Palin Cancelling Events Around the Country

[RamboLiberal]

We've just learned that vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has canceled a scheduled event in Colorado for next Tuesday, when she was slated to speak at a rally at Centennial Airport.

This latest cancellation is consistent with the abrupt change in plans for Palin around the nation, as the San Francisco Chronicle reports:

http://www.coloradopols.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=7453

Today comes word of... a rash of cancellations of Palin events. Has the Barracuda been gaffed? Or is it more gaffes they fear? Or maybe they've just realized they can't fill a venue without the Wasilla Cannonball on the card?

Either way, suddenly Sarah's ducking more events than Todd's ducking subpoenas. In swing and non-swing states alike. What's going on?

Two cancellations in Florida.

Two in California.

Two in Washington state.

At least one in Colorado.

And one in Wyoming.

Poor John McCain. It's just never gonna be his time. First he had his throat cut by George W. Bush in South Carolina in 2000, and now he's being knifed in the back by his own running mate in 2008

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/19/164743/729/85/604015

[tblue]

1. Oh. So what happened to Miss Popularity?

[Godhumor]

3. My honest belief is that she is being removed from events to spend time studying for the debate

There's no way her handlers are happy with the incoherent statements she has been making lately.

[nc4bo]

6. I can't imagine how difficult it would be to cram for a huge debate like that

with Alaska on her mind, Bristol baby-gate, Mac Daddy not amused with your whoopsie the other day....

My My Sarah - what a wicked web we weave.........

[Motown_Johnny]

8. i'm a reformer,, I have ruffled feathers... I am ready.. I don't blink.. repeat as needed

[Mz Pip]

65. "I said

thanks but no thanks..."

SO do we...

[ellenfl]

15. she doesn't need to . . . she will most certainly be wired. eom

[AndyTiedye]

24. Can Someone Get a Transmitter In There?

You could have SO MUCH FUN with a transmitter tuned to her frequency :evilgrin:

[Ken Burch]

41. You'd just have to set it to bring in the police band.

"And as I said to Congress about the Bridge-Car 52, 10-106, 315 and 89 at East Maple Street. Subject is armed and NOT wearing pants".
(See police codes here for explanation):

http://www.apsu.edu/oconnort/polcodes.htm

[jazzjunkysue]

64. Plenty of room in all that HAIR!

[smiley_glad_hands]

28. Someone needs to jam that thing then. Tired of the gop's cheating ways.

[samsingh]

56. i agree with you - we could be hurt in the debates if she holds her own

[Sheltiemama]

61. As I told a co-worker this week --

who said she was being coached for the debate -- if you're the vice presidential candidate, you shouldn't have to be "coached." Yes, Biden will prepare for the debate, but he won't have to cram like a college student studying for a final.

[Sebastian Doyle]

67. Let alone a college student with a 1.0 GPA

who switched schools 4 or 5 times.

Who knew the 'Pukes could find someone DUMBER than Chimpy? :shrug:

[Motown_Johnny]

4. The bloom is off the rose....

[Boz]

16. Watching her this morning Id say she doesn't have the energy to keep up

She has had a habit through out her public life to "phone it in" Its likely she showing to much fatigue as she was this morning.

So they ae "prioritizing" now that they realize she isnt maintaining her Q pull

[nc4bo]

2. OK - maybe she really is preparing for the VP debate? That'd be 10/02?

Or things are really heating up in Alaska and it has nothing to do with Global Warming.

Pick one :rofl:

[krkaufman]

5. dKos URL

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/19/164743/729/85/604015

[Imagevision]

25. If Mccain could he'd have Sarah do his debates against Obama...

[krkaufman]

29. No doubt. Though, sadly, the debates are never evaluated objectively.

McCain will be cut slack as having done surprisingly well for an old guy, against such an eloquent speaker as Obama; and Palin just has to not freeze or start crying, and the media will call it a draw, at a minimum. (Just have to remember how Kerry destroyed Bush in each of their debates, and how the media judged them.)

My fingers and toes shall remain crossed, though.

[Imagevision]

7. Mccain is hopeless on his own, needs to add Palin to do his bidding for him

so the Sarah & John duo will take it thru November 4th, it's the only chance mcBush thinks he has, even Cindy thinks so.

[Hardrada]

32. Remember some question session Bush had to attend but

he would only go if Cheney could be at his side? Recall that event?

[Delphinus]

66. Yes,

Wasn't it before the 9-11 Commission?

[CK_John]

9. IMO, she is demanding top billing. n/t

[Essene]

42. naw. she would have ZERO pull within the campaign

Mccain's campaign people probably have little respect for her. she's a tool to them.

She has absolutely no pull, no campaign experience or even connections.

