mediamatters.org - 7/15/2009
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It turns out that blogger Phil Munger
hears all his big, breaking Sarah Palin news in the kitchen of his house, which
overlooks Neklason
Lake and sits just 10 miles from the center of
Wasilla, the Southcentral
Alaska town where Palin once served as mayor.
On July 3, Munger, a music ...
cbsnews.com - 7/14/2009
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cbsnews.com —
A majority of Americans believe that Sarah Palin
is resigning as governor of Alaska not because it's...
in the best interest of her state but because it will benefit her political career, a new CBS News poll finds. Just 24 percent of those accept Palin's ...
(more)
Poll: Most Say Palin Resigned To Help Her Career - ...
conservatives4palin.com - 7/19/2009
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conservatives4palin.com —
Chalk this up as Stupid Palin Meme of
the Week: In a July 12th hit piece published...
on the front page of the New York Times , reporters Jim Rutenberg and Serge Kovaleski (assisted by Kim Severson and William Yardley in Alaska) made the following claim: ...
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Palin Hairdresser: NYT Was Lying About "Hair Thinning" Claim
thehill.com - 7/12/2009
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thehill.com —
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) defended his former running
mate Sarah Palin on Sunday, saying she wasn’t a...
quitter and that her decision to resign as governor was consistent with his own leadership qualities. McCain said Palin did not tell him she was ...
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McCain: Palin not a quitter
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Eric Boehlert: Saradise Lost: How Alaska bloggers dethroned Sarah Palin
The Hollywood Liberal —
Eric Boehlert: Saradise Lost: How Alaska bloggers dethroned Sarah Palin It turns out that blogger Phil Munger hears all his big, breaking Sarah Palin news in the kitchen of his house, which overlooks Neklason Lake and sits just 10 miles from the center of Wasilla, the Southcentral Alaska town where Palin once served as mayor. On July 3, Munger, a music professor and former ’60s anti-war activist who started his blog Alaska Progressive in November 2007, was in his kitchen and got gobsmacked by the announcement that Palin was handing over the reins of the state to her No. 2, and doing it for the good of Alaskans. Munger’s ...
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