Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is once again wading into the debate on health care reform via her Facebook page. Last week she raised questions about the end of life counseling provisions contained in the proposed legislation… provision that have since been removed from the Senate Finance Committee bill. This week she raises questions about […]
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Poll Question: If the 2012 Republican Presidential Primary were being held today who would you vote for?
[poll id=”16″] I’m not crazy about Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee so they’re not even on my short list. I love Sarah Palin but I think she’s been to damaged by partisan attacks to be viable candidate… Ditto for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, he’s to much of a lighting rod. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty […]
Pres. Obama Backs Offshore Drilling… Just Not in U.S. Waters
I was going to comment on this Wall Street Journal editorial yesterday but I didn’t get to it… In short the Obama Administration has finally embraced offshore oil drill, unfortunately it’s not in the U.S.: You read that headline correctly. Unfortunately, the Obama Administration is financing oil exploration off Brazil. The U.S. is going to […]
Score One For Sarah Palin
Score one for Sarah Palin, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, issued a statement earlier today saying that concerns raised about the end-of-life provisions in the House health care bill are entirely legitimate. Sen. Grassley’s statement goes on to say that the Finance Committee has “dropped end-of-life provisions from […]
This and That: Palin Defines the Health Care Debate, Paglia Slams Obama’s Healthcare Horror and The Truth About Health Insurance
I’m not sure why but I’ve had the Dire Straits song The Bug stuck in my head all day… Well it’s a strange old game – you learn it slow one step forward and it’s back to go you’re standing on the throttle you’re standing on the breaks in the groove ’til you make a […]
Breaking: Sarah Palin Resigning as Governor of Alaska
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announced today that she will resign from office July 26. Palin made the announcement from her home in Wasilla, she was flanked by her husband, Todd, her family and state commissioners. Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will succeed her. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Wow, […]
The Hill: Palin Beginning to Irritate Some Senate GOPers
The Hill has a mildly interesting piece about how Alaska Govenor Sarah Palin is beginning to irritate some GOP senators: Sarah Palin has begun to get on the nerves of Republican senators who say the former GOP vice presidential nominee is taking her own White House aspirations entirely too seriously. But those same senators may […]
UPI: Dismissed Palin Complaints Rack up Costs
All those frivolous ethics complaints filed against Alaska Governor Sarah Palin are starting to add up the UPI reports they’ve cost taxpayer nearly “a third of a million dollars.” JUNEAU, Alaska, May 28 (UPI) — The ethics complaints filed against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are running a tab of nearly “a third of a million […]
FEC Clears Palin, RNC on Campaign Clothes
Remember the media fueled brouhaha about Sarah Palin’s campaign wardrobe? Remember how the media and lefty bloggers gleefully reported that those purchases must have somehow been illegal? Umm, well they weren’t… The Federal Elections Commission has dismissed a complaint by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) saying the purchases were legal: The Republican […]
Palin E-mail Hacker Hit With Additional Charges
David Kernell, the son of a Democratic Tennessee legislator, who was indicted for hacking into Gov. Sarah Palin’s personal e-mail account during the last year’s Presidential campaign has been hit with additional charges. The new charges are fraud, unlawful electronic transmission of material outside Tennessee and attempts to conceal records to impede an FBI investigation. […]
WSJ: Conservative Snobs Are Wrong About Palin
John O’Sullivan, a former senior advisor to Margaret Thatcher, offers a spirited defense of Sarah Palin in today’s Wall Street Journal: Conservative Snobs Are Wrong About Palin I know Maggie Thatcher. The two women have a lot in common. By John O’Sullivan, Wall Street Journal, December 23, 2008 Being listed in fourth place for Time […]
Sarah Palin: Conservative of the Year
Human Events has named former Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Alaska Governor Sarah Plain “Conservative of the Year. You can read Ann Coulter’s article about it here and Human Events Political Editor John Gizz’s interview with Gov. Palin here.
McCain Dodges the Palin Question
Josh Painter over at RedState points out this exchange between George Stephanopoulos and Sen. John McCain on last Sunday’s This Week: Today on ABC’s This Week, when asked by host George Stephanopoulos whether he would support Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin if she runs for president, Sen. John McCain punted: “Oh no. Listen I have the […]
Sarah Palin’s Church Damaged by Suspicious Fire
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s home church was heavily damaged by a suspicious fire Friday night. Damage to the Wasilla Bible Church was estimated at $1 million, authorities said Saturday. No one was injured in the fire, which was set Friday night while a handful of people, including two children, were inside, according to Central Mat-Su […]
5 Myths About the 2008 Elections
Washington Post writer Chris Cillizza examines and attempts to debunk 5 myths about the 2008 elections… The entire article is worth reading but the two points that stand out in my opinion are these: 4. A Republican candidate could have won the presidency this year. I doubt it. In the hastily penned postmortems of campaign […]