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Palin’s Crusade Against Journalism Turns Left In New ‘Squirmish’ With Tucker Carlson

by Frances Martel | 5:19 pm, March 30th, 2011

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America awoke this morning to a new civil war– no, not in Libya (that one’s old by now) or Syria or Yemen, but on the internet, where Sarah Palin used her regular column on Facebook.com to trash conservative site The Daily Caller. How did the site that took down Ezra Klein’s Journolist become public enemy #1 for Lady Columbia herself? Simple: they deigned to publish a quote of hers in the second page of an article, where no one with Palin’s attention span would ever read it.

No, this isn’t an Onion post: Sarah Palin is fuming over reporter Chris Moody‘s decision to construct his article about her in a way that displeases her. “Goodness,” she writes from her lofty perch as a hard news reporter journalism professor acclaimed writer former Vice Presidential candidate, “cleaning up the sloppiness of reporters could be a full time job.” Betraying her inability to read through a news story of more than 500 words, she complains she “didn’t even notice” her own comments, and claims that being relegated to the internet nether-region that is “Facebook notes” is “further proof that the media can’t be trusted even to print a statement in a manner people can read.” Her relevant comments appeared on the second page in response to criticism that a law she passed during her two-year tenure as governor directly benefited her TLC reality show, followed by a more than 600-word response from Palin from which the original quote was pulled. Had the comments been placed before an explanation of the story, of course, would have made it impossible to follow. Most outrageously, however, Palin punches up from Moody to DC proprietor Tucker Carlson, accusing him of “publicly using a degrading term to describe women” and begging him to exhibit more “professionalism.”

Palin is a superstar on the right for her uncanny ability to bring out the worst in liberals and, certainly, from getting Kathy Griffin to accuse her of bullying to being called the c-word by Bill Maher, Palin knows nothing if not how to push buttons. But when sometimes it feels as if your only function as a political entity is stirring people up, you have to take pretty good aim. Attacking Carlson and the Daily Caller as a whole creates an opening for her detractors to criticize her not as anti-liberal, anti-bias, or even anti-misinformation: she comes off as anti-freedom of the press, plain and simple. She does not decry the left- or right-wing media, but the structure upheld by the First Amendment as a whole: the media as an entity that is to be curbed, manhandled, and ultimately silenced when inconvenient. Otherwise, there is little that would explain why being quoted in full in an article on a website run by a fellow conservative would inspire such rage. The Daily Caller may be biased, but it’s certainly no Media Matters.

But to turn Palin’s betrayal of a publication that has been overwhelmingly favorable to her since its inception into an opportunity to write a hack job on her would be unfair to her new adversaries over at the Daily Caller. The story is as much about their journalism as her intolerance for it. While Palin was upholding such conservative views as the union of church and state or supporting her North Korean allies, the head of the publication she now decries for media bias spent the better part of a decade challenging liberal talking points in a pre-Fox News world. News cycles in the 21^st century are far too loaded to make remembering what Tucker Carlson was up to before the Daily Caller easy, but, among many roles, Carlson spent five years face to face with James Carville promoting conservative principles on Crossfire and later hosting a show on MSNBC before landing at Fox News. In other words, Carlson, unlike Palin, has never been one to preach to the choir, and for that he and his publication have earned a certain credibility Palin could never dream to acquire.

Yes, The Daily Caller itself has veered into the morally questionable waters of publishing private emails with the intention of getting right-wing journalists fired and engaging in comical albeit juvenile web domain warfare. But just as Palin could never in her wildest dreams find herself engaging the other side productively in the way Carlson has made a career out of, neither Carlson nor the Daily Caller could ever hope to do as much damage to the right as Palin has in her nearly-three-year career as a professional Angry Person™. By inserting herself in the Tea Party movement—initially a coalition of Ron Paul supporters that had nothing to do with anything she stood for— and insisting on being a relevant political figure despite her dearth of academic background, communications skills, employment, or overall likability, Palin has crippled the misnamed “conservative” (more aptly defined as pro-freedom) right wing such that it is difficult to see the Republican Party win back the presidency for at least the next decade. Living in that sort of glass house, it’s probably best not to throw stones a house with as strong a foundation among conservatives as Carlson’s.

This post has been updated from its original version.

Alaska, Bill Maher, Chris Moody, daily caller, famous communists, Journolist, legislation, Reality Shows, Sarah Palin, Tucker Carlson

snatchax

beautiful, powerful, and she makes her own words – gotta love her!
Nacho

Zing!
cac1295

It’d be nice if this piece was copy edited, or even just proofread. Especially since it’s about, you know, journalistic issues.
roxsteady

Powerful? Did she order air strikes over Libya? The word powerful does not apply to the powerless! Apparently she’s not the only one who needs a thesaurus though.
timcajun

Let’s see this wouldn’t be whining, she said she wouldn’t do that! (about 10 whines ago) This couldn’t be a a gaffe! (the teas say that never happens) This couldn’t be a limited IQ issue! (she ranks sooo much higher than any Harvard or Columbia grad.) I think, this is the “Queen Tea”, calling anyone that calls her out on her misatkes, a Liberal or Rino. I knew it wouldn’t be a double standard. Let me be your president, I never make mistakes and I have a thick skin! Sheep, fall in behind me!
Paul G

Frances Martel writes “No, this isn’t an Onion post…” HAHAHAHA…come on! yes it is.
You should be ashamed of yourself Ms Martel. (although I have a feeling you’d probably ask “why?”) Which makes it even worse/funnier.
Tmccarthiera

“The Daily Caller may be biased, but it’s certainly no Media Matters.”

