The Great Band-Aid Cover-Up…
We all know someone who gets so into telling stories about themselves that they tend to adopt a facts-optional attitude about it. I mean if it’s not hurting anyone, and it makes for a good story, then what’s the problem, right?
When I read the Runner’s World interview with Sarah Palin, I noticed her story about going on a run with the Secret Service during the campaign. She slipped while running, fell, and hurt her hand. Yup, I remembered that.
But then there came a part about her swearing the Secret Service to silence so the story would never get out…and that they’ve kept her secret to this day, bless their hearts.
RW: I don’t remember news reports about it.
SP: Heck no! I made those guys swear to secrecy. And I probably should have gotten a couple stitches. But I was insisting with these guys, “Absolutely not, let’s just wash it out.” I appreciated how much care they took to help me out. So anyway, I have a little scar on my hand, and I’ve seen a couple of pictures from the debate or of me waving to someone on the campaign trail with that Band-Aid and I think, nobody else knows about it.
Huh?
First of all, why try to keep this a secret?
Second, remember the day when she showed up with a ginormous bandage on her hand, and it was all over the media that she’d taken a spill at the McCain ranch?
I did. Well, so did this diarist on Daily Kos, and anyone who read or watched the news during the debate period.
Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin waves with a bandaged hand as a result of falling while jogging, as she and her husband Todd Palin board her campaign plane at the Flagstaff, Arizona airport for the trip to St Louis, Missouri. Palin will face-off with her Democratic counterpart Joe Biden in the Vice-Presidential debate later on October 2, 2008
Guess those Secret Service guys are going to be in big big trouble. They’d better not rat out Cindy McCain for getting that hand-shake injury. Shhhhh. It’s a secret! Nobody will ever know…
saurkraut: I don’t know much about DS babies. I don’t know if he has neurological issues, physical issues, etc. My GUT tells me that as young as Trig is, being jostled about might not be good for him.
It’s great if your child has a great time in a jogger, but is it equally wise for a “special needs” child who might have issues that make it more dangerous?
I disagree about “stooping” to the peelander level. He gave some grossly inappropriate retort, which I will post later.
Bottom line is that he was responsible for the photo being distributed to the masses, whether SP selected it or not. He COULD have said “We have standards, and publishing that photo goes over the line”. He chose not to and should be held accountable. Instead, he is passing the buck to the Anonymous Photo Editor, being rude, and not answering legitimate questions.
I’ll post the entire conversation when I have time to put it all together. There’s probably 30 emails back and forth. I want to take out email addresses and such… just haven’t gotten to it yet.
Pepperzmom: I responded with something akin to that had I SEEN other objectionable photos, I would be upset as well. However, a non-military (doesn’t know the “rules”) runner having an impromptu moment of “patriotism” and using the flag inappropriately is far different from the Gov of AK staging the desecration, especially when she has a son on active duty, and then having it published for personal gain.
As for the responses re RW, I am an actual RW subscriber. And I’ve indicated to them that I will not be renewing my subscription due their insertion of politics into the sport. Some of the stuff above is worthy of peelanders. Let’s not stoop to their level with the pettiness.
153 samper Says: July 2nd, 2009 at 7:59 AM
Re: Trig and jogging: I just don’t think it’s good for a little one, just a year old, to be jostled about like that. Can’t be good for his little developing body.
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Look, I know some of youse really do not like Palin, but let’s leave the kid out of this. And let’s not go overboard with the criticisms by suggesting that putting a baby in a jogger is bad for the kid. I’ve seen hundreds of kids in joggers and nearly all of them look very content, my own included. It’s an unfair criticism.
136 samper Says: July 2nd, 2009 at 4:36 AM
Response from RW (obviously, they are in the tank for Palin):
Seriously? Thursday, July 2, 2009 6:57 AM
From: “Remy, Mark” Add sender to Contacts
“I will never again purchase your publication, nor will I read contributions of your publication online. I am encouraging legions of others to follow suit.”
Really?
Are you similarly outraged when we run photos of sweaty elite runners who drape the American flag around their shoulders after a race?
And if not, why not?
Just curious.
Best regards,
Mark
Samper…a bit late, but here’s the perfect response:
No, I normally don’t get upset with an athlete celebrating with a flag. Why am I not upset over an athlete draping him/herself with the flag after competing? Because, they are REPRESENTING their country and their pride in their country.
Palin was only representing herself, as usual.
You of all people, given the fact that you cover so many races, should know better.
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Now as for Mr. Snippy….sounds like RW is being hammered with negative feedback over their “coverage” of SP. Not only were the photos a poor representation of the flag, they also showed nothing of SP actually…running, never mind jogging or even walking. Just posed shots, likely photoshopped.
143 samper Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:59 AM
So he comes back with: “Susie”, Take care, Mark.
My response to THAT was:
What’s the matter? Your journalistic prowess leaves you at a loss of words?
You must KNOW that I’m right, or you would come up with some sort of logical defense to your actions.
And that’s Ms. “Smith” to you. Didn’t your mother teach you about the flag OR manners?
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I read your original letter, and felt it was appropriate and fairly restrained. Well worth noting, and likely to receive a respectful response. No doubt you are merely trying to amuse us with this and the other personal exchange you report.
If Palin is such a big runner why is she completely MIA for the Alaska Run for Women? 5000 women running/walking/raising money to support the fight against breast cancer. I don’t find she’s ever participated. Too busy promoting herself to promote a good cause.
