Sarah Palin is not taking her loss well. Thoughts and prayers.

[demmiblue]

Link to tweet

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[Ray Bruns]

1. Cue the claims of fraud and cheating in 3, 2,1,

[brooklynite]

5. Palin is friends with Peltola and voted for her in the #2 slot.

Whatever you think of her personally, there's no evidence that she's going to challenge the outcome.

[madaboutharry]

22. She did conceded rather graciously.

She called Peltola a friend, a beautiful soul, and a great mother.

https://alaskapublic.org/2022/08/31/mary-peltola-wins-alaskas-special-u-s-house-race/

[cilla4progress]

24. Well, this is

awesome.

Thanks for the balanced input!

[Aristus]

26. Well, now that she can no longer trade on her looks, maybe she's decided to assess the value

of being a decent human being.

[FoxNewsSucks]

31. More likely that since they're all running again in November,

someone managed to make it clear to her that "whiny sore loser like tRump" is a bad look, and that's not far enough in the future to make the stupid public forget. So she acts "gracious" for a few minutes.

She had no decency in the past, has none now.

[Aristus]

32. You're probably right.

Still, Perolta will have the advantage of incumbency.

[FoxNewsSucks]

36. I really hope she can pull it off again in Nov

Alaska should have a native representative, and from what I've read about her, I think she could appeal enough to keep winning that seat.

[3catwoman3]

65. Or maybe someone else wrote it...

...for her.

[Aristus]

66. Undoubtedly.

But she delivered it. That counts for something, I guess.

[whopis01]

47. She also said she was reloading

And referred to it as a voting system mistake.

Not what I would call gracious.

[Rob H.]

61. Tom Cotton already went there

“Scam to rig elections”: Tom Cotton fumes over Sarah Palin loss as GOP fans cry “stolen election”
Republicans claim a new ranked-choice system approved by Alaska voters is some kind of nefarious Democratic plot

By IGOR DERYSH
Deputy Politics Editor

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., fumed over Alaska's new voter-approved voting system after Democrat Mary Peltola defeated former Republican Gov. Sarah Palin in a special U.S. House election decided by ranked-choice voting.

...

Cotton, who has been discussed as a potential presidential hopeful, raged over the voter-backed voting changes on Twitter, an increasingly common Republican tactic when their candidate fails to gain the support of a majority of voters.

"Ranked-choice voting is a scam to rig elections," Cotton wrote. "60% of Alaska voters voted for a Republican, but thanks to a convoluted process and ballot exhaustion—which disenfranchises voters—a Democrat 'won.'"

...

Despite Cotton's complaint, Peltola would have still won under traditional rules because she finished first while the two Republicans split the GOP vote share. Voting rights advocates have largely supported ranked-choice voting because it requires the winner to gain a popular majority while traditional rules could allow more extreme candidates to game the system and win with only a plurality in multi-candidate races.

And of course Palin complained about the system in which the person who got the most popular votes won:

"Ranked-choice voting was sold as the way to make elections better reflect the will of the people," she said in a statement. "As Alaska – and America – now sees, the exact opposite is true. The people of Alaska do not want the destructive democrat agenda to rule our land and our lives, but that's what resulted from someone's experiment with this new crazy, convoluted, confusing ranked-choice voting system. It's effectively disenfranchised 60% of Alaska voters."

[Ray Bruns]

63. Thank you for having posted this. Now I don't have to say

I told you so to all these posters.

What the hell, I TOLD YOU SO.

[fightforfreedom]

2. She will be OK, she can go back homeand see Russia from her house.

[Norbert]

27. As long as the liquor cabinet is accessable, she will be okay.

[Diamond_Dog]

3. Back to The Masked Singer I guess.

[Emile]

4. Sorry Sarah, but it was the will of God

that you lost!

[llmart]

6. If she keeps putting herself out there...

she's going to continue being a laughingstock. You think she'd get a clue already.

[calimary]

79. If she keeps putting herself out there ...

will she keep on tugging on her too-tight leather jacket and her too-tight skirt and whatever other wardrobe adjustments she needs from minute to minute? SHEEEESH, girlfriend, get some clothes that FIT.

[llmart]

87. Glad someone else noticed that.

I don't like being catty (except with her, that's OK by me), but who is she trying to kid? Does she think those clothes make her look young? At some point you just have to admit you can't pull that look off any longer. However, she isn't pandering to the likes of you and I (meaning women). She's pandering to the MAGA guys.

[getagrip_already]

7. What nobody is saying - palin lost in the first round - ranked choice only helped her....

RC helped her close the gap, but not by enough.