LoL. Martel, you’re such an idiot. The tone of this article seems to imply that you think Daily Caller is left-wing or “squishy moderate”. Which either proves you’re delusional or a fascist.
dandelion28

The story has an incoherent thesis and is chock full ‘o lazy assumptions. Is this the same writer who misspelled Jesse Watters’ name throughout an entire article?
Gasket

Wow…..now that’s a powerful Tucker Carlson defense. Epic takedown Frances.
Tmccarthiera

snatchax said:
beautiful, powerful, and she makes her own words – gotta love her!

Powerful? LoL. She’s a feckless talking head on Fox News who screams and cries from her facebook page that people aren’t listening to her. Just about every senate candidate who she supported in 2010 got laughed out of the election. O’Donnell. Miller. Angle. Buck.

Wait, I take that back. She’s hugely powerful.

And an important asset to the Democratic Party.
kvon

snatchax said:
beautiful, powerful, and she makes her own words – gotta love her!

Um, I don’t think you get it.
editorialjoe

cac1295 said:
It’d be nice if this piece was copy edited, or even just proofread. Especially since it’s about, you know, journalistic issues.

There’s more than one error, and it happens more often than it should. It’s okay for angry bloggers who can’t wait to get their two cents on to the screen, but a second or third set of eyes shouldn’t be too much to ask from a good meta-journalism. Step it up, Mediaite. Need a proofreader? I’m cheap.

Aside that, the assessment being outlined in the article is pretty accurate. If Sarah Palin really wanted to help the conservative movement, she’d back down and retreat from the spotlight, at least to regroup and strategize. It’s all fine and well to have a die-hard 20% bloc who will follow your every direction no matter how many stupid things you say–but that’s only helpful if you’re NOT making the rest of your would-be conservative allies groan in aggravation at least once a week at your magnetic affinity for bad press.
editorialjoe

editorialjoe said:
…but a second or third set of eyes shouldn’t be too much to ask from a good meta-journalism. Step it up, Mediaite.

Annnnd, omitted word. The fool foils himself. Objection sheepishly withdrawn.
skponggol

While Barack Obama leads a holy crusade against the Muslim infidels in Afghanistan, Pakistan and now Libya, Sarah Palin leads her crusade against American journalists.
chris87654

Gotta say she didn’t flip-flop – she trashed a conservative media outlet.

Leave it to Sarah to alienate another voting bloc and burn another bridge – she nailed everyone left of her and is taking out those around her and probably some on her right.

The chick is close to an emotional meltdown.
Newsjunky

LMAO! She couldn’t even get to the second page of the article. And apparently she thinks her followers are also incapable of reading an ENTIRE article or story or book or nursery rhyme or postcard or business card… hilarious! This quitter and faux politician is an embarrassment to American politics. Even BOR has turned against her! I love watching the destruction of this idiot.
Newsjunky

Tmccarthiera said:
Wait, I take that back. She’s hugely powerful.
And an important asset to the Democratic Party.

That is very true. I was hoping and praying the GOP would nominate this moron because she has NO, ZERO, NADA chance of winning a general election. And even less than that after her behavior/comments of the last few weeks.

Unfortunately, enough politicos on the right (certainly not the far-right wing teabaggers that comment on this site 24/7) are wising up the fact that she can’t win. She won’t be nominated, sadly. And then these jobless right wing commenters on sites such as this will suddenly stop supporting her too – but not until she’s out of the running… great stuff to watch!
azgrandma

Queen Moron strikes yet again. I think she would be an excellent president of the Dog Pound. The more we hear the more we can understand why she quit her governorship!
chris87654

Newsjunky said:
And then these jobless right wing commenters on sites such as this will suddenly stop supporting her too – but not until she’s out of the running… great stuff to watch!

Rats do end up deserting a sinking ship, but it’s hard to see Baggers supporting anyone (other than Bachmann) after they’ve been brainwashed into delusion. I thought Sarah might start her own party (to keep the game going) but after this with the Daily Caller, I don’t think her emotions can handle much more – she’s heading for a break down. Bachmann on her heels with the “Sarah 2.0″ articles will be a trigger – no comment from her about it yet, but she has history of holding stuff in until she blows up bigtime.
BFD

When Jon Stewart played the clip of Sarah’s new “word” Jon and the audience were in stitches.
As was I.

Listening to Palin is such an adventure, you just don’t know what dumbass thing she will say next.

I heard she called the Korean War a “Squimble”.
catfishjuggling

The only winner here is everyone.
tatboy

Nacho said:
Zing!

I would agree…
tatboy

Gasket said:
Wow…..now that’s a powerful Tucker Carlson defense. Epic takedown Frances.

I would agree… #2.
tatboy

BFD said:
When Jon Stewart played the clip of Sarah’s new “word” Jon and the audience were in stitches.
As was I.

Listening to Palin is such an adventure, you just don’t know what dumbass thing she will say next.

I heard she called the Korean War a “Squimble”.

Ooooooo… we almost had a hattrick. Sorry BFD, but a man with Joe Biden as his avatar shouldn’t call out other people for making dumb@ss statements. In the same Jon Stewart clip you so fond of Jon uses “Biden” as a verb… as in…

BI-DEN (verb): meaning to be a dumb@ss, or say dumb@ss things as the worst possible time.
BlueBunny

POOR FALIN PALIN IS SUCH A VICTIM! IN HER OWN EYES ANYWAY! WHAT A SOURCE OF CONSTANT AMUSEMENT SHE IS!
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BFD said:
I heard she called the Korean War a “Squimble”.

