Palin trying to backtrack from her call for Begich to step down.
Palin trying to backtrack from her call for Begich to step down.
On April 2, the Alaska Republican Party sent out a press release saying that in light of the charges being dropped against Ted Stevens, “current Senator Mark Begich should resign his position to allow for a new, special election.” That same day, Gov. Sarah Palin (R) said, “I absolutely agree” when asked about the Alaska Republican Party’s request. However, yesterday in a press conference, Palin tried to backtrack:
“I didn’t call for Begich to step down, either,” Palin said. “I said I absolutely agree that Alaskans deserve a fair, untainted election for the United States senate seat. I’m not splitting hairs on how that happens. I’m saying wonderful, good. I want to see an election that is fair, that isn’t influenced unduly by some announcement that the sitting senator was facing a multi-felony count conviction. That’s what we were told. Now, come to find out, that wasn’t the case.”
However, if Palin supports a new special election, by state law, Begich “would have to step down.” That process would temporarily leave Alaska with just one active senator. Nevertheless, Palin yesterday insisted that she wasn’t “splitting hairs on how a new election should happen.”
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When you shoot someone in the back, it’s doesn’t matter where you’re aiming, you’re still shooting them in the back.
Somantics, Sarah, no matter how you said it, it still means the same thing.
April 11th, 2009 at 11:15 amConsidering the money that was spent dressing her up why is she always in that red blazer? And is he wearing that fellow from Iran’s jacket? And how come old SamJoe only got to wear T-shirts? So many questions…
April 11th, 2009 at 11:20 amI’m not splitting hairs on how that happens.
That’s exactly what you’re doing, you brainless twit.
Hey Sarah, checked your daughter’s bedroom lately for any stray males setting up camp?
April 11th, 2009 at 11:21 amWe biologists call those “sneak copulations”
April 11th, 2009 at 11:25 amdbadass, her red blazer reminds me a LOT of the Simpsons episode where Marge found a fancy dress in the bargain bin and was suddenly accepted by a higher social bracket. Enraptured by the sudden attention, she tried to use that dress as many ways as possible until she only had scraps left.
April 11th, 2009 at 11:26 amOld Internet Hater Goat
April 11th, 2009 at 11:30 amI know that one and you are so on target. It also brings to mind the episode when Marge accidentally got breast enhancements.
Well, everyone knows red is the ultimate “Look at me!” color.
’nuff said.
April 11th, 2009 at 11:34 amSen. Stevens was not exonerated from the corruption charges. The conviction was overturned due to prosecutorial misconduct. With some of evidence tainted, the charges were dropped. That is not the same thing as a jury finding Sen. Stevens not guilty. The stench of corruption still hangs over Sen. Stevens head.
April 11th, 2009 at 11:36 amHey, TP, You ARE here!
April 11th, 2009 at 11:37 amI thought you may be gone for the weekend — Amy, thanks for a fresh post.
I want to see an election that is fair, that isn’t influenced unduly by some announcement that the sitting senator was facing a multi-felony count conviction. That’s what we were told. Now, come to find out, that wasn’t the case.”
Perhaps you should take this matter up with the administration that prosecuted yer buddy….
April 11th, 2009 at 11:38 amAt first It’s the rushing sound of water ,then paranoia,then the fighting against gravity as the steep banks of the swirl impose .. Another GOP career down the toilet ..
April 11th, 2009 at 11:40 amPalin won’t let the firestorm about her daughter and Levi die down:
April 11th, 2009 at 11:41 amI know the truth about my family. I know details about whether Levi Johnston was allowed to live with my teenage daughter or not. By the way, it would be over my dead body that a kid would live with my teenage daughter.
Here’s a thought — perhaps if the Alaska GOP wants an election that’s not tainted by a sitting Senator who has just been convicted on several felony counts, they should stop doing bad stuff that leads to convictions when they’re in office.
Just a thought.
April 11th, 2009 at 11:42 amStevens was not judged innocent – he was freed because of prosecutorial misconduct – so the charges are still valid.
For Palin to even consider a special election is beyond the pale – it would be a blatant abuse of power.
She is on shaky ground in her own state, would she take the chance to do this in hopes if ingratiating herself to the party?
April 11th, 2009 at 11:42 amShe and other repugs seem to forget that the DoJ that prosecuted Stevens was under the Bush Admin.
