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Vicar: It's My Fault Palin Goofed on Revere

But Sarah presented my factoids in odd order, says Rev.

(Newser) - A vicar who gave Sarah Palin and her family a Paul Revere history lesson claims to have the "inside scoop" on the former Alaska governor's "Boston history massacre." I know "where all the factoids she cited came from and take responsibility for putting them in...

Sarah Palin's Emails: First Revelations

A few hours in, the mundane details, the conclusions...

(Newser) - With 24,199 pages to comb through, the Sarah Palin email revelations will likely seep out for days (weeks?). We've rounded up some early highlights, as eagerly published by a number of publications, so you'll have enough tidbits to drop at whatever Friday-night event you're headed to....

Governor Sarah Palin's Email Trove Is Out
 Palin Email 
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Jun 10, 2011 1:15 PM CDT

Palin Email Trove Is Out

Journalists begin plowing through 24K pages

(Newser) - Some 24,000 pages of eagerly awaited emails from Sarah Palin’s time as governor have been released, and journalists are diving in—some with public volunteers, notes the Anchorage Daily News . So far, no headlines; indeed, a Palin rep is encouraging “everyone” to read them. The reporters need...

Pro-Palin Movie Has Too Many Curse Words

... by her critics; director will tone it down before national release in July

(Newser) - A full-length film that paints a halo around Sarah Palin will be released nationally in AMC theaters in July, reports Politico . Palin herself wasn't involved with production of The Undefeated, but director Steve Bannon is an unabashed fan who says he wants to balance Palin's negative coverage—sort...

Sarah Palin Emails Released Today
 Palin Emails Coming at 1PM 
Jun 10, 2011 8:05 AM CDT

Palin Emails Coming at 1PM

Set your alarms for 9am Alaska time

(Newser) - Today’s the big day: The 24,199-page, 275-pound trove of emails from the first two years of Sarah Palin’s stint as governor of Alaska is almost here. The state will release them at 9am local time (1pm ET), reports Mother Jones , which requested the emails back in 2008....

Palin Releases Bus Tour Video

She uses clips from media coverage to narrate

(Newser) - So it’s not a presidential campaign, but the Sarah Palin bus tour has produced what looks a lot like a commercial. The three-minute piece from SarahPAC offers an account of the trip narrated with clips from the very “lamestream media” to whom Palin refused to give a tour...

Meet the Newest Palin Spitfire: Piper

Piper Palin has nailed mom's sass and 'stinkeye'

(Newser) - Look out, world. If you think Sarah Palin is a lot to handle, steel yourself for Piper Palin. The 10-year-old spitfire is turning out to be a staunch defender of her politician mom on the family's One Nation bus tour. Her super-sass and trademark "stinkeye" have stood down...

Alaska Senator to Sarah Palin: Whine to John McCain

Says he doesn't take advice from 'someone who quit'

(Newser) - Mark Begich delivered a sharp jab at Sarah Palin yesterday, saying, in effect, that he didn’t consider her an Alaskan anymore. Asked about Palin’s insistence that he push to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling as part of a debt ceiling deal, Begich replied, “...

Thatcher Won't Meet 'Nuts' Palin

'That would belittle Margaret,' source tells Guardian

(Newser) - Margaret Thatcher won't meet with Sarah Palin during the ex-Alaska governor's upcoming trip to England because Palin is "nuts," a source tells the Guardian . Palin intends to stop in England—her first trip ever to Europe—on her way to Sudan next month and had hoped...

Rep. Calls for Probe of Palin Tour's Park Costs

Federal Park Service shouldn't pay for special treatment, gripes Dem

(Newser) - With budget cuts looming and a huge backlog of maintenance work, the National Park Service shouldn't be spending its money hosting Sarah Palin's self-promoting bus tour, complains a congressman from Oregon. Palin and her One Nation bus tour soak up far more resources at historic sites than the...