I think the work was “squirmish”.
http://www.squidoo.com/lauriebethsgrotto Laurie Beth

Brilliant.

You make good points about Tucker Carlson and company, at least in comparison to Palin–but I’m sure you would agree with me with regard to how low that is setting the bar. It doesn’t say much about The Daily Caller’s journalistic integrity that Mr. Moody edited his article to meet the specifications of his subject–specifications shrieked in his general direction via Facebook.

A sad state of affairs, but what can you do about the American right? Well done, Ms. M.
wbtphdjd

Conservatives “pro-freedom”? Now, THAT’S funny. Sure, unless you’re a woman who wants an abortion, or a same-sex couple who want to get married, or an African American who wants to be rid of racial segregation. Then, no freedom for you.
TampopoLoco

‘Squirmish’ lol what a dumb bitch! Go cry on your facebook page, Sarah.
Contessa

Time for Sarah to return to Dental Assistants College or whatever she was doing when she was so rudely interrupted by politics.
CosmosDan

Sarah, I hate the lamestream media, now quick quick get me on it.
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

sounds to me like she had reason to take issue:

“after he spent the first page completely spinning a situation to give the impression that Alaska’s film production tax credit legislation was somehow solely my idea hatched up to benefit the Palins years before I was ever involved in a documentary series on TLC/Discovery Channel.”

He reportedly spent the entire first page giving the impression she was guilty of something, leaving out any of her denials until the second page? Why shouldn’t she be annoyed? Most people here don’t even read beyond the headline, you can tell by their comments. I don’t think she was wrong to think a lot of people wouldn’t see her denials of wrong doing.

“Betraying her inability to read through a news story of more than 500 words”

– i hardly think she is unable to read 500 words. I think she knows that most people do not click through to the second page to read stories. isn’t that why it’s important to put the crux of your piece above the fold/before the jump?

“Palin punches up from Moody to DC proprietor Tucker Carlson, accusing him of “publicly using a degrading term to describe women”

- Shouldn’t she call Tucker out, if she is also calling out Maher? Tucker called her a MILF. He got called out during the campaign for his language towards Hillary, too.

“Sarah Palin is fuming over reporter Chris Moody’s decision to construct his article about her in a way that displeases her. “Goodness,” she writes from her lofty perch as a hard news reporter journalism professor acclaimed writer former Vice Presidential candidate, “cleaning up the sloppiness of reporters could be a full time job.” Betraying her inability to read through a news story of more than 500 words…”

You spent 858 words writing about an article that obviously displeases you. She shouldn’t? Is she not allowed to be upset with Conservatives, or someone spinning a story to accuse her of something?

Fuming? Enraged? I think some people are making a little much out of her comments…

And I agree with her that cleaning up the sloppiness of journalists could be a full time job.
Davo

Frances Martel said:
While Palin was upholding such conservative views as the union of church and state or supporting her North Korean allies, …………………..

Frances, Frances………….Frances! You had me going ’til you felt the obligation to revert to Democrat Assassin of Truth. While not very flattering to Conservatives, this article started out better than the average Mediate article these days. But you just HAD to go Democrat on us, didn’t you.

Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Color Me Badd

If it were anyone else I would feel sorry for them, her fall from grace would be painful to watch, but since I hate this woman this is awesome fun! Schaudenfreude is so sweet.

Also I made a bet with my conservative friend last year that by the end of 2011 Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin will be gone from the public stage and the subject of ridicule even by other conservatives.

I am gonna win that bet. Its only April!

Tee Hee.
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

sarainitaly said:
You spent 858 words writing about an article that obviously displeases you. She shouldn’t? Is she not allowed to be upset with Conservatives, or someone spinning a story to accuse her of something?

This refers to a snarky Salon story I read, that says:

Palin’s statement to the Caller is more than 600 words long. Her Facebook post expressing rage at her complete statement’s relegation to Page 2 after being extensively quoted on Page 1 is nearly 1,000 words long. She really has a lot to say! Or maybe a little bit to say, at length. Or like one or two things to say, over and over again.
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/03/30/palin_outraged_caller

I was trying to point out that there is a whole lotta *ink* being used to mock and criticize palin for something they themselves are doing.
stephenpyle

The aggravating thing about this is that Palin think she’s alone in being misquoted and being taken out of context. I feel bad for her because she is taken out of context quite often and often is treated poorly by the media. And however wrong and unfair it is, it’s what she knowingly (she was a journalism major, I believe) signed up for when she went in to politics. And to think that she is more mistreated than other politicians that have as much spotlight as her is ridiculous. Look at even our standing POTUS, their are incorrect things written everyday about nationality, socialism and what some of his legislation he wishes to pass means. The same could be said of almost any standing President or major political figure. It’s not a partisan issue, it’s just an issue in politics.

I’d also have more respect to her argument if she worked harder to stop the incorrect notions people believe about her opponents rather than let those go or even spread it (i.e. death panels, etc). She can’t have one expectation of how she is treated and not treat others the same way. One last point: Sarah Palin works for Fox. She’s in the media. You can’t bash the beast that’s writing your paycheck.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Hogan/179500970 Stephen Hogan

Tmccarthiera said:
“The Daily Caller may be biased, but it’s certainly no Media Matters.”

LoL. Martel, you’re such an idiot. The tone of this article seems to imply that you think Daily Caller is left-wing or “squishy moderate”. Which either proves you’re delusional or a fascist.

