Palin Suggests She Doesn’t Want Uncle Toobz’ Seat
She notes that she didn’t do too well under the "white hot" spotlight of DC. MATT LAUER: Let me talk about your future. There is a possibility that, in the state of Alaska, there will be a special...
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Obama and the Guvs
In a really smart move, Obama is quickly pulling together a meeting between him and the nation’s governors (and always the master of theater, he’s holding it at Independence Hall in Philly)....
View ArticleDon’t Be So Fast to Refer to Palin’s “Son-in-Law”
A number of people in the blogosphere have pointed out that Governor Palin–or more accurately, her daughter Bristol–has been palin’ around with drug dealers. Remember Levi Johnston, the guy they...
View ArticlePre-Coffee Deep Thought
If Emmett Sullivan, the judge that is considering vacating Toobz Stevens’ conviction because the government withheld critical information also demands the government free Aymen Saeed Batarfi, a Gitmo...
View ArticleYou Think Alberto Gonzales Knows There’s Not a “Department of Law”?
Let’s hope so, because Texas Tech just hired Gonzales to teach what appears to be a PoliSci course. (h/t Wonkette) Alberto Gonzales, who resigned as the Bush administration’s embattled attorney general...
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Killer Drones Coming To America!
Like all new fads that start overseas and eventually make their way here to the US as the next “new thing”, drones are on their way to our friendly skies. From AP via Google News: Unmanned aircraft...
View ArticleIran Embraces Bush Doctrine, Press Pulls a Palin
Among the many gaffes by Sarah Palin during the 2008 presidential campaign, her “In what respect, Charlie?” response to Charles Gibson’s “Do you agree with the Bush Doctrine?” stands out as perhaps...
View ArticleAnother Veep Loser Planning to Quit?
Back when the 2016 GOP nomination kicked off (a good 5 days before Mitt got around to losing officially), here’s one way Paul Ryan’s anonymous advisors envisioned insulating his Presidential ambitions...
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Come On Down Paul Gosar, The Latest Arizona Embarrassment
You may have watched the House Oversight hearing with Michael Cohen last Wednesday (See here and here). One of the most hilarious moments came when Arizona Republican Representative Paul Gosar went off...
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Three Things: The GOP’s Trumpian Death Panels [UPDATE-1]
[Check the byline, thanks! Update at the bottom of this post. /~Rayne] Remember all the squealing by conservatives and Republican members of Congress back in 2009-2010 during the debate about health...
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The Palin Industry
I was one of the first to note that Palin’s actions suggested she was running for President in 2012 rather than VP in 2008. But that doesn’t mean I think she’d be successful. Here are my thoughts why...
View ArticleIt Must Be Something in the (Melting) Icebergs
Sarah Palin: … the report that came out also was very clear in that there was no unethical or unlawful behavior on my part. [snip] No abuse of power there at all. Sarah Palin’s mentor, Ted Stevens:...
View ArticleGovernor-Appointed Panel Clears Governor of Wrong-Doing
The Personnel investigation into the firing of Walt Monegan–the one conducted by three governor appointees (Sarah didn’t hire all of them, but she can fire any of them)–has cleared Sarah Palin of any...
View ArticlePalin and the Presidential
I’m still synthesizing what to make of last night. But I have to say I disagree with some of the early conclusions that Palin was a net negative for McCain. Here, for example, is Ambinder’s description...
View ArticleChalabi’s Lobbyist Was Sarah Palin’s Spy
Wow. I finally try to catch up on sleep all the angst about just how bad Sarah Palin was explodes. Here’s a detail I’m particularly intrigued by: One of the aides tells CNN that campaign manager Rick...
View ArticlePalin’s Concession Speech
There’s a detail in the NYT story on the Wasilla Wonder that explains something that confused me on election night. As late as Tuesday night, a McCain adviser said, Ms. Palin was pushing to deliver her...
View ArticleRNC to Audit Palin’s Panty Drawer
And here’s my favorite line in the whole NYT Wasilla Wonder piece. Republican National Committee lawyers were likely to go to Alaska to conduct an inventory and try to account for all that was spent....
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Steve Schmidt Doesn’t Blame Palin
Well, to his credit, Steve Schmidt isn’t blaming the Wasilla Wonder for McCain’s loss. In fact, he looks to the Palin selection as a victory (though he doesn’t name her specifically), insofar as it...
View ArticleThe New Landscape in Alaska for the Wasilla Wonder
Back when I argued that Palin would probably not be the Republican candidate for President in 2012, I noted how much the landscape had changed for Palin in Alaska. That’s true, first of all, because...
View ArticleUpdate on the Underwear Audit
Sarah Palin engaged in a bit of parsing when asked last week whether RNC lawyers were coming to audit the clothes she scammed the RNC out of. Rather than denying the claim outright, she insisted the...
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