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[Lady_Jean_La]

http://community2.myfoxdfw.com/_Sarah-Palin-Why-She-Drives-Female-Liberals-Crazy/BLOG/269057/78592.html

Gov. Palin also threatens some of the male elected officials in the GOP. I’m guessing they are responding like liberal women: she reminds them of the major deficiencies in their own congressional leadership and they’re worried that if compared to her by other people, in contrast, they don’t measure up. Or, they’re just viciously competitive to the point of “anything goes in politics.” That “leader of the pack,” “Alpha Dog” kind of thing (hmm… more than the usual amount of canine references in this piece).

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.capweek.com/stories/050609/hea_436928332.shtml

Gov. Sarah Palin is encouraging Alaskans to sign up for a six-week physical activity competition to improve their health and give Alaska a chance to receive national honors for the second year in a row.

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://community.adn.com/adn/node/140944

Governor Sarah Palin declared a disaster for the flooding event in the Interior of Alaska, including the drainages of the Yukon, Kuskokwim, Kobuk, and Susitna Rivers.

[firsttoserve]

http://www.newsminer.com/news/2009/apr/28/rite-spring-ice-jams-lead-flooding-salcha/


Nearly every spring.....Wonder what the gov's office has done to try and help PREVENT these floodings, or mitigate the effects........:confused: Please, if someone can show her proaction, I'd love to read about it....

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2314310/

When Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin's church sponsored an ex-gay conference last year, PFLAG issued press releases against Sarah Palin and organized protests at her church. This same church was later anonymously vandalized by fire, reminiscent of the burning of black churches in the South during the civil rights movement. Churches should welcome former homosexuals like me, and PepsiCo should not fund organizations like PFLAG that do not welcome diversity, but promote hatred.

[firsttoserve]

This kind of myth induced hate???

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/06/mccain-does-nothing-as-cr_n_132366.html

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/557091.html

Gov. Sarah Palin has canceled weekend meetings and appearances on the East Coast to survey communities hit hard by flooding.

[firsttoserve]

http://community.adn.com/adn/node/140992

Wonder how the voters feel, having a non-elected 'dude' representing the fine State of AK:confused:

[dinojen]

Well considering this is just a evening of giggles and grins and dinner and the entertainment being Wanda Sykes.. I don't think to many are taking this dinner seriously... it's suppose to be a evening of fun.

As for Todd Palin.. I bet he does just fine.. and has a great time no matter who he is seated next to. I did read that he was going to be seated at the FOX table...but that is just what I read on the internet.

Funny on the list below.. the FOX network isn't even mentioned... funny how Washington never mentions them...

Anyway... here's the list of who will be attending..

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003969796

Did find it interesting no dessert and the money saved is being donated to food banks..:thumbsup:

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003969796

The event, which begins at 8 p.m., will be broadcast on C-SPAN. More information and video clips from past dinners can be found at the WHCA site, www.whca.net.

[firsttoserve]

Brain freeze..wow. I thought the look-up oops was a classic in the interview dust trail...Nope, Charlie wasn't confused, he did well not to let her off the hook, probably not too tough...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM72M62jAUc

All those mavericky things, ya know!

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.kentucky.com/963/story/793621.html

"The idea is to focus on the content of the book and what's coming in terms of me being able to tell my story unrestrained and unfiltered," Palin said.

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.kentucky.com/963/story/790226.html

The governor said she offered to meet with Thoma "to ask if I could lessen his burden by keeping a lower profile," but he declined and suggested she work it out with the Juneau mayor instead.

[Casspian]

per the campaign ad

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/05/palin-backers-mock-romney_n_196884.html

I not only find this ad utterly tasteless, but with all the violence in the world against people and lack of concern for wildlife, do we really need one of our governor's thinking it's funny to haul out the shotgun? :thumbdown:

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.minnpost.com/politicalagenda/2009/05/20/8962/palins_campaign_clothes_were_legally_purchased_fec _says

The FEC dismissed a complaint by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) against Palin and the RNC, ruling that the approximately $150,000 spent on clothing for the governor and her family was permitted as coordinated party expenditures, reports The Hill.

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.adn.com/palin/story/789394.html

TWO DISMISSED: Ethics, election law were not violated.

