This is Getting Ugly. New Palin Rumors Fly.

5 09 2008

It’s hopeless. Just when you think you’ll get a few minutes to eat, or work, or have a life, more cars on the train wreck that is the McCain-Palin ticket derail.

The latest story the National Enquirer is working on is that Palin had an affair with Todd’s ex-business partner in an Anchorage Car Wash venture. This was an interesting twist because it was also rumored that Todd Palin had an “Edwards problem”. Maybe he has an Elizabeth Edwards problem. I generally try to resist getting too caught up in the smarminess, unless it becomes impossible. It just did.

Two days ago, Todd’s ex-business partner filed an emergency motion to have his divorce papers sealed. Yesterday the motion was DENIED.

Buckle up. I’ll post updates and links…unless the entire intertube network collapses first.


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473 responses to “This is Getting Ugly. New Palin Rumors Fly.”

5 09 2008
bambambam (10:23:40) :

Do we have name, picture of business partner so we can decide which one we would have gone for, all other things being equal?

5 09 2008
Raingods (10:26:47) :

It’s too early for a headache of this magnitude!

5 09 2008
From England (10:26:50) :

my friends…I can’t take anymore! …….I need to peel myself away and go pour myself a glass of wine. I’ll be back.

5 09 2008
chicagoan (10:27:02) :

LAUGHING LOUDLY IN THE FACE OF THE REPUBLICANS.

5 09 2008
From England (10:27:48) :

@raingods…thank goodness it’s 7.30pm for me…phew!

5 09 2008
chicagoan (10:28:43) :

I cant wait for Michael Moore to make his next movie. Not sure what it is but pretty sure it’s coming of age with all of this. Boooooyaaaaahhhh

5 09 2008
Anonymiss (10:28:49) :

They could devote an entire issue of the National Enquirer to Sarah Palin….uh…make that a DOUBLE issue….

5 09 2008
Steve (10:29:09) :

All the currently known details of the alleged affair are detailed here: http://hottiesinthenews.blogspot.com/2008/09/sarah-palin-alleged-affair-what-are.html

5 09 2008
fawnskin (10:29:13) :

let’s all take a breath and repeat after ourselves:

“i am an intelligent person with an active life.i am an intelligent person with an active life.i am an intelligent person with an active life.i am an intelligent person with an active life.i am an intelligent person with an active life.i am an intelligent person with an active life.”

5 09 2008
Steve (10:29:52) :

All the current known details of the alleged affair are detailed here for anyone interested: http://hottiesinthenews.blogspot.com/2008/09/sarah-palin-alleged-affair-what-are.html

5 09 2008
Raingods (10:30:56) :

i am an intelligent person with an … ooh something shiny. Dang it, I tried!

5 09 2008
callatelavaca (10:31:11) :

Oh, boy.

5 09 2008
From England (10:31:20) :

I am an intelligent person with an active life…..which I’ll have to resume when all this blows over

5 09 2008
ADAMS OFF OX (10:32:30) :

Looks like the the convention is over.

CNN just announced a Sara P all night special. I missed the times but that should be easy to find.

5 09 2008
Rob in Florida (10:32:35) :

Please stop - please stop now - I mean it!

I am trying to get some work done here & this blog is stopping me from doing it! I can’t stay away from here! ;)

I guess I’ll have to make another trip to the store because I ran out of popcorn and it sounds like I could use some more.

Palin needs to step aside. Once this happens all the world will see how Reckless the “Mavrick”(mispelling intended) truly is for his non-vetted, shoot from the hip, reckless choice. I can’t believe the world is watching this slow motion car/train/water plane wreck.

5 09 2008
Let'sGetReal (10:33:21) :

Not Sarah & Todd…aren’t they part of the family values and ethical party?

5 09 2008
Vanessa (10:33:24) :

From England — our day of catching up and watching in horror is almost over (It’s 9.30 where I am). I’ve not gotten much sleep this week. What do you say, meet here tomorrow morning for the morning briefing?

AKmuckracker — you da man (or woman)!

It’s a good thing that Gov. Palin isn’t any older than she is. Can you imagine how many more scandals there would be to sort through?

