15th January 2009

Let’s talk Emmenak, Sarah

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Dear Sarah:

I understand that you currently have more public relations than policy people on your administrative payroll.  Perhaps it’s time to review how well they’re doing?

I know you’ve been awfully busy giving interviews lately wherein you chastise “anonymous bloggers” for spreading lies and innuendo–I’m guessing related to the whole “is she really Trig’s mom?” question, which is only being followed by hardline nutcases–but don’t you think your PR people might mention Emmenak to you?  It’s been big news in the Alaska blogosphere these past few days, but there hasn’t been a peep out of your office about it.

I would think this would be an excellent chance for you to show your “Alaska mom” instincts, being Mrs. Compassion and Mama Bear, fighting for the health and welfare of the people of your state.

Talis Colberg–interim head of your newly announced Rural Subcabinet–has said (in response to direct queries from media) that they’ll be “reviewing the situation” on Friday.  (Too bad your “rural advisor” walked out in October, and you haven’t bothered to fill the position since then; of course, given that you had left that position open for a year before you filled it in the first place, it sounds like it’s not high on your agenda.)

Tsk, tsk, Sarah.  Bad move.  You should be out there in front of the news cameras, cuddling Trig and fighting back the tears, as you talk about how your heart is breaking hearing of the people of Emmenak and other Inuit villages, forced to the point of deciding whether to heat their homes or feed their children this particularly cold winter because the cost of heating oil soared so high for them this fall.  You should be out there proclaiming that the governor’s office is doing everything it possibly can to provide help, and that you’re going to convene a meeting immediately, blah blah blah.

It was a priceless opportunity, Sarah!  You should have seized it!  You should have gotten out in front of the cameras and shown yourself in an unselfish light as soon as that piece of news hit the front page of the Anchorage Daily News!  Hell, even if you didn’t mean any of it, it would have been great PR.

Unfortunately, it seems that Hugo Chavez–you know, that dude in Venezuela, the one with all the oil, unlike us in Alaska?–heard about it right away, and has pledged help to those villages.

Dayum, Sarah!  You should fire those PR hacks right away!  They’re not doing their jobs!

The worst of it, Sarah?  While you’ve been spending your time granting interviews where you diss bloggers, who has been spending time spearheading help drives?

Um.  That would be bloggers, Sarah.  Like Mudflats.  Like Celtic Diva.  Like Progressive Alaska.

Whoops.

Girl.  You missed a golden opportunity here.  Get with the program!

Sincerely, OmegaMom

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There are currently 15 responses to “Let’s talk Emmenak, Sarah”

  1. 1 On January 16th, 2009, Johnny said:

    2012 baby! That’s all that’s on her mind.

  2. 2 On January 16th, 2009, Courtney said:

    But she can see Russia from her house!

  3. 3 On January 16th, 2009, Julie Pippert said:

    Powerful post with appropriate snark and awesome point!

  4. 4 On January 16th, 2009, Julie Pippert said:

    I might have done a promo and linky love here: http://momocrats.typepad.com/momocrats/2009/01/go-read-it-top-posts-from-around-the-net-tasking-palin-explaining-schip-in-states.html

  5. 5 On January 16th, 2009, Sister Carrie said:

    Oh, man. I don’t think this stuff is even on her radar.

  6. 6 On January 16th, 2009, 3cmum said:

    Arrgh..that woman! And to think…

  7. 7 On January 16th, 2009, Jean said:

    As Sister Carrie said - it’s not on her radar. Never will be until she’s saved Alaska from all those evil Belugas in Cook Inlet, and those Rapacious wolves and the struggling Polar Bears which have the audacity to threaten her moose burgers & hubby’s oil job.

  8. 8 On January 16th, 2009, preTzel said:

    I guess she figures with Russia right in y’alls’ backyard you could just grab a few bottles of 100% proof vodka and heat their homes with that. And hey, if you get the kiddos drunk enough they won’t even notice they’re cold and hungry anymore. Whassa mattah? Don’t like her politics? ;)

    I don’t think Sarah Palin could find her way out of a wet paperbag. I can’t stand that woman. Everytime she opens her mouth I want someone to put a big red apple in her mouth and roast her over an…uhm, nevermind. :D

  9. 9 On January 16th, 2009, noreen said:

    Thanks so much for adding to the voices speaking out for the villages in Alaska. I’ve never been to Emmanok, but I have been to Bethel. I’m an avid fan of progressive Alaska blogs, so I’m up on what’s happening in that village, but the media in the Lower 48 — at least on the East Coast– hasn’t carried anything about the crises there. Keep up the drum beat. I’m so, so tired of that self-centered governor you have to put up with. How many more years is Alaska stuck with her? Two? That’s too long.

  10. 10 On January 17th, 2009, D2 said:

    This governor gig is just a stepping stone. She doesn’t have time to get distracted in the details (like, say, human beings). She’s busy creating expense reimbursement irregularities and planning her political career.

    Are you one of these (insert derogatory adjective) bloggers that try to keep the one and only hope of the right down?

    Good for you. And us.

    But to the point of Noreen - there’s got to be another way to get rid of her for Alaska than sending her to the Senate… how about impeaching her for all the transgressions? Oh, but that would require enough votes for someone else. And last time I checked Ted, the convicted felon, was barely defeated at the last election….

    Sorry.

  11. 11 On January 17th, 2009, Miss Cellania said:

    Wow. With as much trouble as we have down here staying warm, I so feel for Alaskans who can’t buy heat. I would have never known about this issue if you hadn’t brought it up.

  12. 12 On January 17th, 2009, JaneM said:

    I am incensed that here in the New York Metropolitan area we have heard NOTHING, NOTHING about this!! All I have heard about SP is that she is permitting or encouraging arial shooting of wolves. While I find that appalling and have signed petitions to have that stopped where do I sign to protect these PEOPLE? Where are the champions of the native Alaskans?

  13. 13 On January 18th, 2009, carosgram said:

    Well done, Omegamom!!!!!

  14. 14 On January 19th, 2009, Janis C said:

    Obama v. Palin 2012. He won’t have to campaign.

  15. 15 On January 21st, 2009, DUKE said:

    For those of you who believe in reincarnation, she must have been Nero in a former life!!! (Bet you others believe in it now!)

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