Palin Goes Rogue, Ignores Press Aides’ Exhortations To End Press Conference
Palin Goes Rogue, Ignores Press Aides’ Exhortations To End Press Conference
Anonymous McCain campaign aides have unloaded on Sarah Palin in recent weeks. “She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone,” said one McCain adviser. Palin reportedly “blames her handlers for a botched rollout and a tarnished public image.” One Republican source said of Palin: “I think she’d like to go more rogue.”
Today, speaking to reporters shortly after casting her vote in Wasilla, Palin demonstrated of bit of her rogue desires. As Palin continued to answer questions from the press, her aides tried repeatedly to halt the exchange and move her along…but to no avail:
PALIN: Hopefully, I’ll be able to do that as vice president.
AIDE: Great. Thank you very much.[…]PALIN: we — we look forward to the end of this day.
AIDE: OK, thank you, guys. We’ve got to get going here. […]PALIN: No, we’ll be talking to him probably on the drive back into Anchorage. I’ll call him. Yes. Thank you, guys.
AIDE: OK, guys. Thank you very much.
Every attempt Palin’s aides made to end the press conference was rebuffed by the Alaska Governor. Watch it:
Palin was asked during the press conference whether she voted for Sen. Ted Stevens. “I am also exercising my right to privacy and I don’t have to tell anyone who I voted for, nobody does, and that’s really cool about America, also,” she said.
Previously, McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds claimed that she would not vote for Stevens, but Palin has refused to make such a pledge herself.
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Palin/Wurzelbacher 2012! Weeeeeeeeeeee!
Just saying . . .
November 4th, 2008 at 1:48 pmPerhaps Sarah is trying to extract every little bit from her fifteen minutes of fame before they are up. And the deadline is looming.
I have to say the most remarkable line in this whole item is “As Palin continued to answer questions from the press…”
Since she has steadfastly refused to hold anything resembling a press conference with journalists who might ask her anything other than a softball question, I’m curious to know if these press members were vetted beforehand?
November 4th, 2008 at 1:49 pmThis woman is a whack job, her staffs statements, not mine!
Texasjuice
November 4th, 2008 at 1:49 pmMAVERICK!!
November 4th, 2008 at 1:50 pmAll this, because Bill Kristol got a crush!
November 4th, 2008 at 1:52 pm.
WHAT MEDICAL RECORDS…?
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November 4th, 2008 at 1:52 pmFaster than the Speed of Stupid! More Mavericky than a Wheeless, Flaming Straigh-Talk Express! Able to Produce Idiocy in Other People! Its Bible Barbie!
November 4th, 2008 at 1:55 pmImpeach, while There’s Still Time!!!
She likes the attention, and doesn’t want it to stop.
November 4th, 2008 at 1:56 pmSarah, you still have a job in Alaska. Bye-bye.
Prima donna.
November 4th, 2008 at 1:57 pmPalin 2012!
Palin 2016!
Palin 2020!
Palin 2024!
Palin 2028!
Democrat victories for the next 2 decades! :-)
November 4th, 2008 at 1:58 pmHow’s she going to get back to Arizona for the Victory Party in time?
November 4th, 2008 at 1:59 pmYou know damn well she voted for Stevens, you could tell by the way she rambled on and on and on and on and on and on about nothing. Her *tells* are very easy to read.
November 4th, 2008 at 1:59 pmA conservative claiming there is a right to privacy? Maverick indeed!
November 4th, 2008 at 2:02 pmThe idiocy is everywhere.
November 4th, 2008 at 2:02 pmI just got back from the post office, picking up my mail.
A woman walked up to the counter, and exclaimed in a voice loud enough for everyone to hear: “My husband just heard on the radio this morning that Barack Obama isn’t even a US citizen, he was born in Kenya, how can he run for President? It’s going to the Supreme Court!”
As she walked past me I asked her “Where did you say he was born?”
She looked a little hesitant, then said “Kenya, it’s going to the Supreme Court!”
I pulled my notebook out of my pocket and asked her “What is your name?”
She turned a little pale, and said “Why?”
I replied “It’s illegal to spread patently false rumors about political candidates on election day in a federal facility.”
She turned totally white and bolted out the door.
I walked outside and acted like I was taking down her license plate number.
I’m so bad...
The Fox knob said her popularity declined “somewhat” From 90% approval to 60% in 60 days is a plummet no matter who’s leg you’re humping.
November 4th, 2008 at 2:03 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
Is she stoned?
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Better question…Can we stone her?
I can’t wait until we no longer have to hear her annoying voice and see her chipmunk like face ever again.
Palin 2012!?! By 2012 her youngest children will be taken away from her as she becomes a haggard, meth addicted bar whore in Wasilla.
November 4th, 2008 at 2:03 pmRobertSeattle Says
November 4th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Palin 2012!
Palin 2016!
Palin 2020!
