Sarah Palin cameltoe controversy

Everybody's making a big deal about the Newsweek cover that shows Sarah Palin tarted up in running gear in a photo that was intended for use only in Runner's World magazine. Sarah's throwing around the word "sexist," just as she's tossing around "pornography" regarding her granddaughter's father Levi Johnston's spread in Playgirl.

So why has there been no mention of the rest of the Runner's World photos themselves, which seem to display the classic "cameltoe" phenomenon-- the outline of the labia majora through her tight-fitting running garb?

Can Sarah Palin be so naive after her vice presidential campaign? Frankly, we're offended and a little disappointed that she'd pose in such provocative positions while wearing such an outfit. What constituency is she targeting here? Not a bad match for Levi's layout, though.



Photos by Brian Adams-- and a tip of the Tabloid Baby hat to him!

Sarah Palin sex tape?

There's much speculation tonight as to why Sarah Palin chose the start of a holiday weekend (when traditionally fewer people are paying attention) to announce in a hasty, ill-prepared, rambling and mysteriously-worded news conference that she's quitting her job as governor of Alaska at the end of the month. Some say she'll begin rebuilding her image and powerbase so she can run for President. We like the theory that she's vamoosing as quickly as possible in advance of a bombshell scandal. Preferably a sex scandal. Proof of that affair. Or a sex tape.

Her presser was stranger and more evasive than Governor Mark Sanford's. Let's wait and see.

TMZ.com corrects misinformation in its mocking Sarah Palin church fire posting after we point out the error, confirming that TMZ.com is our bitch

You're welcome, towel-snapping weekend crew at the corporate porn-pushing gossip site TMZ.com!

Approximately two hours and thirteen minutes after we called attention to the misinformation included in their insensitive, unfunny mocking post about the possible arson fire at Sarah Palin's church, someone on the weekend team removed the sloppy reportage.

But they did maintain the dark, bitter and very disturbing attempt at making light of the potential tragedy-- while removing our helpful comment from their site!

That was free editing you got there, kids-- not to mention a reprieve from your Time Warner/AOL corporate overlords and cousins at CNN.

TMZ.COM BEFORE & AFTER

Before TabloidBaby.com brought to the world's attention that the corporate porn-pushing gossip site had identified the wrong church as the site of Sarah Palin's witchcraft ceremony.

After TabloidBaby.com brought to the world's attention that the corporate porn-pushing gossip site had identified the wrong church as the site of Sarah Palin's witchcraft ceremony.

TMZ.COM COMMENTS
BEFORE & AFTER

Before they noticed we'd posted.

After they noticed we'd posted-- though they didn't notice Sam Peters (they're not good on details)!

(DISCLAIMER: TabloidBaby.com has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for its criticism of and commentary on the corporate porn-pushing gossip site, TMZ.com.)

TMZ.com gets the basic facts wrong while making fun of the alleged arson fire that that threatened innocent children at Sarah Palin's church

The popper-happy weekend crew at the corporate porn-pushing gossip site TMZ.com really could use an editor or at least someone to give their crapulous droppings a once-over before hitting the "post" key, because they tend to get it wrong in the most embarrassing places.

This morning, it's in their very wrongheaded, distasteful and downright cruel attempt to make fun of the alleged arson attack at Sarah Palin's church in Wasilla, Alaska.

Sarah Palin wasn't at the Wasilla Bible Church Friday night when a fire caused more than a million dollars in damage. But a bunch of innocent children were there-- and they could have been hurt or killed-- so it's really not funny.

Nor is it funny that someone would lash out at a church because they didn't like Sarah Palin's displays.

But leave it to the increasingly irrelevant TMZ, whose West Hollywood weekend desk amateur gets the facts very obviously wrong in writing:

"...Sarah hoped (the fire) wasn't in connection to the "undeserved negative attention" from her failed campaign...

"The negative attention she might be referring to: The surreal YouTube videos showing the church's Reverend Thomas Muthee performing a ceremony to protect Sarah from... um ...er ...witchcraft."


A lame "punchline," too stupid to even reprint, followed.

But the point is: it's the wrong church.

