Worst. Half. Term. Governor. Evar. Part III—The Dissembling [Updated with Video Analysis!]

The story that just won’t quit gets a Third Life from the Queen Quitter herself.

Who are you going to believe—her, or her lying eyes?

The LSM has now decided to use this brief encounter for another one of their spin operations. They claim I – wait for it – “appear to roll my eyes” when the lady tells me she’s a teacher. Yes, it’s come to this: the media is now trying to turn my eyebrow movements into story lines.

And, never being one to Let a Crisis Go to Waste, Sarah uses the occasion of her ugly, awkward confrontation with an Alaskan citizen who despises her to plug her forthcoming “documentary” cable series, which showcases such great Alaskan natural wonders as a freaked-out Kate Gosselin:

One good thing to come out of this little episode, though, is that it helps to remind people once again that Alaska is a great state full of independent-minded people. I look forward to introducing you to some of them in the forthcoming documentary series on life in Alaska! The show will remind you to get outdoors, breathe in God’s creation, and taste the freedom!

I seriously doubt she’ll be introducing us to Kathleen Gustafson. But remember: If you hate Sarah Palin enough to hang a 30-foot banner calling her the Worst Governor Ever, and she mocks you to your face surrounded by her family of thug goons who yank down your sign when they leave, that just proves that Democracy is working and TLC is still your best choice for quality fake documentaries starring arrogant, condescending divas who don’t handle humiliation well.

UPDATE: The Rumproast Film Analysis Team (aka Betty Cracker) gives the video the Zapruder treatment and a Citizen Encounter Rating:

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MyFoxPhilly wonders if the Gosselin crossover will cost Palin votes.

Meanwhile, Levi Johnston didn’t lose a fiancee, he gained a reality show.

Talk about a Ship of Fools. Maybe Sarah can use that as a brand-name for her halibut operation.

Meanwhile, loyal tool C4P doubles then trebles down.

The double is just the Palin “these are not the eyeballs you saw roll” FB lie repeated in a slightly larger serif typeface.

The treble relies on one “liberal Kirstin Powers,” who can’t see what all the fuss is about.

That would be liberal Kirsten Powers who is indeed a Democrat, but has a regular gig at Fox News.

They set the bar pretty low at C4P:

Palin’s first answer is one of the wittiest comebacks you’ll ever hear from a politician off-script. This extremist from Homer holds the contradictory viewpoint that Governor Palin did a terrible job as governor and at the same time, is upset that she resigned. If Palin did such a terrible job, why is this extremist upset that Palin resigned? The fact that Governor Palin thought quickly enough on her feet to come up with an answer that exposed the contradictory nature of the extremist’s argument is quite amazing.

And yes, Governor Palin came off as sarcastic. A contradictory argument deserves nothing more than condescension and sarcasm.

Color me amazed.

My goodness. The C4P cage has been well and truly rattled. Yet another post on Eyerollgate, and this time the hatchets are out for Shannyn Moore again.

Desperate to leave no ass uncovered (I’d love to have been a fly on the wall anywhere Palin was today—a fly with earplugs), the hack lets fly with this:

In her usual style of mindless snark, Shannyn begins with taking aim at Governor Palin’s Facebook post on Saturday in which she alludes to “baiting fish” with a “hook” – an obvious metaphor to what she was doing in taking on PolitiFact and the White House. Moore interprets it literally and, well, she doesn’t get the joke (No surprise. Left-wingers have no sense of humor.)

This will come as a surprise to the loyal C4Pers who were hailing her bona fides as a fisherperson working her ass off, but never mind, look over there:

First of all, Shannyn wasn’t there. She is reporting hearsay. And as we’ve seen in the past with her “reporting” (like that “fact” she reported about the FBI investigation), she just makes stuff up. And that’s what she’s doing here.

This from the site whose “sources” evidently gave them a completely made-up account of the circumstances of the now-viral video last seen lying to the eyes of viewers on Keith Olbermann’s show. But look over there:

Our sources tell us that, to the best of their knowledge, no one was ever frisked and nothing was seized from anyone. Again, it’s Shannyn making stuff up in her hyperventilating style. And when a film crew has a permit, they can dress the set and control the area however they see fit. If someone is wandering into their shot, they’ll tell them to get out of the way. That’s not violating anyone’s rights – any more than telling some moron who wonders into your place of work to please step away from your desk so that you can get your job done.

Ah yes, those “sources” again. Never mind, look over there:

From a normal person’s perspective, it looks like Governor Palin approached the protestor trying to politely reach out to her and find common ground, not infringe in any way on her First Amendment rights. The two had a civil conversation.

Well, other than the pissy headroll and eyeboggling, and the heavies and the “A-hole” thing, yes, it got a bit more civil once Palin twigged she was being filmed and her bully boys quit trying to obstruct the camera. Never mind, look over there:

This may come as a shock to Shannyn because no other politician – Democrat or Republican – seems to have the courage to do what Governor Palin did, namely to reach out to their detractors. Have you seen President Obama or Nancy Pelosi approach a Tea Party protestor to try to engage them in a civil debate? The last time Obama did that he encountered Joe the Plumber – and we all know how that turned out.