April 11th, 2009 at 11:45 amI am still suspicious of deliberate sabotage by the Bushies so that a turn of events such as this might set the guilty old man free.
Mark Begich is the elected senator from Alaska. No way should he step down. Mark, tell her to stuff it.
April 11th, 2009 at 11:49 amMarie Says:
She and other repugs seem to forget that the DoJ that prosecuted Stevens was under the Bush Admin.
I am still suspicious of deliberate sabotage by the Bushies so that a turn of events such as this might set the guilty old man free.
Nothing happened by accident under the Bush Reign of Terror.
April 11th, 2009 at 11:52 amBy the way, it would be over my dead body that a kid would live with my teenage daughter
April 11th, 2009 at 11:52 am—
Especially if he was the dad of the kid of my kid…
Poor old Sarah. She’s still suffering from foot in mouth disease.
April 11th, 2009 at 11:57 amProud of what?
April 11th, 2009 at 12:07 pmAh the ship is no longer hijacked? Instead they are dealing with a hostage situation and they have invested massive resources. Do you follow the news?
I think she needs a new nickname – Backtrack Sarah. She says something one day and then reverses herself the next day. Perhaps that is why we have seen so little of Palin in the last month or so. She mostly speaks through her surrogates these days, rather than speaking directly to the press.
April 11th, 2009 at 12:09 pmBobwurst Says:
Perhaps you should take this matter up with the administration that prosecuted yer buddy….
Or perhaps she should take it up with Stevens himself. After all, he was the one who insisted on a speedy trial. If he hadn’t, he would not have gone into the election as a convicted felon. He just would have been an indicted Senator.
April 11th, 2009 at 12:12 pmI still wish to know what you are proud of.
April 11th, 2009 at 12:12 pmAnbyway wouldn’t american intervention be socialistic/ Shouldn’t that invisible hand thing handle this?
Proud Says:
How about addressing the fact that Obama the clown is refusing to take action on the hijacked ship. His first chance to lead and he is failing, just as we expected he would.
And you know he is not taking action how? I am sure you would love to see the US play Rambo and go after the pirates with guns blazing. The only problem with that scenario is that it would get the hostage killed too.
April 11th, 2009 at 12:14 pmProud Says:
Don’t you read the news, a tug with an american crew was just hijacked, why don’t get your facts straight.
Wow, you must be living in a time warp. “Just hijacked”? This ship was hijacked four days ago and the ship is no longer in the hands of the pirates. They do have the captain being held hostage, though. There, brought you up to date. You must have had quite a meth hangover to have lost three days of your life.
April 11th, 2009 at 12:17 pmIs it just me or is proud totally f ucked? I suspect a quiet departure only to revisit in the future…
April 11th, 2009 at 12:19 pmIf they held a new gubernatorial election, Palin would lose in a landslide.
April 11th, 2009 at 12:21 pmProud Dipstick Says:
This is what you libs are concerned about, Sarah Palin, what a sad joke you libs are. How about addressing the fact that Obama the clown …blah, blah, blah.
Don’t make me say something about your big fat ugly mama, chump.
April 11th, 2009 at 12:22 pm…
proud’s right.
sarah, bristol, and levi
are all going to the jerry springer show
and it’s wonderful.
“it’s my baby too, you whøre!”
:)
April 11th, 2009 at 12:23 pmSince there is no thinkfast thread, I would like to address the pirate/hostage situation. What is it that people would like President Obama to say/do about it. I heard Ed Schultz say on his show yesterday that if it was him, he would tell the hijackers that either they release the captain now or they will all be killed. My question is, what would that accomplish? If they thought they were all going to die anyway, why not take the captain out with them.
Also, it appears proud was right, they did hijack a tug. Only it wasn’t an American tug, it was an Italian tug. So perhaps proud, you should get YOUR facts straight.
April 11th, 2009 at 12:24 pmWhat was the tug towing or was it “tugging by pushing astern”.
April 11th, 2009 at 12:27 pmProud Says:
Don’t you read the news, a tug with an american crew was just hijacked, why don’t get your facts straight.
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the latest.
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in case you were interested.
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April 11th, 2009 at 12:27 pmIt would be polite to say there’s a bit of cognitive dissonance going on here between Palin’s comments. Or, you could just say she’s an idiot.
http://www.pufferfishblog.com/
April 11th, 2009 at 12:27 pmI get the distinct impression if the topic were about the tug, in Proud’s blurry vision, we would still be talking about the wrong topic. That seems to be what he starts off crowing every single time.
