TPC EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Palin snubs teachers at school event

By GottaLaff

This poll will be meaningless if Grabby McEarmarks continues to behave through 2012 as she did at the school event described further down:

According to The Mudflats, Iowa and New Hampshire voters are already getting phone calls asking for their impressions about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R).

One interesting question is whether respondents in the two early presidential voting states thought it was important that Palin was re-elected as governor in 2010.

Meanwhile, Commenter Marti sent me an e-mail that reveals what we here at TPC already know about Miss Congeniality:

After hearing about Palin saying she wants to turn down about one-third of the Stimulus dealing with education, special ed, extended unemployment benefits I emailed some AK teacher friends since I retired from teaching in Juneau awhile back and continue friendships there. I was curious about the teacher reaction to her announcement. I found out she announced it as the teachers were going on Spring Break and many didn't hear about it. I think they call that Political Timing.

I did see that there was a demonstration on the Capitol steps on Saturday. [I posted about that here] I think the governors turning down the Stimulus know that it can be instated without them so aren't worried about public outrage.

I mentioned her comment about Pres. Obama's whoopsie Special Olympics remark and how it seemed hypocritical to me that she would turn down the special ed funding. My friend said Gov. Palin doesn't even support the Special Olympics in AK.

My friend told me that several weeks ago they were holding Read Across America in their school and since Piper goes there that they asked Gov. Palin to come and read to the children. My teacher friend and another teacher friend were asked to greet Gov. Palin at the door and escort her to the gym. She told me the blow for blow description of how Palin walked through the door and didn't make eye contact with them as they greeted her and made friendly comments. She neither looked at them nor spoke to them while they walked alongside her trying to be welcoming. In fact she ignored them and took out her Blackberry and started doing business. My friend was amazed at her rudeness and she said that since her high public profile she would probably win a re-election there if she ran again.

We'll add that to our archives to be mined in 2012.