They just keep coming and it is working, knocking Governor Palin down. jmo

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://thebulletin.us/articles/2009/05/21/news/nation/doc4a1538267056d851475496.txt

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, has been besieged by ethics complaints filed against her by political enemies and watchdog groups. None of the complaints, to date, has determined she has done anything wrong. But defending herself against them has been a financial burden on her.

She has said the complaints are merely politically motivated and without merit because more than a dozen of the dismissals say Mrs. Palin is right.

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://newsminer.com/news/2009/may/29/palin-calls-firm-stand-north-korea/

North Korea fired a short-range missile on Friday - the sixth this week. Military experts believe a long-range missile could reach Alaska, where part of the nation's missile defense system is located.

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1104653.html

Anchorage Republican Rep. Bob Lynn, a supporter of Gov. Sarah Palin's, said he's going to introduce a bill to stop ethics complaints against the governor or members of her staff from being publicly discussed unless the state finds they have merit.

[Lady_Jean_La]

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin fires back at 'politically motivated' ethics complaints against her

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/06/22/2009-06-22_alaska_gov_sarah_palin_fires_back_at_politicall y_motivated_ethics_complaints_aga.html#ixzz0JCD4um Ew&C

AP

18 cases so far

[MercedesV]

And while his staff said they knew where he was, a spokesman said he wasn't aware that any of them had spoken with the governor since Thursday. Sanford's wife said she hasn't heard from him in several days, including Father's Day.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/22/mark-sanford-disappeared_n_219139.html

[doctor_J]

Bump back up

Ha! :blushing: I feel like an idiot. I've been on this MB for several months and just finally realized what this means. The politics thread is the first one that moves so fast the thread needs "bumping". I'm slow but I finally got it!

[doctor_J]

Funny article from today's Charleston paper.

Looks like the Gov is becoming a joke.

It's not funny, though, if he's unstable.

http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/the-state-gov-sanford-missing/Content?oid=1221039
My Bold.

It seems obvious he's unstable. Aren't most governors required to be available at all times, or power has to be transferred? There was a considerable period of time when he could not be found. Pretty irresponsible. Something not right with this guy.

[Carol25]

My Bold.

It seems obvious he's unstable. Aren't most governors required to be available at all times, or power has to be transferred? There was a considerable period of time when he could not be found. Pretty irresponsible. Something not right with this guy.
So, without anyone's knowledge, he took a police car last Thursday and ended up near his office today? And this has happened before. Oh my. It's time for some one to step in and help. This is too bad.

[Machete]

:w00t: When I first heard this story, I was reminded of, "The Runaway Bride".

[Carol25]

My Bold.

It seems obvious he's unstable. Aren't most governors required to be available at all times, or power has to be transferred? There was a considerable period of time when he could not be found. Pretty irresponsible. Something not right with this guy.
It does sound like this man has a condition that we are not aware of. Something that is sparked by stress. Perhaps he didn't have his medication that day or the stress level was just too high. It reminds me of what I have read of bipolar. Then he went without medication those days, I would assume. Anyone who has this or any kind of condition would be fine under normal conditions, but keeping up with meds would be essential. JMO

[Alliekat]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/23/sanfords-hiking-trail-got_n_219474.html



"The total included $650,000 for enhancing the Appalachian Trail. News reports show that $25,000 of those funds will be dedicated towards relocating two miles of the trail in Virginia. "

[Lyvia]

Yes they are but you snipped my post which explains why I believe may be the reason:

I am sure his staff and wife are keeping his whereabouts close to the breast as they know the media would be right there "bugging" him and apparently he just needed a little space to get away from it all.

Additional comment: I don't believe they don't know where he is and remain as calm as they have been JMO

That doesn't change or invalidate my post. My point is that he put his state at risk and acted irresponsibly. If he "just needed a little space to get away from it all," he could have left his lieutenant governor in charge. And should have.

(Why did you quote and respond twice to the same post of mine?)

[theal3]

Well, isn't the gov.in charge of the National Guard in the state, the CIChief for the state, and he's missing in action, and Lt. Gov. not with authority? What if there was a National Emergency, or state emergency? What if all govs decided to take off, on a whim etc. This is very unusal to me. IMHO

[MercedesV]

People forget that McCain had no problem treating Chelsea Clinton viciously too. And it was suppose to be a joke.

