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Tag Archives: Sarah Palin
Typo o’ the Day (pat. pending)
Headline of Bill O’Reilly’s column in Sunday’s Boston Herald op-ed page: Palin’s back and bigger then ever It was corrected on the Herald website, but still . . . The same edition of the Herald featured a piece about the … Continue reading
“Wee Weed” All the Way Home
Barack Obama should never ad lib. He should cling to his TelePrompter like a bitter Pennsylvanian clings to guns and religion. Exhibit Umpteenth: Obama’s Thursday address to minions of his front group, Organizing for America, in which he made light … Continue reading
Tailin’ Palin
Ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had barely ended her farewell speech on Sunday (Executive summary: I’m more powerful now that I’m not governor of the least populous but largest state in the Union) when liberal pill-and-a-pest organization MoveOn.org had a TV … Continue reading
Palin’s Sailin’
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin officially leaves office today – not exactly the equivalent of British monarch Edward VIII’s abdication, but close enough for cable. And for the Wall Street Journal, which added this tidbit to the mix: One clue Ms. … Continue reading
Nailin’ Palin
Belated hat tip to the Wall Street Journal’s Thomas Frank, who gets the Palin drone just right in his column headlined “Poor, Persecuted Sarah Palin.” Here’s the nut graf: Indeed, if political figures stand for ideas, victimization is what Ms. … Continue reading
Palin’s Bailin’
Alaska governor Sarah Palin is the Manny Ramirez of American politics. For one thing, she’s living in a world of her own. For another, she sure seems like she’s on drugs. Her Fourth of July Eve bolt from the blue … Continue reading
Palin by Comparison
Top Ten Reasons Sarah Palin Has Gotta Hate Todd Purdum’s Vanity Fair Piece About Her: 10. ” [She] often seems proud of what she does not know.” 9. “No political principle or personal relationship is more sacred than her own … Continue reading
The First on Our Block
Plowing through the Sarah Palin takedown in Vanity Fair (more later), but wanted to issue this Consumer Alert: The Missus and I agree that Boston Globe movie critic Ty Burr got it just right in his review of Public Enemies. … Continue reading