Former Alaska Gov. Palin insists Iowa visit to promote book, not politics

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – Hundreds turned out for a Sarah Palin book signing in Iowa, an event the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate insisted was not for political purposes. Palin’s stop Saturday at the Borders in West Des Moines brought her back to Iowa, which hosts the caucuses that kick [...]

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Arizona shooting: Don’t blame Sarah Palin — get public schools to discuss politics

Narberth, Pa. Its the Republicans fault! Listen to their nasty anti-government rhetoric! Thats been the party line among many of my fellow Democrats, ever since Jared Loughner allegedly shot Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and killed six others outside an Arizona shopping mall Saturday morning. The real problem is public schoolsTheyre wrong. The real problem lies instead [...]

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Sarah Palin Shuns Washington Politics Again

COMMENTARY | For the fourth consecutive year, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has skipped out on the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. Despite being offered the closing keynote speech–a chance to have the last word in front of thousands of conservative politicians, bloggers and voters–Palin has said “thanks but no thanks.” In [...]

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NYT: In Iowa, Palin signs books but sidesteps politics

A.G. Sulzberger / New York Times West Des Moines, Iowa– The visit was, according to the official line, just a book signing — a chance for Sarah Palin to scrawl her signature for a few hundred fans on copies of her latest work. But against a backdrop of unceasing speculation about her future and coming [...]

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Palin Crib Notes vs Obama TelePrompTer

I think the following just about says it all: Obama Uses Teleprompter to speak to 6th Grade Class President Barack Obama points to the media, as he enters to speak, after a discussion with 6th grade students at Graham Road Elementary School in Falls Church, Va., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) hat tip [...]

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Sarah Palin, Tea Party: Is The Left Afraid?

I watched the MSNBC screaming heads go crazy over the Tea Party folks and Sarah Palin. It is just funny to watch them spin the political impact of Sarah Palin and the Tea Party people. As you know they paint Sarah as dumb and the Tea party as an extreme right, out of control, bunch [...]

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