Sarah Palin Wears Mini Skirt to Memorial Day Ceremony

[BlueJessamine]

Alaskans Honor Dead As Palin Pulls Diva Card

By Shannyn Moore

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shannyn-moore/alaskans-honor-dead-as-pa_b_207986.html

In January, I spoke with a member of the Alaska Joint Armed Services Committee. He was really excited about the Memorial Day commemoration being planned; The Decoration of Honor Ceremony. Alaska is only the second state to have such a service, and I was honored to be invited.

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It was a beautiful ceremony, appreciated by the families -- touched to even be remembered after so many years, even decades for some. Many had traveled from all over the country to be recognized.

Despite several months of notice, the governor didn't commit to be at the ceremony until the morning of the event-hence her conspicuous absence in the program. Before the program went to the printers, the governor had been given a deadline. Silence. Perhaps she was waiting for Greta's call. Governor Palin insisted she be sat on stage and demanded time for a speech. She spoke before the invocation and flag presentation as to not be "off program." It was certainly appropriate for the governor to speak at such a high level ceremony, but her high level maintenance made it difficult for those that planned it.

I talked to a Republican lawmaker earlier today and told her how honored I felt to be there. She commented on the governor's attire. The most somber occasion I have attended, and the governor wore a mini skirt. Neat. Way to comfort the families of fallen soldiers; give them tickets to the "bare legs show." One side of the auditorium was waiting for the"Basic Instinct" shot, Alaska style.

Even Sarah Palin, in full diva regalia, couldn't ruin the day. She just looked cheap.

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Palin Picture at The Huffington Post link above.

[Stephanie]

1. Amazing - not just a mini but a minimini with heels - photo >

[BlueJessamine]

9. Thankyou for posting the picture.

:hi:

(I tried, but I'm HTML impaired.):argh:;)

[Stephanie]

19. No HTML required at DU

Just right-click on the photo, open in new window, copy the URL, paste the URL into your post and you're done. I uploaded it to my photobucket acct so as not to steal bandwidth from the original poster. :hi:

[BlueJessamine]

22. THANK YOU!

:fistbump:

[Control-Z]

11. Am I missing something?

I don't see a mini. What I see in the photo kind of looks like her skirt is right above the knee? Though it is so dark I really can't tell. Help me here?

Edit: Never mind. I was looking at the speaker but hadn't bothered to look at her face. Sarah is sitting. And yep, there's a lot of leg showing, not that it matters all that much to me, as long as she keeps her legs closed.

[BlueJessamine]

14. look at Palin's hand- on her upper thigh,

that's where her skirt ends...:hi:

[Control-Z]

15. Did you see my edit?

I was looking at the wrong person I realized, right after posting.

[BlueJessamine]

16. Yes, so I edited mine too....

It is a dark picture.:hi:

[Control-Z]

21. I've had to edit

practically every post I've made in the past 24 hours. I must be suffering some kind of attention deficit. :dunce:

[Stevenmarc]

13. And a lot of little soldiers came to attention.

[Maru Kitteh]

63. Yup. Becausethose 'pub men love nothing more than a stupid woman in a beehive hairdo

and lipstick on her pigs.

[Happyhippychick]

2. It isn't her superior intellect that has gotten her where she is.

[Blue_In_AK]

3. Thanks for posting this.

Bad enough that she wouldn't let anyone know whether or not she was attending this event (pretty much her modus operandi these days), but to show up dressed in a mini skirt and biker jacket ... I have no words.

[BlueJessamine]

6. you are welcome.

:hi:

[Kerrytravelers]

4. What did we expect? She thinks so little of herself, she has to show her legs because that is all

she thinks she is worth. This is how low she regards her own gender. It's more sad than anything else.

[timtom]

99. I don't usually comment on stuff like this,

but...

Not only did her decorum leading up to the event (i.e. noncommittal to attend), and not only did here physical appearance enhance her cheapness, but her legs are suffering from de-sexification due to age. Bony knees, ugly flesh. I hate commenting on SP, but, DAMN!