5 09 2008
ED (10:33:36) :

Oh yeah Fawnskin. I tried that and I’m still here and I’ll bet you are, too.

5 09 2008
ReneND (10:34:56) :

I actually hope this slows down a little or we will be looking at a switcheroo with Romney.
The drip, drip is better. Hoping the blowup is later in the game.

5 09 2008
Let'sGetReal (10:34:57) :

Lord knows I should be working…but this site has got me sooooo addicted!!!! I’m glad it doesn’t cost anything….I would be in trouble!

5 09 2008
Patrick Alcatraz (10:38:49) :

Photo of Palin’s alleged lover at:

http://www.BadChili.blogspot.com

5 09 2008
Raingods (10:39:04) :

well it’s cost me about 100 dollars in contributions to Obama! Not complaining, just saying ;P

5 09 2008
rachelbirds (10:40:09) :

My head might explode
from the Palin Effect — it
can’t get much better.

http://thehaikudiaries.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/september-5-2008-9/

5 09 2008
hwmnbn (10:40:41) :

Wow. I just discovered this blog three days ago. I’m spending way too much time here. Keep up the good work.

5 09 2008
A retreating pitbull…with lipstick | Davison Online (10:40:53) :

[...] Palin’s husband may have a “John Edwards” problem. Not disqualifying for her in a political sense, but adds another argument to the “she never [...]

5 09 2008
bwilder (10:41:51) :

OMG fucking GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Palin was just now 2pm EST Friday on MSNBC from somewhere in Iowa with
McDickhead and she repeated it word-for-word!

Community organizers vs Mayors…..no actual responsibilities!!!!!

These people are complete and total idiots. The very fact that they
have REPEATED those words tell us all that they are not paying attention
to “the series of tubes” IDIOTS and it’s going to bite them in the
ass in a very big way. The MSM will catch up with us in a couple more
days and this is going to rain down a big ugly shit-storm on their
little alternate universe of a world!!!!

Stay Angry !!!

Going to apartment complexes tomorrow with other volunteers for
a voter registration drive. Get involved locally in any way you possibly
can.

Donate. Volunteer. Vote.
http://www.Obama08.com

5 09 2008
Prospero (10:42:10) :

Man am I glad I found this site.
You are in serious danger of becoming my home page.

5 09 2008
Bettex99 (10:42:18) :

The Name of the Movie Michael Moore would make?

Northern Exposures

5 09 2008
Michele (10:42:29) :

According the court docket, the man in question is Scott Alan Richter and the reason for the request is that Todd Palin, Richter’s friend and business partner, had Richter’s ex-wife’s new husband fired (my God, it sounds like a bad soap opera even just repeating it). The request filed in court does not appear to be related to a Sarah Palin affair, but to another vindictive firing courtesy of those strong Christians, the Palin’s.

http://www.the-peoples-forum.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=4301

Don’t know about the Sarah Palin affair rumor, but this request does not sound like it’s related to that.

5 09 2008
Libbs (10:43:14) :

Fox news just announced “breaking news involving GOP VP candidate Sarah Palin after the break”…keep your fingers crossed!

5 09 2008
From England (10:43:32) :

my friends….just had a thought to help me manage my mudflatitis……I’ll connect my DH’s projector to my laptop at home. That way I can chat with husband, and at the same time glance at this on my kitchen wall to keep up with what’s going on.

Brilliant!

5 09 2008
chamblee54 (10:46:26) :

One good thing about this mess. It has brought your blog to my attention.
You use the same wordpress template that I do. My slogan is ” pretty pictures and ugly opinions”. You have my permission to borrow that.

5 09 2008
toby (10:46:33) :

This is like a soap opera … better still its like those old blockbusters … Dallas or Dynasty.

The one is called Governors Mansion, set in snowy and piney mountainous state. Beautiful young wife is elected governor ….
small town couple move into Governor’s Mansion … FLASHBACK: former lover business partners…. sister divorces beastly husband, subplot as the family plot revenge… beastly brother in law’s boss fired, but political enemies latch on to the case …. offer of VP job comes … AAAGH! young daughter pregnant! … triumphant visit to meet Party chiefs and delegates … AAAgh! skeletons leap from closets - former lover hounded by reporters … tune in next week… honestly, you couldn’t make this stuff up.

