Slog - Comments on Sarah Palin's Lesbian Friend http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend Sarah Palin claimed to have gay friends when she ran for governor of Alaska in 2006. Gay bloggers and reporters have attempted to locate Palin's allegedly gay alleged friends in the weeks since John McCain selected her as his running mate. No luck. So last week I offered to be Sarah Palin's gay friend because, hey, everybody should have at least one—and Palin's kids clearly need an adult around who knows something about birth control. Well, guess what? Someone claiming to be one of Sarah Palin's gay friends—an Alaskan!—saw my post and got in touch via email. It's not the... Copyright 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:23:05 -0800 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:37:46 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mike in MO Adult personal relationship = chicks eating pussy/dudes taking it in the ass.

I just love the "some of my best friends are ___" arguement.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1155909 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1155909 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:37:54 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Some of my best friends believe in God. They aren't my religious friends, they just happen to have made a choice that isn't a choice that I have made.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156038 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156038 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:48:14 -0800 Comment by S-Lo Enough with the suspense!

I sure hope this isn't an "anonymous" source...

I was on the receiving end of a "some of my best friends..." logic this weekend. I'm so proud I kept it together, especially when Ms. Middle Class White Girl told me I'm not "really" Mexican because I didn't grow up in the hood.

Figured it'd be bad to punch my cousin's future in-law three weeks before the wedding.

]]> S-Lo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156082 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156082 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:51:17 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 She is one of my best friends who happens to have made a choice that isn’t a choice that I have made.

So, Palin has chosen to stay in the closet? That is what she is saying, right?

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156103 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156103 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:52:25 -0800 Comment by The Peanut Gallery Oh sure, when you say it, you make it sound stupid.

]]> The Peanut Gallery http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156143 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156143 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:56:06 -0800 Comment by Vince With friends like her, who needs enemies?

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156219 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156219 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:02:19 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo I thought the whole point of calling homosexuality a choice was so you could judge people for it?

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156288 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156288 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:07:22 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Of course it's a choice. Bagel or toast, bacon or sausage, coffee or tea, blonde or brunette, cock or pussy. Right? Right? What? Oh, yeah, redheads. Mmm.

I like to ask them how much I would have to pay them to choose gay, even for an hour. Most people haven't really thought about it much, they just accept what they hear in their peer group. The Christian Fear Brigade spends a lot of energy trying to sweeten their message, which is strictly from fear, not any kind of Jesus. Sarah Palin is a classic case of that kind of unthinkingness.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156380 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156380 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:15:36 -0800 Comment by Julie in Chicago So, if it's a choice, then Sarah Palin could just have easily have chosen to be gay. There would be no difference, in her mind, between having sex with a man and having sex with a woman (she was born with an equal attraction to both men and women). She just happened to choose to be straight.

I like Fnarf's response of, if it's a choice and it makes not difference, how much would I have to pay you to have sex with someone of the same sex. I think I'll be appropriating that one...

]]> Julie in Chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156521 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156521 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:26:12 -0800 Comment by David Wright Presumably Palin thinks that employers should also be able to fire her friends just because they're straight, and that her straight friends also shouldn't be protected by hate crimes statutes. Quite prossilby she also thinks that straight relationships shouldn't be grounds for emmigration, but things like professional skills, cultural compatibility, and a willingness to buy a green card at auction.

On the military and marriage issues, you can call her inconsistent, but not on the others.

]]> David Wright http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156533 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156533 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:27:12 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO 7 FTW!!!

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156571 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156571 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:31:32 -0800 Comment by GS So you guys all CHOSE to be gay? Wow, that was a pretty dumb thing to do. Why don't you all just choose to be straight from now on and we can drop this whole gay marriage issue.

]]> GS http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156572 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156572 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:31:40 -0800 Comment by max solomon hey, she said she doesn't judge, right?

of course, her CHURCH judges, but she doesn't REALLY believe that crap - she just goes because she needs the votes.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156583 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156583 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:32:26 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Try to keep up, Max. It's not HER church. She said so. She just goes there every week.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156705 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156705 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:46:39 -0800 Comment by genevieve Agreed: @7 FTW

]]> genevieve http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156708 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156708 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:47:07 -0800 Comment by Blondie I would love to hear what Palin's lesbian friend has to say about her dear friend Sarah.

]]> Blondie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156827 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156827 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:03:11 -0800 Comment by reverend dr dj riz what flamingbanjo is pointing out that once people believe that it's just a matter of choice, then they always judge people for making the wrong choice.and that's they always argue that it's a choice. for them being gay isn't a viable choice. it's barely a tolerable choice. it's always the wrong choice. always, always, always.

]]> reverend dr dj riz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156879 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156879 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:11:09 -0800 Comment by reverend dr dj riz .. ummm dunno how that second sentence got in there..
the reverend needs his medications...

]]> reverend dr dj riz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156919 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1156919 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:16:54 -0800 Comment by eliza Palin is a throwback to the fifties, when people reproduced like rabbits. There should be a limit to how many kids people have. It's incontinence to have more than two.
But the white folks need to keep their numbers up...

]]> eliza http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1157748 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1157748 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:06:59 -0800 Comment by Seajay @19 ... careful here. The largest average families are found among Hispanics, with a mean family size of 3.87, versus a mean of 3.19 for all other groups. Advocating a cap on how many children one can have might bring La Raza down on you.

]]> Seajay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1158084 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1158084 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:02:14 -0800 Comment by kk And she likes gay food too!

]]> kk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1158187 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1158187 2008 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:57:19 -0800 Comment by lawrence clark I think that Palin had a friend back in high school who she later found out was gay. Never dealt with her again, and yet this "best friend of thirty years" has somehow come through to be Palin's gay savior. Give me a break, bitch.

]]> lawrence clark http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1158425 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1158425 2008 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:04:29 -0800 Comment by Laurie Like Palin's actually going to be truthful about ANYTHING? C'mon...........

]]> Laurie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1158573 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1158573 2008 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:17:37 -0800 Comment by Lady Rose I'm sure after tonight's debate we will all be chanting "Sarah Palin for President" - I even posted my 10 reasons why!


LOL

]]> Lady Rose http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1158574 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1158574 2008 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:17:38 -0800 Comment by ladyluck Since you can't find her lesbian friend in Alaska that automatically means that one doesn't exist??? What planet are you from and when did you last actually go to Alaska? Oh, never,that's right but you can't possibly be wrong. Got it.(Sarcasm)

]]> ladyluck http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1163976 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1163976 2008 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:12:53 -0800 Comment by hey do you know that when you accuse someone of being racist, homophobic and you get the response that ' i cant be that some of my best freinds are' then that is a clear sign admission.. i mean if your best freind is then how can you use that language..
something i learned as a white teen in a black school when i asked how can you tell when its real descrimination.

]]> hey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1163984 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/meet_sarah_palins_gay_friend#c1163984 2008 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:37:46 -0800