I spent some time reading these e-mails last night, and they are interesting. Given Todd’s functional illiteracy (although he is certainly more articulate that the Drop Out Governor of Alaska), I’m not sure there is a clear, definitive answer here. This could well be just another effort to play into DOGA’s insatiable need for attention. Clearly, this is a partnership which has a purpose for everything it does, always a motivation. So, it’s good to ask the question, even if it can’t be answered.

More clearly, however, is the back-biting and pettiness with which Todd and DOGA are “credited”. In light of these e-mails, that is hard to dispute.

The Real Royal King said:
I spent some time reading these e-mails last night

Is that why you kept calling me Sarah during our fun time?

The Real Royal King said:
I spent some time reading these e-mails last night, and they are interesting. Given Todd’s functional illiteracy

It’s almost as if he was typing on a blackberry completely unaware that his private messages would be read publicly.

Gee, TRRK, the force is strong with you: the grammar police force. Get a life.

The Real Royal King said:
(although he is certainly more articulate that the Drop Out Governor of Alaska)

Is this supposed to make sense?

The Real Royal King said:
More clearly, however, is the back-biting and pettiness with which Todd and DOGA are “credited”.

And I am pretty sure that period should be inside the closed parenthesis.

ImRubberYoureGlue said:
And I am pretty sure that period should be inside the closed parenthesis.

Err. inside the quotations…Damn it, I am no good at being on the grammar police force.=)

ImRubberYoureGlue said:
It’s almost as if he was typing on a blackberry completely unaware that his private messages would be read publicly. Gee, TRRK, the force is strong with you: the grammar police force. Get a life.

I’m always puzzled by politicians and public figures who don’t realize that virutally everything they say in public or write is likely being recorded and preserved. Obtuse Angle, Palopinto, Randi the Witch, now Todd ….

As for grammar, I am truly having difficulty determining what Todd may be saying. His writing is very poor, beyond simple slaughtering of English grammar, and subject to several interpretations. I don’t want to be picayune. All the Marys in Heaven know I have the greatest sympathy for the man. Not only having to deal with his wife, but Greta O’Van Susteren stalking him, also ….

Of course Palin is qualified. My garbage man is qualified to be President after the bar was set to Obama level.

The Real Royal King said:
I’m always puzzled by politicians and public figures who don’t realize that virutally everything they say in public or write is likely being recorded and preserved. Obtuse Angle, Palopinto, Randi the Witch, now Todd ….

Is grammar on your blackberry really the litmus test you want to set for democrats, too? You’re kidding right? Don’t we avoid talking about REAL issues enough as it is?

With all the important stories out there I have to wonder why Mediaite continues to pile on this trivial stuff.

I LOVE Joe Miller’s CC response at the top of the letter. “This is what we’re dealing with. Holy cow.” HILARIOUS

ALMOST as hilarious as Palin RUNNING FOR PREZ.

DO IT
DO IT
DO IT
DO IT
DO IT
DO IT
DO IT

MOST. ENTERTAINING. PRIMARIES. EVER.

CosmosDan said:
With all the important stories out there I have to wonder why Mediaite continues to pile on this trivial stuff.

It’s real simple. Because Sarah Palin = page views. Example: This concerns a small Alaska paper’s story about Palin and that crazy guy who was threatening her (via The Atlantic).

“The story went up on the newspaper’s website. Minutes later, dozens of Sarah Palin-related sites had linked to the story. On Monday, our website had about 4,300 hits. After the story broke Tuesday, that number climbed to 8,700. Wednesday hits spiked to 75,000 and by Thursday afternoon we’d had more than 200,000 hits, mostly from new visitors.”

Mr B said:
Of course Palin is qualified. My garbage man is qualified to be President after the bar was set to Obama level.

Wow, You know Your absolutely right. Thats scary. We are a nation of sheep that have replaced the sheep dog with the Wolf…

Burnnotice said:
We are a nation of sheep that have replaced the sheep dog with the Wolf…

Except a wolf doesn’t need a teleprompter to howl at the moon.

ImRubberYoureGlue said:
Except a wolf doesn’t need a teleprompter to howl at the moon.

How about notes written on their hand?