As Molly Ivins recalled, Rush's 1993 slur against the 13 year old daughter of the new President was signature Limbaugh:

On his TV show, early in the Clinton administration, Limbaugh put up a picture of Socks, the White House cat, and asked, "Did you know there's a White House dog?" Then he put up a picture of Chelsea Clinton, who was 13 years old at the time and as far as I know had never done any harm to anyone.

When viewers objected, he claimed, in typical Limbaugh fashion, that the gag was an accident and that without his permission some technician had put up the picture of Chelsea--which I found as disgusting as his original attempt at humor.

Five years later, John McCain got into the act with a slander of Chelsea Clinton that was infinitely more vulgar. Appearing at a 1998 Republican Senate fundraiser, McCain reached into the gutter to show his conservative family values with this:

"Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno."

http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/000930.htm

McCain got a free pass on this but did apologize to the Clintons. Limbaugh heard about it but made excuses. Neither had the uproar that Letterman did.

[Lady_Jean_La]

MO[/QUOTE]
http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1282


Ronald Reagan, 1967; moved from Governor’s Mansion after three months

http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=24603

Like the Governor of Alaska many California governors have said, no thanks. imo

[dinojen]

No problem.. how many would you like?

http://www.noehill.com/sacramento/cal0823.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor%27s_Mansion_State_Historic_Park

http://wapedia.mobi/en/Governor%27s_Mansion_State_Historic_Park

Anything else you would like to know?

[ortiga]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32116680/ns/politics-washington_post/

Poll: Palin’s favorability dips as she nears exit

"WASHINGTON - As Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin prepares for the next stage of her political career, a majority of Americans hold an unfavorable view of her, and there is broad public doubt about her leadership skills and understanding of complex issues, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll."

[ortiga]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/23/AR2009072302633.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

"We are already working every day in the Senate to pass legislation that will reduce our dependence on foreign oil, create millions of clean energy jobs and protect our children from pollution. We respectfully invite Gov. Palin to join that reality-based debate -- one that relies on facts, science, tested economics and steely-eyed national security interests. Our country needs nothing less, and our planet depends on it."

[ortiga]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/23/palin.spotlight/

"She yelled fire in a crowded theater. She really did, in some of her speeches --'palling around' with terrorists and some of the other slurs she was hurling in the way of Obama and the Democrats," said Larry Persily, a former Palin staffer and Alaskan journalist.

"That turned off an equally big chunk of the American public that found it distasteful, destructive, divisive, mean and ignorant. Whereas others said, 'Way to go girl. You stick it to them," he said.

[ortiga]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25344.html

"Within the state of Alaska, the majority of Palin bloggers have been antagonistic toward the governor, so the counterbalancing force on the Web had to come from outside. After the presidential election, a group of commentators who regularly posted Palin-related threads at the conservative website Hotair.com began to organize."

[ortiga]

http://www.adn.com/opinion/view/story/874829.html

Our view: Give it up, governor
Investigator makes right call on legal defense fund

"Gov. Palin insists she has done nothing wrong so far with the legal defense fund because she has not taken any of the legal defense fund money. Nonetheless, she is poised to benefit from a legal defense fund created specifically to help her. Merely lending her name to the effort to raise legal defense money for her own benefit is a "probable" violation, the investigator said. And if she does take any of the money, the investigator says it would violate Alaska ethics law.

It's an embarrassing turn for a governor who rose to power as a crusader for higher ethical standards."

[ortiga]

http://www.adn.com/opinion/comment/story/874820.html

"In attempting to contextualize Palin, much has been written about the corrupting nature of celebrity. Commentators frequently note that the stargazers are as corrupted as the star, i.e., that without the visible adoration of the crowd, there can be no celebrity. Further, several have argued the idolization often enough brings out the subject's baser nature, encouraging convictions of superiority and entitlement.

Interestingly, most of the glorification of Palin has not come from within Alaska, but from Outside, a circumstance likely to continue in the future. And her attractiveness for Alaskans will surely lessen after her formal retirement this weekend. Palin's public future, if there is one, will be national, not local."

[ortiga]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/23/AR2009072303799.html?wprss=rss_nation

Check out today's ADN editorial that I posted above.

