Sarah Palin Turns Biker Chick and Chats About Her “Snow Machine”
Paul Sr and Palin on "Bear" Couch
Former GOP VP candidate, Sarah Palin, won’t be strapping on leather chaps and straddling a motorcycle in Easy Rider 2 any time soon — although I am sure that cultist Greta Van Susteren’s hubby John Coates would eagerly back it and watch it over and over.
Palin welcomed the Orange County Chopper boys to Anchorage because they are building a chopper to commemorate Alaska’s 50 years of statehoood. Um…ok. Paul Teutul, Sr.,who resembles a walrus with that overgrown stache on his face, is the biker boss at Orange County Ironworks and Orange County Choppers. Teutal also stars in TLC’s “American Chopper” with sons Paul (who always gets yelled at by Sr.) and Mikey (who can do no wrong and always cracks Sr. up), who together own a chain of nationwide stores. They have designed over-the-top ornate choppers for the likes of Leno to Lance Armstrong. Many critics would argue that their bikes don’t run and nobody actuallyrides a chopper.
The Chopper Boys met with Palin in her office while taping a segment for their American Chopper show. Wonder if Mikey wore his shorts to Alaska? Rumor has it, that this segment was taped right after the election ended. Does it really matter? Well yes, pundits are saying this was a PR stunt for Palin’s career. DUH! How can it not be PR, that’s all this woman does!
When the Orange County boys walked into the room, Palin said “Holy Moly! Hello, how are you? Nice to see you! Are you stayin’ warm?”
Paul Sr. asked Palin if she had a snow mobile, she said yes she had a “snow machine“. WHAT? A SNOW MACHINE? Wait…does it make snow cones too? After doing a quick google search, apparently only Alaskans call snow mobiles “snow machines” because everyone else considers the term to represent a machine which, well, makes snow. Those crazy Alaskans and their Palinisms!
Speaking of Palinisms, Sarah’s constant use of “Holy Molys” and ”you betchas,” and her misappropriation of McCain’s term “Maverick” during the campaign along with her incessant need to wink, just made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. And based on the election results, I am NOT alone. Needless to say, I just can’t stand the woman.
The Soup Blog sez:
If there’s one thing Sarah Palin likes, it’s the great outdoors, as seen from a snowmobile, a helicopter, a motorcycle…pretty much anything with a motor and a spot you can shoot from.
Thus, it was a summit made in nature-crunching hell when the galoots from American Chopper brought their gear, guts and that disturbing mustache to the office of Alaska’s hottest governor.
The occasion? Paul Teutul Sr. is building a chopper to commemorate Alaska’s 50 years of statehood. Despite the stench of an obvious PR move (and his refusal to take the hint that it’s a “snow machine”), Palin welcomes the biker boss, who for some reason wears his shades throughout the meeting. Make of that what you will.
One question: Did Palin kill that couch herself?
I found it impossible to focus on anything that Teutal and Palin were talking about watching that clip, due to the HUGE FREAKIN’ DEAD BEAR Palin was so casually leaning on. It disgusted me to no end. We all know she is a moose-bagger, but I guess it was her Dad who shot the bear. Bloodlust runs in the family it seems.
Who would want such a beautiful animal killed and STUFFED to put in their office so they can use it as an arm rest? Answer’s simple, wacky Sarah Palin.
Let’s see all you Palinites defend THAT decorating faux pas!
Then again…most of Palin’s supporters LOVE the NRA and killing things and what not. Nothing like killing a furry creature to get you all hot and bothered ay? Eh.
A snippet quoted from her bio on the Alaska Commission website states “she is a lifetime member of the NRA and enjoys hunting”. Such a lady!
I seriously would not be surprised if we saw Palin and the Nuge (that’d be Ted Nugent, who penned the book, Kill It and Grill It) on a TV hunting special. I bet Palin would chomp at the bit for a chance to go bow hunting with the Nuge! She can pal around with the Nuge’s wife Shemane and they can exchange moose and ‘possum stew recipes. You betcha! wink wink! What would Ellie May think?
Even People commented on the “bear throw” in the clip:
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin shows off her office décor – including a grizzly bear throw! – while taping a segment for TLC’s American Chopper.
