Caption This - Moving Van Outside of AK Governor's Mansion --pix-->

[Stephanie]

People stand in front of the Alaska Governor's Mansion with a moving van parked outside, in Juneau, Alaska Wednesday, July 22, 2009. The Governor Palin's final day in office is July 26.

[Catshrink]

1. Someone better count the silverware

Given Sarah's uh, problem with not returning things, the state needs to do a thorough inventory.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

2. Such strange photos -

not a hint of color in the residence or its immediate environs - the color comes from outside, as if it's been Photoshopped.

Very strange..............

[Catshrink]

It's Alaska...

and when it rains, it looks pretty bleak.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

12. Yeah,

lots of places are like that, but those pictures - just look at that house - even the totem pole - not a hint of color - as if it's in another dimension........................

[dixiegrrrrl]

37. Pale-n.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

38. EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!

[babylonsister]

11. Sarah prolly packed up the plants and took the wall hangings

down. It does look barren, and there are a lot of things I could say about that! but won't.

[msanthrope]

27. And the toilet paper rolls and lightswitch plates....n/t

[merh]

46. She never lived there.

That truck is to pick up her tanning bed - remember how she had to have the electrical wiring reworked so she could use her tanning bed.

[Blue_In_AK]

13. It's Juneau.

In wet years, Juneau has more than 250 days with precipitation, which mostly falls in the form of drizzle. This year hasn't been as wet as some, but this is a pretty typical-looking day for Southeast Alaska.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

16. I know that -

I've been there, and I understand, but it's not about the weather.

It's about that house. Sunny or overcast, that house has NO color of any kind. Not even a flag - not where I can see it, anyway.

I just found that very odd, visually.

And congratulations on getting rid of her. Lots of screendoor parties up your way this weekend?

[Blue_In_AK]

20. I guess since the photos seem to have been taken from a distance

and it's so dreary, the color just doesn't show up. I have lots of pictures that look like that out of the camera, so I have to mess around in PaintShop to bring up the color a bit. These pictures probably weren't enhanced at all.

Sarah's farewell picnic in Wasilla was today, attended by all her "Valley trash" minions and supposedly people from all 50 states. The news reported about 4,000 people in attendance.

The party in Anchorage tomorrow promises to be more entertaining and diverse (especially since there will also be a rally in support of Obama's health care reform at the same time in the same location), and they're expecting twice as many people as in Wasilla, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to attend. My husband has been attending to his mother who is in the hospital recuperating from a quadruple bypass and we've got a wedding to go to at 4:30, but I really would like to make it down to the picnic for a little bit anyway. I'm going to try.

Fairbanks on Sunday will be a big blast, I'm sure, since it's her final day.

I think almost everyone is glad to see her go. As Lawrence O'Donnell pointed out tonight on Countdown, people move to Alaska to get away from unwanted attention not attract it, and Sarah has done nothing but bring the spotlight here. I hope she leaves the state and never comes back, and we can return to obscurity.

I think all of us are suffering a little bit from Palin Derangement Syndrome.

[Blue_In_AK]

30. Well, I AM going to the screendoor party tomorrow after all.

I'll take pictures. :)

[Tangerine LaBamba]

31. YAY!!!!!!!

I have a surprise package waiting for me, from a friend who was in Alaska last week. He asked me what I wanted him to get me, and I told him "the most offensive Sarah Palin t-shirt you can find."

Scott's a good shopper. I got something really neat, I betcha!

And you're GOING! What about the wedding?

Oh, LOT AND LOTS OF PICTURES are mandatory!

Have fun, and CONGRATULATIONS..................

[Blue_In_AK]

33. The wedding's at 4:30

Sarah's governor's picnic/farewell party is from noon to 3:00. I'm going to drop my husband off at the hospital to visit with his mom, then I'm going downtown to the Park Strip. I figure I can stay until 2:30 or so and we'll still have plenty of time to get ready for the wedding.

Here are reports from the Wasilla bash today:

http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/2009/07/saradise-found-chapter-17-wasilla.html

http://www.themudflats.net/2009/07/25/boots-on-the-ground-at-the-wasilla-governors-picnic/

[kestrel91316]

3. Here ya go:

Na na na nah
Na na na nah
Hey hey
Goodbye!

I know, it's brilliant.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

10. Thank god and Greyhound she's gone. First thing that popped

into my head. Alaskans are getting off easy. She is now headed to the lower 48 for her "career." She'll end up at Faux News, has a ghost writer pen her book, hit the reichwing lecture and think tank circuit and make a bundle of money. She will not go away and we will be stuck with her forever. Wonder how the kids feel being dragged all over god's half acre for her flimsy, pie-in-the-sky ambitions?