[fair trade soy chai]

109. I was gonna say 'meow,' but you are a GUY?

:wtf:

[timtom]

112. I looked at the picture, anticipating seeing a little leg

and was quite disappointed in the image presented to me. She simply shouldn't be wearing miniskirts at this point in her life.

[tanyev]

5. And the freepers say, "Hubba, hubba."

[Bluebear]

8. 'She's so hawt! I'd do her!'

:puke:

[qazplm]

24. I wouldnt disagree actually

problem is I wouldn't respect myself in the morning.

[burning rain]

56. Lots of them really want a Palin-Prejean ticket.

They're driven by a fantasy of those two making out after a couple drinks. FaRtknockers -- overgrown infants.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

7. Russia can see her front porch!

[abq e streeter]

10. Good one--second actual DU -inspired LOL moment in about 5 minutes

you guys are on a roll

[Dappleganger]

41. *spews water on monitor*

:rofl:

[Fuzz]

42. If she crosses her legs ala Sharon Stone we all could!

[BlooInBloo]

52. You win.

[Maru Kitteh]

64. THAT is teh FUNNIEST thing I have read in months.

I'm jealous. :rofl:

[cornermouse]

12. This is ridiculous.

Attack her about her politics. That is what's important and its not as if there isn't plenty to use against her on that score. Attacking her or any other woman about what she chooses to wear is silly and shallow.

[jberryhill]

61. There is event-appropriate male attire as well

Remember Cheney in the green parka at a funeral?

[cornermouse]

82. I don't remember attacking Cheney about his parka.

But again, his policies are far more egregious and worth attacking. Also the comparison between Cheney, who I consider pretty close to evil personified, and Palin, the bumbler, is flawed.

[jberryhill]

83. There was quite the fashion kerfuffle over the parka at DU and elsewhere

My response was directed to the perception that observations over whether attire is appropriate to an event is applied to men and women, and is not unique to Palin.

Here's is one of many examples:

Randi talking about the Cheney "Parka Photo" right now!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3020967

[Maru Kitteh]

85. I do, and you miss the point.

When people, male or female, wear clothing that is greatly divergent from the cultural norm for an event it will cause notice and hence, discussion.

Levels of evil are not germane.

[cornermouse]

86. Poor people wear clothing that can be greatly divergent

from the norm. Shall we attack them for it?

It is not about what they (Cheney, Palin, Bush, whoever) wear. It is about what they say and what they do. Attacking people for the clothes they wear is silly and shallow.

[jberryhill]

93. A Person Quite Capable Of Wearing Event-Appropriate Attire Shows Disrespect By Not Doing So

Palin and Cheney are not ragamuffins with an empty closet.

Another point of comparison - the Bush "cowboy boots with the US Flag on them" which I believe he gave as a gift to a Chinese leader.

Nobody here is going to twitter over someone who is financially disadvantaged having limited clothing options. But we are here talking about people acting in their professional representative capacity, and quite capable of conveying an image other than disrespect.

[cornermouse]

106. Why not?

Their clothing doesn't meet your standards. Your reasoning is that what people wear is more important than what they do or, by extension, what they are; since "are" is the result of "do".

[jberryhill]

107. Where would you get this from what I said?

"Your reasoning is that what people wear is more important than what they do or, by extension, what they are"

How is that at all any kind of rational conclusion based on anything I said?

I did not say clothes are "more important" than what they do, are, or anything else.

If an elected official shows up at a state funeral wearing a thong and flip flops, you'd think it was just fine since, after all, they showed up. Is that correct?

But if the thong and flip flops would raise your eyebrows, then we are not discussing a matter of principle, but a subjective line drawing exercise.

[Maru Kitteh]

113. and straw-men *almost* float on the moon.

[alcibiades_mystery]

104. You don't remember the blow up over Cheney's parka?

Were you fucking unconscious?

[cornermouse]

105. No. It just wasn't as important as what he was doing.

[ColbertWatcher]

17. Yeah, so? I'm sure Rudy 9iu11iani did too.

Can we stop dwelling on what people wear?