In a two-minute clip filmed inside her Anchorage office, Orange County Choppers boss Paul Teutul Sr. talks in Thursday night’s episode about building a motorcycle to honor Alaska’s 50th anniversary while Palin leans back with her arm resting on a bear that was shot by her father, Chuck Heath.
With the bear’s mouth agape and hanging off her left shoulder, Palin casually replied, “We’ll ride it to the fishing hole,” in regard to the commemorative chopper.
Getting back to the bike…
Although building a chopper is a cool way to commemorate a state, I guess, I don’t think a chopper represents Alaska in the farthest stretch of the imagination. I am not saying that they should commemorate Alaska’s 50th year statehood by erecting a giant “snow machine” statue, but commemorating Alaska with a chopper is like Florida commemorating its state with a giant igloo statue.
Oh, calm down, I know it is only PART of Alaska’s commemoration celebration. Of course they issued the standard commemorative stamps and coins, and apparently they have a whole myriad of festivities planned.
But a chopper? Wonder where the planter chopper will end up?
Maybe it will end up in Palin’s office along with the stuffed bear.
Two things that will never move again, to share an office with another thing that will never move out of that office.
Which seems oddly appropriate, now that I think about it.
*wink, wink*
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Palin makes my skin crawl. Has this woman ever met an animal she didn’t want to kill?
I remember first hearing that McCain had chosen her for his running mate and thinking that McCain obviously didn’t care so much about actually winning.
Can she please disappear somewhere, never to be seen or heard from again. And here’s hoping she takes Ted Nugent, Glenn Beck, Limbaugh and all the other right-wing, anti-gay, anti-choice, pro assault rifle nuts with her.
Comment by Rachel — May 13, 2009 @ 12:41 pm
How does it feel spending a few hours writing about a 2 minute video clip?
If you actually had a brain, and the ability to look things up, you would have found that Alaska has more motorcycles per capita than any other state. Alaskans eat, therefore, most of them hunt, since beef and pork is very expensive since it has to be imported from the lower 48, even city dwellers go out and hunt. Alaska also has large numbers of predators, such as bears, and wolves, which have to be controlled, otherwise they pose a danger to people. The state you live in probably encourages hunting of animals such as deer, and if not enough deer are killed by hunters, the Dept of Natural Resources sends its people out to thin out the herds.
You really should check yourself into a clinic for treatment of your Palin Derangement Syndrome. Better yet, buy her book when it comes out, you may actually learning something.
Comment by greg — May 13, 2009 @ 1:52 pm
Is my post caught in the spam filter? Release me!
Comment by Rachel — May 13, 2009 @ 2:18 pm
Queen generally posts a little on the hyperbolic side, but I don’t find her offensive. However, as an Alaskan, I have to say that Queen should not dis’ Alaskans if she is only defaulting to the stereotypes of Alaskans. What, she is now going to make fun of people from Minnesota because they call it “beeahr” instead of “beer”?
I defer to the Alaskans who call snow machines “snow machines.” I’d give a mite more credibility to the naming by people who live with a lot of snow as to how to name equipment used in snow generated by nature. I don’t know, calling something a “snow machine” because it generates snow really underscores the effete nature of Outsiders, who have to generate snow and probably think wildlife are the canadian geese who take over the outside fountain at the mall.
Don’t know about whether Palin or anyone else ate the bear in the photo. If not, she might have violated the Code of the North, which is more serious up here than the Alaska Statutes. The Code of the North includes such precious admonitions as “never speak of women disrespectfully; we all had mothers,” “don’t tell the other fellow your troubles, especially love or matrimonial affairs because he may have a lot of his own,” and “keep off the other fellow’s trap line, both literally and categorically.”
Like or dislike Palin. I don’t care. But I don’t think Alaskans have the Palinisms, but maybe, Palin has some Alaskanisms.
Comment by P2 — May 13, 2009 @ 2:36 pm
In all fairness to Queen, when I edited this, I did check to see if the average person called a Snow Mobile a Snow Machine, and they don’t, so while I concede that Alaskans have a lot more snow to deal with than us south of the biggest state in the Union, it doesn’t mean it is a universal term. Worse yet, Palin basically correct Paul Sr. when he referred to it as a Snow Mobile. Kind of insular if you ask me.
I honestly had the utmost respect for the state of Alaska, its heritage, history and beauty, that was until Palin came along. I know that seems short-sighted, but if she’s the best this small (as in population) but mammoth state can offer, that could be the reason for the disconnect in people’s perceptions of Alaska.
