Video from all-night Palin booksigning campout in Dublin

by Tim Russo on November 20, 2009 · Comments

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Not sure, but this may be the first blogger produced video shot at a Sarah Palin book-signing campout.  We hit Camp Palin outside the Borders in Dublin, Ohio, outside Columbus.

It’s been a long night.  We heard that people had begun camping out at the Dublin (Columbus area) Borders as early as 7pm, for a book signing at 6pm the next day (today).  So Eric and I decided to head down with a couple cameras to see the sharp end of the Sarah Palin spear.  We shot from about midnight to 1am.

You gotta be pretty in the tank to spend all night outside in damp, cold Ohio November weather, just to meet the most vapid person on the planet.  These folks were in said tank.  It started out fairly quiet, and then it got weird.  As soon as it became clear we were not friendlies, they began tailing us, claiming they didn’t really want to be on camera after voluntarily being on camera, you know, the usual.  Eventually they called the cops, who seemed more annoyed to be there than anything else.

Anyway, another depressing episode with the most ignorant group of people anyone will ever meet.  Enjoy.

But wait! There’s more! Be sure to see Camp Palin Part Deux

  • JProbes
    Linked from DailyKos, FTW!

    The best was that lady who said that Obama does not love America because she has yet to hear him say so.

    Pretty much sums up the irrational and flawed logic that is the cancer of America.

    Brilliant Reporting.
  • Ha! "Who wants their country back?"... "Well you can't have it because you fucked it up"
  • ryanfissel
    That one guy is so gay......like uber gay. What's he doing there?
  • we SO picked that one out!!!!
  • ryanfissel
    I was waiting for him to say: "And after I get Sarah Palin's book...I'm, like, totally buying the new Lady GaGa album...LOVE her!"
  • FYI, I've been laughing at this one for HOURS now.
  • S in PA
    I don't know who you guys are but after seeing this, if I had a daughter, I'd want you to father my grandchildren!!
  • LMAO. Too funny.
  • A beautiful piece of work!
    Linked from Daily Kos!
  • Thanks!
  • Watchdog
    Gotta give it to you Lefties, you really hate everyone.

    Does Meglomania run in your family/political party by chance, or is it a "learned behavior" associated with being a Social Outcast?

    For Your Acorn Buddies, I'll offer this:
    Megolomania (from the Greek word μεγoλομανία) is a historical term for behavior characterized by the delusional belief that a blog about one’s life is of interest to others – often generally termed as delusions of grandeur.
  • I'm sure you meant megalomania, but your gnashing of teeth and profuse sweat probably prevented you from seeing your misspelling clearly.

    Seriously? You added the Greek, but spelled the word wrong TWICE? FFS
  • Watchdog
    Eric the Spelling-Bee junkie... now, answer the question... are you folks the way you are because of your upbringing or party affiliation?
  • Watchdog the anonymous coward from North Olmstead, Ohio. Don't understand what you mean by "you folks". I can only speak for myself. I'm the way I am because I am.

    So question for you. Do you use Apple computers because they donate mostly to Democrats?
  • Watchdog
    Um, Eric, its North Olmsted. I know this must be difficult for you to admit an error, but it is what it is.

    I use Apple Computers because they are the BEST! I also use Apple Computers because they are prettier and more reliable than Windows/DOS based pieces of crap. I should also mention that I am most probably prettier and more reliable than You. See, there's a pattern.

    And, and I know this is going to sting, I use Apple Computers because I can afford to.

    As far as paying Democrats to stay in office because they can't get a job in the Real Economy, I guess Apple's budget for helping the less-fortunate amongst us is bigger because the need is bigger. Charity is fine with me, just don't ask me for a handout.

    BTW, what computer am I using now?

    And, finally, if your blog site didn't want "guests" to participate, why not disable that portion, rather than waste one of your Trump Cards by calling someone who is invited to comment a Coward? tsk, tsk, tsk.
  • Typos ahoy! You are correct. Said it in my head and *stead sounded right. My mistake. We agree about Apple computers. YaY!! I also use an Apple. I can afford to as well. I also run a 32" external monitor as dual monitor. Weeeee. Doesn't sting at all. I do thank you for supporting a blue company. Very much so.;-)

    Looks like Windows XP running Explorer 7.0, but you are probably running Parallels on your Mac or something. Maybe VMware.

