I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty damned happy that all the fevered discussion of Lady Starburst’s new book is drowning out some of the screaming that Obama is letting a super-genius criminal set foot on American soil.
But I’ve got to think that Palinpalooza would be even more attention-consuming if the Levi Johnston Playgirl issue was coming out right now, in the middle of Palin’s book tour. Why are they waiting til January? Isn’t that like rolling out a new product in August?
New Yorker
Anyone see this AP release?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_en_ot/us_books_palin
Palin also laments about everyone in her entourage being forced to wear fancy clothes she couldn’t afford — preferring simpler, cheaper garb.
What? I distinctly recall reading (at Sully’s place, natch) how the McCain campaign was furious about the bills they received from Lady Starburst’s shopping spree on 5th Avenue. The quote I remember best (as it had me in tears laughing) was from an anonymous McCain aide saying it was “Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast.”
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snide comments by dougj are snide…
The Saff
Too late. Dick Cheney is already here.
licensed to kill time
Levi, Levi and the hockey stick….brings to mind Bennie, Bennie and the Je-eh-ets…
JGabriel
How exactly is it that Levi Johnston continues to have anything relevant to say about Palin, given how estranged they must be from each other. Does Bristol pass him info on the sly to get back at her mother?
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Starburster
Palin is way hotter than Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, so it makes sense that we’d talk about her a lot more.
ploeg
As monthly magazines typically come out six weeks before the nominal date on the cover, doesn’t that mean that it’s coming out Any Day Now?
South of I-10
If it keeps on Palin, the Levi’s gonna break.
Violet
@JGabriel:
That would be funny if Bristol were passing info to Levi. Bwahahaha. Totally unhealthy and awful and not good for anyone involved. But still funny.
I can’t believe Palin is trying to pretend everything is all friendly and good with Levi. Give me a break. I like that Levi’s representative said, “No invitation has been issued for Thanksgiving.” Levi’s about the only person out there calling her on her lies. It’s kind of fun to watch.
DougJ
If it keeps on Palin, the Levi’s gonna break.
I like it.
Midnight Marauder
@JGabriel:
I think the kid is just holding on to some absolute dynamite info about Sarahgeddon, and he’s just waiting for the right time to roll them out. There’s no way you spend as much time as he did around that family, and not come away with some amazing tales of Crazy Like You Would Not Believe.
Shell
Some more finger pointing at McCain from the book, is that Palin was not allowed to make a concession speech of campaign night. I’m curious, has any VP candidate made a speech at concession time?
Violet
@Starburster:
As I commented in a thread below, I saw a few clips of her Oprah interview, I think she looks fatter and older. That’s probably sexist and catty of me to say, but a big part of her appeal is her appearance. When that goes, I think her attractiveness as a candidate will diminish as well. All those rightwing middle-aged guys just want to bonk her.
Starburster
I think SNL should do a skit about the Sarah Palin fan club. They could take the entire script from the “Mr. Belvedere fan club” skit they had 20 years ago, and substitute “Sarah Palin” for Mr. Belvedere.
The perverted jokes would work out exactly the same.
Jean
@Shell: no. I’ve never heard of a losing VP candidate make a concession speech.
freelancer (itouch)
@South of I-10:
this.
South of I-10
@Midnight Marauder: I hope you are right. I want it to be so trashy that TMZ will break the story.
Beauzeaux
@Violet:
I think you mean “boink,” although there are doubtlessly many that would like to “bonk” her as well.
Starburster
@Violet:
I wonder if that has something to do with the diminishing appearances of Ann Coulter. That’s pure speculation on my part, though.
Punchy
One can only Guess why Levi Wrangled such a deal. If he’s Lucky, he managed to score a Diesel truck, which for all his Faded Glory, probably best shows his True Religion.
Fulcanelli
@South of I-10: Cryin’ won’t help ya, Palin won’t do ya no good…
Fulcanelli
@Shell: Not in public… Heh.
Midnight Marauder
@South of I-10:
There is not a doubt in my mind that this will eventually be the case. Not a single doubt.
Well, except for those clowns over at Politico…
Fergus Wooster
OT, but does anyone know how to fix font settings on vista? I just reinstalled the damned thing, and now everything is stretched horizontally (basic display, Internet Explorer, everything).
I would think it would be in Display settings in the Control Panel, but can’t find it. It’s making me cry.
