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Daily Kos —
... She didn't know about his record because he wasn't vetted. But it's part of the somewhat funny and very obscure politics of a small state with a wild frontier. The photo above is from Palin's hometown, Wasilla. Here's a blog-post from a proud Alaskan who nonetheless is gob-smacked that McCain thought Palin suitable for high office. ...
An Alaskan's Perspective on Sarah Palin
Interesting Times —
I've been waiting all day for this . Alaska strikes me as the kind of "small town" state where everyone kind of knows each other and thus it takes an Alaskan who has been on the ground there to understand just what kind of person Palin is. My initial impression: she is something of a rising star in the GOP who, after a couple more years of shaking out, could have proven valuable as a national leader. But McCain, in his desperation, pushed her out on the stage while she was still practicing her lines. Lots of potential, but seriously untested. Kind of like taking the star of the ...
Remainders: Palin-drome!
Ben Smith's Blog —
... takes on Obama.
A day in the life of Lanny Davis.
Tim Noah re-introduces America to the college sophomore responsible for Sarah Palin.
Biden looks prescient on 9/11.
He gives a shout-out to Ed Rendell.
The Republicans plan to go on air in North Carolina and Virginia.
Palin's record on the Bridge to Nowhere doesn't exactly reflect today's comments.
She did go to Landstuhl.
An Alaska blogger isn't a fan.
Comes now the oppo, in the form of a local TV report ...
Palin: the stuff keeps piling up
The RBC —
... 1. Having fired a well-respected state police chief apparently for improper reasons, Palin hired a replacement. The replacement turned out to have a rather nasty sexual-harrassment issue in his background . But ...
The Palin Pick: Reaction from the Left
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... : "There are quite a number of extremely troubling links between Sarah Palin and neopentecostal dominionists ." Won't you please donate $25, $10 or even $5 to help defeat the neopentecostal dominionists ? • Mudflats : "[Palin] is also sueing [sic] the federal government over listing the polar bears as a threatened species. The science was even compelling enough to convince the Secretery [sic] of the Interior that the bears needed to be listed." ...
Palin pick makes Alaska blog a must-read
The Swamp —
... campaign into a sequel of "Northern Exposure," the all-things-Alaska hit 1990s TV series, an essential guide is needed to Gov. Sarah Palin's Alaska and can be found on the Mudflats blog.
Written by an East Coast transplant to Alaska who goes by the moniker AK Muckraker, the blog gives an Alaskan eye view of Palin's political career and the state's rather colorful politics.
After Mccain announced his pick, a Mudflats post started thusly: :
Is this a joke?" That seemed to be the ...
Mike’s Blog Roundup
Crooks and Liars —
Mudflats: What is John McCain Thinking? One Alaskan’s perspective
State of the Day: Is Sarah Palin American enough?
at-Largely: Yes Mrs. Palin, you are right in that Mrs. Clinton “showed determination and grace,” but you my dear, are no Mrs. Clinton.
Clusterdouche!: Google collapses under “Who the F*ck is Sarah Palin??”searches
Petrelis Files: Time to start reading those financial disclosure files
Agitprop: I Had A Dream
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Mudflats on Sarah Palin's Abuse-of-Power Scandal
Grasping Reality with Both Hands —
... What is McCain Thinking? One Alaskan’s Perspective. « Mudflats: Sarah Palin’s sister Molly married a guy named Mike Wooten who is an Alaska State Trooper. Mike and Molly had a rocky marriage. When the marriage broke up, there was a bitter custody fight that is still ongoing. During the custody investigation, all sorts of things were brought up about Wooten including the fact that he had illegally shot a moose (yes folks this is Alaska), driven drunk, and used a taser (on the test setting, he reminds us) on his 11-year old stepson, who ...
The Next Few Days
The Mahablog —
... I picked up the photograph of beautiful downtown Wasilla from this site, which has a must-read background article on the new nominee for VPOTUS, Sarah Palin. Read it, and then ask yourself: Is Palin another Dan Quayle? Or another Katherine Harris, albeit with less money? See also “ ...
More on Palin
Corrente —
The Anchorage Daily News has an explanation of the possible scandal. There is an ivestigation ongoing, not made up by the SCLM.
Palin’s abrupt dismissal of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan is now being investigated by a special counsel hired by the Alaska Legislature as to whether there was any official misconduct.
According to Mudflats, a seemingly left Alaskan blog:
So bizarre
The Poor Man Institute —
... Via, an explanation of the Gov. Palin/DPS firing scandal that makes sense:
Sarah Palin’s sister Molly married a guy named Mike Wooten who is an Alaska State Trooper. Mike and Molly had a rocky marriage. When the marriage broke up, there was a bitter custody fight that is still ongoing. During the custody investigation, all sorts of things were brought up about Wooten including the fact that he had illegally shot a moose (yes folks this is Alaska), driven drunk, and used a taser (on the test setting, he reminds us) on his 11-year old stepson, ...
Steven G. Brant: Leaving The Addictive Community That's Killing Us: The Real Story of the 2008 Election
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... in response to the crisis between Russia and Georgia (which, of course, is only a symptom of many years of failed post-1991 policies towards the entire former Soviet Union). The second wave is Senator John McCain's selection of Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, all the proof one needs that - as honorable a man as Senator McCain is - he does not have the judgment to be President of the United States given the state of the world today... because he has chosen someone who (at best, because of her almost total lack of familiarity with the world outside of Alaska) could ...
My RNC Grab Bag: 09/01/08
Firedoglake —
... -- Assuming Sarah Palin shows up at the Xcel Center, you can entertain yourself by watching her televised appearance and comparing it with the tidbits cited (such as this one) at the Alaskan blog The Mudflats. The proprietor has already bested the national media by ...
Meltdown
Shakesville —
... until 2005 as a director of a 527 group organized by corrupt fuckneck Senator Ted Stevens. • Palin's claim, in her veep acceptance speech last Friday, about her purported opposition to the infamous Bridge to Nowhere was a flat lie. • Palin, despite her assertion that she's "championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending," nonetheless relied on it as Alaska's governor. • Palin has just hired an attorney regarding the ongoing Troopergate scandal, for which she's under investigation. The New York Times ...
On Palin's Executive Skills
TalkLeft —
... in extra costs for a small municipality with a small budget. What was to be Ms. Palin’s legacy has turned into a financial mess that continues to plague Wasilla. (my emphasis.) On a lighter note, check out the Facebook groups against Sarah Palin. The group called "I Have More Foreign Policy Experience Than Sarah Palin" has over 41,000 members. (You have to be a Facebook member to view it.) Also check out Alaska Blogger Mudflats who is writing a lot on Palin.
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AKMuckraker: What Is Sarah Palin Thinking? One Alaskan's Perspective
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... On the morning of August 29, 2008, minutes after the stunning news of the Vice Presidential nomination, I wrote a post entitled "What Is McCain Thinking? One Alaskan's Perspective," and ...
