Sarah Palin moves in to take Obama out - backasswards! Witness her genius! - UPDATE

Sarah Palin, Queen of "dirty" twitter, shows again why she is qualified to become the President of the USA (in her opinion). After the disaster with the Bill O'Reilly interview, Sarah thought really, really hard how to reclaim the headlines and came up for example with this tweet today:

"Backasswards"?

Film critic Roger Ebert has a question for Sarah:

Maybe he will get an answer in a follow-up tweet.

Or maybe not.

Can this be the most disconnected tweet by the Quitter Queen ever?

Is she losing it?

Has she ever "had" it?

President Palin - assforward to oblivion!

The "New York Daily News" explained the background of Palin's tweet:

"Sarah Palin has a message for Barack Obama: "What happens in Vegas shouldn't stay in Vegas."

The former VP candidate posted the statement on Twitter Sunday, asking fans to share an editorial from the Las Vegas Review-Journal bashing the President for comments he made at a Nevada fundraiser for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

"President Obama once again left behind a sinking feeling that neither he nor Sen. Reid have a clue how to pull this country out of its current dire economic straits," the Review-Journal wrote in a scathing criticism of Obama's speech on Thursday."

Palin posted a link to the article with her own harsh words for the President.

"LasVegas RJ editorial recaps Obama lecture 2 Runnin' Rebs," she tweeted. "He's got most disconnected, backasswards plan ever imposed on the country we love."

Palin's provocative posts came after Obama went on the attack Thursday, slamming Republican challenger Sharron Angle.

Referring to her only as "Harry's opponent," Obama blasted Angle for her views on Social Security, Medicare, education, and her comments about the Gulf oil spill victims' compensation fund.

"She favors an approach that's even more extreme than the Republicans we've got in Washington," he said. "That's saying something...She wants to phase out and privatize Social Security and Medicare."

Perhaps 140 characters is the most policy we are ever going to get out of Palin without a ghostwriter. Ask Bill O'Reilly, he has tried!

If Palin is now looking for a twitter ghostwriter, which I would completely understand, we recommend Rich Crowther - he is currently auditioning hard for the job.

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UPDATE:

Exclusive on Palingates - "backassward" Sarah reloaded:

Every time Sarah Palin says "backassward", an angel blushes.

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PLEASE NOTE:

I made a major update to the summary document about Sarah Palin's faked pregnancy and included some of the highly suspicious MSNBC emails which we discussed recently.

Please download HERE.

Alternative download link HERE.

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UPDATE:

Our brilliant reader "ella" alerted me today to the radio advert that Sarah did for John McCain and to the discussion about it at the right-wing website "free republic".

I am sure that most of you didn't even known that this audio clip exists - but it's really interesting (and mercifully short):

This is the text:

PALIN: Hi, this is Sarah Palin.

This is the time when conservatives must stand up and fight against the Big Government policies of President Obama and Democrats in Congress.

No one is a more forceful leader than my friend, John McCain.

Every day John is fighting the President's radical plan to put Washington bureaucrats in charge of your health care.

It's John McCain who is fighting for transparency and against backroom sweetheart deals.

If we have a chance to stop the Democrats in Congress and The White House, it's because John McCain is leading that charge.

Standing up for true conservatives.

Standing up for Arizona.

John McCain.

Character matters.

ANNOUNCER: John McCain is Arizona's last line of defense.

MCCAIN: I'm John McCain and I approve this message.

ANNOUNCER: Paid for by Friends of John McCain.

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The real funny thing about this advert is: The right-wingers on free republic absolutely hate it!

Random example:

If Sarah Palin believes that nonsense that she's spouting off, she is NO conservative and I'll be the first in this thread to say that she is more full of crap than a Christmas turkey.

If Sarah Palin says (and she did) that she "shares John McCain's vision for America", you can bet your last bottom dollar that so-called 'vision' is NOT a conservative vision.

Get it through your heads people, Sarah Palin is an inconsistent conservative. You can't support conservatives one day, and RINOs the next, and expect to be taken seriously as a 'conservative'. Conservatives do not make deals with the devil, and if John McStain doesn't qualify as the devil so far as conservatives are concerned, tell me who does? He's a bloody TRAITOR and we KNOW it!

The fact is, Sarah Palin is revealing her true colors on a regular basis, and WHO she supports DOES make a difference, we saw her line up behind Carly FioRINO in California, and now McCain's crony Carly has a fair shot at becoming the NEW Democrat Senator if she ekes out a win against Barbara Boxer.

