Jay Roach the man who directed HBO's "Game Change" is also set to direct the television adaption of Michael Wolff's book "Fire and Fury."

Jay Roach with Julianne Moore who played Sarah Palin in Game Change.

Courtesy of Entertainment Weekly: 

While Game Change director Jay Roach may no longer be working on that HBO movie about the 2016 election, he’s sticking to the Trump beat for his next project. Roach has been tapped to direct and executive produce the television adaptation of Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, EW has learned. 

Roach’s past dealings with politically charged dramatizations paid off with Emmy after Emmy after Emmy. He has four in total — two for HBO’s Recount (about the recounts in Florida after the 2000 presidential election) and two for Game Change (about John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin). Roach also earned two Emmy nominations for his Lyndon B. Johnson biopic, All the Way. 

Based on the track record, might he have another potential awards contender with Fire and Fury?

Okay well I'm certainly loving this, Roach did a great job with Game Change.

But I bet there is somebody who is spitting nails over this news.

Yep, that's her.

Co-writer of the book "Game Change" admits to sexual harassment, Sarah Palin can barely contain her excitement.

Courtesy of CNN: 

Veteran journalist Mark Halperin sexually harassed women while he was in a powerful position at ABC News, according to five women who shared their previously undisclosed accounts with CNN and others who did not experience the alleged harassment personally, but were aware of it. 

"During this period, I did pursue relationships with women that I worked with, including some junior to me," Halperin said in a statement to CNN Wednesday night. "I now understand from these accounts that my behavior was inappropriate and caused others pain. For that, I am deeply sorry and I apologize. Under the circumstances, I'm going to take a step back from my day-to-day work while I properly deal with this situation." 

MSNBC, where Halperin makes frequent appearances on "Morning Joe," said early Thursday that Halperin would leave his roles at that network and as an analyst at NBC News. 

"We find the story and the allegations very troubling," MSNBC said in a statement. "Mark Halperin is leaving his role as a contributor until the questions around his past conduct are fully understood."

I have to admit that this one really surprised me.

I've watched Halperin on multiple cable news shows and he always seemed dull as dishwater.

The guy has such a flat affect, that I almost believed him to be sexually ambiguous.

Of course Halperin is most famous as the author, along with John Heilemann, of the book "Game Change," which was turned into an HBO film starring Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin,so you know what that means.

"Finally. Talk about a true game change. Mark Halperin is one of the most unethical and dishonest men in America,... https://t.co/SZcG4SqInA

— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) October 26, 2017

Yep, you know she could not resist.

"Most unethical and dishonest men in America." Funny, that sounds like somebody else, somebody who I believe Sarah Palin continues to support.

Now I have no intention of defending Mark Halperin, what he did was wrong. But at least we can give him some credit for admitting it and taking some responsibility.

That is certainly better than  other, similarly accused men have done recently.

Speaking of sexual harassers taking responsibility, check out who was also outed.

Courtesy of NPR: 

Former President George H.W. Bush has acknowledged touching multiple women inappropriately in what his spokesman called "patt[ing] women's rears in what he intended to be a good-natured manner."

Yep nothing says "good-natured manner" like patting a woman on the ass when she has not invited you to do so.

I think this is just the beginning, and in the weeks to come there are going to be hundreds of these allegations against a number of famous, and infamous, men.

Hell there was already an entire book written about Todd Palin.

Donald Trump Campaign: The Movie.

Courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter:  

Halfway into Donald Trump's first 100 days as President of the United States, and someone has already commissioned a cinematic treatment of the long and frequently absurd election that put him in office. 

HBO is set to chronicle the events of the recent presidential election, much as they did in 2012 telepic Game Change — only this time it will be expanded to a miniseries. Also like Game Change, the yet-to-be-titled project will be directed by Jay Roach and based on source material from Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. The duo's book about Trump's stunning 2016 upset over Hillary Clinton is set to be published by Penguin Press. 

Game Change, itself a pseudo-sibling of 2000 election film Recount, didn't air until four years after the events depicted. It focused on the narrative from the side of John McCain's losing campaign — particularly the controversial figure of vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, played by Julianne Moore. (Players from the Barack Obama side of election were mostly featured in historical footage.) 