A cursory factcheck (or a check of TabloidBaby.com) would show that the witchcraft ceremony took place at her former church, the Wasilla Assembly of God at 125 Riley Avenue-- not at The Wasilla Bible Church, which is located at 651 W. Nicola Avenue.

(Additionally, Rev. Muthee was not part of the church, but a visiting pastor from Kenya.)

Further evidence that the TMZ morons really should stay away from grownups and real news.

(Okay, posted at 8:17 a.m. Pacific time. let's see how long it takes for them to make the correction.)

How to cook a Thanksgiving turkey

Happy Thanksgiving from the gang at TabloidBaby.com!

"Bloggers in their parents' basement just talking garbage"

Sarah Palin is getting her ass licked by Greta van Susteren on Fox News right now, putting a dreary, whiny and too-late spin on events in an attempt to polish a comic book image that withered in exposure to the sunlight, lying about her wardrobe spending sprees and clouding the facts about her mayoral book-banning attempts (by claiming that she was accused of trying to ban Harry Potter before it was published. She wasn't).

But what's most amusing is that in addressing most every scandalous issue regarding her candidacy and record, from the questions about the true maternity of her Down's Syndrome son, Trig (questions that were raised in the Alaska press long before her dangerous selection as vice presidential candidate), to her ignorance of world affairs, she blames "bloggers" in their "pyjamas" in "their parents' basement" for stirring up, and making up, controversy.

Hey Sarah, we're naked. And drinking vodka. So we'll take that as a compliment for picking up where the lazy "mainstream" media fell off.

And we'll take the credit for doing our part in saving America from you.

And it wasn't even close.

Ha!

Audio: Sarah Palin punk'd by radio jocks

A few days before the threat of her becoming vice president is ended by Barack Obama's victory, rogue Sarah Palin spent at least five minutes on the telephone, making a fool of herself by speaking to and playing along with a deejay pretending he was French President Sarkozy. What an idiot. And what a decrepit campaign organization. How could we expect McCain's people to vet this right wing extremist demagogue when they can't even vet a phone call? Thank God we only have four more days of this before we send her back to Alaska.

"Diva" Sarah Palin goes rogue

Former prisoner of war John McCain created a monster with his impetuous, reckless, cynical decision to name dangerously unqualified religious extremist and right wing ideologue Sarah Palin as his vice presidential candidate. CNN reports that McCain advisers say Palin has stepped aside from the failing campaign, has gone alarmingly "off message" and is laying the groundwork for her future as figurehead of a divisive, racist Republican party.

In their words, the empty-vessel demagogue is "going rogue":

"McCain sources say Palin has gone off-message several times, and they privately wonder whether the incidents were deliberate...

"A second McCain source says she appears to be looking out for herself more than the McCain campaign.

"'She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone,' said this McCain adviser. 'She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else.

"'Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves, as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom.'

"...Two sources... defended the decision to keep her press interaction limited after she was picked, both saying flatly that she was not ready and that the missteps could have been a lot worse.

"'Her lack of fundamental understanding of some key issues was dramatic,' said another McCain source with direct knowledge of the process to prepare Palin after she was picked. The source said it was probably the 'hardest' to get her 'up to speed than any candidate in history.'"

Dangerous Sarah Palin puts vote in God's hands

Sarah Palin said in an interview with evangelist James Dobson that she's not discouraged by the polls and again demonstrated that she is a dangerous religious extremist whom we can't get off the political trail and into a show on the Fox News Channel quickly enough:

"To me, it motivates us, makes us work that much harder. And it also strengthens my faith, because I'm going to know, at the end of the day, putting this in God's hands, that the right thing for America will be done at the end of the day on November 4th. So I'm not discouraged at all.

"When we hear along the rope lines that people are interceding for us and praying for us, it's our reminder to do the same, to put this all in God's hands, to seek his perfect will for this nation, and to of course seek his wisdom and guidance in putting this nation back on the right track.

"It is that intercession that is so needed and so greatly appreciated. And I can feel it too, Dr. Dobson. I can feel the power of prayer, and that strength that is provided through our prayer warriors across this nation.

