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Some Things Snark Themselves
mahablog.com - 6/30/2009
Some Things Snark Themselves
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I wasn’t going to comment on Todd Purdum’s Vanity Fair piece on Sarah Palin , but then I caught this quote from the Purdum article from Michael Tomasky : More than once in my travels in Alaska, people brought up, without prompting, the question of Palin’s extravagant ...
vanityfair.com - 6/30/2009
August 2009: Todd S. Purdum on Sarah Palin
— vanityfair.com — Despite her disastrous performance in the 2008 election, Sarah Palin is still the sexiest brand in Republican... politics, with a lucrative book contract for her story. But what Alaska’s charismatic governor wants the public to know about herself ... (more) August 2009: Todd S. Purdum on Sarah Palin

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weeklystandard.com - 6/30/2009
Kristol: Liberal Media and GOP Hacks vs. Palin
— weeklystandard.com — Lefty journalist Todd Purdum has a hit piece in the new Vanity Fair on Sarah Palin. You... don’t have to be a big Palin fan to recognize the article is full of dubious claims, and is dependent on self-serving stories provided on background by some of ... (more) Kristol: Liberal Media and GOP Hacks vs. Palin

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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 6/30/2009
And The Story The MSM Still Won't Touch
— andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com — Todd recounts it: But there were ominous signs—indications of an erratic nature. This is the third thing... McCain could have discovered about Palin—a woman, after all, who kept a pregnancy secret for seven months, flew all the way home from Texas to ... (more) And The Story The MSM Still Won't Touch

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