Sarah Palin Not Invited To John McCain's Funeral

Sarah Palin

NBC News is reporting that former half-term governor of Alaska and 2008 Republicans vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, has not been invited to the funeral of her former running-mate, Sen. John McCain.

The Palin camp apparently issued a statement which read, “Out of respect to Senator McCain and his family we have nothing to add at this point. The Palin family will always cherish their friendship with the McCains and hold those memories dear.”

Meanwhile, McCain famously asked both of his presidential rivals - Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama - to not only attend the funeral but eulogize him at the service.

I'm just gonna leave this riiiiiight here.

NBC's @KellyO reports: Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has not been invited to attend memorial services for John McCain

— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) August 29, 2018

10 years ago today, @SenJohnMcCain named @SarahPalinUSA as his running mate. She is not expected to attend memorial. The McCain family has not commented on the invitation guest list.

— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) August 29, 2018

Palin family source says, “Out of respect to Senator McCain and his family we have nothing to add at this point. The Palin family will always cherish their friendship with the McCains and hold those memories dear.”

— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) August 29, 2018

Sarah Palin: I Would Run For Office Again "In A Heartbeat"

Has it really been almost ten years since John McCain inflicted former half-term governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, on the U.S.?

After her spectacular splash, crash and burn as the Republican vice presidential candidate in 2008, Palin spent years stretching out her 15 minutes in the spotlight.

Talk about not getting off the national stage...

Well, it looks like Palin wants more time in the limelight as she recently told Fox News host Mark Levin she would run for public office again "in a heartbeat."

“Oh yes. I would do it again in a heartbeat,” said Palin on the Life, Liberty and Levin show. “I will push back harder on some of those who were trying to mold me into something that I was not during the campaign. I would’ve pushed back and gotten more truth out there, but yes.”

The problem is no one wants Palin to run for anything.

Palin also shared that the negative press she received while running in 2008 was a gosh-darn "surprise" since her ratings in her home state of Alaska were "very high."

Additionally, she was “mostly shocked” by how little the McCain-Palin campaign did to defend her.

“That aspect was perplexing and frustrating,” she continued. “But I have learned a lot in these 10 years and I don’t put up with as much as I had back then and I don’t let things bother me. I obviously didn’t let a lot of things bother me then either otherwise I’d be crawled up in a fetal position under that table and just want to go away.”

As we all recall, Palin's missteps became daily fodder for political pundits.

From her woeful lack of foreign policy knowledge to straying off-message while stumping on the campaign trail to pricey wardrobe receipts.

All of that and more was chronicled in the best-selling book, Game Change, which was adapted into an HBO political drama film of the same name in 2012.

(source)

Sarah Palin: Paul Ryan's Political Career "Is Over" For Not Supporting Donald Trump

Sarah Palin, the former half-term governor of Alaska, tells CNN's Jake Tapper that Speaker of the House Paul Ryan's “political career is over, but for a miracle, because he has so disrespected the will of the people.”

This is in reference to the news this past week that Ryan told the press he isn't prepared "yet" to get behind Donald Trump as the 2016 Republican presidential nominee.

Palin posits that Ryan may be trying to torpedo Trump in this year's election cycle to clear the way for himself come 2020.

#WordSalad #WordSalad #WordSalad

Sarah Palin Flips Out On The Today Show Blaming President Obama For Her Son's Domestic Violence Arrest

Former half-term governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin, the former half-term governor of Alaska, flipped out during an appearance on The Today Show this morning when she was asked a question about her recent comment blaming her son's domestic violence arrest on President Obama.

The segment began with the show hosts asking about tonight's Iowa caucus, and the scenario of Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz being at the top of polls in the state. During that conversation, Palin deftly took credit for getting Cruz elected to the U.S. Senate.

Via Raw Story:

Then co-anchor Savannah Guthrie appeared to blindside the former half-term governor of Alaska and failed vice presidential candidate by asking about her suggestion that Obama caused her son to allegedly punch his girlfriend in the head.

