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Conservatives Attacking Messenger in Sarah Palin Confrontation Video

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As loudly as they protested media coverage of Joe the Plumber (after John McCain mentioned him in a nationally televised debate 346 times), you might think the right would take a different tack with Sarah Palin protester Kathy Gustafson. You would be wrong. The electronic ink on the story is barely dry, and right-wing sites are googling their hearts out, getting it wrong, and injecting homophobia into the mix for good measure. Palin, meanwhile, explains why you didn’t really see her roll her eyes in that video.

Conservative internet radio host MacRanger (who thinks “bling” means “vacation”) posts a hilarious series of self-contradictory updates  chronicling his trip through the Google:

UPDATE VI: According to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District website there is no Kathleen Gustafson registered as a teacher in the district which includes Homer.

UPDATE VII: Actually there is. A Kathleen Gustafson does appear on this PDFfrom the district. According to the document she’s not a teacher but a “Theater Tech” at Homer High School. I wonder how the school district would feel about her misstating or more appropriately impersonating a teacher.

We’ll find out.

UPDATE VII: A couple of points to clarify. It appears that Kathleen Gustafson is more than what the media – or she – tried to portray. Secondly a “Theater Tech” can very well be a teacher although many times – such in the case of one reader email – it’s not.

This is exactly who should be criticizing the mainstream media. Update: No, it isn’t. Update II: Yes, it is! Update III: It puts the lotion in the basket.

He goes on to theorize that this was a radio stunt gone wrong. Gustafson is listed among “familiar faces” on a tiny Alaskan public radio website, so this must be true. She just forgot to bring any radio equipment at all, but had the foresight to line up that sweet camera-phone-totin’ bystander to capture the action. George Peppard would be proud of this plan.

Finally, he discovers that Gustafson is president of a family planning organization. Wow, you figured out, all by yourself, that her politics differ from Palin’s? The 30-foot “Worst Governor Ever” banner didn’t tip you off?

Gateway Pundit, meanwhile, is all hung up on what they say is Gustafson’s membership in a “drag queen band.” Except she clearly isn’t. Even the caption in their own photo identifies Gustafson as the director of a local production of a play, “Hedvig and the Angry Inch.” Still, we get the message, don’t we?

As was the case with Joe the Plumber, however, Palin didn’t know any of this when she approached Gustafson, or when she childishly played “Gotcha!” with her, or when her entourage bullied the man with the camera, and reportedly ripped the sign down.

Palin’s trying hard to re-cast this as some kind of microcosmic Lincoln-Douglas for the YouTube age, but this video remains bad optics for Palin, who already has a reputation for being thin-skinned. Gustafson could be a gay, communist, arugula-farming atheist, and it wouldn’t make Palin’s performance any better.

This won’t hurt Palin with her supporters, who would happily watch her skeet-shoot puppies, but I don’t see it playing well with anyone else.



Update: A Kathleen Gustafson has been a certified teacher in Alaska since 1990. (h/t Michi)

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  • Pablo

    Palin’s “performance” was fine, though most people would call it “behavior”. For instance, she doesn’t lie about anyone. You should take a lesson, Tommy.

  • Constantly

    hey tommy did you graduate from the Joseph Goebbels School of Cheerleading?

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    Can we please stop treating this moron as a serious political figure? The only policies I have ever heard her espouse are blame the media for everything. She has no substance whatsoever. What is Mitch Daniels doing today?

  • Pablo

    you might think the right would take a different tack with Sarah Palin protester Kathy Gustafson. You would be wrong.

    I’m not sure what that link is supposed to mean in terms of how one might be wrong. Is this what you’re referring to:

    Palin’s dark side came out in full effect this weekend, and this time the victim was not President Obama but a schoolteacher in small-town Alaska.

  • writer

    Don’t worry, Tommy. When Greg Gutfeld opens his gay bar next to that mosque in New York City, the Muslims can show us all how tolerance is done.

  • Pablo

    This is exactly who should be criticizing the mainstream media. Update: No, it isn’t. Update II: Yes, it is! Update III: It puts the lotion in the basket.

    Better we should have people who print falsehoods and refuse to correct them. Like you, Tommy!

  • notsofast

    The electronic ink on the story is barely dry, and right-wing sites are googling their hearts out, getting it wrong, and injecting homophobia”

    Oh really? Detailing what this hate filled lib does is homophobia? LOL

    How many cards do ya want to play today, TC??

  • paulmdoro

    Power to the people! What’s wrong with confronting a political figure? Or should we only do it when they are running for office or already elected?

  • ImNotBlue

    The electronic ink on the story is barely dry, and right-wing sites are googling their hearts out, getting it wrong, and injecting homophobia into the mix for good measure.

    Remember folks, if the right does research on someone after they make a scene… it’s bad. When the left does a little research… it’s different.

    The early reports said she was a teacher… no need to look any further into who she is, or what she does, or what groups she’s a member of. Let’s not let this whole “journalism” thing get in the way of attacking Palin.

    Of course, I’m not sure what Tommy is talking about homophobia for… I didn’t see anything that represented that. What am I missing, Tommy?

    As was the case with Joe the Plumber, however, Palin didn’t know any of this when she approached Gustafson, or when she childishly played “Gotcha!” with her, or when her entourage bullied the man with the camera, and reportedly ripped the sign down.

    The real irony of this paragraph is knowing that the other Mediaite article contradicted those two claims (that someone was bullied, and that someone ripped the sign down). Of course, in this article, Tommy criticizes someone for posting updates as they do their research. This is different than how Tommy does his research… which is to not even read other articles posted on this site, or reference the “doubtful” nature of his linked-to claims.