John McDirtbag is currently leading in the polls in Arizona, a place where Sarah Palin is again "making a difference" because of who she supports. J.D. Hayworth might well have made significant inroads into McCain's support had Sarah Palin stayed OUT of the Arizona primary.

So as it looks right now, we will be looking at not one, but TWO RINOs sent to the Senate, McCain one more time, and his crony FioRINO in California. Does anyone with a lick of sense think that is somehow GOOD for America, let alone good for conservatism? Give your heads a SHAKE, it is NOT!

Now I just happen to agree 100 percent with our Founder who said just this past Wednesday:

"It does matter who Palin supports. If she supports traitors, she’ll lose my support."

Sweet!

Actually, talking about "free republic": People on this website also discussed Sarah's disastrous immigration interview with Bill O'Reilly.

This time, most of them hate Bill O'Reilly!

It's too funny.

Another random example:

I love it when he says,”Ok, I’ll give you the last word.”

AND INVARIABLY he responds and gives the last word....

What a bafooon...

Some people on free republic criticized the performance of the Queen, who is only a princess in the freeper's world, so to speak:

She let him control the discussion like she let Katie and Tom Browkaw. Sometimes you have to ask what she is doing wrong. It is so funny that she has such a hard time with interviews unless they are from conservatives who like to kiss here butt. How on Earth will she be able to debate Obama when she will be given difficult questions from a possible liberal? Answer me that and I will be happy to see her as President.

Another commenter:

I am always amazed at the Sarah worship on FR. She is a PUNDIT for FoxNews. That is what she signed on for. Whatever one thinks of BOR, why should he be any less boorish with her than he is with Juan Williams, Lis Weihl, Gretchen Carlson, etc? She wants a persona of a fighter and average woman? Then she doesn’t need folks coming to rescue her. Mix it up I say, the more she learns to deal with it, the better she will be.

Well, let's see if she learns something. So far she has learned how to hire consultants, charge outrageous speaking fees and get a face lift without too many people noticing it. That's a start!

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Sarah Palin and Bill O'Reilly and their interviews about the oil spill and immigration: Not a love affair

Sarah Palin states her case during her interview with Bill O'Reilly about immigration on July 9, 2010

Bill O'Reilly is not a flag waving fan of Sarah Palin, as became more than obvious again yesterday when he interviewed Sarah Palin on Immigration. Bill O'Reilly caused an incredibly embarrassing moment for Sarah just a few weeks ago when he asked her what solutions she would suggest to solve the Gulf oil disaster. The woman, who a few days earlier addressed the President on her facebook and boasted...

"We’ve all lived and worked through the Exxon-Valdez spill. They can help you. Give them a call. Or, what the heck, give me a call."

...then just came up in the interview with the Dutch and Norwegian dike builders who surely could solve the Gulf crisis.

Consequently, Bill O'Reilly dryly remarked later that Sarah Palin also cannot fix the oil spill.

Therefore it is my view Sarah Palin should have taken some time to prepare for her new interview about immigration - an area in which she has virtually no experience whatsoever, other than cheering on the appointed Arizona Governor Jan Brewer.

Bill O'Reilly could have interviewed his neighbor next door, it would have sounded pretty much the same. Because, as expected, Sarah didn't prepare one little bit and embarrassed herself again:

The Fox News contributors afterwards weren't impressed with Sarah Palin's performance:

This repeated failure on Bill O'Reilly's show caused even some Peebots, who usually defend any of her Queen's moronic actions, to loose their nerves:

I like especially the last comment by "militantfeather". It nicely sums up the delusional world in which the Palinbots live in.

We are very much looking forward to Sarah's next interview with Bill O'Reilly. I suggest that they should talk next time about "Cap and Trade". Or is it "Cap and Tax"? Well, Sarah, you decide.

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BONUS:

Here are the real "Mama Grizzlies" - the ones who don't want an unhinged, vindictive moron to become the next President of the United States:

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ANOTHER ONE:

I couldn't resist to post a good example of the personality cult which surrounds Queen Sarah. The Peezoo are meeting in San Diego this weekend, and the Queen graciously called in. See the reactions:

How much time do you think Sarah Palin had to spare on the phone for her most devoted followers?

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Sarah Palin, Al Gore and the National Enquirer - UPDATE

Right-wing America is elated: Al Gore has finally been exposed as a "pervert" and a "sexual predator". Says who? The National Enquirer! "She saved her pants as evidence", screams the National Enquirer about the alleged victim, and for the right-wingers, the case is closed. Blogger Andrew Breitbart doesn't even try to hide his excitement and wrote a huge story about these sensational revelations - the National Enquirer suddenly appears as reliable as the "Wall Street Journal"!

