Sarah Palin-Weirs-Wednesday
 

At noon on Wednesday, Sarah Palin, you know, that nice hockey mom with the glamorous eyeglasses from Alaska, where she's the Governor, will be directly in front of the Mount Washington building on Lakeside Ave in the Weirs section of Laconia and overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee.

Will you be there? Expect big crowds as Sarah Palin always draws a huge crowd and lots of Secret Service, and State of NH security. So, if you thought that you could get up close by going by boat.....like me, well, good luck.

My news source on this, www.granitegrok.com. Hey, if Granite Grok says so, then it must be true.......ok!



:)Sarah for Prez::)

Palin
 

Personally, I would love to personally see the woman keeping Tina Fay employed and breathing life into SNL. ;-)

Alas, I will be at work. But hubby is home that day and may check out the festivities, even if from afar.

GB

PALIN continued...
 

Sorry -- one too many "personally's" in that first sentence from the last post...
GB :look:

I would be in the crowd if Tina Fay was going to be there. IMHO, Tina does Sarah better than Sarah does Sarah! :):).......:eek:

I'll probably still go....

R2B

Oh, hum . . .
 

If it were Michael Palin, I might show up; especially if he sang the Lumberjack Song.

Politicians come and go but . . . .

MONTY PYTHON LIVES FOREVER!!!:D

Just looked at the Citizen, the Union Leader, and the Concord Monitor, and there's no nothing on Sarah Palin at the Weirs. Granite Grok says it's so.....emphatically...along with photos...so kinda makes one wonder if it's true or not? Is Granite Grok just having a little fun or something and they just dreamed it up like an April fool's joke? Looks like I took the bait on this one.....gulp! Bait & fool!

Understand her husband has an old, red & white, float plane they keep tied to the dock behind their house on Lake Louis in Wasilla, Alaska. Maybe she'll arrive by float plane. Say, if there's any chance she wishes to do a little water skiing....before the appearance....I'll be right there in the lake in the old blue Starcraft.

Hey Sarah.......over here! Where are you?:):D:):D

I agree
 

The race for the Whitehouse looks just like this Python skit. :laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teMlv3ripSM

Her hubby Todd was at the NH Snowmobile Grass Drags in Fremont on Saturday. She wasn't with him, but maybe is in the area?

It's True
 

Just added to the Unoin Leader web site: http://unionleader.com/article.aspx?...d-3ec89cea5c1c

Yup,you were correct FLL.From WMUR's website:

Palin To Visit Dover, Laconia, Salem

POSTED: 10:51 am EDT October 13, 2008


DOVER, N.H. -- Campaign officials have released the schedule for Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin's trip to New Hampshire this week.

Palin will speak at Dover High School on Wednesday at 9 a.m. She will then speak at an event at Weirs Beach in Laconia at noon.

Palin will wrap up her day at Salem High School at 4:30 p.m., where she will be joined by her husband, Todd Palin.

Anyone interested in attending the events can get ticket information at Sen. John McCain's campaign Web site.

Say it ain't so, Joe
 

Love that woman, I think she is just the fresh type that government in this country needs, a female Teddy R. (Bully). She tells it like it is, like Teddy said once, "I ain't given them hell, I am telling them the truth, it just sounds like Hell".

You go Sarah!

TY for the Info!
 

My husband and I printed tickets and we are going. It will be a short walk for both of us from home. Being political junkies, we usually go to many political events anyway.:)

So Lucky
 

All you folks that "can vote" in NH are so lucky! My vote in CT is null and void since it is an all or nothing vote tally for the Electoral College. Democracy sucks when it comes to the presidential ballot! And for you wise guys, yes I would rather have cumulative votes elect the President! I didn't want junior elected. Although if ALGORE had been elected, we would be dead as far as a country is concerned.:laugh:

Salem, NH
 

Palin is speaking in my hometown of Salem, NH, only 2 or 3 miles from my home on Wednesday, and I was very curious about going, thinking it was one of those "only once in lifetime" chances to do something unique. But, upon looking into it, thought the whole thing to be quite a chore.
Would have had to go to an office in Salem today (Tuesday) to provide ID, and phone number to be issued tickets. And then, arrive between 4:00 and 5:00 at the football field tomorrow, to be seached and pass thru a metal detector, to most likely stand (2500 seats, crowd of 6000 to 7000 expected) for 2 hours, as they (Salem Republican Committee office) are saying she will not speak until 6:30 at the earliest. So I ran this scenario thru my head once or twice, tried to figure where they are going to park all the cars (probably on Geremonty Drive, all the way out to Rt. 97, for those familiar with the area), and decided this was probably not for me.
So, I left word at the office, along with my address, to let her know she had an open invite to stop by the house after...right in time for game 5 Phil/LA, for a couple of cocktails, and perhaps some light snacks...but no politics to be discussed while the game was on.
A nice young woman said she would pass the word, but I should not expect a response.
I'll keep everyone posted....