“I never said that,” Palin said, pursing her lips in anger. “No, I never said that.”

Guthrie pressed on, and Palin argued the anchors had tricked her.

“You guys brought me to talk about Iowa politics and the caucus tonight, not to talk about my kids — and that was a promise,” Palin said. “But as things go in the world of media, you guys don’t always keep your promises, evidently.”

“I never blamed President Obama,” Palin continued. “What I have blamed President Obama in doing, though, is this level of disrespect for the United States military that is made manifest in gutting budgets and not trying to beef it up and let our military do the job that they are trained to do. And in specific issues that we’re talking about that are so hot today — specifically, let’s get there and let’s utterly destroy ISIS as we know our United States military can do, yet we have a commander-in-chief who seems to kind of want to kowtow and allow the enemy to be poking at us — and that’s unacceptable to most Americans, certainly to me.”

Before ending the segment, Matt Lauer pointedly said that no promises had been made to Palin other than the interview would be her first since endorsing Donald Trump.

It's worth noting that the question Guthrie asked was not about Palin's troubled children, but about the former governor's public statement blaming President Obama for our veterans' PTSD.

For the record, this is what Ms. Palin said on January 20, 2016:

“My son, like so many others, they come back a bit different. They come back hardened.

“They come back wondering if there is that respect for what their fellow soldiers and airmen and every other member of the military have given so sacrificially to this country, and that starts at the top.

“It’s a shame that our military personnel even have to question, have to wonder if they’re respected anymore. It starts from the top. The question, though, it comes from the top, the question, though, that comes from our own president where they have to look at him and wonder, ‘Do you know what we go through? Do you know what we’re trying to do to secure America and to secure the freedoms that have been bequeathed us?'”

“So when my own son is going through what he goes through coming back, I can certainly relate with other families who kind of feel these ramifications of some PTSD and some of the woundedness that our soldiers do return with, and it makes me realize more than ever, it is now or never for the sake of America’s finest that we’ll have that commander in chief who will respect them and honor them.”

Here's the full interview segment from The Today Show this morning:

Comedy Gold: Bill Maher On Sarah Palin's Endorsement Of Donald Trump

Trump & Gump

Posted by Bill Maher on Monday, January 25, 2016

Bill Maher gets it all SO right as he recaps the wild, rambling endorsement by former half-term governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, of GOP White House hopeful Donald Trump.

This is great.

Tina Fey Returns To SNL As "Sarah Palin" And It's Priceless

After the former half-term governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, endorsed Donald Trump, you knew this was coming.

Tina Fey returned to SNL last night to reprise her spot on version of Palin, to spectacular results.

She takes Palin's endorsement speech and just ups the ante a smidge to perfection. Thank you, baby Jesus!

“I’m here for all you teachers and teamsters, you farmers and charmers, whether you’re a mom or two broke girls, or three men and a baby, or a rock and roller, holy roller, pushing stroller, pro bowler with an abcess molar.”

Best moment at 2:23.

Enjoy.

Stephen Colbert Celebrates The "Return" Of Sarah Palin

Stephen Colbert impersonates Sarah Palin

This is just the best thing ever.

Posted by Daily Kos on Thursday, January 21, 2016

Sarah Palin Blames President Obama For Her Son's Domestic Abuse Arrest

It's so much fun having former half-term Gov. Sarah Palin in the news again. Bloggers rejoice!

Today, for example, Palin addressed the recent domestic abuse arrest of her son, Track.

As Palin tells it, Track suffers from PTSD from his time in Iraq, which is all President Obama's fault.

#ThanksObama

NBC News reports:

Sarah Palin suggested Wednesday that her son’s arrest on domestic violence charges this week stemmed from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and – in part – the president’s lack of “respect” for veterans.

Addressing what she called “the elephant in the room” during a rally in support of Donald Trump, Palin said her son Track came back “different” from his year-long deployment in Iraq.

