Palin Ribbed by Montana Guv for Being No Show

[RamboLiberal]

Source: ABC News

Montana Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer ribbed Alaska Republican Gov. Sarah Palin Friday for announcing at the last minute that she will not be attending a Sunday discussion of energy policy that the two governors were scheduled to lead at this weekend's meeting of the National Governors Association (NGA) in Washington.

"I don't know where she's going to be. You'll be stuck with me," Schweitzer told ABC News. "There will be no glamour, certainly no snappy dressing. I brought my best two pairs of jeans. There's a little bit of a horse s**t stain by the knee. But I've been washing that stuff out."

Palin and Schweitzer, a rancher-turned-politician, are the chairwoman and vice chairman, respectively, of the NGA's Natural Resources Committee.

The panel is holding a 2 p.m. ET discussion Sunday on "Energy Infrastructure: Vital for a 21st Century Economy." The panel will hear from two energy experts: Pat Wood III, a principal with Wood3 Resources, and Jesse Berst, the managing director of GlobalSmartEnergy.com.

For weeks, the NGA's published agenda has touted the Palin-Schweitzer panel as hosting the 90-minute discussion with Wood and Berst.



Read more: http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/02/montana-governo.html

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She sure loves to be Miss "No-Show"!

[liberalmuse]

1. Hahaha!

I'm a huge fan of the Montana Gov. This guy is so awesome.

[ccharles000]

2. Brian is wonderful

[Brother Buzz]

8. I concure. Schweitzer and Palin are 180 degrees apart on just about everything

I expect to hear more from Brian in the years to come. I hope to hear less from Sarah.

[sandnsea]

3. lol, he is a riot

Too bad they can't clone him in Montana because god only knows what they'll do if they can't find another Schweitzer to vote for.

[Cha]

4. I loved Schweitzer at our Dem

Convention and the day after it was over..it was palin all over the news and we didn't get a chance to bask in the glow of our awesome days in Denver.

And, now she's a no show?

[Trajan]

5. I am guessing .....

She had nothing to wear ??? .....

Just another irresponsible, slimy, repuke malcontent ...

[Warpy]

6. I really adore Brian Schweitzer and he should be the future of the

Democratic Party. Too bad the party conservatives hate his guts almost as much as he hates Washington DC.

As for Palin, she's quickly becoming the Sly Stone of politics.

(70s reference, you had to be there)

[hwmnbn]

30. bwahahaha, I so get it!!...

You're exactly right! :rofl:

[Larkspur]

7. Love Schweitzer's fashion statement

I love how Schweitzer describes his fashion statement:
"There will be no glamour, certainly no snappy dressing. I brought my best two pairs of jeans. There's a little bit of a horse s**t stain by the knee. But I've been washing that stuff out."

Love that horseman’s sense of humor. And his wife buy's his clothes from Costco. Good for the Schweitzers.

[badgerpup]

18. That's my governor (Brian Schweitzer)!

:applause::yourock:
...and you can get pretty damn good clothes at Costco.

Not fancy, but well-made, useful, practical and sturdy...the Kirkland brand is a good one. :thumbsup:

[mwb970]

22. You forgot Carhartt! /nt

[badgerpup]

31. Them too...but Kirkland is the Costco 'house brand'. N/T

[Hekate]

9. Attagirl, Sarah. Keep making friends out there....

It makes me wonder if she is beginning to realize that in the Big World she's not intellectually equipped to compete.

Whatever. Please, people of Alaska, impeach her butt before she has a chance to run for POTUS.

Hekate

[scytherius]

10. I would like to enter a competition . . .

for the human being the most tired of this stupid dumb bitch. I think I can win.

[BeliQueen]

21. Sorry-you would come in as a close second

I would just edge you out.

She is utterly annoying in every way. I'm glad she canceled because I can't even stand being in the same 30 mile radius of her, and the NGA is located in my office building on my floor. I shudder the think what psychic damage her appearance would have caused.

The further away from Washington, DC she stays, the happier I am.