    We don't mind guests. My point only is that people who comment on blogs anonymously and flame are cowards compared to those who own their words as their own. We do mind guests who act like trolls long term and will ban them. I don't want to do that. You seem to be capable of adding worthwhile comments despite past racist and wingnutty crap. Maybe you should comment using your real name so you aren't so tempted to flame and eventually get banned.

    PS - I got plenty of trump cards.
  • Watchdog
    Racist?
    Wingnutty?
    Trolls?
    Flamers??

    Only Flamer so far that I see is Russo.
    Racism is not a valid Trump Card anymore.
    Cowards won't fight.
    Trolls provide a valuable service, like a Watchdog, for example... BlueDogs are especially prized for their tenacity, for example.

    Wingnutty? wow...
  • I guess minorities have been pro-creating at a faster rate recently, and Whitey has been slackin' in producing Productive Americans...


    Yes, racist. Fuckwit.

    Cowardly trolls are always anonymous. Consider yourself on a pretty short leash here. Trolls are for shit and we don't require a watchdog.
  • john
    then why are you here reading said BLOG?Idiot
  • we're in ohio. we get a lot of idiots.
  • Watchdog
    John,

    For the same reason Russo and sidekick Eric took the time to drive 2 hours each way to capture footage for this blog...
  • To expose idiot teabagging wingnuts? Sweet! Welcome to the site! I had no idea that was your intent.
  • Watchdog
    All Giddy this A.M. Eric?
  • Yes, David. How are you today? Thanks for helping us expose teabagging wingnuts. There must be a few in Elyria. Get your camera rolling! ;-)
  • mvirenicus
    there are more than a few but they tend to keep to themselves. remember, it was in lorain county that mike dewine was shouted down and had to flee from a campaign event in 2006.
  • Holly
    wow...this one has me belly laughing.
  • Amber
    I do love the question about voting for Bush. Nice job, guys.
  • LeftCoastLarry
    Welcome via C&L.
    Did you enjoy making this clip as much as I enjoyed watching it?
    Kudo's on a job well done.
  • it's actually quite depressing while you're shooting it. but then you get in front of the editing software, and you can't stop laughing.
  • JeffreyO
    I literally laughed out loud to this video, especially all the questions about voting for Bush. NO COUNTRY; NOT YOURS.

    I shall be coming back here often.
  • thanks jeffrey...........glad you laughed, so did we. all night, in fact!
  • wowthisucks
    hahahahah whoever made this is an idiot...i like how you cut off the rest of the peoples responses so it looks like they dont have an answer....

    I have a question for you...you say Bush fucked up our country...but if he had run saying im going to get into office and spend trillions and trillions of dollars and not help our economy...o and incease our defecit...IN THE FIRST SEVERAL MONTHS....would you have voted for him??? I understand your too stupid to have common sense so you most likely don't understand what i'm typing so i dont take offense to your video but i do enjoy this aweful documentaary.
  • The Freepers have arrived. Weeeeee!

    We learned the cutoff trick from Limbaugh btw. ;-)

    Yes. We edited it to make them look bad. Duh.
  • JeffreyO
    What about that girl near the end, where she just says "uh", pauses, takes a sip of red bull, and says "ok"?

    Seriously, that seemed like plenty of time to say something substantive about Sarah Palin.
  • I should add that this makes us "fair and balanced". At least we didn't use months old footage. Maybe we should give that a try!
  • Jen
    500 people lined up at 10:30 am. Favorite quote (shouted by one lady): "B*tch with the green purse is a line cutter! She's a cutter! Just wait! She'll cut in front of you too! B*tch!"
  • Jane
    You are the ignorant asses. Go to hell.
  • How numb are your toes this morning Jane?
  • Holly Vessels
    Probably not numb enough to make a difference.
  • JohnCA
    More like numb in the head, if you ask me....
  • AdamHarvey
    EPIC Trolling!
  • "But you duct taped him!" haha
  • MagillaGorilla
    Journalism!
  • Holly Vessels
    Wait...which guy is uber gay? The one that connects with Palin? I was hoping for police footage, but I guess we can't always have what we want. Kind of like wanting your country back but not being able to have it since you "fucked it up." :)
  • mvirenicus
    this vid is only another example of why i'm a proponent of eugenics.
  • Truly Madly Deeply
    Thanks for revealing the ignorance of the base. We logged to your video at Wonkette and are pleased to have found you here.

