Category: Sarah Palin

A Relevant Parable

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Once on a snowy evening, a woman went for a walk and happened upon a snake. The snake had strayed from his nest before the winter storm hit and, unable to make it back underground in time, was now nearly frozen to death. Seeing its beautiful colors and having pity, the woman decided to rescue the snake. So she took it home and nursed it back to health, thinking to keep it as a pet.

And then one day, the snake bit her. As the fatal poison took hold, the woman cried out, “How could you do this, after I saved your life?”

To which the snake replied: “Lady, you knew I was a snake when you found me.”

Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston are engaged again.

What If Glenn Beck Said This?

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“I think of Obama’s politics as entirely cultural. It is about creating the new America, epitomized by Barack Obama’s racially mixed radicalism. It is about banishing the Bush-Cheney years by celebrating the man hired to destroy the Constitution. It is about dreaming of a new America — the America transformed by the New Deal, by mass immigration of non-whites, by the civil rights era, by Darwinist hostility to religion. It is a kind of new fundamentalism — animated by no policies that one can determine (has anyone ever heard Obama cite how he would balance the budget?). And yet it’s very potent, because it makes up for its minority status with a ferocity and passion that infuses all truly radical populist movements and can swamp lethargic majorities when necessary.”

Well, of course, his habit of imputing radicalism and secret motives to the Left — “I’m going to expose their hidden agenda!” — is why Glenn Beck is often dismissed as a kooky conspiracy theorist. Yet the quote above is not by Beck, but merely a strategically edited version of what Andrew Sullivan actually wrote at The Atlantic Monthly:

“I think of Palin’s politics as entirely cultural. It is about resisting the new America, epitomized by Barack Obama’s racially mixed pragmatism. It is about banishing the Bush-Cheney years by demonizing the man hired to clean up the appalling mess. It is about dreaming of an old America  – the America before the New Deal, before mass immigration of non-whites, before the civil rights era, before Darwin up-ended fundamentalist nuttery. It is a kind of new fundamentalism – animated by no policies that one can determine (has anyone ever heard Palin cite how she would balance the budget?). And yet it’s very potent, because it makes up for its minority status with a ferocity and passion that infuses all truly radical populist movements and can swamp lethargic majorities when necessary.”

Andrew Sullivan is permitted to say anything he wants about Sarah Palin and her supporters, including insinuations of racism, and his editors at the Atlantic simply don’t care.

Why? Because Anti-Palinism sells.

Liberals gobble up Sullivan’s anti-Palin rants and come back for more. It doesn’t matter whether Sullivan is slamming her for “fundamentalist nuttery” or pretending to have secret knowledge of her obstetric history. The editors at the Atlantic would give Alex Jones his own blog if he’d start pushing Palin conspiracies instead of 9/11 conspiracies.

And if you point out that Sully’s treatment of Palin is far more irresponsible than anything Glenn Beck ever said about Barack Obama?

Crickets chirping.

Levi Lied, Sully Cried

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Andrew Sullivan detects a conspiracy to silence the trailer trash hustlers courageous souls who speak the Trig Truth:

In Palinland, no one knows what’s really going on. But I wonder if this is a somewhat panicked response to the recent blip upwards in web interest in the Trig question. With all these family members able to speak to the public and McGinniss digging deeper, Todd and Sarah may have felt the need to crack down and use Levi’s access to Tripp and Bristol as their latest weapon.

This new turn in Sully’s relentless “Fear the Republican Uterus” campaign was necessitated because (a) Levi Johnston finally admitted he’s a liar, and (b) Levi’s sister Mercede claims she’s being “threatened” if she doesn’t stop lying on her blog:

I mentioned on my blog repeatedly that my intention was not to hurt or attack the Palins, but to speak out and tell the public my side of the story. As well as how badly my life, and the lives of our family members, had been impacted by our association with the Palins. . . .
I am moving on with my life, and though I wish my brother would do more to help out with our mom, I know that I am incredibly tough.

Yeah, sure, her life has been badly “impacted” by the Palins and, sure, she’s “moving on” — just as soon as she can figure out some other way to cash in on her brush with fame. Her “side of the story” was only marketable insofar as Mercede could claim to have the scoop for whatever anti-Palin smears she was peddling.

Sullivan can’t seem to accept the obvious conclusion: Mama Meth-head and her brood have been running a scam, premised on the gullibility of “progressives” who were willing to believe anything negative about the Palins. Thanks to Mr. Sex On Skates — about whom Mary Katharine Ham has a few insightful words today — the Johnston clan obtained a bogus credibility as “inside sources,” which they then exploited in hopes of gaining fame and fortune.

Let’s give Levi Johnston this much credit: He may be just bright enough to have figured out that he was being used by Tank Jones and the other cheap hustlers who hitched their wagons to the “Ricky Hollywood” star.

There’s a Conservatives for Palin thread with more than 100 comments. Dan Riehl reminds us how Sully promoted Levi as the real truth-teller.

