Beyond outrage

Up until this … before this outrage … I have thought of Sarah Palin merely as a joke.  Yes, she’s unqualified.  Sure, maybe even a little dangerous.  But all in all, I have considered her more a sick joke played upon the electorate by a cynical Republican party than the outrageous, hateful, despicable and dangerous [...]

The Palin makeover, courtesy of the RNC

You may have heard by now that the RNC has dropped some major coin on revamping Ms. Sarah’s look (and apparently that of her fam, too).  Jeanne Cummings at Politico reports that they’ve paid $150,000 to high end department stores, including Neiman Marcus (at least $75k) and Saks Fifth Avenue (at least $49k).  The Politico also [...]

Palin booed on ice?

You make the call:

From The New York Times hockey blog:

When Sarah Palin dropped the ceremonial first puck at the Flyers’ opener on Saturday night at the Wachovia Center, she was greeted by resounding (almost deafening) boos.

From FoxSports:
The City of Brotherly Love gave Palin a mixed welcome — some fans booed, some [...]

Frank Rich: Call off the dogs

The calls for the McCain campaign to rein it in, to understand the violence they could be inciting, are growing from shouts to screams.  Frank Rich has an Op-Ed in the New York Times this morning raising the din.  He calls us to remember those ladies in the beauty shops in South Carolina who said before [...]

John Lewis knows of which he speaks

John Lewis knows.  John Lewis was there.  When John Lewis speaks to issues of violence incited by racial hatred, people should listen.  John Lewis is speaking now, to the McCain / Palin camp.  Unfortunately, McCain is swatting him away like a bothersome fly.  He should not be so cavalier. 
Here is what John Lewis had to [...]

Report from Alaska

The Troopergate findings apparently show that Sarah Palin abused her power as Governor of the state of Alaska in the matter of the dismissal of Alaska Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan.  While the bi-partisan board which conducted the investigation cannot prosecute the unlawful action, they can make a recommendation on criminal proceedings.  Commissioner Monegan now [...]

I’m buying beans

Yeah, pretty much.  I’m buying beans.  And rice.  And ramen.  And I think I’ll pull out that sewing machine and finally learn to use it.  I’m not kidding.  I’m freaking out.
The market fell an astounding 678.91 points today, putting us down about 40% from where we were this time LAST YEAR.  We dropped over 7% [...]

What would Hannity say?

I got an email this morning asking this:
Why is Bimbo Palin parading her pregnant daughter around on the stage while she campaigns? Is she trying to “reach out” to  America’s youth with this blatant exhibition?  
 
Can’t you just hear the shrilling of Limbaugh, OReilly and Shaun (sic) if Barack did that?
 
Those “family values” people have neither shame or morality. 
Thought, [...]

I wish I had been right

You know how I said there was really nothing to talk about this morning ahead of the debates?  I wish I had been right.  From HuffPo this morning:
The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank reported an incident at a Palin rally that should open America’s eyes to the central role violent rhetoric now plays in the McCain [...]

Here they are: Palin’s doodles

Courtesy of The New Republic’s Noam Scheiber, we have some of Sarah Palin’s doodles.  These were done in 1996 on the back of an old Wasilla city budget. 

The question, of course, is what this says about Gov. Palin.  Everyone seems to have their own opinion.  Here’s the breakdown from TNR:

… on the back of which [...]