That being said, back on topic.
April 11th, 2009 at 12:31 pmAs usual . . . the fount of knowledge and wisdom. I wonder how long it will take Alaskans to get tired of this “pretty face” pretending to be governor.
April 11th, 2009 at 12:32 pmProud Says:
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This is what you libs are concerned about, Sarah Palin, what a sad joke you libs are. How about addressing the fact that Obama the clown is refusing to take action on the hijacked ship. His first chance to lead and he is failing,
Hell yes we libs are concerned about fools like Palin who have done nothing but run our country into the ground with their incompetence! And worse fools like you who want our President to fail!
April 11th, 2009 at 12:34 pm… which would have improved his chances immensely. I mean, Republicans are willing enough to overlook felony convictions in fellow Republicans, but indictments, hell they practically view them as badges of honor.
April 11th, 2009 at 12:36 pmwtracy, I suspect they’ll get tired when they realize that she’s not so much a “pretty face” as she is a “polished piece of fecal matter”.
April 11th, 2009 at 12:37 pm“I didn’t call for Begich to step down, either,” Palin said. “I said I absolutely agree that Alaskans deserve a fair, untainted election for the United States senate seat. I’m not splitting hairs on how that happens. I’m saying wonderful, good. I want to see an election that is fair, that isn’t influenced unduly by some announcement that the sitting senator was facing a multi-felony count conviction. That’s what we were told. Now, come to find out, that wasn’t the case.”
April 11th, 2009 at 12:38 pm—————————————————————
The fact that Caribou Barbies is lying, the fact that the prosecutors were the Shrubs appointees, so go figure.It was a fair election because Teddy was not exonerated of the charges as stated above by poster #8.Sarah if only you had a PHUCKING clue.
db,
April 11th, 2009 at 12:40 pmIt’s Proud to be a lurker…
Proud, I believe our Navy is over in Somalia`s waters keeping an eye on the situation so as to recover the captain alive not dead.As for this whole mess over there get educated Proud these pirates are trying to make a point that their fishing grounds are be hi-jacked by other country`s,their waters are being polluted by other country`s and they have no Gov`t to speak of that can do a damn thing for them.I am not condoning what they have done by any means,but if it was us we would be doing the damn thing and tell me other wise because you know it to be true.
April 11th, 2009 at 12:44 pmdbadass Says:
Considering the money that was spent dressing her up why is she always in that red blazer?
She had to give the clothes back. That’s her real estate suit jacket. Would you like to rent out the second floor of Ted’s house? The floor that got added to his house at no cost to him?
And is he wearing that fellow from Iran’s jacket?
Ah, the famous Almonddinnerjacket?
And how come old SamJoe only got to wear T-shirts? So many questions…
They spent $150,000 on clothes for Sarah, but probably only $150 on new t-shirts for SamJoe.
How ya doin’ today, dbadass?
April 11th, 2009 at 12:46 pmHis first chance to lead and he is failing, just as we expected he would.
Is that a “royal ‘we’”?
Proud, who do you think ordered the US Navy ships into the area? Do you think they just showed up there on their own?
April 11th, 2009 at 12:55 pmPut this in your pipe, Proud:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/4/11/718874/-The-Pursuit-of-Pirates
April 11th, 2009 at 1:01 pmSarah Palin…the gift that keeps on giving more election wins to Democrats.
Thanks Alaska…
April 11th, 2009 at 1:02 pmI wonder if Proud gets lonely when the voices in his head stop talking.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:03 pm:[
barack obomber, Proud’s partner in lame tactic, should be arriving soon to tell us how we focus on all the wrong things. It’s over in the O’RLY thread.
Do you guys carry your one-page playbook together?
April 11th, 2009 at 1:04 pmProud Says:
This is what you libs are concerned about, Sarah Palin, what a sad joke you libs are. How about addressing the fact that Obama the clown is refusing to take action on the hijacked ship. His first chance to lead and he is failing, just as we expected he would.
Proud interjects himself into this thread by talking about pirates. I suppose this makes him TP’s “pirate”, considering he’s tried to hijack the thread.