Um, Al Franken ...  hang on, I’ve got a list here ... Oh, never mind, look over there:

First of all, I didn’t hear any groans or even see any eye rolls. And belittling teachers? Really? There’s probably no other politician in America that has more respect for teachers. Governor Palin mentioned in her Facebook post on this how many people in her family are teachers.

Er. Reality sucks. Never mind, look over there. In an earlier post they claimed Palin wanted people to see the video as she came out of it positively. But now they want it both ways (did someone say something about “inconsistency”?):

In addition, please note, the video was clearly edited. Our sources have confirmed that the encounter lasted longer than just two minutes, and you can tell as much from the video because it is cut at the 0:34 mark when the Governor responds to the question why she left office. I think we can safely assume that the governor made a strong argument, and leaving that in would counter Shannyn’s agenda. Also, our sources tell us that the protester didn’t even know that Joe Miller is running for the US Senate. She apparently accused Governor Palin of endorsing Joe Miller for Governor. No wonder that part was edited out. It doesn’t make the protester look very smart, does it?

We have a challenge for the folks who posted this video: Post the entire unedited video.

Here’s the extensively edited video. I guess this was they thought these were the parts that would make Governor Palin look “bad.” Nice try, lefties.

I seriously doubt a fuller version of this exchange, if it exists, will show Palin in a better light since her heavies were still full of heavy at and after 0:34. But yeah, let’s see the whole thing!

Good luck with that, Palinbots. Keep flailing. The exercise’ll do ya good.

Ultra-gross wingnut blog Macsmind took to the Googles and tracked down that she’s been pictured singing vocals with a band featuring *gasp* drag performers. I’d heard Homer was a liberalish sort of place in parts, but that’s so cool! It was a musical—you may have heard of it, it’s called Hedwig and the Angry Inch—and she was the director. That’s pretty cool, too!

But the game-changer?

Ta-DA! We’ve all been fooled. She’s NOT a teacher at all. She’s been on the radio ... and she’s a Theater Tech. Oh, those gullible/lying lefties.

Erm, well, that was flying fine and being parroted by all the usual suspects (including old reliable C4P) as a double-reverse “gotcha!” moment, till a couple of the commenters at Gateway Pundit piped up with some inconvenient truths:

Ahem – “Theater Tech” is the name of the class. It teaches highschoolers how to create sets, lighting plans, build props, etc. Her collegue Amy Christenson isn’t a “Music” and Mark Robinson isn’t a “Choir” all by himself. The word that follows their names is most likely the name of the class they teach.

And she’s not a singer in a Drag Queen band, she’s obviously performing in the stage play “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” If she was in the Sound of Music, would you claim she was an Austrian au pair?

But, let’s suppose she really was both just a theater tech and a singer in a drag queen rock band – so what?

Palin showed little class in talking with someone who disagreed with her. She mocked her openly, rolled her eyes when she heard her profession and when the camera was off, her people tore down the sign that Sarah was supposedly working to protect.

Ok, just a couple things to point out, you might want to consider making these points as questions rather than stating them as facts in order to protect yourself. Theater Tech at a school is simply the new name from Drama teacher.

The Master’s degree that drama teachers get include a lot of technical training. (this is different from the Bachelors). There are two Theater Tech’s listed on the Homer high school directory, (Gustafson being one) but no “Drama Teacher”

So, she probably is the Drama teacher. Gustafson is listed as having a teaching certificate since 1995 in Alaska- so even if she is not teaching this year, she can still be considered a teacher since she just renewed her certification.

Also, Hedwig and the Angry Itch [sic] is a hugely popular musical, later made into an award winning movie- so it makes sense that the high school drama teacher would direct a community play. It’s not really a “drag band”. You have to be careful these days, I understand the point you are trying to make, but you need to do it without looking like you are lying or it could backfire.

Too late! Too late!

I hope this goes even more rabidly viral among the RW blogs by tomorrow. They’re going to need a lot of toast to go with all that egg on their faces.

And the hits keep coming at Gateway Pundit:

This blog should take Sarah’s advice…..check your facts. Firstly, Todd does indeed have a set net site in Bristol Bay but from what the locals say…they don’t even pick fish anymore. Secondly, Sarah nor Todd are long-liners…you can’t “see Halibut biting at bait” since Halibut are bottom fish. I don’t know any commercial fishers with manicures or rubber boots like the ones Sarah was sporting.

Mrs. Gustafson is indeed a teacher that also happens to be a theater director, a news correspondent, and board member to various non-profits in Homer, Alaska.
Check yer facts before blogging myopic crap.

And at Palin Promotions:

Kathleen Gustafson is a teacher here in Homer, she teaches theater tech and has been working with local kids in many areas for many years. She directed and eventually played in a few performances of Hedwig and the Angry Inch which was movingly headlined by Atz Kilcher (brother of Jewel) and held over by popular demand because it was so well done. She is a talented educator and a very important part of this town, constantly donating her time to many nonprofits. One thing for sure is she’s no liar!

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