so hard to become big frogs in a big pond but they just crass little toadies and they leave a trail of their muck where ever they go.

  28. rocket says:

    You can judge a leader by the people they choose to help them lead.

    Palin. Epic. Fail.

  29. Marnie says:

    “1) desecration (noun) –
    An act of disrespect or impiety toward something regarded as sacred: blasphemy, profanation, sacrilege, violation. See sacred/profane.”

    And your point is…?

    You are talking about Queen Sarah, for whom God himself opens doors.

  30. jc in co says:

    eddie burke is the michael (savage) weiner of alaska. he’s nothing more than
    a small minded shock jock. i’ve never heard of a governor of any state palling
    around with such ethically challenged individuals.

  31. LiladyNY says:

    This from the somethingawful.com:

    You do realize that the original intent was to mock the radio host, not her retarded baby, right?

    Of course now that the whole world has witnessed this would-be leader of the free world get all butthurt over a crappy ‘shop job by a blogger called “Celtic Diva”, the floodgates are wide open.
    ———————————————————————-
    Meg: Learn something. YOU did this. YOU put it out there. Karma is a b*tch. Idiot.

  32. BJA says:

    There wouldn’t have been a photo to Photoshop if Sarah hadn’t paraded Trig on stage at the Republican National Convention. So, Sarah drags Trig into an arena with 20,000 germy people at 10 p.m. so she can prove her pro-life bona fides and yet it’s some blogger in Alaska who is the problem? She truly is remarkable in her ability to blame everyone else for everything.

  33. kiksadi50 says:

    Once again Palin, because she has nothing of substance to report, tries to create a controversey (that is entirely about her) to avoid having to report on her feeble attempts to conduct (or avoid) Ak. state business. Does she even know where Emoonak is? Does she care? I think, by her behaviors, no! This woman is beyond narcissistic, she is almost sociopathic in her inability to put things in perspective & let (the inconsequential & petty) things go. I have never witnessed any politician this thin skinned since Richard Nixon, & we all (or at least some of us) know how that turned out. Does any one repub. or demo. alike really want a nat. rep. of the people to spend there time sparrring with heads of state because they seated her at the wrong table? This is what she concentrates on, petty b.s. Name me 1 issue that Palin has talked about since returning to AK. She just turned the gas pieline over to Exxon, in the face of much public di, & has barely talked about it since. And what did finally happen with the 28 mill. energy stim. funds? Did she or did she not apply for them. If it was not for Mudflats I would not know what is going on in the state because every press release from the gov. office is related to her most recent feud. Eddie Burke is cut from the same small minded, ignorant, uninformed, absurd piece of cloth that Wayne Ross, Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity & Ann Coulter are cut from & Palin has aligned(or palled around) with every one of them. We don’t appoint ourselves an icon(I heard Hannity refer to Coulter as an icon also!) In my religion of birth that is considered blasphemous & an act of worshiping a false god.

  34. sjk from the belly of the plane says:

    who wants gum?

    😉

  35. oregonbird says:

    I think someone — maybe whoever the leader of the Republican Governors Dohicky is now — should mention to Palin that any photo of her children, taken in her company on what should be a professional political occasion — is fair game for public consumption. In public — so that when she next shrills off, everyone has ‘pub backing to shrug and say, “Yeah, but honey, kids don’t belong at political do’s.” Unless they’re there being used as shields. That’s different.

    And now all these classic paintings are just… disturbing to me. I vote for the ‘family values’ one — comic book is more Palin’s style, rather than traditional oil. (What am I saying?!)

  36. UK Lady says:

    mlaiuppa – speaking of tithing, I am sure I read that when the Palin’s tax records were published they only showed as paying 2% to charity, I thought so called Christians regarded 10% as normal ‘tithing’ to charity.

  37. JRC says:

    Oh dears. Palin pissed off the people inside the computers.

  38. crystalwolf aka caligrl says:

    LiladyNY Says:
    June 27th, 2009 at 7:29 AM

    These were published shortly after GINO was nominated for McCain’s VP. They are pretty raw. Heard not a squeak from anyone then.

    http://www.freakingnews.com/Sarah-Palin-Pictures—2099.asp
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
    LMAO 😀

  39. kenaiqueen says:

    So ‘special needs’ children are more important than other children? Or just sacred? Or is it that Repug-nican special needs children are the only sacred ones?