You can criticize an author without resorting to juvenile name-calling. And I suggest that you look up the definition of ‘fascist’, because Martel is certainly not one.
VoiceofReason

sarainitaly said:
sounds to me like she had reason to take issue: He reportedly spent the entire first page giving the impression she was guilty of something, leaving out any of her denials until the second page? Why shouldn’t she be annoyed? Most people here don’t even read beyond the headline, you can tell by their comments. I don’t think she was wrong to think a lot of people wouldn’t see her denials of wrong doing. – i hardly think she is unable to read 500 words. I think she knows that most people do not click through to the second page to read stories. isn’t that why it’s important to put the crux of your piece above the fold/before the jump? – Shouldn’t she call Tucker out, if she is also calling out Maher? Tucker called her a MILF. He got called out during the campaign for his language towards Hillary, too. You spent 858 words writing about an article that obviously displeases you. She shouldn’t? Is she not allowed to be upset with Conservatives, or someone spinning a story to accuse her of something? Fuming? Enraged? I think some people are making a little much out of her comments… And I agree with her that cleaning up the sloppiness of journalists could be a full time job.

Picking up after their apologists sure is…….
Harry Flashman

The Palin hating zombies come lumbering out with each succesive story about her. It’s actually pretty funny.

Palin: The press misquotes me and here is actually what I said.

Zombies: Must…hate…Palin. Must….not….read….anything….but….left….talking….points….we….hate…Palin.

Palin: Obama is crippling this nation with incredibly destructive energey polies and we have plenty of energy stockpiled right here.

Zombies: Don’t….care….must….hate…Palin.

Palin: Oabama has REALLY jacked up this Liby issue.

Zombies: Palin….ghhhaaarrggk….must…..hate…..Palin.

Palin: Obama has palled around with some seriously questionable characters.

Zombies: No….facts….cannot….process….facts….must….hate….Palin….all….zombies….hate….Palin

Yeesh.
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

Stephen Hogan said:
You can criticize an author without resorting to juvenile name-calling

…especially when they’re misinterpreting the reference.
—

@Frances: Yesterday I gave you a #wow and today, I’ll reiterate with a “good post”.
AmeriCuda

Let me guess, Frances and Tucker where the last to leave the after hours Journolister lounge last Friday and one thing led to another and now they’re BFF’s with benefits. You have my…back….and I’ll ‘have’ yours. Nothing else could explain this laughabe, over the top defense of bow-tie boy. A Pimps gotta pimp, and in the corrupt, quickly deteriorating journalist trade, we all know what that means.
Color Me Badd

Here is what is really telling about Sister Sarah. Check out the thumb ups for the anti Sarah comments. For a right wing website like Mediaite that is very interesting. Even the teabags cant stand this woman anymore.

As a woman I am ashamed that she represents females in politics. She is the worst stereotype of a complaining, bitching, victimized woman.

And he where is John Ziegler, shouldn’t he be writing an exclusive Mediaite article about now, defending her or has he given up on her too?
dandelion28

sarainitaly said:
sounds to me like she had reason to take issue: He reportedly spent the entire first page giving the impression she was guilty of something, leaving out any of her denials until the second page? …And I agree with her that cleaning up the sloppiness of journalists could be a full time job.

“Sloppy journalism” isn’t defined by how the subject wishes the narrative unfolded. For Palin to balk at the location of her quote (seriously?) shows she’s never written a news story in her life. As someone pointed out earlier, it would be pretty strange to put her defense before the explanation of the issue.

But think about her feud with the “lamestream media” — it’s only unfair when she thinks it’s burning HER; it’s never unfair when she uses it to burn others. From repeating falsehoods to conocting her own lies (from mythical death panels to wildly inflating the cost of the Libyan war), she’s far more reckless, unfair and damaging to the country than are her growing list of perceived enemies, including the media.
ndanielson

sarainitaly said:
– i hardly think she is unable to read 500 words. I think she knows that most people do not click through to the second page to read stories. isn’t that why it’s important to put the crux of your piece above the fold/before the jump?

Yes, isn’t it interesting that Frances accuses Palin of not being able to READ a 500 word piece, but that in the VERY next sentence exclaims that Palin can WRITE one that is 600 words? How IS that, Frances??? I guess it is much easier to write than read??? In which case, Frances, you are overpaid, because I could barely read your screed. I bet skypet, or BLUEBONNET could have written it far better.
Frances Martel

AmeriCuda said:
Let me guess, Frances and Tucker where the last to leave the after hours Journolister lounge last Friday and one thing led to another and now they’re BFF’s with benefits. You have my…back….and I’ll ‘have’ yours. Nothing else could explain this laughabe, over the top defense of bow-tie boy. A Pimps gotta pimp, and in the corrupt, quickly deteriorating journalist trade, we all know what that means.

This is my favorite hate comment of all time for many reasons, but particularly because it allows me to post that super angry Ezra Klein article about the time Tucker Carlson tried to be on Journolist: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/07/when_tucker_carlson_asked_to_j.html

That people are now accusing Tucker of being on Journolist is just adding insult to injury.
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

dandelion28 said:
“Sloppy journalism” isn’t defined by how the subject wishes the narrative unfolded. For Palin to balk at the location of her quote (seriously?) shows she’s never written a news story in her life. As someone pointed out earlier, it would be pretty strange to put her defense before the explanation of the issue.

the story is much more appropriate now, with her comments scattered throughout the piece. not sure what you read, but most stories i read have comments, quotes and/or denials scattered throughout.

and as i said, it looks like her issue what that the story was making accusations, spinning the facts to make her appear guilty, while not inserting any of her provided denials, leaving them to the second page. which we all know, most people do not bother to read.
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

sarainitaly said:
and as i said, it looks like her issue what that the story was making accusations

her issue was that the…
edit button, oh please!!
ndanielson

Frances Martel said:
This is my favorite hate comment of all time for many reasons, but particularly because it allows me to post that super angry Ezra Klein article about the time Tucker Carlson tried to be on Journolist: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/07/when_tucker_carlson_asked_to_j.html

That people are now accusing Tucker of being on Journolist is just adding insult to injury.