    Palin’s trying hard to re-cast this as some kind of microcosmic Lincoln-Douglas for the YouTube age, but this video remains bad optics for Palin, who already has a reputation for being thin-skinned.

    And here I thought that was actually a Presidential requirement.

    Gustafson could be a gay, communist, arugula-farming atheist, and it wouldn’t make Palin’s performance any better.

    But honestly, Tommy… would anything short of Palin saying, “You’re absolutely right,” been a “good performance” for you? Be honest…

    This won’t hurt Palin with her supporters, who would happily watch her skeet-shoot puppies, but I don’t see it playing well with anyone else.

    Yeah, watching an unhinged woman at bat-poop, to someone else who remains calm and unaffected… yeah, people always take the crazy shouting woman’s opinion more seriously.

  • writer

    I think Tommy is confusing a few right wing bloggers with the main stream media.

  • paulmdoro

    If it was someone standing by Obama with a “Worst President Ever” sign they’d be called a hero by the right.

  • notsofast

    paulmdoro said:
    f it was someone standing by Obama with a “Worst President Ever” sign they’d be called a hero by the right.

    And a racist by the left!

  • ImNotBlue

    paulmdoro says:
    August 10, 2010 at 12:28 pm

    If it was someone standing by Obama with a “Worst President Ever” sign they’d be called a hero by the right.

    And the left would be screaming “racism!” and delving deeply into his/her background.

  • Bootleghaircut

    “Power to the people! What’s wrong with confronting a political figure? Or should we only do it when they are running for office or already elected?”

    Paul you know as well as i do that the issue is not about confronting politicians-its about confronting sarah palin which simply drives the far right tin foil hat wearers out of their minds.

    Its getting pretty predictable at this point.

  • paulmdoro

    So you guys agree that an individual with a sign saying “Worst President Ever” about Obama would be called a hero?

  • lonestar77

    Poor Tommy. He probably spent the better part of last night & this morning scouring conservative blogs in an attempt to equate this with the Joe-the-plumber incident. Let me know when your friends in the MSM do their part to try and tear this woman up. Let me know when a government employee abuses their power and breaks the law in an attempt to dig up dirt on this woman.

    “Homophobia”? Ahh, another typical “ism” used by the left. Tommy is upset that this woman wasn’t black. If she were, he could use another favorite, “racist” or “racism”.

    Tommy uses the term “childish” in reference to Palin. Then, he says her supporters would love to watch her shoot-puppies.

    And, since Palin remained calm and didn’t get flustered, Tommy is left to do nothing but attack her performance & call her thin-skinned. Or, as clear-thinking people call it, lie.

    Another epic fail, Tommy! I believe Tequila helps with PDS.

  • notsofast

    OT:

    Johnny, you were a good guy!

    Thanks!

    AUGUST 9–In an unprecedented act of celebrity philanthropy, the charitable foundation created by Johnny Carson has reported receiving $156 million from a personal trust established by the entertainer years prior to his January 2005 death, The Smoking Gun has learned.

    The nine-figure transfer from the late entertainer’s estate was disclosed in a tax return filed three months ago by the John W. Carson Foundation, records show. The massive bequest leaves the Carson foundation with assets dwarfing the largest Hollywood charities–even the foundation run by entertainment titan David Geffen, whose organization listed assets of $80 million on its most recent tax return.

  • ImNotBlue

    paulmdoro says:
    August 10, 2010 at 12:38 pm

    So you guys agree that an individual with a sign saying “Worst President Ever” about Obama would be called a hero?

    Do you agree he would be called a racist, and have his past combed through by the leftwing blogs and “reporters?”

  • http://trickletown.vox.com/ Trickletown

    Speaking as an independent who has much respect for Palin’s populist charisma, let me say that she looks worse for the confrontation with the protester. Palin fans can tolerate no criticizm. Perhaps she is infallable, like a pope. I would recommend that her security force ( Bristol, apparently) should keep her away from any protester with half a brain.

  • writer

    notsofast, I see someone actually gave you a thumbs down just for saying that Carson was a good guy. Wow.

  • notsofast

    Trickletown said:
    let me say that she looks worse for the confrontation

    No, the hat-filled lib who went out of her way to spew her venom, typical of libs, comes across as a real virago.

  • Moderate

    Palin drives the far left crazy and the crazy far left even crazier.

  • lanquihue

    TC: “As was the case with Joe the Plumber…”

    I kinda recall Joe the Plumber going through the liberal anal exam for weeks, hell, the liberal press were falling over themselves trying to discredit and ruin the guy. And as I recall, all he did was ask a simple question, he didn’t go out of his way to become confrontational, as this activist broad in Alaska did. And for that he was sent through the ringer. So, to all you libs who think this stupid activist in Alaska is being unfairly treated, I say, Fuck You. She went out of her way to step in front of the camera and spew bullshit. Fuck her, too.

  • paulmdoro

    ImNotBlue said:
    paulmdoro says:
    August 10, 2010 at 12:38 pm

    So you guys agree that an individual with a sign saying “Worst President Ever” about Obama would be called a hero?

    Do you agree he would be called a racist, and have his past combed through by the leftwing blogs and “reporters?”

    I tend to think that stuff like this generates partisan and selective outrage. I wish there was more honest, unscripted interaction between political figures and average folk.

