SP watch -- this is troubling. "Sarah's Weekend Away" - The Mudflats

[Blue_In_AK]

http://www.themudflats.net/2009/01/28/sarahs-weekend-away/

There’s lots of speculation about what exactly our governor will be doing this weekend. Here’s the scoop, straight from the governor’s office.

Friday evening, the governor will be dining with Fred and Marlene Malek. Mr. Malek is a “prominent business leader” and like most prominent business leaders who invite politicians over for swanky private dinners, there’s more than first meets the eye.

Fred Malek received his 15 minutes of fame in the 1970s as deputy director of CREEP (Committee to Re-elect the President), the Nixon White House operation behind Watergate. Unlike many of his former associates, Malek walked–but not out of Washington. After lying low for a time, he made his political comeback as a leader in the Republican Party in the late 1980s, only to resign as deputy chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1988 when an ugly incident from his past came to light: At Nixon’s behest, he had drawn up a list of Jews in the Bureau of Labor Statistics, where Nixon thought a “Jewish cabal” was out to get him. Nonetheless, Malek rebounded yet again in 1992 as campaign manager for the Bush/Quayle ticket.

Now a GOP fundraiser, Malek once wrote a most explicit description of political influence. In a briefing paper on the federalbudget to Nixon in 1972, Malek asserted: “All major grants and construction decisions for the next fiscal year were reviewed prior to the finalization of the budgets to ensure to the extent possible they impacted on politically beneficial areas.”

The hostess is a big Republican political donor, and apparently a fan of Fred Thompson.

Palin feels “honored” to have been invited to this event, and looks forward to discussing Alaskan stuff with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan, and others in attendance. Here’s where you can have a mental image of Sarah Palin introducing herself to Alan Greenspan just like she did to the fake Nicholas Sarkozy. “Hiiiiii! I’m Sair-aah!” While you’re at it, you can imagine me (as though I would ever be invited to such a thing) spraying my Syrah all over the white shag carpeting and Mitch McConnell.

Then Saturday, she’ll meet with staff in her D.C. office, and then it’s off to the Center for Strategic and International Studies luncheon, and then the Alfalfa Club Dinner. She’ll be able to rub elbows all weekend, talking about “Drill baby, drill” and begging Obama not to give Alaska any money.

She will not be speaking at, nor attending the RNC Winter meeting. Hmmm. Decided against partisan stuff, apparently.

A commenter at the ADN website said this about Mr. Malek: "Fred Malek is the guy Nixon sent to count the "Jewish cabal" at the Bureau of Labor statistics. Count he did and them Jews wuz transferred or fired. Seig Heil! He lied about his behavior when confronted about it in 1988 but was still kicked off Bush 41's team. Ten years later, the Nixon tapes proved it was even worse than had been reported. After "Representative Deregulation" Phill Gramm was ousted from McCain's team after his "whiners" remark, Malek became McCain's chief economic advisor. You remember: In the morning, the U.S. economy was "sound." In the evening it was in crisis."


She's pallin' around with some pretty dangerous people. We have to keep an eye on her, as much as we'd like to ignore her.

[baldguy]

1. Ah, jeez! Do we HAVE to?

[Blue_In_AK]

2. I know....

You can ignore her if you want to -- I didn't mean to sound demanding. I'll keep an eye on her, so you won't have to. :pals:

[Arctic Dave]

3. When sarah said, "just because I have a PAC doesn't mean

I am going to run for President". I thought myself, "not if I can help it".

[Blue_In_AK]

4. Dave, check out Andrew Halcro's blog

"Ms. Palin's PAC: Gaming the Truth" http://www.andrewhalcro.com/palins_ms_pac-man_hard_to_swallow


It sounds like she's finally starting to piss those legislators off. I would love to see her slapped down hard.

[Arctic Dave]

6. sarahpac sounds like a dinosaur fossil.

[firedupdem]

5. She's really busy....she's definitely not planning to go away any

time soon. We have to keep an eye on her. Thanks for the updates Blue.

[appleannie1]

7. Gee, where's Trip these days. Or is he only cared about for his sympathy value?

The mother of the year is not only sly, she is conniving. She definately needs watched.

[no_hypocrisy]

8. The Governor of Alaska is saying "Thanks, but no thanks" to federal aid?

[Trekologer]

9. Doesn't that make her part of the "Washington Elite" now?

You betcha?

[KharmaTrain]

10. She's Sucking Up To The Money

I remember Malek...and his comments...he's no different than a number of Watergate era scum that were "resurrected" during the Raygun and booosh regimes. He's one of many of the "bag men"...bundlers...the guys who make the calls to raise the big coin and if Sarah's gonna be big time, she needs a sugar daddy, and Malek fits the bill.

IRC, Malek was also in charge of Gramps' "transition team" (shudder on that thought). ALL repugnicans are dangerous people...they've proven to put party ahead of country and their selfish interests above the common good. Sarah Barracuda just landed a big fish.

[underpants]

11. This is how you build political power. Usually you don't publicize it

word gets around to people who got to this sort of event...but then this is our Sarah now isn't it?

[Blue_In_AK]

12. She's not too bright.

She obviously forgot about the Google when she posted the information.

[rvablue]

13. Kicking this .... more people need to read this.

I know some on DU think she would be a great candidate for the GOP in 2012 because she is an idiot.

But this just goes to show that she should not be underestimated. She can't string words together to form a proper sentence. But that doesn't mean anything if she starts aligning herself with dirty tricksters like this guy....

Thanks for posting. Scary news. But we need to keep our eye on her!

[Blue_In_AK]

14. Thank you, rvablue

I think it's pretty serious, too. I think the Alfalfa dinner is just a cover for her real intentions -- getting close to the money.