Face it, Alaska, Palin's Just Not That into You
Alaska Democrats are a funny breed. I'd like to say mavericky...but that's been done. They have to be conservative enough to get elected and smart enough to make head way in a minority-all the while praying the board of game doesn't target them for an aerial control hunt. Knowing where that line is and walking it, is, in itself, a full time job.
When an Alaskan Democrat is called up for duty in a position appointed by the President, we cheer. It's like having a player from the Peach Leagues get the nod from the Yankees. Kim Elton, long time senator representing Juneau, is now working for the Department of Interior. When a legislative seat is vacated, there are "rules" that don't punish the party or the district when their representative either resigns or gets promoted.
Hey Democrats!!! Stop nodding YES like a bobble doll! I know this is basic and obvious, but it's gotta be said.
There are two stories here:
One: Sarah Palin is running the state like a power drunk sorority sister.
Two: The Alaska Dems don't have to keep acting like a fat girl on a date! You know that girl-she orders a salad and then puts out 'cause she's just so grateful for the attention! STOP IT!
Dear Alaska Democrats,
I'm so proud of us. We've been the really unpopular girl; the one who carries a cello around, has cheetos in her locker and bought anti-cellulite cream in the 8th grade. We rarely got picked for a team, but won the seventh grade creative writing contest.
We've forever waited for that special someone. We've even circled prom dresses in the Sears catalog. We don't look back - it's a yearbook without many "we'll be friends FOREVER" signatures.
The last two years have been different. When Sarah Palin came to Juneau, it was as though Captain Dreamy showed up in an I-Roc with Guns and Roses thumping. The old jocks and cheerleaders didn't care so much...so we got the date. Sigh. We broke our backs making all of the governor's dreams come true; ACES, AGIA, etc. And now we know love is fickle.
Sarah Palin's I-Roc lost its turbo. She is spending her days spooned up with the classic mean girl club vice-chair, Meg Stapleton, who's busy writing notes (on State letterhead) to People Magazine.
Palin has the audacity of rope, and she's hanging herself with it. Her response to 18 year old Levi Johnston accused him of seeking fame and celebrity? That's rich! Like he wanted to be the world's best known sperm donor when she threw him onto the national stage as an icon of her family values?
Beth Kurttula stated the obvious when she said Sarah wasn't qualified for the "Homecoming Court." Her chances for a replacement appointment to Kim Elton's Senate Seat were roasted like a weenie at a Wasilla Warriors tailgate party.
Sarah tried to change the rules last week to include the Republicans in the vote to seat former Republican Tim Grussendorf - DENIED! This week, she pulled another player out of some dark orifice. The Juneau Dems had already interviewed and eliminated her selection.
Joe Nelson may be a nice guy. A guy you'd like to have a beer with. Hey, Darling Dems, you don't have to dance with him just because he was delivered by the governor! The governor has obviously misread the rules. She does NOT get to submit names. She approves someone from a list submitted by the Juneau Democrats!
Once again, Sarah Palin demonstrates that the rules don't apply to her. Palin is Lucy with the football. Just because she wants us to kick now, doesn't mean we have to. Charlie Brown never learned that lesson.
Joe is married to Mary Nelson, former representative from Bethel who now works for the Donlin Creek Mine. Nelson voted against defined benefits, putting herself in the camp of the Western Alaskan DINOs who vote with Republicans to get capital projects.
Joe and Mary were married aboard a boat owned by Bud and Paulette Simpson. Last August, Paulette Simpson, of the Alaska Federation of Republican Women, said of the newly selected Palin, "Sarah Palin for her entire political career has been underestimated. She's tough, she's tenacious. I believe that she does have what it takes to get out there. Again, her ability to connect with voters and make a case is very, very, very strong." Well, Paulette, she's not connecting with the Democratic voters in Juneau.
A source in Juneau told me Joe Nelson was asked if he would become a Republican to run against Beth Kerttula in the next election; he said he would consider it. Nice! How does that work for the long time friendship of Beth Kerttula and Mary Nelson? It's part of the mean girl strategy; divide and conquer.
So if he pals around with Republicans, marries someone who votes with Republicans, is selected and appointed by a Republican...well, you don't have to dance with him as a Democrat. Quack! Quack!
IT IS TIME TO BREAK UP WITH SARAH PALIN. She is not your friend. You are never going to ride in her car again. Nor will you get to sit at her lunch table. She won't pick you for kickball, but she has picked a spoiler to play on your team. TWICE! She doesn't like you. Deal with it.
Say NO to dictatorship and YES to Democracy! The Juneau District deserves the same policy and protocol that the Wasilla district was granted when Sarah appointed her church elder, Wes Keller. Palin broke up with Alaska...she's packing for her save-the-unborn-babies speech in Indiana.
We have a two party system. One has no heart, the other no spine. Stand straight. Stand tall. Breathe deep and dump the Governor.
Face It Dems, she's just not that into you.
Call your legislature...here are the numbers.