She strikes me as the pushy type and i bet she's already rubbed people in mccain's inner circle the wrong way, with her thinking her opinion really matters, etc. She's like the really cute & pushy niece that the corporate boss hired to do marketing, right out of college.

People will just marginalize her and try not to openly cross her.

She was a major asset for fund raising and polling, and now the bounce is over. She's more of a liability, and so they are going to pull her back in. She has this troopergate stuff and a debate to prep for.

[Greg K]

10. I'm betting they're preparing for yet another stunt, probably a trip to Iraq. nt

[AlinPA]

49. Reasonable suggestion.

[quakerboy]

11. Odd

Florida and Colorado are important. If they lose Florida, they lose. If they lose Colorado, it gets pretty hard to win.
California and Washington were going to be big money.
Wyoming. I don't know how that fits in.

But its all very odd.

[begin_within]

12. How long 'til she cancels the debate?

[rebel with a cause]

20. If that picture of her wrapped in a flag is the real thing,

(and not photo shopped) then that and those words should be made into a poster of something and spread around the country. That might make a few people stop and think.

[RamboLiberal]

22. I believe it is the real thing - it was in Newsweek

And photo ticked off a letter writer in York, PA

Palin lacks respect for flag
Article Last Updated: 09/16/2008 10:52:28 AM EDT


FLAG PHOTO IN NEWSWEEK
Gov. Palin shows a lack of respect
As I looked through Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2008, edition of Newsweek magazine, there on page 29 was a picture of SarahPalin wrapped up in a large American flag. I was appalled at her lack of respect for the American flag.
The only time a flag should be draped on anyone or anybody is on the caskets of our veterans and service personnel killed in action.

John McCain's pick of her as his V.P. running mate only confirms my belief of his poor judgment. All he got is a female version of old blood & guts Dick Cheney. God help us.

William J. Hach
York

http://yorkdispatch.inyork.com/yd/viewpoints/letters/ci_10477784

[pnwmom]

35. Any idea where I can find a link to the Palin/flag picture?

I looked around the Time site, and checked google image, but couldn't find it.

[PBS Poll-435]

39. This One?

:hide:

[rebel with a cause]

38. Yes I found several articles about it also.

but cannot find the photo itself except a photo of the magazine in those articles.

[crazy_vanilla]

57. yes, great idea

Who does she think she is?

[pinto]

13. McCain/Palin - Out of Touch, Out of Lies.

:kick:

[Blackhatjack]

14. The McCain Handlers are busy combing through her past lies about to be exposed...

The surfacing of the travel approval document for her public safety officer proves she lied when she said the trip was the reason she fired him.

She is about to take a massive hit in the "Troopergate" scandal --primarily because too many Alaskans KNOW the truth to keep her 'stories quiet.'

Even with all the strategery help, Palin is a dead duck when that Oct 10 report on Troopergate is released.

Do people realize that she could be prosecuted criminally? How's that for a Repub VP running mate?

[Phredicles]

18. Hey, Eugene V. Debs campaigned for the presidency from a prison cell,

not that Mooselini is worthy to carry Debs' shoelaces.

[Lex]

17. My guess is that she must appear with McSame to get crowds for him.

Were these to be solo appearances by her?

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

19. The Mooseless Cluehunter and the Clueless Moosehunter

are going down in flames. Honestly, this entire campaign is starting to look surreal. The lid is going to come off Troopergate. Grampy sounds even more like he's full of Thorazine and can't even begin to comprehend what is going on in the economy. His buddy Gramm wrote the entire screenplay for the economic chaos that fills the news and now. of all times, P O Dubya starts babbling about giving the Social Security trust fund to the same collection of goons who just made nearly a trillion (A TRILLION ) dollars apparently disappear in the last ten days. And health care should be run more like the financial services industry?? :wtf:

Nobody could possibly make this shit up?

[agentS]

21. They're muzzling the moose!

Now they knew the debates were coming on Oct 2nd. Obviously the McCain wouldn't have scheduled those events if they thought it would interfere with her debate planning.

So my guess is that she's been too bad on the campaign trail and they gotta shut 'er down for awhile and remind her McCain is still the alpha male.

[Imagevision]

23. Notice how much more relaxed/comfortable Mccain looks with Sarah holding his hand...

[pizoxuat]

26. I saw sad that she cancelled in Washington

I was looking forward to going out and protesting with a "Vagina-Americans Against Palin" sign.

[Lex]

27. LOL!

great sign!

[Born_A_Truman]

31. Great sign

Welcome to DU!

Vaginas for O/B. LMAO!