Palin 2024!
Palin 2028!
Democrat victories for the next 2 decades! :-)
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Since Harold Stassen has passed on, I suppose there IS a void of “perennial candidate” in the GOP that needs to be filled.
But Sarah needs to realize that while Stassen ran for president nine times, he made most of his impact during the first two attempts (not getting the nomination either time), and then just becoming a GOP joke. Sarah probably wouldn’t even last that long.
November 4th, 2008 at 2:04 pmRobertSeattle Says
November 4th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
How’s she going to get back to Arizona for the Victory Party in time?
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Shouldn’t be a problem for a woman who could get from Texas to Wasilla in a hurry after her water broke…
November 4th, 2008 at 2:05 pmNevar; Kudos. Heh, heh.
November 4th, 2008 at 2:08 pmGuido; Remember, by declaring there is NO Constitutional right to privacy is one way to get Borked.
snicker
November 4th, 2008 at 2:10 pmGovernor Sarah Quimby: “Err, ahh…these are my own clothes.”
November 4th, 2008 at 2:10 pmEgomaniacal
November 4th, 2008 at 2:12 pmPalin was asked during the press conference whether she voted for Sen. Ted Stevens. “I am also exercising my right to privacy and I don’t have to tell anyone whether I voted for a Republican felon. That’s really cool about America. You can vote for a Republican felon and not tell anyone.”
November 4th, 2008 at 2:13 pm.
She didn’t “GO ROGUE”…
… I didn’t see her pitch any T-shirts.
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November 4th, 2008 at 2:14 pmCalifornia filed a complaint against Obama for traveling to see his grandmother. The complaint reads she wasn’t that ill. If they had waited a couple of hours they would have known she died. Now Sarah is traveling all over with her kids and husband on RNC expense not a word has been said. She had a 150,000 shopping spree for the Family with no charges. Sarah knows she voted for Uncle Ted Stevens the convicted felon. As for her medical records smart move by having a doctor write a letter. The real records would show Sarah didn’t have a child in 2007 it was her daughter Bristol who had Trig. The truth will come out but then who will care at lease the Palin neighbors know the truth.
November 4th, 2008 at 2:15 pmNevar, way to go!
I mentioned a few weeks back I browsed our local RNC HQ in my ‘McCain ‘1908′ T-shirt. The looks I got were priceless, needless to say. At first they would smile at a pony tailed white man supporting McCain…then they ‘got the message’.
I also heard a very old white woman telling her friend, ‘if Obama is elected Bin Laden is going to kill him’. I interjected, ‘if Obama isn’t elected Bin Laden will kill all of us’. Again, the looks on their faces was priceless.
When a Maverick goes Rogue, you have ‘Mad Cow Disease’…
November 4th, 2008 at 2:17 pmShe must actually think she still has political viability in Alaska. She can’t admit she voted for Teddy or else she is screwed in the lower 48. She can’t admit she didn’t vote for him or she is screwed with the Republicans in that corrupt iceberg she calls home. My guess is she voted for him in hopes that he wins but isn’t seated. That gives her a chance to run in the replacement race next year and bag six years of TV time.
November 4th, 2008 at 2:19 pmI hate to defend Palin, but why does this prove she is going rogue?
If anything, it is her aides who are going rogue by trying to end a conference that she, the candidate, is handling.
She should give cues that the conference is ending, not them. After all, it’s her show, whether we like it or not.
Her aides’ attempts at ending the interview were embarrassing. It was actually painful to watch.
November 4th, 2008 at 2:24 pmPalin/Wurzelbacher 2012! GO GO GO!
Hey, they’re aides, not animal handlers. She can talk over them if she damn well wants to. LET SARAH BE SARAH, etc.
Apparently the McCain campaign was too broke to equip them with tranq guns, which I believe was discussed shortly after the convention… “And I think, too, y’know, that the browner, or brownish if ya will, people of this great country -” TTHHIP! Thunk. (Palin passes out on podium).
November 4th, 2008 at 2:25 pmAlthough any interview, conference involving Palin is painful to watch. I cannot believe some people are voting for this airhead.
November 4th, 2008 at 2:25 pmbristol’s going rogue too!
but todd (as you can see
from the video) is staying
on the reservation.
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good todd.
:)
November 4th, 2008 at 2:26 pmIt’s going to be very hard for SP to go back to Alaska in relative obscurity and the majority of the electorate are going to breathe the biggest sigh of relief EVER.
November 4th, 2008 at 2:30 pmOT – Facebooks users are reporting that the voted at a rate of +50K per minute.
November 4th, 2008 at 2:31 pmPalin said, “Forever I’m going to be Sarah from Alaska.”
Does Alska have a federal prison? ‘Cause if she stays in politics it’s just a matter of time from what we’ve seen already.
November 4th, 2008 at 2:31 pmPalin said, “Forever I’m going to be Sarah from Alaska.”
