Video: Palin votes in Wasilla
posted at 1:55 pm on November 4, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Another mid-day motivator for our swing-staters. Three points of note. First, her reaction halfway through to the new Troopergate report: “I tell you, you didn’t believe us. We told you that we had done nothing wrong!” Second, the extent to which she ignores her aides’ attempts to shoo reporters away. After two months of them trying to hush her up, she wants to chat, and chat she shall. And finally, her refusal to say who she voted for. Has the ‘Cuda caught a little Hopenchange fee-vah? (No.)
If the fates are unkind tonight, we’ve got maybe three more weeks of seeing her on TV — postmortem interviews here and there, plus the inevitable Barbara Walters sitdown — and then she’s gone, into the Alaskan ether until 2012. Heart-ache.
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Is she cold or does she look really emotional? Love that woman — I just couldn’t figure how she was feeling.
Republican on November 4, 2008 at 2:27 PM
That would be “dogs, not “gods.”
BigD on November 4, 2008 at 2:27 PM
surely from this period of ten months, this is the lesson:
Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never–in nothing, great or small, large or petty–never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
churchhill
unseen on November 4, 2008 at 2:27 PM
McCain and Pa-lin gonna put the nail-in the coffin, of the media elite, she likes red meat!
MechEng5by5 on November 4, 2008 at 2:28 PM
right off Mallard Creek, near University where Barack was yesterday. high minorities in this district, very light turnout at lunchtime though.
jp on November 4, 2008 at 2:29 PM
Good lord guys, I like Palin but if she’s smart she will sandbag herself, get some accomplishments, and give off the impression that she’s staying up in Alaska… the party has to be rebuilt on ideas no people so building it up around Sarah is kind of silly…
ninjapirate on November 4, 2008 at 2:26 PM
Dream on. It is Gov Palin’s ideas that people rally around not her. Small gov, lower taxes, less spending, taking on the special interests, special needs children, family vaules,
unseen on November 4, 2008 at 2:29 PM
You wouldn’t happen to live in south Texas would you?
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 4, 2008 at 2:30 PM
hopefully Palin can, like Reagan, articulate this things now that she has being attached to McCain off her.
jp on November 4, 2008 at 2:31 PM
Ask mailmanbiker He came up and had a blast!
upinak on November 4, 2008 at 2:31 PM
The republicans will be back with a bang in 4 years
ricardoz on November 4, 2008 at 2:31 PM
right off Mallard Creek, near University where Barack was yesterday. high minorities in this district, very light turnout at lunchtime though.
jp on November 4, 2008 at 2:29 PM
Good news I feel most blacks voted early but a low turnout for them is a low turnout. I think the talk of a landslide for Obama is going to hurt his turnout. Why get wet and stand in line if your guy is going to win big. Whereas the McCain campa has stated we are pulling close every vote counts we need you. Plus its raining down here. Young people don’t like to get wet.
unseen on November 4, 2008 at 2:31 PM
What, are you nuts? Why bother. The election of 2012 is already over and anyone who doesn’t think so is a Palin-hating elitist defeatist!
CK MacLeod on November 4, 2008 at 2:31 PM
Republican on November 4, 2008 at 2:27 PM
I was choking up just watching her get deeply emotional over the major privilege of being able to vote.
Methinks I could sense her overwhelming pride and patriotism,
just shy of a tear or two.
Felt like I was watching Reagan.. choked me up.
pambi on November 4, 2008 at 2:31 PM
And don’t forget the ever important tendency of hers to have people sent to jail when deserved.
I REALLY LIKE THAT ONE.
Of course, Bawny Fwank would too, but for different reasons.
Marine_Bio on November 4, 2008 at 2:32 PM
hopefully Palin can, like Reagan, articulate this things now that she has being attached to McCain off her.
jp on November 4, 2008 at 2:31 PM
Be hard to do that as VP but I’m sure she will be able to go rouge more often form the VP office.
unseen on November 4, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Compare this video of Gov. Palin with those two Black Panther thugs outside the voting poll in Philly……..