5 09 2008
yentek (10:46:45) :

The guy on the link above is named Brad Hanson, but the guy who filed, unsuccessfully, to have his divorce file sealed is named Scott Richter.
Mudflats, please help sort this out!

5 09 2008
Let'sGetReal (10:46:49) :

Libbs,

It’s probably going to be…she is speaking in Iowa! Probably nothing!

5 09 2008
ADAMS OFF OX (10:47:10) :

From CNN

Americans drove 50 billion miles less since (?)

The Nat. Highway dept is requesting 8 Billion in emergency relief for lost revenue.

Wounder what that $ figure would be if Obama had not spoke up. Good call on the Summer gas tax plan John!

5 09 2008
TheraP (10:47:33) :

SOS = SoapOperaSarah

Or does it mean the SinkingOfSarah?

5 09 2008
DS (10:47:54) :

Todd’s business partner, Scott Alan Richter, divorced his wife Debbie and recently asked to have divorce records sealed.
http://www.the-peoples-forum.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=4301

Brad Hanson, a Palmer, Alaska City Council member, is Sarah’s former lover.
http://www.politicalbase.com/profile/jnail/blog/&blogId=3623

Already I have Scott Richter and Brad Hanson mixed up! Arghh!

5 09 2008
swineprincess (10:48:25) :

the November surprise is gonna have to be a biggie to surpass this

5 09 2008
ChrisB (10:48:49) :

So much for the vaunted McCain vetting process. If the NE can find dirt on someone, a blind pig can find truffles. So much for the vaunted Repugnican family values. We could have stopped with Bristol’s pregnancy. So much for the vaunted Republican spelling prowess. After all, they spelled “Maverick” correctly in “Top Gun” didn’t they?

Foot in place: ready; aim…

5 09 2008
Michele (10:51:16) :

Is it possible that there were two separate requests for file sealing? Not surprisingly, the Alaska Court Docket page has crashed, but there are a lot of sites reporting a request from Brad Hanson (Sarah Palin’s alleged lover) too. Are they just confusing the players or is there a rush on the courthouse to protect Sarah Palin from herself?

5 09 2008
Laurie (10:52:21) :

Michael Moore is on Larry King tonight. This should be good..lol

5 09 2008
halcrow (10:52:36) :

DS (10:47:54) :

Todd’s business partner, Scott Alan Richter, divorced his wife Debbie and recently asked to have divorce records sealed.
http://www.the-peoples-forum.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=4301

Brad Hanson, a Palmer, Alaska City Council member, is Sarah’s former lover.
http://www.politicalbase.com/profile/jnail/blog/&blogId=3623

Already I have Scott Richter and Brad Hanson mixed up! Arghh!

No wonder no oner can find the kid’s birth certificate. The list of possible fathers must be running to five or six pages by now.

5 09 2008
Anonymous (10:53:03) :

Hillary needs to have a “American Woman ” symposium and roundtable and invite Sarah…….she won’t show……….she is a chickenshit.

5 09 2008
Libbs (10:53:24) :

LetsGetReal-

Yep…they are taking their time with this (but a girl can dream, can’t she?). I’m ready for the nightmare to end.

5 09 2008
Elie (10:53:48) :

I too am supposed to have some sort of life that doesn’t involve attaching myself to my computer with a bungee cord…Oh well…fun is fun….

5 09 2008
Mother Who Thinks (10:54:02) :

Need a laugh? Can’t tear yourself away from the trainwreck? Go here:

http://sarahpalin.typepad.com/

Don’t miss the Bridal Registry for Bristol ‘N Levi! Or the comments after each entry.

5 09 2008
Miemaw from Texas (10:54:03) :

Radioactive — for sure. Yup. Yup.

Hanson is the one who (cad) kissed and told??????

I need a score card to keep up with the players.

5 09 2008
halcrow (10:55:32) :

Oh, Michele (10:51:16) . How delighful.

5 09 2008
Elie (10:56:29) :

Does anyone know how a Canadian can donate to Obama? The website says I have to be an American to donate. Looking forward to more fun…….on America’s newest soap opera!

5 09 2008
fawnskin (10:57:26) :

yep, still here and reporting for duty.

