http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/10/alaska.palin.emails/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

get ready for the

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6/10/2011 3:43:08 AM

This can only go well.

6/10/2011 3:53:14 AM

OMG, this is so exciting!

6/10/2011 3:58:20 AM

I seriously don't understand why anyone still entertains the idea of this woman being remotely near our lawmaking process. She's proven time and time again that she's not fit to make laws for this country.

Weiner is a good lawmaker. Weiner is a horrible tweeter.
Palin would be a horrible lawmaker. Palin is a good tweeter.


Why is Palin winning!

6/10/2011 4:14:29 AM

surprised the FOIA request took this long, two Federal general elections took place between filing and disclosure

6/10/2011 7:20:43 AM

Anybody who voted for this chick in the last election should be shot. With that said if she ever steps foot in Washington I'm getting on the first boat home.

6/10/2011 7:22:59 AM

She wasn't running for anything in 2010...

6/10/2011 7:23:31 AM

presidential election...cunt bucket

If you voted for mccain palin off yourself asap. Yea obummer sucks but this bitch brings the retard hard son

6/10/2011 7:25:14 AM

there was a reason why she was merely the vp candidate. McCain's still alive.

6/10/2011 7:31:48 AM

^I'm sure McCain lost a few votes because people were scared of her becoming president if his old ass died.

6/10/2011 8:11:26 AM

^ me.

6/10/2011 8:55:05 AM

^and she could do worse than 3 years of record deficits, military action in new theaters after promising a withdrawl.

I'd take ship full of policies I don't agree with for someone that can balance a @#(*& budget and work a little harder to get troops home.

6/10/2011 10:29:04 AM

I don't think such a candidate or political party exists.

6/10/2011 10:33:48 AM

Quote :

"I seriously don't understand why anyone still entertains the idea of this woman being remotely near our lawmaking process. She's proven time and time again that she's not fit to make laws for this country."

I don't disagree that she has really fallen flat on her face on the federal elected office seeking stage, but The Atlantic ran a profile of her a month or two ago that was really interesting discussing her proficiencies as Gov of Alaska and how perhaps she could have been the sort of "change" voters wanted if marketed correctly. Obviously being hitched to McCain didn't help.

It's at least an interesting read: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2011/06/the-tragedy-of-sarah-palin/8492/

that said, i think in her instance it was a broken clock scenario...

[Edited on June 10, 2011 at 10:37 AM. Reason : .]

6/10/2011 10:37:01 AM

what exactly are they looking for in these emails?

[Edited on June 10, 2011 at 10:40 AM. Reason : what is the point of this?]

6/10/2011 10:39:50 AM

it'll be the witless banter that the public wants to see.

but they'll probably find out that she was using state monies to be a stupid cunt.








also, i would like to pause and appreciate my ability to use the word "monies" and "cunt" in the same sentence.

6/10/2011 10:42:39 AM

lol

6/10/2011 10:43:10 AM

Her lawyers looked them over and said there is nothing of concern

So my bet is they will be pretty lame

6/10/2011 10:50:14 AM

^^^

appreciated

6/10/2011 12:52:29 PM

emails of Sarah Palin FDT

6/10/2011 1:03:47 PM

eh, its the Alaskan gov't being a dick/jackass.

but then again, when isn't the gov't being that way.

6/10/2011 1:16:34 PM

Sadly I have to say she is somehow hot to me. I would bwn Sarah Palin

6/10/2011 2:05:54 PM

lol why is Todd's email fek9wnr@yahoo.com?

[Edited on June 10, 2011 at 2:11 PM. Reason : nvm, typo]

6/10/2011 2:09:04 PM

Quote :

"eh, its the Alaskan gov't being a dick/jackass. but then again, when isn't the gov't being that way."

Actually, the article said it was CNN and 5 other media outlets that applied for the emails legally through the Freedom of Information Act.

6/10/2011 2:10:02 PM

the only thing these emails revealed to me is how overly religious their conversations can get, especially when congratulating her on AGAI's passage

6/10/2011 2:42:47 PM

Quote :

"she could do worse than 3 years of record deficits, military action in new theaters after promising a withdrawl."