    Don’t get me wrong…I do think the kids should be left out of politics, but as a mother I’m offended that my child is apparently now to be regarded as ‘something less’ to our Governor because he’s not ‘special needs.’

  40. CO almost native says:

    Latin phrase for the day; appropriate for Meg and Sarah:

    “Asinus asinum fricat”

    (rough translation: asses rubbing asses, or conceited people flatter each other about qualities they do not posses)

  41. mlaiuppa says:

    Good thing, since Bristol and Willow and eventually Piper will be raising Trig, not their biological mother.

    Using “desecration” and “iconic” are very interesting word choices. Not only indicating that Palin’s speech was written by a true college graduate with verbal skills and a thesaurus….but that Palin’s supporters are more of a cult and that the Palin camp is feeding of the worship. They actually feel an entitlement to godlike treatment and support.

    The “tithing” will be frequent and demanding. She might feel 15% to be more in keeping with her status.

    Maybe after her term she’ll get ordained and then it will really be tax free.

  42. LibertyLover says:

    “…It is past time to restore decency in politics and real tolerance for all Americans…” Meg Stapleton

    I’d like to just state for the record, that there has never really ever been a time of “decency in politics” in this country -for example, as far back as John Adams running against Thomas Jefferson; John Adams put out fliers about Jefferson having a torrid affair with one of his slaves… imagine that, smear tactics in the south.

    And as for the second part, yes, I, personally, would like to see some “real tolerance for all Americans.” Could we continue this thought with not discriminating against anyone in their jobs or their housing choices based on their sexual preference as well?

    Just a couple of random thoughts.

  43. leenie17 says:

    Having worked with special needs kids for nearly 30 years, I cringe every time I see how Sarah interacts with Trig (on the rare occasions that she actually does). There is something I’ve often said in reference to some of the kids I work with, but I think it also applies here.

    There are ‘parents’ and there are ‘reproducers’. Nearly anyone can be a reproducer, as long as you have the proper biological parts and processes. It takes a lot more to be a parent, and not everyone can pull it off.

    I’ve often felt that, despite her sometimes ferocious defense of her children, there just seems to be something missing. Fortunately, it appears that the Palin girls have somehow acquired the skills and nurturing instincts that seem to have skipped a generation.

  44. GA Peach a/k/a Lance the Boil aka Crust Scramble says:

    And that smiley face should be an ‘8’. Sorry about the poor editing.

  45. GA Peach a/k/a Lance the Boil aka Crust Scramble says:

    Oops, left out ‘right’ after xian.

  46. GA Peach a/k/a Lance the Boil aka Crust Scramble says:

    @Bystander
    “The Repubs have to either go with someone like Romney, who can speak English and stay out of trouble, or double down on crazy-Palin/Bachman 2012.
    I am betting on the latter.”

    ———–
    sarah may already consider herself POTUS, but unfortunately for the xian (and no, I can’t put Christ in these people’s agenda), they are being ‘outed’ left and right for their gross anti-xian choices.

    If the gop is going to continue to be a party in this country, they have some very hard choices to make. They have to make people like rush, sarah, bachman, prevo, dobson, et. al, irrelevant.

    We need to vote every single politician who has been in the system more than 6 (or 8) years OUT. By that time, they’re turned their vote over to the ‘special interests’, and have stopped representing US.

  47. mlaiuppa says:

    I must say she is going to be a sorry that she attacked Diva over this picture as she is going to be sorry for accusing David Letterman of perversions.

    Somethingawful.com is having a field day.

    http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3160064&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1

    I went through the entire thread. Some I don’t get (I’m sure they’re pop culture references for the young) but some are hilarious.

    I think my favorite may be this one:

    http://scuttle.mirror.waffleimages.com/data/files/84/84fe7af14bb1580ee528828bf865d4a2ee8821c0.jpg

    I think it’s also significant, as one poster pointed out, that Palin is always holding Trig facing away from her. Photo op? Maybe. But he always seems to be slung like a sack of potatoes. Not every Madonna-like at all. It’s like she doesn’t want to look at him and acknowledge that his is a special needs baby, despite her repeating it over and over.

    http://carnivore.mirror.waffleimages.com/files/c3/c314fa66eea1b20424a4a94186b71e90d045e7c0.jpg

    And just as Queen Elizabeth I branded herself the virgin queen, I’m sure Palin is attempting some rebranding of her own:

    http://forums.somethingawful.com/attachment.php?postid=362554644

    Unfortunately, it’s not working for her. Witness the following delightful parodies:

    McCain:

    http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l75/tbissett/PalinMcCain.jpg

    Rush:

    http://forums.somethingawful.com/attachment.php?postid=362520541

    Joe the Plumber:

    http://forums.somethingawful.com/attachment.php?postid=362553378

    Yeah, this one isn’t going to go away.

