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Palin on the Offensive
Politics Daily —
... Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin began her national media blitz last night, telling FOX News' Greta Van Susteren that she's looking for a sign from heaven as to what to do in 2012. ...
No More Mister Nice Blog — ... last night, Sarah Palin was the opposite of magnanimous. She whined to Greta Van Susteren about everyone she believed had done her wrong -- the RNC, "narrow-minded" feminists who just weren't "bold and brave" enough to support her, "the media" working hand in glove with "some blogger probably sitting there in their parents' basement, wearing their pajamas, blogging some kind of gossip" ... the list goes on. Admissions of error on her own part? Zero. (Story here; transcript here.) Imagine if Barack Obama had lost the election. Now, imagine that, less than a week ...
Video: Palin on three reasons why McCain lost
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... now that she’s free of Team Maverick’s clutches, I think you’re kidding yourself. No talk here about 2012 but she and Greta covered that last night. The video’s available at the FNC website but it runs 45 minutes so stick with the transcript instead. The part in the very middle, about abortion as the ultimate wedge issue among feminists, is worthwhile, as is what she has to say near the end about the McCain camp having researched her votes as a Wasilla city council member 15 years ago before she was asked to join the ticket. So much for “She wasn’t vetted.” Exit question: ...
Van Susteren Advocates For Palin - Again
News Hounds —
... . During a lengthy, lapdog interview of Sarah Palin aired last night (11/10/08), Van Susteren swallowed every one of Palin's assertions without question, including a repeat of her ...
Is McCain hanging Palin out to dry to distract attention from his own mistakes?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... independents to become a viable presidential candidate. The only way she adds to that 35 percent, I think, is to totally wonk out on foreign and domestic policy in interviews going forward. But that presents a dilemma: The reason the media’s fascinated with her is because she’s not a wonk, but rather an average Jill who shuttles the kids to school and whips up a little moose stew on the fly when she’s not busy governing the biggest state in America. That’s why not one , not two , but all three interviews she’s done this week have included scenes of her in ...
2012 Watch: 'Sarah-Centric'
Political Punch —
... 2012 Watch: 'Sarah-Centric' November 12, 2008 10:42 AM The Sarah Palin Image Refurbishing Tour has begun in earnest. On Fox News' Greta this week , Palin coined an interesting term about the enthusiasm for her at GOP rallies."Any of the chants of 'Sarah' or anything that maybe would look like maybe anything was Sarah-centric is, on my part, I know that it is not me personally that the cheers were for," she said. "It's for, 'Cool, we've got a woman on the ticket, we've got this manifestation of progress and change in America.'...But not me personally were those cheers for, but ...
11/12: Ratcheting Up The Pressure
Blogometer —
... independents to become a viable presidential candidate. The only way she adds to that 35 percent, I think, is to totally wonk out on foreign and domestic policy in interviews going forward. But that presents a dilemma: The reason the media's fascinated with her is because she's not a wonk, but rather an average Jill who shuttles the kids to school and whips up a little moose stew on the fly when she's not busy governing the biggest state in America. That's why not one , not two , but all three interviews she's done this week have included scenes of her in ...
Maybe the media is liberal
Nitpicker —
... Palin on Fox News: "So I would like to see, perhaps, some of these feminist women -- and sometimes, you know, I consider myself, too, as a feminist, whatever that means." ...
Andrew Sullivan on "the Palin nightmare"
The Reaction —
... what I may not have expressed explicitly -- though it was certainly there implicitly -- was my utter contempt for her. There are few political figures I despise as much as I came to despise her. She is, as I put it, an ignorant thug and an arrogant twit. Simply put, she was, given her place on the presidential ticket of a major party, an embarrassment to the United States. And nothing has changed since the election. She is still utterly clueless yet still thinks she has some sort of God-given right to impose herself on the American people. ...
Andrew Sullivan on “The Palin Nightmare”
The Moderate Voice —
... not have expressed explicitly — though it was certainly there implicitly — was my utter contempt for her. There are few political figures I despise as much as I came to despise her. She is, as I put it, an ignorant thug and an arrogant twit. Simply put, she was, given her place on the presidential ticket of a major party, an embarrassment to the United States. And nothing has changed since the election. She is still utterly clueless yet still thinks she has some sort of God-given right to impose herself on the American people. ...
Things You Never Think You’ll Say
I Am TRex —
... Even Sarah Palin has blamed Bush policies for the GOP loss. She’s not entirely wrong, but she’s also part of the problem. Her recent conjecture about whether to run for president in 2012 (does anyone really doubt she will?) speaks for itself: ...
Van Susteren's Double Standard Of Tolerance For Hate
News Hounds —
... about how he spews hate which is the reason all those news organizations went after him. Did I just miss that part? ...He's so full of hate and now he's playing the big victim. (He says), 'Oh, woe is me, this rotten media, because they don't like my hate. They don't like the fact that I'm just plain out nasty.'”
And I didn't hear the part where Van Susteren talked about McCain-Palin supporters spewing hate at their rallies. She never mentioned it during any of her many gushing interviews with Sarah Palin. In fact, I never heard it mentioned at all ...
The Husband Of Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren’s Is A ‘Protector Of The Palin Brand’
Think Progress —
... In September, she hosted a one-hour “documentary” on the GOP vice presidential candidate, titled “Governor Sarah Palin — An American Woman.” She also scored an exclusive interview with Todd Palin, in which she grilled him “on everything from the story behind the name ‘First Dude’ to how he feels about the name ‘First Dude.’”
After the election ended, Palin chose Van Susteren for her first national television interview. Since then, Greta has consistently covered ...
What Do Sarah Palin and Scientology Have in Common?
Politics Daily —
... And as if that wasn't enough, Coale also managed to hook Palin up with a slow-pitch puff piece interview with his wife on Fox News. ...