“We are thrilled to continue our relationship with Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, whose work on their best-selling book Game Change set the bar for political reporting and storytelling inside a presidential campaign," HBO Films president Len Amato said in a statement. "Reuniting Game Change director and executive producer Jay Roach and Playtone producers Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman with Mark and John for a project based on their upcoming book promises to vividly capture the most unique and impactful event in modern American politics.”

Well what can I say, there was no doubt that this was coming.

After all, how could it not?

And I think that the folks who brought us Game Change are the perfect people to film this almost unbelievable tale. 

However I predict that no matter HOW accurately this team sticks to the facts of the campaign, that those who view it decades from now will simply assume that they took huge amounts of creative license and that surely things did not play out the way they are portrayed in the miniseries.

Showtime's "The Circus" certainly captured the mood of audience members during Sarah Palin's now infamous Wisconsin speech.

Courtesy of The Scoop: 

THE CIRCUS is produced in cooperation with BLOOMBERG POLITICS and features managing editors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann (co-authors of the New York Times best-sellers Game Change and Double Down, and co-hosts of the nightly political show "With All Due Respect" on Bloomberg Television) and noted campaign strategist Mark McKinnon. THE CIRCUS is produced by Left/Right, a part of RED ARROW Entertainment Group, for SHOWTIME. Mark Halperin, John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon, Banks Tarver and Ken Druckerman serve as executive producers.

You gotta love the audience's reaction to Palins' "speechifying."

I wonder if Palin knew that she was talking to Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, the two men who wrote the great book "Game Change," that was then turned into an HBO movie starring Julianne Moore.

In fact didn't Moore win an Emmy for her portrayal of Sarah Palin in that movie?

Why yes she did.

In other Palin news of the day, a rapper that I have never heard of went off on Sarah Palin in a rather unnecessarily aggressive manner.

In response Palin tried to take the high road and asked if we could all just work together on something worthwhile, like condoning racism. Wait, what?

As it turns out Palin did not understand what the word "condoning" means (Yeah right!) and now the Facebook post has been corrected.

Hey look what do you expect from a person who went to five different colleges for a degree?

Writer of the HBO movie Game Change says that Sarah Palin's overreaction to the film helped with its success.

Julianne Moore winning Emmy for her role in "Game Change."

Courtesy of HuffPo:

Danny Strong wrote "Game Change," the television adaptation of the dishy book depicting the 2008 president election. Sarah Palin was decidedly not pleased with her portrayal -- which earned both an Emmy and Golden Globe for Julianne Moore -- but the Alaska governor's anger made Strong and the team behind the film very happy. 

When Strong talked with HuffPost Live about "Empire" on Tuesday, host Ricky Camilleri asked about Palin's response to "Game Change." Strong said he's never spoken to her personally, but her team did the film a big favor before it premiered. Strong explained: 

"The people that were working for her held a huge press conference the week before the film came out, and they said, 'We have not seen this movie, but it is all lies.' And it was kind of amazing because the amount of press we got -- that they sparked by holding that press conference -- propelled the film into being the most-watched HBO movie in a decade because it dominated the press cycle. And I just always thought it was strange. Why did they attack it before they had seen it and point out things that they said weren't accurate? And then when the film came out, they said, 'We have seen the movie now, and it's all lies.' And it didn't get much media coverage because they had already sort of said it was all lies before they had seen it. It was intense, but we were grateful to the press because it was great for the movie."

That's our Sarah Palin for you.

She did the exact same thing when Joe McGinniss moved int next door, when the Shailey Tripp accusations fist came out, and when I wrote Splitsville. 

By the way when Sarah Palin comes out with guns blazing against some "lie" being told about her, that is your guarantee that it is the cold hard truth. 

I think every day should start with watching Sarah Palin (Well in this case Julianne Moore playing Sarah Palin) getting told off.

You know this is exactly how this went down.

New article in the Hollywood reporter might make conservatives dislike Julianne Moore even more. If such a thing is possible.

It is quite a wide ranging article that covers much of Moore's history, points of view, and introduction to acting. I found it pretty interesting and suggest that you read it in its entirety.