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I guess it´s time to say THANKS BUT NO THANKS to Sarah Palin.
Alaska must be one of those places where girls who can't master rhetoric, geometry & chemistry become cheer leaders & prom queens. If they manage to graduate & their parents have money the can go to 3d tier colleges in the fly over country of the lower 48. Politicians like Sarah Palin inspire drunken, pseudo-int
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Hey, now...I love, LOVE Alaska's Liberal heritage. Before you sell us on ebay...rea
"Alaska must bo one of those places where girls who can't master rhetoric, etc..."
Which makes Alaska different in that respect how exactly?
Again, Shannyn...
Joe Nelson is a clown. I work at the University of Alaska Southeast, where he's director of admissions. He's there because he's been incompetent at everything else he's been asked to do for the university. It would be a great thing to have him gone, but not as state senator. What a joke.
You know, I get very tired of all the negative stuff written about Governor Palin. If you are so intent on continuing to malign her, why don't you start the recall petition? I see so many say to impeach yada yada yada. They are just running off at the mouth. Of course, there is only one year left, so save your money. You may need it to impeach the current tenant of the WH while we all have some money left in our jeans!
You know what. I truly get sick and tired of all the hypocrisy surround this Winking Woman Formerly of Wasilla and the slobbering lust/love affair conservatives have for this broad. I do think just like any politcian regardless of side she has shadiness as well
Don't you have a Tea Bagging Party to get amped up and ready for next Weds? LOL
I think you hit the target.
There are a lot of lonely Republicans with lustful fantasies for Sarah.
LOL.......
Well Shannyn is from alaska...s
How is it "maligning" her by telling the truth about the power plays she is pulling? If she would act in an ethical manner, people wouldn't file ethics complaints against her. If she played the game the way it was set up, rather than changing the rules to suit her, then people wouldn't criticize her.
In case you aren't aware of it, here is the definition of "malign":
"to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man. "
Would you care to point out the untruths in what Shannyn is saying about Ms. Palin.
Well, Piney, Were you asleep for the last 8 years as Bush ran up the deficit to historic numbers?
I'm really tired of hearing this lame line from Republicans. You would have a bit more credibility if we heard anything from you as the Bush administration went on an 8 year spending spree, started an war, destroyed our International credibility, strained our relationship with our allies, sat by as our nation fell into the worst economy in modern history, and played with the Constitution as if it were a open to the Bush/Cheney interpretation of civil liberties.
OK, it's IROC not I-Roc, and it never had a turbo.
Ssshhhhhh.
Hate to sound so lower 48, but what's an IROC?
Great post! Spread it!
Let's leave the gratuitous fat girl slurs to people like Ann Coulter -- don't diminish the good points you're making by including such mean spirited garbage, OK?
Shannyn already commented about this...To sum up...She has poetic license. She was speaking from experience. She was the fat girl with cheetos and a cello...an
Ms. Moore, such a well written, well thought through post. And right on the money!
"One: Sarah Palin is running the state like a power drunk sorority sister." ..... very insightful. Ms Palin does not know how to govern any other way.... insightful, she is NOT.
While Sarah was out on the national stage taking credit for Creation, funny she didn't mention the Alaska Dems were the ones who did all the hard work for her. Figures.
Sarah Palin is for recreational use only.
Great post Shannyn!
ROTFLMAO!
Shannyn, this is VERY well written! I hope that the Democrats in Alaska read this. From what I have read, they don't seem to have the nerve to stand up to Sarah Palin like they should be. They should be the ones leading a movement to impeach her. She is playing a lot of games with people, and if this is her idea of politics, why would ANYONE in their right mind want her in a national position. The people who support her are either blind, misinformed or simply stupid.
There is a second part of the question Shannyn asked... " Palin is Just Not into You"
And Mudflats gave the answer a few weeks ago with this story ....the ' Answer ' is..?
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Who’s the Fairest of Them All?
Now, as you would imagine, the State of Alaska issues cell phones to employees. The new ones they’ve got are really nice. They’re iPhone-ish. And guess what the standard issue wallpaper is? What do you think you see when you turn it on in the morning? I know what you’re thinking. It’s got to be a picture of Denali, or the Alaska State Flag, or maybe a majestic bald eagle…. Oh, but you’d be wrong. The image is a picture of…..Sarah Palin! All I could think of is how my employees might look at me if I issued a company cell phone with my own picture on it. I guarantee there would by a massive rolling of eyes and giggling at the water cooler. Go ahead and try it. Imagine getting a cell phone from work, and you turn it on and there, staring at you….is your boss.
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I guess we know who she ' is ' into..
Bravo Shannon! One of your best posts yet!
Your blogs are priceless and speak the truth. I've had enough of Palin. She's the garbage I would love to take out. She's nasty, small -minded, ambitious to a fault, and stupid. If she were smart we wouldn't be hearing about all this negative crap everyday, sometimes twice a day.
She was pretty beat up in the last election and she's getting beat up now, but I can't wait to see her in 2012. Nothing will give me more pleasure!
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