"That filter (of the 'mainstream media') has to be erased. So we have to have faith in the wisdom of the people that they'll understand what our message is. But even bigger that then, I have to have that faith that God is going to help us get that message out there."

"My fellow prisoners": McCain's POW flashback

John McCain slips up, or is he cracking up?

And you thought we weren't serious when we said his POW experience is a reason he's unfit for the job of President.

"That One"?

Five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam do not automatically qualify a man to become president. In fact, in the case of cranky, reckless, old cancer-riddled John McCain, it should disqualify him, and not only because the five years of brainwashing techniques he underwent still cause him to cringe at the sound of jangling keys.

The POW experience and determination to "rewin" Vietnam came out loud and strong in last night's debate when he referred to his opponent Barack Obama as "That One," a dehumanizing label that is not only outrageous and racist but surely stems from the treatment he received at the hands of his Congcaptors.

And don't get us started on that demagogue Sarah Palin. We're happy to be be recognized as the first new organization to compare her to Lonesome Rhodes.

Sarah Palin saved from witchcraft by witch hunter

Sarah Palin takes part in a 2005 service at the Wasilla Assembly of God Pentecostal church in Alaska, in which preacher and "witch hunter" Thomas Muthee calls for witches and other Palin enemies to be defeated.

"In the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus, every form of witchcraft is what you rebuke. In the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus, father make away now.

"Come on, talk to God about this woman. We declare, save her from Satan. Make her way, my God. Bring finances her way even for the campaign in the name of Jesus. Use her to turn this nation the other way around."

He didn't protect her from Katie Couric now, did he?

Hockey coach pol is named as Sarah Palin's alleged illicit lover

From the
Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman

Wasilla, Alaska
August 16, 2008

PALMER — Palmer’s run for city council won’t be a race as only two candidates filed for the two seats up for election this year. Kevin Brown and Brad Hanson will be elected, assuming a write-in candidate doesn’t emerge and garner at least the second-most votes for council.

This year’s candidate turnout in Palmer pales in comparison to last year, when five residents ran for two open council seats. The 2007 race, however, also featured an uncontested race for mayor, with Mayor John Combs running...

Brad Hanson
Coming off his 10th year as a Palmer city councilman, Hanson said he’s running for another term because he wants to finish what he’s started.

“I’ve been doing it for 10 years,” Hanson said of his council service. “I’m interested in the city of Palmer.”

Hanson said while he feels the council has made much progress over the past decade, there’s still work to be done.

“There are some things that still need to be done to improve the quality of life here,” Hanson said.

Born in Montana, Hanson moved to Alaska at age 2, landing in Glennallen with his family. He moved to Palmer when he was 6 and has lived there for 40 years now.

The offense coordinator for Palmer High School’s football team and head coach of Palmer’s varsity hockey team, Hanson also owns some property from which he makes a living.

Educated at Northern Arizona University and the University of Alaska Anchorage, he holds a bachelor’s degree in finance and also has a master of business administration.

Hanson said some of the improvements that have happened while he’s been on council include more recreational opportunities for area youth, the paving of many Palmer streets and the beautification of downtown.

Now, Hanson said one of his objectives is to increase the shopping opportunities in Palmer while maintaining the town’s appeal.

For those worried about big-box stores crowding the streets in Palmer, Hanson said a large retail ordinance passed years ago already addresses how the city would handle such growth.

“It doesn’t prohibit large retail,” Hanson said. “What it says is here are some values we deem important to our community.”

Hanson went on to call shopping a quality-of-life issue, adding that if residents have to leave Palmer to buy the goods they need, the city is not being a “full-service community.”

Not only that, but Hanson said Palmer is exporting its sales tax revenue to Wasilla by being deficient in some of the stores at which many residents want to shop.

“Small-town charm costs money,” Hanson said. “It costs a lot of money.”

Unlike Brown, Hanson said he isn’t disappointed more people didn’t file to run for a council seat. During his next term, Hanson said he’ll continue doing what he feels he’s done for the past decade.

“I’m just going to try to do the best job I can,” he said.