[DCKit]

18. S.P. - appropriate as always.

[mitchum]

20. Stay assy Sarah

[blogslut]

23. Skirts shorten when one is seated

Here she is standing:



Yes, the skirt ends above the knee but it's hardly a micro mini. I'm no fan of the governor and the game she played concerning her attendance but Ms. Moore's assessment of her attire at this ceremony is just plain catty.

[emilyg]

26. Thank you. Agree.

[Blue_In_AK]

27. Perhaps a bit catty,

but Ms. Moore was there. And Ms. Moore is an Alaskan and as fed up as the rest of us up here are. We're not cutting the "lady" ANY slack. She doesn't deserve any.

[blogslut]

34. I agree, she deserves no slack

But the description of the skirt was disingenuous.

[Vidar]

66. "No slacks", "disingenuous skirt". What's a girl to wear?

"Never mind." (in Emily Wittala voice)

[redqueen]

90. No, it was a flat-out lie.

That 'article' is idiotic.

HuffPo publishes their share of idiocy these days it seems.

[Telly Savalas]

55. Well the Huffington Post must not think she's doing a bad job

if they feel that her fashion sense is more newsworthy than her acts as governor.

[Blue_In_AK]

57. I believe HuffPo has been publishing many stories

by Shannyn Moore related to Sarah's "real" failures as governor, of which there are many. As I said, this particular piece may be a bit catty, but it underscores the governor's consistent lack of good common sense. A Memorial Day service should have been a somber event, not an opportunity for the governor to show off her legs. That's just my opinion -- and Shannyn's.

[Telly Savalas]

58. The piece is very catty and combines lazy journalism

with a Limbaugh/Hannity-like fixation on the marginally relevant.

Palin was exposed as a light-weight nutjob last year and she has no future on the national stage. She may be news in Alaska, but in the other 49 states the weird obsession with her antics is a lame Two Minutes Hate.

[S n o w b a l l]

29. Thank you!

You answered my question. We were posting at the same time.

[BlueJessamine]

31. thanks for the additional photo

I don't recall ever seeing her two oldest daughters wearing a micro mini either.

Glad to see that Sarah isn't wearing one in this more accurate photo.;-)

[Kerrytravelers]

37. Absolutely, a woman's skirt is shorter when seated. And Palin knows that. She has to.

I still think the skirt was inappropriate to the venue. To me, it's not about the skirt, as I've been known to wear my fair share of mini skirts. It's rather, for me and speaking only for myself, more about Palin's consistant inappropriatness and her insistance in using her looks and not her brains. She thinks so little of herself that all she has is her "hotness" to get anywhere. Yes, she is beautiful. But it's sad to me that this is all she thinks she is. She actually thinks she can *wink* herself into history. She's the anti-feminist, and yet, claims to be a feminist.

[XemaSab]

50. I would say that's 6-7 inches above the knee

definitely qualifying as a mini.

[Politicalboi]

53. I wonder why her hands are out

Like she thinks it's an award for her. LOL! It's not a Moose head or a Bear rug. And yes this picture is better and it's not that short. But that top looks like she got it off the streets.

[Carni]

60. Hate Sarah P but what the f is up with the other woman?

What's the deal with the ill fitting red suit on the other woman ?

[seabeyond]

75. wtf is up with other women. who the fuck cares

about the other womans red suit. not her role to make you happy about her appearance

[Carni]

114. Your posts are always SOOO enlightening

So eloquent, well structured and all around fabulous...in addition your attention to grammer and punctuation is fantastic, as is your extensive vocabulary.

Thanks for yet another informative response.

[S n o w b a l l]

25. Is there a pic of her standing?

Some skirts that hit the knee while standing will ride up that far when sitting. Regardless, how women dress shouldn't be news and people should really STFU.

[Bucky]

30. For the record, this is the hottest GD thread in a long time

[S n o w b a l l]

38. omg...what's that smell?

:)

[Bucky]

28. I wish to support Governor Palin on this issue. Or "If she can shoot a moose..."

"Why can't she shoot a...." Oh, nevermind. The rest of this post is unworthy of me.

Just like that horrible grainy tiny photos is ENTIRELY unworthy of Sarah Palin's outfit!! What's the matter with you? If you're gonna post a topic like this, by criminy I expect to see some serious leggage!

