Was Sarah Palin on Cocaine During the Season Finale of Amazing America?

Yes, this is an important question to ask…”Was Sarah Palin under the influence of cocaine during the final episode of Amazing America?” I have reported on Sarah Palin for the last four years and never have I raised this question regarding any public appearance she’s made. The Amazing thing about Amazing America is that the producers of the show would allow her to appear in such a way that the question could be raised. Maybe she wasn’t under the influence of the illegal drug, but there were several indicators that there was a problem. Because I recorded the show, I watched the relevant segments at least 7 times to ensure I was reporting on the problems accurately. The observations below are on tape, and Palin’s performance will speak for itself. Here are a list of observations that indicate to me that there was something happening that could be explained by use of cocaine:

1. Joe McGinnins previously reported that Sarah Palin has a history of cocaine use.

2. One of the effects of cocaine use is dilated pupils. IF a person had dialated pupils, sunglasses would not only hide the pupils, but they would also ameliorate the person’s sensitivity to light. In the first half of the show, Sarah Palin is wearing her ordinary glasses. While it is difficult to see her pupils, there is no indication they are dilated. In the first half of the show she appears outdoors with her father in the bright sunshine and she is not wearing sunglasses. However in the last half of the show she appears wearing sunglasses until the final clip that appears to have been filmed in the studio before the green screen. She wears the sunglasses even indoors, in the garage where sunglasses should not be needed, and would definitely not be worn during filming of a television show, under ordinary circumstances. Neither Todd or Dakota Meyer are wearing sunglasses, and it seems likely the camera man would have asked Palin to remove the sunglasses unless there was a reason to cover her eyes.

Later Todd appears outdoors wearing his sunglasses, but when the threesome appears at the top of a cliff and the camera zooms in to capture the conversation of the three as they stand overlooking the scenery below, Todd has his sunglasses atop his head, but Sarah’s are still covering her eyes. Dakota Meyers never wears sunglasses.

In the concluding clip of the show Sarah is not wearing sunglasses, but it appears that clip was filmed at another time in the studio rather than on location. In that final appearance Sarah is wearing a black jacket that she was not wearing during the filming of the show in Alaska, in any part of the show. The funny edge around her body appears to be the effects of a green screen. The image of water behind her is water being filmed with full sun light. In the final scene of the episode Todd, Track, and Dakota Meyer are in a plane and flying toward the end of the day in Alaska, when there is still sunlight, but it is fading. Thus Palin’s final appearance in the season finale appears to have been filed at a different place and time than her appearance wearing sunglasses in Alaska.

Finally it is important to note the style of sunglasses Sarah is wearing. While we have seen Sarah in a variety of sunglasses, none resemble the male type of glasses she is wearing in this episode.

They aren’t even the same style glasses she wore in an earlier episode of Amazing America.

3. One of the effects of cocaine use is “excited, exuberant, speech.” During the filming of the first half of the show there is nothing that I would describe as “excited, exuberant, speech.” However in the last half of the show, the portion where she is wearing the sunglasses, her speech is bizarre and would qualify as “excited and exuberant.” She makes the following noises, that weren’t words, but sounds of excitement:
a. Yeah
b. Woo-Hoo
c. Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha
d. Whoo –HOO
She also sounds exuberant when she describes the name of the plane as “Piper” and when she speaks about “Amazing America.”

4. Another effect of cocaine is restlessness and mania. One of the most bizarre parts of the show occurs while Todd is telling Dakota Meyer about his snowmobiles is his massive garage. As if restless, or in a manic phase, Sarah is seen simply walking away from Todd and Dakota who are in the middle of a converstation, towards cabinets away from the camera, as if bored or distracted from the filming of the show. There is no explanation as to where she is going or what she is doing. She just walks away! In the next clip of Todd talking to Dakota Meyer, Sarah is seen in the background, walking OUT of the garage, wandering away, as if she forgot they were filming a television show. It appears that she is unaware or unconcerned that a show is being filmed, of which she is supposed to be the star. In the next clip she has mysteriously reappeared in the garage but is only standing and the camera films her from behind. It’s as if someone has lead her back to the garage and told her to simply stand right there.

5. Another effect of cocaine is slurred speech, or speech that is difficult to understand. During the last half of the show there are times that Palin’s speech is slurred and difficult to understand. On at least two occasions Sarah said something that is incomprehensible, even after watching the clip repeatedly.

6. A person who has used cocaine is often identifiable because of the sniffing or rubbing of the nose. At least twice during the last half of the show, Sarah is seen rubbing or pinching her nose.

7. Swollen lips is a sign of cocaine use.

In the final 5 minutes of the show, Sarah’s lips seemed to be swollen.
At first I thought I imagined it, but when I watched that portion of the show and compared it to the earlier portion, it appeared her lips had swollen. Until doing research for this post I was unaware that cocaine could have the effect of causing swollen lips. Thus, my observation of swollen lips was in no way something I was looking for as a sign of drug use by Sarah Palin, as I was unaware that swollen lips could be a sign.

Finally the concluding scene of the show is the scene of Todd, Track, and Dakota in Todd’s airplane, flying over Alaska. It is unclear why Track is in the plane, and why Sarah is not? There is a total absence of explanation about why Track is accompanying the men on the flight. Sarah sits on the ground, with her back to the camera, and simply waives to the plane as it flies away. It’s as if the producers of the show said…”Get this thing finished, and don’t let Sarah talk any more, and don’t send me any more film documenting those lips or Sarah wearing those sunglasses.

Maybe Sarah hadn’t used cocaine during the filming of the show, but it seems she certainly had the opportunity during her multiple changes of clothes during the show. Note that Todd, Dakota Meyer, and Chuck had the same clothes on throughout the show. There was an addition of a jacket for Todd and Dakota. However Sarah changes from black spandex pants to baggy camouflage pants. She changes from a blue fleece jacket, to a camouflage jacket, to the black jacket at the end. She changes from a plain pink shirt to the pink shirt with a black zipper. She changes from her prescription glasses to her sunglasses. None of this change of attire is mentioned or depicted on film. Neither is the use of cocaine. The viewer can only imagine what she is doing off camera, and what the producers of the show are doing to try to create the impression that Sarah Palin is not under the influence of some illegal substance.