Redshirt
I don’t normally get into gossip, but hoo-boy am I hoping Levi’s got some good dirt on The Ice Queen. Did he sleep with her? Does he know The True Trig Tale? Something we can’t even imagine?
Nice work by the Levi publicity team to keep the interest “up”.
bago
The only new product I am hunting is Assassin’s Creed 2. Surely one of the 7-11’s will break the street date.
Fulcanelli
@Midnight Marauder: Break the story about what? The Palin/Prejean sex tape?
ellaesther
@Beauzeaux: Well, there are those on the other side of the pond who say “bonk” where you I might say “boink.” So, you know, tomato, tomahto!
And either way: Yes. That’s what many men — right, left, or center (and probably a few ladies!) — would like to do. She’s a pretty lady. I hate how much I love her new haircut….
/shuffles off in leftwing shame….
South of I-10
@Midnight Marauder: Nah, they will let TMZ break it and then be very concerned.
bago
Fergus, you want to change the resolution on your monitor.
freelancer
Song title blog posts are all the rage today.
LGM just posted a doozy of a great Death Cab reference.
http://lefarkins.blogspot.com/2009/11/its-like-book-elegantly-bound-but-in.html
The Moar You Know
@Fergus Wooster: Sounds like you’ve got a widescreen display that is currently in standard screen mode. Check your display resolution settings first – if that’s not it you may need to reinstall the video driver.
Had this happen yesterday under Win7, so it’s fresh. Win7 is no apparent improvement on Vista SP1, BTW.
South of I-10
@Fulcanelli: Or even better, the Levi/Prejean sex tape.
The Saff
@Shell: In the HBO documentary “We the People,” on election night, you hear Axelrod say something to the effect of, “Palin wants to give a speech. I wonder if anyone in the McCain camp knows.” I cracked up when I heard that.
And one of the chapter’s in Plouffe’s new book is “Hurricane Sarah.”
pharniel
@ellaesther:
Not a ballgag in the world muffling enough….because she’d try to talk or seem smart, and that’d just kill the mood.
The little soldier may be immune to cold water, but stupid works him over doggie style.
MikeJ
@Starburster: Sorry, I only made it about a minute and a half into it before I remembered why I haven’t watched SNL in decades. Maybe it gets funny at the end?
Fergus Wooster
@The Moar You Know:
Thanks. Will try both of the above.
I was tempted to load Windows 7, but figured I’d stick with the devil I know.
ellaesther
@Fulcanelli: That explosive squishy noise you just heard was the sound of millions of wingnuts spontaneously ejaculating at the very notion….
(Ewwww. I have just grossed myself completely out…!)
Midnight Marauder
@Fulcanelli:
I was talking more about whatever Levi’s REALL BIG SECRET(S) that he’s been holding on to, allegedly. But a Palin/Prejean sex tape? My word, how I would love to watch someone like Brooks or Hannity try to spin that little doozy? That might even be a precursor to the Wingnut Event Horizon. I know, I know–I’m crazy for even saying that the Wingnut Event Horizon can happen. But if there was anything that could kickstart such an event, a sex tape like that would most certainly be the thing.
Cat Lady
More than the goods Levi might have on her, I want to see that concession speech of hers. I bet that thing is fucking awesome. I wonder if it’s in her book – that would totally be something she would do, to shove it up Schmidt’s ass because she’s a petty little drama queen with no sense of shame.
burnspbesq
@Violet:
It is sexist and catty, but go for it. We’re all thinking it.
Mike in NC
Will KSM be coming out with a book? Will he hawk it on Oprah and Hannity? It’s the Real American way to capitalize on your notoriety.
Joe Lisboa
@Fulcanelli: Mean ol’ Levi taught me to vet, inform.
(sung from the perspective of McCain, of course)
Tonal Crow
@Fergus Wooster: It sounds like you’re attempting to use a non-wide-screen resolution (e.g. 1600×1200) on a widescreen display. Go to display manager and select something like 1680×1050, 1920×1080, etc., instead. You might have to try several settings before finding one or more that your video subsystem supports and that display correctly.
Violet
@ellaesther:
Yeah, I think that’s why I mix them up. Too much English influence. Imagine the hilarity that ensues among the British when an American talks of bonking during a long run. Heh.