My take on the band-aid “lie” … I think she is referring to the need for stitches. Perhasp SS said let’s ge have that looked at and she said no I’ll pass. (I want battle scars) and carried on with teh band-aid. HAS she ever physically fallen in publci? That would be something to see , not that I wish it upon her.
152: that is a jogging stroller from what it looks like. I am sure he is belted down and appears to have eye goggles on to protect from any flying stones/ dirt/water. I think it’s fine to run with a baby on a safe surface. Tahnsk god she does spend some time with him, although they could just be “prop” photos.
I used to work for someone who was a pathological liar. She believed that the truth simply didn’t matter, and would lie just to craft a reality that she thought was a bit better then the truth. One time, my spouse who also worked for her, was taking a vacation day and she told him not to tell the client whose site he worked at, that he was taking that day off, but to just call in sick on that day, because she thought it would sound better!
Unlike Sara, my boss was very intelligent and a workabholic, but she lost the company customer after customer because she just couldn’t stop herself from telling lies both big and small. It really is a sickness.
Re: Trig and jogging: I just don’t think it’s good for a little one, just a year old, to be jostled about like that. Can’t be good for his little developing body.
fawnskin: I totally called him out on passing the buck and not giving a name. I’m going to compile the conversation of many emails and will post back here later with the whole thing.
Mark.Remy@rodale.com
and.
and instant response (within 2 minutes)
“Thank you for the comment.
You may want to address this comment to Runner’s World’s photo editor, however. I had nothing to do with that photo shoot.
You can write to:
Runner’s World magazine
Photo Editor
400 South 10th Street
Emmaus, PA 18098
Best regards,
Mark
You guys wouldn’t BELIEVE the emails flying between RW and myself! He’s sending me all your comments and his stupid, lame replies.
I’ve challenged him to:
1. Take responsibility instead of passing the buck
2. Provide a NAME of the photo editor
3. Answer why this “Boy Scout” and “Patriotic” fella allowed such a thing.
He’s claiming he’s editor of rw.COM, not of the magazine itself. My argument is that the photos are PRE-published on line to a wider audience than print and that he bears responsibility.
Thanks for hanging in, guys! 🙂
Going back now to read the threads… I’ve been caught in quite the exchange with Mr. Remy.
here goes. my email to runner’s world:
dear mr remy,
i am writing in protest of your photo layout of sarah palin in the latest edition of RUNNER’S WORLD.
it is with dismay that i see a staged photo of palin with our american flag thrown casually into the mix.
the very use of the flag as a “prop” belies it’s representation as a symbol of this country.
i expect better of your magazine.
samper…
what is the email contact info for rw?
where can i complain.
teehee
Samper,
I don’t know about little ones, but think of the sports that DS kids/adults participate in through Special Olympics. They are active!!! They fall, get up and keep going determined to finish the best they can to rounds of applause and cheering!!
Damn you lefty haters.
Don’t you remember Maragaret Thatcher in her cheesecake poses in a spread of Fox Hunters World in the 80’s?
Or Sandra Day O’Connor posing in spandex in her publicity tour to get the Supreme Court seat?
Sarah is just living up to those standards.
-G
Lilybart: Should Downs Syndrome kids be knocked around in a stroller with a crazed, jogging Mommy at the helm in the first place?
So he comes back with: “Susie”, Take care, Mark.
My response to THAT was:
What’s the matter? Your journalistic prowess leaves you at a loss of words?
You must KNOW that I’m right, or you would come up with some sort of logical defense to your actions.
And that’s Ms. “Smith” to you. Didn’t your mother teach you about the flag OR manners?
My response to the “moran” at RW:
Mr. Remy:
Yes, “seriously” and “really”. Had I seen other photos, such as you mention, I would be “outraged”.
There might be a bit of a difference, however, since Palin HAS A SON IN THE MILITARY ON ACTIVE DUTY. She should absolutely know better!
Also, this was STAGED and not an impromptu display of patriotism that other NON-MILITARY runners might have acted upon, however inappropriate the use of the flag.
Your response was grossly inappropriate, as is the entire “cheesecake” photo spread of an elected official. Not one photo even has her RUNNING, but rather in full make up, hair and wardrobe engaged in high school cheerleader poses! Pathetic.
I will be contacting your advertisers and boycotting them as well.
And please don’t underestimate the breadth of readers I will reach. There will be many who no longer buy your publication or patronize your sponsors.
And your sponsors will know why – because of both the image you staged and published and your disrespectful and flippant reply.
WhoHoo!!!
Andrew Sullivan is on the band aid patrol
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/the-odd-lies-of-sarah-palin-xxx-the-bandaid.html#more
Bretta: Kath is right.
They are STILL making a big deal about how President Obama said he had “visited all 57 states”. A little research reveals that we have 6 “organized” (and one “unorganized”) territories worth a visit by the President. There are a bunch of other territories, which aren’t populated or are extraordinarily sparsely populated, which aren’t counted.
The “organized” territories are: Guam, Puerto Rico, The US Virgin Islands (St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix) and the Mariana Islands coupled with American Samoa, which is technically “unorganized”, but self-governing under a constitution last revised in 1967. IOW: American Samoa is still a territory with a significant population worth a visit.
That makes 57 jurisdictions – states and occupied territories combined. 🙂
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States
Palin’s jogging stroller looks VERY NEW and not used AT ALL.
So, a lie that she jogs with Trig or is the stroller yet another of Gov Grifter’s Gifts?
