Sunday, December 14, 2008
Palin Indirectly Causes Damage
Another interesting happening followed this same theme this week. McCain was asked byy ABC weather Palin could count on his support. In responce, McCain said "I can't say something like that. We've got some great other young governors. I think you're going to see the governors assume a greater leadership role in our Republican Party." The Palin bandwagon - assuming it existed - seems to be comming to a halt.
Articles:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/14/sarah-palin-apologies-pastor-local-church/
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/14/mccain.senate/
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Palin at it again
Palin has been attending fundraisers and is set to speak at rallies. Although her presence is significant for Georgia, it is even more significant for Democrats across the nation, for a loss in Georgia would make it impossible for them to receive the 60 seats necessary to block Republican filibusters.
In times when gas prices have dropped dramatically and questions about Palin's trial concerning her ex brother-in-law are thriving, its astonishing that Palin isn't in Alaska, looking after the budget and her case.
Articles:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hHW-ZJ03DLcUGUM9z9p2nkbRAG-QD94PKLUG0
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/30/palin.campaign/
Sunday, November 16, 2008
A Changed Palin
Sarah Palin has recently had interviews with Larry King and Wolfe Blitzer, as well as Matt Lauer and Greta Van Susteren. Although much of the same chat about Palin's wardrobe and other issues continued, the real spoltlight was on Palin's possible candidacy in 2012, to which she responded,"The future is not that 2012 presidential race; it's next year and our next budgets,"once again dodging the bullet.
Although Palin may have helped Alaskan Senate and House candidates through gaining them a stronger Republican base in Alaska, she still isn't being recognized by republicans and their future. In fact, on Thursday the RGA announced its new leadership lineup, which does not include Sarah PAlin.
On a side note, Palin may strike a $7million book deal. Some would say she's milking her failure for all its worth.
Articles:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122670574255229689.html?mod=special_page_campaign2008_mostpop
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/11/16/palins_political_potential/
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article5162538.ece
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/15/palin-greta/
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Palin Plans
On a separate note, Tina Fey plans to step down as Palin impersonator for SNL so she can work on her own show, 30 Rock.

Articles:
http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/11/tina-fey-says-s.html?iid=top25-20081105-Tina+Fey+says+she%27s+retiring+Sarah+Palin+impersonation
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/04/AR2008110404065.html?hpid=topnews
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/11/05/questions-swirl-palins-political-future/
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Correction (addition)
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Three Big Dogs in PA
On a separate note, Palin addressed a group of a few hundred in the auditorium of Shippensburg University wearing a shirt similar to the one seen bellow. Although she claims it was a mishap because she was under the impression that her day was over, it could very well be a failed attempt to balance out the $150,000 wardrobe we've heard so much about.
Info on Pennsylvania:
http://sites.google.com/site/sjunnarkar/Home/pennblog
Sources:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/us/politics/29campaign.html?ref=politics
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/10/28/palin-wears-her-fiesty-attitude-on-her-tee/
CORRECTION: Sarah Palin's shirt said "SHIP HAPPENS" in reference to Shippensburg University where she was speaking.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
State Funds
Just a friendly note:
"putting this in God's hands, that the right thing for America will be done at the end of the day on Nov. 4." -PalinWho needs a campaign when you have extreme religion?
Palin and McCain are in Ohio together, a state which no republican nominee has lost and gone on to win the election. For McCain and McCain supporter's sake, Palin can't slip up. At this point it would only take a single slip on Palin's part to destory McCain's campaign altogehter.
Sources:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_el_pr/palin_family_travel
http://www.wnct.com/nct/news/local/article/the_latest_from_the_campaign_trail/21788/
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gOk9t_aHv9C5h0pxR6KbVY11gUlQD93VMJL81
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Quotes from below
1. "Its time to get tough. McCain is a gentleman and that's part of the problem. He doesn't want to get in there bloody somebody's nose verbally, and that's what he needs to do."
2. "Now America, doggonit, unfortunately we are deep in debt," she said. "Barrack Obama would make us even deeper in debt; we've got to reverse this."
Palin and McCain together in Virginia
Afterward, Palin continued on to Richmond, where she continued to bash Obama. As one conservative said,
"Its time to get tough. McCain is a gentleman and that's part of the problem. He doesn't want to get in there bloody somebody's nose verbally, and that's what he needs to do."
If McCain in fact lacks in the ability to "bloody somebody's nose verbally," then Palin sure makes up for it.
"Now America, doggonit, unfortunately we are deep in debt," she said. "Barrack Obama would make us even deeper in debt; we've got to reverse this.You just have to love the fact that she said doggonit! Palin is expected to continue her campaign in West Chester, Butler County (the PA one i belive). With Pennsyvania leaning towards Obama, the Republican Party will be doing all it can to gain voter support in that state, and will infact be calling 150,000 voters with autimated phone calls.
Sources:
http://www.western-star.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/10/15/hjn101508palin.html
http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=9171952&nav=menu496_12_22_1
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Is Palin As Open As She Claims?