A week of Donald Trump “birther” stories and no one would allow Frances to re-post her favorite Ezra Klein article until now?

Don’t tell me, journalists resort to tricks to get their spin of the story told, and re-told? That would be like leaving the D out of the stories on politicians who are found to be corrupt, or sleazballs, or referring to ANYONE on the right as conservative, ultra-conservative, or controversial, or extreme huh? There are never even liberal democrats in the news, as far as I can tell.
AmeriCuda

Mzzzzzzzzzzzz Martel,
You claim the Daily Caller has been overwhelmingly favorable to SP. Please put your money where your mouth is and link to just one DC (news) article in the last year that has been favorable to her. JUST ONE.
-Cue fat, lazy aggregate crickets
AmeriCuda

Color Me Blind,
Did you just refer to Mediaite Matters a right-wing site?
HAHAHAHAHA!
I think your still feeling a little giddy at the thought
of the Glee cast visiting Rosie O’donnell’s new show.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Barbie-Palin/100001782298884 Barbie Palin

Palin enemy list….growing longer everyday

David Letterman
Wall Street Journal/Sudeep Reddy
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R)
Levi Johnston
Shannyn Moore
Katie Couric
Nicolle Wallace
Steve Schmidt
Kate Gosselin
The Fed/Ben Bernanke
Pete Rouse
Joe McGinniss
Peggy Noonan
Ashley Judd
Congressman Spencer Bachus (R)
Alaska State Trooper Mike Wooten
Joe Miller
Politico
Karl Rove
State Department (Ahmadinejad’s birthday)
Rahm Emanuel
Family Guy/Seth MacFarlane
Michelle Obama
President Barack Obama
Kathleen Gustafson
Brian Williams
Emily’s List
Ed Gillespie
Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Environmentalists
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R)
Michael J. Gross
Vice President Al Gore
Charlie Gibson
Maureen Dowd
Bloggers
Rachel Maddow
60 Minutes
Mark Halperin
John Heilemann
Nick Denton/Gawker
Barbara Bush
U.S. Export Import Bank
Blogger Jesse Griffin
Blogger Dennis Zaki
Andrew Sullivan/The Atlantic
Keith Olbermann
CSU students AKA “Dumpster Divers” Ashley Briggs and Alicia Lewis
Blogger Jeanne Devon
Palingates
Linda Kellen Biegel AKA Celtic Diva
Oliver Stone
John Bitney
Senator Scott Brown (R)
Alaska State Senate President Lyda Green
Andree McLeod
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
PolitiFact
Bill Ayers
Secretary Madeleine Albright
Senator John Kerry (D)
Jonathan Martin
NPR
Congressman Alan Grayson (D)
Stephen Colbert
Helen Thomas
PETA
Anchorage Daily News
Tina Fey
Andrew Halcro
Kim Chatman
Julian Assange
Frank Gwartney
Aaron Sorkin
Alaska Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan
Charles Krauthammer
Rick Santorum
TIME Magazine
Westboro Baptist Church
Michael Moore
Taegan Goddard
Kathy Griffin
Governor Chris Christie (R)
Hacker David Kernell
Jay Leno
Bill Maher
Jon Stewart
Frances Martel

Is there anyone she hasn’t pissed off?
jamesphilip

Mediate, now a self-admitted “in your face” left wing attack site is giving an opinion on Sarah that thinking humans should give any credence? Frances, your job is irrelevant. Your life as a contributor here is irrelevant. Your parents are worried that you are throwing your life away. Get a life.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Barbie-Palin/100001782298884 Barbie Palin

@Jamesphilip…you seem unable to realize that not only the liberals attack Palin, 75% of the conservatives do the same thing. Sarah is not relevant, however, she is a laugh a minute…always on the attack and always whining…poor Sarah, everyone is out to get the dumbo..
ndanielson

Barbie Palin said:
@Jamesphilip…you seem unable to realize that not only the liberals attack Palin, 75% of the conservatives do the same thing. Sarah is not relevant, however, she is a laugh a minute…always on the attack and always whining…poor Sarah, everyone is out to get the dumbo..

Hey, dummy, your list didn’t have Barbie Palin on the list??? Most of the people on your list would make someone proud to have them as an enemy.
Frances Martel

jamesphilip said:
Mediate, now a self-admitted “in your face” left wing attack site is giving an opinion on Sarah that thinking humans should give any credence? Frances, your job is irrelevant. Your life as a contributor here is irrelevant. Your parents are worried that you are throwing your life away. Get a life.

Hey, my parents are just happy I’m in a country where I could say whatever I want about public figures without getting thrown in jail like my cousins…
ndanielson

jamesphilip said:
Mediate, now a self-admitted “in your face” left wing attack site is giving an opinion on Sarah that thinking humans should give any credence? Frances, your job is irrelevant. Your life as a contributor here is irrelevant. Your parents are worried that you are throwing your life away. Get a life.