Good Luck!
 

Feathered friends!
 

Maybe when Gov. Palin visits the Weirs she will see our eagles! Of course they are very common in the land of the midnight sun. You can't open a dumpster in Valdez without one of 'em popp'en out at ya.

I hope that no one asks her "how fast do they fly"? She may ask...European or African? AAAAYYYYYAAAAaaaa!

Misty Blue.

The circus has come to the Weirs
 

Unbelievable. There was more noise and activity down street last night then on most nights of bikeweek. Half of Lakeside is closed off, the PA was going till after 9 p.m., and the spotlights lit up the entire strip and most of Tower Hill, Weeks St. and the marketplace. Overnight police protection, 10 porta pottys, 6 golf carts….

Oh yeah, and none of that cash was used to FIX THE STILL BROKEN BOARDWALK.

Add to that the fact that my kids bus rout has been completely messed up with Lakeside closed (thanks everyone involved for letting us know that last night) and the enormous inconvenience of it all to us locals, and I hope she gets rained on.

Its after Columbus Day, didn't they had all gone home. :(

I couldn't help but notice your signature about bike week and I'm thinking this inconvenience pales in comparison to bike week. Anything to give the local economy a boost is a good thing even if it's only for a day IMHO. Let's be thankful we live in a country where events like these can take place. :)

First I want to thank everyone who posted for not getting too political. We all have our opinions but this is not the place to debate them. Some of the comments do reveal your political preference but there has been nothing that was too confrontational or inappropriate.

Any major appearance like this held at Weirs Beach is certainly a worthy topic for this forum. I wish I could attend as an observer just to take some pictures and video. It should be quite a spectacle. I hope some of you that do attend will post some pictures.

Unfortunately there is usually a dark side to political (and other) discussions recently. I have seen it in several emails that were sent directly to me, apparently by readers that didn't want to register. A few were reasonable but two of them were full of hatred and anger towards SP that would never have been allowed on this forum no matter who they were directed at. Holy cow!

Again, thanks for keeping those kind of extreme comments out of this thread.

The difference here KonaChick is that bikeweek is planned well enough in advance that we could make adjustments, where this has happened in a matter of days (closing Lakeside Ave was brought up to and approved by the city council YESTERDAY). Add to that the fact that this is the off season, and I'm just not interested.

I am in complete agreement that this is a good thing for the local economy, in more ways then we'll ever realize, and I am glad it happened. Just try to imagine what it would be like if it was your neighborhood, and your kids, dealing with this when it has no direct benefit to you.

It has been my neighborhood last year with a convention of democrats numbering over 1,000 about 1.5 miles from my year round home so I do know what you're experiencing. Our street was inconvenienced for an afternoon and night and by the next morning you'd never know the event had happened. My kids ended up doing just fine with it as a matter of fact I'd be willing to bet if I asked them today if they remember the event they wouldn't have any clue what I was talking about. Kids are resilient, I'm sure yours will be fine. :)

My 10 year old was told last night, on the bus on his way home, that the bus wouldn't be able to drop him off at the usual spot and instead would be dropping him off at the Weirs Beach water slide leaving him and his 8 year old sister to find a way home from there, through the crowd on Lakeside. No note, no call, less then 24 hours notice to re-arrange our day. I'm not worried about the RNC corrupting them, I'm worried about the city and bus company abandoning them for the sake of a few $$$.

My complaint here is this: someone (don't matter who or for what) shows up and spends a bunch of money and the city jumps through hoops to make sure they have whatever they want, and never mind the little guy who gets nothing but grief from the whole ordeal and gets to worry about how their young kids will get to and from school.

Thanks, but next time "they" can hold the rally in Wolfeboro. :)

And Kona, I feel sorry for you with that many Dems, or Republicans for that matter, near you! :laugh:

From the Boston Globe
 

Does this mean that those who moved from Massachusetts are bad people?

Thanks for allowing a thread like this, I wish I could have made it up to the lake today to see Sarah. I am amazed at the hatred and vitriol this lady evokes from some people, folks who I'm sure, mistakenly, consider themselves tolerant critical thinkers. Anyway, thanks again for allowing this thread and thanks to the posters for keeping it civil.

