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Palin's Brain Speaks
Kristol thinks McCain will win re-election:I predict that Palin will come to Arizona next summer to campaign for McCain, will make an impassioned case for him, and will help him win. She will thereby repay McCain for his confidence in picking her last year, help keep McCain as a crucial voice in the …
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The Fundamentalist Era
"So what if Sarah Palin didnt write this book? Even God used early scribes to write the Bible," - Moe Lang, a commenter on Amazon.com.
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The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin XXXV: Ambushing Piper
A key part of Sarah Palins work of magical realism is her victimization at the hands of the evil librul media. So this part of "Going Rogue" is par for the course. Peter Hanby:"In one early press conference we noticed that our local reporters were flanked by a couple of reporters from …
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Palin Witness Fact Check IV
In one part of her work of magical realism, Palin goes off on the presss alleged recklessness and bias in wondering whether her extraordinary stories about her fifth pregnancy were, er, accurate. Heres the passage from Going Rogue:Formerly reputable outlets like the Atlantic ran with the loony consp …
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The MSM's Latest Bid For Relevance
The Onion has the scoop.
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Just One Republican
The GOP is trying to get voters to forget their fiscal recklessness over the last eight years. And the conservative media - which is sadly far too often just a partisan mouthpiece - is helping the amnesia along. One of the few principled fiscal conservatives in the Bush-Cheney years. Bruce Bartlett, …
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Heads I Lose, Tails You Win
A few days ago, many Republican bloggers thought KSM didnt deserve a trial. Now they are calling the civilian trial a "show trial" because it is possible that the government could continue to detain KSM in the unlikely instance he gets off. Allahpundit:Not only will we be right back where …
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Hockey Mom With A Glass Jaw
Jessica Valenti describes how Palin is trying to have it both ways when it comes to gender:In her widely watched Oprah appearance, for example, Palin said that she resented people questioning her ability to serve as vice-president while being a mother to five children – something a man would never b …
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Netanyahu's Gilo Provocation
A reader writes:Having grown up in Gilo, I have to chime in on all these people expressing the fact that expanding Gilo is not a problem. My mom, who lived there for a while, responded to the article by saying, "When we were growing up, those werent settlements. Those were just cheap houses.&qu …
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Will HarperCollins Make A Profit On Palin's Book?
It appears so.
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Palin Witness Fact Check III
David Corn makes a cameo in the book. Palin distorts the story to make it fit better with her self-serving story. Its not that big a deal - more selective unfairness than a lie of any sort. Corns explanation here.
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Jobs And The Stimulus
A new poll finds that 51 percent of Americans think canceling the rest of the stimulus would create more jobs. Derek Thompson is slack-jawed:The idea that canceling the stimulus would create more jobs implies that passing the stimulus has actually killed more jobs than its created, which is bonkers. …
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Palin Witness Fact Check II
“It is pure fiction. No such discussion took place,” - Nicolle Wallace, disputing yet another passage in Palins book.
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Palin Witness Fact Check I
“That is the most cockamamie bullshit. She didn’t have a damn thing to do with it, and she didn’t know what it was about," - Dave Oesting of Anchorage, lead plaintiff attorney in the private litigants’ civil case against Exxon and its successor, Exxon Mobil Corp. He was referring to governor Pa …
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The Gateway Drug
Another pot-smoker, another loser:Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum has won the 2009 National League Cy Young Award in a historic and close vote of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Lincecum becomes the first pitcher since the writers created the award in 1956 to win it in each of his first two …
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Two Seats?
Silver does some Senate handicapping:I suspect the net gain for either party will not exceed two seats. There are some primaries yet to determine nominees, so its too early to say either way which party should come out ahead.
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So You Don't Have To
Mudflats is blogging the book page by page.
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Iraq. Iran. Whatever.
Palin strikes again. Hannity cannot correct her. It would be like correcting the Pope - too confusing for the viewers.
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Fox Rigs The Video Again
After running video of crowds from a September Tea Party rally to make it seem the recent health insurance reform protest was bigger than it was, Fox News has done it again: this time to make Sarah Palins crowds look bigger, using old footage from the campaign. Its funny, isnt it, that these "e …
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Palin vs Reagan
Steve Chapman notices the stark difference:Who needs policy? In her world -- and the world of legions of conservatives who revere her -- the persona is the policy. Palin is beloved because shes (supposedly) just like ordinary people, which (supposedly) gives her a profound understanding of their nee …
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