5 09 2008
timc (10:57:44) :

I think what a lot of educated liberal miss is that mainstream america does not like smart people. Clinton was successful b/c he could “awe shucks, I’m just a poor hick from Arkansas” with Bubba. Obama is constitutionally incapable of sounding stupid or folksy. The rich Repubs are ok with dumb candidates b/c it allows them to control the govt from behind the scenes.

5 09 2008
vaetagarius (10:58:25) :

You are a breath of fresh air from the Alaska homeland. You have a blog that is addictive and not just a load of crap-slinging half-truths. :)
Bravo.

-Axel

5 09 2008
TheraP (10:59:02) :

Play out all the options in your mind….. two males loved each other and Sarah had their baby?

5 09 2008
meatme (10:59:35) :

elie

not to be ugly

but if the website said you have to be american…………… duh

i am sure Obama appreciates that you would like to support him but that the rules.

even if you found a way to send money to him……… he would send it back
they check it closely because there so many “trolls” out there

5 09 2008
NCProsecutor (11:00:05) :

Elie: you cannot donate money to the Obama campaign, but maybe you can volunteer — send the campaign an e-mail to find out

5 09 2008
5 09 2008
Vanessa (11:01:15) :

Elie:

AFAIK, foreign nationals cannot contribute to US candidate campaigns. There was a bit of a scandal surrounding President Clinton with a foreign national contributing in a round about way (can somewhere verify the specifics? I don’t remember them all).

I’m not sure that there is a way to contribute for you…:( If there was, I’m sure loads of $$$ would be flooding in from across the globe for Sen Obama!

5 09 2008
tsundross (11:03:15) :

Could it be that she uses family values to gain power? Oh surely not Sarah. She’s a hockey mom and they only tell the truth. Maybe Trig is the lovechild of Mr. Carwash and Sarah. She’s making all of this a little too easy.

5 09 2008
Jim S. (11:05:09) :

Elie:

You could find out, through the site, where Obama stands on working with etc. Canada, short of that if you post on Canadian sites or even American, if you have strong feelings of the Need and See It In Barack you can Write those down.

5 09 2008
Sarah in CA (11:06:10) :

How is a mayor NOT also a community organizer? For f**k’s sake. Why do people think it’s OK to mock community service?

I want to drop Palin in South Central at a housing project and see how she does there, if she’s so good with “responsibility.”

Hockey mom, my ass. No one who’s a parent should be so cruel, deep down inside. It’s disturbing. Hillary needs to start ripping this woman a new one. Right now. If she doesn’t it might end up being Palin V. Hillary in ‘12. Hhhhhhh.

5 09 2008
All I Saw (11:06:34) :

Alaska Court System TrialView is “offline”. Couldn’t look up Brad Hanson’s speeding tickets if someone (certainly not me) wanted to.

http://www.state.ak.us/courts/

5 09 2008
Jim S. (11:06:37) :

Biden goes on ‘Meet The Press’ Sunday, exclusive interview, thought I’d pass that along.

5 09 2008
Michele (11:09:49) :

timc

I absolutely agree. That is the explanation, I think, for the ridiculous “she has foreign policy experience because Alaska is close to Russia” nonsense. Mind-boggling that seemingly otherwise intelligent people could repeat that *%* and keep a straight face (including McCain!). They are counting on the fact that half the country is unable to find the USA on a map, much less grasp the notion of “foreign policy” (after all, that phrase doesn’t pop up much on American Idol). However, even the most illiterate of redneck yahoo’s (probably) knows that Russia is a FOREIGN country and that does have the same word in it as that other term that all those guys in suits always talk about, so–there you go–proof of her experience. Tragically, it works–more’s the shame.

5 09 2008
thetravelingfilipina (11:11:38) :

Wow! The woman hasn’t been on the spotlight a week and already we’re getting more and more derailed cars. Gotta love these Republican hypocrites! I love it.

5 09 2008
chunkalove (11:12:14) :

Elie (10:56:29) :
Maybe you could donate to moveon.org or somewhere similar?

5 09 2008
akdafool (11:12:20) :

its a wonderful thing to see all the libs scratching and clawing around for something negative on Palin. you people are scared to death. by the way, i’m holding my bible and clutching my bible.