Palinisms aside, she’s not the most well-spoken or articulate person in the GOP. She does the gorgeous state of Alaska a great disservice and for that I am sad.
Comment by D — May 13, 2009 @ 5:14 pm
Oh and Greg, I am pretty sure most people, regardless of fact-checking, would never associate an open-air vehicle with a state which has an average temp (using Juneau) of 47, that’s hardly bike-riding weather.
And most of understand that Alaska’s wildlife, besides presenting almost unfathomable beauty, is also a source of danger. I think most people’s issues with Palin and the hunting thing, is her overzealousness towards guns and hunting. She comes off as very one-sided in her views towards nature and we know she’s a religious nut. I have no problem with people hunting for food, that is a necessity, but hunting for sport and killing animals just because you like to kill things, WTF?
That’s pretty against God’s will if you ask me. Just ask the natives of Alaska and the rest of the U.S how they feel about our attitude towards wildlife, and hell, they lived here before us and managed to not destroy their habitat.
Whatever criticism Palin attracts, she brings it on herself by being a divider and making polarizing statements. She is NO statesmen.
Comment by D — May 13, 2009 @ 5:22 pm
D,
as always, I appreciate your viewpoint, but I don’t really agree. It’s pretty hard to categorize Alaskans, and Alaskan natives fall into that. Some Alaskan natives live the subsistence lifestyle, some do not. Some Alaskan natives use their native rights in a commercial manner, some live in a village and still use a honey pot. All choices. We just don’t do stereotypes up here. You can walk by what appears to be a homeless person and they own the local mall. You can see a guy in a Mercedes drive up to a trailer. It’s a wonderful place to live and let live.
It may be a provincial thing to call a snow machine a snow machine instead of a snow mobile. So what? Some people call it soda, and some people call it pop. Implying someone is “dumb” because they don’t use a term that “everyone else” would use is superficial. The meaning is conveyed, and the word appropriately is used (it is a machine for the snow). Much less “dumb” than saying “for shizzle,” which I would understand as well.
Sarah Palin has been a good governor in terms of what she promised to do: clean up and shake up the ole boys. But whether she has done other things that meet with what the Lower 48 would want for Alaskans is another thing all together. Whether she has done other things that meet with what Alaskans want her to do also is another thing, and subject to a vote. And whether her skills translate to the other 49 states, who don’t have our issues, culture, or social pressures…I don’t have a dog in that fight. I just wouldn’t underestimate the woman, if I were a gambler.
We all seem to be able to do is say this or that politician is bad because they have X fault which we find horrible. Some may say that Sarah Palin is inarticulate, some may say that she speaks to them. Some may say that John Kerry is a blatherer, some may say that he is intellectual. It doesn’t really matter. It all comes down to choices and preferences, and we can excuse anything of someone we think “get us,” and, as we find during election season, we often can accept almost anything of someone who is “not the other guy.”
Comment by P2 — May 13, 2009 @ 7:14 pm
Uhhhh, is Greg saying that meat is expensive in Alaska, so therefore Palin can’t afford it and has to bag her own dinner?
Also it may not be a dumb thing to use the term snow machine,(LOL) but it wass DUMB for Palin to correct someone about it.
AND then P2 says that Queen is dissing Alaskans, P2 says:
“I don’t know, calling something a “snow machine” because it generates snow really underscores the effete nature of Outsiders, who have to generate snow and probably think wildlife are the canadian geese who take over the outside fountain at the mall.”
Who is stereotyping now?
Also people, this is a GOSSIP blog. Get it?
Comment by Terry — May 13, 2009 @ 7:38 pm
Love to see insular urbanites and their irrational fear of guns, their hatred of the 2nd Amendment, their Disneyfied view of nature and their inability to understand the necessity of hunting when it comes to conservation.
And I’m still not understanding the irrational hatred Palin brings out in some people. It seems to be more cattiness and misogyny than politics, IMNSHO.
Comment by Baba Yaga — May 14, 2009 @ 2:21 pm
Queen here,
To Greg,
Buy Palin’s book so I can “actually learning something”
uh…. ok… yeah., that will happen. NOT!
