Sarah Palin toasts town with extra large convenience store beverage which appropriately enough had been granted a Crony Capitalist loophole in Bloomberg's soda ban

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Photo of Sarah Palin with extra large soda and Statue of Liberty from Free Republic commenter. Gov. Palin addressed CPAC on 3/16/13.

"Palin seemed keenly aware of her role as an entertainer, stopping a few times to smile and sip from a “Big Gulp” drink, poking fun at New York City’s proposed soda ban. “Bloomberg’s not around,” she said."... "We're cool. Shoot, it's just pop with low calorie ice cubes in it. I hope that's OK.""










7-11 Big Gulps were a loophole in Bloomberg's bill:

3/13/13, "Soda war's greatest irony: Big Gulps are safe," fortune.finance.com

"Ironically, Big Gulps were actually one of the sodas excluded from the ban."...lower photo ap

3/16/13, "Sarah Palin takes a Big Gulp at GOP establishment," tv.msnbc.com

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NY Magazine has hater film critic. Hating makes them feel superior:

3/16/13, "NY Mag film critic tweets phony anti-Palin Thatcher story (Update – tweet removed),"
Legal Insurrection, William A. Jacobson

Some myths live on regardless of the facts, and when it comes to Sarah Palin, they live on with a fury.

Palin’s speech at CPAC today set off a tirade by a film critic for New York Magazine Bilge Ebiri:

"Bilge Ebiri @BilgeEbiri
 

If Sarah Palin didn't exist, some sick, sadistic fuck would have had to invent her."

And he tweeted a quote supposedly attributing to Margaret Thatcher a refusal to meet Palin because Palin is “nuts” [note - since tweet now removed, it will not show up as normal Twitter embed]:

•  “Lady Thatcher will not be seeing Sarah Palin. That would be belittling for Margaret. Sarah Palin is nuts.”

— Bilge Ebiri (@BilgeEbiri) March 16, 2013

I don’t respond to most anti-Palin hysteria, but this looked familiar.

The story was false, as I wrote on June 14, 2011, So Now All These People Will Apologize To Sarah Palin About Margaret Thatcher, Right?:

A week ago The Guardian reported that Margaret Thatcher was refusing to meet with Sarah Palin, attributing a quote to an “ally” of Thatcher as follows:

Lady Thatcher will not be seeing Sarah Palin. That would be belittling for Margaret. Sarah Palin is nuts.

The blogosphere, including some conservative and libertarian haters of Palin, erupted in joy, with loads of snark and derision directed at Palin.

It turns out that the Guardian story was a hoax, as reported by Nile Gardiner:

"I have spoken to Lady Thatcher’s Private Office regarding the story, and they confirm that the attack on Sarah Palin definitely did not come from her office, and in no way reflects her views. As a former aide to Margaret Thatcher myself, I can attest that this kind of thinking is entirely alien to her, and that such remarks would never be made by her office. She has always warmly welcomed like-minded figures in the United States, and has in the past met with numerous US presidential candidates and political dignitaries when they have visited London. But at the age of 85 she is now able to receive very few visitors at all.""...

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P.S. "Bilge" is waste water that collects and flows out of a boat's bottom.




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