5 09 2008
swineprincess (11:12:41) :

I know it has occurred to some folks here, and it keeps coming back to me sort of like bad chili, but… if this is “too easy” maybe the whole thing is deliberate… (I know conspiracies abound!) I am just suggesting that the reason the Obama campaign wants folks to concentrate on what the Republiars are saying in their speeches and NOT the background white noise is because the white noise is distracting from the real reason we are here — elect Obama. If we keep getting bogged down in the latest turn of the world-o-Sarah, we aren’t remembering to argue against her saying that mayors are more important than community organizers (or whatever other idiotic things pops up on a teleprompter near Sarah)

5 09 2008
All I Saw (11:13:32) :

The Islamic Extremists hate us for our freedom… to be hypocrites.

5 09 2008
Marzapan (11:14:23) :

I think the Rovian strategy w/Palin is for her to mock him so mercilessly that he loses his cool and gets angry and mocks her. And then she can be the poor white woman scared by the scary black man.

Stay cool and focused, Barack.

5 09 2008
Slappy (11:14:35) :

Huffington just posted that the troopergate decision will release three weeks earlier than the original 10/31 date. http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5734511&page=1

5 09 2008
akdafool (11:15:00) :

No. They hate you because you are not Muslim. Death to the infadels.

5 09 2008
Jim S. (11:15:16) :

akdafool:

Better watch it fool, that bible might just get ya for using it as a prop, seen as how the belief isn’t there.

Oh and ‘We Searching’, better just Recheck, the News is Breaking into tubes from Palin, no need to search!!!!

5 09 2008
rpahk (11:16:04) :

could mudflats be the reason the Dow is dropping? No one has any time to do any real work!

5 09 2008
chunkalove (11:16:08) :

From DailyKos.com - this is in response to John S. McCain telling people at this mornings rally that Palin “Sold the plane on Ebay and made a profit.” Lies….

After going unsold for months, the jet was put into the hands of Turbo North Aviation, an Anchorage aircraft broker, which put an asking price of $2.45 million on the nearly $2.7 million jet. It quickly sold to Alaska businessman Larry Reynolds for $2.1 million ($31,000 of which went to Turbo Aviation). Today the Westwind II jet spends its days ushering wealthy hunters around Alaska and Russia.

5 09 2008
Harley (11:16:17) :

Prospero (10:42:10) :

Man am I glad I found this site.
You are in serious danger of becoming my home page.

Made it my homepage days ago

LOL

5 09 2008
Sarah in CA (11:16:26) :

I’m holding and clutching my Constitution.

5 09 2008
akdafool (11:16:31) :

why is Palin the poor white woman now vs. Clinton (elitist).

5 09 2008
Let'sGetReal (11:16:40) :

Akdafool,

I’m clutching my bible right now, praying God doesn’t let the like of your party in to the White House!

Of course, it could be the end of days…if they do!

5 09 2008
All I Saw (11:16:45) :

To: akdafool

Then you must hate me for my atheism.

How sir does that make you different from Islamic Extremists?

5 09 2008
Patrick Alcatraz (11:16:59) :

What’s the consensus here: was it Richter or Hanson having the affair with Palin?

5 09 2008
swineprincess (11:17:24) :

akdafool (11:12:20) :

clutch your bible somewhere else –

5 09 2008
numb (11:18:41) :

Interesting Palin business partners comments on this blog (watch out for the other content on the site, however):
http://2lesbosgoinatit.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/sarah-palin-blog-comments-from-alaska-scott-richter-and-more/

5 09 2008
All I Saw (11:18:45) :

akdafool (11:16:31) :

“why is Palin the poor white woman now vs. Clinton (elitist).”

I think you mean Obama is black.

5 09 2008
UK lady (11:18:48) :

I know that Americans think quite rightly that their elections are their own business, but please, seriously, the rest of the world is scared witless at the thought of that ridiculous woman as leader of the biggest military in the world. This must be a joke.

5 09 2008
Proud2BUSA (11:19:11) :

To Bahamas (you don’t happen to be in Cat Cay, do you?)

