Sarah Barracuda is back allegedly in a "fighting mood," McCain aides claim

[BurtWorm]

From Politico:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0908/In_reintroduction_Palin_to_do_more_interviews_and_tell_her_story.html?showall

In reintroduction, Palin to do more interviews and "tell her story"

...
"She's seen the reviews and heard the criticism, but she's a fighter," said this aide. "And now she's in a fighting mood."

Palin heads to McCain's cabin in Arizona today to prepare for her Thursday debate, and while she's there she'll do a round of conservative talk radio interviews.

"Talk radio is a convenient, powerful and effective outlet," said the aide.

...

"She wants to tell her story more, and people around her do, too," added the source. "This is a governor very much on her toes, very much fed up with inaccuracies and fictions about her own life and career."

To this end, Palin was far more aggressive in another interview with Couric today, this aide said

...

"Sarah Barracuda showed up today," the aide said, reprising the feisty former point guard's high school basketball nickname and one that has been largely forgotten since her post-convention cosseting.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Ooh, she's going to preach to the choir!

What a fighter!

[firedupdem]

2. So why did grandpa have to sit with her yesterday to talk to

Katie? She couldn't fight her way out of a bag....truthfully.

[progressivebydesign]

32. McCain rescuing her sorry ass was SOO fucking sexist! Daddy comes to the rescue!!

It should scare the holy hell out of ALL women that Daddy Warbucks had to save her that way. They're setting back women 100 years.

[madaboutharry]

3. In loving memory of Molly Ivins:

Oh Pa-leeeeeeze!

[TwilightGardener]

4. What story? Her affair with Brad Hanson? Her leaving her town in debt?

Her charging women for rape kits? Her crazy-ass creationist end-times speaking-in-tongues religious beliefs? Her promotion of wolf slaughter? Maybe she thinks people still give a rat's ass about her Miss Alaska runner-up status and her high-school basketball trophies.

[Cha]

43. I want to hear the one about

Walt Monegan and why she fired that fine upstanding citizen of Alaska.

[TwilightGardener]

44. Yeah, the guy who wanted to get serious about prosecuting sexual assaults

in a state that is plagued with that crime--he clearly had to go, the bastard.

[ErinBerin84]

5. talk radio? How does this help again?

[BurtWorm]

9. She's taking it directly to the people

who were going to vote for her anyway.

:patriot:

[C_U_L8R]

6. Good

nothing might be funnier than a barracuda jumping the shark

[Thrill]

7. So shes going to attack Obama and Biden. Thats pretty much all she can do

She certainly can't answer any questions

[blueclown]

8. Who cares about whether she goes on the attack?

The damage has already been done. Her image has been hurt terribly by her latest gaffes, and nothing short of a miracle in the debate will save it. And she is certainly not capable of a debate in the miracle.

And even then, she is still the VP pick and Mccain is still at the top of the ticket.

[BurtWorm]

13. She's being spoonfed one-liners and sound bites.

That's all the debate prep she needs.

[RichGirl]

10. Cabin?

[WI_DEM]

11. Oh, how cute she's going to act like Sarah Barracuda against Joe Biden!

[workinclasszero]

12. buHAHAHA! Bring it Bush in a dress!

Lets see that "fighting spirit" on display in the VP debates! It worked so well with your Daddy McSame!

Trot out that giant intellect Failin, THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING!!! :rofl:

[sad sally]

48. re. fighting spirit

maybe it will come along with her in the form of ole' fightin' Daddy. Can't you imagine McCain standing behind her during the debates saying "let me take that question, Gwen...don't use that gotcha' journalism on my girl!"

[Alhena]

14. A dumb barracuda is still dumb

[H2O Man]

15. Nominated.

This fits in well with previous discussions regarding hoe Sarah's personality will come into play in the VP debate. Rather than appreciating that the debate is supposed to focus on issues facing the country, she wants the country to focus on how "special" she is.

I'm looking forward to Thursday's debate.

[BurtWorm]

17. That is all she has to offer the country.

Her "specialness," such as it is.

[Iterate]

16. What, steroids again?

Candidate doping. I hate it when they do that, it so screws up the record books.

[Orsino]

18. At the precise moment that bipartisanship is needed, even.

Another Fail brought to you by Fail, Incorporated--the makers of Fail(tm).