Abbrevieated answer from WikiAnswers
Pathological liars, or “mythomaniacs,” may suffer from narcissistic personality disorder. Some characteristics:
1. Exaggerates things that are ridiculous.
2. One-upping. Wahtever you do this person can do it better. You will never top them in their own mind, because they have a concerted need to be better than everyone else.
3. They “construct” a reality around themselves. If you call them on a lie they will act very defensively and say ugly things.
4. They will not value loyalty. So watch what you tell them. They will tell others and embellish it to make you look worse. Their loyalty is fleeting and because they are insecure people they will confide in whoever their favorite is at the moment.
5. They may be somewhat of a hypochondriac.
6. Obviously, they will contradict what they say. They usually aren’t smart enough to keep track of so many lies.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_can_you_tell_if_someone_is_a_pathological_liar
POLL: is Sarah Palin a pathological or compulsive liar? (or both?)
A pathological liar lies to get their way and does so with little concern for others. Pathological lying is a coping mechanism developed in early childhood and often associated with some other type of mental health disorder. A pathological liar is often goal-oriented (i.e., it is done to get one’s way). A pathological liar often comes across as being manipulative, cunning and self-centered.
A compulsive liar lies out of habit. Lying is their normal and reflexive way of responding to questions. Compulsive liars bend the truth about everything, large and small. For a compulsive liar, telling the truth is very awkward and uncomfortable while lying feels right. Compulsive lying develops in early childhood due to being placed in an environment where lying was necessary. Compulsive liars are NOT overly manipulative and cunning – they simply lie out of habit.
Response from RW (obviously, they are in the tank for Palin):
Seriously?Thursday, July 2, 2009 6:57 AM
From: “Remy, Mark” Add sender to Contacts
“I will never again purchase your publication, nor will I read contributions of your publication online. I am encouraging legions of others to follow suit.”
Really?
Are you similarly outraged when we run photos of sweaty elite runners who drape the American flag around their shoulders after a race?
And if not, why not?
Just curious.
Best regards,
Mark
This response is so over the top NOT appropriate! His advertisers are hearing from me next!
@ Bretta, at 9:04 PM
#119, July 1st, 2009 at 6:43 PM, samper Says: “”…some jerk who was referring to the 57 states
Bretta, I think the ‘jerk’ was referring to some speech Obama gave during the campaign, stumbling and saying something like 57 states or something. The wingers were hooting & hollering for weeks.
Samper, you’ve been on a FANTASTIC roll tonight. Great job! I never realized that if you add the territories in it comes up to the ’57’, I always thought Pres Obama was tired at the time. THANKS for clearing that up for me too.
I absolutely have to mention it. It’s like an elephant. Why — WHY? — did she have a baby shield with her for the Runners World photo shoot? Just how many times is she going to drag her spawn into situations that do not, in any conceivable manner, involve them? Her children are off limits? Then why are they continually shoved under our noses? It was a non-sweating, non-running, barely-can-be-called stretching cheesecake photo session for what is usually a serious athletic magazine.
What possible reason could excuse the public display of her little potato?
This was a good one on BreePalin, July 1, 2009 7:56 PM, Anonymous said: …” Sarah, are you sure that the scar on your hand isn’t a “stigmata?” ”
more, more, said the baby
#119, July 1st, 2009 at 6:43 PM, samper Says: “”…some jerk who was referring to the 57 states by asking if he knows how many states, coupled with occupied territories there are (guess what? It’s 57!). Then I added the whole “Africa – Continent, Country or Condiment?” “”
As in Heinz 57?
I don’t get it.
#40, July 1st, 2009 at 2:33 PM, zyggy Says: are her pants on fire yet?””
They always are – that’s how she got TriG!!! hahahahaha
Look at the Esquire article about Todd, and the photo of all the Palin household shoes.
Not a single pair of women’s running shoes in the bunch.
GINO was home at the time, because it was a session break.
I know I myself cycle through – break in- at least two pairs at a time.
GINO’s shoes in the RW photos are brand new!
Samper well done! You may have a chocolate (martini). Enjoy.
samper,
Yes you may!!
Thanks for the reminder — I forgot about Jon Stewart. So many links, stories, vids to watch today!!
‘Night Pups… gotta catch up on Jon Stewart!
Can I pick something from the Liquor Cabinet instead?
Between (I’ll shamelessly borrow) the King of Pop and the Queen of Poop, I need something a little stronger than a Ding Dong.
🙂
How much longer on MJ?
Samper,
You were very good! You used your time well on the naughty mat.
You may now pick a treat from the fridge for your reward!!
Well, I bothered myself enough to register on their stupid site and posted the letter there, too. I even edited it to say “… the photo shoot should be a SHAMEFUL embarrassment to her.” 🙂
I also went off on some jerk who was referring to the 57 states by asking if he knows how many states, coupled with occupied territories there are (guess what? It’s 57!). Then I added the whole “Africa – Continent, Country or Condiment?” thing.
I feel EMPOWERED!
🙂
Got a mailbot response from the editor… we can’t respond to EVERY email, but if you want to subscribe or renew, click (cha ching) here. blah blah blah.
Ooopsss… hit the wrong key. Anyway, as I was saying, the RW article cites Palin as complaining about those bloggers who say mean things about her. And being so self-satisfied when she goes to a race and sees that they run, too.
Priceless comment on RW:
I’m not sure why all the hit pieces or comments about Governor Palin. She is a runner, she ran with the troops over in Kosovo last week. She takes Trip and Piper with her when she runs.
