The recent faux outrage from Palin’s office is the most transparent in almost a year. The photoshopped picture posted by Linda Kellen Biegel has been spun into an arena that only the uninformed could follow. The same picture was photoshopped with a “Baby Dave Letterman” last week without a peep from the governor. I suppose suggesting that Letterman was a pedophile was enough.
Palin’s spokesperson said: “Recently we learned of a malicious desecration of a photo of the Governor and baby Trig that has become an iconic representation of a mother’s love for a special needs child.”
Iconic? Really? Palin is not the Madonna. Desecration? What is holy or sacred about Palin? Why the faux outrage?
This attack on Biegel is really about her records request for the email communication between Eddie Burke and Sarah Palin. Biegel suspects there has been a concerted “backlash” effort by the Administration against Palin’s critics.
Burke, a right wing radio host, has rabidly attacked any critic of the governor. If Sarah Palin ate a baby heart on TV, Eddie would say it was because she was low in iron and needed the sustenance to keep her strength up against her liberal enemies. Burke’s show regularly features Palin, her attorney, her spokesperson, her brother, her father, and representatives from an out-of-state, pro-Palin website regularly.
The initial price tag for the records request was $65,000. Biegel pressed Linda Perez, the Director of the Department of Administration, for an explanation of the search process that was taking 16 hours per employee. The cost was lowered to $5,552.64.
The blogging community supported Biegel in an “accountability drive” on her blog and readers donated money. In the last few days most of the funds needed have been collected and Linda is ready to write the check and get the requested emails between Burke and Palin. NOW, an attack from Palin.
Linda has blogged for years. She walks with a cane, and has physical disabilities. She has a bi-racial child and is always on the righteous side of fighting discrimination. She attended the Anchorage assembly meetings this week to testify in favor of the ordinance banning discrimination against the GLBT community. Burke attended the same event, protesting the civil rights ordinance with a shirt stating: “Homophobic, Red Shirt, Bible Thumping Nazi, Gay Bashing, Tea Bagging, Rascist (yes misspelled), White Guy, Bigot.” Yes, Sarah Palin pals around with this fine example of tolerance.
The Palin administration is now calling on Alaskan Democrats to condemn Biegel. Where was the condemnation on Crooks and Liars for photoshopping the same picture with David Letterman last week? Oh, that’s right, they don’t have a records request on the governor, Linda does.
The attack on Biegel is another example of Palin’s “faux outrage.” The false victimization spin from of Sarah is her antidote for criticism.
She did it to Letterman, she’s doing it to Linda.
Eddie and his shirt, I sent him a twitter the other night asking “@talkradiohost Eddie, who made you H8R shirt?”
Classy as always, the Crotchster sent a pithy reply,“@GreatGrey Your Mother did”.
Misogynist doesn’t even begin to describe Eddies attitude toward all women except St. Sara.
By: GreatGrey on June 25, 2009
at 3:57 pm
And why isn’t she declaiming Eddie Burke for advocating Gay Bashing?
By: akconstant on June 25, 2009
at 4:09 pm
“Yes, Sarah Palin pals around with this fine example of tolerance.”
yes and plagiarized a speech (you and AKM were witness too!) for the introduction of Micheal Reagan who wants to put grenades in babies butts….niiiice!
This faux outrage is C4p, so desperate for facetime and a hand written note & brownie button for GINO They are serving as the resident rabid skunks 4 palin!
Wilowl WAS not at the game letterman referenced. No one can find a picture, nor comment from anyone there besides dud. If someone could prove Willow wasn’t there it would prove what a liar GINO is! C4p tweeted the twat with both faux outrages!!!
(or megamouth)
By: crystalwolf aka caligrl on June 25, 2009
at 4:14 pm
[…] 2nd update: Shannyn Moore also has a fine acount of events. […]
By: Three things I did at lunchtime – Henkimaa on June 25, 2009
at 4:18 pm
The only thing transparent about Sarah Palin is her complete lack of shame.
By: Denton on June 25, 2009
at 4:19 pm
Hilarious photoshop pic … Palin cuddling baby Eddie Burke. As Hillary said, if you can’t handle the heat, get out of the kitchen.
By: Wolf Pack on June 25, 2009
at 4:22 pm
Do you remember last April when Sarah said that about Hillary. She needs to grow a backbone, right?
