Posts Tagged ‘ Sarah Palin ’

The Sarah Palin Outrage Factory is kicking into gear once again. People are asking me to comment on yesterday’s Fox show that felt like another kick in the gut. At issue? A bit moment from Sunday's Family Guy episode featuring a mentally disabled girl whose mother was the former governor...
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David Broder loves him some Sarah Palin (emphasis added): The snows that obliterated Washington in the past week interfered with many scheduled meetings, but they did not prevent the delivery of one important political message: Take Sarah Palin seriously. Her lengthy Saturday night keynote address to the National Tea Party Convention...
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... or she is willing to lie about when it's okay to do so. From Greg Sargent at The Plum Line: Case in point: On Fox News yesterday, Palin explained why it’s okay that Rush Limbaugh used the word “retard” even as Rahm Emanuel’s use of the term “retarded” constituted a...
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It was just a few days ago that Sarah Palin was so offended at White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's use of the word "retarded," that she devoted a Facebook entry decrying his lack of "decency" and calling for his dismissal: Just as we’d be appalled if any public figure of...
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ABC brings us the latest installment in the hilarious adventures of the former half-term governor of Alaska (emphasis added): Sarah Palin has been using her political action committee to buy up thousands of copies of her book, "Going Rogue," in order to mail copies of the memoir to her donors, newly filed...
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Filed under: Media, Sarah PalinSarah Palin has signed a multi-year contract to become a contributor to the Fox News Channel, the New York Times reports. Financial details were not disclosed, but the deal could be announced officially as early as Monday afternoon.Palin will not have her own program, but will contribute to existing Fox...
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Does Sarah Palin have her own enemies list? You betcha: Approximately 1,000 people attended former Alaska governor Sarah Palin’s book-signing event in her hometown of Wasilla, AK ... Not every attendee was welcome. Dennis Zaki, an Anchorage photographer and videographer who until recently ran the Web site Alaska Report, checked in...
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There are days where the punchlines really do write themselves: Sarah Palin released a statement yesterday announcing that she and husband Todd have cut their Hawaiian vacation short, after some controversy over a McCain campaign visor Palin wore with former running mate John McCain's name blacked out with a Sharpie. ...
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Filed under: Environment, Scandal, Sarah PalinIn an op-ed in Wednesday's Washington Post, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin calls on President Obama to boycott this week's international climate change summit in Copenhagen, saying the science surrounding the issue has become too politicized. Palin writes that the recent publication of private e-mails by researchers...
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Filed under: Sarah PalinA Minnesota man has been arrested on suspicion of throwing two tomatoes at former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin during a stop on her book tour. Jeremy Paul Olson, 33, is accused of hurling the tomatoes at the former vice presidential candidate from a second-floor balcony at the Mall of America outside...
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