Palin, still in Florida, rallied from Jacksonville in the northeast to Pensacola in the pandhandle, drawing out crowds of liberal-loathing Americans in red t-shirts. The mudd slinging continued, and in some cases tensions grew so thin that onlookers would be under the impression that these were not McCain-Palin rallies, but rather Anti-Obama rallies.
As Julie Bosman said in one article:
"If there were undecideds, independents or swing voters among them, they were awfully hard to spot."Finally, McCain and Palin appeared together on a Fox television program called "Hannity and Colmes," where the conservative host Hannity gave the candidates seemingly pre-rehearsed simple questions, almost as if they were trying to make up for a certain interview with a certain Katie Couric.
Sources:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iNxTApa2sQRu0Xx99P3jt2bEXw7gD93LRF403
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,434841,00.html
http://www.foxnews.com/hannityandcolmes/
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/us/politics/08palin.html?em
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Palin Visits the Golden State
This all after Palin and Bidin's vice presidential debate, which as predicted by Mr. Shulman, turned out to be pointless politically, and more like a vice-prediential reality show. The following is a brief represenation of parts of the debate.Days after this encounter both vice presidential candidates set to work in Florida, possibly the most important swing state in the election. It was said that in between her visits Palin attended private fundraisers for the McCain campaign.
Palin: "I may not answer questions the way you or the moderator want me to but I'm talking directly to the American people."
Biden: “Look, in an Obama-Biden administration, there will be absolutely no distinction from a constitutional standpoint or a legal standpoint between a same-sex and a heterosexual couple,” Biden said in answer to a question about whether he supported equal benefits for same-sex couples.
Palin: "Your question to him was whether he supported gay marriage and my answer is the same as his and it is that I do not."
Overall nothing Palin has been doing these past few days has really shaken the election. Although some say she has stabalized McCain support, Obama is still pulling ahead in the polls.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/05/MN2R13BKI7.DTL
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/714302.html
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Palin Has Good Talkings
Palin Quote
Palin: I’m absolutely for equal pay for equal work. The Ledbetter pay act - it was gonna turn into a boon for trial lawyers who, I believe, could have taken advantage of women who were many, many years ago who would allege some kind of discrimination. Thankfully, there are laws on the books, there have been since 1963, that no woman could be discriminated against in the workplace in terms of anything, but especially in terms of pay. So, thankfully we have the laws on the books and they better be enforced.SNL Video
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Trooper Probe Update + Sarah Palin's Email (09-17-08)
On a seperate note, hackers were able to break into Palin's personal email account and certain emails were given to the assosiated press. They infringed on her personal space and broke the law, but because they were able to hack her email, certain conversations between Palin and members of the Alaskan government were given to the associative press and may be used against Palin at some point in her campaign.
Stakes high in Palin trooper probe
Hackers break into Sarah Palin's Email
Sunday, September 14, 2008
ABC News
Sarah Palin Defends Experience, McCain Foreign Policy; Dems Pounce on 'Bush Doctrine'
Charlie Gibson Interviews Alaska Governor, McCain VP Candidate Again on Friday
Sept. 12, 2008
Gov. Sarah Palin never claimed to be a foreign policy expert, but should the potential next vice president of the United States be expected to know about a fundamental principle that has guided the way America has conducted foreign affairs since before we went to war in Iraq?

Predictably, the Democrats say "yes" and the Republicans say "no."
Like much of the reaction to Thursday night's exclusive interview of Palin by ABC News's Charles Gibson, opinions about how she responded to one question in particular about the "Bush Doctrine" fell along partisan lines.
When asked by Gibson if she agreed with the Bush doctrine -- the administration's policy of preemptively striking another country in the face of potential attack -- Palin seemed unfamiliar with the term.
Palin initially said she interpreted the "Bush doctrine" to mean the president's "world view."
When asked by Gibson, "Do we have a right to anticipatory self-defense? Do we have a right to make a preemptive strike again another country if we feel that country might strike us?" Palin said yes.
"Charlie, if there is legitimate and enough intelligence that tells us that a strike is imminent against American people, we have every right to defend our country. In fact, the president has the obligation, the duty to defend," the Alaska governor said.
ABC News.com readers commented through the night on how Palin handled the question and the pundits similarly weighed in this morning on Good Morning America.
"I know people will really try to go after that and say she didn't even know what that was," ABC News consultant and Republican strategist Torie Clarke told "Good Morning America."
"You can pick 500 people out of the White House, the State Department and the Pentagon, and say tell me what the Bush doctrine is, and they would go 'I don't know,'" Clarke said. "But I don't think that's going to have, I don't know, the substance or the bite, that some people think it will."
Throughout the two interviews Palin granted ABC News Thursday, the governor appear poised and on message. But the seeming slip-up over the Bush doctrine opened the door for Democrats to pounce.
"It's the premise of our foreign policy of the last seven years. Again, for somebody that got a passport last year, I'm just being honest," Democratic strategist James Carville told "GMA." "I'm not surprised she didn't know."
"She needs to get up to speed a little more," Carville added.
(for the rest of the story: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/Story?id=5786815&page=1)