However for the purposes of this post I thought I would focus on the revelations that are sure to irritate the crap out of the conservatives.

First there is this portion about Moore's feelings about God:  

She says she doesn't believe in God and has a strong sense that meaning is imposed on a chaotic world. "I learned when my mother died five years ago that there is no 'there' there," she reflects. 

"Structure, it's all imposed. We impose order and narrative on everything in order to understand it. Otherwise, there's nothing but chaos."

I could not agree more.

Then as if that were not enough there are also Moore's feelings on Planned Parenthood and gun control:

Despite her ease, she doesn't want for strong opinions and has drawn angry responses to her tweets in favor of Planned Parenthood and gun control. "I get more reactions on Twitter about gun safety than anything else," she says. "I don't understand how we're threatening the Second Amendment because we're talking about gun safety rules. That, to me, is really shocking."

You know for some reason hearing this just makes this role all the more satisfying to me.

 (P.S. The photo above was recently included in a Facebook post where Palin expressed irritation that a magazine mocking her teasing about a presidential bid used it instead of an actual picture of her and McCain.)

To be fair the article does include this paragraph:

Liberal politically, Moore developed a degree of human sympathy for Sarah Palin, whom she played in HBO's 2012 adaptation of the real-life political thriller Game Change, a role that won her an Emmy. 

See conservatives, she's not such a bad egg.

Of course the article then follows that up with this:

As to Palin's response, "She was very scornful of it; she claims she never saw it, but we're virtually certain she did," says John Heilemann, co-author of "Game Change."

Oh yeah, she definitely saw it. 

Well this article may inspire more conservatives to avoid Julianne Moore movies in the future, but that is their loss because I understand that this new movie, "Still Alice," is quite incredible.

Of course I have always been a fan of Julianne Moore, and this interview has done nothing but increase my admiration.

Julianne Moore explains why she agreed to play Sarah Palin in the HBO movie "Game Change."

These remarks are from a Hollywood Reporter roundtable with  Reese Witherspoon, Patricia Arquette, Amy Adams, Hilary Swank, Laura Dern and Felicity Jones. Among who. by the way, are some of my favorite actors.

During the conversation the host asks Moore why she said "yes to Sarah Palin."

Moore responds with, "It was a great story, it was a great story. And I think.."

Witherspoon: "You were amazing."

Moore: "But by yourself, just with the character I wouldn't have known..what's the story, what's the story? I mean she was charismatic, very interesting, new political figure, that we did not know much about. And Jay Roach, who Laura and I both worked with, and Danny Strong kind of...you know...they managed to create, well you know it was a true, it was a true story, but they managed to encapsulate this narrative and tell the story of her rise and fall in the Republican party. Or actually not fall, she exited, is really what she did."

On playing her Moore says, "Everybody knew her voice, everybody knew her mannerisms, and she wouldn't go away. You know she was very, very present."

Boy ain't that the truth?

And yes it was a true story.

Whenever anybody asks me if Julianne Moore exaggerated Sarah Palin for dramatic effect, I always respond with an emphatic "NO." Because in fact much of what is portrayed in Game Change were things that we had heard about her from friends and family members, but this was the first time that the public at large was getting to see the lunacy for themselves.

I think Julianne Moore did a brilliant job, which of course is why won an Emmy.

Nicolle Wallace on when she realized, that Sarah Palin realized, that she was over her head during the 2008 campaign.

Here are some quotes courtesy of TPM:  

"There was a moment shortly after I met her where I realized that she realized that she was in over her head," Wallace said. "Just watching her sort of shrink under the enormity and the scrutiny and the hot bright light of our national political process." 

"We should be happy when anyone wants to go into politics," the former GOP strategist continued. "We are really hard on our politicians and we should be happy when people want to jump in and do that." 

Williams asked whether Palin was a "crier." 

"No, I've seen George Bush more, cry more often than I've ever seen - no, no, she wasn't a crier," Wallace said. 

Williams then delved into Wallace's strained relationship with Palin. 

“I think she was really disappointed with the way she was being handled by the entire staff and I think I was a fair scapegoat,” Wallace said. “I was one of a very small circle of people helping her. And the decisions in hindsight weren’t good ones for her. I mean she didn’t look good. So it was fair to be mad at a staff person, that’s your job." 

