OMG, she didn't fire the CHEF!!!!! COUNTDOWN!!!!

[itsrobert]

Coming up. This is the first I heard she was lying about this.

In a few of the rallies she's been claiming she fired the Governor's person chef, because her kids should eat mac and cheese, etc.

[tridim]

1. Now we can start asking, has she been honest about ANYTHING?

[C_U_L8R]

2. Keith has got to slow down

and savor all this GOOD STUFF
hahahaha

[krkaufman]

62. If not slow down, they at least need to be more deliberate ...

... and build it into a more catchy, striking narrative that can go viral. (see "Bosnia sniper fire")

[JuniperLea]

3. The chef?

What is this about?

[itsrobert]

4. She keeps on saying she fired the Governor's personal chef

in her rallies.

[Quixote1818]

15. Delete. I had wrong story. nt

[JuniperLea]

34. No worries... so many lies, so little time!

Is there a consolidated lie list yet?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

21. She claims as her big reforms, selling the jet, firing the chef, firing the chauffeur

Those are supposed to be the big BIG reforms of this crusading reformer.

[JuniperLea]

31. Sounds more like a spoiled brat to me...

I wonder how many pictures there are of her getting out of the governor's limo;)

We know she lied about selling the plane on eBay.

[Sanity Claws]

5. Huh?

Chef? Did you mean Chief? If not, what chef? Who was supposed to have done the firing?

[itsrobert]

8. In her/McBush rallies she said she fired the chef

Keith to put an end to that lie tonight.

[Sanity Claws]

18. Oh my goodness

Maybe she thought the chef was a throw in on the plane she sold on EBay.
Ooops. My bad. She never sold a plane on EBay.

[samuraiguppy]

6. please update

after the segment (I can't afford cable)

[itsrobert]

12. Looks like it's coming up later in the show

I'll try.

[Wetzelbill]

13. I'm sure the video will be up too

In the video section. Or MSNBC's site.

[tazkcmo]

17. Me either :(

so any updates would be greatly appreciated!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. Is her real name even Sarah Palin?

[trueblue2007]

75. No.....It's the Anti-Christ

[Forkboy]

9. New pic of Palin emerges.

[Matariki]

10. Sarah PaLyin' - the LYING LIAR

Wow. She's downright compulsive.

[liberal1973]

52. I like that.

Sarah Palyin'..:-)

[malik flavors]

11. is this breaking news or something?

[itsrobert]

16. not really

Just another day, another Sarah lie caught.

[RollWithIt]

14. Do you mean Chief? The police guy?

She said she didn't fire him?

[itsrobert]

19. The governor's person CHEF

THANKS

[bitchkitty]

23. LOL - I think the poster means Chief. It threw me too. n/t

[Doremus]

24. No, chef, as in food, cooking, etc. I didn't realize there was controversy

so if someone would please update us after the segment. Thanks.

[Quixote1818]

26. No, she said she fired the personal "Chef" who did the cooking.

for the Gov. She has lied about almost every line she had to get applause.

[stanwyck]

28. The personal chef. During her speech at the GOP

convention, she told one of her cutesy anecdotes about how she fired the official governor's chef. And followed up with how disappointed the kids were, laughing, 'cause she's not the best cook. HaHaHa. Like an old joke out of The Lockhorns. It didn't smell right to me at the time. What mother with 5 kids who has the amazing opportunity to have a personal chef wouldn't give up almost everything else before the chef? I knew she was either lying, or just very, very stupid.
(and I like to cook.)

[gauguin57]

74. The Lockhorns! LOL! Sarah's mythology does sound like a hackneyed comic strip.

I spit apple pieces on my keyboard when I read "The Lockhorns."

:rofl:

[lumpy]

50. Chef , cooks food for the gov.

v

[TheFarseer]

51. no no, the chef

she keeps saying she fired the chef and sold the plane on ebay to save the tax payers money. Apparently it's BS? I haven't heard this before.

[gateley]

20. PLEASE bring up fannie/freddie, KO! (Is this a live/today interview?)

[rucky]

22. she's pathological.

seriously psycho.

[whistle]

25. Fired the Chef? Out with the gourmet meals

[VolcanoJen]

27. Oh man I really hope this is about the Chef and not the Chief

That would be hysterical!!!! So much for the kids and the mac-n-cheese?

[FightingIrish]

29. They do love a good yarn up in the frozen north

Could this be her autobiography?

[krkaufman]

64. Excellent. I could see that as the initial frames of a video ...

... and then the page opens to a series of manufactured stories embellishing her record.

