Speaking truth to power is scary, isn't it, Howard Kurtz?

Alaska is "nothing short of pure awesome" (see more below): "River running took on a new meaning Monday afternoon as nine-year-old water skier Amber Hajdukovich skimmed over the calm waters of the Chena River powered by a six-member sled dog team running along a sandbar," reports the Fairbanks Daily News. As our sis always says, a dog just wants a job (don't we all?). Look at those happy faces! Click here to watch.

"The First Dude is nothing short of pure awesome" writes Wasilla gold prospector Stacy McCain. While legacy media PDS sufferers were obsessing over the "sad and moldering strangeness" beneath the "skin of Sarah Palin's life," the gumshoe reporter known among peers as the "conservative Hunter S. Thompson for today" was doing what real reporters do. Throwing caution to the wind earlier in the week, McCain had bought a one-way ticket to Anchorage to cover the Murkowski Follies for his blog, for an American Spectator article and — not least — for truth, justice and the American way. Yesterday he struck gold:

Rumor is that the Palins are out of town and hope of an interview seems doomed to disappointment. Then my cell phone rings. "This is Todd Palin," says the man on the phone. We chat briefly about the recent GOP primary victory of Joe Miller. I explain that I've driven 50 miles from Anchorage to Wasilla just to get a sense of the town where Sarah began her political career as a city council member and mayor. Todd then tells me that although his wife is out town, he's still in Wasilla and …

Getting an interview with Sarah Palin is difficult. Getting an interview with Todd is next to impossible, and I would never have gotten this far if mutual friends — including Anchorage conservative talk-radio legend Eddie Burke — hadn't vouched for my bona fides. So most of the conversation over the next two hours is off-the-record, or at least on background. To breach that agreement would be to put myself into that category of reporters whom Sarah Palin recently described to Sean Hannity as "impotent, limp and gutless."

"I agree with Palin on overuse of unnamed sources, but calling reporters 'impotent' and 'limp'? Did she have to go there?" twittered a wimpering Howard Kurtz yesterday afternoon. Truth to power is scary, especially when the shoe is on the other foot. Meanwhile the New York Times was trying to breathe new life into the hoary tale of the Hatfields and McCoys of The Last Frontier. Back in the Lower 48, Dan Riehl was on the case:

Let's hope this new dissing of Palin isn't part of any ongoing plan for Murkowski to still run as a Libertarian [@rsmccain last night on Twitter : EXLUSIVE; MURKOWSKI 37% (IF LIBERTARIAN), MILLER 31%, MCADAMS 119%]. I've heard talk it could still come to pass, but haven't heard anything solid. The reality is what the NYT's points out down below. Murkowski was out of touch with Alaska, then she took a GOP establishment hack as a campaign manager - and he blew it by falling asleep with a month to go. Maybe he was preoccupied trying to get a food spot out of his tie. He does have that problem, yanno!

Update: Michelle Malkin "Buzzworthy" link!

Update II: Stacy's "Meeting Mr. Palin" trending on Memeorandum.

Update III: Stacy links in an update.

Crossposted at Riehl World View and Liberty Pundits.

Comments

[swift boater]

OR Murkowski can take 4 years off, reconnect with her AK root and take back her seat in '14. Let her get a feel for what AK has become and the people's needs, a recharge after her long time in DC.

Maybe every Senator should have to do that after 2 terms (12 years is plenty).

[goomp]

Let us have freedom of the press once again. Freedom from the stifling "we know best what you should be allowed to know."

[Gayle Miller]

How dare anyone try to tell me what is in MY need to know! I am a free citizen of a certain age and have the absolute right to know whatever MY government is doing on MY behalf. With the exception of any knowledge that might damage the safety and security of my nation (a standard that the New York Slimes and other elites seem to be willing to ignore).

The more I hear about Todd and Sarah Palin, the more I think they will be the best thing ever to happen to this country in the first quarter of the 21st Century! And they MAY well be the saving of this Republic!

[Gayle Miller]

I should have said "together with George W. Bush" in that posting. I would never want to denigrate or ignore his copious contributions to the protection of this blessed land of ours. Which is sadly unappreciated by the liberal elites!

Howard Kurtz is a whining dork!

[Murgatroyd]

Shorter Howard Kurtz:

"Waah! That mean lady is makin' fun of my peepee!"