  • notsofast

    writer said:
    notsofast, I see someone actually gave you a thumbs down just for saying that Carson was a good guy. Wow.

    Typical lib hatred, nothing more. It is to be expected- they just can’t stop their hate of and loathing for this country and their obsession with identity politics.

  • http://trickletown.vox.com/ Trickletown

    notsofast said:
    No, the hat-filled lib who went out of her way to spew her venom, typical of libs, comes across as a real virago

    Virago is a term that refers to a strong, brave, or warlike woman. Palin could use some of that.

  • lonestar77

    Headline: “Conservatives attack messenger…blah…blah…blah”

    Kathy Gustafson’s bio: “I’ve been on the board since 2003. I feel like volunteering with KBFPC is the natural compliment to my work in Youth Theater and public radio. When I worked at Smoky Bay Learning Center, I witnessed directly the good work that Family Planning does in health education programs and I want to do what I can to be a part of it.”

    So, pointing out that she’s a left-wing activist and a theater tech, not a teacher is attacking the messenger? Ok, got it. Oh, and Joe-the-Plumber, didn’t seek out your boy, The One, like this lady did Palin.

  • paulmdoro

    notsofast said:
    Typical lib hatred, nothing more. It is to be expected- they just can’t stop their hate of and loathing for this country and their obsession with identity politics.

    You know who voted thumbs down and their political persuasion?

  • The Real Royal King

    A very good summary, Tommy. Thank you. The point that Democrats criticized JTP for not being a J and not being a P (I suppose the T remains appropriate) is very good. I don’t like this little game, even if the substantive points concerning (J)T(P) proved correct. He imploded on his own, very nicely. I don’t like the clumsy attempt to smear by the Tea Partiers and Republicans, either. In this instance, the smears all appear to be falsehoods, many generated by the notoriously unreliable, utterly reprehensible slime site of which our friend Michelle-in-Utah is so fond. And, I don’t expect Ms. Gustafson to disintigrate like the hapless (J)T(P). I should fear for her, however, after seeing the Backwateresque Security Personnel and after hearing the nasty Brisket.

    THE BECKERHEAD’S LIES
    ARE OFT BLUBBERING CRIES,
    BUT TO MISINFORM
    IS MERELY HIS NORM.
    HOW E’ER HE COMMUNICATES
    HE ALWAYS PREVARICATES.

  • The Real Royal King

    notsofast said:
    OT: Johnny, you were a good guy! Thanks! AUGUST 9–In an unprecedented act of celebrity philanthropy, the charitable foundation created by Johnny Carson has reported receiving $156 million from a personal trust established by the entertainer years prior to his January 2005 death, The Smoking Gun has learned. The nine-figure transfer from the late entertainer’s estate was disclosed in a tax return filed three months ago by the John W. Carson Foundation, records show. The massive bequest leaves the Carson foundation with assets dwarfing the largest Hollywood charities–even the foundation run by entertainment titan David Geffen, whose organization listed assets of $80 million on its most recent tax return.

    Thanks for this post. Carson was a good guy.

    THE BECKERHEAD’S LIES
    ARE OFT BLUBBERING CRIES,
    BUT TO MISINFORM
    IS MERELY HIS NORM.
    HOW E’ER HE COMMUNICATES
    HE ALWAYS PREVARICATES.

  • notsofast

    Trickletown said:
    Virago is a term that refers to a strong, brave, or warlike woman. Palin could use some of that.

    Wrong!

    Try its primary definition:

    virago [vɪˈrɑːgəʊ]
    n pl -goes, -gos
    1. a loud, violent, and ill-tempered woman; scold; shrew

    vi·ra·go (v-räg, -r-, vîr-g)
    n. pl. vi·ra·goes or vi·ra·gos
    1. A woman regarded as noisy, scolding, or domineering.

    That describes your hero to a T. I love how you libs choose your role models.

  • notsofast

    paulmdoro said:
    You know who voted thumbs down and their political persuasion?

    yes!

  • StandUp

    paulmdoro said:
    I tend to think that stuff like this generates partisan and selective outrage. I wish there was more honest, unscripted interaction between political figures and average folk.

    I agree. We need more town hall meetings with our elected officials.
    Wait a minute, last time we did that the attendees were described by the lamestream media as uneducated, racist, violent hate groups riled up by conservative talk show hosts.

  • paulmdoro

    StandUp said:
    I agree. We need more town hall meetings with our elected officials.
    Wait a minute, last time we did that the attendees were described by the lamestream media as uneducated, racist, violent hate groups riled up by conservative talk show hosts.

    OK then. Sure.

  • paulmdoro

    notsofast said:
    yes!

    Wow! Amazing! Are you psychic?

  • notsofast

    paulmdoro said:
    Amazing! Are you psychic?

    I am all of that and more, paul!

  • paulmdoro

    notsofast said:
    I am all of that and more, paul!

    Cool!

  • sarainitaly

    Similar, yet not. Joe the Plumber was hanging out in his front yard, and Obama approached Joe. Joe asked him a question. Then the left went nuts, trashing him, digging up whatever they could.

    Kathleen insulted Palin, hanging a HUGE banner, reportedly as a publicity stunt for a radio station and Palin asked her what was up. Kathleen continued her ugly insults and Palin maintained her composure and was nice to her, to the point that Kathleen said she was pleased to have met her, and thanked Palin for coming over, even agreeing they probably had a lot in common.

    Kathleen was trashing a private citizen, Palin, in front of Palin’s children. And if it was a radio station stunt, she doesn’t really qualify as a *private citizen*, like Joe the Plumber was, does she?

