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Predictions for 2009

Sam Greenfield | Posted 01.04.2009 | Style

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Sam Greenfield

2009 Predictions: September: Paris Hilton endorses John McCain. October: Rod Blagojevich wins Halloween costume contest dressed as Honest Abe Lincoln.

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Palin on Today: Not Goin' Anywhere

Adele Stan | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Today Show, 2012 Presidential Campaign, Matt Lauer, Todd Palin, Sarah Palin, Wasilla, Piper Palin, Politics News
Adele Stan

The passage of anti-gay ballot measures in a handful of states on Tuesday proves the culture wars have not yet ended. And Sarah Palin could prove to be a great warrior icon -- Alaska's own Athena.

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I Just Saw Sarah Palin Snow a Willing Greta van Susteren

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Alaska, Harry Potter, Palin Greta Van Susteren, Sarah Palin, Wasilla, Sara Palin Mayor, Sarah Palin Lies, Sarah Palin Harry Potter, Media News
Joseph A. Palermo

Palin told Greta that she couldn't have banned Harry Potter books as mayor of Wasilla because "Harry Potter had not been written yet." However, there were additions to the series in that period.

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Two Moose for Sister Sarah -- A Requiem

Alice Singleton | Posted 11.07.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Neiman Marcus, John McCain, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Wasilla, Palin Africa, Palin Wardrobe, McCain Palin, Chicago News
Alice Singleton

The Morning After, Sister Sarah went from being one-half of the party standard bearer to the Whore of Babylon, Elly Mae Clampett sportin' a bikini underneath her parka.

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Northern Exposure: Palin Meets Aides in Only a Towel

Lisa Derrick | Posted 11.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Wasilla, Campaign Finances, Gop, Neiman Marcus, Spending, Sarah Palin, Home News
Lisa Derrick

Shades of Lee Atwater peeing in front of an Esquire reporter, or LBJ taking meetings on the toilet--only more girly! Because being an Evangelical R...

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Palin Campaign Stonewalls On Medical Records

CNN | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wasilla, Republican Vice Presidential Candidate, Gop, Election Day, Presidential Election 2008, Health, Sarah Palin, Alaskan Governor, Palin Health Records, Election 2008, Alaska, Palin Campaign, John McCain, Politics News

With less than 24 hours to go before the presidential election, Sarah Palin still has not released her medical records and there is no indication the ...

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Palin2012.com Registered In Alaska

Politico | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wasilla, Election Day, Jay Griffin, Presidential Election 2008, Sarah Palin, Alaskan Governor, Election 2008, Alaska, Vice Presidential Candidate, Election 2012, Presidential Election 2012, Politics News

Somebody's looking ahead, just a bit. The website SarahPalin2012.com was registered in August to a person who giving his location as Alaska and his n...

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Life Begins at Rape -- Ask Palin

Shannyn Moore | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wasilla, Alaska, Rape Doll, Sarah Palin Scandal, Rape Kit, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

Can you imagine having to pay for the CSI if your home was robbed? What if a bill came for the breathalyzer tests if you'd been hit by a drunk driver?

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Jason Linkins

Obama Fails To Secure Endorsement Of Wasilla's Hometown Paper

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Wasilla, Mat-Su Frontiersman, Palin Wasilla, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Mccain Endorsements, Barack Obama, Media News

Lest you think that everything is going Barack Obama's way and that the media is totally in the tank for Barack Obama, we bring you word of an endorse...

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An Invitation to Governor Palin

Elizabeth Austin | Posted 10.23.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Sarah Palin, Illinois Politics, Barack Obama, John McCain, DuPage County, McCain Palin, Robin Hayes, Wasilla, Sara Palin, The Real America, Chicago News
Elizabeth Austin

Sarah Palin's vision of urban America has been shaped by media offering violent visions of city life. She doesn't know that my community is as tightly interwoven as her hometown.

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Governor Palin Sold One State Plane, Used Another

MSNBC | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wasilla, Plane, Election Day, Todd Palin, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Governor, Gop, Alaska, Election 2008, Alaska Governor, Politics News

Governor Sarah Palin used her state law-enforcement agency's twin-engine plane to travel around Alaska, accounting for about 20 percent of its flying ...

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Sarah Palin and The GOP's Charli Baltimore Plan

Barry Michael Cooper | Posted 10.22.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Wasilla, Gop, Cypress Hill, Karl Rove, Shoutout, Ronald Reagan, Eminem, Television Correspondent's Dinner, Rap, Karl Rove Television Correspondent Dinner, Karl Rove Rap, Keith Olbermann, GOP Southern Strategy, Lee Atwater, George H.W. Bush, Hip Hop, Rachel Maddow, Bob Herbert, Mr Magic, 99 Problems, Jay-Z, Lamis, Barry Michael Cooper, Baltimore, Media News
Barry Michael Cooper

Watching Palin sit through the SNL skit, it amazed me how politics and Hip Hop have established some sort of weird intertextuality.

