Now normally Sarah's habit of shirking her duties is limited to elected terms in office, but ever since becoming an unemployed publicity hound and Facebook junkie, Palin's erratic behavior has instead metamorphosed into canceling paid speaking engagements at the very last minute while pretending she was never invited in the first place.
But since this is the "fourth time in recent months that an anticipated Palin speech has fallen through after Palin and her camp disputed they had ever confirmed it," loyal Palin spokesperson Meg Stapleton is used to concocting perfectly good explanations for these embarrassing incidents known as the Sarah Palin experience.
This time it's an event by the Alaska Family Council promoting an Alaska ballot measure aimed at making it illegal for teens to get an abortion without telling their parents. Organizers of the event have been advertising that Palin would give a speech and become the first official signer of the ballot petition tonight at ChangePoint, the Anchorage megachurch.
Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton said Wednesday, that "this is the first we have ever heard of a speech." She said Palin is out of state and won't be there, but naturally declined to provide details on where Palin is and what she is doing.
Alaska Family Council President Jim Minnery said it was news to him that Stapleton was saying Palin had no knowledge of the speech, since organizers have been talking to Palin "contacts" for weeks about it.
"All we can do is take people at their word that we've worked with in the past," Minnery said. "We've been working for several weeks on the event, promoting it very heavily. It would be a grave disappointment if she doesn't show up but the show will still go on."
Well, I'll be damned! This is indeed odd--even by crazy Palin's standards. Either literally hundreds of event organizers across the USA have joined forces in a massive conspiracy to fool the unsuspecting public into believing the Ice Queen herself would be gracing their shindigs with her glorious presence, even though it was just a figment of their imaginations. Or she was so busy protecting Trig from Obama's death panels, defending golden-haired messenger of truth Glenn Beck from the liberal media's unfounded, vicious character assassination, and posting on her favoritest Facebook, that everything else completely slipped her mind!
I mean what other explanation could there possibly be? She's on plug-patrol for Grandma?
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Is the above article a lame attempt a humor? Aha ha ha zzzzzz. Sarah Palin is a private citizen who doesn't have to run here and there, polishing apples or raising funds. But even when she does nothing and just stays home, somehow that is transmogrified into scandalous news. Anyway, thanks for the cute photo of Sarah.
Well...this was a powerful and mature argument. Let's see... since she's a very high profile, high demand speaker and presence at events like these, is it really all that shocking that organizers are chomping at the bit to arrange for Palin to make an appearance? It's not uncommon, at all, for organizers to prematurely take the word of "contacts" and count their chickens before they hatch. None of these mishaps have had direct contact or confirmation from Palin herself. That should be the most telling bit. Palin's team did say they had received the invite, but declined, and were unaware of any kind of speech. None of this comes even close to indicating that anyone including Palin has implied a "conspiracy" effort to fool anyone. A misunderstanding is a misunderstanding, and its not uncommon for this to happen at all under such circumstances.
And for the record, making an occasional Facebook post while not making a single public appearance to speak of falls far from "publicity hound"
Is this author for real? I mean really! This is just a another spin on the truth in a failed attempt to make Palin look bad and discredit her. Here's the spin...she writes how Palin "once again mysteriously disappeared right before she was scheduled to speak." Well to start with, SHE WASN'T SCHEDULED, and SHE DIDN'T "mysteriously disappear." Do you see the spin? But, the author doesn't stop at Palin, to add insult to others she writes, "so slutty teenagers who get knocked up" Who is this hateful person and what does she stand for other than a hate campaign? I have to assume that this is just one of the many attempts by weak, uninformed journalists and questionable publications, to boost readership by tossing in Palin's name on some lame, hateful story.
Since it ain't right to call somebody crazy and stuff: I believe that you Palin Defenders might be as useless and silly as she is.
Huh?
Hope that Emory degree in Journalism and Political Science didn't cost you too much money, because writing idiotic articles like this one won't get those school loans paid off very quickly. I am not even a devoted fan of Palin, but if this is the best you have, well, don't get your hopes up that you'll ever take the place of real (and much smarter) political commentators.
i like the article. its funny, timely, accurate and bashes the idiot. what really cracks me up, is these commenters. they are trying to defend Palin. haha.
Like this one,dana h says "SHE WASN'T SCHEDULED, and SHE DIDN'T 'mysteriously disappear.'"
what a moron, how do you know that?
then theres PAO, "It's not uncommon, at all, for organizers to prematurely take the word of "contacts" and count their chickens before they hatch. None of these mishaps have had direct contact or confirmation from Palin herself. "
yeah, Palin would certainly admit it if they made a mistake. hehe
this guy actually took the time and effort to find out about the author so that he could muckrake on his own, sheerblather says "Hope that Emory degree in Journalism and Political Science didn't cost you too much money"
not much of a defense but gosh it sure is successful at putting the author down. duh huh duh huh
This article is trash.