[satya]

33. Welcome to DU (from another Eastsider) ... Samantha Bee would be proud!

:toast:

[windbreeze]

34. I may have had to join you for that one...LOL...

welcome to DU by the way...wb

[DangerousRhythm]

60. ROFL!

That would have been completely awesome. Maybe you can still do it at some point in the near future? It's too funny to let go just yet. :rofl:

[Eric J in MN]

30. Maybe those events were going to be cheap-or-free,

...and they want to charge top-dollar for her upcoming events.

[krawhitham]

36. She needs more time to study for debate

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

37. You can study all you want, but stupidity doesn't go away,

it just goes to the bone. And Moosey vs Joseph R. Biden, Jr., is a recipe for Epic Moosey Fail.

[and-justice-for-all]

40. The media has beat her up a little...

and Joe is going to finish her off.

Palin does not stand a chance; PTA mom against a Veteran Senator...this will be priceless.

[davidpdx]

43. McCain's campaign should just feed her a cyanide pill and tell

everyone she killed herself. That way they can get the sympathy vote.

[Vinca]

44. McCain's got a real problem with women. I imagine he went ballistic

after the "Palin-McCain" gaffe.

[DCBob]

45. These really seems odd to me. Hard to believe it is just to spend more time prepping.

These are key battleground states and many want to see her -- these would have been huge events with great PR and TV photo-ops. I don't get it.

[Stuart G]

46. One of three things.........my guess B..comparison to B striking..

A..They need more time to prep her...(she needs a lot of time)
B..They are preparing to exit her,get rid of her) someway....It is exactly what happened the day.. before Edwards sex scandal broke
.C..Some Big Event to push her forward even more......

[BklnDem75]

47. Not surprised

The less we know about her, the better their chances. Look at her ratings. With every speech Palin gives, her negatives get higher and higher.

[secondwind]

48. no, no, no!! She is undergoing a secret surgical procedure to

implant a receptor under her hair behind her ear, so that she can handle the debate with Biden


:evilgrin:

[chat_noir]

50. POST TURTLE

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas rancher whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Sarah Palin and her bid to be a heartbeat away from being President .

The old rancher said, "Well, ya know, Palin is a post turtle."

Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was.

The old rancher said, "When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle."

The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain. "You know she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up there, she doesn't know what to do while she is up there, and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put her up there to begin with."



http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/sarah-palin-is-scaring-bejeesus-out-of.html#disqus_thread

[crazy_vanilla]

58. Aesop would be proud of this

A Post Turtle. How fitting!

Add McCain's turtle neck to the picture, and you have a pair.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

51. Ready to Lead? She's not even ready to Campaign!

I think it's a combination of retooling her image and prepping for debates.

When she attacks, she sounds like a harpy. I'm pretty sure the campaign is rethinking her fule.

[mucifer]

52. We are getting close to Oct. 10 when troopergate is gonna blow.

They said they have enough old testimony to go on. They don't need to have palin or mr palin in court again. Rachel said it last night.
Just a thought. I know the bushies are above the law and they have lots of money to buy people off so this may not happen.

[The Backlash Cometh]

53. The GOP must have gotten their hands on the SNL skits planned for

the next six weeks.

[Giant Robot]

54. One of two things is going on I suspect

Either she is being taken off the media circuit to spend more time prepping, not just for debates but just to learn her up some for any time when she needs to talk to other human beings. She is horrible at trying to speak extemporaneously, has very limited experience, and little by the way of clear thoughts she can communicate beyond using a short list of phrases that she repeats over and over.

Or they are hiding her for a big event or some type of serious political make over. I think they are seeing that the narrative of her being a maverick reformer of Alaska is failing and people see her as unprepared, so they may be readying up a new political narrative for her to take on. They may try to spin her as someone that shoots animals from the safety of helicopters so she can effortlessly order the bombing of some country that did nothing to us.

It's probably a little of both actually. I think she is doing a lot of prep work because she is so unprepared to do anything related to governing the nation, and other people in the campaign are working hard to re-tell her political story and repackage her as something else to appeal to people.

[Dinger]

55. It's A Start Anyway

Hopefully the ultimate cancellation will come in 45 days.

[crazy_vanilla]

59. I think McCain yanked her out after the Palin-McCain ticket gaffe

[rucky]

62. The more she opens her mouth, the less people like her. n/t

[DeeDeeNY]

63. She'll only go where they show her proper "deference"

[jazzjunkysue]

68. It's the market crisis: She can't handle the issue AT ALL. Bailout is not her issue.

She's got nothing to say, anyway. She gave one speeck for 2 weeks and it didn't even hold water. Now, she has nothing true to say, she's about to be indicted, and she can't handle any questions about the bailout.

[Willo]

69. I think they are focusing on prepping Palin & McCain for their debates

and since they had a bad week, they are keeping them low so the surrogates can try and fix it,

in the meantime, the media is pushing Obama and Biden for answers that Palin/McCain can use.