Tag: Palin
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Say hi, Vlad
HuffPo Wanda Sykes > SYKES: Well, you know, I watched the convention. you know, watching the Democratic Convention, it felt like America. You know, it looked like America. It was hopeful and it was positive and, you know, everybody holding hands. And then I watched the Republican Convention. It was like watching a meeting in…
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Vetting
Has it occurred to anyone that Charlie Gibson spent more time vetting Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin than Sen. John McCain ever did? Just asking. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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In jest, maybe
Alright, this piece by New Yorker magazine’s Hendrik Hertzberg is funny, I think: PALINOPSIA A neurologist friend, Dr. Richard Ransohoff, has drawn our attention to an early contribution to the suddenly burgeoning field of palinological studies. It is hoped that this paper, published, in 1989, in the Swiss-based journalEuropean Neurology (Vol. 29, No. 6) may…
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Sarah Palin: Foreign Policy Heavyweight
I take back everything I ever said about Gov.Sarah Palin’s lack of foreign policy experience. It turns out that Palin is, indeed, a world traveler. We already knew that Palin visited Kuwait to visit members of the Alaska National Guard. We already knew that she visited Ireland on her way to Kuwait. (Okay, it wasn’t…
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“Respect” and other words
There’s this new political advertisement out from the McCain-Palin presidential campaign that again tries to stoke the anger of those Hillary Clinton supporters, you know, “white,” “working-class” and “women” voters still mad at Sen. Barack Obama about the alleged disrespectful treatment of Mrs. Clinton during the primaries. In the McCain campaign’s calculation, Gov. Sarah Palin…
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Bridge over ethics
Ethics Adviser Warned Palin About Trooper Issue Letter Described Situation as ‘Grave,’ Called for Apology By JIM CARLTON, Wall Street Journal, September 11, 2008; Page A8 ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An informal adviser who has counseled Gov. Sarah Palin on ethics issues urged her in July to apologize for her handling of the dismissal of the state’s public…
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Bad old days
ABC investigates Sarah Palin’s book censorship Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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John McCain, that champion of women
As Republicans cry sexism at anyone who dares to question Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s qualification, here is a reminder of how craven Sen. John McCain has been in this whole quest to get the Republican nomination. He had an opportunity not to dignify a demeaning reference to Sen. Hillary Clinton and his answer was: “That’s…
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Kinsley’s take
Sarah Palin’s Alaskonomics By Michael Kinsley, Time magazine, Tuesday, Sep. 09, 2008 Sarah Palin thinks she is a better American than you because she comes from a small town, and a superior human being because she isn’t a journalist and has never lived in Washington and likes to watch her kids play hockey. Although Palin…
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We should all be Republicans!
Alright, calm down. Let me rephrase. It just should not be possible that Republicans stand any ghost in heck of a chance of winning any office on Nov. 4, let alone the presidency of the United States. Yet, here they are and here we are. Sen. John McCain is buoyant, ascendant, barnstorming the nation, Alaska…