By: jo in AK on June 26, 2009
at 8:48 am
I don’t believe it’s co-incidental that Mrs Palin has taken cover overseas and left it to Megletongue to wifi loudly about sacrilege.
Look! Over there! A talking dog!!!! 🙂
By: Aussie Blue Sky on June 25, 2009
at 5:29 pm
great grey, do you call him the “Crotchster” or does he call himself that?
It just caught my attention because I believe that part of his anger is based on living with a somewhat “diminished” manhood. Just sayin’!
Hubby and I were making some jokes about him last night that I won’t repeat here on this comment area….but I’m sure you get my drift 😉
By: Alicia on June 25, 2009
at 6:05 pm
Great post, Shannyn!
“The Ayers Effect.” LOL
By: anon blogger on June 25, 2009
at 6:05 pm
You got it, S grrl!
Enjoy your trip to Pittsburg, we are all pulling for you!!!
By: the problem child on June 25, 2009
at 6:22 pm
Crotchster – that is a good nickname for him!
Shannyn – you are doing well in the votes for Pittsburgh, you and AKM WILL have fun there.
We all just have to keep pounding away at them.
By: Bones AK on June 25, 2009
at 6:52 pm
http://wonkette.com/
By: Bones AK on June 25, 2009
at 7:01 pm
People ought to forward Eddie’s picture to the FCC now and when his radio host comes up for license renewal.
By: sauer kraut on June 25, 2009
at 7:08 pm
Palin is offended at the political cartoon but not at Michael Reagan’s desire to put hand grenades up babies’ butts? WTF?? Is she getting ANY synapses in her pea brain?
By: WakeUpAmerica on June 25, 2009
at 7:28 pm
So Palin hangs around with and very often visits with a man who wears a t shirt calling himself a gay bashing homophobe Racist bigoted white guy?? This is the radio show she supports above all others?!?
Didn’t she say how important associations were when questioned about her uninformed Ayer comments.
THIS is a big story. This is One of Sarahs associates since she and her lawyer and staff are in the show? So Sarah is best friends with an openly anti gay racist man?? WOW!!!!!!!
No wonder she trying to scare away Linda by criticizing her in the press! No wonder Sarahs office was trying to charge Linda $65000 for the emails between Eddie Burke and Sarah Palin! No wonder Sarah doesn’t like a photo of Eddie in her lap!
Now I understand why Sarahs response was so over the top!
What should be concerning to all if America though is why one of Sarahs favorite associates is an admitted anti gay racist bigot!!! And she and her fans seriously think she is presidential material??
By: Marie on June 25, 2009
at 7:50 pm
Shannyn, don’t you pal around with Eddie Burke? You guys both work at KBYR. You don’t have a problem with working for a firm that employs a gay-bashing racist? 🙂
By: VidOmnia on June 25, 2009
at 8:09 pm
Lame…gay-bashing racists are everywhere. Just look at Congress. But, I don’t think you’ll catch Shannyn hugging “Burke-the-RaScist” like Palin does or, making her children call his show so that he can hyperventilate on-air over the idea of touching teenage Palin tail, (uuughhh, he is so disgusting).
By: Gardenslug on June 26, 2009
at 3:13 am
So WTF she works there??? Maybe they will fire Baby Eddie? What is it with you AssHats4Palin? Sh!t4brains!
By: crystalwolf aka caligrl on June 26, 2009
at 8:03 am
Hey, VidO… found your Wasilla street sign: http://failblog.org/2009/06/26/double-fail-6/
By: sauer kraut on June 26, 2009
at 8:41 am
That has to be in Wasilla.
By: jo in AK on June 26, 2009
at 8:46 am
Their paths don’t cross, VidOmnia. You could have checked that out yourself by just going to the KBYR website.
Burke is on from 2-5 PM weekdays along with a host of nasty-attitude nationally broadcast right wing talk show hosts.
Shannyn is on from 5-7 on Saturdays.
By: KarenJ on June 26, 2009
at 12:04 pm
Alicia asked: “great grey, do you call him the “Crotchster” or does he call himself that?”
I started calling Eddie that after I was reminded about his 1994 arrest for grabbing a waitress’ crotch.
http://tinyurl.com/nyuz2s
Eddie compensates for the ‘other’ with his guns.