This was the one thing she said that had any conviction.
November 4th, 2008 at 2:32 pmShe certainly won’t be from anywhere else, like say, Washington DC.
(I liked husband Todd’s synopsis “It’s been a good experience.”)
#5, Because Kristol got a chubby.
November 4th, 2008 at 2:34 pmI prefer “Sarah IN Alaska” forevah!
November 4th, 2008 at 2:35 pmWorst! Candidate!! Ever!!!
November 4th, 2008 at 2:37 pmI never want an American President referring things like American civics as being “cool”. Unless they are addressing a crowd comprised of people below the age of, say, 13. Otherwise, I want a Pres/Veep who can speak like a grown-up, using adult vocabulary. Preferably with a better vocabulary than mine.
November 4th, 2008 at 2:38 pmAs I watch her in her delusional state, I say a prayer that tomorrow she will just be the Governor of Alaska again!
November 4th, 2008 at 2:39 pmNow she decides to have a “press conference”!
What? Not one of you believes RaptureReady/Darryyll’s dream that the Sidney/Sarah ticket will win this election? Darryyll the comedy that keeps on giving…
November 4th, 2008 at 2:39 pmUncle Fester Lurks Says:
Dr. Hussein Matt Says:
Is she stoned?
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Better question…Can we stone her?
According to RaptureReadyDaryll, YES WE CAN. She was preggers before she got married, and therefore, according to some Biblical versus, she is sooooo stonable.
November 4th, 2008 at 2:40 pmI sure hope Palin stays her a$$ in Alaska!
November 4th, 2008 at 2:40 pm“During the press conference, Palin said, “Forever I’m going to be Sarah from Alaska.”"
Jeebus H. Christ!
November 4th, 2008 at 2:43 pmGet over it, Sarah! You’re nothing more than a fad for a bunch of pathetic simpleton sycophants. A bad fad. Enjoy it while you can because in due course, you will suffer the same fate as the polyester leisure suit. A bad memory! An embarassment!
N-A-R-C-I-S-S-I-S-T
November 4th, 2008 at 2:47 pmOh nevar that is priceless. And his mother was born in Kansas so even is she had her baby while traveling overseas he’d still be a US citizen. I believe that’s what the State Department website says.
November 4th, 2008 at 3:07 pmWho cares!!!???
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!!
November 4th, 2008 at 3:15 pmHer ratings “declined somewhat”??????????
Are you kidding???????
QUESTION – Does the “First Dude” ever speak?? I don’t think I’ve ever heard him say one word.
Also, in this news coverage of her voting… She stormed into the polling place and went straight to the front of the line, cutting in front of many other Alaskan Americans who were patiently waiting to vote.
What, Mrs. “Hockey Mom” is too good to wait in line like the rest of us?!?!?!?!?
She’s got a pair of “Brass Ones,” I’ll give her that.
Enjoy them, my Dear, for the remaining 5 seconds of your 15 minutes. Your time is almost up and hopefully, if there is a God, we won’t have to see or hear from you ever again.
You Betcha!!!!!!!!!!
November 4th, 2008 at 3:16 pmSo funny! Her “folksiness.” They should have went further and said, “and Todds deush bagginess.”
November 4th, 2008 at 3:34 pmLet’s hope this is the last we hear from Palin for a while.
November 4th, 2008 at 3:52 pmOooh! What?
OMG!!!!!
Get a hold of yourself woman!
Are we being serious with this rogue garbage. Did she answer any questions about the B.S. medical summary she offered?
November 4th, 2008 at 4:08 pmIf she can’t read the cues of her handlers that she is stepping onto dangerous ground, what makes anyone think she has the perception to be president ?
November 4th, 2008 at 4:18 pmPalin said, “Forever I’m going to be Sarah from Alaska.”
No. You will be remembered forever as the silly idiotic snowbilly princess diva who thankfully tanked the GOP almost single-handedly. You betcha
November 4th, 2008 at 5:01 pmNevar #15–I so wish I had seen you do that! Priceless dude!!
November 4th, 2008 at 5:08 pmWay to go! :D :D :D
“During the press conference, Palin said, “Forever I’m going to be Sarah from Alaska.”
I’ve a better idea. Why don’t you be “Sarah in Alaska”
In other words, stay up there forever, we don’t want you down in the lower 48.
November 4th, 2008 at 6:13 pmWe have enough pollution and corruption, thank you.
git a gittin mooseyak. Go luck to your “career.”
President Barack Obama.
That’s the best damn policial thing I heard in my life! Just think the United States of America just moved into the 21 century and beyond that it just moved my honorable expectation of the US about 100 years ahead of time. Excellent!
All the slimy, bs the repugs talked about our president and the dems didn’t work, because your party is obsolete.
I can’t wait to see the repugs’ final convention. HAHAHAHAHA
November 4th, 2008 at 10:24 pm