"But there's nothing you can do as a staffer when you sort of lose the confidence of the principal and that's what happened through the course of the Couric interviews," Wallace continued.

That quote about not crying totally matches up with what I have been told about Palin.

Her go to emotion is anger, not sadness.

And Wallace is very magnanimous to suggest that it was fair for Palin to scapegoat her for Palin's own failings. That is another go to tactic of Palin's, to blame other people for her inadequacies.

I think this might be an opportunity to revisit exactly WHY Palin was so devastated by the loss in 2008.

I have heard from a number of people that she literally did not believe for a minute that she and John McCain were not going to emerge victorious. Therefore everything that was happening in Alaska, and the questions about Trig's parentage, and any scandals that might attach themselves to her or her family were going to be wiped away by the shear excitement resulting from the election of the first woman to the vice presidency.

One my new sources told me that Sarah "Does not think ahead. She simply does things and expects the details to work themselves out."

So with that in mind perhaps it is understandable WHY Palin was so upset that she was not being treated with great respect, and instead was being forced to answer the kinds of questions that as Governor she had always delegated to her subordinates to answer, and then being ridiculed for her ignorance.

Make no mistake, coming back to Alaska was a sign of failure. And she simply could not stand failing so publicly.

That is why scenes like the ones portrayed in Game Change happened. And why her appearance and mental health have continued to decline in the years since.

Essentially this brawl in Anchorage is just one more example of the public getting an up close and personal look at her failure. This time as a parent.

No wonder they are trying to hard so spin this in such a way as to make them appear to be the innocent victims.

Today The View featured two Nicolle Wallaces. And a look back at our favorite scene from Game Change.

Loved seeing my friend @MsSarahPaulson today pic.twitter.com/PNL2CAovCD
— Nicolle Wallace (@NicolleDWallace) October 7, 2014

Just wish I were as tall as my beautiful pal @MsSarahPaulson !! pic.twitter.com/BtxusziK6B
— Nicolle Wallace (@NicolleDWallace) October 7, 2014

So as you can see Sarah Paulson was on The View this morning, which allowed her the rather unique opportunity to be interviewed by the woman she played in a movie on cable television.

I actually found the exchange quite interesting, especially when they showed the iconic moment in the stairwell where Paulson's Wallace is trying to reason with a hysterical Sarah Palin ("I am not your puppet!") played by the wonderful Julianne Moore.

I also loved it when Wallace said "That was not a dramatic interpretation of events." And that Palin thought when she said sarcastically "Because you're just like Hillary Clinton" Palin took it seriously and agreed that she was.

You can watch the clip for yourself by clicking here.  (It's the fifth clip down.)

P.S. By the way I am a huge fan of American Horror Story and have watched every season, and Paulson is magnificent in it every single time.

Since you all enjoyed that Game Change clip from yesterday here is more. This one entitled "Sarah Palin's WTF Moments."

What I think it really funny about this is that we have seen Palin in actual interviews express that exact same ignorance and lack of intelligence, and yet her supporters continue to claim that the producers of the movie smeared her.

No, in fact as somebody pointed out the other day, they actually treated her much better than she deserves.

After hearing that Nicolle Wallace would be getting the hosting gig on The View, and not Sarah Palin, I got a little nostalgic for the HBO movie Game Change and thought I would share this with you this fine Saturday morning.

Let me just say as somebody who has been covering Palin for almost seven years now, I think there is NO doubt that this scene played out in real life almost exactly like this.

This is exactly what we would expect from an egomaniac like Palin, and since she refuses to accept "no" for an answer there is no doubt that she pushed it until McCain himself shot her ass down.

Damn didn't Julianne Moore do an excellent job?

So apparently Sarah Palin launched the Sarah Palin Channel to help Nicolle Wallace get a job at The View, and another of her endorsees succumbs to the Palin curse.

I'm sure you all remember our animated conversation yesterday about the possibility that Palin was angling for a job at The View.

Well as it turns out it appears that the story was pure bullshit, or she is just really bad at angling.

Courtesy of the Daily Mail: 

It is one of the hottest gigs in daytime television. 

