January 15, 2008 - 2:50pm | volcanoman

Uniter but not an accommodator

to the venal creeps who have held the power structure for so long.
Human affairs are a messy business and always will be.
Relative to civil war,this is how things actually get done bloodlessly. Change is not without well entrenched opposition from the status quo who led us into the Veco " Promised Land".

And so they rant and wail and gnash their teeth as they lose the grip they had on it.
You gotta break eggs to make an omlet and keep them separate before combining so the rotten ones can be thrown out before contaminating the mix any further.

Bon Appetite, Governor, I'm more than willing to pay the "price"
bobbyc brings up, I don't think it's a bad thing whatsoever.

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  January 15, 2008 - 3:10pm | Lysander_Spooner

Well said, v-man.

Very well said. Thank you.

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  January 17, 2008 - 9:08am | richardhoneman

Now it's at 4 p.m.

This is so old news, but I keep listening/watching for someone to explain how the Senate folks who couldn't make it to the Governor's speech by 7 P.M. because they weren't there yet or couldn't get there in time made it when Ms Green called for the speech at 4 P.M. How did that happen? I would still like to know.

Also, the post that said "at least Lyda kept Palin from getting what she wanted" which implied that the Governor only wanted prime time news coverage sounds strange to me. WHY would Ms Green or anyone else try to prevent as people as possible to hear about the State of the State? If they feel she is not doing a good job shouldn't they want everyone to know it? And if they felt she was doing a good job, why would an ALASKAN Senate leader not be proud to share the news? None of this makes sense.
Barbara Honeman

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  January 15, 2008 - 2:46pm | black33

Now that's what I call prime time

Will they let state employees watch the TV, since everyone else will be working?

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  January 15, 2008 - 1:47pm | Stags_Leap

Stop making stuff up

Lyda has already directed the Senate to meet at 4pm -to accomdate the Wasilla debutante's convenience request.

Palin is becoming more and more incompetent. I have grave concerns about the health of our economy with her at the helm.

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  January 16, 2008 - 12:39am | Diogenes_lamp

Gee stags...

I seem to remember the legislature making a major "accommodation" for Lyda when she missed a filing deadline for office. Didn't they actually change the law to keep her in office? Now, I don't hear you whiners bitching about that. But an hour difference on a speech and you would think someone rewrote the US Constitution for Palin.
for crying out loud...and there is nothing smart about Lyda...

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  January 15, 2008 - 11:28pm | wasillaresident

Stagsleap must have "connection" with Lyda

Palen inquired about the time a full month before today...come on stagsleap.......Lyda Green has it in for Palen, thats obvious...I'm curious about what the root of it is all about...maybe it goes farther back to the Heaths? For SOME reason, Lyda would love to see Palen fall....such a shame. I personally am embarrassed that Lyda represents the valley...she's got to go!!

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  January 15, 2008 - 11:30pm | AK_Lady

Palen?

Who's that?

Do you mean PALIN?

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  January 15, 2008 - 3:43pm | volcanoman

"Grave Concerns"

he sniffs.............
Take a powder, oh _Leaper to conclusions,
we'd hate to see you stressed further.

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  January 15, 2008 - 3:50pm | Special_Agent_Roswell

Grave Concern...

They're going to start taking some CB's from the Democrats' prisoner.

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  January 15, 2008 - 12:42pm | Lysander_Spooner

It can't be good for Lyda's

constituents either.

Oops. Forgot. Her constituents are the oil industry, CBC and old-school Republican gang.

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  January 17, 2008 - 2:55pm | AK_Lady

Thanks, Trish

For making it possible for everyone to hear our governor at her best!

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  January 22, 2008 - 3:02pm | campst14

Airline flights to GA

I would like to add a comment on the flights/times to Georgia from the perspective of someone who (also) went to Fort Benning to see her son graduate at the same time as Gov. Palin's son.

I left Anchorage on the red-eye (12:30am) Monday the 14th. I did not arrive in Columbus, GA until apprx. 11:00pm on Tuesday, the 15th. I had tight connections the entire way. However, as we know, flights do not always go as planned. I was re-routed due to cancelled connections, and missed connections. This was an expensive trip, and a nightmare to go through. So, please. Give Gov. Palin some slack. Any experienced flier understands extra time has to be allowed when going the distance. Just because we may book a non-stop Anchorage to Atlanta...doesn't mean we always get it.

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  January 15, 2008 - 11:34am | Lysander_Spooner

Way to cherry-pick, Stags

Your argument would hold water if you didn't ignore the fact that there was NO OBJECTION to the request when it was made six weeks ago. Why should the governor be expected to change her plans now just because the petty, vindictive Senate president is acting like a child?

You continue to seal your legend in here as a profoundly ignorant poster.

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  January 15, 2008 - 11:46am | Stags_Leap

Objection -how about Grow Up Governor!!!

Can we just grow up for a moment -and realize all Legislator's can't make it for her 6pm time -and do it instead at 7pm, then change her ticket to tomorrow morning? Is it really worth the slaughter she will suffer at the hands of talk radio -and a drop in poll numbers?

It just seems completely childish of her to refuse to change her ticket -because there were no prior objections. Sure -that's a valid point. But it's not a reason to outright refuse to change your ticket departure day/time. She will still make it to Georgia in time. This goes back to my initial concerns of having a small town Mayor (and a former beauty pagent contestant) in the Governor's mansion. It just doesn't work. You can't take a Sunday softball league player, put her in the Majors, and think she can perform.

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  January 15, 2008 - 12:04pm | Lysander_Spooner

Doesn't wash, Stags

If there were any grown-ups in the Senate, objections would have been raised when the initial request was made. Since none were, Lyda and her minions ought to be the ones doing the accommodating now.

As to your ridiculous assertions about talk radio, those irrelevant blowhards -- like you and the rest of your anti-Palin blog mob -- would not take the governor's side regardless of what she did.

You grossly underestimate the general public, though. No way the court of public opinion sides with silly Lyda on this one.

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  January 15, 2008 - 3:08pm | Lysander_Spooner

Poor deluded Stags ...

... what the public is really growing tired of is the corrupt, obstructionist, anti-Alaskan ways of the old guard Republicans.

But by all means, keep up the pitiful wishful thinking there boy.

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  January 15, 2008 - 3:47pm | Alaska2030

So Obvious

Lysander_Spooner, it is too obvious that you are a professional Palin appologist. Don't you have to go dress up for prom and play patty cake with the other kids in prep for the drunken exersise in extended adolesence also known as legislative aiding. I'm sure your boss Con has some busy work lined up for you between cocktails at the Viking...

I'm so glad that we have the most talented grandstander in American politics leading our state. Boy, I wish she had four or five more dairies to save and jets to sell. Please share more reasons why I should feel good about a Governor who has done nothing substantive while relying on charm, good looks and good luck to carry her reign.

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