National Enquirer has details of Sarah Palin's alleged extramarital affair

"There are three things folks, even conservative Christian types,
do in Alaska:
Drink, screw and swing."
--Tabloid Baby, September 2, 2008

The National Enquirer follows up on its allegations that Sarah Palin had an extramarital affair.

They name the "other man" as Brad Hanson.

Also married.They were both married at the time. Three members of Hanson's family have already sworn by affidavit that Palin and Hanson were having an extramarital affair!

Hanson owned a snowmobile dealership along with Palin's husband Todd. Todd ended the partnership in 1996 after learning of the affair.

Despite denials from Palin and Hanson, Jim Burdett, a Hanson family confidante passed a polygraph test.

“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. 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.”

An anonymous source has given a sworn affidavit, saying, “Todd was away on business a lot and Sarah felt lonely. Brad was a good listener, and Sarah talked to him at length. Eventually, she real ized she was falling in love with him. When Todd got back from one of his trips, Sarah told him that she had begun to have feelings for Brad.”

File that lawsuit now, McCain camp. And what about you, "mainstream" media?

Another sign of the Apocalypse

Palin and Hannity: What a joke

Sean Hannity sure does make us get kind of sick. He thinks Charlie Daniels and Phyllis Schlafly and John Leboutillier are good role models. He and the callers on his radio show keep calling each other "Great Americans." What the fuck makes him a "great American"? He was a radio jock who took up conservatism as a shtick and then rode it to success... he's no better than a TV preacher because he lies. He lies about Barack Obama and he lies about his life just like Howard Stern lied about his life when he was on the radio. And he yells so much on his radio show now that it's no fun listening.

Hannity's a GOP lapdog, which is why they let him sit with Sarah Palin for an interview that made not a blip on the national scene.

We'll leave it to comedy legend Chris Bearde, the satirist who's been coming out with The Daily McCain, to take on Hannity, who's full of it:

In her Fox interview with Sean Hannity... Palin came across as somebody who recently spent time with Christopher Nance renovating her trailer.

Sean Hannity had tough questions about the economy... unfortunately he didn't ask her any of them...but he did find out that she'd recently discovered lip gloss.

She's so shallow that standing up she looked like she was sitting down.

She didn't look like a deer because Fox turned off the headlights.

She didn't have trouble answering any tough questions because Rachael Maddow is on MSNBC.

Palin refused to talk about Bristol's baby daddy but did say the marriage would take place when everyone is locked and loaded.

Palin makes Hillary Clinton look like a woman!

Sean Hannity's questions were so soft only Viagra could have changed them.

Palin is so white she broke the tanning machine.

The Enquirer's latest Sarah Palin story II

Following the email story. Click to enlarge.

Even Sarah Palin's tan is fake

Sarah Palin's "narrative" is being disassembled piece-by-piece, and we can only hope that it is finally broken down to its bitter, vengeful, cynical, dysfunctional and corrupt dyed roots before Election Day.


The latest report that's spreading around the Internet and into the "mainstream" is from The Narco News Bulletin, which reveals that the healthy, outdoorsy tan displayed on the candidate's face and legs is fake, and that for real the cost-cutting reform she lies about, Palin charged somebody to have a $35,000, cancer-causing tanning bed installed in the governor's mansion in Juneau, so she could bake and tan when she wasn't charging taxpayers her travel per diem fees for the days she spent at her home in Wasilla.

Alaskan women reject embarrassment Sarah Palin

From today's Anchorage Daily News:

Anti-Palin activists stage their own rally

MIDTOWN: Hundreds show up when word spreads over Internet.

By SEAN COCKERHAM
scockerham@adn.com

A crowd of anti-Sarah Palin protesters gathered in Midtown Anchorage soon after the Republican nominee for vice president left Alaska to resume campaigning in the Lower 48.

The Saturday protest in front of the Loussac Library appeared bigger than any Anchorage has seen in recent memory. The crowd looked to be in the high hundreds at least, and organizers said they counted 1,500. It included roughly 100 counter protesters supporting Palin.

Planning for the protest began as discussions over coffee by a small group calling itself "Alaska Women Reject Palin." As recently as Friday, the group thought it possible that just 10 people would show up to the event. But it went viral on the Internet, with friends forwarding e-mails to friends, and people saying they saw a chance to vent their frustration over what several called the myth of Palin.

