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Video: Hollywood really does 'get' Sarah Palin

I watched this last night on airing. It was humorous, but at the same time actually made sense of something I perceived to be a bit senseless as I watched the final exit speech. Sarah Palin might want to be consider being a bit nicer to Hollywood because it looks like they've got her back this time.

Each person sees the world through a uniquely individual lens. Sometimes the lens just needs a little cleaning. Still other times, the lense cover is still on. --Me

Video Hilarity: Sarah Palin steps down and Don Lemon reads Twitter reactions

Video: New Rules, July 24, 2009

Singing Sarah Palin's Resignation Speech

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Video: Sarah Palin announces her resignation as Governor of Alaska

Sarah Palin resigns

My first reaction is woa! But that is the kind of gal I am. A little naive` and perpetually surprised.

My second reaction was to head over to The Mudflats where the celebration is already taking place.

PALIN RESIGNS!

3 07 2009

The news hit, and the servers at themudflats.net crashed immediately with all the traffic.

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There’s a story here somewhere. I’ll be writing more on this as details become available.

So, feel free to celebrate here, and I’ll be up on the regular site as soon as possible

Will this news, knock the death of Michael Jackson off the 24/7 news cycle? I'm going with, not completely, but will likely be a wee distraction for a day or two.

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Video: Crazy, wild, opinionated Letterman Protesters

These people definitely have a right to protest. The joke was in poor taste. Poor taste and bad jokes occur everyday in America, over the airwaves and in daily life. I personally believe that Letterman was not referring to the fourteen year old, but I thought it was bad form to make the 18-year-old the subject of the tasteless joke as well.

Although Sarah Palin created this situation by bringing her children into the limelight during Campaign 2008, I still would hope that the late night comedians could restrain themselves from making unseemly jokes about these young people period, with or without the request of their parents.

It is appropriate, from time to time, to take the high road and I know that comedians are capable of doing this. There is so much funny stuff to choose from. They don't need these kinds of jokes.

Dave apologized but that's not enough, and based upon what is being said by protesters in the video, this protest is clearly not simply about David Letterman.

The protesters are just as obnoxious and rude as the one they are accusing. Everyone to their own taste said the old lady as she kissed the cow.

I don't get the overkill, especially in light of the fact that there are 'events' that occur each and everyday on the tube that are worthy of protest by the most judgmental and sanctimonious among us.

And Letterman has a son named Harry, not a daughter, by the way.

It's crazy. Watch it.

Letterman protest draws more media than protesters

By David Edwards

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/06/...

New York Magazines Jonah Green filmed some of the protesters calling for David Letterman to be fired.

This video is from New York Magazine, broadcast June 17, 2009.

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Video: Letterman apologizes

'...and as they say about jokes,

if you have to explain the joke,

it's not a very good joke...'

From The Political Wire:

Below is a CBS transcript of Letterman's comments:

"All right, here - I've been thinking about this situation with Governor Palin and her family now for about a week - it was a week ago tonight, and maybe you know about it, maybe you don't know about it. But there was a joke that I told, and I thought I was telling it about the older daughter being at Yankee Stadium. And it was kind of a coarse joke. There's no getting around it, but I never thought it was anybody other than the older daughter, and before the show, I checked to make sure in fact that she is of legal age, 18. Yeah. But the joke really, in and of itself, can't be defended. The next day, people are outraged. They're angry at me because they said, 'How could you make a lousy joke like that about the 14-year-old girl who was at the ball game?' And I had, honestly, no idea that the 14-year-old girl, I had no idea that anybody was at the ball game except the Governor and I was told at the time she was there with Rudy Giuliani...And I really should have made the joke about Rudy..." (audience applauds) "But I didn't, and now people are getting angry and they're saying, 'Well, how can you say something like that about a 14-year-old girl, and does that make you feel good to make those horrible jokes about a kid who's completely innocent, minding her own business,' and, turns out, she was at the ball game. I had no idea she was there. So she's now at the ball game and people think that I made the joke about her. And, but still, I'm wondering, 'Well, what can I do to help people understand that I would never make a joke like this?' I've never made jokes like this as long as we've been on the air, 30 long years, and you can't really be doing jokes like that. And I understand, of course, why people are upset. I would be upset myself.