    Joe was a private citizen, and all he did was ask a question. Kathleen attacked a private citizen and went out of her way to insult her (your precious bible, you chased money for celebrity…).
    What goes around, comes around, I’d say. At least Sarah didn’t scream *who are you? who are you* and grab Kathleen in a *hug* and try to strangle the crap out of her….

    The only thing childish about this scenario is the *reporting* done here by Tommy. So, so predictable.

    “Palin, who already has a reputation for being thin-skinned” – I seriously can NOT believe you actually wrote that.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Kelly/720731075 Chris Kelly

    This whole thing should be disgusting. There’s the fact that Palin didn’t already have responses for basic complaints and couldn’t craft them on the spot. Then, there’s the PDS victim who couldn’t come up with even one question about Palin’s policy. Then, there’s the attempts to both shoot and defend the messenger. And, all of that is taking time away from solving real problems.

    If you’re disgusted by all of this, help promote this plan and help raise the level of debate in the U.S.:

    http://24ahead.com/s/question-authority

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Terry-Canaan/666670819 Terry Canaan

    How DARE you attack the Beloved Saviour of Mankind and First Reincarnation of Ronald Reagan! “Heresy!” the wingnut masses shriek, “HERESY!”

  • The Real Royal King

    sarainitaly said:
    Similar, yet not. Joe the Plumber was hanging out in his front yard, and Obama approached Joe. Joe asked him a question. Then the left went nuts, trashing him, digging up whatever they could. Kathleen insulted Palin, hanging a HUGE banner, reportedly as a publicity stunt for a radio station and Palin asked her what was up. Kathleen continued her ugly insults and Palin maintained her composure and was nice to her, to the point that Kathleen said she was pleased to have met her, and thanked Palin for coming over, even agreeing they probably had a lot in common. Kathleen was trashing a private citizen, Palin, in front of Palin’s children. And if it was a radio station stunt, she doesn’t really qualify as a *private citizen*, like Joe the Plumber was, does she? Joe was a private citizen, and all he did was ask a question. Kathleen attacked a private citizen and went out of her way to insult her (your precious bible, you chased money for celebrity…).What goes around, comes around, I’d say. At least Sarah didn’t scream *who are you? who are you* and grab Kathleen in a *hug* and try to strangle the crap out of her…. The only thing childish about this scenario is the *reporting* done here by Tommy. So, so predictable. “Palin, who already has a reputation for being thin-skinned” – I seriously can NOT believe you actually wrote that.

    Of course, all Palin had to do was continue on in a dignified manner. Instead, she produced another sordid reality television episode. As far as Palin being nice, she was every bit as condescending as her offspring Brisket. Did you really even watch the clip?

    THE BECKERHEAD’S LIES
    ARE OFT BLUBBERING CRIES,
    BUT TO MISINFORM
    IS MERELY HIS NORM.
    HOW E’ER HE COMMUNICATES
    HE ALWAYS PREVARICATES.

  • The Real Royal King

    sarainitaly said:
    “Palin, who already has a reputation for being thin-skinned” – I seriously can NOT believe you actually wrote that.

    Why? That is demonstrably true.

    THE BECKERHEAD’S LIES
    ARE OFT BLUBBERING CRIES,
    BUT TO MISINFORM
    IS MERELY HIS NORM.
    HOW E’ER HE COMMUNICATES
    HE ALWAYS PREVARICATES.

  • writer

    Yeah, anyone who would point out that a particular network is picking on them would have to be awfully thin skinned.

  • ImNotBlue

    The Real Royal King says:
    August 10, 2010 at 1:17 pm

    Why? That is demonstrably true.

    Because it doesn’t quite compare to the thin skin of the President… of which, the left is somehow not bothered by. Why is that?

    (PS- Do you worry that your poems, devoid of evidence or facts, and full of their own lies and spin, will turn people off to your specific brand of hate… or do you feel that disguising your hate and lies with a modicum of “cleverness” will fool the readers)

  • paulmdoro

    Aren’t many of us thin-skinned, maybe more than we should be? Seems like that is sort of universal.

  • The Real Royal King

    ImNotBlue said:
    The Real Royal King says:August 10, 2010 at 1:17 pm Why? That is demonstrably true. Because it doesn’t quite compare to the thin skin of the President… of which, the left is somehow not bothered by. Why is that? (PS- Do you worry that your poems, devoid of evidence or facts, and full of their own lies and spin, will turn people off to your specific brand of hate… or do you feel that disguising your hate and lies with a modicum of “cleverness” will fool the readers)

    I hope you can find someone to take care of your “needs” soon.

    THE BECKERHEAD’S LIES
    ARE OFT BLUBBERING CRIES,
    BUT TO MISINFORM
    IS MERELY HIS NORM.
    HOW E’ER HE COMMUNICATES
    HE ALWAYS PREVARICATES.

  • writer

    After tea on the veranda, the King will pick out a couple of the common rabble to fight to the death for our amusement.

  • Penguin60

    “This won’t hurt Palin with her supporters, who would happily watch her skeet-shoot puppies, but I don’t see it playing well with anyone else.”

    Huh? Wuh? Skeet shooting puppies? The little credibility that was there just took a major nose dive. TC you should be writing for Leno, or are you?

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    ImNotBlue says: “The real irony of this paragraph is knowing that the other Mediaite article contradicted those two claims (that someone was bullied,…”

    Did you not see the video? Some bozo kept trying to block the video. It’s another example of selective perception; one sees what one wants to see. “The other side played dirty” … and our bifurcated reality keeps humming along on separate tracks.