[DemzRock]

30. Palin is from SOUTH PARK?

I added glasses to forkboy's image:

[VolcanoJen]

32. The Chef became a "Constituent Related Assistant!!!!"

:rofl: :rofl:

And never stopped cooking for Palin's family!!!!!! I LOVE YOU KEITH!

[itsrobert]

37. Thanks

You got it!!

[Glimmer of Hope]

33. The chef? She lies about everything!!

[VolcanoJen]

35. I can't stop laughing! So the kids aren't eating mac-n-cheese after all????

KO reported it but didn't source it... anyone have a linky, 'cause man is that a whopper!!!!

:rofl:

[Bread and Circus]

36. I've heard her say she fired the chef but she really didn't?

[VolcanoJen]

38. Correct! She didn't fire her, she just made up a new title for her:

"Constituent-Related Assistant."

:rofl:

And she never stopped cooking, according to KO. Still looking for some deeper reporting on this, but on its face it sure looks like a another Palin whopper!

"Constituent-Related Assistant." Isn't that kinda like when they renamed WMD's "Weapons-Related Activities"? :rofl:

[Bread and Circus]

55. Get the fuck out....lol !

[seabeyond]

39. runs on a mom that serves unhealthy mac and cheese instead of a well balanced

meal. tell me WHY she is getting mom of the year. i do not think there is a single parenting decision she has made that is FOR her friggin kids

and then of course, she lied.....

[VolcanoJen]

40. DailyKos story on "fired the chef" whopper

She didn't fire her, she "reassigned" her and gave her a new title. Since Sarah doesn't actually spend any time near the capital of Alaska, Juneau, I guess she didn't need the chef?

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/7/155428/5188/695/590184

The chef Sarah fired in fact still prepares elitist gourmet meals in Juneau for government employees, just not in the Governor’s Mansion. According to an item in this ADN article from 1/20/08:

"Stefani Marnon was first reassigned as a ‘constituent relations assistant’ in the governor's office and later to the state museum. Earwigs report she's finally landed where they really appreciate a good chef: the Legislative Lounge. Lawmakers were smacking their lips in anticipation, according to Sen. Kim Elton's newsletter."

Sarah Palin, far from being a down-home fiscal hawk standing up to a decadent government culture, first placed Marnon in a make-work job, then placed the chef where her presence would most appeal to political insiders, literally catering to the finicky taste buds of state politicians.

But that’s not all. The breezy item, headlined "Chowhounds", starts off by giving away the actual reason Marnon left the Governor’s Mansion:

"Remember the long-time executive chef who lost her job at the Mansion when Sarah decided to live mostly in Wasilla instead of Juneau?"

Marnon, in short, wasn’t fired to save money. She was fired because Governor Sarah Palin – whose executive credentials, displayed over an 18-month term, far out-strip Barack Obama’s accomplishments in some people's minds – spent most of her time as governor 567 bad-road miles away from the capital of Alaska.

[Whisp]

41. I still don't understand where the chef is and where her family is...

??
is the chef still preparing meals for her family but under a different title?

lol. this is rich.
forked tongue Palin

[VolcanoJen]

42. Palin lives 500 miles from the Capital. She couldn't fire the chef just because she abdicated Juneau

So she gave her a new title, and she's still cookin' up a storm.

Palin lied about firing the Chef. She was never fired. It's just that Palin doesn't live in Juneau!

[tanyev]

47. Wait, where have I been?

She still lives in Wasilla even after being elected Governor? WTH? So the duties of Alaska governor are so feather weight that she doesn't even have to live in the FREAKING CAPITAL CITY? How in the sam hill is she racking up all this "executive experience" from over 500 miles away? And does she plan to keep living in Wasilla if, God forbid, McCain won the election?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

48. Is the Lieutenant Governor carrying out many of her duties?

Allowing her to get out of town for several days at a stretch? The way the City Manager performed a lot of the duties when she was mayor?

[JBoy]

49. Sounds like she phones it in.

[SaveAmerica]

72. Nope, that would cost the taxpayers money, she fired off shots in morse code...

[Indenturedebtor]

71. Well she got one of those degrees from Sally Struthers in "Executivisinating" or some such ; ) n/t

[Clio the Leo]

43. ok that does it!!!........

Someone in AK needs to start interviewing the moose ........ mooses? ....... anyway .... and see if we can find evidence that she ACTUALLY shot one ... she if there are any moose ...... er um ... mooses ....... meese? .......... who are grieving over lost family members.

I'm sure we'll discover it's the "will of God" that she lied about her lack of moose shooting.

[Whisp]

46. maybe she once switched off the Rocky and Bullwinkle show.

:rofl:

[dave29]

56. Moosen

.

[Barack_America]

44. Has she ever said something factual?

At this point I'm beginning to doubt it.

