Paging Zombie Paranoic Richard Nixon to

the "Red" courtesy phone, please:

Accompanied by a retinue of advisers, she took a seat at one end of a conference table and listened passively as Gary Stevens, the president of the Alaska Senate, a former college history professor and a low-key Republican with a reputation for congeniality, expressed delight at her presence.

Would the governor, a smiling Stevens asked, like to share some of her plans and proposals for the coming legislative session?

Palin looked around the room and paused, according to several senators present. "I feel like you guys are always trying to put me on the spot," she said finally, as the room became silent.

"Ahh, but the strawberries that's... that's where I had them."

AP/Chris Miller

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[FeralLiberal]

"Now quick, look out the window and make sure Putin isn't sneaking up on us."

[Gummo]

Because expecting you to, y'know, DO YOUR JOB is just such a "gotcha."

Sounds like the people of Alaska are getting a little tired of their celebrity governor, and not a moment too soon.

[Ruth]

She learned not to answer questions but attack the questioner after her experience with Katie Curic.

[wtf]

letter writing campaign to the editor of all alaska media:

dear editor: as a republican and a supporter of sarah palin, i would like to see full coverage of her legislative agenda for this year. she has been hammered by the liberal media for being without substance and without knowledge, but i know she is a wise and capable governor

please ask her and report on:

what are her plans and proposals for the coming legislative session?

what are her priorities for the state?

how will she close the coming budget gap now that oil prices are falling?

how will she deal with alaska's high rates of drug use, and alcoholism among teens and adults?

please report on these things as in depth as possible so we can all know what our governor has in store for us

[CJ]

"Plans? Oh... you mean rape, pillage, and plunder for my personal gain? Just the usual..."

[JDM]

Would love to see her chatting with richard nixon while moderated by James Lipton or David Denby. Or her, Linda Lovelace, Kristi Myst and Gauge talking about the Politikz of ReForm in the New South, moderated by Zombie Willam F. Buckley, Jr.

[Capt. Bat Guano]

Hey Sarah, feeling guilty/shameful much?

[Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator]

Well, first, I plan to buy more make-up. Then, I plan to have a little talk with Miss Too-Big-for-Her-Britches about getting married and getting out of my house. Then, I plan to "write" a book and then I plan to do a lot of tv.

Oh, you meant for Alaska?

[ollie]

"click, click, click" went the little steel balls....

[sukabi]

ollie, we really didn't need to know about her ben wa balls...

[marmoset]

Is it just me, or is she bat-shit crosseyed in that photo?

Kinda 'deer-in-the-headlights' crosseyed.

[HarpoSnarx]

Obviously the first deadly weapon in the librul arsenal is a question.

Poor wittle Goopers, they're outgunned.

[Capital J]

"Well, I plan to have Levi follow through on his forced proposal to Bristol. Okay?"

[Jim]

Truly, young governors are the future of the GOP, with their bold, innovative ideas about reforming and results and shit.

I've been thinking she had her eyes fixed on 2012 like a dog on a cheeseburger, but maybe other folks who say she wants to be the Right-wing Oprah are right. But I suspect Right-wing Rachel Ray will be closer to the mark.

[MarkC]

you perfessors with yer big words and all

sigh, skepticism of degrees and education is a healthy thing, something Mark Twain and L. Frank Baum taught us a century ago. but it has morphed into a skepticism of knowledge and understanding, which is exactly the opposite of what they intended.

i'm in california now where the legislature is hamstrung by a minority of palintological specimens who adhere to a religion of no tax increases, all of whom would scream bloody murder if any of their public services were interrupted.

you guys are always trying to put me on the spot?

but, you chose the spot because you wanted the spotlight.

[Wee Mousie]

To decipher neuro-linguistic programming, marmoset, remember that if the subject looks up to the right they are about to lie, and if the subject looks up to the left they are trying to remember.

So, if Mooselini looks up to the left and the right, she is trying to remember what lie she told earlier.

[watertiger]

marmoset, she has a lazy eye, which is helped with corrective lenses.

or so I've heard.

[pansypoo]

you betcha.

go away now please.

[Duros62]

From the story,

The result of all this scrutiny and second-guessing, says one Republican ally, is that "the governor has been feeling beaten up."

Ohhhh, poor thing. Who knew pit bulls were such fragile little flowers?

[Bruce388]

Sarie's not beaten down by scrutiny. It's the snowmobile fumes.

[JimmyDean'sFuckedUpThirdCousinOnceRemovedClyde]

Palin looked around the room and paused, according to several senators present. "I feel like you guys are always trying to put me on the spot," she said finally, as the room became silent.

She obviously meant to say "....you gays..."