The writer is a shallow little girl with little experience and a mean-spirited mind.
HAHA...Great article. I can see you have some of the Team Sarah girls all mad. It is amazing that none of her faithful (batsheet crazy) followers don't look at Sarah for what she is. Self serving beeyotch. And that was a genius way to call Bristol a sluut. :)
I love how these palinbots will now sell out pro-life groups just to make excuses for their Quitter Queen.
You dem Marxist of Alinsky over played your hand with Palin. You were inflicting slight harm to her when she was Governor with all your silly whimpy law suits. She had to resign to save herself and her state. You bozos let the Baracuda loose and now she's on offense. Lets see what you dem marxist cowards are made of now.
I have a challange for you:
I just would like to ask one of you Palin bashers to back up your criticism with a fact, complete with un-biased internet link to also back up your claim.
You see, most of us see through the blind hatred...Blind hatred doesn't need facts because it just serves the haters' need to justify one's own hatred. I never see any facts brought up with the libel spewed against Mrs. Palin....Yes she resigned but you never back up your "reasons" with any facts. While we on the other side have mountains of information ready to be given.
Hate is ugly and it's even uglier when the haters don't know they are hating.
Funnt article, good job.
If you ever want a good laugh just visit Conservatives4Palin site and read some of the comments. The whackadoodles there are a hoot.
What the heck does it matter to you just where Sarah Palin is? What business is it of yours? Were you out there reporting on all the ethics charges being dismissed? Were you writing about her accomplishments?
-The Palin administration created a petroleum integrity office to oversee safe development. With her leadership, Alaskan’s best interests were protected In May 2007 Superior Court Judge Sharon Gleason ruled that the state had “persuasively demonstrated that it is in the public interest” for the Department of Natural Resources to terminate the leases held by ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron and ConocoPhillips. The companies were fined $20 million for their lease violations. Now, for the first time in decades, drilling for oil and gas has begun.
-Alaska’s Clear and Equitable Shares, commonly known as ACES is another bipartisan victory for the governor. ACES provides incentives for new exploration and job development.
-Her administration eliminated unethical activities that were tolerated by prior administrations and created the bipartisan Ethics Reform.
-She has a record of working with Alaska’s Legislative branch to control government growth and has saved billions of dollars for Alaskans’ future.
-Under Governor Palin’s leadership, the administration generated unprecedented support for education initiatives, and finally filled long-vacant public safety positions.
-Criticized for refusing the so-called “stimulus money,” Governor Palin, again showing her innate courage and independence, recognized that there
were strings attached to those federal dollars and chose to protect the best interests of Alaskans instead of accepting a federal hand-out. According to the Governor, “I have taken the slings and arrows with that unpopular move to veto because I know being right is better than being popular.” She “resisted those dollars because of the obscene national debt we’re forcing our children to pa
Write about these things that she did well for her state. Then complain because the Dem0rats and Socialists belittle her because the invitation to ANY engagement is supposed to go through her attorney. This one DIDN'T.
"Writer?"Julie. Sarah Palin is in such great demand that she could have engagements for speaking for two years if she took every one of them. Probably more than that. The most likely explanation if your small brain can comprehend it, is that the promoters want her to come so badly that they are posting her without her permission. That has clearly happened at the Reagan speech and the Republican fundraisers. People just want Sarah Palin at their projects. I don't blame them, but I do blame them for posting her without permission.
Journalism is dead, no facts just smears in this article. How about telling us what you do know? Then again out comes all the Alinsky Mafia to attack a woman who has done nothing but good for Alaska and this Country! We are tired of your stupidity!
Surely this kind of drivel is beneath you, examiner. Why would you give a simpering, aging valley girl wannabe a forum for this nonsense? The country is rallying behind Governor Palin because she is a genuine leader with genuine concern for our country. We are bored beyond endurance with fluff-headed acorn-esque chippies endlessly repeating foolish SNL rejects and baseless bitchy barbs.
Over the last year, when it come to how I feel about the authors of nasty, untruthful smear articles about Sarah Palin, I have gone from outrage to eye rolling resignation - however this one actually evokes a new emotion - sympathy. Have the Palin haters really become that desperate?