"Sarah Palin frightens the hell out of me. I don't want her anywhere near the White House," said Marybeth Holleman of Anchorage.

Protesters had a wide range of beefs with the governor. They included backers of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, abortion rights proponents, advocates for wolves and polar bears, opponents of the Iraq war, and people who said Palin is not ready to be a heartbeat from the presidency.


Alison Till, a geologist in Anchorage with the U.S. Geological Survey, said issues such as energy and global warming require solid and unbiased science to make good decisions. Palin's opposition to listing the polar bear as threatened under the endangered species act and her support of teaching creationism in public schools are not the hallmarks of someone who relies upon solid science, Till argued.

"She is unqualified," Till said.

Palin said in a 2006 debate during the governor's race that she thinks creationism should be taught alongside evolution in public schools, but she has not pressed that agenda in the governor's office.

Palin supporters at the protest said she has done a lot of good as governor, including the $1,200 energy rebate checks all Alaskans just received from the state.

"I'll bet on the other side none of those people are going to reject that and send it back," said Rick Case.

Many in the pro-Palin group said they heard about the event on the Eddie Burke radio show on KYBR AM in Anchorage.

Palin opponents said the Burke show also inspired many of them to show up after Burke gave out cell phone numbers of protest organizers on his show.

"We were bombarded with all kinds of hateful, abusive, intimidating phone calls," said Charla Sterne, one of the organizers.

Burke was at the Saturday protest, carrying a sign that said "Alaska is not Frisco." He said the women sent out the phone numbers in a press release about the protest, and he didn't realize they were personal cell numbers.

Burke said he's apologized for calling the Alaska Women Reject Palin group "maggots."

"I used the words socialist, baby killing maggots," said Burke, adding he's only taking back the part about maggots.

Burke said he didn't want the women threatened but thought it arrogant when they denounced Palin's record and position on issues important to "most women and families." As Burke spoke to a reporter at the protest, an angry group formed around him, and a woman declared he "deserves the man of the year award for beating up on women."

"Am I a maggot?" another woman asked.

The protest, which went on for over three hours, appeared peaceful despite the opposing camps. Police were at the scene but were taking a hands-off approach.

It took on a relaxed, almost carnival air. A man with a "Palin Power" sign stood agreeably next to a woman with a placard that said "McBush Palin = More Exxon Justices." One person strolled through the crowd wearing a polar bear suit. A dog was wearing a target that said "Sarah Slaughters Wolves."

There were signs that said "Bush in a Skirt" and signs that said "Palin for President."

Many chanted "O-bam-ah," while, on the other side of the street, the chant was "Sar-ah!" Drums pounded and drivers honked solidarity with one camp or the other.

The protest started about two hours after Palin gave a speech to enthusiastic supporters at a downtown rally. Palin enjoyed high approval ratings in polls as governor, but her candidacy for vice president seems far more divisive.

"Democrats don't like Sarah's conservative views. She's the ultimate of what they are opposed to," said Tony Patrone, standing in the pro-Palin camp. "They'll do whatever they can to keep her from winning."

Some of the anti-Palin protesters said she brought nastiness into the presidential campaign with jabs against Obama, including making fun of his past as a community organizer in Chicago. Others pointed to her support for the "Bridge to Nowhere" -- before she diverted the federal money to other projects -- and the federal earmark money that Palin pursued as Wasilla mayor.

"This election is too important be left to the smears, trivial issues and lies McCain and Palin are trying to make it into," said Rob Lipkin. "The myth (that) either McCain or Palin are mavericks, bringing reform and fresh air into Washington, it's nonsense."

Sarah Palin stripped bare by New York Times

The New York Times has just gone online with an explosive investigation and critique of Sarah Palin's political career, painting her as a ruthless, secretive, thin-skinned, vengeful and self-serving political hack who rewards cronies, punishes critics, holds grudges and has a leadership style that combines the worst of Nixon and Bush.

While this week's interview on ABC television revealed Palin to be unqualified to be vice president of the United States, "In Office, Palin Hired Friends and Hit Critics" confirms how dangerous she would be.