[alcibiades_mystery]

19. In what respect?

:rofl:

[apnu]

20. So then what was all this sheltering, McCain? You're sad attempt at rope-a-dope? (nt)

[DangerousRhythm]

21. Respectfully...

I don't give a FLYING FUCK about her story. Our economy is in the damn toilet and she wants to tell her story? Shove it, Sarah.

[Avalux]

22. Oh Goodie! Will she attack Biden? I certainly hope so.

I hope she's mean and sarcastic and extreme. Biden will ignore her and calmly speak to the American people.

Sarah Barracuda will not play well with those in the middle who are undecided. This should be fun.

[King Coal]

49. No. Biden won't be able to control his sense of humor. He'll laugh.

She already smarted off about his age. He may try to help her understand questions, and that would be funny too.

[ErinBerin84]

23. is anyone in the media covering that

weird double McCain/Palin interview that aired last night? I know that AC360 and Keith covered it last night, but is it being shown during the day? It was really bizarre. It seemed solely to excuse Palin for her past fuck ups, she didn't mean it and the voter was asking a gotcha question. And it seemed really strange that they chose Couric again, as if to say, "Wait, give us another shot, Katie...we can do it better."

[TwilightGardener]

28. I guess Gramps felt that if he let the widely-mocked interview stand, it would

be the death of his campaign, so it was necessary to take a mulligan and try to replace it with a new joint appearance, with Couric, in the public's memory.

[sad sally]

50. Yup, it did get replayed this a.m. - on cable, plus network channels

almost simultaneously - what a hoot.

[vaberella]

24. For her to be "back"; did she go on vacation and I wasn't aware?! n/t

[Marsala]

25. Well, at least they aren't trying to lower expectations

Of course, they probably don't need to. In fact, at this point, lowering expectations for Palin is close to impossible.

[annabanana]

26. They've got her all hopped up?

Great... that will be even MORE fun to watch.

There's nothing more amusing that a dolt who's really really sure of herself.

[BlueIdaho]

27. Great cuz nothing looks better on dumb than angry. nm.

[bushisanidiot]

29. Good! She's more likely to screw it up even worse!!

hahahaha!

[TwilightGardener]

30. I think she's going to try to take the "hockey mom/old boys network" angle to new extremes.

She'll try to ignore Ifill's questions and make it about her, squeezing out a litter of pups while rooting out corruption (except her own). Women can do ANYTHING!! Female power!!!

[progressivebydesign]

31. Bullshit propoganda. Fuck McCain's "aides", I'm tired of them driving the campaign.

That campaign is imploding.. I can only picture the Keystone Kops with Moussellini at the helm.

Fuck Sarah Palin - perhaps America would love to see her vindictive witch qualities that she is so famous for.

[Phoonzang]

33. We don't want to hear your fucking life story. We want to hear you talk about the issues

and laugh at your idiotic answers. n/t

[Cosmocat]

59. that train has left the station ...

four weeks ago was when she could have played the life story card - when no one knew it, the media was DESPERATELY looking to prop her up ...

40 days to go until the election, and she has been defined by her past actions and her current inabilities. The time to "tell her story" passed, people want to know if she even freakin knows what job she is running for.

[HughBeaumont]

34. Biden is all about the quiet cool. And he shall layeth the smacketh DOWN on her candy ass.

Sarah Palin is walking, talking bullshit. She's what Hank Rollins calls a "Decorator".

[Proud Liberal Dem]

35. Great

Now that they've raised expectations for her, we should all be able to look forward to Biden NOT pulling any punches with her. He said last Friday night that he didn't plan to go easy on her and since "Sarah "Barracuda" wants to come out and play it will make it all the more likely that he won't and we will be treated to a delightful smackdown. :popcorn:

[kath]

36. Interesting background on the "Barracuda" nickname - it's NOT because of how she played on the court

It's all about what a nasty little bee-yotch she was to her fellow players in order to get more playing time:
http://dwb.adn.com/news/politics/story/8334949p-8231037c.html

But her political opponents say there was another side to the charming candidate -- one captured by her nickname from those basketball years, "Sarah Barracuda." Supporters consider the name a testament to her aggressive play and ferocious defense. But opponents said the name captured a predatory instinct that Palin could turn on friend as well as foe -- one they said occasionally revealed itself in the mayoral years to come.