Frances Martel said:
Hey, my parents are just happy I’m in a country where I could say whatever I want about public figures without getting thrown in jail like my cousins…

With enough useful idiots, we won’t have a country for too much longer.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Barbie-Palin/100001782298884 Barbie Palin

The only idiot in the political arena is Sarah Quitter Palin.
PBerg

Doesn’t it give you the shivers—-when you realize that we could have ended up with this extreme narcisstic fruitcake for Vice President of this country!!! I can’t even imagine!
Garth

ndanielson said:
With enough useful idiots, we won’t have a country for too much longer.

Safe travels and thanks for saving the country.
ndanielson

Garth said:
Safe travels and thanks for saving the country.

My kids and I can afford to leave and live in many countries. Can you?
Garth

ndanielson said:
My kids and I can afford to leave and live in many countries. Can you?

Decisions, decisions. Try Kayak for some low airfares.
Armageddon T Thunderbird

Does Palin’s anger really surprise anyone here??? She fits in well with that extremist bunch of teabaggers than with anyone else and she is not really truly a conservative. Of course she was going to get mad at someone for exposure her for what she really is. However…..gawed she is so hot!!! Time to jack off one of the shtoguns again!
Orwa

“Barbie Palin” the Troll is the big idiot here. I saw her spamming the FB posts when Sarah gave her speech in India. The India Conclave website had a FB thread, and Barbie Palin was there spewing it’s crap. People have freewill, and they often consciously choose their enemies UNPROVOKED by their enemy. This applies to many of the people on Barbie Palin’s list of Sarah’s enemies. They call Sarah their enemy because they CHOSE to make enemies with her. This also applies to Barbie Palin. They are jealous of Sarah. These enemies of Sarah are sad, wretched people (some of them I am not sure that you can call people anymore), and they are jealous that Sarah is, overall, very happy in her life. She has a hot-looking husband, 5 good looking and healthy kids. They hate that she has many things that they only envy. However, they also hate her world view, whether it is political, ethical, or spritually. Therefore, they choose to not only hate her they are choose to provoke trouble in Sarah’s life and they shoulder the blame on Sarah when she fights back. Thanks to some of those enemies in Alaska, Sarah is no longer the Governor. If you call Sarah Palin a quitter for resigning the Governorship, then you are either ignorant of what happened in Alaska before her resignation or you consciously choose to be an enemy of Sarah Palin, beause of her views, and you mean personal and financial harm to her and her family.
ndanielson

Yes, and who would be sad to have a Garth on their “enemy” list? Bill Maher? Helen Thomas? John François Kerry? Wow. How does she sleep at night? And now, Frances Martel?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Barbie-Palin/100001782298884 Barbie Palin

Sarah quit the gov job for one reason……money. Sarah has done absolutely nothing to help Alaska since she quit. She has checked out of Alaska politics, and for that, the Alaskans are grateful. Sarah has no interest in any political position that requires an honest days work…she just wants money. Once she announced the truth….she is not running…her cash cow will die, as it should. In regards top Sarah’s enemies….the list is much longer than the one I shared. She has many more enemies than allies. The good thing is…she’s no longer relevant…her 15 minutes of being a media whore are over.
ndanielson

Barbie Palin said:
Sarah quit the gov job for one reason……money.

Yes saving ones home and business from court costs, are quite compelling reasons.

Barbie Palin said:
her 15 minutes of being a media whore are over.

You’ll never have to worry about being the media type of whore. Jealous much?
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

jamesphilip said:
Mediate, now a self-admitted “in your face” left wing attack site is giving an opinion on Sarah that thinking humans should give any credence? Frances, your job is irrelevant. Your life as a contributor here is irrelevant. Your parents are worried that you are throwing your life away. Get a life.

come on now, james. there is no reason to be so mean and personal is there? criticize her article, debate her comments, but you don’t need to get so mean.
Garth

ndanielson said:
Yes saving ones home and business from court costs, are quite compelling reasons.

You’ll never have to worry about being the media type of whore. Jealous much?

It is except its total bs of course. She quit half way through her term to cash in and she hasn’t lifted a finger to help Alaska since. You don’t get this but most door knobs do.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Barbie-Palin/100001782298884 Barbie Palin

No one is jealous of the quitter. I actually find her stupid antics quite amusing. She will do anything to stay in the media, even though all of her media is negative. It must really suck to belong to her very small, very sick cult.
Republitarian

Palin is the worst thing to happen to the Republican Party since Nixon – another person who had remarkably thin skin. If the GOP nominates her, we could see another Mondale-like landslide. I think though, considering her poll numbers that are approaching single digits relative to the field, her chances of actually capturing the nomination are quickly evaporating. Thankfully.
AmeriCuda

In Latin, the word Martel means: One who is dedicated to Mars (the Greek god).
What a shock.
Still waiting for one of those Oh-so-supportive Palin pushing propaganda pieces
you claim the Daily Carlson specializes in.
-I just know you’ll deliver!
Tedderman

Anyone who thinks this crazy train of a non-candidate has much further to run is mistaken. Sister Sarah has already feathered her bed with millions from nin-com-poops who bought her idiotic ideas. She’ll implode soon as even her Fox cohorts are turning on her these days, and she’ll be little more than the answer to a question on a game show in ten years.
Garth

AmeriCuda said:
In Latin, the word Martel means: One who is dedicated to Mars (the Greek god).
What a shock.
Still waiting for one of those Oh-so-supportive Palin pushing propaganda pieces
you claim the Daily Carlson specializes in.
-I just know you’ll deliver!