"And then I was watching the Jim Lehrer 'Newshour' - this commentator, the columnist Mark Shields, was talking about how I had made this indefensible joke about the 14-year-old girl, and I thought, 'Oh, boy, now I'm beginning to understand what the problem is here. It's the perception rather than the intent.' It doesn't make any difference what my intent was, it's the perception. And, as they say about jokes, if you have to explain the joke, it's not a very good joke. And I'm certainly - " (audience applause) "- thank you. Well, my responsibility - I take full blame for that. I told a bad joke. I told a joke that was beyond flawed, and my intent is completely meaningless compared to the perception. And since it was a joke I told, I feel that I need to do the right thing here and apologize for having told that joke. It's not your fault that it was misunderstood, it's my fault. That it was misunderstood." (audience applauds) "Thank you. So I would like to apologize, especially to the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the Governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by the joke. I'm sorry about it and I'll try to do better in the future. Thank you very much." (audience applause) source: The Political Wire

Unfortunate Sense

Bob Herbert talks some unfortunate sense regarding the Grand Old Party. I'm actually rooting for the Republican party to return, minus the nah nah nuh boo boo politics.

It’s not a party; it’s a cult. I’m no fan of Arlen Specter, but if I were a Republican, I wouldn’t be shoving him out the door and waving good riddance. This is the party of Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Newt (“I’m trying to rise from the ashes”) Gingrich, and the dark force who can’t seem to exit the public stage or modify his medieval ways, Dick Cheney.

It is losing all credibility with the public because it is not offering anything — anything at all — that could be viewed as helpful or constructive in a time of national crisis. And it has been unwilling to take responsibility for its role in bringing that crisis about.

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The First 100 Days: The Republicans

ThinkProgress's Victor Zapanta compiled a video report on the radical right's 100 days of opposition. Watch it:

Cherry Pickin' Stimulus: Alaskan Governor rejects 31%

Don't need all of the cotton pickin' stimulus funds so cherry pickin' it is.

JUNEAU, Alaska - It's up to the Alaska Legislature to request hundreds of millions of dollars in federal stimulus funds from the federal government.

Gov. Sarah Palin said Thursday that she would accept only 69 percent of the estimated $930 million dollars that could flow to the state, including $514 million for capital projects and $128 million for a hike in Medicaid reimbursement.

Palin said she would accept money that is "timely, targeted and temporary" and does not create strings that will bind the state in the future.

"I can't attest to every fund that's being offered the state in the stimulus package will be used to create jobs and stimulate the economy, so I'm requesting only those things that I know will," Palin said at a news conference at the Capitol. "Public discussion will have to ensue on all those other dollars that some will say 'you left on the table. source: read more at Examiner.com

Some Republican Governors balk at accepting stimulus funds from feds as their leglislatures have overide power

This should be interesting to watch. If a Republican Governor rejects funding and state lawmakers vote to accept it thereby overriding the Governor's decision. So the Republican Governors have a lot of room to posture right now, or so they think.

If they do have enough testicular fortitude to reject all or some of the funding, it certainly will not be forgotten when another election comes down the pike.

We're living in a whole new world here so those Republican Governors would do well say what they mean, mean what they say and not play politics with the stimulus funding because it will come back to bite them on the hind end.

I need to check to see what my Republican Governor, Mitch Daniels is up to with respect to receiving the stimulus funds.

BATON ROUGE, La. – A handful of Republican governors are considering turning down some money from the federal stimulus package, a move opponents say puts conservative ideology ahead of the needs of constituents struggling with record foreclosures and soaring unemployment.

Though none has outright rejected the money available for education, health care and infrastructure, the governors of Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alaska, South Carolina and Idaho have all questioned whether the $787 billion bill signed into law this week will even help the economy.