A serious run for president means by now you have serious A-List advisers and money raisers.Palin ain’t rich like Mitt Romney and unlike Tim Pawlenty did not serve 8 years as governor.And there is a shit load of the 1/2 term governor saying real stupid things on Fox and twitter and Facebook.And like most Americans this is clear Sarah Palin is too fucking stupid to be President.End of story.

paulmdoro said:
How about notes written on their hand?

If it helps you sleep, baby, ok.

But it’s obvious to most of us that she wanted to remember the order of her talking points. At least any intellectually honest person could see that–so that explains why you are convinced Obama’s use of a teleprompter at every junction is comparable to five words on a hand.

chucken said:
And like most Americans this is clear Sarah Palin is too fucking stupid to be President.

So only stupid men, like Obama and Biden, can be president or vice president? What kind of sexist double standard is that?????

ImRubberYoureGlue said:
If it helps you sleep, baby, ok.

But it’s obvious to most of us that she wanted to remember the order of her talking points. At least any intellectually honest person could see that–so that explains why you are convinced Obama’s use of a teleprompter at every junction is comparable to five words on a hand.

Oh I see. If the politician you like does it, it’s totally acceptable and understandable. if the politician you dislike does it, they’re a moron. Makes total sense. Intellectual honesty? Not from the likes of you.

paulmdoro said:
Oh I see. If the politician you like does it, it’s totally acceptable and understandable. if the politician you dislike does it, they’re a moron. Makes total sense. Intellectual honesty? Not from the likes of you.

If Obama wrote five words on his hand to remember the order of his talking points, I would have no problem with that.

Instead, he has talking points and every little word in between on his *ahem* ‘hand.’

There’s a big difference to the intellectually HONEST folks.

Hey Glueface,no double standard.Hillary Clinton,Condi Rice,Kay Bailey Hutchinson R-TX,Diane Fienstein D-CA all are qualified to be President.The vast majority of Americans male or female are not even close to being qualified to be President.Sarah Palin is a political fluke that the McCain campaign picked without the proper vetting process that would have revealed her to be dumb as a bag of hammers.

paulmdoro:

And if you were being intellectually honest you would admit that Palin obviously only wanted to remember the order of her points, not the points themselves.

Teleprompters feed the order, the points and every thing else that puppetmaster wants his puppet to say.

How do we know these emails are even real? Mudflats is a virulently anti Palin site.

chucken said:
Hey Glueface

This is your best and you expect people to take your assessment of Sarah Palin’s intellect seriously? I am just embarrassed for you.

ImRubberYoureGlue said:
paulmdoro:

And if you were being intellectually honest you would admit that Palin obviously only wanted to remember the order of her points, not the points themselves.

Teleprompters feed the order, the points and every thing else that puppetmaster wants his puppet to say.

If that’s what you need to believe to sleep at night, hey, whatever works.

With all the important stories out there I have to wonder why Mediaite continues to pile on this trivial stuff.

They were just chumming the waters for the King.

The Palins try to keep themselves a mystery, will she run, won’t she run? When something like this comes out, it just shows what a thug Todd Palin is, and how common they are. There is no mystery, they are like The Kardashians, Jon & Kate, and any other reality family that is willing to prostitute themselves for money. The public seems all too ready to buy into it, but having her as their Presidential candidate, representing America, that is never going to happen.

paulmdoro said:
If that’s what you need to believe to sleep at night, hey, whatever works.

Yes, ‘intellectual honesty’ does work. That was my point, dork. Talking with you rocks on here who claim Palin is stupid…it’s like trying to round up chickens…

writer said:
With all the important stories out there I have to wonder why Mediaite continues to pile on this trivial stuff.

See above regarding hits.

DonnaK said:
that is never going to happen.

No one, and I mean no one, was dumber than George W. Bush and he got TWO terms.

I hope Palin does run. I know I would vote for her purely out of spite and the fact that she is a woman. You’re fooling yourself if you think Obama and Biden are any smarter or have anything better to offer. Nothing. They are two evil piggies. There is no ‘lesser evil.’