Breitbart writes:

"By releasing the information on Gore in the familiar Enquirer version of the Chinese water torture, the tabloid ensured that there would be a steady drip-drip-drip of news to fill the week between issues–and to excite the interest of any media that wanted to jump in on the story. Unlike the John Edwards Scandal, there were plenty of Mainstream Media takers this time around.

Yesterday, Al Gore was in San Diego to deliver a speech and not only ducked out without taking any questions, his security detail removed television cameras from the site before Gore mounted the podium.

Speculation about how much more the National Enquirer still has on Gore has centered around whether the tabloid has found other women to come forward with stories similar to that of the Portland masseuse. (...)

Meanwhile, there remain an inconvenient number of questions. Are there other women with Gore-y stories? Does the National Enquirer have them lined up and ready to go? Will Al Gore continue to duck the press? Will the Mainstream Media let him?

We have less than 24 hours to wait."

These are two covers of the National Enquirer regarding the allegations against Al Gore:

The blog "The Midnight Review" criticized the hypocrisy of the right-wingers:

"Why do I bring this two-year-old story out now?

The National Enquirer had just published another infidelity story about a famous politician - Al Gore. In a recent Al Gore article, the National Enquirer wrote about the former vice president attacking his massage therapist in a hotel. Unlike the Sarah Palin article, the right-wing propaganda machines picked up on this story right away as a top story item - Andrew Breitbart even featured it on his Big Journalism propaganda site.

I find it interesting that when a story comes out about one of their own, the paper is not a reputable source and is threatened with lawsuits, but when they release stories about Democrats, like Al Gore or John Edwards, then the paper has some "damning details."

The right-wing media are a bunch of hypocrites. If sites like Big Journalism are going to stand by the National Enquirer on the Gore and Edwards stories, then they should stand by the Palin stories, so as far as I'm concerned, Palin had an affair... and she faked her pregnancy..."

The "two-year-old-story" that the Midnight Review dug out was the story about Sarah Palin's affair with Brad Hanson, which the National Enquirer exclusively reported.

Screenshots:

The National Enquirer had several sources for the story with Brad Hanson, further evidence included a polygraph test and a sworn affidavit:

"However, Hanson family insider, Jim Burdett, has gone on the record and passed a rigorous polygraph test, revealing de­tails of the affair to The NATIONAL ENQUIRER in a world exclusive interview.

Burdett is a former brother-in-law of Hanson’s estranged wife Carolyn's brother, Craig Batton, and still speaks with many family members.

“I’ve known about Brad having had an affair for a long time, but it wasn’t until just recently that I learned his affair was with Sarah Palin,” Burdett told The NATIONAL ENQUIRER.

“Sarah was elected mayor of Wasilla, Brad became a city council member in the nearby town of Palmer, and they started an affair.

“Todd found out about the affair and was so mad he broke up their partnership at the snowmobile dealership,” Burdett claimed.

Another source, who preferred to remain anonymous for fear of repercussions, provided The NATIONAL ENQUIRER with a sworn affidavit attesting to the Palin-Hanson story."

But when the news broke in the National Enquirer about Sarah's affair with Brad Hanson, the National Enquirer was deemed by the right-wingers basically on one level with "Weekly World News"...

...and let's not forget the evil Obama operatives. "Rightcelebrity" wrote:

"Of course, we must consider the source of this allegation that Sarah Palin had an affair which turns out was apparently the Obama campaign itself. The National Enquirer, supermarket tabloid extraordinaire, alleges sort of that Palin might have had an affair with her husband’s business partner based on a tip. Who says so and why?

Turns out upon examination that the story is based on an anonymous source which the paper itself describes as an “incredible charge” by someone who appears to be a well-connected insider. The story may have come down to someone in the Obama campaign feeding the Enquirer a line. Their disclaimer that the charge was not credible did not pacify Sarah Palin’s team who are going to make a political issue out of media bias and dirty tricks from the Obama campaign."

So what shall we make of all this?

Regarding the Al Gore story, it's helpful to take a look at the facts in order to reach a "preliminary" conclusion. Right-wingers like Andrew Breitbart are not really keen on publishing facts, so let's see what Huffington Post writes today:

A police report prepared in 2007 said the alleged incident occurred Oct. 24, 2006. Gore was in Portland to deliver a speech on climate change.

The woman, according to the report, canceled appointments with detectives on Dec. 21 and 26 of that year. Her attorney canceled another meeting scheduled for Jan. 4 and said the matter would be handled civilly.

