Desperate in Wasilla

[webfarmer]

Now we know where SP got the hairdo idea. This is beyond good given the baloney she's pushing now about being a proud simple hausfrau with small town values.

Alaskans Line Up For a Whiff of Ivana (April 3, 1996) - Anchorage Daily News - 02 Sep 08

"Sarah Palin, a commercial fisherman from Wasilla, told her husband on Tuesday she was driving to Anchorage to shop at Costco. Instead, she headed straight for Ivana. And there, at J.C. Penney's cosmetic department, was Ivana, the former Mrs. Donald Trump, sitting at a table next to a photograph of herself. She wore a light-colored pantsuit and pink fingernail polish. Her blonde hair was coiffed in a bouffant French twist.

'We want to see Ivana,' said Palin, who admittedly smells like salmon for a large part of the summer, 'because we are so desperate in Alaska for any semblance of glamour and culture.' Ivana Trump, the former Czechoslovakian Olympic skier who found fame and wealth as the wife of the New York tycoon, came to Anchorage Tuesday to push her line of perfume."

Comments

[quotamour.livejournal.com]

LOLOLOL

[webfarmer.livejournal.com]

I thought our local style queen would appreciate this one. On multiple levels. :)

funny, but…

[xeipwv.livejournal.com]

There's way too much focus on personality and the superficial with Palin.

I perused her positions here: http://www.ontheissues.org/Sarah_Palin.htm

I've picked out the things of concern to me:

• Opposes stem cell research. (Aug 2008)
• Pro-life. (Nov 2006)
• Choose life, even if her own daughter were raped. (Nov 2006)
• Vetoed bill denying benefits to gays, as unconstitutional. (Aug 2008)
• Marriage only be between and man and a woman. (Nov 2006)
• Ok to deny benefits to homosexual couples. (Aug 2006)
• No spousal benefits for same-sex couples. (Jul 2006)
• Top priorities include preserving definition of "marriage". (Jul 2006)
• Teach creationism alongside evolution in schools. (Aug 2008)
• Supports teaching intelligent design in public schools. (Aug 2008)
• More pipelines; more nukes; more coal; more alternatives. (Sep 2008)
• Global warming affects Alaska, but is not man-made. (Aug 2008)
• Windfall oil profits tax prevents investment. (Aug 2008)
• Lift moratorium on offshore drilling. (Jul 2008)
• Convinced McCain to drill offshore; not yet on drilling ANWR. (Jul 2008)
• Unlock ANWR; we're ready, willing and able to contribute. (Jun 2008)
• Bush is right: drill ANWR & develop our own supplies. (Apr 2008)
• Get ANWR open. (Nov 2006)
• Opposed protections for salmon from mining contamination. (Aug 2008)
• Sue US government to stop listing polar bear as endangered. (Aug 2008)
• We must encourage timber, mining, drilling, & fishing. (Jan 2008)
• Feds shouldn't list beluga whales as endangered. (Aug 2007)
• Convince the rest of the nation to open ANWR. (Jan 2007)
• Supports "Roads to Resources": subsidized access to mines. (Oct 2006)
• Opposes explicit sex-education programs. (Jul 2006)
• Supported infamous "Bridge to Nowhere"; now criticizes it. (Aug 2008)
• Don't worry about reading Al-Qaeda terrorists their rights. (Sep 2008)
• Proclaim "Loyalty Day" to reaffirm loyalty to America. (Apr 2007)
• Investigated for firing ex-brother-in-law in custody battle. (Aug 2008)
• Endorsed by Sen. Ted Stevens. (Oct 2006)
• We don't know what the plan is to ever end the war. (Aug 2008)
• I support President Bush's efforts to stop terrorism. (Oct 2006)
• Funding for faith-based initiatives is adequate today. (Oct 2006)

Re: funny, but…

[webfarmer.livejournal.com]

It's not just about positions unfortunately. People vote for candidates because they trust them or like them on other levels.

So this kind of "then and now" comparison on personal trivia may be just as important, imo, if not more important than the laundry list you rightly note. Especially so if it counters the "branding" attempt to market the candidate in question as a person who eschews the bright lights and big city business.

If it was just about policy, the Republicans wouldn't have been in the White House all these years. Democrats ignore that at their electoral peril. The Hillsman clip I also just posted is pertinent here.