VF: McCain Staffers Ascribed Palin's Problems To Post-Partum Depression

Vanity Fair:

he crowds begin streaming into the Evansville Auditorium and Convention Centre a couple of hours before the arrival of the "special guest speaker" at the Vanderburgh County Right to Life dinner on a soft Indiana spring evening nearly 2,200 people in the banquet hall, 800 more in an adjacent auditorium watching the proceedings on a live video feed. The menu is thick slices of roast pork and red velvet cake, washed down with pitchers of iced tea, and when Sarah Palin finally enters, escorted by a phalanx of sheriff's deputies and local police, she is mobbed. The organizers of the dinner, billed as "the largest pro-life banquet in the world," have courted Palin for weeks with care packages of locally made chocolates, doughnuts, barbecue, and pastries, and she has requited by choosing Evansville, a conservative stronghold in southern Indiana, as the site of her first public speech outside Alaska in 2009.

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Comments

[mrpuddles]

02:40 PM on 07/03/2009

So I make a copy of this article, bundle it off to my bedroom, and try to read it, and every night I've tried I fall asleep before I can finish the page. Yawn. Better than a sleeping pill. And I don't like Palin.

[MelRoy]

10:40 AM on 07/02/2009

From what I can determine, Palin pretty much always acted like that, pregnant, post-partum and in between. Her impetuous and childish nature manifested itself again and again, at least since she ran for Wasilla city council.

[Martha12]

02:12 PM on 07/01/2009

Palin is doing a "begathon" for $500,000 to pay "the legal expenses for "all those frivolous ethics complaints" The state only has less than $300,000 total .

Other than her own troopergate complaint the bill of $200,00, it comes to 100,000, while Palin and her staff said that it cost the state MILLIONS!
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Juneau Empire

Alaska has spent nearly $300,000 investigating ethics complaints against Gov. Sarah Palin, who calls the complaints “harassment” against her and expensive for the state to defend.

Palin has accused bloggers and political opponents of bringing “frivolous” ethics charges against her.

“How much will this blogger’s asinine political grandstanding cost all of us in time and money?” Palin asked after the state Personnel Board dismissed another complaint last spring.

Palin herself may be responsible for much of those costs, as indicated by a list of investigation costs for 13 separate cases the state Personnel Board released Tuesday in response to public records requests.

The minimalist list identifies cases only by the year and a three-digit case number. State Personnel Director Nicki Neal ........refused ........to identify them more specifically, so connections between known investigations and the costs released could not be verified.

However, the timing, scope and other factors of the single largest expense appear to fit the case Palin filed against herself that cost $187,797 to investigate. That’s almost two-thirds of the total $296,042 of all Personnel Board investigations in the last two years.

http://juneauempire.com/stories/070109/sta_457304159.shtml

[ProChoiceGrandma]

08:32 AM on 07/01/2009

Purdum’s Vanity Fair article did not even touch the issue that concerns me far more than anything else about Sarah Palin. I would recommend bookmarking the following for frequent reference!
http://palingates.blogspot.com/search/label/religiongate

http://www.theopalinism.com/blog/

[Clayton139]

02:15 PM on 07/01/2009

WOW ! Everyone should see these Videos and read this !

[maisnon55]

08:30 AM on 07/04/2009

WOW, Thanks for the tip. Scary stuff.

[ProChoiceGrandma]

07:56 AM on 07/01/2009

Purdum's Vanity Fair article also failed to note all of the pictures, emails and MySpace material that were scrubbed as soon as the Republican goon squad arrived in Alaska when Palin was announced as VP candidate. This also goes to show McCain had not thoroughly vetted Palin until after the fact.
A “friend of the family” who answered the door at Levi Johnston’s house was none other than Anna Arodzero, a McCain campaign worker, as associate of Gallatin Public Affairs.
http://palingates.blogspot.com/2009/04/sarah-palins-babygate-returns.html

The computer at the Johnston house was scrubbed of all pictures, etc.

Palin’s Deceptions found some MySpace entries that the goons missed.

