Posted by The Mudflats on June 30, 2009 · 333 Comments
I have been besieged with emails, Facebook messages, and blog comments asking for my impressions of the Vanity Fair piece that appeared today entitled “It Came from Wasilla.” Basically, the article was a whole lot of what we already knew, skillfully brought together, and topped off with some more interesting McCain staffer revelations from the campaign trail. I would have loved to hear more about Palin’s religious intrigue, a topic that has been discussed, but has never gotten the traction in the national media as some of her other dimensions. We may be hearing more of this, now that we…
Category Alaska, Election 2008, Election 2012, John McCain, Republicans, Rural Issues, Sarah Palin, Strategery, Todd Palin, Whackjobbery · Tags Meghan Stapleton, Sarah Palin, Vanity Fair Palin
Posted by The Mudflats on June 26, 2009 · 120 Comments
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…
Category Alaska, Baffle it, Barack Obama, Election 2012, Republicans, Roll your eyes into it, Sarah Palin, Shake it · Tags Celtic Diva, Diva's Blue Oasis, George Soros, Linda Kellen-Biegel, Meghan Stapleton, Obama photoshop, Obama Soros, Obama Soros photoshop, Palin, Palin Soros, Palin Trig photoshop, Sarah Palin Trig, SarahPAC