This is a reminder of the start of McCain’s political career - it started with a small political maelstorm called the KEATING FIVE. Focus on McCain and wonder why this has never caught up with him - is it because he continues to pander to Big Money? Is it because he will do anything to be elected? Palin is a non-entity. This was one of the largest S&L disasters in our history, and cost American taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. IF SOMEONE IS THUS WILLING TO STAND UP AND TELL ME HOW HEROIC AND PATRIOTIC THIS BEHAVIOR IS, I’M WILLING TO JOIN THE DANE ON A NAKED DANCE DOWN CENTRAL AVENUE.

McCain has known Keating since 1981 when the two men met at a Navy League dinner where McCain spoke. After the speech, Keating walked up to McCain and told him that he, too, was a Navy flier and that he greatly respected McCain’s war record. He met McCain’s wife and family. The two men became friends. Charlie Keating always took care of his friends, especially those in politics. McCain was no exception.

In 1982, during McCain’s first run for the House, Keating held a fund-raiser for him, collecting more than $11,000 from 40 employees of American Continental Corp. McCain would spend more than $550,000 to win the primary and the general election. In 1983, as McCain contemplated his House re-election, Keating hosted a $1,000-a-plate dinner for him, even though McCain had no serious competition. When McCain pushed for the Senate in 1986, Keating was there with more than $50,000. By 1987, McCain had received about $112,000 in political contributions from Keating and his associates.

McCain also had carried a little water for Keating in Washington. While in the House, McCain, along with a majority of representatives, co-sponsored a resolution to delay new regulations designed to curb risky investments by thrifts such as Lincoln.

In Worth the Fighting For, McCain wrote that he remained “a little troubled” at the prospect, “but since the chairman of the bank board didn’t seem to have a problem with the idea, maybe a discussion with the regulators wouldn’t be as problematic as I had earlier thought.” McCain concedes that he failed to sense that Gray and the thrift examiners felt threatened by the senators’ meddling.

McCain also adopted the blanket defense that Keating was a constituent and that he had every right to ask his senators for help. In attending the meetings, McCain said, he simply wanted to make sure that Keating was treated like any other constituent.

Keating was no ordinary constituent to McCain.

On Oct. 8, 1989, The Arizona Republic revealed that McCain’s wife and her father had invested $359,100 in a Keating shopping center in April 1986, a year before McCain met with the regulators.

The paper also reported that the McCains, sometimes accompanied by their daughter and baby-sitter, had made at least nine trips at Keating’s expense, sometimes aboard the American Continental jet. Three of the trips were made during vacations to Keating’s opulent Bahamas retreat at Cat Cay.

McCain also did not pay Keating for some of the trips until years after they were taken, after he learned that Keating was in trouble over Lincoln. Total cost: $13,433.

When the story broke, McCain did nothing to help himself.

“You’re a liar,” McCain said when a Republic reporter asked him about the business relationship between his wife and Keating.

“That’s the spouse’s involvement, you idiot,” McCain said later in the same conversation. “You do understand English, don’t you?” He also belittled reporters when they asked about his wife’s ties to Keating. “It’s up to you to find that out, kids.”

At a news conference after the story ran, McCain was a changed man. He stood calmly for 90 minutes and answered every question.

McCain had to explain his trips with Keating and why he didn’t pay Keating back right away. McCain admitted he had fouled up. He said he should have reimbursed Keating immediately, not waited several years. His staff said it was an oversight, but it looked bad, McCain jetting around with Keating, then going to bat for him with the federal regulators.

“I was in a hell of a mess,” McCain later would write.

Meanwhile, Lincoln continued to founder. In April 1989, two years after the Keating Five meetings, the government seized Lincoln, which declared bankruptcy. In September 1990, Keating was booked into Los Angeles County Jail, charged with 42 counts of fraud. His bond was set at $5 million.

During Keating’s trial, the prosecution produced a parade of elderly investors who had lost their life’s savings by investing in American Continental junk bonds.

In November 1990, the Senate Ethics Committee convened to decide what punishment, if any, should be doled out to the Keating Five.

Among the Keating Five, McCain took the most direct contributions from Keating.

Lincoln was the most expensive failure in the national S&L scandal. Taxpayers lost more than $2 billion on the bailout. TWO BILLION FOLKS.

‘NUFF SAID.