"This case is exceptionally cleared as (the woman) refuses to cooperate with the investigation or even report a crime," the report states.

The case reopened in January 2009. Detectives interviewed the woman but determined there was insufficient evidence to support the allegations, Portland police said in a news release.

Hardly an open and shut case, if you ask me!

Regarding the reporting of the National Enquirer regarding Sarah Palin, I can say that many of the facts which were mentioned in the articles which appeared after Palin's nomination were later confirmed by our own investigations. This hyped Al Gore story provides us with a great opportunity to revisit the old articles about Sarah Palin and her family.

I don't think that the right wingers would complain - after all, the National Enquirer is a credible news source, is it not?

I found the scans of two articles from September 15 and September 22, 2008 in this photo album.

Screenshots:

Regarding Bristol's "banishment" from the house, I would like to repeat what Blueberry Tart wrote in our large babygate post from July 2 (also included in our summary pdf document for download):

"Heather Bruce confirmed (in the book Trailblazer by Lorenzo Benet) that Bristol lived with her while pregnant and while going to Anchorage West HS. This extended stay with Aunt Heather had to be during the 2007-08 school year, because it was reported at the beginning of the 08-09 school year. Inside Edition aired a report on 9/2/08 stating that “Halfway through the school year, about the time Bristol discovered she was pregnant, she transferred to another high school.” The Washington Post reported that Bristol went mid-school-year to live with her aunt in Anchorage, finishing at the city's West High School.

The principal of the Wasilla High School also confirmed that Bristol transferred from there halfway through the 2007-2008 school year. The National Enquirer reported this as well, with some additional details: “When Sarah found out the teen was pregnant by high schooler Levi Johnston, she was actually banished from the house. As part of the cover-up, Palin quickly transferred Bristol to another high school and made her move in with Sarah’s sister Heather 25 miles away!”

While many people apparently assumed this referred to the pregnancy with Tripp, that cannot be true. It can only refer to the winter 2007-2008 period, which coincides with the Trig pregnancy, not Tripp. Adding support to this conclusion, Bristol herself reported that they told Sarah and Todd about her pregnancy with Tripp “after school was out.” The logical conclusion is that Bristol’s banishment to Anchorage was not for the Tripp pregnancy, but for Trig."

I personally wish that the National Enquirer would get on the case regarding Sarah Palin's faked pregnancy. This would be far more productive and valuable than aggressively going after a politician after the police decided to bring no charges against him. After all, the National Enquirer has proven in the past that they are capable of uncovering REAL facts.

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UPDATE:

Floyd has interviewed Bree at his "Palin Babygate" blog. It's good to hear from Bree again. She unfortunately closed her babygate blog a while ago, but we understand that "real life" comes first. Bree has some good insights that we encourage you all to read.

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Sarah Palin and the Pebble Mine Sticker Controversy - Alaska Restaurant Owner Jon Corbett refuses to bow to the Queen - UPDATE!

Wild Salmon at Bristol Bay, Alaska

By Kathleen

Sarah Palin and the London born producer Mark Burnett, former Section Commander of the notorious UK Parachute Regiment have been busy filming and interviewing residents during the previous days in the Bristol Bay area for a controversial new TV docudrama series about the Last Frontier State. The documentary will feature Sarah Palin, her family, views of the tundra caribou, moose and wolves and seas tumultuous with salmon, whales and belugas whilst sorry walrus bask on shores. It is supposed to be broadcast on TLC/Discovery.

Bristol Bay is home to one of the last surviving fishing grounds of wild sockeye salmon in the Northern hemisphere. As such it is an immense and valuable renewable resource which presently supports the livelihoods of approximately 6000 independent fishermen and the main industries of commercial fishing companies and canneries which exist there.

According to many people living nearby, Bristol Bay and its ancient heritage of fishing face a threat from a proposal by mining companies Anglo American and Northern Dynasty who want to set up the largest open pit copper and gold mine in North America on the shores of Bristol Bay. Many local protestors against the mine claim that pollution from contaminated mine waste could have a huge effect on the salmon population and industry. Local protestors are also concerned that further proposals to build huge dams to contain the waste are also insufficient because the area is in an active seismic zone through which the Lake Clark fault line runs less than twenty miles from the proposed Pebble Mine site. As salmon fishing has played a huge role in native culture for the many people living in small communities, all of which connect to each other, it is also thought that thousands of years of culture and tradition will be lost if the mining companies proposal succeeds and traditional ways of life are displaced.