[zbdent]

32. I can see her ***** from my house!

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

33. If you are really up in arms about this the taliban is looking for members.

[Ocracoker16]

35. I don't really care about what Sarah wears

The photo is really lousy. It is really dark so it is hard to see the skirt.

[babsbunny]

36. WHORE!

Yes, I said it! This ain't no Harper Valley PTA!

[rcrush]

39. hawt

[tomreedtoon]

40. Consider: she's wearing a mini in ALASKA.

Alaska, the state where it snows in the middle of July. The state where moose and beavers wander the state capitol. The state where the ice never leaves the ground.

I know that women can tolerate cold better than men, but she obviously had to move her legs around to wear a miniskirt, or otherwise her legs would freeze and crack off.

This is a clear attempt to prove she's tough enough to be President in 2012. That, and shooting the wolves from planes. She's going for a Teddy Roosevelt image, but I think it's the Fur-Trimmed Teddy with Heels that she's doing.

[Bucky]

45. Shame on you, TomReedToon

Did you really think you wouldn't be caught?

Alaska, the state where it snows in the middle of July. The state where moose and beavers wander the state capitol. The state where the ice never leaves the ground.

I know that women can tolerate cold better than men, but she obviously had to move her legs around to wear a miniskirt, or otherwise her legs would freeze and crack off.

This is a clear attempt to prove she's tough enough to be President in 2012. That, and shooting the wolves from planes. She's going for a Teddy Roosevelt image, but I think it's the Fur-Trimmed Teddy with Heels that she's doing.

God, now I can't even stand up. Damn you, Sarah Palin!

[and-justice-for-all]

43. I thought I smelt a rotting corpse like odor in the air..

and I am in Indiana.

[Stump]

44. The Beavers are so big in Alaska...

you can hunt them from helicopters.

[JI7]

46. Nancy Pelosi

the skirt looks shorter than it is when seated. here is Pelosi and i think she looks great. and she has better legs than Palin.

[Bravo Zulu]

47. Maybe, palin thought some of her admirers would be in attendance?

[Generator]

48. Well let's face it

Her only qualifications are giving nutjob GOP's a boner to garner votes for the whackjob side of the aisle. And apparently she knows her only qualifications. It works for Pat Buchanan...and those creepy New Republic old farts.

[HopeHoops]

49. Someone needs to inform the former beauty queen - "YOUR ASS GOT FAT!"

That just needed to be said.

[Bucky]

101. Baby got back (yard)

Seriously, the governor has rockin' caboose. I don't see the need to pretend she's not attractive just because her policies are dumb.

[BlooInBloo]

51. When that's all you have, that's all you have.

[islandmkl]

54. smoke 'em if you got 'em....

i guess...

[Frank Cannon]

59. That's what they're calling a miniskirt these days?

You kids obviously never lived through the '60s.



Now get off my lawn.

[Oilwellian]

62. Oh geesh...I remember wearing heels like that

How embarrassing. And my skirts at the time? Not quite that short, but close enough. I remember when girls were finally allowed to wear pants to school. :D

[Raine]

68. I wore skirts like that

I loved them, still do. Unfortunately at my age they're not appropriate, I'd look ridiculous. :yoiks: :-(

[Vickers]

65. Now *that's* faptacular.

:thumbsup:

[RebelOne]

74. I lived through the '60s and I remember wearing

skirts so short that I did not dare bend over.

[Blue_Tires]

77. man i always knew i came up in the wrong era!

[pipoman]

67. Did she change clothes?

Forgive the site linked, but this is reported to have been taken on Memorial Day..




http://sarahs-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2009/05/photos-from-governor-palins-memorial.html

Isn't there enough actual despicable acts by the 'good governor' to report on without making shit up?

[onenote]

103. actually, this is a different event on a different day

The event referenced in the HuffPost piece occurred on Saturday May 23. It was a Decoration of Honor Ceremony. The photos you've posted are from an event held on Memorial Day itself, May 25.

That being said, the photos posted from the May 23 event don't seem to show what I would call a "mini skirt".

