ABC Interviews Palin's "Closest Friends," But Most Won't Say They're Voting For Her

Good Morning America convened a klatsch with four of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's "closest friends" for 15 years in the hopes that one of them might spill the beans on the press-shy vice-presidential contender and reveal that she is secretly having an affair with a book-banning polar bear or something. What they reveal, however, is that not all of them are likely to vote for their friend.

As it turns out, Palin's pals are a perfectly lovely quartet of women who hang out and exercise and eat chocolate, but the video is burning up the blogosphere because some of them are avowedly pro-choice -- in opposition to Palin -- and three of the four won't even say they're supporting her ticket.

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This is supposed to reveal that the people who know Palin best won't vote for her, and so you'd have to be crazy to do so, but, honestly? I wouldn't vote for most of my friends, either, because they tend to be criminals or drunks or worse: bloggers. I'd expect my dear friends to oppose my own presidential ambitions on similar grounds.

More curious, frankly, is the revelation that Sarah Palin hates cats. This is not abnormal on its face, since it's perfectly reasonable to loathe anything that requires the permanent installation of a box full of feces in one's household. However, Palin may have a political reason for opposing cats. According to a letter sent to the Palm Beach Post, it seems that the residents of Talkeetna, Alaska - who the Wikipedia tells me is the inspiration for the fictional burg of Cicely, as depicted in the teevee show Northern Exposure - chose a cat named Stubbs as their official mayor. Stubbs has executive experience, hunts prey with his bare paws, and does not bilk the taxpayers of Alaska out of money for fake per diem expenses, like Palin does.

Stubbs the cat hangs out at Nagley's General Store in Talkeetna, with a bunch of other cats, all of whom have been thoroughly vetted, by actual veterinarians.

Comments

[research]

The McFailin' bubble is bursting.

Now everyone calls them liars.

Go Obama!

[iblis]

The majority of dog lovers are voting for McCain. Even porky lovers are beginning to dislike the Obama-
Biden ticket.

[RADAM1]

Does John McCain, Sarah Palin, and the GOP think the American people are "STUPID"?? don't everyone answer @ the same time. Sarah Palin has the world at her feet...and eating out of the palms of her hands. Don't be FOOLED America!

[rockyrococoAZ]

It would appear that YES, the McSame campaign DOES think Americans are stupid.

[CatPower]

In your case, they're right.

[deeppeace]

"Honest as the day is long?" Boy, she sure got over that on the trip from Juneau to St. Paul.

[pearlie]

When someone lies about you or states undocumented statements aren't they liable for their actions?

[benchy]

I actually liked her friends. Let's be honest, just because we may not like Sarah Palin, and I don't like what I have found out about her so far, certainly don't like her religious views and that's good enough for me not to vote her in, she can have friends that think differently. Her friends were honest. I am sure Obama may know some people that may not be voting for him, because they disagree on a lot of issues. I liked the one that said her vote was private. I respect that.

[iblis]

The majority of dog owners are voting for McCain. Even pig lovers are beginning to dislike the Obama-Biden ticket.

[booker52]

Sounds like none or one will vote for Sarah. I say if you don't like cats you are just plain strange.

[WineWonkette]

"She's honest as the day is long" -- Aren't the days really short in Alaska?

[Latina4Obama]

Very good!

[ultrakitty]

where are obamas closest friends talking about him? how sexist ..just because she is a woman lets get her closest friends to dish about her? I am sad the women were duped enough to comply with the interview

Pathetic ABC!

Pucture Obamas friends: ayers, Rezco, Wright..now there is a group to dish

[twitch1956]

yeah sexist... everything is sexist huh KITTY? Oops ULTRA - KITTY. What a sexist moniker. Geez.... Obama's closest friend endorsed him on her TV show that Palin desperately wants to appear on.... go Oprah

[JackND]

O'bama went through 19 months of scrutiny. Palin is joining the game in the last few weeks, and on top of that is being shielded from the media.

The media is perfectly entitled to get as much information about her as they can get, from whomever willingly offers it. If Ms. Palin no like it, she can hold a press conference and counter.

Until then...

[GhostNyc]

as JackND pointed out- 19 MONTHS OF SCRUTINY.

Do you think its is at all fair to the American people NOT to have Palin's life investigated?

Obama, McCain and Clinton had every facet of their lives looked into and examined. Obama was even called upon to bear the guilt for comments MADE BY OTHER PEOPLE.

Palins own words, own actions are being looked at and investigated. That is not sexist, that is common sense. Palin has forced the media to search even harder by not being forth coming with interviews. McCain obviously did not vet her properly...somebody has to.

and for the record during the RNC- NO POLICIES WERE DISCUSSED.

NOTHING AFFECTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE DISCUSSED.

NO HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, ECONOMY, ENERGY, IRAQI WAR-

THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT THE ISSUES AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

[NCdemMA]

Did you not read why they interviewed her friends? It is because McCain is scared to let his VP talk to the press. How are we supposed to vote for someone who isn't allowed to talk to the press yet?

Pathetic ultrakitty!

What a joke.

[sean6886]

BTW, you should change your moniker. Palin HA TES cats (or kittys).

Maybe she's jealous that Stubbs has more executive experience than she does.

Just think, it could've been:

McCain/Stubbs '08

[scottco]

"honest as the day is long"
Obviously a reference to the casino scene in Casablanca.

[whatsthatsound]

Some days in Alaska are not very long, maybe just a couple hours or so of daylight. I think she was saying Sarah is as long as one of those days.

[dhinds]

McCain got what he wanted: A Pom Pom Girl as his Master of Ceremonies; someone to introduce him to the public in those events he uses to promote the image he's built up over the years as a American War Hero.

Am I the only one that fails to see leadership in McCain's bombing the civilian population of a small country that posed no threat to the USA but fought (on their own turf) for their right to chose a socio-econ­omic-polit­ical system that didn't fit the model the USA had set for itself.

Yet today, Hensley corporations sell beer in Vietnam (not to mention Iraq and Afghanistan), so what was the Vietnam War all about?

As for McCain's supposed heroism (something he never demonstrated on the ground), I give more credit to those that were willing to publicly protest a war that never should have been fought in the first place, a war that McCain continues attempting to fight to this day.

[111]

The most laughable comment is that Sarah Palin is honest.

[Paula1953]

Yeah, I had to laugh at that one as well. Seems those women don't know her as well as they thought.

The "ELITE SIX" indeed!

[Tobiasism]

Can you imagine what a laughing stock America will be if the VP is a raging Creationist?
Remember Kansas?
I mean, she is all for exploiting fossil fuel, except the fossils are only 5000 years old.

[DEl19713]

this to me speaks volumes.

[mafina]

Del, I agree, friends for 15 years and this is how they feel about. That speaks a lot of volume for the American people. This woman cannot be trusted.

[stayinsouth1981]

What this room needs is more fur.

This is a joke and we are all asleep dreaming of something warm and cozy.

Back to McCain. How is he going to get us out of this war his buddy started? Will he protect us from the real axis of evil? How on earth will he pay for this Fannie thing?