Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin was virtually unknown outside of Alaska and the minds of political junkies before John McCain selected her as his running mate for the GOP presidential ticket in 2008. The blogosphere buzzed immediately about Palin, writing up both positive and negative reviews of Senator McCain’s choice, along with posing a series of questions on the matter: How was the neophyte governor of Alaska chosen for such a weighty position? What kind of background does the relatively young (born 1964) mother of five originally from Sandpoint, Idaho, bring to the role of vice president? Will she help the Republicans keep the White House?

As Palin is exposed to a whole new level of scrutiny and commentary from political pundits on blogs and in the media, the voters will ultimately determine if she is truly ready for the glare of the national spotlight and a spot in the White House.

by Ray Salloom Are you a writer, passionate about this or any other topic? Join Blogcritics!

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Sarah Palin”

• Sarah Palin = Dan Quayle (Theres no way she will be president)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 171
  John F. Kennedy believed that being passed over for vice president by the Democratic convention in 1956 saved his political career. That year, Adlai Stevenson, the presidential nominee, had left the selection of his running mate to the convention delegates—the last time a nominee did so. The choice came down to ...
  1 hour ago

• Palin Booed By Book Tour Crowd

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 161
  Lila Shapiro The Huffington Post As reported earlier Unhappy fans of Sarah Palin went rogue on the Alaska Republican during her book tour stop in Noblesville, Indiana on Thursday. The local Borders outlet had handed out 1,000 wristbands to book purchasers; the wristbands were supposed to procure fans ...
  1 hour ago

• This Just In: Angry Crazies Can’t Get Along With Other Angry Crazies

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 161
  By Eli FiredogLake.com No one could have anticipated… After emerging out of nowhere over the summer as a seemingly potent and growing political force, the tea party movement has become embroiled in internal feuding over philosophy, strategy and money and is at risk of losing its momentum. (…) ...
  2 hours ago

• Sarah Palins 2008 Thanksgiving Message

  
  Syrins Blog — Authority: 123
  Read and post comments | Send to a friend
  2 hours ago

• Sarah Palin: the gift that continues to keep on giving!

  
  blueollie — Authority: 140
  more about " Sarah Palin: the gift that continues… ", posted with vodpod
  2 hours ago

• Wingnuts Pissed at “Rock Star” Palin

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 161
  By Bob Cesca Bob Cesca.com It was only a matter of time before Sarah Palin took a giant stinky rogue all over a gaggle of angry wingnuts. “We gave up our entire workday, stayed in the cold. My kids were crying,” said one man. “They went home with my wife. She was out here in the freezing cold all day. I ...
  2 hours ago

• Republicans Scapegoat ACORN To Explain Their Failure

  
  Sensico — Authority: 419
  A recent poll came out showing the majority of republicans think ACORN stole the election for then candidate Barack Obama.  They must be forgetting that we were fighting two wars, the economy was in the tank, gas prices were $3+ and George Bush’s ratings were in the gutter.  Lets not forget that McCain was a ...
  2 hours ago

• O’Reilly Interviews Sarah Palin About Obama: 11.20.09

  
  Logistics Monster — Authority: 542
  I watched this interview, and my readers know that I think that O’Reilly is a closet Obama leg tingler, so I enjoyed watching Sarah chew him up. Part 1: Part 2:
  2 hours ago

• The Continuing Misadventures Of Sarah Baraquitter.

  
  JackRabbit Caf — Authority: 433
  Sarah Palin, who quit her job as governor, couldnt finish the job of signing her book for fans in Noblesville, Indiana, either. The Alaskan asshat was booed and jeered by her own disciples Thursday night and sped off in her campaign-style bus after failing to sign her book of fictional revenge for some rain-drenched, ...
  2 hours ago

• Irony Alert: Sarah Palin Booed For “Quitting on the Job” at Book Signing

  
  Plunderbund — Authority: 487
  Boy, I love me some irony.  What the hell else did they expect given her history of quitting on her home state of Alaska so that she could travel around in a custom bus taking dollars from unsuspecting sycophants?Seriously. Palin’s little book tour appears to be like honey to stupid bees.Share on Facebook
  3 hours ago