Trip (not TRIPP) is running already? And Piper doesn’t slow her down?
re: #117…
Should read: Nope, she’s not smart enough to try and keep a timeline…
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Hey, Samper….hi 5 to you! Interested in hearing what, if any, reply you get. Rodale was the company that I think ran TV Guide into the ground about 4-5 years ago…
108 Cynamen Winter Says:
She probably has data files of lies, trying to keep them sorted by date…
Nope, she’s not smart even to try and keep a timeline of who/what/when she said, never mind why she said what she did. Remember: she refutes video/audio that proves she said something…even if a simple Google turns hundreds of hits proving she did indeed.
#113 Samper:
You incorporated “reprehensible” which is even better so you got it covered! Great rant!!!!
Two things …
First this quote:
Really? Evolutionary process? Every time that woman uses “evolution” or “choice” in a sentence, I absolutely cringe.
Second … since when are secret service agents the conduit to the press?
Rubber Room Hotel – Glad you picked up on the fact that there were no pix of her actually running! My son was a runner in high school (mile and 2 mile record never broken for 20 years), and all his pix werer RUNNING! Aw, Sheesh = what can I say, except thanks to AKM for exposing this.
Seattlefan: I use the word “Shameful” all the time! DAMMIT, I didn’t incorporate it in my tirade!
Grrrrrr!
And you get a star in your crown in heaven. Nice! Go Samper
I’ll post this here, and on the open thread so as many as possible catch it.
I’ve done my repenting, sat on the Naughty Mat, and have fired off the following strongly worded letter to runner’s world (rwedit@rodale.com)
Good day,
I am writing to inform you that I will never again purchase your publication, nor will I read contributions of your publication online. I am encouraging legions of others to follow suit.
I am absolutely appalled that Runner’s World would not only stage, but photograph, print and publish the blatant desecration of the American Flag in the photo spread featuring Sarah Palin.
Ironically, she is the mother of someone serving in our military and yet she, along with your tasteless editors, has shown utmost disrespect for the one of the most iconic images known the world over, our own Stars & Stripes.
The American Flag is not only the most recognized symbol of a nation in the world, it’s symbolism is what men and women have died for since it was first created to represent the United States of America. It deserves and demands respect and you have failed miserably in this.
Your cavalier presentation, coupled with Palin’s casual “resting” upon it, is not appreciated by MANY.
I encourage you to brush up on your American Flag Protocol by visiting the following website. Particular attention should be paid to Section 8b. However, besides 8b’s very clear direction, the manner in which you displayed the American Flag is distasteful in other ways.
Having it casually draped over a BAR STOOL and leaned upon by a “runner” is just plain abhorrent. Not only that, the political innuendo is pathetic. It should not be used for her to garner “brownie points” with your audience.
The disrespect you and Palin showed for our Flag is reprehensible.
Please use your contacts to forward this message to Ms. Palin. She needs to know that she has stepped far beyond the limits of decency in more ways than one. As the Governor of the State of Alaska, the entire photo shoot should be an embarrassment to her. She is a Governor, not a cheerleader in high school. The photos lack the professional demeanor she should strive to project.
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagcode.htm
Am I forgiven?
I don’t think I would have had as much trouble with the runners photo spread if she had actually been running in any of them.
To be interviewed as an avid runner is understandable, but It was the beauty queen posing that is just to much. Pictures of her actually running might have been different.
I kind of get some of her statements about running, I know some runners and they have to run. It is there stress release.
All in all it could have been a positive article, but it seems she had to screw that up with her BS.
Someone needs to teach her about google, she needs to google herself and read what people are saying or what has been written about her. It is like she is in the dark.
antianti– Thanks! Confirms absolutely that she is nuts. Does anybody read those before she is allowed to hit send?
Person: Do you need a doctor?
GINO: No. Why would you ask such a silly question?
Person: Because it is obvious you have your head stuck in your a$$, and I thought you might need a doctor to remove it.
sauerkraut Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 12:58 PM
Perhaps she lies so much that she cannot keep things straight?
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That is my sentiment exactly! She probably has data files of lies, trying to keep them sorted by date…
And when the lies are exposed, there’s compounding interest!
She will undoubtedly be snared by her own tongue…
Hey, I knew there was something missing!!! There is no picture of her actually running, sweating! All posed. Think about it.
@ 86 Nebraska Native Says: July 1st, 2009 at 4:21 PM
you can see all 339 (as of right now) tweets from Gov. Palin at
http://twitter.com/akgovsarahpalin
Inhale, LIE. Inhale, LIE. Inhale, LIE. So many lies in the last few days. Does she have NPD? dunno. Is she a “CFL” (Compulsive F’in Liar) ?
Sigmund Freud wants to know! He says “You betcha!.”
BTW, I wonder if Moeller has an EPIRB?
@ 90 womanwithsardinecan Says: July 1st, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Palin fatigue vignette – nice job, thanx
I can’t help but laugh about this interview she did with the Runner’s World. She probably thought is was a piece of cake, not the gotcha media. She probably felt this was something she could pull off and look good. Ha! Ironically, this makes her look absolutely ridiculous…..almost as bad as the Couric interview.
Those pictures are just embarrassing. And the treatment of the flag on the last one is shameful.
Samper,
Go sit on the Naughty Mat!
You have 10 minutes to sit there to think about what you just said!
Bad timing on her part.She spends all that time,money and energy going overseas and doing photo ops to increase her “gravitas”.She dresses up on aircraft carriers to look tough.She gets her photo taken talking to female foreign governement officials to make herself look more serious.