For more details please watch this trailer for the documentary "Red Gold":

Red Gold | trailer from felt soul media on Vimeo.

However it’s not all moist wetlands, osprey, brown bear and weathered rocks on the tundra. Sarah and Mark’s tour of the Bristol Bay Lowlands brought them face to face with the owner chef of The Windmill Grille in Dillingham, Jon Corbett, a keen environmentalist who took advantage of their visit to show his support for the "Save Bristol Bay" movement and his anti mine sentiments.

Sarah Palin with Jon Corbett a few days ago

Now I know for a fact that Palingates readers are sophisticated, alert and well read and that the majority of you will have noticed the very large anti Pebble Mine sticker conveniently stuck to the smoked salmon that Jon displays.

It seems that Sarah Palin, despite the fact that she has clearly favoured the mining proposal in the past, had no hesitation in posing next to an anti Pebble Mine sticker proudly advertised on the packaging of the rather delicious looking salmon. Should we be surprised by this?

Has Sarah been persuaded that such a large mining operation and the environmental consequences associated with it could be disastrous for the local communities which have existed there for thousands of years?

Predictably, the answer is a resounding no. Sarah Palin yet again created a situation that required a clean up operation by a “Palin family member”. Jon Corbett was put on notice by said “member of Todd Palin’s family” and a “family friend” that he should remove from his facebook a picture of Sarah Palin posing next to the suddenly noxious sticker.

It's telling, isn't it? Sarah Palin's position was compromised by her own stupidity and someone from Todd's family seeks to cover her ineptitude by insisting that a photo is removed so a record of her stupidity does not exist. It’s the number one Palin rule, never admit your mistake, just erase it from the record and it no longer exists. Simple, isn’t it? However, Jon is sticking to his guns and refuses to compromise and it seems as if Sarah Palin will be forced to make a statement regarding Bristol Bay Mining and the fact that she did not notice the sticker with its offending logo.

Jon Corbett writes on his blog "Green Alaska":

"So, what to do? ? ? I was just asked by a member of Todd Palin’s family and a family friend to remove my posted facebook profile picture, because of the No Pebble Mine picture. They said that Sarah would have to soon make a statement along the lines of “That is not her position and that she was not aware of the No Pebble Mine logo being present.” . . .

This is my take on this. She willingly came into my place of business and discussed the business of Fish with me and the producer, Mark Burnett. We kept the conversation on fish and the business of fish. The dangers and threats to Bristol Bay were briefly mentioned, but not expounded upon. I will say this about the picture, this is most definitely not Sarah Palin’s position… as the “family friend” put it, “I don’t think anyone knows Sarah’s position.” I wanted to scream, but held my composure and acknowledged that he was correct. Anyone remember Proposition 4?

“Days before voters went to the polls, Governor Sarah Palin publicly stated her opposition to Proposition 4.

(Palin said:) “Let me take my governor’s hat off just for a minute here and tell you, personally, Prop. 4, I vote no on that.”

While polls before her statement showed Proposition 4 ahead by a small percentage, in the end almost 60% of voters went against it. Not only did critics call Gov. Palin’s statements highly unethical, but a legal complaint was filed against the state for improperly taking sides on the measure, which is illegal. The Alaska Public Offices Commission ordered the content to be taken off the state website, but cleared Palin, saying she made it clear it was a personal opinion."

He then gives a few links for reference:

New York Times, October 21, 2008: "Palin's Hand Seen in Battle Over Mine in Alaska"

Grist.org, August 21, 2008: "Alaskan greens say McCain’s VP pick has anti-environmental record"

Here is another one:

Treehugger.com, August 8, 2008: "Palin (Illegally?) Endorses Short-Term Mining Gain Over Long-Term Food Supply"

Jon concludes:

"I will not remove the picture. This picture was taken as it is shown…I was being opportunistic in getting my political belief out to the world. I enjoyed sitting down with Mrs. Palin and talking about Fish and Alaska. I hope the best for her and her Family as they travel around Alaska filming a portrait of our great state to share with the rest of the World through TLC/Discovery Channel. I think I can speak for a lot of people around Bristol Bay in saying that we hope the episode on Salmon and the fishing business is positive and will do something to promote the image and protection of this great sustainable resource."

To my mind John Corbett shows real American spirit. He understands that some issues are worth taking a stand on no matter who it is that tries to stand in your way. The issue regarding Pebble Mine is about renewable resources versus non-renewable resources and it is about the long term sustainable future of communities pitched against the short term gain of large corporations. Jon Corbett gets it. Sarah Palin and the corporations who want to exploit the area do not.