@Starburster:
Wouldn’t surprise me. She’s not on the right side of 40, I don’t think. Time isn’t on her side. And the horny rightwing males won’t pay her any attention once her looks fail her.
Gawd, that sounds awful. And it is awful. But still seems pretty true to life for how those guys work. Heaven help an ugly girl in those circles.
YellowJournalism
Every time Megan McCain was asked about Palin during appearances over the last year, she would get an I-just-smelled-a-nasty-fart look on her face and reply that she was either not commenting or that she didn’t have anything to say about her (meaning: she didn’t have anything nice to say). Now that Palin is attacking the McCain campaign in her book and on tour, I hope Megan and others close to the McCain campaign let loose with the good stories.
Fulcanelli
@ellaesther: The average wingnut male’s fascination with Sarah Palin begins and ends with the tantalizing, unanswered question of whether or not the Fist Dude is mowing a Brazilian lawn. If you’re naive enough to believe otherwise, I’ve got the missing twin copy of the Shroud of Turin I’m auctioning over at E-Bay you should check out. No Reserve, bitches!
Fergus Wooster
@Tonal Crow:
@The Moar You Know:
Reloaded drivers and reset resolution. I has a happy.
Thanks guys!
Shell
They have it over at The Daily Beast. Both versions, victory and concession. They’re pure Palin.
Keith
For the record, my guesses as to Levi’s dirt on Palin are either:
1) She and Todd are MAJOR potheads (this being Alaska and all), or
2) He’s knows about marital infidelity
burnspbesq
La Coulter was two classes ahead of my brother (and five years behind KO) at Cornell. That would make her most likely 46 or 47.
R-Jud
@Violet:
I’m a US expat in the UK. I did a 50K ultra a few years back and said in the pub afterwards that I was surprised I didn’t bonk. One of my companions did a spit take and the other one said, “I’d be surprised if you did!”
Ian
She makes good money for this and doesn’t have to follow campaign finance laws anymore. I don’t know what scares me more.
Montysano
Oh yeah? Go turn on your radio. They’re screamin’.
It goes something like this: KSM will luck out and get a librul judge who will set him free, give him a green card, sign him up for welfare, and then go arrest our brave men and women who subjected KSM to (not)torture.
Beauzeaux
Around these parts “bonk” has another meaning that gave me quite a good laugh when I thought about what certain people might want to do to Lady Starburst. Maybe I’m just hanging around my preschool-age nieces too much.
Violet
@Montysano:
This is true. Had the radio on for about fifteen minutes while I was in the car. Heard Limbaugh going nonstop about KSM and how it’s so dangerous, etc. He also said in a snide voice, “So we committed torture” – essentially saying that that is what the Obama administration is saying, but of course Real Murkins know that we only subjected these people to enhanced interrogation techniques on a daily basis for years, but nothing so bad that the fat, pasty-faced, older middle-aged men who comprise his audience couldn’t handle, because they’re strong, tough Real Murkins.
Fulcanelli
@Montysano: This in the guy who we water boarded 183 times in ONE month, no?
Some liebrul judge is gonna set him free to do what, sit in the corner wearing a helmet drooling on himself?
What the fuck is wrong with these people?
licensed to kill time
@Fulcanelli:
The Fist Dude? Oh, kinky!
Fulcanelli
@licensed to kill time: I can haz edit function for BJ xmas prezint, john cole? ftw
Shell
Yup, and the fevered outrage that 100 percent of American’s aren’t outraged.
It’s does seem to have drowned out the usual whining when Obama goes overseas.
JGabriel
ellaesther:
Really? I said this in a previous thread, but it’s worth repeating, especially if it makes you feel better: I think Palin’s hair looks like it’s falling from a dome that hovers 1.5″ above her skull, like Lisa Marie in Mars Attacks.
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Martin
Holy shit! From GOS:
‘Sufferer of low self-esteem’? I recognize that language! Sarah Palin is BoB!
Ed Drone
@Punchy:
No matter the brand, his jeans are ALWAYS Levi’s!
Yours in punnishment,
Ed Drone
Violet
Does anyone else feel a tiny bit bad for Bristol? She’s got this crazy mother and her babydaddy is selling stories about her family. She’s got the baby so she can’t exactly go live her life like a normal kid her age. And if she ever wants to date anyone ever again, her mother is probably going to make him sign something to agree not to disclose anything that happens while he’s with her. That would be enough to put off a lot of guys. Who’d want to get mixed up with that mess?