……………. then ask yourself,
Seven Percent Solution on November 4, 2008 at 2:33 PM
If Obama wins though, they will make illegals into voters, institute more voter fraud. We’ll have to have alot of people who voted for O to repent
jp on November 4, 2008 at 2:34 PM
And don’t forget the ever important tendency of hers to have people sent to jail when deserved.
I REALLY LIKE THAT ONE.
Of course, Bawny Fwank would too, but for different reasons.
Marine_Bio on November 4, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Yes I think bill Oreily in this at least was correct. If Obama or McCain would have promised the people to send those responsibile for the finanical corruption that person would have won by 30 pts.
unseen on November 4, 2008 at 2:34 PM
Love this lady!!!! She has been like a breath of fresh air….
DL13 on November 4, 2008 at 2:35 PM
Delaware. A few miles from Joe Biden.
BigD on November 4, 2008 at 2:35 PM
She looks so strong and happy. It’s impossible for her to hide her light–it’s always shining. Yesterday, she received enough love to counteract the pundits. I don’t recall seeing this on the news.
nyrofan on November 4, 2008 at 2:35 PM
YUP…that’s when vice-president Sarah Palin will be elected president.
ManlyRash on November 4, 2008 at 2:35 PM
You have my sympathies.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 4, 2008 at 2:37 PM
The guy from Japan waited months and months but finally got his question in about Japan-U.S. relations.
CanadianGuy on November 4, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Latest from McCain camp:
I just talked to one of my best Team McCain sources who told me that heading into today all the key battleground polls were moving hard and fast in their direction. The source, hardly a perma-optimist, thinks it will be a long night, but that McCain is going to win. So add this with the new Battleground poll (Obama +1.9 only) and the rising stock market…
James Pethokoukis
unseen on November 4, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Yeah I know — I felt pretty emotional seeing her too… she is incredible and I would love nothing more than to hear her called Vice President Palin.
Republican on November 4, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Sarah is going to win, as will McCain – in spite of people like you.
ManlyRash on November 4, 2008 at 2:38 PM
Why in the world did the McCain camp not let her have a press conference? Based on this she would have done wonderful! IMHO they really screwed up with the way the “managed” her.
gatorgirl on November 4, 2008 at 2:38 PM
surely from this period of ten months, this is the lesson:
Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never–in nothing, great or small, large or petty–never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
churchhill
Always rememeber
unseen on November 4, 2008 at 2:39 PM
I love you sarah.
gannak on November 4, 2008 at 2:39 PM
I agree. I detected some emotion in her and I felt it too. I get emotional quite a bit when I see clips of her. I honestly don’t see how she can give those speeches, introduce her kids to the world, etc. and not cry. You know it’s got to be the most overwhelming thing. I’m so glad she hasn’t slipped up and cried though. Dear God, just think of what the press would have done.
Oink on November 4, 2008 at 2:40 PM
When the reporter pointed out that she had been in that building as mayor just 6 years ago, my first reaction was anger that he was trying to ambush her. Then I thought that if his motives were left out it was like a Preston Sturgis film: a little like America when America was at its dynamic best. An ‘O, sister where art thou’ moment.
snaggletoothie on November 4, 2008 at 2:41 PM
Palin is such an awesome lady! GO MCCAIN/SARAH!
txstar on November 4, 2008 at 2:41 PM
More brilliant analysis.
ManlyRash on November 4, 2008 at 2:42 PM
The reporters actually asked her good questions about the historic nature of her vote and how she has come a long way.
CanadianGuy on November 4, 2008 at 2:42 PM
I think ninja just needs to be tied up, covered with chumming salmon and honey and licked by a big polar bear. The guy is nuts… or dinner. Whatever the case may be.
upinak on November 4, 2008 at 2:43 PM
Sarah will be our VP!!!
