Wowzers, is she enraged. So enraged she is talking in Caveman-speak. If the Associated Press quote is accurate, she actually said 'Me not be dictator' today in an interview ! ROFLMAO
The morning of Wed Nov 5, Gov Palin was on national news smiling and calmly saying that she would not 'look backward' and 'will not participate in the negativity and play the blame game.'
That lasted about 48 hours. Today Miss Wasilla 1984 is a full-on participant. Let the Blame Game begin !
Palin denounces her critics as cowardly
Associated Press
November 7, 2008 15 minutes ago
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called her critics cowards and jerks Friday for deriding her anonymously and insisted she never asked for the expensive wardrobe purchased for her use on the presidential campaign. "I never asked for anything more than a Diet Dr. Pepper once in a while," Palin said as she returned to the governor's office from her two-month odyssey as the GOP vice presidential nominee. She said the Republican National Committee paid for the tens of thousands of dollars in designer clothes and accessories. "Those are the RNC's clothes. They're not my clothes. I never forced anybody to buy anything," she said.
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She particularly lashed out at the anonymous Republican campaign sources cited in a Fox News report who said she did not know Africa was a continent, not a country, and could not name the three countries in the North American Free Trade Agreement — Canada, the United States and Mexico. "I consider it cowardly" that they did not allow their names to be used, she said. [ SHADES OF NIXON'S ENEMIES LIST ? ] "If there are allegations based on questions or comments that I made in debate prep about NAFTA, and about the continent vs. the country when we talk about Africa there, then those were taken out of context," she said. "That's cruel, It's mean-spirited. It's immature. It's unprofessional and those guys are jerks if they came away with it, taking things out of context and then tried to spread something on national news. It's not fair, and it's not right."
Regarding Sen Ted Stevens, the brave anti-corruption reformer Palin has this to say, and it includes that classic Palinesque manner of speaking she adds 'ME NOT BE A DICTATOR' :
"The Alaska voters have spoken and me not be a dictator, won't be telling anyone what to do."
The full story is a doozy, as is another one from the Washington Post today.
In it, the WaPo reports :
. . . On top of the $150,000 first outlined in Federal Election Commission filings, Palin spent "tens of thousands of dollars" on additional clothing, makeup and jewelry for herself and her family, including $40,000 in luxury goods for her husband, Todd, our colleague Michael Shear reports. The campaign was charged for silk boxer shorts, spray tanners and 13 suitcases to carry all the designer clothes, according to two GOP insiders.
"The shopping continued after the convention in Minneapolis, it continued all around the country," one source said. "She was still receiving shipments of custom-designed underpinnings up to her 'Saturday Night Live' performance" in October. . . .
Newsweek reports that top McCain aides were stunned by the huge tab, especially after adviser Nicolle Wallace had told Palin to buy three outfits for the convention and three for the campaign trail, with a budget of $25,000; instead, the nominee racked up six-figure bills at high-end department stores. "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast," a McCain aide sniffed to the magazine.
WaPo story
UPDATE # 1
Video including the 'they're jerks' remark (h/t NCDem Amy)
Bizarre MSNBC video - 'I know that I know that I know' (h/t GDoyle)
UPDATE # 2
Just a note that it's the AP that quotes her as saying 'Me not be a dictator' and make her sound like she talk caveman-speak.
Also, does anyone recall Dan Quayle reacting like this at ANY TIME ? Quayle was mercilessly mocked basically for 4 yrs straight and I don't recall him behaving like Palin - does it seem like she's burning her 'bridge to nowhere' political future ?
UPDATE # 3
One of the commenters listened to the 'me not be a dictator' quote and interprets her as saying 'me, not be[ing] a dictator, won't be telling anyone what to do.' My response ?
In this interpretation she's STILL talking caveman-speak ! Without the qualifier she's saying :
Me won't be telling anyone what to do.
Me say Palin still talk caveman-speak ! LOL