2 days later RW publishes cheesy cheesecake photos that make her look like she wants to be head cheerleader.With a story that has her insulting John McCain about exercising. John McCain ,who has lived twice her lifetime. Who,for some crazy reason,paid her the high compliment of asking her to be his VP. She laughed at him like a highschool mean girl and bragged about it!
Which of these scenarios do you think the public will remember?
I think her RW photo shoot will be more of a nail in her coffin than Vanity Fair. Who will take her serious after her ridiculous photo shoot and her idiotic quotes?
And who in their right mind would let a photographer take a pic of her in those 1970’s gym shorts????
#78 SRM:So, how many of her supporters subscribe to Runner’s World? Two?
I wondered that too. But, if you read the comments you would think that it’s 100%. I read comments like, I didn’t vote for her, but I was so impressed by this article that I will now, and “She is wonderful”, “What a woman”, “What an inspiration”, etc. LOL Ya’, right.
I think the Palin fans pledge to flood these sites to praise their Lord and Savior…Palin
my favorite nickname for Palin is Bible-Spice, I’ve seen her mentioned a few times with that name, it so fits. Going forward, that will be the only name I call her. =) Too bad Scary-Spice was already taken.
BooBooBear
Palin LIED – She said she was human!!
I’m informing RW that I will never, ever buy their publication because they not only STAGED, but also PHOTOGRAPHED and PRINTED desecration of an American Iconic Symbol… Our own Stars & Stripes, the most famous flag in the world.
I will also refer them to American Flag Protocol.
Weren’t the bots the ones who were all up in arms about the Flag PIN? I think this is MUCH more serious an infraction than a stupid PIN!
JRC #50 – Hillarious wonkette production – thank you very much.
No she can’t run cuz her what da you call it hangs down to her ankles.
OMG have you read the comments on the runners world spread. They love Sarah palin, they wouldn’t believe you if you told them she is a big fat liar. Must be runners have a lack of oxygen in their brains. Does anybody know if she really runs?
Posted this on OPEN THREAD, but I guess if I’m gonna go all honest on ya’all, I have to post it where it belongs… edited a bit…
Choke, choke, choke… blecccch. barf. OK… I’m ready…
WHAT IF: Sarah asked the SS not to say anything about the fall. She gets back to the house and everyone there is fussing over the cut, putting her all back together, etc.
Then one of THEM tells the media? Let’s say they did it so it could be acknowledged and then immediately dismissed so that a “major drama” and “speculation” aren’t made about the non-event and why her hand is all bandaged.
While millions might have heard it on TV at the moment she boarded the plane, SHE didn’t hear the commentary. She didn’t know what anyone was saying as she walked up the stairs to the plane, then she spent a couple of hours ON the plane. After that, whisked away to points unknown. TV’s around replaying her boarding a plane? Doubt it. For all she knew, her big, dark, scary, heroic secret was still safe.
choke … choke … a little throw up in my mouth…
So, maybe the SS DID keep her secret. She didn’t refer to anyone else, I don’t think. But others were, indeed, there.
The SS wasn’t coaching her on McCain’s property. OTHERS were. She only references making the SS keep her big, dark, scary, heroic secret. And perhaps they did. And maybe she didn’t even know that someone else commented to the press before she even left AZ?
Maybe her dance coach (she had a thousand coaches, why not a dance coach?), hired by the campaign, told. And she really had no idea that the world knew all about the fall until now.
OMG! Did I just defend her? Did I just make a suggestion that technically she might not have actually lied?
I need a very strong adult beverage!
I saw Sarah’s new nickname on a comment today. Cracked me up. They called her “Nanookie of the North”
Palin LIED about Nick Tucker, she LIED about the stravation in the villages last winter, she LIED about Troopergate, she LIED about Walt Monegan, she LIED about the Bridge to Nowhere, she LIED about the jet, she LIED about Matanuska Maid, she LIED about the wild ride from Texas, she LIED about Levi, she LIED about the babies, and now…..sigh….she has to LIE about a band-aid story where it is documented all over the internet? If she is lying about little “nothing” stories just to be “cute”….what else has she lied about? She does it like breathing. I am happy to see more and more of this being reported int he blogs to show her narcissistic disorder.
Palin fatigue in our household. Mom asked me if I’d seen the Vanity Fair article. I said yes. My husband, who was walking by us at that moment, asked what it was about. I said Palin. He threw up his arms and marched down the hallway saying aaarrrrrggggghhhhh! Then I asked mom if she’d seen the RW cheesecake spread. She looked puzzled. I told her Sarah had done a cheesy soft porny cheesecake spread in RW. Mom said, “aaaaaaaahhhhhhh! What was she thinking?” I said, “Thinking?” Mom said, “oh, right, never mind.” Then I showed it to her. She just went off to her room, shaking her head in disgust, mumbling about “not professional, much less presidential.”
London Bridges:
I also just, heard a raven in the trees in my yard yelling “recall”, “recall”, “also”.
I wish I had a subscription to runners world so i could cancel it and boycott it like they tried to do to Dave. And always the victim, the mean blogging lady indeed.
BTW… it is so much fun to blog hop and see her hypocrisy EVERYWHERE!
It’s about time the gun sealing the dike loosens and the truth rushes in… anybody heard any twitters? I can not bear to sign up for them myself.
She was posing in runners world like a beauty queen would. You are right how many of her supporters are runners,more are cindy mccain beer drinkers I bet. And why did she never provide her medical records? One too many pregnancies maybe?
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London Bridges Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Lord, please make Palin a “mute.”