She obviously doesn't know enough about advising withdrawl given the Bristol situation that came and went


amn:

6/10/2011 2:49:18 PM

6/10/2011 2:50:09 PM

Hah

6/10/2011 2:50:38 PM

[shrug]I would have thought the palm*face was more appropriate for the fact that the MSM cares more about Sarah Palin's emails than--to use an equivalent unimportant matter--Barack Obama's college records.[shrug]

actually, that's not true.

but look! A duck!



[suspend]

6/10/2011 3:17:39 PM

Flip-flopping on climate change, denying that Bristol is pregnant, asking God for budget help—read the most "flippin' unbelievable" messages from the Palin email trove.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailybeast/20110613/ts_dailybeast/14683_palinemails14ofthejuiciestbitsfromthetrove;_ylt=Anbv46h6fNgGv.zSMaA0sWtH2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTRpamNqZXU5BGFzc2V0A2RhaWx5YmVhc3QvMjAxMTA2MTMvMTQ2ODNfcGFsaW5lbWFpbHMxNG9mdGhlanVpY2llc3RiaXRzZnJvbXRoZXRyb3ZlBGNjb2RlA3RvcGdtcHRvcDIwMHBvb2wEY3BvcwM3BHBvcwM3BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDMTRqdWljaWVzdHBh

6/13/2011 10:10:51 PM

^^ because stuff you write, in office, as part of the public record, is clearly on par with college records?

also

HOTLINK

6/13/2011 10:13:35 PM

Really? That's all they got?

More like

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyharnden/100091820/american-way-sarah-palin-email-frenzy-backfires-on-her-media-antagonists/

Quote :

