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The sins of Sarah Palin - Yahoo! News

The sins of Sarah Palin - Yahoo! News "Palin announces she is quitting her job as governor of Alaska, and she catches everybody by surprise. What is up with that? "Where were the leaks and the trial balloons? Why weren't...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 7, 2009 12:34 PM

About that Sarah Palin resignation thing ... (Wizbang)

About that Sarah Palin resignation thing ... (Wizbang) Oklahoma City's Michael Laprairie explains why Palin's outsider appeal hurt her with the professional political class: "We know that John McCain's campaign staff harbored a lot of resentment toward Sarah Palin. Perhaps...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 6, 2009 1:34 AM

RealClearPolitics - HorseRaceBlog - Maybe She Doesn't Want To Be President

RealClearPolitics - HorseRaceBlog - Maybe She Doesn't Want To Be President Jay Cost makes the should-be-obvious point that seems to have escaped many in the right-wing blogosphere who dumped on Sarah Palin on Friday. "My guess is that Palin had...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 6, 2009 1:28 AM

The Greenroom: It Always Has Been About Trig

The Greenroom: It Always Has Been About Trig "If Sarah Palin had aborted Trig, the left would have been okay with it. If she hid Trig offstage and out of sight, all would be good. But treat the child as...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 5, 2009 2:37 AM

On the Other Foot: See why I love this woman?

On the Other Foot: See why I love this woman? "NEW PARIS, Pennsylvania: Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska was swiftly working the rope line at an apple orchard in southwestern Pennsylvania when she met a supporter who brought her to...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 3, 2008 11:26 PM

Wonder Land - WSJ.com: Hatin' Palin

Wonder Land - WSJ.com: Hatin' Palin "If as Joe Biden suggests the U.S. is likely to be tested by a foreign enemy next year, who of the following would you rather have dealing with it in the Oval Office: Nancy...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 23, 2008 1:15 AM

RealClearPolitics - Tony Blankley - The Birth of the Me-Too Conservative

RealClearPolitics - Tony Blankley - The Birth of the Me-Too Conservative Blankley takes on the "neuroticons": "Peggy [Noonan]'s unconscious fear may be that it will be precisely Sarah Palin (and others like her) who will be among the leaders of...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 22, 2008 6:35 PM

Townhall.com::A sad reaction to Peggy Noonan's Palin meltdown

Townhall.com::A sad reaction to Peggy Noonan's Palin meltdown "I see no way to avoid the conclusion that Ms. Noonan thinks that I am, and that people like me are, 'a symptom and expression of a new vulgarization in American politics,'...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 18, 2008 9:40 PM

Fred Thompson :: Townhall.com :: Qualified

Fred Thompson :: Townhall.com :: Qualified "One can hardly disagree with the desirability of our leaders having the qualities that Brooks describes (putting aside the question of how many of our leaders who are not Sarah Palin have demonstrated these...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 7, 2008 8:32 PM

Fusing Politics and Motherhood in a New Way - NYTimes.com

Fusing Politics and Motherhood in a New Way - NYTimes.com "Many high-powered parents separate work and children; Ms. Palin takes a wholly different approach. 'She's the mom and the governor, and they're not separate,' Ms. Cole said. Around the governor's...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 7, 2008 7:20 PM

Independent Women's Forum - The Q Word from Charlie Gibson to Sarah Palin: Are You Qualified?

Independent Women's Forum - The Q Word from Charlie Gibson to Sarah Palin: Are You Qualified? Former Democratic Oklahoma state representative Cleta Deatherage Mitchell writes: "It is not that we don't want to assure qualified people are the ones who...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 17, 2008 11:14 PM

Meet Sarah Palin - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Meet Sarah Palin - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review A profile written in July 2007: "Sarah Palin can teach Republicans how to be Republicans. It's a simple lesson. But it won't be easy for anyone who believes being pragmatic and principled are mutually...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 15, 2008 9:49 AM

BRING YOUR OWN CAMERA - New York Post

BRING YOUR OWN CAMERA - New York Post If you're afraid an interview might be edited to put you in a bad light, record it yourself and post it on the web, says Glenn Reynolds: "TV journalists won't be happy...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 14, 2008 1:17 AM

Hot Air: Comedy gold: Lefty radio hosts crestfallen as Palin defended by ... Mike Gravel

Hot Air: Comedy gold: Lefty radio hosts crestfallen as Palin defended by ... Mike Gravel Former Senator and Democratic presidential candidate blasts stupid media attacks against Sarah Palin....

Posted by Michael Bates on September 10, 2008 6:33 PM

An End to the Old Boys by Rudy Takala

An End to the Old Boys by Rudy Takala "Anyone who has been very involved in politics knows immediately what 'good old boys' describes; it refers to men who, by virtue of gray hair and accumulated wealth, appear respectable and...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 9, 2008 7:12 PM

Sarah Palin is not such a small-town girl after all - Telegraph

Sarah Palin is not such a small-town girl after all - Telegraph "Far from being a reprise of Mr Smith Goes to Washington, Palin was a clear-eyed politician who, from the day she took office, knew exactly what she had...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 9, 2008 1:06 PM