Proud, if you’d like to talk about the Somalian pirates, then please feel free to find a website that talks about Obama’s performance with handling these pirates and provide your insight there.
If you have something on the situation with Palin, Begich, and Ted Stevens, please provide your two cents. Or are you going to make us walk the plank if we don’t talk about pirates?
Palin’s going to have to provide hard solid evidence, in my opinion, if she and the Alaskan Republicans see a connection between Stevens’ trial and the election of Begich. None of this “do-it-because-I-say-so” stuff.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:09 pmA narcissist will always lie because they can’t get their head around the simple truth that there are others outside themselves.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:09 pmProud,
Why don’t you tell us what your favorite “leader”, Sarah Palin, is doing about the pirates?
April 11th, 2009 at 1:15 pmWell, Stevens pushed for his trial to happen before the election. Therefore, it was Stevens who unduly influenced the election by the announcement that he was convicted on multiple felonies.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:18 pmMarie Says:
I am still suspicious of deliberate sabotage by the Bushies so that a turn of events such as this might set the guilty old man free.
I wonder about that, too, Marie. That way, win or lose the election, they knew he wouldn’t go to jail despite being corrupt as hell (like Don Young). They obviously never suspected the judge might order an investigation, probably because getting caught and facing consequences never crossed their minds.
If Stevens doesn’t go to jail over this, I hope somebody does.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:19 pmWould Ms Palin want the whole 2008 election done over too? It was unfair, after all she lost. What was that?.. Excuse me McCain lost. I stand corrected. Palin was the one in the fancy duds, that winced everytime she had to hug that old dude.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:25 pmSomeone does not SP.
http://www.kontain.com/bigstategovernor/#entries/entry/25411
April 11th, 2009 at 1:26 pmThey tried to memorize it, but it’s a whole page!
April 11th, 2009 at 1:31 pmIt’s a shame sarah didn’t speak up when Senator Kerry was unfairly smeared as a dirty hippie who didn’t deserve the medals he earned in combat defending our country by a war deserter…
April 11th, 2009 at 1:31 pmPalin reminds me of the fairy tale in which the bad girl is cursed by an fairy, so that whenever she opens her mouth, toads and snakes and spiders fall out.
Not that there’s anything wrong with toads, snakes and spiders – compared to her they’re lovely.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:04 pm….and the Palin: I’m the Biggest Hypocrite” saga continues to rage on….
April 11th, 2009 at 2:08 pmProud Doofus,
Here is more to Obama’s response to the Maersk Alabama Incident, It’s really all he can do Guardian UK. There is no other way to rescue the captain (without killing him) because they are in a lifeboat.
When is Palin up for reelection, because I can imagine Alaska either going Democratic or the Alaska GOP beating her in Primary.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:23 pmSarah Palin is pathological. Period.
April 11th, 2009 at 2:34 pmI guess this fals into the realm of ” Pit Bull with lipstick”.
Only the Lipstick is applied to the other end. The end with two cheeks and NO lips!
April 11th, 2009 at 3:00 pmActually Sarah,there was a case against the Senator.And from what I remember it was a pretty good one.The fact that the prosecuters screwed up the case doesn’t change that fact at all.Why isn’t the case being re-tried by competent lawyers is the real question.
April 11th, 2009 at 3:26 pmdbadass, her red blazer reminds me a LOT of the Simpsons episode where Marge found a fancy dress in the bargain bin and was suddenly accepted by a higher social bracket. Enraptured by the sudden attention, she tried to use that dress as many ways as possible until she only had scraps left.
April 11th, 2009 at 3:48 pm70 why are we repeating 5?
April 11th, 2009 at 4:06 pmWe can expect to see a lot more calls from Republicans that elections were not fair, and that they should be redone. They will dispute election results at all levels of government because that is what fascists do.
Norm Coleman did it, and they are doing it in NY20. Palin was just jumping on the bandwagon of disputing election results.
April 11th, 2009 at 4:28 pmdbadass, 70 is a porn spam trollbot.
Did the same thing to a comment of mine yesterday.
April 11th, 2009 at 4:28 pmralph do bots think we are that stupid?
April 11th, 2009 at 4:30 pmRearly do you see one person eaten up so much with the dump ass. It is unfortunate for America that we have two, palin and bush, at the same time.