Actually you are wrong about the name. Now, go to the Daily Caller and do a search for “Sarah Palin” – go to the second or third page and you’ll find a column that defends her from the remarks Bill Maher made. After that get a crow-bar and ask a friend to remove your head from your ass. Took me 10 seconds to do what will probably take you a week.
AmeriCuda

You better stick to country music Garth, because although the latin word has two L’s is does mean that.
Harry Flashman

Frances Martel said:

“Hey, my parents are just happy I’m in a country where I could say whatever I want about public figures without getting thrown in jail like my cousins…”

Amen to that.

Now, if only your fellow liberals would apply that same principle to anyone who disagrees with them instead of shouting them down, storming state buildings, blocking them from speaking on college campses, and openly reviling them in written articles.

By the way, The crack about your parents was unwarranted. They should be proud of you for having your name (by-line) in a national publication. No snark intended.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Barbie-Palin/100001782298884 Barbie Palin

@ Garth….Bravo!
ndanielson

Barbie Palin said:
@ Garth….Bravo!

Yes, the left’s heroes! Bravo! Like Maher, Griffith, BJ Clinton, Che, Fidel, Chavez! Socialism?
Garth

AmeriCuda said:
You better stick to country music Garth, because although the latin word has two L’s is does mean that.

Sorry, you’re wrong, spelling counts. You seem to be a lot like your hero the half-term nit wit.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Victoria-Sallese/703324932 Victoria Sallese

Sarah Palin is sly, but not very intelligent. She should never be in any position close to the presidency. She should never be an official representitive of the American people.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Barbie-Palin/100001782298884 Barbie Palin

Sarah is nothing but a con artist who works very hard at bilking her sick little cult out of every penny she can.
AmeriCuda

Sorry Garth, I should have know I had to speak in PIG-LATIN for you to understand.
As for Francis Martel not coming up with ONE positive DC article about SP in the past year
I’ll mark it up to being a sleepy head. Being a 3rd tier, D-list blogger has to be a exhausting.
I’ll bet she’s done TUCKERed out. – You Betcha!!!

Sorry, but Mediaite Matters can only hold one’s attention for so long.
My comedy gold can be put to better use elsewhere.
Bye y’all!
stephenpyle

AmeriCuda said:
Sorry Garth, I should have know I had to speak in PIG-LATIN for you to understand.
As for Francis Martel not coming up with ONE positive DC article about SP in the past year
I’ll mark it up to being a sleepy head. Being a 3rd tier, D-list blogger has to be a exhausting.
I’ll bet she’s done TUCKERed out. – You Betcha!!!

Sorry, but Mediaite Matters can only hold one’s attention for so long.
My comedy gold can be put to better use elsewhere.
Bye y’all!

Dude, you’re kind of an ass.
Garth

AmeriCuda said:
Sorry Garth, I should have know I had to speak in PIG-LATIN for you to understand.
As for Francis Martel not coming up with ONE positive DC article about SP in the past year
I’ll mark it up to being a sleepy head. Being a 3rd tier, D-list blogger has to be a exhausting.
I’ll bet she’s done TUCKERed out. – You Betcha!!!

Sorry, but Mediaite Matters can only hold one’s attention for so long.
My comedy gold can be put to better use elsewhere.
Bye y’all!

I thought you were speaking in buffoon.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Barbie-Palin/100001782298884 Barbie Palin

Americuda….what makes you think it’s possible to come up with ONE positive DC article about SP in the past year? Clearly, there is NOTHING positive about the lying quitter.
ndanielson

Garth said:
I thought you were speaking in buffoon.

What other language do you understand? You bring nothing to the table. Ever. You just seem to be somebody’s sidekick. Is there ever an original thought in that pile of much between your ears? LOL.
Garth

ndanielson said:
What other language do you understand? You bring nothing to the table. Ever. You just seem to be somebody’s sidekick. Is there ever an original thought in that pile of much between your ears? LOL.

Here’s an original thought. As far as I know, there is no such thing as a pile a “much” which proves you just make shit up. Hows that?
ndanielson

Garth said:
Here’s an original thought. As far as I know, there is no such thing as a pile a “much” which proves you just make shit up. Hows that?

Garth said:
Here’s an original thought. As far as I know, there is no such thing as a pile a “much” which proves you just make shit up. Hows that?

Garth, do you wear a cheeleader outfit when you sign on? With pom-poms? Does 0bama walk on water, Garth?
Garth

ndanielson said:
Garth, do you wear a cheeleader outfit when you sign on? With pom-poms? Does 0bama walk on water, Garth?

Pervert!!
Lustreking

I realize there’s some controversy about a slur recently used to describe Sarah Palin. But I believe the answer can be found by using her own habit of mangling of the English language. So I’ve invented a new word for her. She’s a krunt. A dumb krunt.

Please, no need to thank me..
captaingrumpy

I’m sure this column by Frances Martel has been paid for by ‘media matters’ and authenticated by Soros.
Why can’t people even explain their views without getting down to saying horrible things about people.
I think this article shows just how shallow Frances Martel really is.
I’ll wait for the news.
Garth

captaingrumpy said:
I’m sure this column by Frances Martel has been paid for by ‘media matters’ and authenticated by Soros.
Why can’t people even explain their views without getting down to saying horrible things about people.
I think this article shows just how shallow Frances Martel really is.
I’ll wait for the news.