UPDATE: Duh. Why did I forget to check in with Ace?

Among [Levi Johnston’s] claims: That the Palins frequently spoke of divorce and that Sarah Palin often referred to Trig Palin as their little baby “retard.”
Sullivan took that as fresh evidence that the baby wasn’t hers, of course.

Fear the Republican Uterus!

Lisa Murkowski’s Palin Problem

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Joe Miller is the Republican primary challenger to Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who was rated No. 5 on the Human Events list of “Top 10 Senate RINOs” (and that was when Arlen Specter was still a Republican). The Aug. 24 Alaska primary is the subject of my latest American Spectator column: 

Any disinterested political observer would be tempted to rate Murkowski a lead-pipe cinch for re-election. The incumbent has only one major problem, and that problem can be summed up in two words: Sarah Palin.
It was Palin, after all, who beat Frank Murkowski in the 2006 Republican gubernatorial primary. And if anyone doubted the sincerity of Palin’s “maverick” stance, those doubts ought to have been erased last month when the former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice-presidential candidate endorsed Joe Miller. . . .

Please read the whole thing.

California Journalists Caught on Video Making Fun of Sarah Palin Speech

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“The dumbness doesn’t just come from soundbites” says one reporter in the open-mic moment after the Palin speech, while another asks: “How am I going to write about this? There’s nothing there!” To which a colleague replies: “Well, there’s your story.”

This is nothing new. The first time I went to cover a Sarah Palin speech (“Sweetheart of the Heartland,” Sept. 10, 2008) in Ohio, I saw a network reporterette  mimicking a certain phrase in Palin’s speech, with an eyeroll reaction indicating that there was no news value in hearing the candidate repeat what she’d said at previous campaign stops.

It’s a common situation in campaign coverage: The candidate wants to deliver their well-rehearsed talking-points, whereas the reporters want the candidate to “make news” by going off-script or taking questions at a press conference.

Steve Schmidt’s policy of tightly-controlled “message discipline” for the McCain-Palin campaign thus had the unintended effect of alienating those reporters (the “traveling press”) who covered the campaign day after day without ever having direct access to the candidates and seldom got to report anything unplanned or unscripted. But the campaign seemingly didn’t care about how bad they were pissing off the press.

Were there ways the campaign could have dealt effectively with that problem? Yes. Does any Republican ever ask a journalist for advice on media relations? No.

Sigh.

More at Memeorandum.

They’re Real and They’re . . .

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. . . Sarah Palin’s? A misogynistic liberal Web site began speculating about the possibility of artificial enhancement, which prompted an indignant response from a leading conservative authority on impressive authenticity, Tabitha Hale:

If this were only on Wonkette’s site, I would never have seen it. I don’t exactly frequent there. However, the story picked up some legs. It’s been talked about by the Boston Herald, local news, and all kinds of leftwing blogs. Not to mention the “feminists” who claim that the question prompted “thoughtful discussion.” I picked it up initially via Jammie Wearing Fool.

The willingness to latch onto a complete load of crap like this is indicative of the real issue, which is that instead of acknowledging the power of Sarah Palin and launching serious attacks on, say, her grassroots cred after her establishment endorsements, they’d rather talk about her boobs. It’s demeaning. It’s offensive. It’s totally inappropriate.

Read the whole thing, because I would never — never — tolerate any inappropriate discussion about boobs. IYKWIMAITYD.

Sarah Palin: ‘All Kinds of Made-Up Nonsense’ About Nikki Haley

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Sarah Palin singlehandedly boosted Nikki Haley to the front of the pack in South Carolina. Now she’s standing up for Nikki in a recorded phone call to Republican voters:

Hi there. This is Governor Sarah Palin.
I’m calling on behalf of my good friend, and a brave and strong conservative woman, Nikki Haley.
On Tuesday, you can do something great for South Carolina and for America by voting for Nikki Haley for Governor in the Republican primary.
Nikki is a strong, pro-life, pro-business, conservative reformer.
And she isn’t afraid to take on the entrenched powers.
When you do that, they come after you with all kinds of made-up nonsense to try to knock you down. Believe me, I’ve been there. . . .

STAND UP FOR NIKKI HALEY!

Gags Sarah Palin Shouldn’t Even Try

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by Smitty (h/t Little Miss Attila)


One can’t imagine Sarah doing dry, absurd humor. The Sarah Palin equivalent of the Dead Parrot sketch probably involves her walking into a repair joint and very calmly dealing with a deadbeat service twerp. The twerp asserts that, as a classy lady, she knows little about cars. She’s complaining about the car repair service, and he’s trying to call her a dumb broad in not so few words.

Only she’s sort of a Marisa Tomei figure, and the sketch builds as she’s slowly demonstrating to the twerp that:

  • She really does know what she’s talking about, and
  • He’s a leaky bucket of fail.

Writing that up is left as an exercise to a someone that’s a big Palin fan and a bigger wrench than I. Here is the original Python sketch, with the Blue State Parrot on serene display: