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Tag Archives: Sarah Palin
The Bristol Stomp
From our Palindrome desk: Official Campaign Outsider Survey®: Is Bristol Palin Being Propped Up On ‘Dancing with the Stars’ By Tea Partiers Or What? Bristol – and Mama Sarah – say, sort of, no. From an Associated Press piece in Saturday’s … Continue reading
Sparker? Spitzker? Partzer? Vote Now!
CNN needs a pairniker (you know, like Bennifer or Brangelina) for Kathleen Parker and Eliot Spitzer, whose new squawk show debuted Monday night. Representative sample (Aaron Sorkin division): Sorkin: “Sarah Palin is an idiot. C’mon – this is a remarkably, … Continue reading
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Idiotic Sentence o’ the Day (pat. pending)
From a Thursday New York Times piece on Alaska arch-rivals former governor Sarah Palin and lame-duck Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Tea Bagged): They represent very different versions of Alaska. Ms. Palin grew up in Wasilla, where development dead-ends and some of … Continue reading
Dead Palin Bounce
Really, how stupid do you have to be to get elected in New Hampshire? Friday Boston Globe headline: Two N.H. lawmakers in hot water over Facebook posts about Palin Rep. Timothy Horgan of Durham resigned after he wrote on his … Continue reading
Palin By Comparison
The Southern Republican Leadership Conference – a quadrennial grand old party that serves as a bakeoff for potential presidential hopefuls – wrapped up Saturday night with its traditional straw poll. And the 2010 winner is . . . H-e-double-hockey-sticks! Mitt … Continue reading
Palin By Comparison
Is it good or bad for Sarah Palin (R-No Hopey, No Changey) that she’s being attacked from the left and from the right? Lefty Leon Wieseltier of The New Republic has the No Hopey beat covered. Righty Dorothy Rabinowitz of … Continue reading
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That Hopey-Changey Thing
Fresh off her boffo book tour and big-bucks contract for Fox News commentary, Sarah Palin is hotter than the New Orleans Saints. Her latest political meme: “How’s that hopey-changey thing working out for you?” Better question: How’s that hopey-changey thing … Continue reading
From the Mailbag . . .
This week, up to several missives poured into the Global Worldwide Headquarters of Campaign Outsider, much to the delight of the hardworking staff. First up: A letter from Bill Clinton (I/Me/Mine – Chappaqua, NY) headlined, “Lies, rumor-mongering, obstruction of progress … Continue reading