5 09 2008
whabs (11:19:17) :

I am an itellig….do you know HOW many times I checked the site today BEFORE lunch? Guess where I am now? At home, at lunch, and at mudflaps.

5 09 2008
akdafool (11:19:52) :

I dont hate anyone for their beliefs or lack there of. but remember that this country and its constitution were founded on religion.

5 09 2008
Jim S. (11:19:56) :

if this is “too easy” maybe the whole thing is deliberate

Not to easy, some just can’t grasp the technology, and if one makes enemies those enemies can Very Quickly lead others to the Sources of what normally wouldn’t look at or care about. Everything is Archived, can’t really even scrub a site, the stuff is out their someplace.

And when you’re as seemingly as Shallow and In Want of Stardom, as this Palin seems, enemies are made even within her Best Friends!!!

5 09 2008
Cynthia, TX (11:20:01) :

so Mccain is pimping out Palin flower with 30 fundraisers in the next 60 days!!! my god!! this is crazy

5 09 2008
Diva (11:20:15) :

kdafool says, “…by the way, i’m holding my bible and clutching my bible.”

Hmmm……both clutching AND holding the bible?

Maybe he’s holding something else while he clutches his bible? Or visa-versa? Just wondering……

These bible-thumpers really bewilder me! ;-)

5 09 2008
Irishgirl (11:20:39) :

I’ve lost count of how many days and nights I’ve been reading this blog (and how many glasses of wine I’ve consumed).
It just keeps getting better. Thanks muckraker.

5 09 2008
Ana Gama (11:20:43) :

Apparently, ABC News has what Andrew Sullivan calls a “devastating” report on Trooper-gate. Check it out at http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/troopergate.html

5 09 2008
SueWilliamsSleepsW/theCrabs (11:20:45) :

I wish Tim Russert were around right now to get his chops in her

5 09 2008
All I Saw (11:20:47) :

No one has mudflaps in Alaska whabs, oh… if my windshield could speak.

5 09 2008
Chad (11:20:51) :

SOMEONE PLEASE CALL OUT FOXNEWS!

Top 7 Myths, Lies and Untruths About Sarah Palin
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/05/top-7-myths-lies-and-untruths-about-sarah-palin/

PLEASE TELL ME WHERE THE ARTICLE IS DEBUNKING ALL THE MYTHS ABOUT OBAMA ?!?!?!?

RIDICULOUS! SOMEONE PLEASE CALL THEM OUT ON THIS CRAP! THEY SAY THEY’RE FAIR, BUT CANNOT REPORT BOTH SIDES….

THE REAL FOX:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM3oww9Vk-c

5 09 2008
Harley (11:22:02) :

Ele
I am an American Citizen living abroad.

You CAN donate from another country IF
you can prove:
#1. Your American Citizenship
#2. Your U.S. Passport Number

That is really all you need for donations if you live abroad.

To Vote:

http://www.votefromabroad.org/

5 09 2008
All I Saw (11:22:04) :

This country was founded on removing the grip religion held on public policy.

5 09 2008
Proud2BUSA (11:22:18) :

Sorry, I meant to add:

So if John McCain will just pay back that little $2B USD plus interest to the American people, I think Barack Obama will have more than enough to support the programs to help get America back on its feet.

Fair?

5 09 2008
RedwoodMan (11:23:00) :

What’s the difference between Palin and Obama?

Well, one is a well turned down, good looking, and let’s be honest, pretty sexy piece of eye candy!

The other one kills her own food.

What’s the difference between Sarah Palin & Dick Cheney?

Lipstick!

5 09 2008
swineprincess (11:23:44) :

akdafool (11:19:52) :

I dont hate anyone for their beliefs or lack there of. but remember that this country and its constitution were founded on religion.

actually Mr/Ms Fool, it was founded on the idea that one could be free to practice the religion of ones CHOICE. A difficult word for you folk, CHOICE.

This is neither a religous nor a non-religious country; it is a country that was founded on the notion of respect for your and my religion. I do not use a “Holy Bible” in my religion and fortunately, I still have the freedom to CHOOSE not to use same.

5 09 2008
Diva (11:23:44) :

akdafool (11:19:52) :

I dont hate anyone for their beliefs or lack there of. but remember that this country and its constitution were founded on religion.