And MailOnline can reveal that producers of The View will surprise audiences next season, when they replace departing hosts Jenny McCarthy and Sherri Shepherd with two relative unknowns. 

Political commentator Nicolle Wallace and October Gonzalez (wife of NFL star Tony) are expected to join Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O'Donnell in September. 

Now I am sure that everybody remembers that Wallace was the McCain staffer assigned to Palin during the 2008 election, and who later spoke out about how crazy she was on just about every news outlet that would have her on.

She also helped the writers of Game Change, and was portrayed in the HBO movie by Sarah Paulson.

Yeah Palin hates her.

So if it was reported accurately yesterday that Palin launched her new channel website blog, in order to convince the producers of The View to offer her the job, then it appears the only person it helped would be Nicolle Wallace, who it seems is getting the conservative spot that Palin was, according to her own spokespeople, longing for.

Now it should be noted that other sources have not guaranteed that it is Wallace who has the job, but it should also be noted that none of them identify Palin as even being in the running.

If that wasn't enough to keep Palin from crawling out of bed today, there is also the news that yet another of her 2014 endorsees has lost their primary: 

Incumbent Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander won his primary tonight, defeating tea party challenger state Rep. Joe Carr in the Republican primary. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Alexander bested Carr 49.7 percent to 40.5 percent, according to the Associated Press.

This race marked the tea party’s last best chance to beat an incumbent senator and with Alexander’s victory, it marks the end of months of trying, as well as millions of dollars spent, to oust a sitting senator by an insurgent intra-party challenger. They tried in Kentucky, Texas, South Carolina, Mississippi, and earlier this week in Kansas, but came up short each time.

Of course it was only last month that Palin went all in and endorsed Carr. Which may or may not have been his undoing.

So how many losers is this now?

Julianne Moore about to play another crazy woman, talks about the last crazy woman she played, Sarah Palin.

Courtesy of the Daily Mail:

Oscar-nominated actress Julianne Moore had kind words for polarizing politician Sarah Palin, whom she portrayed in last year's political drama Game Change. 

Moore, 52, won critical acclaim for her portrayal of vice-presidential candidate Palin in the HBO film based on the 2008 United States presidential election. 

'I think whatever you do, you have to have a real amount of compassion for your character as a human being,' said Moore, adding that she felt Palin's situation was untenable. 

The red-haired beauty noted that Palin put up a fight and worked hard on the campaign trail. 

'She had an incredible natural charisma and a crazy innate confidence,' Moore said. 

I find myself somewhat amazed that Moore did such a good job of portraying Palin in "Game Change" when she seems to fundamentally misunderstand just how deeply psychotic the woman truly is.  Though, to be charitable, it could simply be that Moore does not want to turn off Palin supporters who might turn up to see her NEXT movie in which she portrays the mother in the remake of "Carrie," based on one of my favorite Stephen King books of all time.

Interestingly enough this character is yet ANOTHER religiously driven lunatic who tries to control her daughter by shutting her off from the world and shaming her into submitting to her will. Sound familiar?

In the end (Spoiler alert) things don't go well for the mother and she meets a fate that should make Sarah Palin very happy that her daughters do not possess similar telekinetic capabilities.

If they did it might not ONLY be canned goods bouncing off that refrigerator in Wasilla.

By the way I have to wonder if the authors of this article did not pick up on the similarities between Sarah Palin and Moore's new character Margaret White.

Because THAT would explain the picture they chose to represent Palin on their page.

Do not, repeat do not, stare into her eyes!

After winning an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her performance in "Game Change" now Jullianne Moore can also add a SAG award to her collection.

Courtesy of the Examiner:

Actress Julianne Moore has won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for her role in "Game Change" on Jan. 27 at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, Calif. The Screen Actors Guild Awards are presented by SAG-AFTRA and honor the best performances in film and television. Tonight’s show broadcast around the world from the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium. 

This is the first Screen Actors Guild Award win and tenth nomination for Julianne Moore. The actress has also won a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy for her performance in "Game Change." 