[daniel green]

Yes, she has lost it and revealed herself as flaky, delusional, dishonest, slightly paranoid, and in way over her head. Palin should have never been elected governor. She wasn't ready and those of us who voted for her should have known it. The lesson is that personality, image and looks should never trump substance when evaluating a candidate. But that's all in the past now. Hopefully most of us have learned from our mistake. The big question now is how do we get busy cleaning up her mess?

http://www.adn.com/opinion/comment/story/874820.html

And that's from someone who voted for her.

[daniel green]

The Inuit have a word, “qivit,” that you do not want to have applied to you. It means to quit or give up when the going gets rough. In traditional times, and that was very recent, if you gave up as a leader you were jeopardizing yourself and everyone around you. It takes a lot of effort to maintain life in the bitter cold of the Arctic...In short, Alaska had a governor who had the stature within the state, nationally and internationally, to deal with our problems. She could have used her position to find solutions to the high costs and financial insecurities of our far-northern state. Instead, she abandoned her role as the state’s leader in midstream, making her the only governor in our state’s history to "qivit" in the true sense of the word, at a time when we need strong leadership. Good luck, Governor Parnell — may the great Arctic spirits be with you.


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/25/opinion/25hensley.html?ref=opinion

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112421558&ft=1&f=1001&sc=YahooNews


The father of Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and vice presidential nominee, says his daughter has been steering clear of the media spotlight in recent weeks to focus on writing her memoirs

[daniel green]

The Census Bureau reported last week that the nation’s poverty rate rose to 13.2 percent in 2008, the highest level since 1997 and a significant increase from 12.5 percent in 2007. That means that some 40 million people in this country are living below the poverty line, defined as an income of $22,205 for a family of four. The middle class also took a major hit. Median household income fell in 2008 to $50,300 from $52,200 in 2007. That is the steepest year-to-year drop since the government began keeping track four decades ago; adjusted for inflation, median income was lower in 2008 than in 1998 and every year since then. Clearly, the recession has been brutal. But even before the recession, far too many Americans were already living far too close to the edge. As is now painfully evident, the economic growth of the Bush era was largely an illusion. Poverty worsened during most of the boom years and middle-class pay stagnated, as most gains flowed to the top. In a recent update of their groundbreaking series on income trends, the economists Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez found that from 2002 to 2007, the top 1 percent of households — those making more than $400,000 a year — received two-thirds of the nation’s total income gains, their largest share of the spoils since the 1920s. Because many if not most Americans gained little to nothing from the Bush “growth” years, they have found themselves especially vulnerable to the recession

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/opinion/16wed1.html?ref=opinion

[Lady_Jean_La]

Presidents and Their Dogs

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1830236_1746240,00.html

Photos and brief history

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/18/national/a175519D59.DTL

AP

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090919/pl_politico/27344



“She represents a gigantic movement in this country that is distrustful of Washington and finds her appealing for all the same reasons that the mainstream media finds her unappealing,” Fleischer said. “This is where social networks are most effective. It lets you focus on your core constituents and fan bases, and few politicians can actually claim they have a fan base.”

[IaNsSyAlNuE]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112421558&ft=1&f=1001&sc=YahooNews

Palin's book already a best-seller before release


http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jlxDCO3o2Lipkwnit2WjvF0TCa5gD9B1VRQ00

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091002/ap_on_en_ot/us_books_palin_cover_3

AP

[Ozymandias46]

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.d8b45ac8e22de08986da7ef67ae9615 1.431&show_article=1

I think they make a good point and I believe it.:unsure:

[Lady_Jean_La]

Prop. 8 backers seek to bump AG Brown to other side of same-sex marriage legal fight

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_13490989?source=yahooNewsML

[IaNsSyAlNuE]

Palin's grandson's father posing for Playgirl:

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/10/08/the-secret-of-levi-johnston-s-success.aspx

:rolleyes:

[theal3]

Keith Olbermann's Special Comment on Health Care Reform from 9/7/09

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33213245/ns/msnbc_tv-countdown_with_keith_olbermann

Text and Video.