[meeloo]

11. Thank God she didn't go....

...what could she probably have contributed to this event. She would have only exploited it as another photo-op

[onehandle]

12. It's great when he's on Ed Schultz.

Great to hear two real men talking liberal issues.

Much different from when the fake cowboy talks neocon issues.

[krkaufman]

13. How can the conference even continue ... ???

... without the country's leading authority on energy being present?

[No Elephants]

26. She can see Saudi Arabia from her window!

[bjobotts]

14. But McCain said Palin knew more about "energy" than anyone else in the country

[No Elephants]

27. Well, she did seem peppy for a 45 year old.

[Oldtimeralso]

15. Brian Is A Great Guy

I had the pleasure of meeting Montana Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer at a discussion forum in Whitefish a few years back, after the forum I addressed him as Gov. Schweitzer and he said call me Brian and proceeded to introduce me to his family. He is intelligent,and personable. He lived and worked in Saudi Arabia, but he can't see Russia from his house!

[eridani]

16. Actually, Palin might well be a good choice for some role in the energy dept.

Sharing the wealth from natural resources? Sounds like a great idea to me! Why stop with oil!

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2008/11/03/081103taco_talk_hertzberg?printable=true

One of the reasons Palin has been a popular governor is that she added an extra twelve hundred dollars to this year’s check, bringing the per-person total to $3,269. A few weeks before she was nominated for Vice-President, she told a visiting journalist—Philip Gourevitch, of this magazine—that “we’re set up, unlike other states in the union, where it’s collectively Alaskans own the resources. So we share in the wealth when the development of these resources occurs.” Perhaps there is some meaningful distinction between spreading the wealth and sharing it (“collectively,” no less), but finding it would require the analytic skills of Karl the Marxist.

[BlueMTexpat]

17. Her reason for the no-show ...

she has FINALLY realized that people are paying attention to the real crisis in AK rural villages that she has literally ignored.

Even Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) has joined with new Sen. Mark Begich (D -- at long last!) to do something meaningful about this crisis. In the meantime, Alaskan citizens and citizens from other states have been sending Care packages ... which is more than Sarah can be bothered to do herself.

So Caribou Barbie will be book-ended by two RW evangelical preachers who head up faith-based charities. They will force-feed Bibles (their usual modus operandi) with the aid that they will hopefully also distribute. Based on the conditions described in these rural areas, the Bibles, or their pages at least, can help with some very basic needs.

Here's one report from AKM ... and CB's so-called rhetoric has not improved one whit since her failed run at the VP position.

http://www.themudflats.net/2009/02/20/stampede-to-western-alaska/#comments

Thank all the gods that we were able to dodge that particular bullet.

[snowbear]

19. Yep. She's FINALLY going out to the rural villages like she should've done months ago!

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She left for the village of Russian Mission today with Reverend Franklin Graham. It's ABOUT TIME SARAH!!!


(Anchorage Daily News)

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[Tempest]

24. She's going to the WRONG villages

She doesn't dare show her face in Emmonak or Nunam Iqua where the worst of the crisis hit.

[Botany]

20. The one big reason ....

... she doesn't know anything about energy or if she does know anything it can not be that much.

I would bet big money she does not know what a BTU is or how a nuclear power plant makes electricity.

Her claim to understand energy because they drill for oil & gas in Alaska is the same as me saying I can run a
freight train because I have train tracks at the end of my street.

[Tempest]

25. Not to mention her energy plans for Alaska are bullshit

The Alaska legislature has big questions about her plans and just how far off base they are.

http://www.andrewhalcro.com/of_audits_assesments

Disclosure: Steven Haagenson is my brother-in-law, I'm sorry to say.

[and-justice-for-all]

23. "Natural Resources Committee" ...

Falin? why the hell is she there and who did she screw to get that chair?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

28. If Palin had her way

there'd be no natural resources left to require a committee.

[hwmnbn]

29. I'm starting to think....

Sarah doesn't know shit about energy policy. And "leading" the discussion would only highlight her ignorance. She's an empty high-fashion suit, all show, all bullshit, all hype, NO BRAINS.

Palin-2012!!

[Supersedeas]

32. maybe she's having more photos for another calendar spread