President John Sidney McCain III and Vice-President Sarah Heath Palin.
Get use to it libs, trolls, elitists, and eeyores.
jencab on November 4, 2008 at 2:43 PM
You forget that she is an Alaskan. None of the Alaskans I know are feint of heart. She is just a shining example of the positive power of Christ in a person.
Marine_Bio on November 4, 2008 at 2:43 PM
Well this does it for me. I was going to vote for Palin, ok, ok McCain/Palin but after watching this video I just can’t. I mean, did you get a look at those earrings? No way could I ever bring myself to vote for someone that would where earrings like that to vote. She just doesn’t get it and is not ready for such an important job.
jmarcure on November 4, 2008 at 2:44 PM
Now it makes sense: The Lord is my German Shepherd, I shall not want…
ManlyRash on November 4, 2008 at 2:44 PM
This is how pornographic subcults are invented.
LimeyGeek on November 4, 2008 at 2:44 PM
Forgot the /sarc tag, JM
ManlyRash on November 4, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Why in the world did the McCain camp not let her have a press conference? Based on this she would have done wonderful! IMHO they really screwed up with the way the “managed” her.
gatorgirl on November 4, 2008 at 2:38 PM
+1,000,000
McCain campiagn was very bad. His opp research couln’t even figure out Obama’s plan was welfare until Joe the plumber pointed it out. they couldn’t find the coal comment until Sunday. they didn’t use Palin correctly, they didn’t attack the friends of Obama correctly, they didn’t bring up Obama’s voting records in the debates. etc etc
unseen on November 4, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Real Alaskans are not faint of heart. We have quite a few whom claim but no testies… cold or otherwise.
upinak on November 4, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Sweet satire :)
LimeyGeek on November 4, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Last night before I went to bed. McCain was in Arizona talking to supporters. He basically did say that he was going to clean up wall street, the Congress make them pay for what they did. He also said that if any pork comes to his desk, he would veto and tell their names. He said make them famous! He didn’t say that all in one sentence but he did.
sheebe on November 4, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Oops, she did look fantastic. But tired too.
sheebe on November 4, 2008 at 2:45 PM
You betcha and with Jindal leading the charge.
PiggieSez on November 4, 2008 at 2:45 PM
What be these eeyores people carry on about. Are they neo-Trolls or something like that?
jmarcure on November 4, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Love this woman. Just love, she’s such a bright spot in a gloomy profession. No matter the outcome, I’ve come out of this cycle with respect for Palin and Mitt.
Spirit of 1776 on November 4, 2008 at 2:46 PM
Too late. Tonite I have a date with Gentle Ben, Knute the Polar Bear and a 5-gallon pail of chum.
ManlyRash on November 4, 2008 at 2:46 PM
great I am now a underground Alaska sub-arctic porno subcult ice queen.
Where is my frozen cat-of-nine?
upinak on November 4, 2008 at 2:46 PM
She and Todd are wearing half as much winter gear as their handlers and there are no red cheeks and noses.
Alaskans are a different breed.
JadeNYU on November 4, 2008 at 2:46 PM
Testes
Metaphorical or otherwise ;)
LimeyGeek on November 4, 2008 at 2:46 PM
Please tell me you own a pair of stiletto heels and a leather body suit.
ManlyRash on November 4, 2008 at 2:46 PM
Sarah Palin is truly an inspiration and I admire her and wish her well. I also voted for her today and want her to win. She is as bright and cheerful today as she was when she started. She’s tough, smart and secure in her own skin. This is what drives the leftists nuts. They can’t stand her because she is everything they are not and she isn’t looking for the approval of the Washington elite.
Lynn 11 on November 4, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Just don’t give Knute ‘the shocker’….I lost a nad last time.
LimeyGeek on November 4, 2008 at 2:47 PM
You mean Jindal as the VP Nominee…. right?
You better have meant it that way.
