Palin spokesman McAllister leaving

[spindrifter]

Posted by Alaska_Politics

Posted: June 2, 2009 - 4:24 pm

From Sean Cockerham in Anchorage –

Bill McAllister is leaving the governor’s office. McAllister, who has spent nearly a year as Palin’s communications director and chief spokesman, will go work for the attorney general's office.

Why?

“There are always going to be reassignments as part of any administration’s ongoing efforts to redeploy personnel to meet changing circumstances and needs,” McAllister said in an emailed response to questions.

McAllister, whose last day is Friday, said there’s been no announcement of who will replace him. The communications director job pays $103,000 a year. McAllister will make $90,000 in his new position as a special assistant to the attorney general. (Richard Svobodny is acting attorney general following the Legislature's rejection of Palin pick Wayne Anthony Ross.)

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What's with this? He takes a pay cut and "no one" is lined up as his replacement? Curiouser and curiouser.

[MadMaddie]

1. Sounds like the Titantic...

I bet he sees something coming and he and others are bailing .....

[Wickerman]

2. I can't blame him

she has been a trainwreck and currently has one foot in the political grave and the other on an oil-drenched baby seal.

[rainbow4321]

3. Rats jumping ship..wonder if she told her staff that she is not running for re-election in 2010

There has been a lot of speculation that she won't run again in the 2010 AK gov race so she can go off and do her book tour & then try to run for Prez in 2012. Maybe she told this to her staff already and they are jumping at whatever job offers they have now?? Did she say "I'm outta here next year so go ahead and look for other jobs now"?
Guess we'll be able to tell if there is a line of rat behind this one heading for plank.

[spindrifter]

5. I think this guy got demoted...maybe the Alaskans can

set us straight on this. First, I think that he would have had to be approved by SP to get the job in the AG's office. Second, I think she probably wants to bring in someone who can give her better press--albeit she probably won't find anyone who can totally plus-spin her gaffes.

[Catshrink]

4. Lawrence O'Donnell called her a joke tonight

while Pat Buchanan tried to say she was a viable candidate. Poor Pat. He's so delusional, just like Bible Spice.

[MADem]

6. Pat's not delusional. He's the best actor on Talking Head Theater.

People forget he turned his back on the GOP. He ran for President as a reform candidate.

He spouts the RW talking points, collects his check, and goes for a nice double bourbon on the way home.

[Catshrink]

7. Agreed.

I watched the Brian Williams special on life with Obama last night. Williams asked Obama if he watched the talking heads and Obama said no because it wasn't informative. He knew what Buchanan, Matthews, and Olbermann were going to say. He's right -- I don't think those shows do inform that much but rather further talking points. I watch them but I wonder why sometimes. I should go back to watching the PBS NewsHour and the BBC for news.

[MADem]

8. It's like "Professional" Wrestling, I surmise.

I'm not a fan of that crap, but there are kids in our family who have come up enjoying that style of entertainment.

The wrestlers play roles as "good guys" or "bad guys," and the "good guys" usually win (though not always--sometimes, there's tension, where the good guy loses and you have to pay the cable company to watch the "big rematch").

On Faux, the "good guys" are the ones touting the GOP POV, and on MSNBC, it's the liberals who are the "good guys."

It's all a waste of fucking time to me, by and large. I don't need to sit around the media wrestling ring, cheering for "my" fellow to hit the "bad guy" with a chair. I know how I feel about the issues, and don't need to be fed talking points.

Could be a function of aging, too. Life is too short to spend it listening to people whose opinions you can predict, when there's so much more fun stuff to do.

In Obama's case, too, he's got "people" to watch that shit for him. They can make a copy and show him just an 'excerpt' if there's something he needs to see. Of course, we have "people" too--they are the folks who very kindly put up clips for us here, so we don't have to fart around watching entire programs!

[Catshrink]

9. I think that's what Obama compared it to.

If I remember right he did say it was like wrestling. I think I'm losing my memory these days!

[MADem]

10. I know I'm losing mine! Hazard of living! nt