    Please visit our blog - it explores all of Palin's Deceptions

    http://palingates.blogspot.com/
  • Thanks. Please come back often. Thanks for your link.
  • Truly Madly Deeply
    You should send a link of the video to Andrew Sullivan andrew@theatlantic.com

    He is on an anti Palin palooza fest at the moment and if he links to you your video will get huge exposure.
  • Done
  • Modine
    Just discovered this via Wonkette.

    Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you....
  • You are very much welcome. Thanks for visiting. Wonkette freaking rocks! We are big fans - and were before they linked to us so much. ;-)

    We hope you'll bookmak and return.
  • JProbes
    Err.. I intended to say Irrational.
  • denise
    oh my sweet lord this is horribilarious. this is where my inlaws live. i LOVE the drunk-driving analogy - great work.
  • JohnCA
    Just High-larious!!! My wife came into my office to see why I was laughing so hard. What a self-selected bunch of ignoramuses. Great job!!!
  • thanks for visiting! hope you stick around, we need people with a sense of humor!
  • Alex
    This was aweful...and i left a comment earlier and i see it was deleted...no answer i suppose??? Why do you feel the need to insult these people and ridicule them for simply standing up for what they believe. You critisize Bush yet if he had run saying I'm going to get into office destroy our defecit, spend a couple trillion dollars, and create a worthless medical bill....WITHIN THE FIRST SEVERAL MONTHS!!!! would you have voted for him??? i dont think so so i hope you realize why people support women such as Palin who have some common sense

    Also i really liked how you cut off the peoples responses in the editing so it looked like they couldnt respond and were stupid...terrible journalism
  • Here are some hints for not having your comments deleted here:

    1. Don't be a douchebag
    2. Use a real email address
    3. Don't be a douchebag
  • JeffreyO
    1. "Destroy our deficit"
    Which, by the by, had more than doubled under Dubya. $700 billion, of course, was for a stimulus from the government that we desperately needed and still need. A lot of very smart economists (smarter than you or I, at least) thought we needed much more, but of course since the 'loyal opposition' in this country bitches and whines about everything any Democrat wants to do regardless of reasoning, was the best we seemed to be able to get.
    2. "Spend a couple trillion dollars"
    $2.65 trillion dollars last I checked, with 54% going to military related expenditures, which I thought you guys loved? (I don't.)
    3. "Create a worthless medical bill"
    Which, for better or worse, under our system, is a legislative function, not a prerogative of the president except by nudges and nods. Also, last I checked there wasn't just one bill, but 2 at this point, very similar yet slightly different, from each house of the United States. As to its worth or lack thereof, there's no way to actually know that until we have one and it's implemented, though I encourage people to make EDUCATED guesses.

    Also, I'd lose to hear about this Bible-thumping know-nothing Palin's "common sense" you seem to admire, though for a task as complicated and important as the POTUS I'd think a voter's "common sense" would lead him or her to choose the most knowledgeable and expert candidate possible, not Caribou Barbie from Nowhere.
  • Alex
    I'm sorry but I do not believe that we should settle for "the best we seem to be able to get". If we do not have a practical solution to our country's problems why throw endless amounts of money at nothing and hope something gets done. It is ridiculous how we think simply paying more and more money will get us out of this. The worthless stimulus which if you looked closely at spent money on the most random things. 250,000 dollars on the white house grass. Millions in California for turtle crossings??? which Pelosi made sure was in the bill. You believe these will help our economy, you believe these will make enough jobs, if any to help our country????

    Also just look at Canada and the failed medical program there which has bankrupted the econmy and pushed the majority of doctors out of the country. I grew up there, and to the lines were ridiculouse!! If you had anything that wasnt extremely major you were thrown by the wayside. My grandmother has a brocken foot and they refuse to x-ray it because it will cost too much and because of the lineup...you think this is practical??? You think this is "educated"???