**Holds up hot salmon chum and a paint brush**
upinak on November 4, 2008 at 2:47 PM
*faints from the lust*
ManlyRash on November 4, 2008 at 2:48 PM
I am only wearing a ski jacket without the inside. Not cold enough yet to go full out.
upinak on November 4, 2008 at 2:48 PM
Just the ski jacket? Nothing else??!! OMFG…..
ManlyRash on November 4, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Never happen. I would never be /sarc during such a historic occasion. It’s not everyday you see a messiah anointed as ruler of the free world..
jmarcure on November 4, 2008 at 2:50 PM
ONLY?
LimeyGeek on November 4, 2008 at 2:50 PM
LOL….I knew you’d beat me to it….perv
LimeyGeek on November 4, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Especially November 4, 2008. Bambi is toast.
ManlyRash on November 4, 2008 at 2:50 PM
…… >_>
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 4, 2008 at 2:51 PM
SPFFFFFFFFFF. *sound of coffee being spit on the moitor*
You’re making this “bear”able.
:P
Marine_Bio on November 4, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Dude, you’re missing a golden opportunity.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 4, 2008 at 2:51 PM
OMG you guys… I DO wear clothing!
I can have Bubba the cat attack a testical if you don’t stop! He looks like a polar bear, but purrs!
upinak on November 4, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Like I said, a different breed.
I overheat easily, so I’m usually wearing a lot less gear than those around me (which meant something in KC in the winter, not so much here in SoCal). Even so, I could not have stood out in the snow chatting it up for 10 minutes without my nose turning bright red and starting to run.
I look forward to the next 4 years of VP Sarah Palin (and not just because she is impervious to the cold).
JadeNYU on November 4, 2008 at 2:52 PM
If they aren’t able to pull out a win. This is a perfect analysis of why. I hope that Palin/Jindal will learn from this and not hire these people in 2012.
gatorgirl on November 4, 2008 at 2:53 PM
Last night before I went to bed. McCain was in Arizona talking to supporters. He basically did say that he was going to clean up wall street, the Congress make them pay for what they did. He also said that if any pork comes to his desk, he would veto and tell their names. He said make them famous! He didn’t say that all in one sentence but he did.
sheebe on November 4, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Yes and every time him or Palin brought up personal responsibility their poll numbers jumped. Yet for some odd reason McCain used the carpet bombing approach in this campaign instead of the guided misslie approach. McCain put out everything he could instead of choosen a couple positions and hammering them home except for pork that is..
unseen on November 4, 2008 at 2:53 PM
In addition to leading, inspiring and informing, Manly Rash also entertains – funnier than circus monkey on crystal meth and more amusing than a penguin on LSD.
You a Leatherneck?
ManlyRash on November 4, 2008 at 2:53 PM
That is an adorable pussy. cat. Pussycat. meow
ManlyRash on November 4, 2008 at 2:54 PM
You people are the exact opposite of me. I’m in long pants and have a light jacket sitting in the corner because it’s in the 60s-70s in the early mornings and late late nights when I have to catch the bus. (Gets up to 90 during the day so I have to carry the thing.)
Desert rat, through and through.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 4, 2008 at 2:54 PM
Living in Seattle the first year sucked due to the humidity. We don’t have a whole lot of it here in Alaska. Actually the breath coming out and breathing in can hurt do to lack of humidity.
It isn’t the cold that can kill you up here. It is the lack of water… even though it is everywhere frozen.
Remember to always chew on ice and never snow.
upinak on November 4, 2008 at 2:54 PM
Heh. Me too.
ManlyRash on November 4, 2008 at 2:55 PM
As a young conservative woman, I can’t think of a better role model.
Go Sarah Go!
lgodfrey88 on November 4, 2008 at 2:55 PM
Why?
ManlyRash on November 4, 2008 at 2:55 PM
I love her.
CP on November 4, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Just heard McCain’s rally @ Grand Junction, CO. Only audio – no video.
