Don’t Let the Door Hit You in the Mooseburgers on the Way Out
Today Sarah Palin said goodbye to her gig as Gov GILF. The multi-tasking former media star slung salmon burgers with her right hand and greeted with well wishers with her left at the annual Alaska’s Governor’s picnic. Before she practiced for a great future as a fry cook, Palin gave a two minute farewell speech described as rambling:
We slowed the rate of government growth, and I vetoed hundreds of millions of dollars of government excess,” she said, veering into a rant about Hollywood and the right to bear arms.
You’re gonna see anti-hunting, anti-Second Amendment circuses from Hollywood. They use Alaska as a fundraising tool for their anti-Second Amendment causes… Hollywood needs to know: ‘We eat, therefore we hunt….
"What I promised, we accomplished.
"We can resist enslavement to big central government. Beware of accepting big government largesse… melting into Washington’s powerful arms….. I resisted the stimulus package."
Yes, but she has her own stimulus packaged–a lucrative book deal, htough wit phrases like those last two maybe she should look to Harlequin Romances as an option.
The Anchorage Daily News reported that the band played "She’s a Brick House." Other highlights, along with Piper getting her hair sprayed purple:
The picnic drew all ages and walks of life. Homeless lined up for free hot dogs, young couples pushed baby strollers, elderly tourists ambled in to see what was going on. It was a cultural cross section of Anchorage, with whites, blacks, Natives, Pacific Islanders and Asians on the park strip.
Cassidy Fuavai, 21, said he was there because "everybody was coming." He didn’t have an opinion on Palin.
Phoebe Maurer and LB Abbey, also in their 20s, said they live near the Park Strip and wanted to see the picnic, have some free food. Maurer said Palin can’t be expected to be taken seriously as a presidential candidate after quitting her job as governor. Abbey said he thinks Palin is a "moron" who has been kind of embarrassing for Alaska.
Palin had some strong words about free speech and for the media, as seen in the video above, including:
In honor of the American soldier, ya quit makin’ things up!
Alaska blogger and Palin critic Shannyn Moore told Achorage Daily News that she came to the farewell picnic after receiving an anonymous e-mail saying she should wear a bullet-proof vest if she planned on attending. Moore said:
Today is a great day for Alaska and Alaskans





Hard to believe it has only been 11 months since I first heard of Palin. Seems MUCH longer.