The Comments on the Palins' brawl story on the Anchorage

[Ilsa]

Daily News are hysterical!

Jean Clarkin
I don't think this is what socialists mean when they talk about a 'classless' society...


http://www.adn.com/article/20140912/more-details-emerge-fight-witnesses-say-involved-palin-family

"Wasillabillies"

[TexasProgresive]

10. That kind of elitism does not represent progressive values

There are more odious people living in mansions than trailer parks. The denigration of the working poor on DU is despicable. If you can't insult the likes of Palin on her on demerits without trashing the innocent poor then please don't comment.

[Demeter]

12. The Palin Clan IS the Alaskan Elite

Unlike that little Texan socialite, what was that name? Joanne King Herring, who was bored and decided to set up the Mujahaddin in Afghanistan....thereby giving birth to Osama binLadin and Al-Quaida....

Quality will out. Odiousness knows no boundaries.

[TexasProgresive]

13. I agree-it is putting everyone who lives in a mobile home

in the same class as Palin. That is wrong.

[George II]

20. Some of my best friends live in trailer parks

[Louisiana1976]

31. My sister's first home after she was married was a mobile home--and she was not "trash."

[Gormy Cuss]

15. Trailer parks should be more common in this country.

Mobile homes are often the cheapest way to own a single family detached dwelling. Mobile home parks make such housing affordable closer to urban areas where the jobs are. Moreover, while many mobile homes aren't much to look at from the outside, the interiors of modern double wides are more efficient use of space than a lot of stick-built housing.

Then there are the people who live in them, who far from the "trailer trash" stereotype represent a broad range of low and moderate income people including a fair number of retirees and people who are shut out of buying other housing by the high cost of land where they live and work.

[awoke_in_2003]

40. Too bad they are built like crap...

and won't last 20 years.

[Gormy Cuss]

41. Nope, newer ones are good for about 30-40 years if well maintained

But even at 20 years of shelf life that's pretty cost efficient housing in much of the country.

Regs changed in 1976? and manufactured homes now are much better built.

[awoke_in_2003]

42. I will trust you on that...

Oh, and I wouldn't buy a new home today, either. They are build shoddy and quick. My house (built in 1958) is solid as a rock. It gets paid off next year, and I am going to gut it, replace the windows, and do the spray in foam insulation, as well as other energy efficient items.

on edit: And I should say that my experience with modern homes is in Texas, not sure how well regulated the industry is in other states (it isn't well regulated here)

[Gormy Cuss]

43. Exactly -- many new wood frame buildings aren't built like they used to be either. n/t

[SylviaD]

23. THANK YOU TexasProgresive! My thoughts exactly. n/t

[arcane1]

27. Exactly. Imagine a post like that, but about a public housing project instead of a trailer park

That post would be hidden faster than the speed of light, and rightfully so.

[notadmblnd]

35. So, calling them Wasillabillies is alright?

Cause I didn't see you tearing into the OP like you did the other person.

What's up with that?

[TexasProgresive]

36. I just choose my battle

For what it's worth- I am not responsible for that post being hid. I don't alert and was not on the jury+ I have been on quite a few juries and the only time I voted to hide was an ad hominem attack on another poster.

[Ilsa]

39. The OP didn't mock people in trailers.

And while I thought wasillabillies was funny, alot of people in Wasilla consider it a term of endearment according to the newspaper comments.

[notadmblnd]

44. Whether some in Wasilla consider it a term of endearment or not

The OP meant it in a derogatory manner. I'm certain we could find those that are not offended by the term trailer trash too.


I think people here at DU are often looking for things to be outraged and offended by. However, if one is outraged or offended by one derogatory term used in regards to describe a certain group of people, then one should be offended by any derogatory term used to describe another certain group of people. And if we are not, then we are being disingenuous and are in reality hypocrites

[malaise]

2. Delish

Thanks

[PumpkinAle]

3. "Breeding will tell"

sooner or later, but always.

[Shrike47]

4. Gees, I haven't been to a party like this in decades. And never took the kids.

The kids should never have been there and when the fists started flying, should have been removed forthwith.

[Ilsa]

6. Shrike, I'm thinking Todd should have charges brought

if he was choking someone. Seems worse than just punching. He could have killed that man, or seriously injured him.

[alterfurz]

5. they're calling it "The Thrilla in Wasilla"...

...featuring everyone's favorite ultra-lightweight contender Caribou Barbie (aka Mooselini, the Half-Baked Alaskan)

[SoapBox]

19. I'm hearing Michael Jackson...

This could be the worst B Movie, ever!