  48. Bystander says:

    Interesting observations by oc liberal at #54. I do disagree on one point. I think Sarah already considers herself POTUS- the rest of us just have to adapt to her fantasy world. It will be an interesting next 3 years, and Sarah isn’t going away.

    The Repubs have to either go with someone like Romney, who can speak English and stay out of trouble, or double down on crazy-Palin/Bachman 2012.
    I am betting on the latter.

  49. honestyinGov says:

    68 LiladyNY Says:
    June 27th, 2009 at 7:29 AM

    These were published shortly after GINO was nominated for McCain’s VP. They are pretty raw. Heard not a squeak from anyone then.
    ————————————————-
    W o W !! Some of those photo shop pics posted back before the election really came to light. The “Holier than Thou” pic… who knew. And so many Biblical reference pics as well…. even back then.
    And since they were done before the Election as ” Political Parody “… WHY no outrage from S & M…THEN…? Easy answer.

    Some Professor could doing a course on politics could do a whole Semester using Palin and showing and pointing out to Political students how NOT to run a political campaign. There are so many examples to use. Most people would think these examples were ‘fiction’ and made up because who( with common sense ) would dare do something like they have done. Students would be racking their brains trying to use logic to try to understand it.

  50. Candy Knight says:

    I think S&M’s use of religious terms was very deliberate. Their wacko base do indeed see Sarah as some kind of God’s representative who verges on being godlike herself. Traditional Christianity would consider this blasphemous, but the christianists are creating an entirely new religion of hate with lots of militant verbiage–battle, warriors, enemies, etc.

    And I totally missed the “Democrat” slur, one is getting so used to seeing it. That is so inappropriate. And funny–to react to a personal insult with an insult to tens of millions. Way to go, Sarah.

  51. honestyinGov says:

    # 50 Bystander Says:
    June 27th, 2009 at 6:01 AM

    For a laugh, check out the Wassillabillies photo on the Heffalump s
    ————————————-
    I saw that one the other day and posted it and tried to link back to it on as many Huffpo stories as possible. The Palin/Kerry long face comment was easy… because it sure looks like Greta has a long face in that photo shop.
    Meg being the youngest ‘ Child ‘… Hellllooo !
    And of course Sarah playing the roll of Granny. Spot on. I never saw the Original Granny in any red ‘ Hoochie-shoes’ though. And Granny never dressed like an Airline Attendant.

    Should we expect outrage and a Press statement from Greta … for adding her to The Family….?

  52. LiladyNY says:

    These were published shortly after GINO was nominated for McCain’s VP. They are pretty raw. Heard not a squeak from anyone then.

    http://www.freakingnews.com/Sarah-Palin-Pictures—2099.asp

  53. maji says:

    #46—SayNo–I know just whom to ask—G. Gordon Liddy! He seems to understand all there is to know about women’s health. NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  54. GA Peach a/k/a Lance the Boil aka Crust Scramble says:

    s&m is right – beat up on others and get your a$$ whipped. Hey, sarah, justice is served.

  55. Nebraska Native says:

    Oh Puppies… Creative advoidance from my chores sent me around the internets, and oh my… S & M have a major MAJOR backfire on their their pretty little heads. This stuff is everywhere! It will be fun to see how much new traffic the AK blogs are picking up this weekend. And as we know, also, the archives are great fun to read, too… so here we go!

  56. zyggy says:

    Sarah will have to start apologizing for Meg’s motor mouth when she gets back. Or She’ll have to dump her, Meg went off the deep end trying to take care of the Virgin Mary, I mean Sarah.

    There probably wouldn’t have been any hype on any of this, but Burke looked very much like a down syndrome person in that photo. But then again, he sort of looks like from the photos I’ve seen.

    I find this all to be very humorous, and childish for M&P to go on and on, and just as silly for the child like c4p to go on about this.

    As long as the Sarah devotees continue to pout and stomp, Sarah will be made fun of.

  57. the problem child says:

    S&M is right — these gals are gluttons for punishment.

