Palin lied to House GOP to avoid attending their weekend retreat.
Palin lied to House GOP to avoid attending their weekend retreat.
The Note reported over the weekend that in planning for their annual winter retreat, House Republicans “extended an invitation to Alaska Gov. Sara Palin, hoping the party’s 2008 vice presidential nominee would give a morale-building speech.” Palin declined the invitation because “pressing state business made it impossible for her to leave Alaska.” Her excuse, however, was a lie:
So where is Palin this weekend? She’s in Washington, D.C., attending the super-elite Alfalfa Dinner.
“She lied to us,” said a Republican at the retreat.
Asked why Palin told the Republicans she could not leave Alaska this weekend, Palin spokesman Bill McAllister offered this non-responsive answer:
“My understanding is that the governor has not scheduled any partisan events on her current trip to D.C.,” McAllister told ABC News.
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This may be one of the most unsurprising things I’ve ever read.
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:37 amShe missed a great opportunity to parade around the boys in a towel.
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:38 amIt’s a great diversion from the Daschle elephant in the room.
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:39 amPARTY GIRL SARAH PALIN PREFERS TO PAL AROUND WITH “TERRORISTS”
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:42 amSarah is finally showing some astute political instincts by distancing herself from the Republican Party in preparation for a run at the presidency in 2012.
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:43 amLMAO! Darn I was hoping Palin would show up so I could be thoroughly amused by her antics! I was even hoping for another Tina Faye skit!
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:46 am#4 well to be fair, Palin is only ‘paling around with a guy that pals around with terrorists’… So i guess, that’s “paling around with terrorists’ once removed?
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:47 amYou mean that Sarah Palin LIED? OMG! The horror! I can’t believe that she would LIE to her own people!
I mean, she never lied about anything else before, has she?
ROTFL
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:50 amIf Dubya had had a sex change operation and wore big rimmed glasses . . .
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:51 amPalin lied to House GOP to avoid attending their weekend retreat.»
– - Obama, in his speech, acknowledged Gov. Palin.
To Palin, Obama expressed surprise to see her with such members of the Washington elite she railed against during the campaign. Or, as he termed it in language Palin is familiar with, “palling around with this crew.”
You can see Palin and her new “pals” arriving at the dinner:
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:52 amhttp://www.necn.com/Boston/Politics/2009/01/31/Palin-attends-Alfalfa-Club/1233449521.html
Palin lied to House GOP to avoid attending their weekend retreat
This makes her an official Republican and candidate for the White House.
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:55 am“pressing state issues” includes dinner with The Little Rascals?
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:56 amAnd who can blame her?
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:01 amSarah lied?? OMG. Actually, TP, it will be newsworthy when Sarah tells the truth.
Next.
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:01 amOne sign of a true sociopath is telling a lie when telling the truth actually carries no consequences. Princess Wasilla could have told the GOPers what she was doing, and why, but the lies roll off her lipsticked lips with ease.
Until someone other than Olbermann or Maddow calls Palin the liar that she is, on she goes!
PEACE
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:05 amNo, I think she is going to run for the Bull Moose Party.
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:08 amFried moose with alfalfa dressing? Palin is THERE, you betcha! (wink)
(Palin is reported to have been overheard later screaming, “What do you mean there’s NO FRIED MOOSE?!?!!??!! I want someone’s bells on toast for this!!!!! Must be witches involved. I will pray for moose steak and the apocolypse. I am smart woman.”)
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:08 amI’m not troubled by this at all. I see it as a calculated strategy to establish her street cred as a viable Republican candidate.
Can’t have someone at the top of the ticket whose first instinct is to tell the friggin’ truth, can you? The GOP leadership needs to see that Sarah can lie with the best of ‘em, even when, as spencers mom points out, the truth would serve just as well.
After all, as the GOP says, “why tell the truth when a lie will do”?
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:11 amBoy, I’ll just bet the House GOP is just SHOCKED that one of their own would lie to them…
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:11 amWhen does the “Completely Different” part start?
If Dubya had had a sex change operation and wore big rimmed glasses . . .
…I still wouldn’t fcuk her with your dick!
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:13 amOkay, so maybe she told a lie but she didn’t do anything wrong.
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:14 amShe felt telling the truth might not be in her best interests.
As one of the leaders of the “end justifies the means” party, it would be wrong to expect her to do otherwise. Remember, lying is not a sin if you are a Republican…
shoeless at 11:08 am
“No, I think she is going to run for the Bull Moose Party.”
Are you sure that wasn’t, “party with a bull moose”?
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:28 amJust checkin’…
For a minute I was a little worried she might go for trying to be a credible candidate or step up to lead her own party in any way. Nice to see she has no interest in doing what it takes to get to the top.
She seems to just be interested in the whole “politics” thing just for the glamour of the job.
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:38 amThis is my favorite commentary:
Asked about Palin’s no-show, House Republican leader John Boehner shrugged.
“Whatever,” Boehner said.
LOL
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:43 amShe doesn’t want to compete with Rush Limbaugh.