McDude, consider the source of your quote, the Boston Globe, one of the most liberal biased papers in the country. Here is the quote from the Boston Herald (biased the other way, but at least provides a direct quote):

“We all love good moose hunting, we enjoy our land, we love being outdoors,” Palin said, later adding, “Dover is home to two kinds of people, the people of New Hampshire and the fine people of Massachusetts who got sick of paying all those taxes.”

These photos were sent to me for posting (click to enlarge):

a few pictures
 

8 of the pictures I took today. Great foliage shots.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zephyrp...57893828/show/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3135/...e8e1b35bc3.jpg

And Now
 

"And now for something completely different." I thought MAC was the only other Python fan on the forum.

"O I'm a lumberjack and I don't care..."

good stuff
 

"...this is an ex-parrot!" "he ceases to be!"

"nudge, nudge...know what I mean..."

Sorry for the hi-jack...but had to add a bit to the Monty Python stuff...
Could not help myself.

"Great Northwest"??
 

It's too bad she said NH was in the "Great Northwest"! :eek:

YouTube - Palin Claims New Hampshire Is Part Of The "Great Northwest"

One more pic
 

News reports of a crowd of 3,000 may have been slightly "enhanced". Here's the rally at 2:15PM: http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopo...hp?photo=13667

Oops!
 

Saw this clip on MSNBC's "Morning Joe". They showed this gaffe and one made by Joe ***** who said Barack's campaign is stressing a 3-letter word "JOBS", and then went on to spell it out & count on his fingers for the crowd "J-O-B-S". The commentators all said this shows that both sides are suffering from a lack of sleep and travel fatigue.

No way I can count the people there...but I would say that roughly 3,000 is a pretty good estimate. In my unprofessional untrained opinion of course.

She's a hottie. :D :laugh:

Yes I was there-Laconia- and the Herald had her quote correct-the Globe had it wrong. She was speaking in a positive manner about those from Massachusetts who presumably moved here for the great outdoors and lower taxes.

My husband and I walked to the rally in Weir's Beach yesterday. It was a long day but we had fun. People were wild and we enjoyed ourselves. We figured there were about 3000-3500 people there. There were a lot of local politicians there are well as already mentioned Bradley and Sununu. We also saw Joe Kenney in the crowd. As political junkies, we had a great time. I have pics that I still need to load onto the computer.

Nicole

Just curious but can someone who was there tell me if boaters were kept away from the area?

No Boats
 

The Marine Patrol had two boats in front of the Laconia docks and there was no docking allowed during the event.

No boats, no stray cars or people, lots of cops and secret service. As KonaChick stated its like they weren't even there by 4:30ish even though I passed her motorcade getting onto 93 in Meredith just before 4.

Anyone know why the Mount was "banished" from home for the day? Would've made a great backdrop, but I've got a couple bucks on it having been chartered for the day by leaf peepers.

Yup!
 

Yeah! I read somewhere that they have a bumper sticker in Alaska that reads: "Alaska- Coldest State, Hottest Governor".

Northwest?
 

Sort of a female Dan Quale? ("I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.")

Dan quale
 

:laugh:Dan quale never won a beauty pagent.

any one for a potatoe chip:laugh:

As a huge fan of the show 30 Rock I have to jump in and defend my girl Tina here. As a creator, writer and lead actress (and recent Emmy winner), Tina's been doing pretty well for herself without the Palin impersonation. However, I do agree with you about her breathing life into SNL. They should be bowing down to her brilliance since she is one of the only reasons people are currently tuning in. :D

And more!
 

Have they fixed the washout under the tracks at the Weirs for Sara?


"Do you live here? No I'm here on holiday." "Wake up polly!"

We need a laugh at times like these.

I remember Dan Quale coming to where I work as a campaign stop. There were lots of men in suits with ear pieces and large lumps under their jackets. He did not spell anything that day.

I believe they ran out of Center Harbor. It wasn't possible to load passengers at Weirs due to the visit.

No, just trying to get away from all the taxes, but they are going to the state with all the fee's that just keep o going up.:)

This was in my other post in this thread:

McDude, consider the source of your quote, the Boston Globe, one of the most liberal biased papers in the country. Here is the quote from the Boston Herald (biased the other way, but at least provides a direct quote):

“We all love good moose hunting, we enjoy our land, we love being outdoors,” Palin said, later adding, “Dover is home to two kinds of people, the people of New Hampshire and the fine people of Massachusetts who got sick of paying all those taxes.”