Slate’s John Dickerson argues that Sarah Palin, the half-term governor of a sparsely populated state who doesn’t read newspapers and makes stuff up to cover for her gross lack of knowledge, is the Right’s answer to Al Gore, the Nobel Peace Prize winning two-term vice-president of the United States who tends to be ahead of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Sarah Palin'
I Like Ours Better
April 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · AR, Politics
Tags: Al Gore·global warming·Iraq War·Sarah Palin·Slate·the Internet
The Gift that Keeps on Giving?
November 20th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics
Let the Sarah Palin media blitz begin! I have no interest in watching any of the many, many interviews Palin will be doing in the coming weeks. We pretty much know how every public appearance will go: she’ll sputter nonsense, using 10 words when she needs 4, and string together empty platitudes that come close [...]
Tags: 2012 Republican primary·Joan Walsh·Katie Couric·Politics·Republicans·Sarah Palin
More Palin!
July 6th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics
Ross Douthat had a column in the NY Times this morning bemoaning the sexism and elitism motivating the media’s treatment of Sarah Palin. As Adam Serwer points out, this follows a pattern of conservatives suddenly caring about issues like sexism whenever a Republican is affected. (Bonus points for the Futurama reference).
This discussion demonstrates [...]
Tags: Adam Serwer·conservative logic·conservatives·John McCain·NY Times·Ross Douthat·Sarah Palin·sexism
No More Politics as Usual
July 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · AS, Politics
Before I got bored and couldn’t listen to any more of Sarah Palin’s resignation speech, I’m pretty sure she said the phrase “no more politics as usual” at least half a dozen times. The only thing that kept me interested for a few minutes was trying to figure out what Alaskan animal was making the [...]
Tags: Bristol Palin·conservatives·Fox News·giant petrel·Greta Van Susteren·Hypercolor·Mark Sanford·Michael Jackson·Sarah Palin·timeshares·toxic mold·Trig Palin
Palin, cont.
July 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics
So the word leaking out is that Palin was tired of her contentious relationship with the Alaska legislature, and wants to spend time working on her book and travel the country talking about family values or hockey or whatever the hell she purports to be qualified to speak on. Conflicting reports on whether she’s [...]
Tags: 2012 Republican primary·Alaska·hockey·John McCain·just-plain-folk·Sarah Palin·Vanity Fair
I Need To Write Faster
July 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics
Just as I was leisurely working my way through a post about the recent Vanity Fair piece on Sarah Palin, her electoral prospects for 2012, and the general craziness of McCain’s selection of her, she has to go and surprise everyone by resigning, ruining the whole thing.
My entirely speculative prediction: multi-million dollar [...]
Tags: Sarah Palin