April 11th, 2009 at 5:05 pmOnce again, Palin has some of the worse logic skills I’ve ever seen combined with splitting hairs on words. While doing this in the foreground, her practices are ludicrous. Some people often talk about how the poor make bad choices, but Palin has them beat by far.
I was recently floored by the interviews with her ersatz son-in-law-not who said that he lived at the Palin home. Apparently, there is some word splitting on whether he lived there or stayed there.
Either way, what sort of idiot preaches abstinence to their kids and then has two kids live together ? And her daughter was taught about sex so well that she was happy with saying that they practiced safe-sex “sometimes”.
April 11th, 2009 at 5:20 pmProud Says:
You think we are a sad joke? You are too stupid to think period and FAR too stupid to recognize a joke you brainwashed moron. I know you WISH we would all just ignore the stupidity that flows like a river from Bimbostiens mouth but that isnt your call. No one here is dumb enough to take you seriously in any way. Its a crime. I hear there is a kidnapping in Des Moines should Obama drop all the president stuff he is doing and personally go look for the victim? Every time you open your mouth you show what an ignorant brainwashed weasel you are. You are stupid. You are brainwashed and you are a fool.
April 11th, 2009 at 5:25 pmCome on folks, give poor Sarah a break here. You’ve got to remember the fact that she rarely knows what she is saying. VERY rarely.
April 11th, 2009 at 5:47 pmhello up there from the lower 48 (do you still say that?):
Reading the comments, I suddenly got worried about the economy of Alaska. In these tough economic times, I am sure tourism is part of your budget. I hope it is not impacted by the negative impression given your state by your governor. Due to her idiocy and “white trash” behavior and red jacket, I have been given a new and unsavory impression of the state.
Please tell me it is beautiful and not everyone has a meth lab.
Thanks
April 11th, 2009 at 6:58 pmWhat the Hell is wrong with Americans to even consider this crooked clown for VP? Oh, yeah! The same jerks that voted twice for the Criminal Clown Bush.
April 11th, 2009 at 7:46 pmHello Alaska (remember Robin Williams “Hello Vietnam”???? in his movie stint as the disc jockey there?
I hope you have a Happy Easter and check out peep humor at washingtonpost.com/peeps or harrington peeps.
Waiting to hear that Alaska isn’t just one big meth lab., a place I would never want to visit. That is the impression that is being made, as Denali image fades into the background due to current political squalor.
April 11th, 2009 at 7:56 pmStevens is dirty and has been for decades; he should be prosecuted on other charges.
April 11th, 2009 at 8:20 pmpssssssssstt!!!!!!
she’s a mo-ron.
April 11th, 2009 at 9:44 pmPalin puts her foot in mouth so often that I’m surprised she hasn’t contracted Athlete’s Tongue.
April 12th, 2009 at 12:04 amPalin has herself out on a limb. The State of Alaska has a dully elected Senator, period. I believe this newly elected senator has done nothing wrong. To even suggest that the election was some how tainted goes beyond the pail. The prosecutors handling the case may just have botched it deliberately throwing Stevens a bone. There is an investigation underway concerning the prosecutors’ conduct. The results of this investigation are a real wild card.
April 12th, 2009 at 12:33 amI don’t think Palin should have gone near this one! Foot in mouth time!
Beck using a cable network to organize and promote a radical reich-wing protest
April 12th, 2009 at 7:28 amPlain is lost in her own dreams dont know hwat she said 2 hrs ago neds to quit and regroup nad ten be assigned to dof sled patrol.hahah Palin needs to be recalled and we need a new govennot Palin isst evebclose to being presidnet
April 12th, 2009 at 8:44 amWho let Palin talk to the press again?!?! The RNC needs to appoint 2 publicists and a press secretary whose only job will be to act as Sarah Palin’s mouthpiece.
And I’m sure she’ll whine and say this is another attempt by the liberal media to discredit her… but this isn’t even a story with a spin, it’s just straight dialogue!
http://www.armyouselfwithknowledge.blogspot.com
April 12th, 2009 at 3:40 pmAlot of liberals wish she would just go away. Well, she would if liberals would stop talking about EVERYTHING SHE DOES.
April 12th, 2009 at 6:17 pmProud Says:
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So much for credibility eh proud? Didn’t your moma teach you that pride is one of the 7 deadly sins? I guess now you know why!
April 12th, 2009 at 10:02 pmThank you very much.
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