By: GreatGrey on June 25, 2009
at 8:41 pm
It is no wonder that the Sunshine Review website reports that Alaska received an “F” grade on FOIA issues. They tried to charge:
$65,000 for Ms. Kiegel’s FOIA requests,
$65,000 for Mother Jones’ requests,
$15 Million for NBC’s requests, and
$45 Million for the AP’s info requests.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27228287//
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2008/12/would-you-pay-10000-sarah-palins-emails
In the PDF file accompanying the MSNBC story, it is interesting to discover that Eddie Burke made his own FOIA request, (pages 28-30), for e-mails between Andrew Halcro and Palin’s administration. I wonder how much they charged Mr. Burke?
By: Gardenslug on June 26, 2009
at 3:02 am
VidOmnia, you don’t have a problem working for a fan club which regularly gets things so wrong that you have become the laughingstock of the nation? (See Wonkette)
By: MythAnon 123 on June 26, 2009
at 3:58 am
Wanted to make sure VidO has the link…maybe he can send magamouth over to defend the queen:
BhaWaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Filed under: Degenerates
http://wonkette.com/tag/pt-degenerates/
By: crystalwolf aka caligrl on June 26, 2009
at 8:08 am
Poor Sarah, she’s tried so desperately to stay in the tabloid fodder file. Unfortunately, her latest attempt was rather short lived. It seems that some news agencies booted her latest hissy fit when the news of Michael Jackson’s death took over the airwaves. Meg and Sarah must be livid.
By: Claudia on June 26, 2009
at 3:59 am
Burke doesn’t want grenades put in Special Needs babies butts though, so , no worries.
By: Lilybart on June 26, 2009
at 4:18 am
Claudia: and no one is going to care about her shooting practice with the National Guard in Kosovo.
really bad timing!!!
By: Lilybart on June 26, 2009
at 4:19 am
Lilybart: You are so right!!! However, I did see a story about her Kosovo trip posted on CNN but didn’t bother reading it (as I’m not interested in her campaign trip to visit the troops and I don’t want to give CNN any encouragement to post more stories about her).
By: Claudia on June 26, 2009
at 4:49 am
… what is with all the jiggle under that t-shirt she’s wearing? Did she leave her playtex at home with Eddie?
By: sauer kraut on June 26, 2009
at 8:43 am
LMFAO! sauer kraut, that is perfect!!!
By: crystalwolf aka caligrl on June 26, 2009
at 8:52 am
I WANT her to run against Obama in 2012. It would be my wildest dream come true. She just doesn’t seem to get that she’s putting out lots of information that can be used to show America just who and what she is. I believe she’s in Kosovo to buff up her foreign policy creds. What good is this trip if it causes no change in her ugly attitude towards her fellow Americans? It was when McCain chose her as his running mate that I started digging for info about her and discovered the wonderful progressive web sites in Alaska. Please, please, please, keep up the good work. We simply cannot allow the reins of our government to end up in the hands of this “walking disaster” of a politician. I also was appalled when I read AKM’s blog about how she went into Linda’s trashcan looking for evidence to use to smear her. And just to think, this “garbage can digging” politician is who her minions think is qualified to be POTUS. Please.
By: maji on June 26, 2009
at 6:16 am
May I offer a personal observation that VidOmnia may be one of the most dim-witetd people alive?
By: Donna on June 26, 2009
at 6:40 am
yes.
yes, you may.
By: sauer kraut on June 26, 2009
at 8:43 am
whoops–try spell check. “DIM WITTED”
By: Donna on June 26, 2009
at 6:41 am
Hi Donna:
You can always tell with the Sea Pee-ers have their knickers in a big twist when VidO crawls out from under his rock.
Eddie Burke will never be more than he already is – he appeals to such a tiny segment of homophobic frightened teeny-weenie type of guy. Perhaps that is what VidO and Burke have in common??
That’s why Burke will always just be a very very SMALL guy (tee hee).
By: basheert on June 26, 2009
at 6:48 am
An excellent point, basheert!
By: Donna on June 26, 2009
at 6:58 am
I think Burke should add mysogynist and sexual harasser to the list of his most-vile qualifications on his tee-shirt.
By: Gardenslug on June 26, 2009
at 7:21 am
Vid – get lost. Your blog represents some of stupidest people on the planet. I absolutely do not care why you choose to pal around with mean, fearful and brainless folks so just stay with them and don’t pollute our discussions since you can’t do the same on your own site. Shannyn – just delete him since he deletes everyone on his site who isn’t a moron. Yick!