Seriously. His “Stand Up and Fight” conclusion is fantastic.
Oink on November 4, 2008 at 2:57 PM
I don’t. Me running around naked helps keep the deer and turkey out of the yard. Besides nobody wants to see a rotund mid fifties guy in a pair of stiletto heels and a leather body suit.
jmarcure on November 4, 2008 at 2:57 PM
Ice is a stable form of water, even frozen. Snow is not and takes more energy to melt then ice does.
Ice will only lower your temperatur a degree or two. Snow can take more time, due to eating it and having it melt in your mouth. You will actually dehydrate faster on snow then ice.
upinak on November 4, 2008 at 2:57 PM
you sure about that? Manly and Limey want me to paint them with chum, and tied up for the polar bears to lick. And you thought a leather suit for a round man is kinky?
upinak on November 4, 2008 at 2:58 PM
Canna getta “you betcha”?
LibertyBoyNYC on November 4, 2008 at 2:58 PM
No, the recruiter that swooned me with money was the Navy, some BS claims about Nuke being the way to go. So, now I’m just a former squid who ended up working for the Navy as a civilian. Marine is for the Biologist type.
Marine_Bio on November 4, 2008 at 2:58 PM
love her.
CP on November 4, 2008 at 2:56 PM
I love her and her ideas and what she stands for. FREEDOM, SMALL GOVERNMENT, LESS TAXES. etc etc The new reormers will have a fight on their hands regradless of the outcome today when they try to take the party to the left.
unseen on November 4, 2008 at 3:00 PM
*channeling Johnny Carson*
I did not know that. That is some wild, wacky stuff…
ManlyRash on November 4, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Pleased to meet you anyway!
ManlyRash on November 4, 2008 at 3:01 PM
Palin heading to AZ. Per news on Am KFI640
unseen on November 4, 2008 at 3:02 PM
I call shenanigans. If you were channelling Carson you WOULD know that. After all, he’s Karnak the Magnificent.
Or did Ed forget to give you your envelope?
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on November 4, 2008 at 3:02 PM
Au contraire….the youtube community awaits
LimeyGeek on November 4, 2008 at 3:02 PM
One more time:
surely from this period of ten months, this is the lesson:
Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never–in nothing, great or small, large or petty–never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
churchhill
unseen on November 4, 2008 at 3:03 PM
….and a Muscular Foreign Policy, and she’s not an absolutist, non-compromising type. Which seperates her from the paultards and other ‘princpled’ factions. i.e. she could actually govern and get elected
jp on November 4, 2008 at 3:03 PM
Palin / Jindal 2012!!!!
saltydogg14 on November 4, 2008 at 3:03 PM
Fill a bucket with snow & ice, pee in it, stir it up for a good yellow slushy – the Bear Grylls way.
LimeyGeek on November 4, 2008 at 3:05 PM
It’s still in the jar of mayonnaise under Funk & Wagnall’s porch. Mmmmmm….mayonnaise…..*drools like Homer*
ManlyRash on November 4, 2008 at 3:05 PM
It’s one of the first things they pushed in my mountain survival class. It can also cut up the inside of your mouth which can lead to other problems. More then once I remember sitting there melting snow with our little pack stoves and then complaining it was to hot to drink
jmarcure on November 4, 2008 at 3:06 PM
Bear, who got caught staying IN A HOTEL?
Or the other retard who was supposedly LOST over by Seward and in all actuality was only 1 mile down the way from the little town of Seward.
Yeah WTF ever on them nimrods! Give me my own show.
upinak on November 4, 2008 at 3:07 PM
Keeping snow and ice in a insulated bag, next to your core can give you enough water to drink through out the day if hiking in the cold country and the ice and snow pack keeps you from sweating and over heating walking through snow, which is the biggest danger for hypothermia. I always keep an extra set of socks around for my feet as well.
<– survivalist and can keep 4 people alive at least.
upinak on November 4, 2008 at 3:09 PM
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