ImRubberYoureGlue said:
Yes, ‘intellectual honesty’ does work. That was my point, dork. Talking with you rocks on here who claim Palin is stupid…it’s like trying to round up chickens…

You call others “baby” and “dork” and expect to be taken seriously?

Also, I never said she was stupid. I think it’s pretty trivial, whether it’s a teleprompter or notes on a hand. Not a big deal to me.

paulmdoro said:
You call others “baby” and “dork” and expect to be taken seriously?

I’m not running for office. I am not claiming anyone is dumber than anyone else. And I don’t give a crap if you take me seriously or not–I’m just shooting the sh*t online.

This isn’t being broadcast on CSPAN.

paulmdoro said:
Also, I never said she was stupid. I think it’s pretty trivial, whether it’s a teleprompter or notes on a hand. Not a big deal to me.

Good to hear it. You seemed to get hung up on that trivial comment I made about needing one for howling at the moon.

Please run, sarah, please!

ImRubberYoureGlue said:
I’m not running for office. I am not claiming anyone is dumber than anyone else. And I don’t give a crap if you take me seriously or not–I’m just shooting the sh*t online.

This isn’t being broadcast on CSPAN.

OK then. Duly noted. If puerile name-calling makes you happy, who am I to judge?

ImRubberYoureGlue said:
Good to hear it. You seemed to get hung up on that trivial comment I made about needing one for howling at the moon.

Not hung up. Just nothing the fact that politicians use various methods for public speaking assistance, and it seems like a double standard to only get angry at one side for it.

paulmdoro said:
OK then. Duly noted. If puerile name-calling makes you happy, who am I to judge?

When I see obots stop using the term “teabaggers” and namecalling, I’ll probably get over my little kick.

paulmdoro said:
Not hung up. Just nothing the fact that politicians use various methods for public speaking assistance, and it seems like a double standard to only get angry at one side for it.

Really, I wasn’t angry about it. It’s one the funniest gifts Obama has given us.

Palin can’t talk about foreign or economic policy is anything other than short tweets or inane Fox soundbites.Ronald Reagan a two term governor was really a secret wonk.He projected an everyman image but was an insider with heavyweight advisors who unlike Palin could talk in a sustained manner about any issue of the day.

She is our best hope for Obama’s second term.

chucken said:
Palin can’t talk about foreign or economic policy is anything other than short tweets or inane Fox soundbites.

So? And Obama can’t speak English without a teleprompter. Without one, he speaks only the language of Uhm.

“she’s more interested in having people subscribe to the idea it’s possible and let her continue on her merry, Facebook-wielding way.”

Well Glynnis, as you and Mediaite have proven many times over, you know nothing about conservatives or Sarah Palin, so just continue on your merry, clueless way.

Sarah has brought the Obama Administration to it’s knees using only Facebook. Time and again.

It’s funny how they call her stupid.

Hey Glueer.Did you miss your Commander in Chief kick the ass of the GOP leaders in the open health care debates?The CNBC eonomic forum with unscripted questions?The debates with John McCain?The Fox interview?Do you know anything?

When was the last time Sarah Palin held a press conference like Obama with hostile reporters asking nasty questions?Please Glue your mouth shut.

chucken said:
When was the last time Sarah Palin held a press conference like Obama

I’m sure if she was President, she would hold more news conferences then Pres Obama. However, not only is she not the President, she is also under exclusive contract to Fox News. BTW, this was all covered in Politico a couple weeks ago, if you care to look it up.

Azarkhan,did you just fall off the turnip truck?If Palin said I am going to hold a public press conference and answer any and all reporters questions do you think Fox would say anything other than holy shit! the ratings will be huge for our network.She won’t because as the great Keith Olbermann says “this woman is an idiot”

The trouble with our liberal friends isn’t that they’re ignorant; it’s that they know so much that isn’t so.

Keith is the authority on facing up to differing opinions. Just look at his guest list. Markos Moulitsos, Eugene Robinson, etc. What epic battles they’ve had.

Ethics issues all over this…

writer said:
Keith is the authority on facing up to differing opinions. Just look at his guest list. Markos Moulitsos, Eugene Robinson, etc. What epic battles they’ve had.

Are you suggesting that Olbermann only features guests who agree with him?!