I know she’s a lot better off than almost every other teenage mother, but still, it seems like kind of a sucky situation. She probably can’t afford to leave and have a normal life, so she’s financially dependent on her parents. Is she still doing that “abstinence is the best way” spokesmouth tour? That was the height of ridiculousness.
ellaesther
Oh, and to quote someone from an earlier thread (and damn it I can’t remember who it was! Sorry!):
Levi’s comin’
Hide your heart, girl!
catclub
As I just read on Politico, there are a good many conservative
white women. I suspect they are predominantly … older, married, non college educated, and rural.
So after Palin’s attraction to the men fades,
she may still have many years to go. Phyllis Schlafly is probably ageless by now, and still a power as a conservative woman.
LD50
@New Yorker:
Palin and her gals are more comfortable wearing respectable Republican cloth coats.
I’m reading Nixonland — a great book — and it’s clear that Palin is Nixon if he had boobs and a middle-double-digits IQ.
ellaesther
@JGabriel: I suppose it’s kind of a subjective judgment call…!
YellowJournalism
@LD50: Um, I don’t see her wearing simple garb on her talk-show appearances. Is Oprah requiring her to wear something other than JC Penney?
freelancer
@ellaesther:
Tehz googz is ur frind:
https://balloon-juice.com/?p=28899#comment-1420587
Montysano
@Violet:
Yes.No.Yes.Maybe a little.The Moar You Know
@Fergus Wooster: Hooray! Welcome back to your normalized internet.
ellaesther
@Montysano: I actually feel very sorry for Bristol. I imagine that could change, but right now? You betcha.
@freelancer: Yes! It was Cat Lady! Thank you! (To quote a friend: I know how to use Google, but I like you better).
Redshirt
There’s a country album worth of material here:
Bristol All Alone
Levi Ain’t Tight
There’s A Trig in My Heart
SNOW-MACHINE
Putin Looming (You Betchya)
And so on. Order now, and get a free copy of Todd Palin’s companion album “How Can I Secede?”
jcricket
That’s actually the title of his business book: “How to Secede in Business Without Even Tryin'”
Mike in NC
Awesome book, and I’m still only into Chapter Six.
DougL (frmrly: Conservatively Liberal)
Matthew Continetti is sucking Palin sphincter on Hardball and all he is doing is getting Palin shit all over his face. Of course he is only interested in defending Palin, this has nothing to do with his book.
Tweety: “Has she ever written a thought down?’
Continetti: “She wrote a book!”
. . .
Other tidbits:
Continetti: “She’s the most famous Republican woman in the world.”
Continetti on the Couric/Palin interview: “She was so upset that she gave the wrong answer.”
IMO Continetti should have brought toilet paper to wipe his face with.
Bruce (formerly Steve S.)
I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but Sarahpalooza is a distant second place to the federal trials freakout on this afternoon’s cable news. “Liberals” like Blitzer and Matthews and even Toobin are hysterical about KSM’s imminent access to every item in the CIA vaults. Sorry, but the anticonstitutionalists win this news cycle hands down. Expect a few opinion polls to come out in the next few days showing that a solid majority of Americans hate America’s founding documents as well.
rob!
Beaut of a subject title.
Dylan’s got a whole bunch of retroactively Palin-esque song titles:
Sara
Idiot Wind
Slow Train
The Wicked Messenger
Shooting Star
Going Going Gone
Beyond Here Lies Nothin’
Under Your Spell (For Rich Lowery)
rob!
Houston
While I feel a slight sympathy for Bristol, I am reminded that hundreds of thousands of young people leave their parents home daily for a multitude of reasons. Some because they’re homosexual and their parents throw them out. Some because they wish to be free of parental authority and the often accompanying bullshit. If I had any respect for Bristol, I lost it when she became a fan of abstainence as a form of birth control for teenagers. I mean, it worked so well for her. Sarah Palin may be evil, but I do not believe for a moment that her evilness would include disowning a daughter and a grandchild because she refused the part of a true believer. Bristol is where she wants to be.
Levi is making the most of a bad situation in which he found himself. He is much less a crass opportunist than his would-have-been inlaws have proven themselves to be.
I will be most happy when this crowd of Wasilla Hillbillies fade into the sunset having basked in their fifteen minutes of celebrity.