“My son, like so many others, they come back a bit different, they come back hardened, they come back wondering if there is that respect for what it is that their fellow soldiers and airmen every other member of the military so sacrificially have given to this country,” she said after alluding to the arrest.

“It starts from the top. The question though it comes from our own president, when they have to look at him and wonder, do you know what we go through, do you know what we’re trying to do to secure America and to secure the freedoms that have been bequeathed us?” she added. “So when my own son is going through what he goes through, coming back, I can certainly relate with other families who feel these ramifications of some PTSD and some of the woundedness that our soldiers do return with.”

According to police reports, Track Palin punched and kicked his girlfriend, threatened suicide by putting an AR-15 to his head and taunted her yelling “do you think I’m a pussy?” and “do you think I won’t do it?”

Between her daughter, who's had two children out of wedlock while preaching abstinence, and a son who beats his girlfriend while allegedly drunk, I think it takes some big stones to blame someone else for your children's shortcomings.

Clean your own house, Ms. Palin, before you blame others.

The Word Salad That Was Sarah Palin's Endorsement Of Donald Trump

The cover of today's New York Daily News

As Sarah Palin, former half-term governor of Alaska (before she quit), endorsed GOP White House hopeful Donald Trump, political folks across the country watched this incredible word salad pour forth from her mouth.

It's really something to see. Just a few samples:

• “Well, and then, funny, ha ha, not funny, but now, what they’re doing is wailing, ‘Well, Trump and his Trumpeters, they’re not conservative enough.’ ”

• “And he, who would negotiate deals, kind of with the skills of a community organizer maybe organizing a neighborhood tea, well, he deciding that, ‘No, America would apologize as part of the deal,’ as the enemy sends a message to the rest of the world that they capture and we kowtow, and we apologize, and then, we bend over and say, ‘Thank you, enemy.’ ”

• “We’re talking about no more Reaganesque power that comes from strength. Power through strength.” (I think that was a bungled attempt to recall President Reagan's famous "Peace through strength" line, but does it really matter?)

And, have you ever seen The Donald sit back so passively and hand the spotlight to someone else?

In related news, Trump refused to rule out a Palin as his running mate during an appearance on The Today Show this morning.

Tina Fey is must be dancing in the streets today.

Sarah Palin Endorses Donald Trump For President

Sarah Palin, former half-term governor of Alaska and failed 2008 vice-presidential candidate, has endorsed Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary.

From the New York Times:

“I’m proud to endorse Donald J. Trump for president,” Ms. Palin said in a statement provided by his campaign.

Her support is the highest-profile backing for a Republican contender so far.

“I am greatly honored to receive Sarah’s endorsement,” Mr. Trump said in a statement trumpeting Mrs. Palin’s decision. “She is a friend, and a high-quality person whom I have great respect for. I am proud to have her support.”

In Iowa, where Ms. Palin spent years developing support, the endorsement could be especially helpful.

”Over the years Palin has actually cultivated a number of relationships in Iowa,” said Craig Robinson, the former executive director of the Republican Party of Iowa and publisher of the website The Iowa Republican. ”There are the Tea Party activists who still think she’s great and a breath of fresh air, but she also did a good job of courting Republican donors in the state,” he added.

It should be noted that Palin has been publicly campaigning for the veep choice or a a cabinet position in a Trump administration for months.

Sarah Palin Gets Schooled On Refugee Vetting Process

Sarah Palin, former half-term governor of Alaska, dropped by Late Night with Seth Meyers to push her new book and along the way the issue of Syrian refugees came up.

Palin told Meyers and audience that the reason governors across the U.S. are saying "no" to any refugees is because there’s not a vetting process to determine if they are “bad guys infiltrating under the guise of refugee.”

Without blinking or referring to any cue cards, Meyers calmly described the very real vetting process that takes between 18-24 months before refugees are allowed into the country.

Via Yahoo:

“In order for any refugees to come in, it is like an 18- to 24-month process for them to get through,” Meyers said. “It starts at the U.N., and then it comes through multiple government agencies here in the States. Is it maybe just that, at the core, I think there’s just a lack of trust across the board of the federal government? Do you think that’s what these governors are really saying, that ultimately anything the federal government tells them, they don’t trust?”