ImRubberYoureGlue said:
Sarah has brought the Obama Administration to it’s knees using only Facebook. Time and again.

It’s funny how they call her stupid.

TO IT’S KNEES?

Azarkhan said:
I’m sure if she was President, she would hold more news conferences then Pres Obama. However, not only is she not the President, she is also under exclusive contract to Fox News. BTW, this was all covered in Politico a couple weeks ago, if you care to look it up.

YEAH, UNDER CONTRACT

YOU 2 ARE TOO STOOOOPID TO BREATHE

chucken said:
do you think Fox would say anything other than holy shit! the ratings will be huge for our network

I suggest you look up the Politico article. BTW, one reason for “exclusivity” is that when Ms. Palin appears on Fox, she gets very good ratings for the network.

“Holy cow! (I sort of suspect that ‘holy cow’ was more about losing another Facebook endorsement than the tone of the email.)”

I’m legitimately surprised, Ms. MacNicol, by your utter misinterpretation of the bovine reference. Joe the Miller is clearly alluding to the sudden Bixby-like transformation of Toad the Snowbilly to T’odd the Enforcer, not about the loss of a potential Facebook Fatwa.

Interesting…

http://theothermccain.com/2010/10/05/palin-camp-suspects-huckabee-loyalists-on-joe-miller-staff-behind-e-mail-leak/

azarkhan yeah read the Politico article and like most contracts with big names like Sarah Palin she could have easily gotten the Fox job and like Gingrich be free to go on other networks.She does not because like her failed VP run she is dumb as shit when not in the Fox bubble.

LiberalBias said:
The trouble with our liberal friends isn’t that they’re ignorant; it’s that they know so much that isn’t so.

This also fits the lefties-

It’s better to remain silent and be considered ignorant than to open their mouth and remove all doubt.

And this just shows how far down the republican party has devolved. To even suggest that such an unqualified light weight would be President is disgusting . Actions speak louder than words: I would say for the repugs to nominate such an unfit individual shows that they neither support the troops or love their country.

Sarah Palin writes her own Facebook posts? Color me surprised.

I don’t care if she uses a ghostwriter for ‘em — most politicians use speechwriters — but the tone and style of her Facebook posts are lightyears away from how she expresses herself in speeches, interviews, Twitter, and most other media.

I kind of like Joe Miller now.

CarmanK said:
To even suggest that such an unqualified light weight would be President is disgusting .

Oh like a half term Senator that has ALWAYS lived on someone else’s dime and has no experience save community organizing (aka Central Planning money from the many to the few) in South Chicago?

How’d that work out for South Chicago? Did Industry magically return like the ‘plan’ called for? Was he smoking pot when ‘he’ came up with someone else’s plan?

As for Palin, she fails my test simply by being the running mate of RINO in Chief John McCain.

Trash attracts trash.

Our unwashed backwoods Alaskan hillbillies appeal to Zillions of regular Murcuhn uneducated hillbillies.
They are the Repug “base.” Always have been. And just grows worse. Such little people have always resented education & intelligence. Look around you!!

Hey gang, I live in Pory Orchard, Washington(western). Came to see Mrs. Palin in Richfeild (Richmond?) last year, lost clutch 8 miles from I-90 summit. My grandson n I would like to come up to Alaska to do a little hunting. I am currently working to get my fixed wing liscense, sea-plane cert and continue onto helo liscense. I am a UNION piledriver, carpenter, welder, (stick, wire feed flux core, etc.) plumber, pipefitter, n all that goes w/ those. Grew up crawling houses, been on my own since I was 13. love GOD, my country and personal responsibility. I have always been a REPUBLICAN.3/16/66. my grandson is 8 n need any tips u could give me about your great state n flying myself n Grandson, Tony, w/ rented sea-plane, to a lake somewhere alone w/ our camp n ELECTRIC FENCED campsite.(4 his safety.) If u have 60 seconds 4 tips, I would really appreciate that. Thanx, Todd, 4 being made out of the same stuff I am n hangin’ in there. This country hates us because we love God n raise our family the same. my love to u n yours, Your friend n brother in Jesus Christ, IN TRUTH, BRIAN P. HILL.