“The stupid” doesn’t end!

America was founded to be FREE from state-run religion!

5 09 2008
syt (11:24:03) :

So glad I found this blog! Keep up the good work. I know that people outside of the country can’t donate, but I think I read that you can buy products (t-shirts, etc.). However, I also think they separate sales made from those with local addresses vs. those with foreign addresses. They seem to be upholding not breaking the rules very well. Might be one angle to explore.

5 09 2008
connecticut man1 (11:24:18) :

Squeaky clean Hockey Mom’s purported lover?

A local Palmer politician and…
A hockey coach.

This is comedy gold that writes itself. lmao

5 09 2008
Vanessa (11:24:24) :

akdafool—the founders of this country set out a form of government which ensured the separation of church and state. that is, you may hold your bible wherever you choose. but, it has no business in government. perhaps you would be wise to remember that.

5 09 2008
All I Saw (11:24:43) :

I need a job rewriting history. It seems quite lucrative.

5 09 2008
Ana Gama (11:25:18) :

HA! here’s a funny:

Oprah: Sarah Palin Can Come On My Show After The Election

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/05/oprah-sarah-palin-can-com_n_124251.html

5 09 2008
akdafool (11:25:25) :

lol, i love see all ye seekers of the truth just make things up out of thin air. one minute saying we don’t know anything about Palin and yet you know enough to compare her to Cheney? laughable.

5 09 2008
Jim S. (11:26:04) :

this country and its constitution were founded on religion

Good God an Empty Head has arrived, what is it You Fear and why aren’t You Serving!!

But to get to your Idiotic Point, No It Wasn’t, It Was Founded By Those ‘Escaping Religious Persecution’, and Reason Religious Beliefs, something you don’t understand bible or no bible, stays Out Of Public Ideology, and a racist, which you are, isn’t going to get the change you seek, to many Aren’t!!!!

5 09 2008
Rob (11:26:18) :

I’ll never get any work done this week!!

But somehow, it all seems worth it. You just keep on keepin’ on, and thank you your fantastic blog.

5 09 2008
BJA (11:26:48) :

Dear akdafool:

(11:12:20)
[its a wonderful thing to see all the libs scratching and clawing around for something negative on Palin. you people are scared to death. by the way, i’m holding my bible and clutching my bible.]

No, we’re not scratching and clawing for anything negative. We’re just trying to keep up with the hourly revelations of the ongoing investigations and outright lies.

One question for you … if Hillary Clinton had been in the middle of an ethics investigation during her campaign, would you have been as forgiving as you are of Sarah Palin? Didn’t think so.

Now go away.

5 09 2008
numb (11:26:56) :

This is all very disturbing for Alaskans and deeply embarrassing for all Americans.

How can someone like Sarah Palin make it this far? What a sad, sad, commentary on American education, American Politics and American culture.

5 09 2008
Harley (11:27:40) :

mmmm me thinks this blog is blossoming !

Keep up the good work AK and all you lovely posters who
link to this site everywhere you post like I do.

This is my way of ” volunteering ” for Obama
since i can not be in home state and country at this time.
I’m lovin it!

5 09 2008
Ulla Lauridsen (11:27:53) :

This must be Gods plan in making the earth round: I can get some work done in Denmark while the muckraker sleeps. Praise be to the Lord!

5 09 2008
akdafool (11:28:11) :

wow. i’m a racist b/c i believe in JESUS. you guys a making my day better than ever.

5 09 2008
NH Blogger (11:28:26) :

I am thanking my stars that I found you and your blog. Well done. Thank you so much.

And keep this coming. You’ve been great so far, and I am loving every minute of it. But I do need to get some work done…

5 09 2008
Proud2BUSA (11:30:03) :

to akdafool -

Our country was founded on the FREEDOM TO WORSHIP AS WE PLEASED. It was not founded on religion as some of our Founding Fathers were atheists. It was founded on the FREEDOM to worship.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.billofrights.html

Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Amendment II

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

Amendment III

No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Amendment IV

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Amendment V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendment VI

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

Amendment VII

In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Amendment VIII

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Amendment IX

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

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5 09 2008