{snip}
Carney, part of an extended and prominent Wasilla-area family that has seen many children through public schools, said Palin's high-school nickname came from her efforts to get more playing time on the basketball court.

"She wasn't what she appeared," he said.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/17/palin_mayor/

But, in hindsight, Carney can see the qualities that have rocket-propelled Palin to where she is today.

"'Sarah Barracuda' -- she's proud of that name now, she uses it in her campaigns," said her former mentor. "But she got that name from the way she conducted herself with her own teammates. She was vicious to the other girls, always playing up to the coach and pointing out when the other girls made mistakes. She was the coach's favorite and he gave her more playing time than her skills warranted. My niece was on her team; she was a very good player. I used to sit there in the stands, and I would wonder, Why on earth is Sarah getting so much playing time?"

And from the Anne Kilkenny letter http://www.andrys.com/palin-kilkenny.html

Around Wasilla there are people who went to high school with Sarah.
They call her “Sarah Barracuda” because of her unbridled ambition and
predatory ruthlessness. Before she became so powerful, very ugly
stories circulated around town about shenanigans she pulled to be made
point guard on the high school basketball team. When Sarah's
mother-in-law, a highly respected member of the community and
experienced manager, ran for Mayor, Sarah refused to endorse her.

[BurtWorm]

37. Very interesting indeed.

Not surprising at all.

[kath]

42. yep, she is one nasty, nasty, sociopathic piece of work.

[Binka]

47. Sarah Must Suck A lot Of Cock n/t

[southpaw]

38. Her 'story' is all she's got

Sorry, Sarah. You're running for the second highest office in the land.

No interveiwer worth their salt (pssst. Hannity.) is going to play softball with you or provide you with an unchallenged forum to tell your fucking irrelevant story!

I don't give a good god-damn about your kids, your beauty pageant days or the fact that you like to kill animals. It is not at all relevant to the governing of this country that your red-neck husband is the Alaskan equivalent of a NASCAR driver or that you name your children the way Faulkner's white-trash family named theirs.

Take your bullshit narrative and shove it up your up-tight, fundegelical, rapture-ready ass!

[Lorien]

39. I guess that she won't be spreading her "JOY"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7254664

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Alter Ego]

40. Governor Palin, Hillary Clinton was a fighter. I knew Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton is a good friend of mine--and you're no Hillary Clinton.

[LibraLiz1973]

41. Talk radio will be MUCH kinder to her

No one will be able to see her reading cue cards
and no one can see her deer in the headlight looks.

[Monk06]

45. Hunker down in Mc Cains cabin and do sort ball interviews with the RW choir on talk radio

And they think that is a winning strategy.

When Biden forces her to defend Mc Cain's
fractured fairytale response to the financial
crisis, she's going to look even dumber than
Gramps. And that is hard to do.

[izzybeans]

46. "Welcome to Q101, Home of the Rock, "You're listening to The Barracuda

and The Maverick!"

Why must they pick corny drive-time radio jockey nicknames in their attempts at "keeping it real"? Seriously, wtf?

[Lugnut]

51. Oh yeah. Good strategy.

:popcorn:

[Ian_rd]

52. Oh oh! You better be afraid, Joe Biden!

She's anngggggrrrryyyyy! Grrrrrr! So angry that she'll go on Rush Limbaugh and say mean 'n' nasty things about libruls! Fear Her!

:rofl:

[torbird]

53. RAISE those expectations, Republicans

[Cha]

54. So she's tired of being obsequious

to mccain's babysitting her on cbs? She's ready to go out on her own and show her pitbull teeth to Senator Biden?

Yeah, we're all atwitter.

[Vinca]

55. I say, in lieu of questions, we have 2 maps of the world erected

behind the candidates. The maps will not contain the names of countries, bodies of water or mountain ranges. The candidate who fills out his or her map first - correctly - automatically wins the debate.:rofl:

[Canuckistanian]

56. Fight, Sarah, fight!

You tell those latte-sipping, Volvo-driving baby-killers they're traitors to America!

And use those exact words!

Don't wuss out this time!

[TooRaLoo]

57. Fighting to get out of a wet paper bag?

I keed, I keed. I wish I keed.

BRING IT ON, SARAH

[zonkers]

58. I say no thank you.