  58. samper says:

    oregonbird: Haven’t you heard? AKM, Shannyn, Celtic Diva, et al are being paid personally by the Democratic Party and specifically, President Obama is hand delivering million dollar checks to each one at their residences. They’re making PLENTY! 🙂

    Also, too, therefore… If she hadn’t made such a stink about Baby Burke, NO ONE would have gone as far as they did with the photoshopping. S&M just fanned the flames of photoshop creativity to have Trig made into everyone from Darth Vadar to that little guy from Sesame Street (Emo? Is that his name? Obviously, I don’t have kids! 🙂 )

  59. rebekkah says:

    If their base requires words like “iconic” in reference to photos of Sarah and her child, well, then Meg Stapleton might have forgotton her Sunday school, and Sarah, also, too. Biggest no-no all through the Bible is to think oneself an icon or divine. It’s what many Christians wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot pole. I recall a Texas evangelist ran into trouble a few years back, in a sermon, saying basically that we are “little gods”. That’s what is called “apostasy” or “blasphemy” in christian circles. I hope her followers pick up on that one. No one wants the Sarah package complete with God-complex. Yikes!

    And, oops! wasn’t aware of the “democrat” connotation, versus “democratic party”. Thanks for that important point.

  60. samper says:

    Just read the article @ 20 (HonestyinGov).

    Hilarious! She thinks the First Amendment is to protect HER from the MEAN OLD PRESS! Ummm… I’m pretty sure it was put in place to protect the PRESS from RETRIBUTION for VOICING THEIR OPINIONS OR DISCLOSING FACTS.

    My God, she’s stupid!

    What? She hasn’t had the time to take ONE LOUSY “BASICS OF THE CONSTITUTION 101” class since declaring that the VP is “in charge of the Senate” and “can get in there and make laws”? Really? No time for EDUCATION? What a frickin’ SURPRISE! Education was never really important to this woman. Not for her, not for her kids, not for the Special Needs kids that she cut or denied funding for (can’t remember which it was).

    What I found interesting was one of the comments on the article. It was somthing akin to: “Don’t worry… in XX more hours, this will all be over and we won’t have to hear her voice for another four years.” (Reminding you all that this was, I think, day before the election.)

    Wow. That commenter couldn’t have been more wrong if she/he said the sun revolves around the earth and grass is pink!

  61. oregonbird says:

    Personally, I think the fact that Alaskan bloggers are now well known journalistic personalities — is incredibly weird. You’ve got Javanese, Scots and Georgians looking in!

    So, best spelling and sentence structure forward! This is truly a chance to make a difference in the world, not to mention the opportunity to become one of the few who get offered an actual job, for money, doing what you like.

    Or, maybe it’s just a way to keep annoying the political wastes of space. That’s good, too.

  62. LiladyNY says:

    crystalwolf aka caligrl Says:
    June 27th, 2009 at 3:37 AM

    Here’s “BABY MEG”!!! Shannyn linked to this on FB 🙂
    http://omfgalaska.blogspot.com/2009/06/no-actual-humans-were-harmed-in.html
    ———————————————————————
    Brilliant find! This disclaimer from that blog should be put at the end of every picture (just to clarify for those who don’t understand Parody and the First Amendment – and Meg, especially, should pay attention since she was absent that day from Basic Civics class).

    (this image is intended as PARODY and as such is covered under US copyright fair use laws — since it is PARODY, nothing PERSONAL is intended or implied. The opinion above is socio-political commentary and as such is covered by the US First Amendment right to free speech.

  63. EyeOnYou says:

    ocliberal Says:
    June 27th, 2009 at 6:16 AM
    I think what is also missed in all this is how much attention S&M and company must be paying to Linda’s ‘little’ blog. Obviously Linda is doing something that is really getting under Palin’s skin. Hmmmm. I wonder what that could be?

    ______________

    I’m not sure if it is Meg and Sarah paying attention as much as it is the groupies who have admitted to checking these sites (Mudflats/Celtic Diva/Shannyn Moore/Immoral Minority/Progressive Alaska) daily to see what is being said. If they find something they consider out of line they start writing about it and sending it to Meg/Palin so they can then express their own outrage. Then the whole group pats themselves on the back as being on top of the left wing bloggers.