“Well, I don’t trust what the federal government is telling us,” Palin — who is out promoting her new book, “Sweet Freedom” — replied. “But even you should not trust that the federal government is telling you about the 18- to 24-month vetting process is as legit as perhaps they’re trying to make the public believe, because truly, there is no way to filter out those that would want to do this country harm with the process that we see in place today. And that’s why it’s not just Republican governors but Democrats too who are saying, ‘Wait a minute. Somebody’s got to be the last line of defense here, so the states are taking on that authority.’”

Meyers went on to ask of we can ever truly get to a place where everyone feels absolute safety about vetting all refugees, and Palin quickly did a u-turn agreeing with him.

“If we were to strive to reach absolute safety, we would not have freedom,” Palin said. “If people have the choice here — I mean, we can have both, but we’re all about freedom. That’s a foundation of our country, so we’re not going to give up freedom for that.”

Meyers also addressed the cynicism of assuming all refugees only want to come here to attack us, and that he believed people want to come to the U.S. because they seek the freedoms we all have.

Freedom, Meyers said, is why the refugees “are so desperate to come here.”

“I think this idea that they’re coming here to infiltrate — I think that is fear-based,” he said. “I do think they want to come here and enjoy the same things you and I are lucky enough to enjoy.”

Palin, again, u-turns and agrees with Meyers.

Sarah Palin: "I Was Part Of A Team That Came In Second - Out Of Two"

Former half-term governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin

I was wondering why CBS Sunday Morning was doing a story on the former half-term governor of Alaska.


Then you get to the end of the segment and they mention her new (ghost-written) book. That explains that...

Palin gives us her usual serving of word-salad, mangling and misusing language right and left. Bless her heart.

And she shares that although her daughter Bristol is pregnant for the second time as an unwed mother (after campaigning for abstinence), Palin feels the great thing is God keeps giving Bristol second, third, fourth and fifth times to not get pregnant.

“Bristol is pregnant again,” CBS correspondent Tracy Smith pointed out to Palin during a recent trip to Wasilla. “That can’t be how you saw this playing out, unmarried and pregnant again.”

“Heck, no!” the former Alaska governor insisted. “Because being a single mom is — oh, my goodness. My heart goes out to the single parents. But my enormous admiration for what they’re able to accomplish doing double duty. And I watch Bristol do double duty all the time with her little boy, Tripp.”

“I can’t wait for about 45 more days and I’m going to have a little baby granddaughter,” Palin beamed. “And I’m happy about it.”

“Of course, there are those who say, ‘Come on, this goes against everything you stand for,'” Smith observed.

“Well, the cool thing about putting your faith in God,” Palin replied in a folksy voice, “is he certainly is a God of second chances and third and fourth and fifth chances.”

The "Wonder from Wasilla" also says she's not sure if she and Sen. John McCain lost in 2008, or just came in second in a race of two teams.

Quote of the Day: Sarah Palin

“On the other hand, I think we can send a message and say, ‘You want to be in America, A, you’d better be here legally or you’re out of here. B, when you’re here, let’s speak American.'”
- former half-term governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin Asks "Does Media Ask Democrats About Bible Verses?" As A Matter Of Fact, They Do

So, the Sarah Palin "interview" of GOP White House hopeful Donald Trump was more snore than sensation. She lobbed softball questions, and The Donald seemed bored.

But in classic Palin, the former half-term governor groused over Trump being asked his favorite Bible verse this week:

So you get hit with these gotchas, like most conservatives do. For instance, asking what's your favorite Bible verse. And I listen to that going, what? Do they ask Hillary that?


Funny you should ask, Sarah.

Courtesy of MotherJones:

Indeed they do! On August 27, 2007, in a nationally televised debate, Tim Russert asked every Democrat on the stage to share their favorite Bible verse:

RUSSERT: Before we go, there's been a lot of discussion about the Democrats and the issue of faith and values. I want to ask you a simple question.