[daniel green]

Palin: ‘Jewish Settlements Should Expand,’ Even In Palestinian Areas

In an interview with ABC’s Barbara Walters, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin separated herself from decades of U.S. policy — which has held that Israel’s settlements in the Occupied Territories are illegitimate and an impediment to peace — saying that she thinks “Jewish settlements should be allowed to be expand”:

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/18/...l-settlements/

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/19/politics/p051026S89.DTL

[Lady_Jean_La]

AP

http://www.wlns.com/Global/story.asp?S=11541308

Army relents and will allow coverage. imo

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://money.canoe.ca/News/Sectors/Entertainment/2009/11/19/11819961-ap.html?cid=rssmoneynews

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.usatoday.com/NEWS/usaedition/2009-11-20-column20_ST_U.htm?csp=34

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/11/obama-money-sarah-palin-going-rogue-book.html

Some San Francisco bookstores are declining to sell the book. And no one really cares about her or the book, obviously (see photo above), because she only sold 300,000 copies the first day.

Some people (bipartisan) think (fear) she may become a candidate for the 2012 presidential election.

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/11/21/palin-slams-senate-health-care-vote/

"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is pushing for yet another weekend vote (commonplace now for the party of "transparency") because he knows that the American people will be none too happy about the Democrats' proposal the longer they have to look it over," Palin wrote late Friday night in a posting on her Facebook page.

[daniel green]

In addition to her comments that President Obama's citizenship should be questioned, she wrote a statement on her Facebook page that calls for Obama to boycott the climate conference in Copenhagen, specifically due to the recent "ClimateGate" email incident. That controversy, in which hackers broke into the accounts of prominent climate scientists and exposed some of their correspondence, has global warming skeptics in a frenzy. (Check out our piece debunking the rumors: The 6 Most Dubious Claims About "ClimateGate.") Palin throws her support behind global warming denier Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) and his investigation into the emails. In the statement, she claims to have never questioned the reality of climate change but she asks whether man's activities have anything to do with it. She also rails against "snake oil" science, and says, "Policy decisions require real science and real solutions, not junk science and doomsday scare tactics pushed by an environmental priesthood that capitalizes on the public's worry and makes them feel that owning an SUV is a 'sin' against the planet."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/04/sarah-palin-climategate-c_n_379961.html

[justaguy]

well she certainly likes making news..did u see her stance on the birthers...they have a legitimate concern. http://www.thefoxnation.com/sarah-palin/2009/12/04/palin-birth-certificate-fair-game

[daniel green]

Palin, though notoriously ill-traveled outside the United States, did journey far to the first of the four colleges she attended, in Hawaii. She and a friend who went with her lasted only one semester. "Hawaii was a little too perfect," Palin writes. "Perpetual sunshine isn't necessarily conducive to serious academics for eighteen-year-old Alaska girls." Perhaps not. But Palin's father, Chuck Heath, gave a different account to Conroy and Walshe. According to him, the presence of so many Asians and Pacific Islanders made her uncomfortable: "They were a minority type thing and it wasn't glamorous, so she came home." In any case, Palin reports that she much preferred her last stop, the University of Idaho, "because it was much like Alaska yet still 'Outside.' "

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/06/palins-father-she-left-ha_n_381724.html

[Lady_Jean_La]

http://www.danburymint.com/collectibles/prod/Michelle-Obama-Inaugural-Doll_12568.aspx?cm_sp=banner-_-heirloom_home-_-Michelle_Obama_Doll

[shiloh2000]

http://vimeo.com/8623919

[tapoheak]

"Although three-quarters of the nation's estimated 2 million home schoolers identify themselves as Christian, the number of Muslims is expanding "relatively quickly," compared with other groups, said Brian Ray, president of the National Home Education Research Institute.

They do so, he said, for the same reasons as non-Muslims: "Stronger academics, more family time, they want to guide social interaction, provide a safe place to learn and . . . teach them [their] values, beliefs and worldview."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/20/AR2010022001235.html?hpid=topnews

[LisaM22]

interesting article from days gone by

"politicians Quitting politics"
Oct. 1974

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1913&dat=19741026&id=OZ8gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lWgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5891,4309920

[IaNsSyAlNuE]

Rush Limbaugh's Penthouse For Sale (PHOTOS)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/03/rush-limbaughs-penthouse_n_483065.html#s71947