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Michelle Obama Is Allowed to Be Disappointed in America
Michelle Obama Is Allowed to Be Disappointed in America
richard cohen
Nov 23, 2010 11:47 AM CST

Michelle Obama Is Allowed to Be Disappointed in America

It's wrong to insist blacks 'go blank' on their own history

(Newser) - Of all the leaks from Sarah Palin's new book, one caught Richard Cohen's attention: the one where Palin supposedly chides Michelle Obama for a rather infamous remark she made during the 2008 campaign: "For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it...

Palin Leads GOP Prez Poll
 Palin Leads GOP Prez Poll 
Nov 23, 2010 3:05 AM CST

Palin Leads GOP Prez Poll

Just 43% believe Obama deserves second term

(Newser) - Sarah Palin can win the Republican nomination for 2012—but she can't win the presidency, according to the latest Quinnipiac poll . The nationwide poll found that Palin—who recently told Barbara Walters she could defeat President Obama —would narrowly win a primary involving the current most-likely GOP front-runners, but...

Palin in 2012: Yes, She Can
 Palin in 2012: 
 Yes, She Can 
FRANK RICH
Nov 21, 2010 9:02 AM CST

Palin in 2012: Yes, She Can

She defies logic, but it's hers if she wants it

(Newser) - Frank Rich can see 2012 from his keyboard, and it's looking like Sarah Palin's year—no matter how loudly Democrats and Republicans alike deride her celebrity, thin resumé, and nonstop gaffes. "If logic applied to Palin's career trajectory, this month might have been dreadful," he writes for the...

Judge Orders Gawker to Remove Palin Excerpts

... at least until a hearing later this month

(Newser) - Score one for Sarah Palin in the media wars, at least temporarily. A judge ordered Gawker to pull down excerpts it posted of her new book pending a hearing on Nov. 30, reports Politico . America by Heart isn't out until next week, and publisher HarperCollins sued Gawker Media following Palin's...

Barbara Bush: I Hope Palin Stays in Alaska

Weekly Standard zings her, too

(Newser) - Not much love for Sarah Palin from the Bush matriarch: Asked by Larry King her opinion, Bush responded, "I sat next to her once. Thought she was beautiful. And she's very happy in Alaska, and I hope she'll stay there." At least she was smiling when she said...

Palin Publisher Sues Gawker for Book Leak

Website refuses to take down pages, publisher sues for copyright infringement

(Newser) - Sarah Palin has really had it this time with the lamestream media: The twotime author's publisher is suing Gawker over the leak of several pages of her forthcoming book, America By Heart. Though the website wasn't the first to leak the excerpts, notes the AP , it refused to take them...

Angry Sarah Palin: Book Leaks Illegal ... Right?

America By Heart leaks irk Alaskan

(Newser) - Sarah Palin is not happy that excerpts from her new book America By Heart have been leaked online , and she's seeking legal advice—on Twitter. "The publishing world is LEAKING out-of-context excerpts of my book w/out my permission? Isn't that illegal?" she tweeted. Gawker , one of those publishing the...

Fox Pundits Slam Palin During Ad Break

Commentators applaud nasty reviews of reality show

(Newser) - Fox News commentators were caught ridiculing their colleague’s reality show during a commercial break—during which their mics were still on. Politics Daily reports that ex-Washington Times editor Liz Trotta gleefully recounted a New York Times review of Sarah Palin’s Alaska which likened it to “The Sound ...

Palin Rips Michelle Obama Over 'Rants Against Whites'

But she loves Simon Cowell

(Newser) - The presidential election is two years away, but Sarah Palin is already taking off the white gloves. She slams First Lady Michelle Obama in her new book for attending controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright's church for years and "listening to his rants against America and white people." Barack and...

Bristol 'Sorry' for Willow's Gay Slurs

But right-wing gay group supports Willow

(Newser) - Bristol Palin has apologized, sort of, for the gay slurs her sister posted on Facebook after a schoolmate criticized their mom's reality show. "Willow and I shouldn't have reacted to negative comments about our family. We apologize.," wrote Bristol on Facebook. Her contrition was somewhat tempered by her...

