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
Palin Resigning as Governor
Sarah Palin has announced that, not only will she not seek re-election as governor of Alaska in 2010 but that she is resigning her office later this month. Andrew Hinkelman and Lori Tipton for KTUU: Gov. Sarah Palin will resign her office in a few weeks, she said during a news conference at her Wasilla home Friday morning. Lt. Gov. ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on July 3, 2009 15:48
Palin Too Sexy for White House?
A new report in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology finds scientifical proof that Sarah Palin's hotness was a drag on the Republican ticket. The study by University of South Florida researchers Nathan Heflick and Jamie Goldenberg, cleverly titled, "Objectifying Sarah Palin: Evidence that Objectification Causes Women to be Perceived as Less Competent and Less Fully Human ," found: Although a ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on March 5, 2009 12:31
McCain Campaign Postmortem
Newsweek shares several tidbits from their "special election project," which gave them inside information that they couldn't publish until after the fact. Palin's Spending Spree NEWSWEEK has also learned that Palin's shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than previously reported. While publicly supporting Palin, McCain's top advisers privately fumed at what they regarded as her outrageous profligacy. One senior ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 5, 2008 14:58
Did Palin Approve Charging Rape Victims for Rape Kits?
Floating all around the blogosphere right now is the charge that, while Mayor of Wasilla, the town's police department charged rape victims for the cost of the rape kits used in the forensic investigation of the crime. This claim is based on an article from Wasilla's hometown paper the Frontiersman, which regards then-Governor Mike Knowles signing into law a ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 10, 2008 03:04