  • ImNotBlue

    The Real Royal King says:
    August 10, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    I hope you can find someone to take care of your “needs” soon.

    Is that all you’ve got, King. Still haven’t recovered, huh? Poor guy.

    GlennBeckReview says:
    August 10, 2010 at 1:41 pm

    I thought the guy was only on a camera phone… that’s what TC said. Wow, what a threatening character it must have been trying to block a camera phone.

    Tell me GBR, since you pride yourself on all this “evidence” you find… what proof of those statements are there? How do you know what happened?

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    sarah, you got it right…………….

    Similar, yet not. Joe the Plumber was hanging out in his front yard, and Obama approached Joe. Joe asked him a question. Then the left went nuts, trashing him, digging up whatever they could.

    Kathleen insulted Palin, hanging a HUGE banner, reportedly as a publicity stunt for a radio station and Palin asked her what was up. Kathleen continued her ugly insults and Palin maintained her composure and was nice to her, to the point that Kathleen said she was pleased to have met her, and thanked Palin for coming over, even agreeing they probably had a lot in common.

    Kathleen was trashing a private citizen, Palin, in front of Palin’s children. And if it was a radio station stunt, she doesn’t really qualify as a *private citizen*, like Joe the Plumber was, does she?

    Joe was a private citizen, and all he did was ask a question. Kathleen attacked a private citizen and went out of her way to insult her (your precious bible, you chased money for celebrity…).
    What goes around, comes around, I’d say. At least Sarah didn’t scream *who are you? who are you* and grab Kathleen in a *hug* and try to strangle the crap out of her….

    The only thing childish about this scenario is the *reporting* done here by Tommy. So, so predictable.

    Not only did you get it right, Joe the Plumber was a plumber. Here is my interview with Joe the Plumber.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8QkUL_0G1I

  • TfT

    WOW Tommy == it is clear you are continuing your quest for a job at MSNBC. It doesn’t get much more absurd than this article; you will fit right in with the meltdown crowd.

  • The_Reasonable_Lib

    Hypocrisy is a human characteristic that nobody is immune to. Right now the right is bathing in it.

  • Pablo

    Trickletown said:
    Palin fans can tolerate no criticizm. Perhaps she is infallable, like a pope.

    Are you high? Who has put up with more criticism than Sarah Palin over the last couple of years, aside from perhaps Obama? Are her fans snapping en masse somewhere?

  • lanquihue

    gordonbloyershow said:
    Not only did you get it right, Joe the Plumber was a plumber.

    At that point it didn’t matter if he was a plumber or an astronaut, anyway, although the lefties freaked out about it. He said hed lie to start a plumbing business. If I wanted to secret agent, that doesn’t mean I’m a secret agent.

  • lonestar77

    Tommy wrote: “or when her entourage bullied the man with the camera, and reportedly ripped the sign down.”

    Tommy: Do you have any evidence that her “entourage bullied the man with the camera”? Or, are you just making things up again? Also, who reported that the sign was ripped down? Some leftist with a personal blog? Uhm, ok. I saw a picture of the sign on the ground and it didn’t looked “ripped down”. It looked like someone took it down & folded it up. If it was Sarah’s “entourage”, then why didn’t your newfound heroes just put it back up?

    Do you have any answers or are you just trafficking in hate? Why do you continue to write in such a “childish” manner?

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Poor lanquihue, you need to quit repeating the union lie. You don’t have to be in the union to be a plumber. I understand you want to be a political commentator but that doesn’t mean you are. You should have some idea what you are talking about. So repeating other liars lies won’t get you there.
    My interview with Joe the Plumber.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8QkUL_0G1I

  • jesse cornish is an impotent weirdo

    Compliments of Palingates, Sully has incontrovertible evidence of profound offense–both behavioral and sartorial–on the part of Miss Wasyphilis.

    http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/08/the-odd-lies-of-sarah-palin-xciv-they-claim-i-wait-for-it-appear-to-roll-my-eyes.html

  • Nachi

    The usual apostles of hate who inhabit the dark places of the Republiscum mind.

  • philipjames

    Look… because the lame stream media and liberals have attacked Sarah Palin from day one and even the girlie men in the Republican Party hid in the closet while this happened, there is absolutely NO TOLERANCE from the millions of Sarah Palin supporters for any slight or perceived slight of Sarah Palin.

    Quit you whining. You liberals and Sarah Palin haters drove her from office. It is all your fault she is now destroying Democrat politicians and making Obama look like an idiot. If you would left her alone, she would now be preparing for election for another term as Governor. But no, you idiots just could not keep your friggin mouths shut. You had to attack her and get her so peed off that she left office and decided to fight you jerk offs in the lower 48.

    So screw you liberals and Sarah Palin haters… she is beating you and will continue to beat your butts all the way to the White House in 2012. And it will all be your fault for being such natural born jacka^^es.

  • The Real Royal King

    jesse cornish is an impotent weirdo said:
    Compliments of Palingates, Sully has incontrovertible evidence of profound offense–both behavioral and sartorial–on the part of Miss Wasyphilis. http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/08/the-odd-lies-of-sarah-palin-xciv-they-claim-i-wait-for-it-appear-to-roll-my-eyes.html

    Thanks for that clip. The Drop Out Governor is a complete liar, isn’t she?

