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Oh, Sarah - How Low Will You Go?
AngelHedgie
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You would think that the good governor of Alaska would realize that this shit wouldn't fly.
TL, DR version: Dem AK state senator resigned recently. AK law says that the governor must appoint a Dem to the position. Tradition is that party leadership in AK sends a list of candidates to the governor, and the governor selects one. The pit bull with lipstick decides to tell the Dems fuck you instead, and picks a "Democrat" who was a registered Republican several weeks ago. Shitstorm erupts, governor can't grasp why.
And that's not all the scandal that's been happening in the Palin household. We've all heard the "Bristol baby daddy fallout" drama, but recently there's been a scandal when she started the Iron Dog race decked out as a walking billboard for the company sponsoring her husband. Her rejection of stimulus funds isn't playing well with the Alaskan public. Not to mention that all those ethics woes come with a hefty legal bill as well.
The implosion of the woman that was seen as the frontrunner for the GOP nomination in 2012 in some circles is just impressive. At this point, I wonder if she can even get re-elected as governor, let alone become senator or any further asperations.
TL, DR version: Dem AK state senator resigned recently. AK law says that the governor must appoint a Dem to the position. Tradition is that party leadership in AK sends a list of candidates to the governor, and the governor selects one. The pit bull with lipstick decides to tell the Dems fuck you instead, and picks a "Democrat" who was a registered Republican several weeks ago. Shitstorm erupts, governor can't grasp why.
And that's not all the scandal that's been happening in the Palin household. We've all heard the "Bristol baby daddy fallout" drama, but recently there's been a scandal when she started the Iron Dog race decked out as a walking billboard for the company sponsoring her husband. Her rejection of stimulus funds isn't playing well with the Alaskan public. Not to mention that all those ethics woes come with a hefty legal bill as well.
The implosion of the woman that was seen as the frontrunner for the GOP nomination in 2012 in some circles is just impressive. At this point, I wonder if she can even get re-elected as governor, let alone become senator or any further asperations.
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Also apparently this person she picked has democratic ties, and anyway the Democrats have to approve him first.
But trying to force her will upon the state is beyond being a dick.
Those kids need to pull themselves up by bootstraps and/or invisible hands
It's easy for people to get "improving schools" and "raising taxes to improve schools" mixed up.
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Well, I do, because she was there as the Governor of Alaska, and as such, she's sort of supposed to at least appear impartial. It's like she was wearing a sign on her saying "For Sale To Highest Bidder".
...yes, I know that's the case. But you're supposed to have the decency to not advertise it.
School's don't need more money.
They need less bureaucracy and more accountability.
We spend more per child than almost any other nation and have terrible scores to show for it, thus proving that throwing money at a problem does not in fact fix it.
Throwing money at a problem!=spending money on it.
I think there is a big difference between winter apparel and a clown suit.
If I can dress warmly for winter without having massive corporate logos all over my clothing, somehow I think the Governor of Alaska is capable of doing so as well.
Weren't you the one who said that an emblem on the left breast was an affront to god and was appearing in your sleep?
The remarkable part is that she managed to find branded pants.
This is going to be Obama's flag pin all over again.
She might not be wearing that stuff in public, though.
I do care that she fucked around with the Dem senate seat
The thing is that the former sort of shows the mentality that created the latter. If she can't grasp why wearing corporate logos at an event you're attending in an official capacity might be an ethical problem, then it's not likely that she's going to see any problems with discarding tradition and manipulating things to put the person she wants into a position.
There's a reason that the bill for her ethics violation defense team has hit half a million.
Looking at the Arctic Cat website, the difference seems to be mostly the color black.
It was all donated to charity.
Some people were talking about floating legislation to enshrine special elections as the default method of selection, but I don't know where that stands or if it even got off the ground.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
In most states the position is filled by the appointment from the governor.
I think there are serious ethical issues in using your elected position to advertise your husband's corporate sponsors.
"Feels like I'm wearin' nothin' at all, you betcha!"
Funny enough, Alaskan US senator seats are filled by special election, because some past governor appointed one of his kids to the spot or some such silliness.
And then she won reelection afterwards.
As mentioned, the nominee has Democratic ties, Democratic support (though he was not a frontrunner for this position), and ran as a Democrat as recently as 2002.
However yeah, he changed his affiliation just to get this nom, which to me just shows how retarded a law that has party affiliation as a prerequisite really is. The Democratic delegation to their state congress (or some such) has to approve the nom anyway, so why bother including that requirement? Fear that the party will approve somebody from the opposition? And if they do, is that a problem?
This whole thing isn't worth anything more than a shrug.
Though I am always up for a good Palin-bashing. No, really, that wasn't sarcasm...carry on gentelmen!
Also, vague false equivalency between Obama racism during 2008 election season to Palin sexism now
sorry to burst your bubble, he got banned
already?
Quit giving her anymore attention, dammit. Let her be the silly little queen of her silly little hill. If the pubs actually try to promote her, she'll get ripped to shreds.
And this is bad for the sane among us because ..... ?
I'm of the Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake school of thought. Any party that would let her keep getting on the national stage, let alone be a "future leader of the party" deserves to lose.
Because it'll make us insane. Also I wrote that poorly, I meant to say that she's going to be ripped to shreds anyway, so there's no reason to be giving her attention. More attention (even bad attention.) just makes her look more legitimate as a national icon.
Well, people aren't going to teach kids about apostrophes for free.
We arent?
And she managed to make the emblem more ubiquitous on her person than most official representatives. Seriously, that was the biggest logo I've ever seen on her jacket, she has the name running down her leg, and I'd bet that it's the emblem I see on the shirt underneath.