Wow Moore was up against some pretty impressive actresses in competition for this award including Nicole Kidman, Alfre Woodard, Sigourney Weaver, Charlotte Rampling. None of these can be considered lightweights, yet after ten nomination it was this performance that inspired her fellow actors to give it Julianne Moore.

So much for the oft repeated claim that this move was a bunch of lies, and that it was ill received by audiences or critics. Sounds like it, and Moore's performance. more than impressed just about everybody.

You know I wonder I there is a place that sells insurance policies on Wasilla refrigerators?

P.S. You can see the video of Julianne Moore accepting this award by clicking here.

"Game Change" walks away with three Golden Globe awards. Including one for Julianne Moore as "Best Actress in a TV movie."

"Game Change" won three of the five Golden Globes it was nominated for, including "Best TV Movie" and "Best Actress in a TV Movie."

In his acceptance speech, while contemplating Moore's performance, director Hal Roach sent a little zinger Sarah Palin's way:  

“Now with you and Tina Fey, we have three of the most incredible impersonations of Sarah Palin,” Roach said, “counting Sarah Palin.”

(You can see his acceptance of the best picture award here)

During HER acceptance speech, Julianne Moore could not resist giving a shout out to Katie Couric and Tina Fey for making a "significant difference in the 2008 elections."

(Oh you just know there was a fresh ding in that Wasilla refrigerator after THAT comment!)

Here is Julianne Moore's acceptance speech in its entirety.

Authors of "Game Change" prepare for sequel, as actors in HBO movie based on their book receive awards.

Courtesy of TV Newser:

 The authors of the book Game Change are working on a follow-up to their 2010 best-seller called Double Down: Game Change 2012. HBO, which aired a made-for-TV movie based on the first book, has already optioned the sequel for a movie. 

John Heileman and Mark Halperin will release Double Down: Game Change 2012 in Fall 2013. It will, not surprisingly, focus on the 2012 Presidential campaign between President Obama and Mitt Romney.

Okay I don't know about all of you, but I am going to watch the HELL out of this!

Even though we JUST finished celebrating Obama's victory and are now focusing on the life outside of politics, I am still quite fascinated with the behind the scenes stories of what happened in this last election cycle.

After all I thought there would not be much that I would find surprising about Sarah Palin in the original Game Change and boy was I wrong!

Speaking of the original book and the HBO movie based on it, there are apparently some more accolades coming to the actors that gave those riveting performances.

Courtesy of Politico:

Just one day after news of their next “Game Change” book, more good news for the book’s authors: The HBO movie based on their book, “Game Change,” picked up three nominations from the Screen Actor’s Guild, which were announced Wednesday in Los Angeles. 

Woody Harrelson was nominated for “Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries” (he portrayed McCain strategist Steve Schmidt). Ed Harris was nominated in the same category for his portrayal of Sen. John McCain. Julianne Moore was nominated for “Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries” (she portrayed Palin). 

(Insert obligatory Wasilla refrigerator reference here.)

Is today a great day to be covering politics and the Palin family or what?

Bristol Palin completes her metamorphoses into her mother, and then claims that people want her dead. Where have I heard THAT before?

Courtesy of Hollywood Gossip:  

Yes, Bristol says she's receiving regular death threats this fall. 

“People have such opinions about me. It's like ‘I hate you, I want you dead and I want to shoot my TV,’” she explains of her public perception. “I don't read any of it." (And yet she can quote it from memory?)


And today we now learn that a "suspicious package" suddenly arrived right on cue, which now gives weight to Bristol's claims of death threats:

A suspicious package sent to the CBS studio lot yesterday (Oct. 3) contained a threatening note regarding Bristol Palin, TMZ reports. 

According to a studio source, the package contained a white powdery substance (later found to be harmless) and a note "that read something like, 'This is what will happen to you if Bristol Palin stays on [the show].'" 

You know I have been hearing about death threats directed toward the Palin girls for years. The Grizzled Mama claimed in her book that her girls were threatened with "gang rape" while they were living in Juneau, but that turned out to be a complete fabrication. So I sort of take EVERY other threat since then with a HUGE grain of salt.

While it may not be completely unreasonable to think that DWTS fans are upset enough with this phony to do something truly nasty like this, it is also EXTREMELY convenient. (Seriously has anybody ELSE ever received this kind of threat?)