[Blue_In_AK]

14. I swear, we tried to stop her.

I'm sorry. (Hangs head in shame.)

[tnlefty]

18. What? No tears for the nostalgia of having Sarah?

Or tears of joy that she's outta there!

I feel your pain. Between my C Street idjit Zach Wamp, who is like herpes...we can't get rid of him, and Marsha Blackburn it's a coin flip as to who will embarrass the sane people of this state next. Along with the Obama Waffles (so cute and clever :sarcasm:) guys, to the lunatics who wanted to shoot up blacks and then dress up in tuxedos to try to shoot the new President.... Oh wait, the sort that she riled up in her rallies while running as a VP candidate.

I'm thinking that her being unleashed again in the lower 48 will be a REALLY bad thing, but at least you don't have to deal with her anymore. :hi:

[Blue_In_AK]

21. Who knew that Tennessee and Alaska had so much in common?

:hug:

[Stephanie]

24. You did!

:toast:

[katanalori]

4. Grab the silverware!

Grab the pictures on the walls! The Wassilla Grifters are here with a big truck - and they never even lived here! Where is Officer Crowley when we need him for real?

[Avalux]

5. That's a really small van for a family of 7.

They just taking their clothing and personal items? :shrug:

[Union Yes]

6. Donated by the Wasilla sports complex.

[Catshrink]

8. You're thinking of their private home in Wasilla...

this is the state Gov. mansion in Juneau.

[Blue_In_AK]

7. They needed a moving van for Piper's tricycle?? n/t

[dgibby]

28. No, it's for Miss Sarah's tanning bed. n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

9. LOL! k+r, n/t

[Faygo Kid]

15. Palin/Bachmann 2012! Make it happen.

Oh yeah. There's some debates I want to see.

[ColbertWatcher]

17. The totem pole's not going to fit; we're going to need a bigger moving van. n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. Is she and the fam moving also from Alaska?

If so, anybody know where?

[Blue_In_AK]

22. Probably not right away, but I could see it happening.

She'd probably have to divorce Todd first, though. I think he'd be really uncomfortable Outside. It's hard for me to imagine him living in New York, for example.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

32. They'll never leave -

they're hicks.

And I come from hick country, pride myself on my hick origins.

But they're really radical hicks, and they would NEVER find a place where they'd be comfortable.

First time Tawd shot a police dog just to stay in shape, they'd be in trouble.

They also need to be big fish in a small pond, and after she publicly humiliates herself on her book tour and speaking tour and whatever the hell else she'll do for a buck, she's going to trot right back to Wasilla where she can at least feel safe.

And my apologies to all the good hicks out there. I am one with y'all.................................

[sakabatou]

23. "Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out!"

[dixiegrrrrl]

41. Down here we say

Don't let the door hit ya
where the Good Lord split ya

[chknltl]

25. Drats, I can't see Russia in the background!

Sigh...I guess my eyesight's not what it once was.

[chknltl]

26. Rumor has it Letterman bought the place....

and gave it back to Alaska, What a guy!

[dgibby]

29. Caption:

Property values soar as tundra trash moves out.

[SoCalDem]

34. The back seat of an SUV would probably hold their stuff.. she never really lived there anyway

That was the crux of the ethics claims against her..that she charged the state for expenses, while she was living at home in Wasilla, and claimed that she hated the "long commute"..

[SalmonChantedEvening]

35. "You were supposed to come after dark."

[L. Coyote]

36. "Would she have lasted this long as V-P?"

Or, would she have just quit that job too, so she could do more for America! :rofl:

[merh]

39. She never lived there, what do they have to move?

Oh, that's right, her tanning bed, the one that required the electrical rewiring of the mansion so the tanning bed would work.

[peacefreak]

40. So,

did Bristol use that totem pole to climb out the 3rd story window to go out to party?

[dixiegrrrrl]

42. Palin...more ex's than Texas

ex comunity college student x 3 ( or was it 4?)
ex mayor
ex VP candidate
ex governor

[Cresent City Kid]

44. ex broadcaster?

[dixiegrrrrl]

45. ooohh ooooh I had forgot that one. Yes.

She sure done a lot without accomplishing anything of value.

[IDemo]

43. "So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverleee"

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

47. They're moving Cheney's coffin into the basement

anticipating those 30 days of night during this coming winter.