DWTS Mired in 'Bristolgate'
 DWTS Mired in 'Bristolgate' 
Nov 18, 2010 5:15 AM CST

DWTS Mired in 'Bristolgate'

ABC swears safeguards prevent vote fraud

(Newser) - The brouhaha over the recent vote isn't going away, and we're not talking midterm elections—but dancing. Bristol Palin's head-scratching elevation to the finals of Dancing With the Stars is still triggering outraged cries of indignation and vote-rigging (and a blasted TV set ), with several critics charging that Tea...

Palin Rips Reality TV Contestants in New Book

American Idol participants suffer from 'cult of self-esteem'

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's new book comes out next week, and leaked excerpts from America By Heart have made their way from anti-Palin blog Palingates to the "lamestream media." The book is part memoir, part manifesto, and while some of Palin's targets—including Levi Johnston, whose rise to fame was...

Sarah Palin: I Believe I Could Beat Obama

Barbara Walters pops the question for an upcoming special

(Newser) - Sarah Palin got quoted for the umpteenth time today saying something to the effect that she might just run for president in two years. And she wouldn't run if she didn't think she could win, right? Right, as per this exchange with Barbara Walters: "If you ran for president,...

Sarah Palin: Inside 'Palin World'
 Take a Peek Inside 'Palin World' 
Nov 17, 2010 12:58 PM CST

Take a Peek Inside 'Palin World'

Her loose-knit organization makes it up as it goes along—effectively

(Newser) - Tucked inside a 7-page New York Times piece on Sarah Palin comes this nugget: "I am" considering a run for president in 2012, she tells writer Robert Draper, adding that she will decide after evaluating whether she brings anything unique to the field of GOP hopefuls. Highlights from the...

Willow Palin Posts Gay Slurs on Facebook

Willow calls a schoolmate who dissed mom's show a f**got

(Newser) - Willow Palin just made a sort of political debut on Facebook—and it wasn't a pretty sight. TMZ has screenshots that apparently show the16-year-old daughter of Sarah posting gay slurs directed to a schoolmate who attacked her mom's new reality series. "Your so gay," Willow snapped on Facebook,...

Poll: Palin Would Come in 4th in Alaska GOP Primary

Palin, Huckabee, Romney, and Gingrich frontrunners for 2012

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's Alaska would choose Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich, or Mitt Romney over her in a GOP primary for 2012, according to a recent series of Public Policy Polling surveys. The four candidates were the top four choices in 17 of the 18 states surveyed, with Palin coming first in...

PBS Nips Cheeky Tina Fey Speech

But only because ceremony ran long, producer insists

(Newser) - Tina Fey thanked Sarah Palin last week when she won the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor—but that's not all she said. When PBS broadcast the ceremony Sunday night, some of Fey's more controversial remarks were cut out. Most notably: "And, you know, politics aside, the...

Bristol Palin 'Dancing With the Stars' Video: Waltz, Paso Doble Earn Her Highest Scores Yet (But She's Still in Last Place)
 Bristol Snags 
 Highest Score Yet 
'dwts' semifinals
Nov 16, 2010 8:06 AM CST

Bristol Snags Highest Score Yet

Even so, she still lands in last place

(Newser) - Even with her best score yet, Bristol Palin still couldn't stay out of last place on Dancing With the Stars. The semifinals—yes, shockingly, Palin made it all the way to the top four—started last night, and the teen mom scored 27 out of 30 for her paso doble...

Murkowski: Palin Couldn't Cut It as Prez

Palin lacks leadership qualities, 'intellectual curiosity,' says senator

(Newser) - Sen. Lisa Murkowski appears bound for victory as a write-in candidate in Alaska ... and her feud with Sarah Palin appears certain to continue. Murkowski—who has taken the lead over Palin-backed Tea Party candidate Joe Miller with more than 10,000 write-in ballots still to be counted—says the results...

Palin's 'Refudiate' Is Oxford Dictionary's Word of 2010

Tea party leader's neologism formally enters lexicon

(Newser) - Sarah Palin might have been ridiculed for urging Muslims to "refudiate" the so-called Ground Zero Mosque in a mangled tweet this year, but the Oxford American Dictionary thinks she's on to something: “'refudiate' more or less stands on its own, suggesting a general sense of “'reject,'"...

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