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Palin's Medical Records II
Palin's Medical Records II
According to the NYT today , the Palin campaign has refused to give any interviews or provide any documents with respect to Sarah Palin's health records. Like her refusal to hold a press conference in the campaign, this makes Palin uniquely shielded from accountability in modern times. ...
Palin Claims The Vice President Is ‘In Charge Of The U.S. Senate’
thinkprogress.org — Yesterday, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) sat for an interview with KUSA, an NBC affiliate in Colorado. In response to a question sent to the network by a third grader at a local elementary school about what the Vice President does, Palin erroneously argued ... (more) Palin Claims The Vice President Is ‘In Charge Of The ...
Is Sarah Palin the Right's Howard Dean?
thenextright.com — The title of this post is provocative and it's meant to be. But it's not a knock on Sarah Palin. I'm still firmly a Palinista, and I hope this post shows you why. Everyone remembers Howard Dean for the "scream" but I think his example ... (more) Is Sarah Palin the Right's Howard Dean?
"Real" America Looks Different to Palin, Obama
"Real" America Looks Different to Palin, Obama
fivethirtyeight.com — Yesterday, at a fundraiser in Greensboro, North Carolina, Sarah Palin said the following : We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being ... (more) "Real" America Looks Different to Palin, Obama
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Speaking of melanomic 72-yr-olds
WTF Is It Now?!? — According to the NYT today, the Failin campaign has not only refused to give any interviews, they are refusing to provide any documents with respect to Palin's health records. ...

Excitable Andy Brings Up “Palin’s 5th Pregnancy” Again
Pirate's Cove — ... a real press conference in a campaign. Mark Salter, the literary giant most responsible for creating the McCain myth, thinks I’m out of my “fucking mind” to ponder the story Palin has told about her fifth pregnancy.  Well, on the out of your “fucking mind” question, I won’t get into a contest with the team that picked Sarah Palin. But, if you have a few minutes, and think the judgment of a possible future president is worth considering, check out what no one disputes. And make up your own mind. ...

Milky Loads Is At It Again
Pirate's Cove — ... what the LA Times is hiding. I’d like to know what the Palin campaign is hiding as well. We have yet to see any medical records, let alone those documenting her mysterious “pregnancy“, and we have yet to have this candidate give a press conference. ...

Can we Trig-er the release of Sarah Palin's medical records?
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... . And the campaign told ABC's Kate Snow they would be released early next week (that was supposed to be last week). Yet, there are still NO medical records. So why hasn't Palin released her medical records? Is it for the reason the MSM won't speak of, and is it that reason that prevents the MSM from asking more questions? I'm not the only one who wonders if the answer stems from the unspoken MSM question. Andrew Sullivan has been chasing extensively for this answer ; while he has asked more questions than I have, my curiosity has not wavered since the rumors first ...

Excitable Andy Goes To The Trig Conspiracy Well Again
Pirate's Cove — I thought the powers that be at The Atlantic told him to cut this shit out? Are you as unsurprised as I am? Two months of begging from this blog and nada. We all know why: Two weeks ago, Palin’s campaign told several reporters traveling with the campaign that a summary of the governor’s medical history would be made public before election day. Reporters were told that details on Palin’s medical background would be released early last week. Last Thursday, after that timeframe had passed, a campaign aide backed off the ...

Compare and contrast.
INSTAPUTZ — ... This deluded and delusional woman still doesn't understand what happened to her; still has no self-awareness; and has never been forced to accept her obvious limitations. She cannot keep even the most trivial story straight; she repeats untruths with a ferocity and calm that is reserved only to the clinically unhinged; she has the educational level of a high school drop-out; and regards ignorance as some kind of achievement. It is excruciating to watch her - but more excruciating to watch those who feel obliged to defend her. ...

Andrew Sullivan on "the Palin nightmare"
The Reaction — ... This deluded and delusional woman still doesn't understand what happened to her; still has no self-awareness; and has never been forced to accept her obvious limitations. She cannot keep even the most trivial story straight; she repeats untruths with a ferocity and calm that is reserved only to the clinically unhinged; she has the educational level of a high school drop-out; and regards ignorance as some kind of achievement. It is excruciating to watch her - but more excruciating to watch those who feel obliged to defend her. ...

Holding the Gates
Newshoggers.com — ... reactionaries, conservatives in the traditional small 'c' sense of the word, and liberals.  Two to one wins and if the tag team lasts, it is a dominant governing coalition for a generation as the out group is marginalized to regional strong holds and discredited policies.  Andrew Sullivan looks at the reactionaries' belle femme and draws out her implications: Some readers think my continuing attempt to expose all the lies and flim-flam and bizarre behavior of Sarah Palin is now moot.... But even if she is history, she ...

Sarah Palin Cannot Move On
Comments from Left Field — ... This deluded and delusional woman still doesn’t understand what happened to her; still has no self-awareness; and has never been forced to accept her obvious limitations. She cannot keep even the most trivial story straight; she repeats untruths with a ferocity and calm that is reserved only to the clinically unhinged; she has the educational level of a high school drop-out; and regards ignorance as some kind of achievement. It is excruciating to watch her - but more excruciating to watch those who feel obliged to defend her. ...

Andrew Sullivan on “The Palin Nightmare”
The Moderate Voice — ... This deluded and delusional woman still doesn’t understand what happened to her; still has no self-awareness; and has never been forced to accept her obvious limitations. She cannot keep even the most trivial story straight; she repeats untruths with a ferocity and calm that is reserved only to the clinically unhinged; she has the educational level of a high school drop-out; and regards ignorance as some kind of achievement. It is excruciating to watch her - but more excruciating to watch those who feel obliged to defend her. ...

Sully vs. Sully: A User Guide
Wonkette » top — ... Ron Paul for the Republican nomination” - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Andrew Sullivan] Fun Fact! Captain Sully: Was simply doing his job like he was trained to do. Journalist Sully: Talks like this. [Google Video] Catchphrase Captain Sully: “Brace for impact.” [NY Daily News] Journalist Sully: “But with no medical records, it’s impossible to know.” [The Daily Dish]

Bill O’Reilly And Bernard Goldberg Use Michael Jackson Funeral To Take Swipes At African American Community
News Hounds — ... Well, by that reasoning, how many Fox News anchors will be lining up to get pregnancy tips from Sarah Palin, who made the risky choice to get on a plane for the long flight from Texas to Alaska after her water broke, when she was pregnant with her fifth child, whom she knew was going to have Down Syndrome all because she wanted to have the baby in Alaska? ...

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