[pipoman]

108. Well

if I wanted to be catty, which I am really not interested in, my wife suggested that the whore-lipstick red shoes in the pic I posted were in fact tacky for a Memorial Day event.. ;-)

[Hannah Bell]

69. who gives a rip? is there really so little of actual political import going on?

the worst economic crisis since the depression & the message of the dem faithful is: palin's skirt is too short.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

70. Imagine if a Democratic Governor or for that matter Michelle Obama did this

The fashionistas on TV, the radio and the Internet would be all over this, often in the guise of political commentary. You'd get a hundred quotes from media talkiing heads and the like saying how it was inappropriate, offensive, not becoming of a Governor/First Lady and so on

But she's a Republican so that's OK for the MSM

[camera obscura]

71. I bet she showed her ankles too, that harlot.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

72. I doubt a mini-skirt would offend many troops

But allowing her to speak? The horror.

:hi:

[JackRiddler]

73. Did she use a teleprompter?! (Does HuffPo have an editor to stop stupid articles?)

The only thing embarrassing here is that a writer would mark themselves as a zero writing ZERO about zeroes. But probably HuffPo doesn't pay for this stuff, so nobody cares enough to do her a favor and stop this article, right?

PS - Gasp! A skirt slightly shorter than what I think is appropriate! Worn by someone I hate! Remind me again, who's supposed to be part of the "American Taliban"? Palin, or her gossip columnist "critics"? (Actually this fails to rise to the level of a gossip column.)

Then again, it's only garnered 1 rec. DU lives?

[shadowknows69]

76. Even Sarah Palin, in full diva regalia, couldn't ruin the day. She just looked cheap.

She's always looked cheap. Even with the expensive clothes she stole from the McCain campaign.

[Orsino]

78. Palin would be foolish not to display her only political assets.

Her last campaign consisted entirely of her being pretty. She's obviously setting the stage for the next.

[Political Heretic]

79. Doesn't this thread strike anyone as a little sexist?

The OP, the article, the responses all serve mostly to remind me how large the gap is between standards for men and standards for women in our society.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

80. yes, it does.

[seabeyond]

81. yes. n/t

[tammywammy]

88. Yes. n/t

[redqueen]

91. Yep.

And it was a lie to begin with. It's not a mini skirt, let alone a micro mini.

Oh, the stupidity.

[jberryhill]

94. But It Was Okay To Criticize Cheney's Funeral Parka? WTF?

Randi talking about the Cheney "Parka Photo" right now!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3020967

Why is it okay to discuss a male fashion faux pas, but not a female one, in your mind?

[TZ]

96. But Cheney didn't get called

names that suggested he was a gigolo.
I'm sorry, criticize the clothes yes, but the whole whore/slut/prostitute theme in this thread IS sexist. And I hate Palin as much as anyone but this thread..turns my stomach.

[redqueen]

102. Thanks for explaining the sexism. Fucking pathetic that it has to be explained....

but there you go.

[Dutch]

97. Yes. n/t

[Ignis]

100. A male governor in a Speedo would be as bad. (nt)

[thewiseguy]

84. She was not wearing a mini skirt. Silly article by huffingtonpost.

[redqueen]

92. "Silly"? You're too kind. It's idiotic.

Shameful, really.

[Crabby Appleton]

95. I agree nt

[ismnotwasm]

87. I can't stand her

But I don't give a fuck about her miniskirt. She'd still be an asshole in pantsuit or a neck to ankle modesty dress. She can wear what she wants

And thanks a lot for the earworm. Now I'll have "Harper Valley PTA" running through my head all day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn4-2qMErgM

[Bragi]

89. Disappointing: I clicked "View All" and all I got was text /nt

[Dutch]

98. Outrageous! Has she no modesty? Clearly she should be wearing a burqa!

[JackRiddler]

110. Exactly.

[deaniac21]

111. This is perhaps the most damning picture I've ever viewed.

[tjwash]

115. So? We have a national fucking dress code now?

Jeez...

[pnutbutr]

116. **That was no miniskirt**

Gimme an fing break. Notice who made the comment about the miniskirt...A Republican lawmaker. Apparently a moral conservative republican lawmaker as the skirt she wore was in no way a miniskirt. It was barely above the knee.