When Palin causes a big stir with talk of "death panels" and the "statutory rape" of her daughter, it is appropriate for the media to report on it. However, Palin's organization is well known for it's disorganization. That is not news. I am sick of seeing article after article on this women. It's time for her to go away and she finally did, so can everybody shut up about her now?
I like the article...very funny! You got the minions all upset about their Palibunny!
Earth to Julie: How can five event planners become "literally hundreds"? On in the unhinged mind of a liberal Palin-hater.
Honestly, if this article didn't have Sarah Palin as a headline, nobody would flip to the page. Every half talent, like the motrin queen who wrote it, whenever they are having a bad day because their boyfriend vomited over their terrier dog, or they forget their argula at their desk, can bash Sarah Palin. Forget about writing about health care, or iran, just throw in a a couple of meth jokes, and a wanabee like this blond haired dope can be a pundit for aday
Sara and Todd were at my place, and we had a laugh at all the Sarah supporters. We're going to find more ways to fleece the country so that we can line our pockets with your cash. Then we are going to spend the money and have a good time smoking skunk weed and drinking beer. Sarah really likes a good time. Last party, she took out the bong and pretended she was blowing Glenn Beck.
You call the author of this article a writer??? Where are the facts..........duh!!!! All this is about someone with little intelligence who knows how to write ugly things about nice people. A complete waste!!
Sarah Palin is a great person who boldly takes her appearances at events in new and different directions, leading to exciting scavenger hunt-like games. She is, like a point guard, always being used as a decoy, to distract from the good players. Also, too, our troops. She is perhaps the greatest living Alaskan republican woman named Sarah, and was named such by the secret Alaskan papers of mystery that the mean Katie Couric tried to get her to divulge. How dare people disrespect the woman who has earned the exalted title of "Hockey Mom", and who will, God willing, take her fight for the Presidency in the same direction she took her Governorship, like a fish swimming upstream to... abstain from spawning!
Its amazing how out of it Palin and her "staff" are. Sarah Palin is ADVERTISED as a speaker for weeks and at the last minute the staff says "Gee, we never new anything about it".
Good grief!! This is the most biased POS hitpiece on Sarah. This is just another wtactic the bed wetting kool-aid drinking liberals are using against her because they know if she runs against Obama she'll beat him. His ratings continue to plummet, Beck's are rising, and Sarah's support grows more and more daily. With just 2 facebook notes, she caused a big awareness of what this deathcare bill is all about. Although Sarah is not holding a political office, they continue to try and attack, libel, and slander her, not to mention to continuous defamation of character taking place (but that's ok, because there will be more evidence for the next 'October surprise').
AMerica needs to wake up and research Obama's crooked associates and administration that consists of commies, and terrorist sympathizers, tax cheats.
This article was poorly researched and written just to provide more b.s. fodder for liberals to fawn over.
Julie, you're full of crap!! She misses a few events, good grief! Obama missed voting on important legislation as a senator and voted present most of the time. He also missed many senator events while he was campaigning for Pres. and encouraging racism.
What a bunch of liberal drivel. Why don't you pay attention to your liberty being stolen from you by the communist Obama and his dictatorship.
If this paper was a hard copy, I'd wipe my arse with it, this is nothing but trash!! Gov. Palin is being set up and lied about that she would attend certain events, then right before them, she would not be coming afterall. This was b.s. planted by liberals.
Conservatives4Palin is a great site, everything they write is well-researched and credible. They expose the left and Obama's cabinet for the socialism they are trying to shove down our throats.
I like Mrs. Palin, I didn't used to, but my friend showed me good research about her background, & taught me how bad the Democratic party is for my race, as it keeps us blacks down & depending upon the government for everything. I have a 2 year old Down syndrome child & when I saw how the Democrats were treating Trig Palin, that was the last straw for me. I voted for Obama & regret it so much. I was happy to see a Black man as President, but now I realize I should have learned more about him before I voted. I didn't pay much attention to the news & when I did, I only watched the mainstream stuff & now I realize I was lead to believe things that weren't true. I feel Obama lied during his campaign. This isn't the change I wanted at all. I will forever regret my choice of voting for Obama. I thought he would unite whites & blacks, but he only pushed us further apart. I like everyone, race should never be an issue in politics, but it was part of the reason why I voted for him. I was wrong.
More lies by the liberal left.
Scared of Sarah.
Keep it up, Sarah!
Palin/Beck 2012!
I thought the Examiner was more credible than this. Where'd they get this author? There is nothing to back up her claims. Absolutely nothing!