So Todd gets home from a rough day of sitting on his snow machine in the snow machine shed, he pops open one of Cindy McCain’s skunked Budweisers left over from the planned McCain-Palin victory celebration, take a swig, turns around, and says “What’s this Malamute doing in my kitchen?
The moral: be careful what you pray for.
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Love it! I was thinking of a TV remote with a mute button. Permanent laryngitis or something like that….
Poor Sara, she’s headed for the flames of HELL!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!! She fell off the world!!!!! Gravity check!!! WORKING!!!
Too bad she didn’t land on something that would have shown up more solidly on camera…. even with heavy make-up.
rebekkah, “An almost “come-hither” look.” Nope. As a GUY it is totally a “come-hither” look. She looks like she is selling toothpaste, or male enhancement potions!
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Wasn’t this shortly after Cindy McCain’s injury?
I always thought Palin and her bandaid were an attention getting device because she couldn’t stand the attention Cindy McCain was getting.
Of course….I could be wrong.
grifter/sinford 2012
So, how many of her supporters subscribe to Runner’s World? Two? How many Runner’s World subscribers canceled their subscriptions based on this absolute crap photo spread? I always thought RW was a pretty serious running mag. Did the gover-not (that’s a good one so I’m borrowing it) call them and ask them to let her pose? Really, it’s just too cheesy for words and not at all what I’d have expected from that publication.
Those pictures, there’s just something about that posing, with that almost provocative look in her eye. An almost “come-hither” look.
Definitely raises the question of what her priorities are. She has teenage girls, who she wants to embrace abstinence, yet she poses like a flirty teenager for a high-percentage male-read runner’s magazine. Wonder what Todd thinks about that?
Can’t explain this phenomenon; it’s very schizophrenic.
another lie, another dollar…
my, my….
So we all know why she doesn’t like “bloggers”. It’s because they expose the truth and she can’t make up her own situational reality. I thought her gutter language was not in keeping with the positions she aspires to. Her mouth runs on and on and on and on. The question is, “Does it really matter?”
I finally got up the nerve (after a stong dark beer) to look at the pics. I am pretty sure that is not a proper display or usage of the Flag. I am suprised she didnt drape it around herself and show some skinny leg…If she doesnt go to jail, she can have a local fitness show and perhaps even that lady blogger saying mean things she mentions might watch.
Lord, please make Palin a “mute.”
So Todd gets home from a rough day of sitting on his snow machine in the snow machine shed, he pops open one of Cindy McCain’s skunked Budweisers left over from the planned McCain-Palin victory celebration, take a swig, turns around, and says “What’s this Malamute doing in my kitchen?
The moral: be careful what you pray for.
Cead Mile Failte, Irishgirl. : )
irishgirl…when are you coming????
I am going to take a serious break from Palin…see you in America. LOL.
I wonder if she’s found any other places in the world she can say she named her children for. As any mudpuppy could see, this was just another one of her classic lies.
Yup, you said it. Even Halcro is back.
35 Irishgirl Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 2:10 PM
Well, could you imagine any of us strutting and stretching for the cameras
**************I’ll bet she runs like an ostrich in spandex
I normally pay no attention to the Trig question – but following all these links the last couple of days… well – uh… they are all making comments about it (Wonkette, Daily Dish) and linking to others also making comments, etc… it’s kind of all over the place where it normally wasn’t.
This would be the perfect time for her to swoop in with her mother of Trig credentials and have the last laugh, right at a time when so many are laughing at her. But wait (no, not what you think) – will anyone believe her? Even with proof? This is what is killing her image – no matter what she says, once you know she’s pathalogical liar, then there is no real way to tell truth from fiction.
She should have done this a LONG time ago – it’s just getting worse. I try to completely stay out of it but am sick of it by now, too also. Just get it over with, one way or another so we can move on!
It’s like a flood gate opened, and it seems like the VF article started it. Everyone is going nuts and trashin’ Palin! Even Halcro is back!
Do you think her skeletons are getting excited? They’ve been playin’ dress up so long in Sarah’s closet that they’ve been through everything and they are ready for a change. Like dancin’ in public – you betcha!
It’s hard to imagine why a public figure would lie when there is always a photo, some tape or something in Google which will contradict them. Remember Dick Cheney denying that he ever said that there were WMD in Iraq, only to be confronted with that famous clip from Meet the Press where he issued his warning, “There can be no doubt.”
So the serious question is why does Sarah tell the bandaid story when there is a clip of Wolf Blitzer on CNN remarking that she fell while running on John McCain’s Ranch. Some secret. The Vanity Fair article pointed out that in a speech, Sarah said that she and Todd were like many other without insurance– they didn’t have any when they were first married. But the McCain people discovered that Todd had catastrophic insurance, and Sarah suggested that they need not mention it.
There are lies and there are lies. “No, those pants don’t make you look fat,” or “He was with me last night.” Sarah seems to exaggerate the story to make herself look more heroic, brave, tough, important. “I said Thanks but No Thanks,” “I sold the plane on Ebay,” “They are parenting their butts off.” The serious subject is whether or not she is aware of doing this, or is she so starved for attention that what she says has to be over the top. The psychology behind her grandiose statements could fill pages here.
Where is the press release saying the main stream media isn’t being fair again.
Iconic Sentaor and POW ridiculed by moronic gover-not:
““I used to joke around with John McCain during the campaign about coming jogging with me. And once I asked him what his favorite exercise was, and he said, ‘I go wading.’ Wading. He lives on a creek in Arizona, so he goes wading. That cracked me up.”
I DEMAND AN APOLOGY!
