Meh. Seemed fairly tame to me. It really just went to show that she's a newcomer who hasn't had people train her friends and family how to react to situations such as these. If I was the kind of person who liked her for her folksy charm, I'd argue this just goes to show she's not "politics as usual". I'm not that kind of person, and would suggest this is probably "politics as usual" for people not used to being in the national spot light. (Although, really, hasn't she and her family had enough time to adjust by now?)

There's no real there there for lefties to grab on to. Todd realizes that he's dealing with yet another  lefty stalker who is looking for a "Macaca" moment to put on Palngates and there's no reason why the Palins have to make it easy for their enemies.

Politics is an adult business. Todd and Sarah get this.

Registered voters look at this clip and see a crazy man following two people in an airport with a camera. That's not what the Left sees, but the Lefties are, well, how shall we put this, somewhat committed. The people over at Palingates are, well, REALLY, committed.

Voters see a husband trying to protect his wife from some stalker with a camera. Nobody here sees how Fred and Martha think.

This is basic stuff. This is how lefties always end up blowing their short stay in power. They overreach.

Hi,

this is Patrick from Palingates, we originally posted the video. This was a chance encounter that a citizen from Valdez had with the Palins. Hawk's wife was on the same flight, he went with his wife to the airport, where he then spotted the Palins. When Hawk started filming, he had no idea that it would turn into such an controversial story. This should have been a boring 2-minute video of the Palins strolling around in an airport, but because Todd in particular chose to confront him, it turned ugly.

I also would like to point out that the "second" confrontation with Todd, from 3:13 in the video, happened after Hawk had switched his camera off already for 10-15 minutes. He was sitting at the gate and didn't plan to do any more filming. Todd then suddenly approached him again in this intimidating manner, which was Todd's own choice. Nobody had provoked him to do that. It was only then when Hawk switched the camera on again. Todd really showed his nasty side there - a side of his personality which by the way was already very well documented during the Troopergate investigation.

On the plane, Hawk's wife was then actually seated right next to Sarah Palin, but Sarah realized that this was awkward and then changed seats with Greta Van Susteren.

Many thanks for posting the story and linking to us!

The Palins drew attention to themselves by virtue of arriving at the Valdez Airport with not only an entourage but also a camera crew in tow.

Never mind the fact that she was on the Republican ticket less than 2 short years ago; that she has her own TV series this fall, and has had her mug and those of her family perpetually plastered all over video, internet, radio and print media for the last 2 years non-stop. This makes her a celebrity – whether she likes it or not.

Oh yeah – she was a state governor too! Of COURSE people are going to whip out the cameras when they see her and her party coming toward them!

One minute $arah’s on the cover of US magazine, the next she’s lambasting the Lame Stream Media. Then, she's Tweeting or posting a Facebook diatribe.  Then, she’s speaking at a convention… followed by ripping a fishermans wife over her WGE sign on private property… and all on camera. She simply can’t have it both ways, courting camersa off and on and only when she - or Todd - chooses. It comes with the territory, it comes with the celebrity, and so it goes for everyone in tow. That’s the life she chose for herself AND her family. It's a PUBLIC place!

See how she's posing at the ticket counter with the gate agent dressed in orange?  That was OK.... but Hawk's filming was not?  Huh?  It only became an issue because Todd got in the guys face.  Watch the video again.  The guy is walking BACKWARD, while Todd continues to ADVANCE on him.

In the Kathleen Gustafson video ("Worst Governor Ever"), Todd also brushes up against her left arm in a display of passive physical aggression. He goes way beyond violating her "personal space".   And look what happened AFTER the WGE video went viral.  Kathleen was attacked by Palin supporters via calls to her employer, phone calls to her home... no wonder this guy Hawk was so hesitant to give his full name (and, Hawk IS his first name!).  PalinBots will be harrassing his businesses today, guaranteed.  Lets hope he has an answering machine to pick-up most of the more disturbing calls and goes public with the spewing venom from the 'bots....