By: Snowing in Alaska on June 26, 2009
at 7:43 am
Great post!
By: crystalwolf aka caligrl on June 26, 2009
at 8:09 am
but, Snow… if Shannyn deletes VidO, how will we ever be able to make fun of him in a forum in which he cannot delete the posts which mock him??
By: sauer kraut on June 26, 2009
at 8:45 am
Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap! Well said sauer kraut! Ya know, there are none so blind as those who will not see.
Come on Vid you have smarts, you’re pretty articulate. Turn away from the Dark Side and join the grown-ups.
By: LiladyNY on June 26, 2009
at 8:56 am
All you have to do is look at how that site titled that pic of Tabloid Tweetie holding Trig – the original one. They don’t see the smirk, the snotty face, the naked ambition toward using the kid – they see a heavenly angel who adores the kid. I wrote them off forever after viewing that. The TT can’t even face her own kid – he’s almost always facing away. Women get it, and more will get it as time goes by. But the creepy men will never see it (Vid and his ilk) because they are aroused, confused and blinded by her as we know.
They are lost – forever. They have left all human common sense and decency behind as they build their false idol and swirl at her feet – probably trying to peek under her skirt while no one is looking. It’s filthy and transparent. They couldn’t care less about the kid – they only worship her grossness.
I choose not to think about it anymore – I have a great family, friends and a business to attend to. Vid – well, he’s a wolf in Christian clothing and not worth another reply.
By: Martha Unalaska Yard Sign on June 26, 2009
at 9:56 am
Awesome post MarthaUYS!! Just says it all. So true.
By: crystalwolf aka caligrl on June 26, 2009
at 11:09 am
This may offer some clue as to why that poor child is nearly always held facing out: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/24/study-women-are-more-sque_n_220126.html
STUDY: Women Are More Squeamish About Abnormal-Looking Babies Than Men
By: InJuneau on June 26, 2009
at 3:25 pm
great post sauer kraut!!!
Since VidO can’t control anything here, he just comes over and adds a violent stench.
It is important to allow the IDIOT to post on the blog because we can point out what an idiot dirtbag he is and he can’t delete us.
Oh folks, at any given moment, he’s going to haul out the “I’m a vet” speech so we feel sorry for him.
He lost his mind you know…Over There.
By: basheert on June 26, 2009
at 11:49 am
I’m offended that SP- queen of the tundra goes on the radio with that goon. Not very queenly if you ask me.
By: jo in AK on June 26, 2009
at 8:44 am
Seems to me the picture of Burke+e-mails=one less GOP candidate in 2012!
By: AKjah on June 26, 2009
at 9:08 am
New Wonkette up! Yowza!
http://wonkette.com/409505/sarah-palin-will-soon-condemn-bomb-entire-internet
The Virgin Palin, Our Lady of Eternal Anger, gave birth to the New Jesus at some point last year — or not, who knows…”
a keeper 😀
By: crystalwolf aka caligrl on June 26, 2009
at 11:14 am
This needs to be nominated for a Pulitzer – HILARIOUS … MUST GO VIRAL!!!
By: basheert on June 26, 2009
at 11:50 am
My other post that I accidentally wrote twice was removed. Why?
Burkes t-shirt indicates he is a white supremicist. Why would you hide that Shannyn? Only a kkk member would wear a shirt proudly stating he is a Nazi, a bigot, racist gay hater.
I question Sarahs association with a man who is wearing a Nazi shirt. He is very proud of it obviously.
Sarah should watch who she associates with. Since she supports his show so much, you have to believe she has the same views.
Shannyn took down my post where I challenged Palin to denounce him and his Nazi viewpoints. I don’t understand why it’s removed. It is a valid point. The public should know Palin palls around with a proud gay bashing Nazi white supremicist. I have heard there are many in Alask, Idaho and Montana so shouldn’t Palin denounce these views? Or do Alaskans want a governor with these biases?
By: Marie on June 27, 2009
at 2:22 pm
We are all as good as the company we keep. And Ms Palin seems to get closer to her target peers.
Eddie Burke’s idea of wearing the ridiculous t-shirt shows no sense of irony. Obviously, he is what he says and gives no apology. However, I read an obscure play by some Brit play write who said “The Lady doth protest too much, methinks”. Such is the case.
By: John Smith on July 5, 2009
at 8:14 am