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:45 amam i the only person to notice that now that she is doing her own hair and makeup, the small town skank is starting to show through the pancake makeup. i am sure that up close she smells like hungry man dinners, aqua net, and pampers. just like the small town skanks where i am from.
lipstick on a pig indeed.
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:53 amJust guessing here but I’m thinking that the State of Alaska pays for non-partisan trips like accepting an invitation to attend the Alfafa club but not for partisan meetings like the RNC. Sarah’s doesn’t do anything on her own dime, she’s gotta get a sugar daddy, don’cha know.
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:58 am“She lied to us,” said a Republican at the retreat.
Seems tho me like Sarah has been doing a lot of lying all along.
Why do you think it would be any different with you?
And that should register as a mental note with all the rest of us that she will probably keep on lying, regardless of where she is or what she does.
PS – Who paid for her clothes this time?
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:21 pmWhy wasn’t she back in Alaska – they have a volcano that’s about to explode. Shouldn’t she be there, being all executive-like, ya know?
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:21 pmNatural Born Liar -
Hey SARAH, where did the materials to build your house on the lake come from?
How about the labor, did you pay taxes on those?
How come your house was build at the same time as the sports arena and by the same contractor as Stevens?
How come Todd lied about it?
He said some ‘Friends’ helped him build it in two months.
Yeah, right, two months with friends, it was the contractor that built it and again did you pay taxes on it or even report it?
Shara is a liar and a corrupt repubuscum.
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:22 pmThat cross-eyed b¡tch is a compulsive liar.
¶ AIO
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:31 pmcaption…
“I swear to be a goof, a total goof, and nothing but a goof.
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:47 pmSo help me Todd.”
Reminds me of McCain ditching Letterman to do an interview with Katie Couric, practically in the same building. The dishonesty with which these people run their personal lives are emblematic of how they run their political offices.
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:55 pmA republican that lies to other republicans?
Oh, the burn.
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:56 pmWell duh!! Don’t get too angry. This loser will probably be in the running for President next time around. This woman is all they have to offer. When they have to invite her somewhere to keep her name before the GOP, they are desperate. You betcha!
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:57 pmIn other Palin “news,” looks like she’s now pushing for another incredibly expensive boondoggle – how about a 500 mile road that costs $3 – $4 million per mile?
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:06 pmSatan just wrapped himself in one of them Snuggies! A Republican used the L-word in connection with another Republican?
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:10 pmBadmoodman Says:
“To Palin, Obama expressed surprise to see her with such members of the Washington elite she railed against during the campaign. Or, as he termed it in language Palin is familiar with, “palling around with this crew.””
She’s a groupie.
She’ll do anything to mingle with this elite crew.
Hey Hey Hey all you girls in these
Alaskan towns
I know you’re prob’ly gettin’ tired
Of all the local clowns
They never give you no respect
They never treat you nice
So perhaps you oughta try
A little friendly advice
And be a CREW SL UT
Hey, you ‘ll love it
Be a CREW SL UT
It’s a way of life
Be a CREW SL UT
See the world
Don’t make a fuss, just get on the bus
CREW SL UT
Add water, makes its own sauce
Be a CREW SL UT
So you don’t forget, call before midnite tonite
The boys in the crew
Are Just waiting for you
You never get to move around
You never go nowhere
I know yer prob’ly gettin’ tired
Of all the guys out there
You always wondered what it’s like
To go from place to place
So, darlin’, take a little ride
On the mixer’s face
(moderate that, TP!)
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:19 pmBimbostien again. Will this woman never disappear into the obscurity she so richly deserves?
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:45 pmSarah has called President Obama a terrorist, Muslim and Sambo. Now she showed her GOP friends she would rather be with President Obama then with them. Sarah knows she can use sex on any of the horney GOP old goats and get what she wants. It’s worked with Uncle Ted and many others just out how she got her College Degree. For Sarah sex works and works very well. Now she ready to see if it works with our new President. Next she’s move on to the new Black RNC Leader Michael Steele. Sarah learned long ago how to use the oldest business in the world her body, as she has no brains. Notice she come to DC without the First Dude just in case she got LUCKY. Now if the Media really wanted the news they should have sent a female reporter to the Ladies Room, as that’s were woman tell it like it is.
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:48 pmYawn. Save the ink until someone finds a case where she’s suspected of actually telling the truth.
February 2nd, 2009 at 2:30 pmI wonder did folky sexy Sarah walk up to the President and say ” can I call you Barack”? She didn’t see a problem saying it to at the time Senator Joe Biden. Sarah uses her womanly ways to get what she wants and so far it’s worked. How many Senators were invited to her hotel room as she answered the door with only a towel on?
February 2nd, 2009 at 4:32 pmIs Sarah Palin wearing a corsage that her pregnant daughter was suppose to wear to the prom?
People are shocked that Palin told a lie…….has she ever told the truth?
February 2nd, 2009 at 4:34 pmBig surprise.
Palin is a LIAR.
Palin is a HYPOCRITE.
Palin is a FRAUD.
February 2nd, 2009 at 6:10 pmHonor among thieves.
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:02 pm.
What’s new?
Q U E S T I O N:
How do you know a politician is lying…
… Their lips are moving.
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February 3rd, 2009 at 1:35 am