    One thing that it does show, no matter who is paying attention, is that they ARE paying attention and are obviously terrified of the impact it is having, hence the desperate attempts to somehow spin it so that once again Palin is jumping on the “victim ship” and sailing off with cries of …poor me…don’t you feel bad for me….waaaaaahhhhh…..look they are picking on me and my kids….they are just jealous because I am so pretty….waaaaaahhhhhhhh….run to my defense against those mean bloggers…..waaaaaaaaahhhhhh….

  64. sauerkraut says:

    ocliberal – you think sarahkins has any interest in filling MJ’s recently departed shoes? she gets weirder and weirder the more she tries to pursue that fame and celebrity.

  65. ocliberal says:

    …This is why you should have followed AKM’s sage advise.

    Crinch.. I meant advice…

  66. sauerkraut says:

    35 Pursang Says:
    June 27th, 2009 at 2:16 AM
    I think we should have a fundraiser to buy Meggy a dictionary and thesaurus. Then maybe she won’t sound like such an uneducated fool with these press releases.
    ____________

    We would all be better served if the fundraiser is to buy her and Eddie Burke a muzzle.

  67. ocliberal says:

    I think what is also missed in all this is how much attention S&M and company must be paying to Linda’s ‘little’ blog. Obviously Linda is doing something that is really getting under Palin’s skin. Hmmmm. I wonder what that could be?

    All Linda was trying to do was get a few emails from the state. A few emails that in the big picture probably aren’t going to tell anyone anything that most of us don’t already know. We already know Palin pals around with homophobic, bigoted, degenerate, “racsist” a-holes. Heck she wanted to appoint one as attorney general. Anything Linda may uncover basically would just be preaching to the choir. Of course with all the national attention S&M has now pointed to Linda’s little blog I bet quite a few more people will be interested in what Linda finds out. Good job S&M! This is why you should have followed AKM’s sage advise.

    My own personal theory is the Sarah Palin has no desire at all to be POTUS. She just wants to be rich and famous. Unfortunately her talents are fairly limited so she needs to play with what she has got which is basically this Gov of AK gig. She won the super lotto by having McCain pick her as VP candidate. She has national recognition. There isn’t a talk show or tabloid in the world that wouldn’t pay big bucks to have a piece of the Palin Pie. In fact I bet when it is all said and done her hero is really Kate Gosselin.

    Here is some advise to Meg and Sarah. Give up this political gig. It’s really not your thing. Frankly you just come off as well how do I say this politely… Okay there really isn’t a polite way to say it so I’ll just say it. You just come off as STUPID!

    Get into what you could do well. REALITY TV is your ticket out! Heck I might even turn into a few episodes of The Palins Unplugged.

    Trust me Sarah. This is where you need to be. You would make millions and you wouldn’t even have to learn the names of any foreign countries.

  68. sauerkraut says:

    under under rooos, too.

  69. sauerkraut says:

    Obama, an educated person (unlike Palin), recognizes the images are examples of political caricature which are protected under not only under the federal 1st Amendment but also under the state equivalent. But Meg Stapleton, who gives ever appearance of opening the yap before putting on the thinking cap, is not equipped to think at the level required to recognize anything but Sarah’s rear end.

  70. Bystander says:

    Now that she has shown herself to be be most thin-skinned, sanctimonious
    narcissistic pain in the butt on earth, I am sure the bloggers and photo shoppers will restrain themselves to spare Sarah’s delicate feelings. Ha, ha.

  71. Bystander says:

    For a laugh, check out the Wassillabillies photo on the Heffalump site.

  72. Tewise says:

    I bet the reason they are so upset about the photo’s are because there is only a handful of her holding Trig. Majority of the time it is one of the kids holding that baby, especially the littler one. Just imagine how much more fodder there would be if she actually spent time with the child. Pretty bad when the world blast you for your inability to connect with your child and care for them properly even the simplest action as holding or carrying. She is a waste of good oxygen.

  73. duct idaho palin says:

    “Palin looks like she is imitating the Hollywood picture, The Lion King, holding her child an arms length away.”

    That’s what I always think, too!

  74. Cathy from Colorado says:

    Thanks for the article AKM.

    As for the “S & M show”, you guys are saying it all and I agree.

  75. Say NO to Palin in Politics says:

    Is Scarah menopausal? ya think? wacked out hormone levels mixed with her personality can produce scary (for us) thoughts and actions.

  76. BigPete says:

    The Palin “brain trust” have stumbled upon a foolproof formula for attracting attention to themselves. Unfortunately, the result is that Palin’s public persona is now closer to a cartoon-a very shrill, not very lovable Beverly Hillbilly-than to a wise and visionary leader.