    THE BECKERHEAD’S LIES
    ARE OFT BLUBBERING CRIES,
    BUT TO MISINFORM
    IS MERELY HIS NORM.
    HOW E’ER HE COMMUNICATES
    HE ALWAYS PREVARICATES.

  • RTB

    Your not fooling anyone sheehan!

  • Constantly

    haha andrew sullivan doesnt even know what his ass is for…

  • paulmdoro

    Constantly said:
    haha andrew sullivan doesnt even know what his ass is for…

    Ugh grow up man. Seriously. Unless you’re 12. Then, by all means, proceed.

  • FearMonger

    Penguin60 said:
    “This won’t hurt Palin with her supporters, who would happily watch her skeet-shoot puppies, but I don’t see it playing well with anyone else.” Huh? Wuh? Skeet shooting puppies? The little credibility that was there just took a major nose dive. TC you should be writing for Leno, or are you?

    That’s Tommy’s idea of ‘fine jounOlism’…… No bias there….

    depending, of course, on what your definition of the word ‘bias’ is….

    What say you paulmdoro… surveyor of all things fair and unfair. You have been mute on ‘puppy shooting’. Will you condemn this type of BS ‘journOlism’ or will you relish the double standard?

    How ’bout you GBR???? Will you accept the bar being set this low by Tommy? And if so, then tell me this…..

    WHAT WILL A ‘RIGHT-WINGER’ HAVE TO SAY TO DESERVE YOUR MANUFACTURED OUTRAGE AFTER THAT?

    I mean, we’re talking about puppies being blasted to bits so….. remain silent when a ridiculous excuse for a journOlist says some shit like this and you have ZERO GROUNDS to say a friggin’ thing the next time Rush or Beck or Kristol or Barnes or Coulter or Malkin says something you don’t find ‘funny’ and calls it ‘satire’.

    Seriously, the case could be made that it is such an obvious, clumsy, ham-handed attempt to make a stupid, imaginary, erroneous point that it actually doesn’t even qualify as ‘satire’.

    You know, satire is supposed to be clever. This is the opposite of clever. Therefore, the case could be made that Tommy actually meant it literally. Is that it Tommy? Is that what you really think of Palin supporters?

    And if not, is that your idea of humor? What about ‘journalism’? Is this really where we find ourselves?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Treacher/542957672 Jim Treacher

    Remember when Joe the Plumber put up a banner calling Obama the “Worst Presidential Candidate Ever”? Me neither.

  • paulmdoro

    I strongly oppose shooting puppies.

  • FearMonger

    And btw…. I’m counting at least one of you left-wingers who were all-kinds-of-outraged that people were being so silly as to pay attention to FLOTUS’ vacation ‘when so many important issues confront us’ so….

    get your hypocritical asses off the Palin thread.

  • FearMonger

    Jim Treacher said:
    Remember when Joe the Plumber put up a banner calling Obama the “Worst Presidential Candidate Ever”? Me neither.

    Jimmy Carter is off the hook…..

  • xoffender

    Please $arah – go away.

    The Ballad of Sarah Palin: http://evilsocialist.blogspot.com/
    Scroll to bottom of page

  • paulmdoro

    FearMonger said:
    Jimmy Carter is off the hook…..

    How about Dubya?

  • Pablo

    Nachi said:
    The usual apostles of hate who inhabit the dark places of the Republiscum mind.

    Well, aren’t you just all rainbows and sunshine and love.

  • FearMonger

    paulmdoro said:
    I strongly oppose shooting puppies.

    Right…

    Do me a favor paul…. save your Ellis Henican style “BOTH SIDES DO IT BUT I ONLY POINT THAT OUT WHEN (D)’s ARE IN POWER” hypocrisy for somebody who buys it. You are the first to pipe up about ‘political discourse and civility’ UNTIL YOU ARE NOT.

    I’m sick of the one-way streets and double-standards. Make the rules and play by them. Then win if you can and lose if you must but….DO BOTH WITH GRACE.

    All this shit about Joe The Plumber is exactly what I talked about back then AND STILL TALK ABOUT NOW…. YOU LEFT-WINGERS SET THE DAMN BAR WHEN YOU ATTACKED THAT GUY JUST BECAUSE HE ASKED OBEYME A DAMNED QUESTION!!!!

    Now you bitch and moan every time those same set of rules is used against you….’attack the messenger’ blah blah blah…..

    Geez the hypocrisy!

  • paulmdoro

    FearMonger said:
    Right…

    Do me a favor paul…. save your Ellis Henican style “BOTH SIDES DO IT BUT I ONLY POINT THAT OUT WHEN (D)’s ARE IN POWER” hypocrisy for somebody who buys it. You are the first to pipe up about ‘political discourse and civility’ UNTIL YOU ARE NOT.

    I’m sick of the one-way streets and double-standards. Make the rules and play by them. Then win if you can and lose if you must but….DO BOTH WITH GRACE.

    All this shit about Joe The Plumber is exactly what I talked about back then AND STILL TALK ABOUT NOW…. YOU LEFT-WINGERS SET THE DAMN BAR WHEN YOU ATTACKED THAT GUY JUST BECAUSE HE ASKED OBEYME A DAMNED QUESTION!!!!

    Now you bitch and moan every time those same set of rules is used against you….’attack the messenger’ blah blah blah…..

    Geez the hypocrisy!

    Was that hysterical tirade about me not condemning someone for some comment about shooting puppies?

  • FearMonger

    paulmdoro said:
    How about Dubya?