"My concern is there's going to be commitments attached to it that are a mile long," said Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who considered rejecting some of the money but decided Wednesday to accept it. "We need the freedom to pick and choose. And we need the freedom to say 'No thanks.'"

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In fact, governors who reject some of the stimulus aid may find themselves overridden by their own legislatures because of language [James] Clyburn included in the bill that allows lawmakers to accept the federal money even if their governors object.

He inserted the provision based on the early and vocal opposition to the stimulus plan by South Carolina's Republican governor, Mark Sanford. But it also means governors like Sanford and Louisiana's Bobby Jindal — a GOP up-and-comer often mentioned as a potential 2012 presidential candidate — can burnish their conservative credentials, knowing all the while that their legislatures can accept the money anyway.

source: Yahoo News/AP

CCR - Bad Moon Rising

President Obama needs to take a trip to King County, Texas where 8 people voted for him

John McCain walked away with 93.2% to Barack Obama's 4.9% of the vote in King County, Texas. I think it would be a real hoot if President Obama made a stop one of these days to visit the folks in King County, Texas.

King County has more voters registered as Democrats, but still a landslide voted for John McCain and Sarah Palin. Some of the residents said it was a matter of trust and the McCain-Palin ticket was deemed to be more trustworthy.

Maybe the 8 people who actually voted for him would come out of the closet if he paid them a visit.

Most but not all GOP Governors break with party on stimulous; Governor Palin pressing for Alaska's share of the package

We don't think it will work, but we'll probably take it.

Some of the GOP Governors are skeptical about the size of the stimulus as well as the spending priorities within the legislation.

I'm sure that someone, perhaps at Daily Kos, will be keeping of list of which of those Governors accept dollars from the stimulus.

NEW YORK - Most Republican governors have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress and are pushing for passage of President Barack Obama's economic aid plan that would send billions to states for education, public works and health care.

Their state treasuries drained by the financial crisis, governors would welcome the money from Capitol Hill, where GOP lawmakers are more skeptical of Obama's spending priorities.

The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, scheduled meetings in Washington this weekend with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and other senators to press for her state's share of the package. source: MSNBC

We don't agree with it, but we'll probably take it.

Governor Palin is in Washington, D.C. to attend the Alfalfa Dinner, which is an annual roast, but is also pressing for her share of the stimulus dough for Alaska.

"She has requested we do not schedule any interviews for her," said Bill McAllister, Palin's communications director. Instead, McAllister said, Palin is traveling to Washington to lobby senators to approve certain infrastructure projects for Alaska in the economic stimulus package. source: CNN

Obama Reads Bad Press? Woa!

I posted on the Sarah Palin interview. Bad press is one thing. Bad press does not have to remain bad, nor does it have to be turned into spin.

Taking the criticism and determining if any of it is valid is a good thing. Sometimes it isn't. Sometimes it is indeed unfair. Sometimes it is a lesson.

Many Americans wanted the news kind of politics that Barack Obama spoke of so often during the campaign. Reading bad press is a good start. I'm glad he reads. I'm also glad he wants to stay connected and keep his Blackberry.

It isn't the press that matters. It's how the politician responds to it. American are getting more shrewd and savvy regarding 'spin' and are looking for something different.

No spin and no whining. Yeah. That's the ticket.

Obama breaks from Bush: ‘I often read bad press.’

Yesterday in his CNBC interview, President-elect Obama said that he doesn’t plan on living in a “bubble” during his time in office and will be “open to outside information, particularly criticism.” “I very rarely read good press,” he added. “I often read bad press, not because I agree with it, but because I want to get a sense of are there areas where I’m falling short and I can do better.” Watch it:

This opinion is a drastic departure from President Bush, who never reads newspapers. In 2003, Bush told Fox News, “I glance at the headlines just to kind of (get) a flavor of what’s moving. I rarely read the stories.” source: Think Progress