"American Way: Sarah Palin email frenzy backfires on her media antagonists The trove of more than 13,000 emails detailing almost every aspect of Sarah Palin’s governorship of Alaska, released late on Friday, paints a picture of her as an idealistic, conscientious, humorous and humane woman slightly bemused by the world of politics. One can only assume that the Left-leaning editors who dispatched teams of reporters to remote Juneau, the Alaskan capital, to pore over the emails in the hope of digging up a scandal are now viewing the result as a rather poor return on their considerable investment. If anything, Mrs Palin seems likely to emerge from the scrutiny of the 24,000 pages, contained in six boxes and weighing 275 pounds, with her reputation considerably enhanced. As a blogger at Powerline noted, the whole saga might come to be viewed as “an embarrassment for legacy media”. Mrs Palin, who suddenly resigned as Alaska governor in July 2009, is no longer a public official. She holds no position in the Republican party. Despite the media hubbub that surrounds her every move, she is unlikely to be a candidate for the White House in 2012. She is, however, viewed with a kind of horrified fascination by many in the media, who faithfully records everything she says and does while at the same time decrying her as ignorant and even evil. Whether or not she runs for the White House – and the solid consensus among Republican leaders is that she won’t – the scramble over the Palin emails confirms her status as a pivotal figure in the race to challenge President Barack Obama next year. It comes at a moment when the battle for the Republican nomination appears set to be transformed by the late entry of Governor Rick Perry of Texas, a social conservative and Palin ally who could almost immediately leap to the front of a currently lacklustre field. Sources close to Mr Perry have confirmed that he is “highly likely” to announce a presidential run in the coming days. Intriguingly, they have also hinted at a something they believe would increase immeasurably Mr Perry’s chances of winning the White House – an endorsement from Mrs Palin. On policy, Mrs Palin and Mr Perry, who succeeded George W Bush in 2000 and has since become the longest-serving governor in Texas history, are in almost perfect alignment. In addition, they are both beloved of the Tea Party, highly suspicious of Washington and physically attractive (Mr Perry is often likened to the Marlboro Man), charismatic figures. Mrs Palin has repeatedly said that she believes Mr Obama can be defeated and that she will do everything to achieve that. With her popularity among independent voters very low, despite the intensity of her core support, throwing her weight behind a stronger candidate would be a better way of preserving her political capital and earning power than being one of the losing candidates in the Republican primaries. The notion of Mrs Palin as White House kingmaker would have seemed wildly improbable if anyone had raised it before August 2008. It was then that she was catapulted to international fame by Senator John McCain’s surprise decision to make her his vice-presidential running mate. Her reaction? “Can you flippinbelieveit?!” This was a world, as the emails reveal, in which the then Alaska governor fretted about things like there being alcohol in her official residence, that might be a temptation to the teenage friends of her children. In May 2007, she sought help from her staff in keeping the alcohol in the governor’s mansion away from young people, stating that it should be boxed up and “removed from the People’s House” – both for practical reasons and as a statement about her administration. “Here’s my thinking: with so many kids and teens coming and going in that house, esp during this season of celebrations for young people – proms, graduations, etc, I want to send the msg that we can be – and ‘the People’s House’ needs to be – alcohol-free. There’s a lot of booze there – its too accessible and may be too tempting to any number of all those teens coming and going.” In a February 2007 exchange, one adviser recommended that when she was in Washington she meet Pete Rouse, a Senate official who had lived in Alaska. “He’s now chief-of-staff for a guy named Barack Obama,” the aide wrote, adding that Mr Rouse “wants to help Alaska however he can”. Far from shrinking at the idea of conferring with a Democrat, Mrs Palin replied: “I’m game to meet him.” The emails will finally confirm – in all but the darkest recesses of the world of Left-wing conspiracy theories – that Mrs Palin is, in fact, the mother of her youngest son Trig, who has Down’s Syndrome. After relentless promotion by Andrew Sullivan, the British blogger who now works for Daily Beast/Newsweek, of the proposition that the mother was in fact Mrs Palin’s daughter Bristol, a teenager at the time, the subject had become part of mainstream debate. The emails show Mrs Palin’s determination to protect Bristol but also her desire for a degree of privacy. “I wish I could shame people into ceasing such gossip about a teen, but I can’t figure out how to do that,” she wrote. Communications from her children and husband make her family appear close and loving. An email from Bristol, referring to her younger sister, said: “Hello Mother, Um, I’m sitting in library and I really thing you need to get Piper a cell phone!! Wouldn’t that be so adorable! She could text me while she was in class!! It’s a done deal right?! Perfect! Ok, I will talk to you later and I need some cash flow! Love ya!” To an extent, the emails remind Americans of the person they saw take the stage at the Republican National Convention in Minnesota nearly three years ago – refreshing, plain-speaking, open and uncomplicated. Since then, her image has hardened into one of a brittle, even paranoid, politician who seethes with resentment, feels aggrieved and entitled and is intent on pursuing celebrity even at the expense of her family. Mrs Palin as a person has become so remote that it is hard to assess how much, if any, of that widely-held caricature has a basis in truth. The email release could mark the end of a chapter of what conservatives have termed “Palin Derangement Syndrome”. Her enemies in the media appear to have overplayed their hand. Expressing a sentiment that will resonate with many, Greta Van Susteren, a Fox News anchor who is close to Mrs Palin, argued that she had been subjected to “a media colonoscopy” by news organisations on “a mission to destroy”. With a film entitled The Undefeated, chronicling Mrs Palin’s rise to prominence, about to air, the former Alaska governor is doubtless hoping that harsher perceptions of her can be blunted. Probably the person who has damaged her most, apart from perhaps the CBS anchor Katie Couric who elicited blank stares when she asked what Mrs Palin read, was Tina Fey, the Saturday Night Live comedienne and impersonator. It was Fey who seared into the popular imagination the Palin phrase: “I can see Russia from my house!” Mrs Palin had never said any such thing but it encapsulated the feeling that she was frivolous and lacked any foreign policy credentials. Three days later, a staffer called Patrick Galvin emailed Mrs Palin saying: “My suggestion is you offer to go on SNL and play Tina Fey, and you interview her as she plays you.” Fey’s impersonation was so powerful that the two women are inseparable in some minds. Fox News, for which Mrs Palin works on a lucrative contract as a commentator, recently aired a picture of fey instead of Mrs Palin by mistake. Mrs Palin did go on the show back in October 2008. But perhaps now might the time for Mrs Palin to take up Mr Galvin’s suggestion and return for a proper head-to-head."

6/13/2011 10:20:17 PM