I actually saw a “Palin 2012” bumper sticker today. I wanted to ram the truck it was on. OMG. I live in Iowa, she probably has someone handing them out at the local grocery.
58 UK Lady Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 3:01 PM
That band aid would have been better employed on her mouth.
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Gonna take a whole roll of duct tape for that foul-mouth. LIAR also.too.
She’s always the hero in her fantasy stories, even when she pretends to me all “how embarrassing, what a klutz.” What she’s really saying is, “I’m cool. I run. I had Secret Service protection just like that black guy has now. An what really, really makes me cool is I’m tough and even though I hurt myself badly, I took it like a hero and didn’t tell anyone.” It’s the same mental imbalance that’s behind the Wild Ride, and the Todd-and-I-didn’t-have-health-insurance tale, and the I-was-tempted-to-get-an-abortion-but-resisted tale. She’s a pathological liar.
3rd time on wonkette in one day !! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha…….
LOVE IT !!
That band aid would have been better employed on her mouth.
Why would she be embarrassed? Well, maybe she is lying about the whole thing. Maybe, she hurt her hand pounding a table like a 3 yr old because she wanted to do things her way not McCain’s way.
@ #51 trisha, LOL. Weird priorities indeed.
#43 TXChick – I don’t understand it either. As Palin is not my type, the flag was the first thing I noticed – first that it looked like it had just been carelessly tossed there, second that she was actually leaning on it. Her fans, though, don’t believe she can do anything wrong, and there are so many important issues for her detractors to wade through that most probably haven’t even gotten to this one.
Well gosh darn it’s all about me..me..me…Thx johnny…th gift that just keeps on giving…What a clown…LMAO
Barf! So, she fell and got cut and should have gotten stitches but declined it. How brave (not). Sounds like another shot at trying to look all mavericky. Like the “wild ride.”
If she really wanted to look all mavericky, she should have stitched it herself and cut the thread with her teeth. Kinda like Rambo.
It’s very surprising that she liked “Chariots of Fire”.
I do think there are some serious issues going on in her head. A few disorders (that have been mentioned a lot) come to mind.
She was embarassed about a bandage, but not embarassed to open her mouth and show the world that she is ignorant. Hmmm. Wierd priorities.
I think the truth about her story needs to be posted over at Runners World.
OMG Wonkette!! http://wonkette.com/409610/sarah-palin-should-make-exercise-dvds#more-409610
OT…sorry but I just wanted to say that Ed Shultz and repub strategist are coming to Canada. Ed wants to check out the health care system. He wants to be able to show once and for all that Canadians are permitted to choose thier docs…they do get good medical care….everyone is covered..etc. etc.
Good for him. Michael Moore already did that, but too many people don’t pay attention to him. (repubs that is)
This post is going to piss her off as much as anything – she HATES to be caught lyin’ although she has tons of practice wiggling all around gettin’ out of ’em. Wiggle wiggle – good way to stay skinny is to LIE A WHOLE LOT.
LMAO you guys crack me up.
Band-Aid-Gate…….
are her pants on fire? The Artic Cat leathers I hope!
bandaid-gate. =) with one charred butt coming up. Thank you tigerwine.
NOBODY tells the Secret Service what to do.
They have ALREADY TAKEN AN OATH.
Sometimes they actually tell their protectees what to do, but for her to insinuate they kept a lid on the boo-boo on her finger just for her, is beyond absurd. Unless you are like 12 or 13.
Somewhere a few Secret Service agents are having a chuckle and thanking the American people for not having to deal with her any longer.
I cannot believe that more of a stink is not being made about the flag photo in the RW shoot……
zyggy – her butt should be well charred by now!
#31 mae lewis
Wondering if his doc gave him a bad prescription or if he has a serious passive aggressive streak in him. Hey Gov…..the media is not your friend….thinking bad prescriiption. As KO said last night …get the butter…he’s toast.
are her pants on fire yet?
Paula and UK Lady…I am hoping to adopt Brian for a short while. 🙂
So many lies……so little time. Keep up the good work AKM!!
It’s these stupid ‘small’ lies that are so disturbing. I get the big political lies, she’s gop after all. Aren’t good christians not supposed to lie? Isn’t there a commandment or something that addresses this?
# 13 Sarah in SC Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 1:19 PM
King of Pop, and now the Queen of Poop.
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” Queen of Poop”… had to chuckle…I do like that one. She’s part of the ” PooP Culture ” alright.
Someone else on another blog surmised that she’s not so much concerned about a lie being found out on this one (like she is ever), but that she gets to tell a story about being “tight” with the Secret Service. She’s trying to make it look like she’s got all this presidential credibility. Over and over, she proves herself to be an idiot.
Well, could you imagine any of us strutting and stretching for the cameras?
Interesting that she was worried she’d embarass herself in front of the SS, or with the public, over the running accident. But apparently had no worries when she gave a speech in TX in labor, flew 8 hours to AK in labor…
Maybe just an example of her insular thinking … as in therefore how we all should also too be convinced as herself and that of her supporters who unquestioningly accept whatever spews forth from her little painted lips.
Again … also too … maybe she really doesn’t read, watch TV, or Google … trusting only what pops into that devious Christian Wasilla noggin’.
My god – she’s pathological. Truly, a serial liar.
For those of you who aren’t aware, Andrew Sullivan has been cataloging her lies at his blog, “The Daily Dish.” I believe he is up to #30 at this point.
http://www.andrewsullivan.com
PS – I think those pix in RW were pure cheesecake!