And I’m sure you are on a Lithium drip.
http://Mediaite.com uggugg

When gas prices were between $1 and $2 per gallon, this was before Dick Cheney was seen on TV with the King of Saudi Arabia, holding hands and reminiscing about what great friends they have been over the past many, many years. Right after that, there was talk of hyperinflation ahead for our economies, it was about that same time oil prices began to skyrocket.
Before gas prices skyrocketed, many people who drove moderate miles per year, were then paying about $1,000.00 per year for fuel to drive their vehicle for that year, with today’s prices between $3 something and $4 something per gallon, it cost a poor man about $4,000.00 plus to fuel his vehicle annually, and if you take $4,000.00 plus out of a working persons pay check to pay for gasoline, you didn’t take it out of his surplus money after he paid his bill, you took it off the top. It should be tax deductable for anyone making less than $ 100, 000 per year. In this very situation, you just beat up the poorest working people who have a job that can hardly pay their existence. Now compare that to this out of control, over vocal Congressman, Sean Duffy who has $174,000.00 annual salary plus if you check his income tax records to reveal his total income reported to the IRS. When all your financial expenses are covered and you have a surplus, you are one lucky nut of a person and don’t know it. Because of surplus labor in the USA from immigration, automation, disgustingly cheap overseas labor which should be illegal in our stateside economy and too many other reasons to mention here, anyone making under $100,000 annually is the backbone of our economy when it comes to purchasing power because of volume alone. In volume there is velocity and our economy we need velocity now.
The Tea Party Leaders and Followers are not much different than the Rebels in Libya. My advice to them would be, learn from the California Gold Rush failures. Those who got educated and then dug for gold, found it. Those who had misinformation and dug for gold, failed miserably, and died a broken bunch.
How to tell if you are on the right trail? Find out who is paying who, to convince you to give more benefits to the super rich so they can produce jobs. After you get Republicans in office in 2012, business will create billions of jobs “IN OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE THE PROFITS ARE FROM CHEAP LABOR”. We can’t afford to let this happen. China will become America and America will become China and we can thank the Naïve Tea Party People, all of them. But, so what-20 years from now we won’t notice it, we will be pushing up daisies and the rich people’s kids will be running things, that is, if they all aren’t strung out on drugs and alcohol form all that free money Daddy left them.
Emerson_C

I wonder where is the evidence that Governor Palin believes in the ‘union of church and state’. The allusion to ‘our North Korean allies’ is a very cheap shot. Martel manages singlehandedly to illustrate the comtemporary ‘sloppiness’ of journalism.
Davo

Emerson_C said:
I wonder where is the evidence that Governor Palin believes in the ‘union of church and state’. The allusion to ‘our North Korean allies’ is a very cheap shot. Martel manages singlehandedly to illustrate the comtemporary ’sloppiness’ of journalism.

Yep. I mentioned that earlier in this thread, and got flatly ignored. Fair and balanced……………..
BoxHeadBrawler

“a house with as strong a foundation among conservatives as Carlson’s.” AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA!:):) Ya, that little Tucker Carlson is a real hero among conservatives. Thatcher, Reagan, Carlson AHAHAHAHA!

Martel, as a “conservative” women, what did you think of the MLF tweet?
Old Duffer

Martel is just another little ankle biting chihuahua muchacha, excitingly yapping and nipping around Sarah Palin’s heels for attention. What goes unsaid by such as she, their fondest hope is to elicit a personal response from Palin, so they can then make the rounds on messNBC non-shows. Maybe even CNN, where their pay for play services are much appreciated by host Client #9.

“Being an autodidact, I happily escaped the bureaucratization of intellect”
lane

wow, the writing in this article simply drips with hate? Can you honestly make all these judgements about someone simply based on facebook postings and what you see on TV?

We get it Frances, you’re a ‘professional left’ like Tommy is. Still, it’d be nice to read an article on mediate and not immediately know who’s written it. Matt and Colby’s aren’t obvious, to their credit.
idesign

So, little Tucker has to get a leftist loon to come to his defense, because mean old Sarah Palin took him and his worthless site down a peg. When they came up with the word “hack” they had Frances Martel in mind. She has written a lot of garbage articles, many of them attacking Sarah. I remember when we used to give Ian a hard time for using the word “hack” in his headlines, but this is an example where it would be the most accurate word to use to describe her. I can’t imagine what people like Martel would do if they were forced to get out in the world and get an honest job. My first thought is that they’d starve, but they’d probably just get on the government dole.
markcausey

Harry Flashman said:
Frances Martel said:

“Hey, my parents are just happy I’m in a country where I could say whatever I want about public figures without getting thrown in jail like my cousins…”

Amen to that.

Now, if only your fellow liberals would apply that same principle to anyone who disagrees with them instead of shouting them down, storming state buildings, blocking them from speaking on college campses, and openly reviling them in written articles.

By the way, The crack about your parents was unwarranted. They should be proud of you for having your name (by-line) in a national publication. No snark intended.

It is too bad the Democrats, Obama in particular, don’t do what Bush did when he spoke in public, have a police barricade all around the speech site and keep everybody out that disagrees with him!
azgrandma

guess she’ll be adding Rand Paul to her list since he poke a little fun at her – she will be off and running again – wonder how many paragraphs on her facebook this time.
MrTPar_taY

Squirmish is Indian for Libs stewing in their own psychological illnesses.
Lustreking

Krunt. AND a crybaby.. man up bitch!
oldbroad41

why has anybody on the legit right pay any attention to her except as an attractive former Govounor/she makes little sense and has made quite alot of money being a “celebrity”. More power to her but considering her for hight political office..no chance for that…
jakester

Palin is crying about the media again. Once again, she blames the messenger for the bad messages she puts out.
Anonymous

I’d have to check with you here. This is not something I usually do! I enjoy reading a post that will make people think. Also, thanks for allowing me to comment!
kia soul