Palin lost in the first round. Ranked choice did nothing to hurt her.

What really hurt Palin, was Palin. In the end, it was the anti-palin vote that kept her out of office. Had she been any other person, the second choice votes of the third place republican would have gone to her, not the dem.

Chew it.

[Traildogbob]

19. And Cotton

Was on the tube last night saying the Ranked system is a fraudulent “Democrat” scam designed by the left to steal elections.
When it comes to Palin, “Stop the Squeal”…..for God’s sake. 😵?💫😵?💫

[Ms. Toad]

54. It didn't help her.

It is more likely contributed to her loss in the first round.

Voters were free to vote for their true first choice, knowing that voting for the other Republican wouldn't throw the election to the Democratic candidate. That may well have been what prevented Palin from getting above 50% in round 1, which would have eliminated round 2.

It is true that she "caught up" in round two, but round two is the equivalent of a second election, with only those who voted in the first one eligible to vote, with no chance to learn from your mistakes and campaign smarter, or round up more voters, not an adjustment of the cute in the first "election."

[ProudMNDemocrat]

8. Tight clothing, Sarah.

Palin was more concerned with her clothes creeping up on her?

As well as that screeching voice of hers.

[EnergizedLib]

9. Yes, Sarah

More and more Americans are waking up to the insanity that is your party, that you helped create and make what it is today.

Blame yourself.

[tanyev]

10. Aw, she's not gonna get to wear her favorite outfit to a Swearin' In?

[dalton99a]

28. Looks like Boebert's mom

[Emile]

40. Yes, good catch!

[rainin]

30. OMG Did she really wear that? Christian values, I guess. Why not just wear a thong? It's clear

how she thinks she's going to win. She knows her supporters well. Gross

[tavernier]

35. I don't know but the shoes look like Manolos

Last edited Thu Sep 1, 2022, 10:41 AM - Edit history (1)

An easy grand. Wish I could wear heels that high again but heck, I would just keep them on a shelf as reminders of the good old days, lol. If I remember, when she was on McCain’s team, she went out shopping for those kinds of items and spent a fortune until McCain put the clamps on her.

On edit. My mistake; those would be Christian Louboutins, $900, hardly worth buying when you’re on a republican politician’s budget.

[Jade Fox]

39. She bought all sorts of expensive stuff on GOP donors dime during the McCain campaign.....

They were not happy with Grifterella.

[progressoid]

71. Penny ante compared to the Trump Klan

[rainin]

58. The grift is lucrative. I wonder if the tax repeal included any additional tax deductions

that politicians can legally use to buy luxury items. I'm sure they find a way to live very large on other people's money.

[orangecrush]

46. Dayum, Sarah

[3catwoman3]

67. That's really Palin and not Tina Fey doing a SNL bit?

That looks more like a girdle than a skirt.

[tanyev]

68. That was CPAC 2015.

Good bet those political action committee events see all kinds of action.

[napi21]

74. 10" heels & platform shoes? Is she so short she's paranoid about it? n/t

[3Hotdogs]

11. Actually, she handled the loss quite well, acknowledging Ms. Pelota as a friend, good parent

and having the interest in Alaska as a priority. The two had a good working relationship when Palin was governor.

This was posted last night on D.U.

[rpannier]

21. I saw that story as well

There is a difference between being unhappy you lost, and being a sore loser
From everything I've read, she's been a gracious loser

[BannonsLiver]

41. Clearly.

[jerseyjim]

12. The terrible two's WAAAHHHHH!

Another GOP sorehead. Or, should I say shithead?

[enigmania]

13. icky

Something about her just screams "bring twenty dollars and your own towel".

[jaxexpat]

18. The last guy brought $25 since he forgot the towel.

[FoxNewsSucks]

33. She probably thinks her fame justifies more than twenty dollars

[jerseyjim]

14. A true public self servant! n/t

[DemUnleashed]

15. Sure...

Sure she doesn't like their ranked choice style of voting but funny I never heard her complain about the electoral college allowing a Republican to become President even though he lost the popular vote!

[Warpy]

16. No, Sarah, they just didn't want YOU

so pack your carpet bag and go back to AZ.

Crimony, at least Ms. Peltola can TALK.

[RussBLib]

62. exactly. it's not so much that Alaskans love Biden and Pelosi

...it's that so many Alaskans have HAD IT with YOU, you ill-tempered, foul-mouthed asshole.

[Kali]

76. no thanks

we have enough grifting nut jobs from elsewhere. hell, we grow plenty of them from scratch.

[Warpy]

78. Not picking on AZ, actually

It's where she moved when she got tired of those Alaska winters.