Just had to get a beer and squirt some lime juice into it before I responded. It calmed me down a little. As other posters have pointed out, why even bring it up, much less lie about it? And. .
SHE told the Secret Service? Do they take orders from nominees?
You betcha this is in a report somewhere, even thought they might not have made it public.
Now, maybe this is stretching it a bit, but now I really question how much of a runner she really is? Do you really believe a gal with 5 kids, a governorship, and who is toadying up to folks in the Lower 48 has all that time to run? She mentioned she reveled in the dusty roads of AZ, that she didn’t find that in AK. Well, from what I remember of Wasilla, that’s all there was in the summer! Ha, Ha, maybe she didn’t have stiches because she didn’t have health insurance!
@va_soccer_mom: Sanford is a runner! He ran off to Argentina! Lately, he has been running his mouth, and pretty soon, he is going to run out of excuses and friends. Then, you’ll really see some fancy running, out of town on a rail.
As a real runner, I’m really disappointed in Runner’s World. Who will they interview next? Blagojevich? How about Sanford — he looks like a runner.
Sarah Palin is to politics as Rosie Ruiz is to running.
Irish Girl, let me be the first to say, Welcome to America, Land of the Free (and a few right wing wacknuts).
Fantastic Irishgirl, we want all your news of the trip. I’m jealous
Sa-rah can’t help but lie. And lie. And obfuscate. And stonewall. And lie more. And cry about someone else telling the truth. And then lie some more.
Only the true diehard Sarasites will believe it.
I have not EVER seen a more divisive, potential national candidate. Never, and I’ve lived for over 6 decades.
*saying*
I remember say back in October that I wouldn’t set foot in America if McCain won.
I have booked my flight. 🙂
That’s the trouble with making up stories…you tend to forget which ones you told to whom. Sad when someone lies about the “little” things.
So many lies that she can’t keep them straight, that is so messed up…
I am imagining her trying to scream and yell and control the world and nothing will come out. A silent movie, but still such fun to watch.
Off for a drink on the deck. Thanks for the laughs!
Dear God,
Make palin a mute.
Before I forget, I was at HuffPost an article about Bush/Saddam and a person ThermoChemist did 4-5 comments in a row (the first one scared me) comparing Bush to Hitler and then to Palin with the information he laid out as evidence. Can’t paste, machine won’t cooperate.
” Dear God –
Thank you for keeping that lying wench from ever setting foot in the White House. As you know, this country has enough problems to handle without “another” someone believing the voices in their head are Your words and act upon what they think You said. And just in case You really are talking to her, You need to find a better receiver”
She is a Pathological Liar and now it is common knowledge.
Just one more thing to add to her resume.
That would be ” Doesn’t”
Its just like her wanting to lie about having insurance. She thinks it does matter.
A Hired Gun Says:
July 1st, 2009 at 1:08 PM
When she dies, I have no doubt that Palin will even lie to the “God” she so
firmly believes in. Palin has all the classic symptoms of a personality disorder.
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Does God mind that Palin is a compulsive liar? Heck no!
God has being trying to get a fundamentalist bible-thumping politician into power in Alaska for 6000 years (or a hell of a lot longer-depending on who you ask) and is more than willing to accept a little bit of ‘fibbing’ (even a lot, actually) for the sake of expediency. C’mon! Who would ever know?
You would think that someone who reads all of the newspapers and magazines would remember that her secret had already been published.
The point of her stupid little (fake) story was that SHE TOLD THEM to keep it a secret! SHE told THEM….see, SHE was in charge of those Secret Service guys! They did as SHE told them!
She really, really has a royalty delusion. And I’ve had it with royalty this week…the King of Pop, and now the Queen of Poop.
Her lying about silly things like this is unnerving and pathological. I just don’t get her at all. She has no conception of reality whatsoever.
Blessed her little heart …… and all that magical thinkin’. Seriously, doesn’t she realize that um, the INTERNET exists? People know things, strange little things that happen half-way around the world about 10 seconds after it occurs.
By the way, I hear that Sarah and Todd didn’t have medical insurance for a while – how did that turn out? BBWWWAAAHHHHH …..
What a role model for her children though. Those poor kids don’t stand a chance. And that is sad.
She literally says whatever pops into her little head….
If she thinks it sounds good at the time, fine…
Presidential material, I think not.
What a doozy.
Just like breathing, its an involuntary reflex. Inhale, LIE…Inhale, LIE…
I remembered the bandaged hand because I wondered if it was a way to cheat during the debate!
I don’t remember reading this last fall. The Dunning-Kruger Effect!
http://tinyurl.com/n4a3w6
When she dies, I have no doubt that Palin will even lie to the “God” she so firmly believes in. Palin has all the classic symptoms of a personality disorder.
This is one of the fun things about documenting The Little Shop of Horrors. She just can’t help herself.
Would stitches have been included in a real set of Medical Records ?? Instead of a one page letter on election eve from a M.I.A. Dr. Just askin’……….
Thanks for doing a write up on this AKM. It is unbelievable to me the kinds of lies she tells. The story of the fall isn’t even important, so why lie? This just shows her true character and that she has never, ever emotionally matured. I would kill to know her true emotional IQ. I’m betting it’s not much.
I just G***led “palin debate bandage” and got 760,000 results.
Heck of a secret
Perhaps she lies so much that she cannot keep things straight?
If she’d focus on her responsibilities instead of getting caught up in all these hissy fits, she’d have more free memory cells to remember the important stuff.
And she’s sure as hades recall the events around an event full of embarrassment and possible stitching. Not that I believe a road rash warrants stitches. …