[eleny]

45. Priceless

[Bensthename]

53. WHEN WILL SHE BE CALLED ON HER FUCKING LIES?

or is that still sexist and lib media bias?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

54. Without these cute little fables like the jet, the chef, the chauffeur, she'd have nothing to say

Give her a break. You don't want dead air on her end of the microphone, do you?

[Chloroplast]

57. She's a sociopath. Who lies about firing a chef?

They act as if a Chef is a huge deal; it shouldn't be for a Governor that may have to host dinners at the Governor's mansion or some cocktail hour. Being a wife, mom and politician can't be easy and there's no shame having staff around to make sure that you're the best that you can be. The next thing she'll be saying is that she personally home schools her children.

[Iris]

58. I know. Why would anyone want to achieve anything if it means you STILL feed your kids mac and

cheese?

[rbrnmw]

59. omg She is the gift that keeps on giving

for Obama that is

[Erin Elizabeth]

60. If this story stood alone, I'd be all "meh."

But along with her other lies, there's certainly a pattern of dishonesty that's more than troubling. I might add, they're really highly unnecessary lies, too. Those are the weirdest type.

[krkaufman]

66. Exactly!! Just remember the "Bosnia sniper fire" embellishments of Hillary ...

... and how they were really unnecessary, but perhaps motivated by similar need: to embellish one's record in order to cover for perceived weaknesses. That bridge is Palin's sniper fire, but it hasn't caught on, yet.

[tosh]

76. Yeah,,,THAT'S the ticket...

[krkaufman]

61. And Keith finally said what needs to be echoed... "it's lying to embellish her record"

Olbermann intimated the overarching motivations for the lies, but didn't build it into a striking narrative (like the "Bosnia sniper fire" narrative that hurt Hillary).

He needs to keep on this.

[young_at_heart]

63. It begs the question: What has she said that IS the truth?

It would seem her credibility is on a par with Bush/Cheney.

[kath]

65. She also lied about the PTA

see this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6979501

see my posts # 28 and 29 in that thread re: the timeline. During the period when she said she was in PTA, her kids would have been 3 years old or under.

Sorry, there's no PTA for preschools.

[quiet.american]

67. She really is George Bush in lipstick.nt

[YouCanCallMeJack]

68. More of the same...people, go for real issues, please, I beg of you!

I hate to be the party pooper, and I am sure I'll get lambasted for it, but in her speech, she never said "fired".

Palin at the RNC: "...I love to drive myself to work. And I thought we could muddle through without the governor's personal chef, although I got to admit that sometimes my kids sure miss her."

The Anchorage Daily News even did a piece on this back in 2007. From the article: "Bottom line is, the governor does not need a gourmet chef at the mansion," said Meghan Stapleton, the governor's spokeswoman. "From the start, she's been very uncomfortable with a gourmet chef. It's a luxury she doesn't think Alaskans should be paying for. Even if the family was there 24-7, the governor would not want a luxury item like a personal gourmet chef at the mansion," Stapleton said. "Now granted, during the height of the session, there are more receptions, more expectations for people to stop by, and then (a chef) is very helpful. But on a day-to-day basis, with the family, she just feels that's one luxury item she will not need. The Palin family will prepare its own meals", she said.

Once again, this was printed back in 2007, not yesterday.

http://dwb.adn.com/news/politics/story/9090479p-9006523c.html

If she used the word "fired" since then, it is still splitting hairs. NOW, can we stop grasping at straws and get on with the REAL issues and get Obama elected? I'm sure he doesn't need this kind of "help". We are looking like loonies hovering over her like vultures, looking for a scrap, and hoping to stretch it into a 5 course dinner to impress anyone who will listen. The problem is, no one is listening. This is not how you win elections.

[TheKentuckian]

69. It's the lies Jack

it's the nonstop flowing of the lies.

THEY NEVER STOP LYING EVER!!!

It's not a distraction from the issues because it is an issue. Are we to trust the country with people that will lie just on a whim so they can have a compelling story?

McCain and Palin are dishonest and build themselves up based on lies and truth twisting.
Is this the end all be all? Probably not, but she's QUICKLY building a dossier, QUICKLY.

[YouCanCallMeJack]

70. True, but...

can we please stick to the actual LIES then, and not the twisting of words to fabricate lies to fit our agenda? We have to look past our biases and be more objective and get all the facts before we commit to the lies. Ever hear of the boy who cried wolf? People will stop listening.

[progressivebydesign]

73. Considering her kids never lived at the Capitol, and she collected a per diem for being at home..

WTF would the chef have any say in what her CHILDREN eat?

What a bunch of lying sacks of shit.