(h/t to EyeOnYou for pointing us to Jon's blog!)

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UPDATE:

Jon Corbett just left an incredibly interesting comment on his blog:

"Pondering political peacemaking in hopes of getting the Green movement and Progressive line of thought some legitimacy and traction here in ALASKA… For the FISH.

But, I wrote the above on July 2d, the afternoon following my conversation with Sarah Palin about FISH. Afterwards I posted a picture on my Facebook profile. In the picture, I am holding a fresh frozen Wild caught Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon with a No Pebble Mine Sticker while standing next to Sarah Palin. The picture was taken in my restaurant, The Windmill Grille in Dillingham, Alaska. I will admit that this picture was taken solely in the spirit of opportunism and I feel that I can safely say that the. General Anti Pebble Mine is NOT shared with Sarah Palin…

And with what I heard about the Discovery/TLC crew being run by Mark Burnett Productions (Survivor-CBS) going around having people cover signs and logos that are really a part of the FISHING culture here in Bristol Bay, I wonder about the opinions of Discovery Communications as well. I bet we don’t get an answer.

So, opportunity came along, and you are damned right in assuming that I will take full advantage of it, for the FISH."

So that is what's happening. Sarah Palin wants to present her own, clean, censored version of Alaska. No pesky fishermen and others who try to protect their culture and their subsistence. Shameful!

(h/t Vilca!)

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An All Too Convenient Lie - Sarah Palin's pregnancy hoax, the Republican Party and the Fundamentalists - UPDATE!

Sarah Palin at the RGA conference on April 17, 2008 (video)

Guest post by kilob

Is Sarah Palin the quintessential frontier woman or just laying claim to the biggest hoax in American history where ignorance and intelligence have collided head on, or is she someone with a special calling that a majority of the population either doesn’t care to listen to or refuse to board the SS Palin into the abyss? After following the near daily escapades of the former governor, former mayor and current talking head for the real people of the United States, Sarah Palin has shown versatility unseen before in American politics. She’s the Republicans leading rock star, but how long can they survive relying on the one woman band whose past 3 years was built on a huge fabricated lie?

Sarah Palin demands all America to suspend common sense when it deals with her life and family, whilst at the same time preaching common sense conservatism, with no proof she knows what it means beyond the daily briefings she receives via Blackberry. Such new findings are then relayed to her enthusiastic followers on Twitter and Facebook. Since being chosen by John McCain to complete his ticket for the 2008 National election, Sarah’s rise to fame and now mega fortune must now be looked at with common sense and rational thought. As the first female Governor in the state of Alaska, Palin parlayed her position as elected leader of a state to national prominence. The sheer amount of coincidences that had to come into play for that to happen is mind boggling. Are they just coincidences or a planned pattern of deception played against the citizens of the US for a larger objective?

By news accounts available, John McCain first met Sarah Palin in February 2008 at the National Governors Association meeting. What they may have discussed is unknown, but something evidently caught John’s wandering eye. On March 4, 2008 McCain clinched a majority of Republican National Convention delegates to lockup his party’s nomination for President. Was it by sheer coincidence that the following day March 5th, Sarah Palin, the little known Governor of Alaska announced that she was pregnant with a child who it was revealed days after his birth had special needs. While it is known that children born with Trisomy 21 are more likely to be born to older mothers than younger, one has to wonder whether Palin’s pregnancy with who we now know as Trig, God’s will or a well orchestrated plan to gobble up pro-life votes ahead of the 2008 election, and to lure pro-life voters away from the Democratic party in an attempt to defeat Barack Obama for the US Presidency.

John McCain meets Billy and Franklin Graham in June 2008

In June of 2008, John McCain flew to Asheville, North Carolina to meet with Billy Graham and his son, Franklin, to discuss the Graham’s assistance in lining up the evangelical vote leading up to the election. Franklin Graham’s ties to Alaska are well known through his leadership of Samaritan’s Purse. Samaritan’s Purse is an international relief organization which has provided food aid around the globe, but ironically to Alaskan natives during their harsh winters and extreme remote locales with their large fleet of fixed and rotary aircraft that contain everything from small single engine aircraft, helicopters and even a corporate Dassault Falcon 50 jet for long range travel. The ties of Franklin Graham and Sarah Palin revolve around Samaritan’s Purse and Sarah PAC donation drives in the lower Yukon, but Franklin Graham also owns property in Alaska. The Palin / Graham connection is of prime importance because the United States has never had a poster child for the pro-life movement like, Sarah Palin, who was chosen by John McCain to be his Vice President nominee over more highly qualified candidates both male and female.