Senator Obama, what is your favorite Bible verse?

OBAMA: Well, I think it would have to be the Sermon on the Mount, because it expresses a basic principle that I think we've lost over the last six years.

John talked about what we've lost. Part of what we've lost is a sense of empathy towards each other. We have been governed in fear and division, and you know, we talk about the federal deficit, but we don't talk enough about the empathy deficit, a sense that I stand in somebody else's shoes, I see through their eyes. People who are struggling trying to figure out how to pay the gas bill, or try to send their kids to college. We are not thinking about them at the federal level. That's the reason I'm running for president, because I want to restore that.

RUSSERT: I want to give everyone a chance in this. You just take 10 seconds.

Senator Clinton, favorite Bible verse?

CLINTON: The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I think it's a good rule for politics, too.

The other Democratic candidates were asked also, but you get the picture.

Of course, the fact that Palin didn't know this is no surprise.

Sarah Palin: Asking Donald Trump's "Favorite Bible Verse" Is A Gotcha Question

Sarah Palin

For several days now, GOP White House hopeful Donald Trump has been freely stating in his campaign appearances that the Bible is his favorite book.

When asked this week if he could share a favorite Bible verse, he was kind of stumped saying it was "too personal" to share.  (The impression to many, after that response, was that perhaps Trump wasn't all THAT familiar with the Bible).

Personally, I think if you're bringing up the Bible and how much you like it, referencing one inspirational verse isn't too personal. Especially when Trump is the one bringing up the Bible.

Well, former half-term governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin (who has been clearly campaigning for the running mate spot on a Trump ticket) came to The Donald's defense on her Facebook page:

WTH, LAMESTREAM MEDIA! STAY OUT OF MY BIBLE. WTH? Lamestream media asks GOP personal, spiritual “gotchas” that they’d NEVER ask Hillary, or they’d feed the question to her and/or liberal cohorts before they asked it on-air (we know how these things work, lapdog media… the public’s on to you), so good on Trump for screwing with the reporter. By the way, even with my reading scripture everyday I wouldn’t want to answer the guy’s question either… it’s none of his business; it IS personal; what the heck does it have to do with serving as commander-in-chief; and these reporters trying to trip up conservatives can go pound sand until they ask the same things of their favored liberal pals. I’ll cover this in my interview with Donald Trump and other candidates tonight on the One America News Network show “On Point.” The more the media does this, the more they empower America to reject them and their bias as voters run to the anti-status quo candidates daring to Go Rogue.

Palin famously could not name one publication - newspaper, magazine, website - she regularly read when asked by Katie Couric in 2008 when Palin was the GOP vice-presidential nominee.

Palin considered that a "gotcha" question.

News Round-Up: August 27, 2016

Ramin Karimloo

Some news stories you may have missed:

• He sings! He acts! AND he looks like this! Broadway Style Guide shares workout tips from the fabulous Ramin Karimloo, star of Broadway's "Les Miserables."

• Despite losing AGAIN in court, Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis refuses to issue marriage license to gay couple for the 3rd time.

• In other Kentucky news, the state's largest public school district passed important protections for transgender folks.

• Former Will & Grace star will headline the Los Angeles premiere of the hit Broadway play, Act of God.

• Chick-Fil-A may lose chance at Denver Airport location over anti-gay history.

• Former half-term governor of Alaska Sarah Palin is still campaigning to be Donald Trump's running mate.

• What is it about a man and his horse?

Donald Trump Would "Love" To Have Sarah Palin Be Part Of His (Never Gonna Happen) Administration

Appearing on The Palin Update (yes, there is such a "show"), Donald Trump lauded the former half-term governor of Alaska for being "tough" and "smart."

This is really all you need to know about a fictitious Trump administration, via Right Wing Watch:

Host Kevin Scholla asked the GOP presidential candidate, “If there is a Trump administration, could you see picking up the phone, giving the governor a call and picking her brain on some things, or perhaps having her along in some official capacity.”