She sold it later (unfinished, of course) for a disclosed amount but not disclosed profit. https://people.com/home/sarah-palin-sells-arizona-home/

Yes, unfinished. You can't make this stuff up.

[hadEnuf]

17. We already have enough bimbos in Washington, she's not needed.

They are already doing quite well battling lesbian dance theory with the Gazpacho police, thank you.

[sanatanadharma]

20. Ranked choice voting gave voters multiple opportunities to reject Palin

It is as though:

Is Palin your first choice?
No, OK

Then is Palin your second choice?
No, OK

Is Palin your third choice?
No again, OK

Perhaps Palin your fourth choice?
No, OK you really do not want Palin elected.

[FakeNoose]

52. Love this, and it's so true

[Kaleva]

84. It was said above that Petola was Palin's second choice.

I wouldn't be surprised if Palin was Petola's 2nd choice

[Johonny]

23. I imagine she has stuff on order that she was planning to pay for with the future

grift from holding public office. Now she's up * creek.

[Botany]

25. Video #1

Palin, "Alaska? Joe Biden & Nancy Pelosi .... ah ah ah"

[BlueJac]

29. They just don't want you!

What a whining bitch!

[FoxNewsSucks]

34. Yep.

In a picture-dictionary, her image would be the definition of that phrase.

Followed by several pages of other republicons such as MF45.

[Jade Fox]

37. She's mad cause now she can't quit after a year.......nt

[marmar]

38. I blame it on "The Man"

[Historic NY]

45. Her and Boebert must have been in the same school

[gixxerlee]

42. No lady, they just don't want you

a quitter, a self serving hypocrite, an egotistical liar

[Historic NY]

43. Now she can go buy some new cloths because she barely fits in her daughters stuff

[tblue37]

44. If you have to keep tugging your clothes down like that, they're too tight.

[BlueIdaho]

48. Impressive crowd at her election HQ

Not

[yaesu]

49. A few weeks ago a caller into the Thom Hartmann show said watch this race, Peltola was going to win

this election. Those living in Alaska knew what was going on, how much support she had. MSM is acting like its some miracle.

[Oppaloopa]

50. At least she is not wearing that damn bumpit anymore

[oldsoftie]

51. This shows the value of ranked choice voting.

More voters voted GOP, but a lot of the ones who DIDNT vote for Palin decided that if Begich lost theyd rather have a Dem than Palin.
This is the way things change

[brooklynite]

53. Peltola was in first place BEFORE Ranked Choice Voting.

[oldsoftie]

56. After the initial vote, 60% had voted for the 2 GOP candidates; 40% for Peltola

In the 2nd round, 29% of Begich votes went to Peltola; sealing Palin's fate. Still a HUGE deal in a very red state.
According to 538 anyway

[brooklynite]

57. Doesn't matter...

In a "first past the post" election, the candidate with the most votes wins, even if not a majority.

[oldsoftie]

64. I get that, I'm just saying its telling how many GOP voters picked the Dem for #2.

I doubt we would have seen that 4 yrs ago. Especially in Alaska.
I think rank choice should be the standard. Do away with runoffs altogether. Waste of so much money!

[Kaleva]

83. Would Palin have won if it had just been her and Petola on the ballot

[3catwoman3]

55. Here are my thoughts and prayers:

Thoughts - I have thought, since she first appeared on the national scene, that she is a total idiot. I still think so.

Prayers - I pray that she loses again in November and we never have to hear from or about her ever again.

[pwb]

59. Take the hint pukes

in Roevember you are fucked at every level of government. See ya.

[lpbk2713]

60. Look at it this way Sarah ...

it's one less thing you'll have to quit after a few months.

[lambchopp59]

69. Oh, yes. Tots and plyers.

Hoping this trend grows!

[BigmanPigman]

70. I commented on Chris's reaction as he read it last night.

It's perfect and on air too.

[Aussie105]

72. Palin's turkey interview will live on in infamy!

&ab_channel=redarrowguy

[YoshidaYui]

73. was that last one really her or

Tina FEY... I CAN'T KEEP UP! LOL

[Mr.Bill]

75. This is what happens

when a "red" state only has one congressional seat that can't be gerrymanded.

[Ferrets are Cool]

77. Wasn't it Gods Will?

[Beartracks]

80. Republicans feel so friggin' entitled. Let's end this entitlement program...

... and defund the GOP.

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[Demovictory9]

81. Lol

[KentuckyWoman]

82. How many millions did she picket?

[Kaleva]

85. Who was Petola's 2nd choice?

[dlk]

86. Palin oozes entitlement...

n/t