Palin Divorce Rumors
As if more evidence was needed that Sarah Palin is a pop culture celebrity as much as a political figure, she's now fending off rumors from tabloids and blogs that she's getting a divorce and moving to Montana. I take her at her word that these are completely made up but, as David Adesnik notes, "This is one of those stories ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 2, 2009 06:57
Palin Hitting Campaign Trail
What The Washington Times calls an "exclusive," I call a blinding flash of the obvious: "EXCLUSIVE: Palin plans to stay in politics." Brushing aside the criticisms of pundits and politicos, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she plans to jump immediately back into the national political fray — stumping for conservative issues and even Democrats — after she prematurely vacates her elected ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on July 12, 2009 07:50
Unforced
This morning in the Washington Post Stephen Stromberg echoes a point I made over at my place yesterday about President Obama's flat joke about the purchase of Alaska, made during his Moscow visit: But Obama probably also shouldn’t have said this. The president joked to a group of Russian businessmen about how Czar Alexander II gave America “a pretty good deal ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on July 9, 2009 10:06
