Where are Those Garbage Bags? Palin’s Wardrobe is Liberated.
Palin’s wardrobe malfunction. It was all the buzz for a while. We were told that she didn’t know about the $180,000 in clothes, didn’t ask for the clothes, didn’t want the clothes, didn’t need the clothes, was going to donate the clothes to charity, did an audit of the clothes, sent them all back in garbage bags, and on and on. That red leather jacket may as well have been an albatross around Palin’s neck during the last weeks of the campaign. Republican donors were furious that their donations to the RNC were used to puff and fluff the VP…
Tuesday Catch Up – Down With Nukes, Bedbugs and Flaming Hyperbolic Outrage.
It’s Not Just You Many Alaskans are wondering how on earth they could have voted for Sarah Palin the first time. Don’t feel bad. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin can thank Washington lobbyist and political consultant Rick Davis, chief executive officer of John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, for being the ultimate pick to become the Republican vice presidential candidate. “It was all his doing. He was completely snowed by Palin,” a source close to Mr. McCain confided to this columnist over the weekend. “He was totally taken by her.” See, it can happen to anyone. Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite The…
Palin Backer Wanted to Pay the Clintons to be Friends With Sarah.
John Coale, husband of Fox’s Greta Van Susteren, who is oddly bipartisan and likes getting to know powerful female politicians and promoting their careers in a way that borders on the creepy, tried to be a matchmaker to the stars. He figured if Sarah Palin used the legally allowed $5000 from her PAC money to pay off some of Hillary Clinton’s campaign debt, then Democrats and Independents would like her more, and wouldn’t pick on her so much. Apparently, after he sobered up and still thought it was a good idea, he came to Alaska with his wife to see Todd Palin…
Palin’s Priorities.
I have to confess, that Mudflats has been in a lower gear than usual this past week. Maybe it’s the sunshine – that sudden burst of Vitamin D and warmth that makes the world and the fingers seem to slow down. I’ve got some catching up to do. What’s to say about the whole Miss California thing that hasn’t been said? We all know she only favors “opposite marriage.” We know about the breast implants paid for by the pageant, we know about the topless photos, and we know that she and Sarah Palin have a lot in common. Both are…
Open Thread – And the Winner IS….
Well, here’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for. The top 10 titles for Sarah Palin’s memoir. So many wonderful suggestions came in after the poll went up I’m almost tempted to have another one. You notice I said “almost” because frankly, I don’t know if I can handle another day of non-stop laughter like that. It’s rather a shock to the system, especially so close to the end of the legislative session. But, without further delay, here are our top 10 vote getters out of 1561 voters over a 48 hour period. Remember that The Audacity of Hype, and…
High School Student Sues Governor Over Stimulus Money
I found this bit of news quite interesting. At this point, most 18-year olds would be coasting through their last weeks in high school. But Casey Edwards is taking Governor Mark Sanford all the way to the state Supreme Court over the governor’s refusal to accept federal stimulus money – some $700 million in aid for South Carolina’s schools. “The fact that we’re going to turn down money when we desperately need it, really bothered me,” Edwards said. Over the past year, Edwards and her friends have been working to improve impoverished schools along South Carolina’s I-95 – a stretch…
Jefferson Jackson Democratic Party Dinner
Just got back from a lovely evening in the Dena’ina Convention Center, where Alaska Democrats gathered together for a fundraiser/celebration dinner. During the evening, I thought back many times to my infiltration of the Republican party’s counterpart event, the Lincoln Day Dinner back in March. There were some interesting comparisons, one being that the dinner tonight left me feeling happy, instead of nauseous and depressed. The Hallway: Lincoln Day Dinner: There were many tables set up handing out literature on anti-abortion issues, the Father/Daughter Purity Ball encouraging abstinence until marriage, and a laptop with the home page of The Alaska Standard…
Palin Gets the Aluminum! But Will She “Get Motivated?”
Trying to get kids to use seat belts can be a daunting task. Even when mine were small and told me they had seatbelts on, I always used the “trust but verify” rule. When driving together as a family, we’d have a carload of four. And one day wefigured out an ingenious solution. Putting on seat belts became a contest. When the key was turned, that was the starting gun. Then whoever was first with the seat belt got the “gold medal.” Second place was the silver and third was the bronze. This system worked well, but it always left one…
The Book of Ted?
What do Ted Stevens and Sarah Palin have in common? Popular high-level Alaska politicians? Check. Republican? Check. Like to go fishing? Check. Used to like each other? Check. Intense dislike of the media? Check. Included in the deck of Alaskan Outlaws playing cards? Check. Legal defense fund? Check. Book deal? Looks like another check. “Curmudgeonly ex-senator Ted Stevens is back on the Washington party circuit – vindicated, shrimp cocktail style. The famed former senator from Alaska, who narrowly lost re-election in November after he was convicted on corruption charges, showed up at a fancy book party Thursday night for Philadelphia…
Wasilla High Abstains.
Well, looks like Palin got expelled. No, not Bristol. Sarah. Tonight is the graduation ceremony for Wasilla High School, and Bristol Palin is graduating. This did surprise me a little. Back when I was a youth, if your hind end was out of the chair for more than 18 days out of the 180 day school year you were toast. Summer school for you, unless you were dead. I know that if I had had a baby and accompanied my parents on the campaign trail during the school year, I’d have missed way more than 18 days. But times change,…