    Palin would be better served by a Hollywood publicist with experience in “damage control”.

  77. 10cats4me says:

    Oh gosh. Just visited all the sites from Wonkette. LOL! LOL! Fell off my chair. Laughing so hard tears in my eyes!

    Favorite is the Chucky one.

    This women and her third hand zombette must be from the innards of Alaska and “don’t know nuthin.” Especially about the internet.
    Oh what a day. Still laughing so hard.

    The one I feel so sorry for is poor Trig for having this woman as a mother. Now that’s blasphemous. That this women actually claims motherhood. She reminds me of Norman Bates mother. Still laughing, can’t stop!

  78. Nebraska Native says:

    Tigerwine… watched Sanford’s sermon at the table last night. Ew. Goodness, creepiness goes to a new level.

  79. Nebraska Native says:

    “When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout!”
    I think that’s the S & M strategery…

    Meanwhile at HuffPo, AKM, Shannyn AND Celtic Blue are ALL on the politics page. So very cool!

  80. Diane says:

    In comparing the 2 baby pictures, who has the more loving pose?
    President Obama of the Democratic Party.
    Palin looks like she is imitating the Hollywood picture, The Lion King, holding her child an arms length away. I have never seen her cuddle that baby. Bristol looks to have more mothering skills then Gov. Palin.

    Her lack of……. knowledge has set woman’s rights back 50 years.
    She is a joke, not to be taken seriously, EXCEPT little Bush was the same way.

    She needs a one way ticket back to Wasilla. ASAP.

  81. tigerwine says:

    I really tried to listen and watch Palin’s Kosovo speech – in segments. But honestly, I didn’t think she “jiggled”, and didn’t pick up on the tee until someone mentioned it. Nit-picky!

    What I did notice was that there was very little interaction between her and the troops. The 2 guys in front of the photographer didn’t seem to respond to her – in fact, they reminded me of a high school assembly where everyone was on their best behavior for a guest speaker. I noticed a few chuckles – once. Anyone else pick up on this?

  82. tigerwine says:

    I can’t believe that I just read Gov. Sanford is comparing himself to “the Biblical David”. This on top of Meg trying to make everyone visualize SP and Trig as Madonna and Child. Too much!

  83. lilybart says:

    Only Republicans HAVE special needs babies because all the DemonRats abort theirs. Would that be her implication???

  84. va_soccer_mom says:

    @ aha: Good catch!
    @ Pursang: Think we can raise enough to include a basic grammar guide for Meggy?

  85. crystalwolf aka caligrl says:

    Here’s “BABY MEG”!!! Shannyn linked to this on FB 🙂
    http://omfgalaska.blogspot.com/2009/06/no-actual-humans-were-harmed-in.html

  86. Pursang says:

    I think we should have a fundraiser to buy Meggy a dictionary and thesaurus. Then maybe she won’t sound like such an uneducated fool with these press releases.

    You just know that Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, and a few other Republican hopefuls are all taking notes. They’re looking into her dealings and her ethics. They’re finding out the things that push her buttons as well as push the buttons of those that give advice to Sarah Thin-Skinned. They’re doing their homework and she’s giving them plenty of fodder for 2012.

  87. NY Dem says:

    Also, did Alaskans get her per diem bill for that trip to NYC and Texas yet ?

    If so (or if not) wait until you get the bill for the trip overseas !

    I can see Sarah going “cha-ching” right now !

  88. NY Dem says:

    In Post # 18, Philip Munger said: “Palin is becoming the biggest political joke of the 21st century.”

    Great quote Phil, but you need to update it a little (if you will allow me): “Palin HAS BECOME the biggest political joke of the 21st century.”

  89. Kath the Scrappy from Seattle says:

    So, who is running the State of AK while SP is there jiggling the boobs for the military eyeballs? Or, is she still doing the Guvship via Blackberries again, too also? Anyone know?

  90. aha says:

    Recently we learned of a malicious desecration of a photo of the Governor and baby Trig that has become an iconic representation of a mother’s love for a special needs child.
    —————————————
    I’m confused. Is it the malicious desecration that has become ”…an iconic representation…”

  91. ds55 says:

    Is Mitt Romney in Kosovo also, too?

  92. GlobalVillage says:

    Thank you for the fantastic post AKM.

