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.

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• “What Americans are seeking is not the elitism…”

  
  Rumproast — Authority: 666
  Holy crap! She really does make George W. Bush sound like Cicero .
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• The Lies of Sarah Palin

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 149
  Andrew Sullivan has a masterful analysis of Sarah Palin on his blog that goes to the heart of why this woman is dangerous and should NEVER hold high elected office again ANYWHERE. She is delusional and God help the entire world, not just the USA, if she were ever to be elected to the presidency. Why her followers ...
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• Id have compared her to Edward Gibbon, but then again Im prone to wild and ignorant exaggeration...

  
  Lawyers, Guns and Money — Authority: 704
  Americaneoclown is seeing starbursts through the pages of his book : I should add that Im reading the book now, and Im finding it as an extremely satisfying account of the everywomans tale of American exceptionalism. That is, Sarah Palin is our 21st century Frederick Jackson Turner, who was the author of the seminal ...
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• The Pinhead and the Paranoid

  
  Doug's Dynamic Drivel — Authority: 138
  I’m so looking forward to 2012 It will be a, what’s the word she used, oh right, a hoot to see these two tear the GOP completely apart by sucking off the Tea Party votes and if Lou Dobbs runs he’ll siphon off all the racist and white supremacist votes as well. Hardly be a Republican left to vote. Sarah Palin ...
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• The Going Rogue Book Tour Draws Crowds and Controversy

  
  Pajamas Media — Authority: 782
  Sarah Palins triumphal passage through heavy GOP districts has all the trappings of a political campaign.
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• Sarah Palin Now Pissing Off Everyone : Fans Boo Her, Martha Stewart Calls Her "Dangerous" [VideUhOh]

  
  ShowHype - Top Celebrity Gossip News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 170
  Evil Twin-spawning Sarah Palin isnt catching any easy breaks lately. Should she? Better ask her fans who, oh wait, are now booing her. And when Martha Stewart calls you out, damn, you know youve... Oh No They Didnt! found this 92 minutes ago on gawker.com Find more top entertainment news, videos, and blogs on ...
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• After Reading “Going Rogue”

  
  Goldfish And Clowns — Authority: 422
  Finished it a short time ago. Quick impression: illuminating and honest. Much more later, both here and at the Examiner.
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• Humor Column: The Urban Erma by Leighann Lord: The Palin-Clinton Coffee Klatsch

  
  STAGE TIME Magazine | Stand-Up Comedy Resource — Authority: 133
  By Leighann LordHalf listening to the Sunday talk show clap trap, I thought I misheard Hillary Clinton when she said she had not yet met Sarah Palin, but wouldn’t mind chatting with her over a cup of coffee. I couldn’t believe these two pivotal political women weren’t personally acquainted, but then again, Sarah ...
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• The Audacity of Ignorance: Will Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck Team For The White House?

  
  The Feldman Blog — Authority: 107
  “The Audacity of Ignorance,” would be the perfect title for a book by Sarah Palin, the failed former governor of Alaska and failed former Republican vice-presidential nominee and failed mother whose teen daughter apparently never learned about the use of condoms. Instead, Palin’s book is called “Going ...
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• Enthusiasm for Palin, and Echoes of 2008 Divide

  
  Sports & recreation - sports-rec.marc8.com — Authority: 163
  When tickets to see Sarah Palin in Michigan ran out, people drove to her appearance here, three hours away.
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• Joseph Gordon-Levitt energizes ‘Saturday Night Live’ – ChicagoNow (blog)

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 167
  Zap2it.com Joseph Gordon - Levitt energizes Saturday Night Live ChicagoNow (blog) High energy and a 1000-watt smile went a long way for Joseph Gordon - Levitt as he hosted "Saturday Night Live" this weekend. His enthusiasm was obvious from ... Saturday Night Live: Joseph Gordon - Levitt ...
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• Regarding the Landscape of Incoherent White American Resentment

  
  Just Above Sunset — Authority: 426
  They call him Tweety Bird for a reason. Chris Matthews is the guy, with his political talk show on MSNBC, Hardball. He flits around, topic to topic, you never know what he’s going to say next, and he loves to ask strange hypothetical political questions, which he thinks are provocative and really challenge his ...
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• Video : Martha Stewart on Sarah Palin ‘She’s Dangerous’

  
  Brave New Wave - Children of a Lesser Revolution — Authority: 480
  Martha Stewart is fast becoming our favorite female media figure. Within the same week she has managed to put both the contemptibly inept Rachael Ray and as she says, the confused Sarah Palin in their places: “ I wouldn ‘ t watch her if you paid me “
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• Sarah Palin talks with woman who looks a lot like her

  
  Mofo Politics | Hoping Obama Fails — Authority: 522
  Palin Facebook: Photos from Going Rogue Tour! Gov. Sarah Palin talks with a woman who’s looks resemble that of Gov. Sarah Palin at Borders bookstore during the third “Going Rogue” book signing event Thursday, November 19, 2009, in Noblesville, IN.
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• SOME GUY FROM ALASKA POSES FOR PLAYGIRL

  
  Warren and Derrick — Authority: 135
  Maybe youve heard by now that Levi Johnston . . . the baby daddy of Sarah Palins grandson . . . took it all off for Playgirl .  Well, the images have begun to leak, and they aint half-bad folks.  Gotta say it.   Are those Baskit undies hes wearing?  Someone has good taste!  Wonder if he bought them on a ...
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• Dowd Goes Hard: Obama could learn from Palin?

  
  MtnGrl Musing — Authority: 113
  As the months of his Presidency go by and the headiness of the campaign is an increasingly distant memory, its become apparent that President Barack Obama is human after all, flawed like the rest of us. Maureen Dowd says that his approval level is below 50%; News Writer in A World Of Progress TeamZine said that 60% ...
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• Disaster Movie: Palin 2012

  
  Liberal Values — Authority: 143
  How the world might come to an end.
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• Quote of the Day (November 21, 2009)

  
  Texas for Sarah Palin — Authority: 629
  Rocketman : "The far left Democrats fear that, just as with Reagan, Sarah Palin’s cheery optimism, can-do attitude, and dedication to the traditional American ideals of national exceptionalism and individualism will resonate in a way that the elitist notions of our betters deciding what’s good for us never ...
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• Theyre Using Every Hammer They Have

  
  johnny dollar's place — Authority: 547
  J$P Video! Sarah Palin coverage debated: From Fox News Watch , November 21 2009 foxnews sp
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• Martha Stewart: Sarah Palin Just Isn’t “Martha” Enough For Martha & Why I like Martha Stewart

  
  Seriously McMillan's "She So Ghetto" — Authority: 129
  Don’t take that the wrong way.  I truly learn a lot…I mean tons…gazillions of things from Martha Stewart and I have for many years.  When I was a kid, my mom had a part-time job at K-Mart and Martha Stewart stuff was everywhere.  I grew up with wistful sounds of her TV show wafting into the room on Sunday ...
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