Farewell, My Friends… It’s Been Fun.
“Between the bizarre tweets, the incoherent “good-bye Alaska” speech, and the ensuing and constant pleading that quitting is fighting and fighting is quitting, it has become abundantly clear to anyone with any sense that Sarah Heath Palin has become “Crazy Governor Lady.” So begins a recent opinion piece from local conservative pundit Dan Fagan. It got me thinking. He thinks I have sense. And, in this case, I think he has sense. What does it all mean? Sometimes, being a progressive in Alaska can be a lonely business. Granted, our numbers are growing, and one could argue that the last…
And the Twit Goes On.
Cartoon by Tom Tomorrow 7 days and counting. One week from today, Sarah Palin will join the ranks of national political celebrities and finally leave our poor little state alone. Then, she’ll be everyone’s problem – bursting through cracked doors with abandon, electrifying the base, talking to Fox News at will, raking in gobs of money, and … opening a new Twitter account. That’s right, soon-to-be-ex-governor Sarah Palin herself has told us, through her communications medium of choice, Twitter, that she can’t wait until July 26 when she steps down from her position as governor, so she can stop being…
Palin Flashback. Thoughts on “Thick Skin.”
Sarah Palin on “hurt feelings” from Dennis Zaki on Vimeo. Dennis Zaki recorded this when ex-VP candidate Sarah Palin returned to Alaska from the campaign trail. I was there that night, freezing to death, just across the way from where Dennis was camped out with his camera with the rest of the media. While I was standing next to Sean Parnell, listening to a bunch of rabid Palin fans, clutchhing a cup of hot chocolate to keep from getting frostbite, Dennis got this great clip of Sarah Palin speaking words which now seem particularly amusing.
Wasilla’s Toxic Cloud and Why We Need ‘the Feds.’
To listen to Sarah Palin talk about “the feds” and how Alaskans don’t need them mucking around in our business, you’d think she’d have a pretty clean back yard. If you don’t need the feds, it must mean that your state and local government are doing a bang-up job, right? Any additional meddling from the government is just going to mess up the good thing we have going on a state and local level. We can handle things just fine, thank you very much. In the case of Alaska, not so, and a case in point is Sarah Palin’s own…
A Nugget from Nome
Don’t hold back now, Nome. Tell us how you really feel… [h/t Alaska Pi]
Palin Going Rogue? Name That Party!
Uh oh. What’s a soon-to-be-ex-almost-one-term governor to do when only one third of her own party thinks she’s qualified to be president? A majority of Americans think Sarah Palin is stepping down as Alaska’s governor for political reasons, according to a new national poll, with a majority of Republicans now saying that they do not believe that Palin would be an effective president. Only 33 percent of Republicans questioned in a CBS News survey released Monday night say that Palin would have the ability to serve effectively as president. Last fall, 71 percent of registered Republicans felt that way. There’s one…
Palin’s Health Care Priorities and Alaska’s Daughters
Today, Lisa Demer of the Anchorage Daily News has broken a story that adds another scandal to the growing list of scandals that have plagued this administration, and shines the light on Alaska’s very own health care crisis. Demer’s story centers on the horrendous condition of the Alaska’s state programs that are designed to help its most vulnerable citizens, the elderly and disabled. The situation is so bad the federal government has forbidden the state to sign up new people until the state makes necessary improvements. [snip] The moratorium is expected to last four or five months. State officials estimate…
Ethics Complaint #18 Filed Against Sarah Palin
Anchorage resident and registered Republican Andrée McLeod has filed an ethics complaint today with the Attorney General’s Office charging that Governor Palin violated the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act and knowingly, intentionally and willfully abused her official position and state resources for partisan political purposes and withheld official action for personal and political interests. “We’ve been had,” says Andrée McLeod. “Sarah Palin failed to preserve, protect and safeguard the office of the governor for selfish reasons and the State of Alaska and Alaskans were left vulnerable and exposed.” Signed and completed official travel documents show that upon being summoned by…
Farewell Allan Tesche
Just got the sad news that former Anchorage Assemblyman Allan Tesche has passed away after heart surgery. He was 60 years old. Condolences to his wife Pam, and the rest of his family and numerous friends. A controversial figure at times, Tesche was an unabashed, brilliant, outspoken, in-your-face progressive who sat on the Assembly from 1999-2007. Tesche had a gift for writing, and his blog , The Tesche Report, was a must-read for anyone wanting to keep up with the antics of the Assembly. He always seemed to aggravate the right people, especially mayor Dan Sullivan. At every Assembly…
Palin’s Parting Gift to Alaska – Another Constitutional Crisis. Gee, Thanks.
What is there to say? You do what you know. And Sarah Palin knows constitutional crises. Let’s look back at some of the highlights… Remember back when former Attorney General Talis Colberg suggested to state employees that it was OK to ignore legislative subpoenas in the Troopergate probe? He was really careful when questioned to say that he didn’t actually tell them not to testify, he merely pointed out that testifying was sort of an “option.” This set off a storm of protest from…well…anyone who knows anything about what a subpoena is. At odds with the legislature, the posture of…