What attraction did Sarah Palin have for John McCain as his Vice President? It certainly wasn’t her record as governor of Alaska as she had very few accomplishments in her short tenure in the position. With the assistance of both Alaskan Senators Murkowski and Stevens, Palin politicked for a bridge to link Gravina Island to the town of Ketchikan. Remember the infamous Bridge to Nowhere? When it wasn’t politically acceptable for her conservative values, she finally rejected the project, but kept the money for other Alaskan uses. One other glowing accomplishment on Palin’s resume was to raise the taxes on oil companies doing business in Alaska to order to increase her citizen’s annual Alaskan Permanent Fund payout which clearly raised her poll numbers. The people in the lower 48 thank you for their higher gas prices, Mrs. Palin.

(this card was sent out by Sarah Palin to a supporter)

Was John McCain awestruck that he had a chance to win an election by placing all his high roller chips on a pro-life woman who just coincidently had recently given birth to a special needs baby, or were there other factors brought to bear during his visit with the Graham’s in North Carolina?
Was Sarah Palin’s pregnancy of the child, Trig, a gift from God to allow her to be placed into the second highest political office or was the pregnancy a ruse born out of a political need to further mutual causes? From the first day she was introduced by John McCain at the 2008 Republican National Convention, Sarah Palin proudly displayed her pro-life ideology for all to see and hear. It’s clear now, in hindsight, that her pro-life / anti abortion stance played a large part to motivate like minded voters to cast their votes for the McCain / Palin ticket.

The announcement that Sarah Palin was pregnant came in her 7th month in March 2008. Her own staff were stunned by the news, and many Alaskan’s themselves were left scratching their heads because Palin didn’t look naturally pregnant. There are few pictures of a pregnant Sarah other than staged photos of her wearing oversized clothing accessorized with decorative scarves. One would think there would be at least one photograph of her in traditional pregnancy clothing uncoated within the warm confines of the Governor’s office or AK department head meetings. However, there are none whatsoever that have been released or can be found on the internet besides one photo that after investigation which suggests that Palin was wearing a similar sort of padded empathy belly used in Hollywood television shows and movies to make fans believe that an actress was pregnant.

(Sarah Palin on April 13, 2008 - see the photo album)

Anchorage Daily News, April 22, 2008

Trig Paxson Van Palin was supposedly born on April 18, 2008, one month early after enduring a heroic trans-continental journey which his mother Sarah decided was more important than her own baby’s health concerns which included issues common to premature babies afflicted with Trisomy 21. Much has been written about Sarah Palin’s wild ride just prior to Trig’s miraculous delivery to the Palin Family. Sarah’s father Chuck Heath provided commentary that his daughter had amniotic leakage prior to her speech to the Texas Governors Forum in Dallas on April 17, 2008. Prior to her flight from Anchorage to Seattle and then to Dallas, Palin dismissed her Alaskan Trooper security detail for the trip as an unnecessary cost to the state of Alaska, explaining that her husband, Todd, could provide her with any necessary security in Dallas. If Alaskan Troopers were present and aware their Governor was in pre-delivery distress, they would have forced her to immediately travel to the nearest Dallas hospital equipped to handle a high risk pregnancy. The lack of AK Troopers to provide even minimal security efforts in Dallas lends credence to the Trig birth cover up. Clearly it was more important for the Palin’s to return to Wasilla via a flight from Dallas, a stopover and plane change in Seattle and on to Anchorage, then a drive to a small town hospital not equipped to handle Trig’s high risk delivery.

The excuse we’ve been told by none other than Sarah’s own husband was “we couldn’t have a fish picker born in Texas”. That statement causes great concern because they placed the final location of Trig’s birth above his own health and wellbeing. Within days of his delivery, photos of Trig appeared in the Anchorage Daily News, the daily newspaper serving the southern area of Alaska. What is telling of the ADN photos was the baby offered for publication was neither a pre-mature infant nor one suffering the known breathing maladies seen in pre-mature Trisomy 21 children. Even after some people in Alaska questioned the validity of the Sarah Palin pregnancy, no documentary proof has been offered. Why is that? Could it be that the “gift from God” is a convenient lie to promote the agenda of a group within the Republican Party?