Some highlights:

"Ms. Palin walks the national stage as a small-town foe of 'good old boy' politics and a champion of ethics reform. The charismatic 44-year-old governor draws enthusiastic audiences and high approval ratings. And as the Republican vice-presidential nominee, she points to her management experience while deriding her Democratic rivals, Senators Barack Obama and Joseph R. Biden Jr., as speechmakers who never have run anything.

"But an examination of her swift rise and record as mayor of Wasilla and then governor finds that her visceral style and penchant for attacking critics — she sometimes calls local opponents 'haters' — contrasts with her carefully crafted public image.

"Throughout her political career, she has pursued vendettas, fired officials who crossed her and sometimes blurred the line between government and personal grievance, according to a review of public records and interviews with 60 Republican and Democratic legislators and local officials."

***

"Interviews show that Ms. Palin runs an administration that puts a premium on loyalty and secrecy. The governor and her top officials sometimes use personal e-mail accounts for state business; dozens of e-mail messages obtained by The New York Times show that her staff members studied whether that could allow them to circumvent subpoenas seeking public records."

***

"State legislators are investigating accusations that Ms. Palin and her husband pressured officials to fire a state trooper who had gone through a messy divorce with her sister, charges that she denies. But interviews make clear that the Palins draw few distinctions between the personal and the political.

"The Wasilla High School yearbook archive now doubles as a veritable directory of state government. Ms. Palin appointed Mr. Bitney, her former junior high school band-mate, as her legislative director and chose another classmate, Joe Austerman, to manage the economic development office for $82,908 a year. Mr. Austerman had established an Alaska franchise for Mailboxes Etc."

***

"While Ms. Palin took office promising a more open government, her administration has battled to keep information secret. Her inner circle discussed the benefit of using private e-mail addresses. An assistant told her it appeared that such e-mail messages sent to a private address on a 'personal device' like a Blackberry 'would be confidential and not subject to subpoena.'

***

"Many lawmakers contend that Ms. Palin is overly reliant on a small inner circle that leaves her isolated. Democrats and Republicans alike describe her as often missing in action. Since taking office in 2007, Ms. Palin has spent 312 nights at her Wasilla home, some 600 miles to the north of the governor’s mansion in Juneau, records show.

"During the last legislative session, some lawmakers became so frustrated with her absences that they took to wearing 'Where’s Sarah?' pins."

***

"The administration’s e-mail correspondence reveals a siege-like atmosphere. Top aides keep score, demean enemies and gloat over successes. Even some who helped engineer her rise have felt her wrath."

The Times also adds more details to the furor over Mayor Palin's attempts to censor books at the Wasilla Public Library, an issue that her campaign forces have muddied, and that ABC News further obscured by referring to a "list" of banned books that never was said to have existed:

"...Ms. Palin ordered city employees not to talk to the press. And she used city money to buy a white Suburban for the mayor’s use — employees sarcastically called it the mayor-mobile.

"The new mayor also tended carefully to her evangelical base. She appointed a pastor to the town planning board. And she began to eye the library. For years, social conservatives had pressed the library director to remove books they considered immoral.

“'People would bring books back censored,' recalled former Mayor John Stein, Ms. Palin’s predecessor. 'Pages would get marked up or torn out.'

"Witnesses and contemporary news accounts say Ms. Palin asked the librarian about removing books from the shelves. The McCain-Palin presidential campaign says Ms. Palin never advocated censorship.

"But in 1995, Ms. Palin, then a city councilwoman, told colleagues that she had noticed the book Daddy’s Roommate on the shelves and that it did not belong there, according to Ms. (Laura) Chase (campaign manager during Palin’s first run for mayor), and Mr. Stein. Ms. Chase read the book, which helps children understand homosexuality, and said it was inoffensive; she suggested that Ms. Palin read it.

“'Sarah said she didn’t need to read that stuff,' Ms. Chase said. 'It was disturbing that someone would be willing to remove a book from the library and she didn’t even read it.'

“'I’m still proud of Sarah,' she added, 'but she scares the bejeebers out of me.'”