This may sound somewhat conspiratorial but I would certainly not put it past Bristol to pull a stunt like this for attention. (Just think back to all of the times Sarah cried wolf in the past.)

After all Bristol IS her mother's daughter.

Though actually to be honest I am having trouble seeing where the Mama Grizzly ends, and the rabid surgically sculpted grizzly cub begins.

For instance what the hell is up with the new glasses?

Does Bristol actually need them now, or is she simply channeling her mother? Who also by the way does not need the glasses SHE wears!


As per Frank Bailey's book Palin had laser surgery on her eyes, but wore her fake glasses "to appear smart." Of course most of US realized a while ago that it was really an attempt to distract from Palin's wonky eye.

Speaking of appearances, Bristol also had this to say in another interview:

Bristol also commented to E! News about Julianne Moore's famous comment about Sarah Palin at the Emmys this year. Moore said Sarah Palin gave her a "big thumbs down" on her performance in the movie Game Change, in which Moore played Palin during her time as John McCain's running mate in the 2008 election. And the younger Palin agrees with her mom. 

"I don't think she's a good interpreter of my mom. I think my mom is way hotter than that," Bristol said. "I think she doesn't have that accent. It's kind of silly, but my mom's awesome."

Well I have SEEN Bristol attempt to act so I understand her confusion with how the process works. But see Julianne Moore was NOT trying to be a good "interpreter" for Sarah Palin (Though after hearing many of her speeches I can say unequivocally that she really needs one!), Moore was acting the PART of Sarah Palin. Which she did well enough to earn an Emmy. So put that in your pipe and smoke it, ya little shit. (And remember I have seen pictures of you smoking a pipe.)

And as for Sarah Palin being "way hotter" than Julianne Moore?

Not on her BEST day would that ever be true.

Remember Moore had to undergo over two hours of makeup every day to make herself unattractive enough to play Sarah Palin.

And STILL she fell short in that regard.

P.S. Speaking of metamorphoses did all you catch this bizarre transformation from one of Palin's interviews yesterday?

Holy crap! Welp I guess I'll be stocking up on silver bullets.

(Hat tip to Alaskan Dave Down Under for the gif.)

Chris Matthews interviews "Game Change" director Jay Roach.

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I have to say that I was a little disappointed in how much of the Palin mythology even Jay Roach buys into.

Her high poll numbers, her basketball skills, her success with the oil companies, are pretty much all bullshit, and yet even critics are simply not aware of how hard she worked to create this false image of herself.

Just think of how much MORE devastating the HBO movie would have been if they had known the REAL truth.

Oh well, I tried!

Game Change won four Emmys last night! Including one for Julianne Moore's amazing portrayal of a certain half term Alaskan quitter. Update!

"I feel so validated because Sarah Palin gave me a big thumbs down."

BEST line of the night.

Game Change went on to win a total of four Emmys.

This according to the LA Times:

If Sarah Palin was watching the 64th annual Emmy Awards on ABC, she probably wasn’t clapping. HBO’s “Game Change,” about then-Alaska Gov. turned Republican vice presidential nominee, won for best miniseries or movie, director, writing and best actress for Julianne Moore, who played Palin. 

I have to say that was AMAZING considering the competition.

By the way doesn't Ms. Moore clean up well despite having to crawl inside the skin of that lunatic?

Update: Here is a little more about last night from USA Today:

Moore went on to thank the hair and makeup artists "who transformed me physically every day for two hours" and the dialect coach "who was so patient with me." 

Backstage, reports USA TODAY's Marco della Cava, Moore was asked whether she was anticipating any response from Palin for her Emmy win. 

"I really don't know," said Moore. "It's not about Sarah but about our political process. In an election year it's all about how we pick our leaders, which is what made it interesting to do this movie." 

She also said she regrets not mentioning two other people in her acceptance speech. 

"I wanted to give a shout out to Tina Fey and Katie Couric, they were really influential in the 2008 election, and I'm sorry I didn't say anything."

You know I think it's safe to say that Ms. Moore is NO Sarah Palin fan.  And considering what she learned about the Tundra Turd to play this role who can blame her?