Julie, how about writing about something that really concerns Americans, such as how this healthcare bill has all sorts of wording and hidden meaning in it that will destroy our freedom and give the Feds more control over taking away what liberties we have. I'd like to see Julie write about the corrupt people in Obama's administration. Glenn Beck has been doing a great job all week of exposing Obama's corrupt and anti-American administration.
Why is the Examiner out to get us with this whack-job of a writer?
All invitations to speaking ingagements are suppose to go through Sarah Palin's attorney. Julie, you didn't do your research on this, or you would have been able to write something other than your blantant smears. You are obvoiusly a Palin hater and your credability is shot. Try telling the truth and getting cold hard facts, rather than making stuff up and putting Sarah Palin's name on it just to attract readers.
Kathryn, Get your facts straight. Palin and her staff knew about the signing but where never told she would be speaking...Did you see the flyers?
Then shut it!
What a bunch of rubbish.
You're just a pathetic blogger and it must just really tear you up inside to know that Sarah Palin is far more successful than yourself. She will be on top of the world one and you will always be nothing...She didn't even have to kill her kids to get there.
I'll bet you've never received this much attention before to your writings.
Sarah's Army (US)will protect her and her family no matter how low the person slamming her....So here you go.
More liberal drivel from an amateur writer.
I don't understand, they got what they wanted running our country, but they still complain about Senora Palin,, what is there to fear about someone who loves her country and wants to protect our Consititution?
They must be afraid Sarah and Glenn will expose the FEMA camps, trailors, white UN pickup trucks, burial coffins stacked in places around the country (Georgia),huge crematoriums being built around the country, secret railways, 502nd wearing UN patches on their US uniforms,Russian trucks being brought into the US but most are covered with wood except for the driver's doors, foreign troops coming into the US.
What's all this for??? Hmmm, Hmm? Alot of it was occurring during the Clinton administration. NWO is coming, this is the change that's coming if Obama has his way. Fight it with all you have!
@Chet
You are a perfect example of why Death Panels might not be such a bad idea after all.
Just another note for some fellow commenters...it takes little or nothing to write someone off as a "loon" and provide no justification for that assertion. Provide some convincing arguments and demonstrate your reasoning for a change. Snide cut downs and premature unjustified assertions like "death panels" being "widely debunked" isn't gonna work anymore. Explain, as my first grade teacher would say.
Re:PAO
Here’s how I see most blogs work. You read the article and comment or not. It’s that simple. Here’s my comment:
“Watching Palin I found her to be inconsistent, undependable, rambling, and unprepared for anything except preaching to the choir. The simple fact that she will not hold regular press conferences where journalists ask questions leads me to believe that she is unfit for political office in a democracy with a free press.”
As a fellow commentator I do not need to show you my homework, you need to do your own. Besides, if someone has been watching Palin from the start and has come to the conclusion that she is smart, full of ideas, and will see the job to the end instead of quitting when she feels like it, I suspect no amount of ‘evidence’ would satisfy them. My observations have led me to a completely different conclusion.
I am for reasoned discussions which is why I found Palin such a disappointment.
Good David, although your argument is only marginally better than others I have seen on this partiular thread. Parroting words like "rambling" and "inconsistent" at Sarah Palin doesn't make them so without justifying those views. Here it's really only feasible to address specific issues at once, like the misconfirmation of her presence at this event.
And sure, comment, that is the way it works. But don't hold it against me for calling it like I see it in terms of who substantiates their case and who pats eachother on the back for doing the best job of putting Palin down via obscure out of context soundbites and willful lack of comprehension of her words and perspective. Yes, my views of Palin have on the contrary been affirmed through even the owrst soundbites of the Couric interview, because I understand where she was coming from in spite of difficulty with some answers she gave. I have yet to see any critic legitimately criticize Palin's performance anywhere else.
Julie Farby writes, "...slutty teenagers...."
How very arrogant of you. I do not care about your writing an amateur hit piece on Palin. I do care you label our American young girls as "slutty teenagers" for becoming pregnant. My presumption is there is no room in your young mind for notions of innocence and naiveté.
While teenage pregnancy is a problem for society, labeling those young girls as "slutty teenagers" is a reflection upon hatred in your heart and arrogance in your mind.
Appears neither your family nor your education taught you much about common decency. But then you are from Chicago.
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In light of crap such as the above, it might be time to examine the business model of Examiner.com. What's the point in contracting with functionally illiterate twits to write twaddle that doesn't even compare well with the scratchings in most message boards or chat rooms? It does not attract eyeballs to advertisers. I read about two sentences before I gave up this article as worthless, which I imagine is more generous than most readers.
And now I move on the more productive Internet reading...
Do you have any inkling at all of how stupid this article makes you look?
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