[calimary]

25. Half-Baked Alaskan! OMG! DUzy!

I must say the thing I'm enjoying watching about sarah palin the most - watching age slowly begin to rob her of her looks. Her looks is how she got ANYWHERE. And that's what had the idiot rich lowry panting and hyperventilating about how she was surely winking at him from that debate podium back during the '08 campaign, and bill kristol slobbering over her as he brought her resume to john mccain for consideration as his running mate. Anyone who started their adult life vying to be a beauty contest winner is all about their looks. These pageants that claim they're "scholarship competitions" are just kidding themselves. No not-necessarily-that-beautiful contestants has a snowball's chance in hell of winning said "scholarship." Not EVER. You're NEVER gonna see a homely Miss America winner because she proved to be the sharpest knife in the drawer during the pageant. All that's required is - how does she look in a bathing suit and how does she look walking around in a sexy evening gown? The average or homely girls never even get off the starting block.

Looks - that's all she has. She photographs well. For now. But gravity's bigger and more powerful than your biggest rifle will EVER be, sarah dear. Just sittin' here watching your jowls descend! What WILL you do, girlfriend, when your looks are no longer considered bankable? And plastic surgery only gets you so far.

[rocktivity]

32. DING DING DING! Calimary, you're our grand prize winner!

Her looks is how she got ANYWHERE. And that's what had the idiot Rich Lowry panting and hyperventilating about how she was surely winking at him from that debate podium back during the '08 campaign...

You're welcome.


rocktivity

[Jamastiene]

34. That was delightful, almost sinful, to read.

And I enjoyed every bit of it. You are so right. That cold dish is waiting for the Half-Baked Alaskan. When her looks are gone and she has finally worn out her welcome, maybe her 15 minutes will finally end.

[Ilsa]

37. Gravity and her weight loss "program".

She looks like she's underfed or taking "supplements" to keep the middle-age weight shift at bay. It shows in her face.

[Catch2.2]

7. Tell me there's video!

Someone had to have filmed this! Please let it surface!

[calimary]

26. Welcome to DU, Catch2.2!

Glad you're here! We're ALL hoping for that one! I've read in some of the accounts of the melee that she was allegedly going around trying to buy people's cell phones so she could lock down any possibly embarrassing video. I'd bet some of these folks know that what they've got in their phones might be enough to pay off their mortgages, so they're probably holding out for the best checkbook journalism.

[Ilsa]

38. I wouldn't take a check from her.

She's nasty enough to Stop Payment.

I wonder how much cash she totes? You know, for family emergencies!

[mountain grammy]

8. They have no shame, the whole stupid Palin clan.

[hifiguy]

9. Time to scrape the scum off the gene pool, methinks.

[crazylikafox]

11. "Great name for her TV show":

"I like the Whore of Babble On"....:

[calimary]

24. DUzy!!!!

DAYUM that's GREAT, crazylikeafox! "The Whore of Babble On"!

Utter perfection!!! MAN does that ever nail that woman.

[thatgemguy]

14. Rec just for the reader comments... n/t

[alp227]

16. The Anchorage Daily News is now the

Alaska Dispatch News.

[Blue_In_AK]

22. Yes, that's correct.

The owners of the Alaska Dispatch bought them out.

[Happyhippychick]

17. "Money Boo Boo"

[calimary]

29. And farther down, THIS:

"lol of course Sarah thought the Bush Doctrine was a European Gynecologist : )"



We better watch out. She's apt to start trying to charge us for using her as stand-up material!

[Happyhippychick]

33. I wonder if they saw the brawl from Russia?

[wordpix]

18. the witness who gave interviews is fired from his job

Something's def wrong here. A person asking someone to leave his private property has every right to do so and shouldn't be whacked by Bristol Palin or "other" having a hissy fit. And the witness who relates that story loses his job? Wow, just wow.

[George II]

21. The comment I like best is "hillbillies with frostbite"

[Sienna86]

28. And "Snowbank Snookie"

What is McCain thinking today!

[calimary]

30. OMG! Must have missed that one!

"Snowbank Snookie"!!!! That one's FABULOUS!!!! Another poster offered "Buffoon Barbie" too. MAN, she is an inspiration, isn't she?!

Found another one: "Queen of the Iquitarod."

DAMN! STOP IT!!! I might actually start liking the Tundra Tart (or "tundra twat" as some other poster offered!) for all the comedy gold she inspires!!!!