[ProChoiceGrandma]

08:21 AM on 07/01/2009

When reporters flocked to Wasilla after announcement of Palin as VP candidate, the Republican goon squad had just barely beat them there to finish their “vetting”. Here is more discussion about Anna Arodzero, the McCain campaign staffer who answered the door at Levi Johnston’s house as a “friend of the family”:
http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2009/04/finally-here-is-part-three-of-tyra.html

[ProChoiceGrandma]

09:41 AM on 07/01/2009

Sorry, I meant Vanity Fair instead of Affair, but was listening to all the news about Sanford, Ensign and all the other sanctimonious self-righteous GOP hypocrites. There is a very LONG list of these hypocrites and their indiscretions at this site:
http://www.theopalinism.com/blog/

[ProChoiceGrandma]

07:19 AM on 07/01/2009

I had hopes for this article when I saw “Desperate Housewives” mentioned, but Purdum failed to point out the relevance.
Here, let me:
Desperate Housewives Script Plagiarized by Sarah Palin?
http://www.teamtruther.com/forum/top/3

Here is the storyline:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article947380.ece

Watch the hilarious video when Bree gets stuck with a fork at the garden party - funny!

[AKaurora]

02:13 AM on 07/01/2009

I took the time to read the entire article. The more one gets to know some of the smaller background details, the less credibility Sarah has. She oozes credibles through her pores. Once showered off, they are forever gone and never to return. Timing is everything when it comes to ascending the pedestal of adulation and her timing was off by at least a decade, possibly two. She'll never gain back the potential she might have had because it's been squandered. And, she'll never have the charm at 65 that she has now. Once the charm is gone, there aren't enough brains to power a minor political career, let alone a major one.

[KindMisica]

02:55 AM on 07/01/2009

It was a long article, but worth reading...excellent. And I totally agree with your post!

[rubinoff]

08:07 AM on 07/01/2009

pssssst.....better not say this to pat pukehanan and his ilk...they think she is 'all that' and more.

[Brightlight]

02:11 AM on 07/01/2009

My husband says its not nice to go after the mentally deficient, EVEN if their republicans. But, if I were to, then I would have to say: THANK YOU Palin for helping the republicans loose the election. You can't fix stupid.

[Yermammy]

01:26 AM on 07/01/2009

This chick's 15 minutes are up. Next topic, please.

[NoSillyName]

01:23 AM on 07/01/2009

I really enjoyed the mystical "Northern Exposure"; Spalin has ruined the idea of Alaska for me.

[Brightlight]

02:12 AM on 07/01/2009

Can you imagine how she's ruin America if she was VP?

[lis60]

01:04 AM on 07/01/2009

Great article-all true.Actually she is much worse. She is nuts just read more.

[rulintheroost]

12:59 AM on 07/01/2009

As Sarah continues to shine already Obama is Palin.

[smileatfear]

01:20 AM on 07/01/2009

palin continues to pale in comparison.

[ContraEgoiste]

01:25 AM on 07/01/2009

As Sarah continues to shine already Obama is Palin.

LOL Where to begin....

Seems those shrooms have not only caused mass hallucinations but given you a case of rectal dyslexia.

a) As cons, like the children they are, continue to be atracted to shiny things, the rest of the adult population prefer their leaders with a functioning brain, have at least a modicum of education, and have more depth than spilled beer.

b) You do realize that you are using Palin as a perojative, and by doing so you admit that she is a farce. heh

[ThinkCreeps]

12:34 AM on 07/01/2009

It can't be easy being the mean girl as you go well over the hill

[zepfan81]

12:33 AM on 07/01/2009

Why do so many people seem out to "get" this woman? She'll never be elected to any office higher than MAYBE the Senate. As soon as she was nominated the claws came out.

[wadenelson1]

12:50 AM on 07/01/2009

Making sure she NEVER, EVER is one heartbeat away from the Presidency is my goal. It's nothing personal, I just feel she's utterly incompetent to the job.

[zepfan81]

01:21 AM on 07/01/2009

It's bordering on paranoia though. It's like the Right worrying about Olbermann becoming President..ever going to happen. Plus constantly going after her makes people feel sympathy.

[ContraEgoiste]

01:41 AM on 07/01/2009

a) She is a public figure with access to a public microphone holding public office in a position were she can wield power over a number of people and affect their lives.

b) She is seeking an even higher office and thus scrutiny is not only necessary, but mandatory by the public.

c) She not only puts herself out there, but craves the limelight.

[zepfan81]

01:49 AM on 07/01/2009

Reply to AB and C: that's ALL politicians. She's the Gov. of Alaska right now she's one of numerous Republicans that may want to be President so why pick on her? Even if she was more intelligent I still think she would have a target on her back. I think a lot of the animosity towards her is based on class and that she's a conservative female, and embraces her femininity and has a lot of kids.

[ThinkCreeps]

11:48 PM on 06/30/2009

Must be tough getting PPD by proxy