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Troopergate Investigator, Palins To Meet This Week

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wasilla, Palin Scandal, Palin Ethics, Anchorage, Sarah Palin, Troopergate, Todd Palin, Election 2008, Alaska, Scandal, Politics News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband will meet this week with an investigator determining whether she violated state ethi...

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Sarah Palin & the Presidency

George Mitrovich | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wasilla, John McCain, 2012 Election, Sarah Palin, Gop, Alaska, Republicans, Politics News
George Mitrovich

Sarah Palin will return home to Alaska, but her rise to stardom on the national stage will consume her -- and dominate her ever -- waking moment. Count on it.

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Hockey Mom

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Governor of Alaska, Hockey Mom, Hockey, Sarah Palin, Wasilla, John McCain, Election 2008, Politics News
Roger I. Abrams

Sarah Palin has turned the campaign into a hockey brawl.

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Palin In My Prayer Group, Says Witchcraft-Fighting "Spiritual Warfare" Leader

Bruce Wilson | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin, Wasilla, Thomas Muthee, John McCain, Mary Glazier, Governor of Alaska, Alaska, New Apostolic Reformation, Politics News
Bruce Wilson

Members of the New Apostolic Reformation clearly profess to believe that others will be forced to accept their beliefs or be destroyed.

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Palin's Wasilla Doodles Reveal The Origin Of McCain Campaign Myths (PHOTO)

TNR/ABC | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

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The New Republic reports: On a recent reporting trip to Alaska, TNR senior editor Noam Scheiber came across a piece of paper from an old Wasilla ...

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Palin Brings Laughter To The Masses

Liz Umlas and Rachel Eliana Berman | Posted 10.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Vice President, Wasilla, Experience, Library, Books, Joe Biden, Governor, Foreign Policy, Vice Presidential Debate, Political Cartoon, Expectations, Sarah Palin, Domestic Policy, Election 2008, Alaska, Palin Books, Home News
Liz Umlas and Rachel Eliana Berman

Liz Umlas has joined forces with her daughter Rachel to entertain OffTheBus readers with their political cartoons. Rachel supplies the artistic skills, and Liz brings the political ideas.

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I Want A VP Who Is Smarter Than Me

Pam Atherton | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Wasilla, Vice President, Debate, Middle Class, Joe Biden, Maverick, Shia, Intellectual, Nuclear, Anti-Intellectual, Intelligence, Vice President Debate, Elite, Folksy, Sarah Palin, Washington, Alaska, Sunnis, Hockey Mom, John McCain, Home News
Pam Atherton

I don't want someone who believes their biggest asset is that they know what it's like to shop at WalMart and take their kids to hockey practice in a mini-van. How will that help in negotiations and diplomatic missions with other heads of state?

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Mayor Palin Left Wasilla To The Bears: Cut Funding For Animal Control, Children's Shelter, Rape Kits, More

Jacob Alperin-Sheriff | Posted 10.01.2008 | Home

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Jacob Alperin-Sheriff

Palin's budget realignment saw funds aimed at benefiting Wasilla citizens moved to pay for city legal defense and government employee transportation, including an SUV for the mayor...

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My Gal Pal Sarah and Me

Linda Kulman | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bee Hive, Bush Doctrine, Blinking, Sarah Palin, Russia, Hockey Mom, Monroe Doctrine, Wasilla, Moose Pot Pie, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Linda Kulman

Mrs. Palin can practically see Russia from her house and, in an amazing coincidence, I can practically see the Swiss Embassy from mine.

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All the President's Networks

Bradley W. Bloch | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: John W. Rogers Jr., Craig Robinson, Bill Clinton, Social Networking, Penny Pritzker, Marty Nesbitt, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Wasilla, Abner Mikva, Nepotism, Wasilla High School, Politics News
Bradley W. Bloch

A close examination of virtually any administration will uncover a tangled skein of personal, political, and professional connections, often reaching back decades.

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Sarah Palin's Inbox Reveals Possible Troopergate Smoking Guns

Erik Ose | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

Why the secrecy? Why try so hard to cover up your e-mail trail? What exactly is Gov. Palin trying to hide?

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On Star Wars, Homeless Men, and Sarah Palin

Alexis C. Jolly | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wasilla, Star Wars, Palin Wasilla, Sarah Palin Vp, John McCain, McCain Palin, Sarah Palin Vice President, Thomas Jefferson, 2008 Election, McCain Old, John Mccain Age, Sarah Palin, Abraham Lincoln, My Little Pony: The Movie, Sarah Palin Reaction, Yoshinoya, Politics News
Alexis C. Jolly

Most of us have had to settle for Miss Congeniality rather than Miss Alaska in the beauty pageant of life. But just because we can relate to Palin doesn't mean she should be in a position to become president.

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Sarah Palin E-Mails Deleted Under Cover of Hacking Incident

Erik Ose | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

A strange hacking incident earlier today tied up another loose end for Gov. Sarah Palin. Overnight, one of Palin's Yahoo e-mail accounts was compromi...

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