• Belated Thoughts on Tracy Flick’s Interview with Sarah Palin

  
  GayPatriot — Authority: 637
  Long before the 2008 presidential campaign, I found CBS News Anchor Tracy Flick Katie Couric annoying.   Like Reese Witherspoon ’s character in the 1999 flick Election , Couric comes across as smug and self-righteous.  It seems she believes that her prominence means she knows better than the rest of us. ...
  3 hours ago

• Oops! Frequent Maddow Guest Cox Undercuts Nicolle Wallaces Catty Claims About Palin

  
  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Authority: 832
  Dont be surprised if McCain 08 campaign adviser Nicolle Wallace passes up future chances to vent for Rachel Maddow. Wallace did not appear on the Maddow show, agreeing instead to go on the record off-camera with her criticisms of Sarah Palins new book, "Going Rogue: An American Life." Maddow told viewers of her ...
  3 hours ago

• Palin Implosion

  
  Broadway Carl's Blog-O-Mania — Authority: 136
  Well, it looks like it only took three days for the wheels on the bus of the Sarah Palin Book Tour 2009 to come off. Sarah is soooo popular with her teabaggy followers (and there are just so many) that she cant possibly sign everyones book .  I mean, come on, people!  Sarah is just way too important to ...
  3 hours ago

• Going rogue? More like going backstabbing.

  
  Letters to the Editor — Authority: 142
    Sarah Palin’s new book brings to mind an old truism: some of the best fiction is found in autobiographies.   Nothing that has gone wrong in Palin’s public life has ever been her fault. This book only carries on that lie. Again,…
  3 hours ago

• Doug Hoffman Republicans Overreached?

  
  Maggie's Notebook — Authority: 638
  U.S. News and World Reports Religion section says that "political analysts" view the Owens-Hoffman_Scozzafava debacle in New Yorks 23rd District as a failed result for Republicans because Republicans "overreached," by abandoning Dede Scozzafava, who has never been a true Republican,and supporting Doug Hoffman (for 3 ...
  3 hours ago

• Sarah Palin is praying for me

  
  Dwindling In Unbelief — Authority: 120
  OK, not just for me, but for all of her lonely, shallow critics. I wonder if she uses Psalm 109 as a model for her prayer.
  3 hours ago

• Huge rating for O’Reilly Sarah Palin interview

  
  Can I Just Finish My Waffle? — Authority: 419
  CABLE NEWS RACE NOV. 19, 2009 FOXNEWS OREILLY/PALIN 4,120,000 FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,871,000 FOXNEWS BECK 2,730,000 FOXNEWS BAIER 2,359,000 FOXNEWS GRETA 2,113,000 FOXNEWS SHEP 2,078,000 MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,188,000 CNNHN GRACE 1,018,000 CNN KING ...
  3 hours ago

• Daily Gut: Sarah Palin’s Books Sales Prove We’re All Racists (Again)

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 806
  So apparently Sarah Palin sold over three hundred thousand copies of her book in one day – and as you can guess – they were all purchased by racists. At least, that’s what the sociology professors over at MSNBC Community College believe. Check out Hardball guest Norah O’Donnell, impersonating a talking ...
  4 hours ago

• Does John McCain Need Some Palin Power?

  
  Texas for Sarah Palin — Authority: 628
  According to Bill Kristol says J.D. Hayworth has come out of nowhere to mount a serious challenge to the GOPs 2008 presidential candidate in his home state: The new Rasmussen poll for the 2010 Arizona GOP Primary — John McCain 45%, J. D. Hayworth 43% — will generate a fair amount of buzz. But August is a ...
  4 hours ago

• San Francisco Booksellers Wont Carry Going Rogue

  
  American Power — Authority: 700
  You know someones packing some REALLY powerful intellect when every other post on their blog is a Jon Stewart video. Perhaps its generational change, where we see a lazy kind of media-induced resistance to hard thinking and analytical reasoning, but its out there, and not just among hardline netroots ...
  4 hours ago

Comments about Sarah Palin