Includes footage with Sarah Palin at the RGA conference on April 17, 2008

Once Sarah Palin was introduced by John McCain at the Republican National Convention, questions swirled regarding the persisting rumors that Trig Palin wasn’t Sarah and Todd Palin’s natural born child. As if on command, a news release announced that Bristol Palin, Sarah’s eldest daughter was pregnant and delivery was expected in January 2009. This was followed by what would become the ultimate embarrassing situation for their lovely daughter as Bristol was marched out on stage in blooming pregnancy for the world to see. This was followed by the well scripted press releases that Bristol was pro-life, and abortion was out of the question. We also learned the unwed Bristol and her baby’s father planned on getting married. It made for great television and rallied the evangelical right for their expected rise in after convention poll numbers. From the time the RNC convention ended to the final hours of the election, American heard a steady stream of pro-life / anti abortion rhetoric from both John McCain as well as Sarah Palin. One segment of America awaited the release of Sarah Palin’s medical information. They waited patiently day after day, but no such release occurred until four hours before the November national election was to begin. What was released was a letter which adopted typical boiler plate medical terminology from Sarah Palin’s personal physician, Cathy Baldwin-Johnson. Included in the medical release was a statement that Sarah Palin gave birth to five live children. From that release, America was led to believe Trig Palin was naturally born to Sarah and her husband. Not so fast, Mrs. Palin!

Sarah Palin on April 14, 2008 - Part of the published MSNBC-Crivella emails - fek9wnr@yahoo.com was Todd's email address

When questions continued regarding the birth of Trig Palin kept being asked, Dr. Cathy Baldwin-Johnson met with staff of the Anchorage Daily News for a possible news story on the subject. Was Dr. Baldwin-Johnson carrying proof approved by Sarah Palin to refute the birth lie allegations? No, instead she brought along her personal attorney and answered “No comment” when asked if she had delivered Trig. Is this the proverbial smoking gun? No, it’s just another bullet. One other bullet that now has been revealed is Bristol Palin was actively trying to get pregnant leading up to the 2008 RNC convention, which she clearly succeeded in accomplishing. Was Bristol Palin’s pregnancy a planned production to first cover up the fact Sarah’s pregnancy with Trig was a lie of epic proportions, by trying to cover up rampant Alaskan rumors that Bristol was previously pregnant during the Summer and Fall of 2007? There is photographic proof Bristol was in fact pregnant with Tripp but is, Trig, also her natural born son? At this time the odds are 50/50. It is rather distressing to know that a huge lie has been told to the American populous and the tale continues to this day.

It is crystal clear Sarah Palin would never have been chosen by John McCain as his running mate without the existence of a special needs child to rally the evangelical base of the Republican Party and the pro-life movement at large. Palin’s now universally known ignorance to national and world issues is tabloid fodder. What was John McCain’s real motivation and who was driving the bus? The connections to Franklin Graham also cannot be dismissed. It is clear that the “gift from God” didn’t come from Sarah’s womb, but was a human prop with Down Syndrome used to help win an election? Prove me wrong, Mrs. Palin. Release an authentic copy of Trig’s birth certificate, or tell America the truth and reveal where he came from.

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Note by Patrick:

Please also read litbrit's new excellent post in which she responds to allegations made on the "Pandagon" blog that the fake pregnancy claims are untrue. Ennealogic also responded to the post on Pandagon.

To my horror I discovered today that many of the links to the emails in the Crivella West database (MSNBC) don't work any more (see the links in our large post about the emails). I have therefore as a first measure uploaded some of those emails in order to make them available again.

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UPDATE:

I would like to add another item to the post. This is what Todd Palin wrote to the Governor's top staff (I almost said to "his" staff) on April 17, 2008 at 11:13 AM:

"Her speech kicked ass...."

Well, great! That's all Todd had to say about his wife on April 17, 2008 who was supposedly suffering at this point already with leaking amniotic fluid, big contractions and who was incredibly concerned for the safety of her unborn baby (according to "Going Rogue")?

Not surprising - because there was never an unborn baby in Sarah Palin's tummy on April 17, 2008.

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UPDATE 2:

Another incredibly interesting email message dealing with the events on April 17, 2008 is part of the the MSNBC-Crivella West database:

The Alaskan citizen John Carlile met Sarah and Todd Palin at Seattle airport on the evening of April 17, 2008, when Sarah and Todd were heading back to Anchorage. John also didn't notice that Sarah Palin was in labor - despite the fact that her water had already broken many hours earlier, according to her own account given in the press conference on April 22, 2008.

John Carlile wrote:

"Little did I know that you were in labor at the time."

Well, John is in good company: The staff of Alaska airlines also had no idea that Sarah Palin was in labor, nor did they realize that she was highly pregnant.

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