  93. CG says:

    Nope, not coincidence. This whole thing is a public appearance tour. And she’s copying Vice President Joe Biden.

    Also on the peace-keeping-mission circuit of Kosovo/Camp Bondsteel are the American Pro Beach Volleyball Team and a roster of C&W singers.
    Other troop morale initiatives this summer include USSA Snowboard Team racers on Goodwill Tour to Afghanistan and Iraq.

    It’s very vogue for celebrities to do this. Good publicity. Of course Sarah would need to, as well.

  94. Moose Pucky says:

    The movie could be called “Trig Strikes Back”.

  95. Moose Pucky says:

    You also gotta love the butcher baby with the Palin grimace.

  96. ds55 says:

    My favorite Palin-Trig photoshopped picture on the somethingawful blog is the one with Joe the Plumber. The next favorite is the devil-baby with horns and red eyes. Ooo, that’ll fire up the Palin base.

  97. I can’t remember which blog this comment came from: How can the country’s biggest joke have no sense of humor? (I think it was DKos)

    Thanks, AKM!

  98. Lee323 says:

    18 Philip Munger Says:
    June 26th, 2009 at 11:13 PM
    from the wonkette article AKM links: “Palin basically poked a stick in the world’s largest beehive filled with cheap & tireless insanity.”
    ———————————————-
    I loved that quote and visual, especially the “cheap and tireless insanity.”

    Most reasonable people would agree that there is plenty of cheap and tireless (and tiring) insanity on the internet but few would embark on a war of self-righteous censorship in a country where the First Amendment is truly respected.

    Like Honesty in Gov. points out in #20, Ms. Palin thinks that criticism of her violates HER First Amendment rights. (Shaking head). Cheap and tireless insanity…..all around.

  99. califpat says:

    Our President would never put himself in the mire of responding to every slight or insinuation against his family or himself. For one, he has the intelligence to know that as a politician that these insinuations will be forth coming and realize that it would be assine to respond to them. Unlike Gino and Megamoose, he does his job of trying to care of America and try to make America better. Gino and Megamoose are only interested in themselves and their perceived images and to heck with the reality of actually taking care of the people of Alaska. God, I hope most of the people in Alaska pick up on this.

  100. InJuneau says:

    Facts? We don’t need no stinkin’ facts…

    OR…?

    Just the facts, ma’am, just the facts.

    Now, which do we think might be the better approach for S&M?

  101. honestyinGov says:

    OK… I have a few different tabs open and I have one to a Huffpo story..BUT I have no idea how I opened it..? maybe from a comment on the other thread, don’t know. It is relevant to the topic though…. And interesting.
    ( not sure who to give credit to for posting the link)

    This was an interview that Sarah did Oct 31-2008 the weekend before the Election. Turn back time…. in the interview she is complaining that the Press has no right to critisize her blah… blah ..blah BECAUSE..it would infringe on HER 1st Amendment Rights. How ironic… she is trying to stop people from speaking out Now. It is supposed to go both ways. I guess she is a slow learner…. she hasn’t learned ANYthing since the Election.
    The story is ” Palin : First Amendment Rights Threatened by Criticism”
    Here’s the link.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/31/palin-criticism-threatens_n_139729.html

  102. Lee323 says:

    “If they have enough money, I think SarahPAC needs to bust open the piggybank and hire a fact checker.”
    ————————————————
    Facts. Schmacks.

    A good old-fashioned fray wouldn’t be the same with facts included.

  103. from the wonkette article AKM links: “Palin basically poked a stick in the world’s largest beehive filled with cheap & tireless insanity.”

    I coined the phrase last October (early October!) that “Palin is becoming the biggest political joke of he 21st century.” I’ve used it several times since, and it just becomes more true every week.

  104. Lee323 says:

    Palin is a frayed Don Quixote tilting at flatus (aka cutting wind mills).

    Meg is her Sancho Panza: “Now that I’ve to be sitting on a bare board, does your Worship want to flay my bum?” Yes. She. Does.

    Fraying. Flaying. Braying,…..it all comes down to bums and flatus with these two jackasses’ sanctimonious war on “degeneracy.”

    Who died and made Ms. Dona Coyote the Queen of Culture and Wind Mills?

  105. seattlefan says:

    ok…LMAO! I just re-read your post and clicked on the Wonkette link at the end. What a hoot! I love the intertubes/nets and everyone on it. Soooo funny!
    The Palin camp has a busy day tomorrow trying to post outrage to all of that! LOL!