    Yeah… Dubya was awful all right. 7 straight years of zero terrorist attacks on American soil…..5% unemployment… pride and respect for America from George, his family, his administration, the rest of (non-America hating) America and the rest of the world except for her enemies.

    As for our enemies, who gives a shit if they had pride in America but you can bet your bottom dollar that THEY DID HAVE RESPECT FOR AMERICA WHEN DUBYA WAS POTUS.

    But still…..we are so much better off now….right paul?

  • FearMonger

    paulmdoro said:
    Ugh grow up man. Seriously. Unless you’re 12. Then, by all means, proceed.

    Mirror mirror….

  • paulmdoro

    FearMonger said:
    Yeah… Dubya was awful all right. 7 straight years of zero terrorist attacks on American soil…..5% unemployment… pride and respect for America from George, his family, his administration, the rest of (non-America hating) America and the rest of the world except for her enemies.

    As for our enemies, who gives a shit if they had pride in America but you can bet your bottom dollar that THEY DID HAVE RESPECT FOR AMERICA WHEN DUBYA WAS POTUS.

    But still…..we are so much better off now….right paul?

    Who’s your dealer? Where did you get the delusional pills?

    Regarding terrorist attacks, how about his first year?

    Did the economy improve while he was president? How about the debt that conservatives are now so concerned about? That go up or down?

    What else you got?

  • Kird

    This won’t hurt Palin with her supporters, who would happily watch her skeet-shoot puppies, but I don’t see it playing well with anyone else.

    It certainly won’t hurt Palin with articles ending with a statement like that.

    To quote John Stewart: “You’re not helping!”

  • tjl

    Ms. Palin is an idiot. Thanks for your time.

  • DonnaK

    MichelleF is certainly no where to be found when all her lies about Mrs. Gustafson are found to be a lie. Again, pathetic!! If your going to demean people all the time, make sure you have some of the facts on your side.!!

  • FearMonger

    paulmdoro said:
    Regarding terrorist attacks, how about his first year?

    Yes paul…’how about that’? 8 months in and it was Bush’s fault, right?

  • paulmdoro

    FearMonger said:
    Yes paul…’how about that’? 8 months in and it was Bush’s fault, right?

    Of course not. It was all Clinton’s fault. Smoke em if you got em.

  • FearMonger

    Kird said:
    It certainly won’t hurt Palin with articles ending with a statement like that. To quote John Stewart: “You’re not helping!”

    It’s not A SHITTY THING TO SAY b/c it came from the left…. just fyi….

    I’m gradually starting to understand the rules…. the more they talk, the more I grasp left-wingers definitions of words like ‘fairness’, ‘equality’, and ‘even-handedness’.

    Also, lefty meanings of words like ‘unbiased’, ‘reporting’, ‘news stories’, and journalism’ are starting to sink in.

    It’s like a code that you have to break and they are reluctant to answer questions about it so….you have to just let them talk. The truth is coming out more and more these days and the polls directly reflect that fact.

    Unless, of course, you subscribe to the theory of CAROLINE HELDMAN, OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE PROFESSOR who states in no uncertain terms that Obowma’s 30% drop in approval rating is due SIMPY to the fact that he is black……

    http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=574&topicId=100007214&docId=l:1236130446&isRss=true

    I guess if you can convince yourself that 30% of voters have become newly converted RACISTS over the past 18 months then THE SKIES THE LIMIT!!!

  • FearMonger

    paulmdoro said:
    Of course not. It was all Clinton’s fault. Smoke em if you got em.

    Right…. so…. 8 months in and, in your opinion, 9/11 was Bush’s fault. Can you guess my next question?

  • FearMonger

    FearMonger said:
    Right…. so…. 8 months in and, in your opinion, 9/11 was Bush’s fault. Can you guess my next question?

    actually it was less than 8 months if my math is right….

  • Sheryn

    Isn’t it funny that Sarah Palin has been saying polarizing, negative comments about Obama and any Democrat, whether they are true or not, and none of her fans see anything wrong with her mistruths and divisive comments? Then when a video comes out (look on Youtube-there is one showing the Palin group ripping up this woman’s sign; also another where Daughter calls the cell phone guy Asshole and yells at the teacher: You’re just jealous, TEACH. Sarah Palin certainly never spent time teaching her daughter manners or respect for adults! Somehow, I can’t justify Sarah Palin’s mockery of teachers because of Gustafson’s negative statement in front of the Queen of Abstinence, who wants to star in a Reality Show about the Palins and wants to give speeches for $30,000 a pop and write a book at the age of 19 about her memoirs. I also cannot berate this woman for posting a sign on her own private property–nor for expressing the opinion of most Alaskans that Sarah Palin bailed out as Governor because the grass was greener/she was a celebrity wannabee and would get very rich if she quit as Governor and went for the big bucks and being in the limelight.

    As Governor of Alaska, Palin slashed the budget on education and increased salaries on her personal staff. She hired more people to put out messages for her self-promotion, press secretaries, publicity agents, personal photographers, speech writers. Alaska is a small state and a sparse population. She wanted to be seen as the Diva and her husband as the First Dude. Alaskans are just common people and they never voted in a Royal Family and behind his back, they referred to Todd as the First Dud or Sarah’s tomcat. Sarah has such a low opinion of teachers that she allowed Bristol to miss the last five months of school during Sarah’s pregnancy because of “mono” and Princess Piper has spent more days out of school on the campaign trail, book signing tours, accompanying her mom as the human shield to protect her mom from questions for the media, and even at funerals of dignitaries who Piper didn’t even know but whose presence Sarah thought would be beneficial even though the person never even liked Sarah. Actions speak louder than words–don’t say how much respect you have for teachers when you are trying to get their vote, but give your own children the message that being in the limelight and missing school is better than going to school. If your child is disrespectful to a teacher and to an adult who is taking pictures, the parents don’t just laugh about it and think that it is funny.