    Also i dont think "Caribou Barbie" from nowhere...thats Alaska which I believe is as much a part of our country as any other state , has ever said she has campaigned "in all 57 states" such as our gloriouse president Barack Obama.
  • JeffreyO
    Dude, you obviously have no idea what you're talking about. Have you read up on or been to Canada LATELY? They're not bankrupt, they're actually doing better than we are! They emerged from the recession months ago dumbass, and they aren't bankrupt. Their healthcare system isn't perfect but I'd say their statistically calculated outcomes are far better than ours. Some people here would kill to even have a chance to stand in a line for an X-ray; they don't get the chance.

    And if you really think it's "ridiculous" for the government to spend money in a recession and create activity in the economy, perhaps you'd enjoy the company of Herbert Hoover.

    Facts. You needs them.
  • Alex
    LOL no they're not. Haha i thought i was talking with a educated person at least. You really think they're doing better than us? The Canadian dollar is still below ours as it has been for about 2 years. I dont see where your getting your facts because if someone walks into a hospital today in America they CANNOT deny them. They treat them, so dont give me this bullshit that they dont have the option of getting an x-ray. Haha and "youd say"?? I'm glad you would say their statistics are good. I should move back their now so they can tax the hell out of me while having aweful healthcare just because you statiscially say so. Thank you sooo much for giving me this wonderful point of view. I truelly never thought to ask an idiot like you who has no idea what they're talking about. But excelent FACTS!!!! I'm glad you think i need some when you have none.

    And you misunderstood, im not saying all spending is bad, i'm saying pointless spending is. Did you read the things i listed??? If you honestly think those should be in our stimulus bill then i am talking to a complete idiot.
  • blueberrybush
    Alex--Before you start calling people idiots, please brush up on and correct your spelling and punctuation, so YOU don't seem to be such an idiot. "Aweful"? "Brocken"? "Truelly"? "...move back their now..."? Your screed indicates that we should be more concerned with the Canadian educational system than with the medical system.
  • Alex
    Is that really all you can say?? You have to correct my grammer and spelling. I apologize for offending you but maybe if you get off your high horse and realize the little things like that don't matter you wouldn't seem so pompous and arrogant. If you must critisize me on this to make yourself sound better, by all means go ahead!!
  • JeffreyO
    Well, I didn't see any documentation on those supposed spending measures, so I presumed to ignore that particular piece of idiocy.

    I fail to see how the relative value of the Canadian dollar somehow means their economy is in shambles. In that case the Euro's worth more than the dollar, so I guess all those godless-commie European economies are better than ours?

    As for my facts about the Canadian economies state, I'd refer you to the following:http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/wealthofnations/archive/2009/11/03/canada-s-quiet-economic-strength.aspx
    http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/ca...

    etc. Google's right there man, give it a try.



    You know how I know your argument sucks? You presume to call me an idiot :) .
  • Alex
    Your right but you calling me a dumbass sounded much better.

    But what I enjoy most about this is that not one of you has any rebuttal to why our country is wasting our money with all of this pointless spending. All Obama is doing is trying to do is pass through everything the democratic party has wanted for the past 40 years. Our government is falling into shambles along with our economy because of this wasteful spending.
  • Alex can see stupidity from his house!
  • Alex
    haha Tina Fey really is hilariouse. But your right when I looked out my window i saw you two idiots filming good Americans. That was true stupidity...thanks!!!!
  • This is the only comment I see from you in the last two days here. No comments were deleted.
  • robert
    thanks plunderbird, good job
  • SoCalDan
    Linked over from the always effervescent Wonkette...well done! I especially enjoyed your willingness to cut through their batsh*t delusion and confront them on their direct complicity in f-ing up the country by supporting Bush and his band of idiots. That was ballsy and a nice bonus. The vacuous look on the face of 'Red Bull girl' perfectly captures the collective lack of intellectual curiosity throughout much of their base. I checked out the rest of your site and will visit often...cheers!
  • Thanks! We're big fans of Wonkette as well. Hope you do stick around and visit often. Comments here are becoming truly enjoyable to read. ;-)
  • Ian
    He would have come off much better if he had allowed the right-wingers to answer his questions instead of jumping in with answers before they could. I agree with his point that Bush voters were part responsible for messing up America but he would seem less arrogant if he just let people answer questions.
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