  106. Snoskred says:

    There is an old saying –

    In a crisis, do nothing.

    Meg and Sarah should get this tattoed on the hands that hold the blackberries.

  107. lovemydogs says:

    This is off topic but I just got an e-mail with this story and it is so sweet that I had to send it to all of you to add a little bit of sanity to your day and perhaps some better feeling dreams when you sleep.
    http://www.theweek.com/article/index/89914/The_last_word_Why_old_dogs_are_the_best_dogs#

  108. honestyinGov says:

    # 11
    Dr. Patois Says:
    June 26th, 2009 at 10:38 PM

    Ruh roh, Dave just made a joke with God in it. How tasty is that bait S&M? Will you crucify him?
    ———————————
    Ruh roh….. Do NOT TELL me that you just linked Sarah and Meg with ” S & M ” !!
    (don’t need to see that picture – scrubbing brain furiously )

    THAt is …’ blasphemous ‘ I say !!
    ( sshhhh….. can I use your expression again ? .. ..Thanks)

  109. WakeUpAmerica says:

    Well done, AKM, well done!!

  110. Dr. Patois says:

    Ruh roh, Dave just made a joke with God in it. How tasty is that bait S&M? Will you crucify him?

  111. pvazwindy says:

    Meg is one crazy HOYA. Did she not declare war against the internet. Big mistake.

  112. BS says:

    They don’t mince words over there at Wonkette do they? Meg should wander over there and realize it could have been a lot worse. In comparison, Linda’s blog is tame. I’m totally amused.

  113. pearl89 says:

    Here in the south we call the frays that Meg and Sarah have been engaged in lately “hissy fits”.

  114. Aussie Blue Sky says:

    If Angry had known how to do her job she would have gone to Blue Oasis and seen for herself the bad publicity awaiting the Palin administration if she responded to the shrill screams of the cultists.

    It’s weird how this issue proved both Mansour and Stapletongue to be rank amateurs . . . . . and BFF no more, I’d be guessing. 😀

  115. seattlefan says:

    “Rise above the Fray” indeed. I am thinking Palin and her camp do not have the wherewithal to go there! They are still in the 10th grade.

    Political savy is NOT one of Palin’s achievements. That has been evidenced by her behavior in the last month. She needs to just go back home, try to be the GINO and forget about getting stamps on her passport and talking to troops and being credible on an international level. Hell…she is not even credible on a state level.

    I’m done! 🙂

    Great post!

  116. mae lewis says:

    Here’s a strange coincidence. I just finished watching Craig Ferguson on late night CBS (he comes on after David Letterman). He taped his Friday show on Wednesday because this weekend, he’s part of a USO group heading to Kosovo and then on to Germany. Don’t we know someone else with the same schedule??

    Craig’s jokes were about Germany, told in a funny accent. He decided that they may not think that he was so funny. “Did they try to kill my family?” he asked, both joking and for real, “Yes, they did!” Then, he tried to look hurt, and hoped that the Germans wouldn’t hold it against him. Craig has a charming way of speaking both truth and humor at the same time.

    Craig has also made Sarah Palin jokes. What if their paths cross this weekend? Will she be outraged? I don’t think that anyone is allowed to make jokes about a politician, are they? To make matters worse, Craig’s show is owned by World Wide Pants, David Letterman’s company. Dave is his boss. And, thanks to Sarah’s outrage, Dave’s ratings are up! Thanks, Sarah! Dave has even joked that following the Governor Sanford business, maybe it might be safe to make jokes about Republican Governors again. My own comment: they are a never-ending source of comedy material.

  117. dowl says:

    Well said and well done–let the skewering begin!

    ‘Flatters mantra: Stay above the fray Sarahmegs of twits, tweets, and sundry cyberspaces.

    Thanks, AKM.

  118. Martha Unalaska Yard Sign says:

    Attack-gates I tell you! There’s been a BUNCH of ’em! Let’s list them out just for good measure.

  119. Blue Idaho says:

    I wonder why she didn’t get her undies in a bunch over the poo photo?

  120. Dr. Patois says:

    My favorite comment on the something awful site was Texan Bulldogette remarking on how Palin carries Trig and wondering why she hasn’t come up with a way to put a handle on him so they never even have to touch him.

    Ahh, what will the next week bring….?