“I’d love that,” Trump replied. “Because she really is somebody who knows what’s happening and she’s a special person, she’s really a special person and I think people know that.”

“Everybody loves her,” he added. Trump went on to say that unlike the former half-term Alaska governor, his current Republican rivals are “weak” and “ineffective” leaders “to a degree that’s actually almost hard to believe.”

Voters, Trump explained, “like the Sarah Palin kind of strength, you just don’t see very much of it anymore.”

I will agree Trump hits it on the head when he describes Palin as a "special" person.

Trump has criticized "quitters' in the past, so I'm not sure how her resignation after only two years in office as governor of Alaska sits with the Donald.

Trump on Palin: "She's tough and smart..."

Oh, my sides....

Sarah Palin Quits Another Job

One year after it was first announced, Sarah Palin is quietly shutting down the subscription-based SarahPalinChannel.com.

Or rather, as she says in a new video posted this week, “We’re making all of my content free now!”

From Wonkette:

This July 4th, Sarah Palin celebrated America by announcing that she is quitting the Internet-teevee-channel grift, because quitting is what Sarah Palin does best.

In video and text announcements on the Sarah Palin Channel, Governor Quitterface declared that as of August 1, anyone can consume premium, previously paywalled Palin content, because Sarah Palin is getting rid of her paywall for freedom, and not because the Sarah Palin Channel was an economic failure, heavens no.

Palin’s video announcement tries to strike an upbeat tone, the way your folks did when they first told you that Fluffy would be living at a farm upstate, where he would have all sorts of room to run and chase chickens, doesn’t that sound fun for Fluffy.

Half-Term Governor Of Alaska Criticizes Two-Term Governor Of Maryland

Yesterday, Sarah Palin (former half-term governor of Alaska) took to the safe haven of her Facebook page to criticize former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (who not only served his FULL term as governor, but ran for a second term, won, and served THAT term to it's limit).

Yet another anti-freedom politician jumps in the race today for POTUS. As cool as he is with his rock 'n roll persona, this typical liberal's erroneous grasp of our Bill of Rights merely continues the strange and disastrous agenda of Barack Obama. Good to know he doesn't have much chance of winning. The democrats have greased the skids for their chosen one, despite the media games that play the public with various "competing" campaigns used for gamey distractions.

With today's more-of-the-same distract-sphere – with the politician sounding exactly like all the others – don't you wonder if there are ANY good old fashioned Blue Dog democrats who can represent the left’s party in the 2016 race? I feel kind of bad for democrats who are as embarrassed about their party leaving them as some of us Republicans are about our own party when we hear the GOP talk a good game but dishonorably capitulate when given the majority power to stop Obama's nonsense.

The old saying really is true: those who can, do; those who can't, criticize.

For Palin to naysay from the sidelines is cowardly. She can jump in the race herself anytime she likes. The issue? She doesn't "like." It's much more comfortable, safe, and more profitable to sit on the sidelines and tell everyone how they're doing it all wrong.

O'Malley handled the statement with class. He invited her to have the courage of her convictions.

Which, of course, she doesn't have. She knows she'd lose.

Sarah Palin Announces Daughter Bristol's Wedding This Weekend Is Off

Former half-term governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, announced on her Facebook page that her daughter Bristol's wedding scheduled for this weekend will not be happening:

"Bristol and Dakota couldn’t be more thankful for the love and support of family and friends over the past months while preparing for their wedding. They have informed loved ones that unfortunately the announced celebration planned for May 23 will not be held.

"Many friends and family still look forward to getting together that day in Kentucky anyway – and the Palins and Meyers are happily looking forward to still being at 'the old Kentucky home' on May 23 to celebrate life, in general!"

According to Radar, the postponement/cancellation may have something to do with a recent discovery that Palin's finance, Dakota Meyer, had previously been married and this may have been news to the family Palin.

Additionally, Bristol has been seen in public sans Meyer's engagement ring.

There always seems to be something up with this family.