Coming Friday: Palin Emails

All 275 pounds of them

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's latest literary trove lands with a 275-pound thud in Juneau Friday morning: Almost three years after media outlets requested the emails she and husband Todd sent while she was governor, Alaska has set Friday as the official release date, reports the Anchorage Daily News. The state is...

Poll: Obama&#39;s Bin Laden Bounce So Over


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Jun 7, 2011 3:45 AM CDT

Obama's bin Laden Bounce Is Over

President's approval fades, Mitt sitting pretty: Poll

(Newser) - The raid that killed Osama bin Laden bought President Obama barely a month of higher approval ratings, according to the latest Washington Post / ABCNews poll. The president's approval rating, which stood at 47% in April, surged to 57% in May, but has now dropped right back down to...

No, Palin's Wrong About Paul Revere: Experts

Author of book on revolutionary calls interpretation 'obvious blooper'

(Newser) - How can this be so complicated? Just as some historians are reluctantly backing up Sarah Palin's interpretation of revolutionary Paul Revere and his famous midnight ride, other historians are saying, no, she was wrong-o. "He didn't warn the British," as Palin said Revere did, according to...

Palin Fans Rewrite Revere's Wikipedia Page

Supporters attempt to rewrite history according to Palin's interpretation

(Newser) - Do some Sarah Palin supporters believe the former Alaska governor over Wikipedia? You betcha. Following last week's impromptu press conference in Boston during which Palin mangled the story of Paul Revere, fans descended on his Wikipedia page in an attempt to edit Revere's page to match Palin's...

Sarah Palin's Bus Tour: Politics for Profit, Writes Alyssa Battistoni
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OPINION
Jun 6, 2011 1:52 PM CDT

Palin's Bus Tour: Politics for Profit

She wins whether she's running or not: Alyssa Battistoni

(Newser) - Score one for Sarah Palin on her bus tour—whether she’s running for president or “just testing a new reality show format.” Palin’s post-gubernatorial moves don’t prove she’s seeking the White House, but they do show “an understanding that outrageous statements, calculated controversy,...

Roger Ailes Now Says Palin Is 'So Smart'

Fox News chief also explains why Glenn Beck is off the network

(Newser) - Roger Ailes is probably the last guy Anthony Weiner expected to rally to his defense. But in a new interview the Fox News chief does just that. “The media’s had enough giggles over Mr. Weiner and his name,” Ailes told Howard Kurtz of the Daily Beast . “...

Historians Say Palin Was Right About Paul Revere

But they admit it begrudgingly, notes the 'Boston Herald'

(Newser) - Sarah Palin insists her claim that Paul Revere "warned the British that they weren’t going to be taking away our arms" was actually not a flub , and it turns out some historians are backing her up on this one—reluctantly, notes the Boston Herald . In a 1798 letter...

Fox Mixes Up Sarah Palin, Tina Fey

Boss uses wrong shot in story about possible run for presidency

(Newser) - How good is Tina Fey's impersonation of Sarah Palin? So good it even fooled Palin employer Fox News. Fox posted a photo of Tina Fey posing as Sarah Palin last week while reporting that Palin says she's still "50/50" about running for president, reports Sheya . Maybe Fox...

Sarah Palin: President Obama Wants to 'Go Down With This Sinking Ship'
 Palin: Maybe 
 Obama Wants 
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TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Jun 5, 2011 1:12 PM CDT

Palin: Maybe Obama Wants to Go Down With Ship

She'd rather start 'plugging the hole,' not 'go way of Titanic'

(Newser) - Sarah Palin surveyed this week's grim economic reports and declared them "not a bump in the road," but rather a "brick wall." Palin then went into full nautical mode on Fox News to describe the economy, calling it "noble" of President Obama "to...

Palin: I Didn't Flub Paul Revere

'I know my American history,' ex-governor says

(Newser) - Sarah Palin will have you know that she knows her American history and "didn't mess up about Paul Revere," the might-be presidential candidate tells Fox News Sunday. Palin stood by last week's claim that Revere warned the Brits that they weren't going to take Americans'...

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