And you asked “How does it feel spending a few hours writing about a 2 minute video clip? ”
Pretty damn good! thanks for asking!
And to Baba Yaga, I am proud to have an “irrational” fear of guns. But I think my fear is RATIONAL. Sorry.
Oh! and I hate anything Disney. Sorry. They are one of the major polluters of the world, and I once went there about 15 years ago, and vowed never to return.
If you are saying that Palin needs to bag moose for conservation, well now I hate her ever more. Thanks.
Again,the hatred…. not irrational, but rational.
It was her POLITICAL “maverick” views that made me hate her in the first place, not cattiness. wink wink
The 2nd Amendment, the Right to bear Arms?
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
You mean that 2nd Amendment??
It’s 2009, honey..It should be the right to ARM BEARS!
Please don’t tell me that the bear in Palin’s office HAD to be shot. It probbaly went something like this….
Palin: “Daddy please…. I need a big ol’ dead bear to decorate my office with, pleeaassseee Daddy!!! will yah shoot it for me????”
Daddy: “you betcha!, let me get on my snow machine and bag it for yah darlin’”
Palin: “Oh Daddy….. you are such a maverick!”
Give me a break people! Blech!
Comment by Queen — May 15, 2009 @ 4:23 pm
A gun is a tool. It is only as good or bad as the person who uses it. It is irrational to fear a mere tool.
Criminals do not join the NRA. People like me, who have killed nothing but insects, join the NRA. (I do enjoy target practice — don’t knock it ’til you’ve tried it.) I don’t hunt, but I’ve known a lot of people who do. I’ve eaten deer meat lots of times. When prepared properly, it’s very tasty — tastes like beef. Guess were all a bunch of evil animal haters.
If you are saying that Palin needs to bag moose for conservation, well now I hate her ever more. Thanks.
Um…why? You do know what I mean by conservation don’t you? Wild animal populations have to be controlled when they don’t have enough predators in the wild. Otherwise, they overpopulate and run out of food, get diseases, run out in highways and cause accidents (some of them deadly for humans). That’s why the deer population has to be controlled where I live.
It’s 2009, honey..It should be the right to ARM BEARS!
I assume this is your way of saying the 2nd Amendment is outdated? I think it will only be outdated when self-defense and defense of others is outdated. And remember, if someone can declare the 2nd outdated, how long until they say the 1st is as well?
I won’t further engage you in this discussion since the rest of your post does indeed reveal irrational hatred.
Blech, indeed.
Comment by Baba Yaga — May 16, 2009 @ 12:22 am
Oh Baba Yaga, why beat up on the writer? There are THOUSANDS of people who despise Palin, get used to it. And the last I checked I am pretty sure people have the right to their own opinion, and there is a little something called freedom of speech.
Of course there must be conservation, but does that conservation have to show Palin smiling and holding up a dead moose on the Alaska website? And you didn’t menion her dead bear couch. What is the reason for her to show that on camera? People where horrified.I serioulsy doubt that bear HAD to get shot.
And you keep talking about irrational hatred. People can hate who they want, and it can be rational or irrational. Its what makes the world go round.
Grow up.
Palin is a damn FOOL.
Palin does equal blech, your WAY out numberered.
Comment by Palin is FAIL — May 17, 2009 @ 8:42 am
SARAH PALIN FOR PRESIDENT. THAT IS ALL WE NEED A WOMAN WITH GUTS AND REALISTIC. ALASKA PEOPLE AS NEW YORK PEOPLE HAVE THEIR DIFFERENT LIFESTYLES AND ACCORDINGLY LANGUAGE, THEREFORE WHETHER SHE USES A SNOW MACHINE OR A SNOW MOBILE,,,SHE WOULD MAKE A GREAT PRESIDENT. A WOMAN THAT SAYS IT LIKE IT IS.
……..SARAH PALIN FOR PRESIDENT….
Comment by Lee — October 29, 2009 @ 9:54 am
Lee! ROTFL!!!!
Thanks for making me laugh out loud today!
Keep dreaming Buddy!
Sorry to burst your bubble, but Palin is only interested in getting back into the limelight for money, not the presidency.
And you know what else Lee? Easy off the caps bro….
THERE IS NOT NEED TO SHOUT YOUR IDIOCY!
Comment by Rightwingers are Silly — October 29, 2009 @ 10:15 am