  • lanquihue

    gordonbloyershow said:
    Poor lanquihue, you need to quit repeating the union lie. You don’t have to be in the union to be a plumber. I understand you want to be a political commentator but that doesn’t mean you are. You should have some idea what you are talking about. So repeating other liars lies won’t get you there.

    What the fuck are you talking about? Try reading the whole comment. What I said was, it didn’t matter if he was a plumber or not, all the guy said was, he might want to start a plumbing business, i.e, I was elaborating on your comment that the libs were making noise about absolutely nothing. Jesus Christ, talk about an itchy trigger finger…

  • lanquihue

    Kird said:
    To quote John Stewart: “You’re not helping!”

    To quote Jon Stewart is to admit to being a fucken retard.

  • puck30

    Tommy C said:

    This won’t hurt Palin with her supporters, who would happily watch her skeet-shoot puppies, but I don’t see it playing well with anyone else.

    Skeet-Shoot puppies eh Tommy. We ain’t hiding any inside hate for the woman are we? Cool. Then can we see the video?

  • The Real Royal King

    DonnaK said:
    MichelleF is certainly no where to be found when all her lies about Mrs. Gustafson are found to be a lie. Again, pathetic!! If your going to demean people all the time, make sure you have some of the facts on your side.!!

    I think she is the most intellectually dishonest person on this or any site. She is constantly citing ridiculous material from deplorable, thoroughly discredited websites. She cannot believe she is doing anything but propagating lies. When she invariably get caught, she makes a series of vile, personal attacks, each more shrill and vacuous then its predecessor, then she goes and hides. Thoroughly dishonest.

    THE BECKERHEAD’S LIES
    ARE OFT BLUBBERING CRIES,
    BUT TO MISINFORM
    IS MERELY HIS NORM.
    HOW E’ER HE COMMUNICATES
    HE ALWAYS PREVARICATES.

  • homie

    “hey tommy did you graduate from the Joseph Goebbels School of Cheerleading?”

    Project much?

  • Constantly

    good one homie

    sexual

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    RRK…..about MichelleF……….I think she is the most intellectually dishonest person on this or any site.

    You got that wrong, YOU are the most dishonest person on ANY site.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    lanq, you said………….. He said hed lie to start a plumbing business. If I wanted to secret agent, that doesn’t mean I’m a secret agent.

    I still don’t know what that means? He said hed lie? I don’t know where Joe said he would lie about anything.

    Sorry if I did not get your point. You retake was correct.

  • Pablo

    Sheryn said:
    (look on Youtube-there is one showing the Palin group ripping up this woman’s sign

    You should link that video. It would go viral in no time. Do you have a link to that? It should be in your browser history if you’ve seen it. I would really like to see that video, but I can’t find it on YouTube.

  • Pablo

    The Predictable Progressive Projectionist said:
    I think she is the most intellectually dishonest person on this or any site. She is constantly citing ridiculous material from deplorable, thoroughly discredited websites. She cannot believe she is doing anything but propagating lies. When she invariably get caught, she makes a series of vile, personal attacks, each more shrill and vacuous then its predecessor, then she goes and hides. Thoroughly dishonest.

    THE BECKERHEAD’S LIES
    ARE OFT BLUBBERING CRIES,
    BUT TO MISINFORM
    IS MERELY HIS NORM.
    HOW E’ER HE COMMUNICATES
    HE ALWAYS PREVARICATES.

    Sorry, but I just thought everyone should get another look at that post. It’s that awesome. And telling.

  • The Real Royal King

    gordonbloyershow said:
    RRK…..about MichelleF……….I think she is the most intellectually dishonest person on this or any site. You got that wrong, YOU are the most dishonest person on ANY site.

    Thank you for proving my point Marceaux, I mean Blower.

    AT FOX NEWS:
    —IN LIES AND DECEPTIONS,
    —WE’RE WITHOUT A PEER.
    —IN TRUTH AND INTEGRITY,
    —WE BRING UP THE REAR.

  • Jackie63

    Bullied the man with the camera???
    Now we just make things up?
    Wasn’t it Tommy C who defended that bat hit crazy politician who ASSAULTED the kid asking a question on a public street??
    NO BIAS HERE< MOVE ALONG!!!
    Let's see, ASSAULTED is better than SPOKE SWEETLY TO?!!!!
    OMFG…..
    I can't take this shit anymore.

  • Jackie63

    Hey Sheryn (AKA Douche)
    Were you home schooled??!!
    Your whole post was a long ranting batshit crazy lie.

  • esd2000

    Why would Sarah”s “handlers” try to block the person video taping Miss Sarah? She is such a lovely woman. I just don’t get it. Now when she does speak they should probably block out the audio, since she has nothing of substance to say. Video-yes,Audio-no.

  • alanreese

    where did michelle go? I thought that once her ill-informed hate-centered arguments were publicly proven false that she’d come back with her typical venomous vitriol aimed at those who throw her own idiocy back in her face!

    c’mon, michelle…..lets copy-and-paste some more lies from those discredited online blogs you love so much and then call anyone who has the capacity to understand their schemes an America-Hating communist!

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