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Nov 16, 2009 10:57 AM CST

Levi Picking 'Porn' Over Baby: Palin

Sarah tells Oprah Johnston is too busy to see his son

(Newser) - So much for not slamming Levi Johnston during her Oprah interview: Sarah Palin told Winfrey that her daughter’s babydaddy is too busy doing “porn” to visit his child. “Some of the things that he is doing is kind of heartbreaking,” Palin said when asked about Johnston’...

'Sarah's Not Retreating, She's Reloading'

BOOK REVIEW

Nov 16, 2009 5:37 AM CST

'Sarah's Not Retreating, She's Reloading'

Going Rogue shows Palin as smart feminist with eye on presidency

(Newser) - The Sarah Palin who emerges on the pages of Going Rogue is a far cry from the "prejudiced, dim-witted ideologue of the popular liberal imagination," Melanie Kirkpatrick writes in the Wall Street Journal . Kirkpatrick finds a "nuanced" politician "capable of mastering complicated issues," and a...

'The Wasilla
Whack-Job'
Reads My
Blog!

ANDREW SULLIVAN

Nov 15, 2009 4:14 PM CST

'The Wasilla Whack-Job' Reads My Blog!

Sarah Palin's threat of a libel suit goes a bit awry

(Newser) - Back in the day, public figures were cautioned not to pick fights with people who bought ink by the barrel—namely, newspaper publishers. In the age of the blogger, it's more important to guard against fueling your antagonists with the 21st-century version of ink: attention. Paging Sarah Palin: "The...

Clinton: Karzai on the Hot Seat

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Nov 15, 2009 10:51 AM CST

Clinton: Karzai on the Hot Seat

White House 'will expect more,' focused on defeating 'those who attacked us'

(Newser) - It's time for Afghan President Hamid Karzai to put up or shut up, Hillary Clinton said today, underscoring the White House's heightened expectations of Kabul. "We are expecting there to be a major crimes tribunal, an anti-corruption commission," she told This Week, adding that the original Afghan mission...

Clinton:
I'll Have
Coffee
With Palin

SUNDAY TALK SHOWS

Nov 15, 2009 5:35 AM CST

Clinton: I'll Have Coffee With Palin

Secretary says maybe she could change ex-gov's mind on some issues

(Newser) - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she would be happy to talk to Sarah Palin over coffee. In an interview for broadcast today on NBC's Meet the Press, Clinton says she's never met the onetime GOP vice presidential hopeful and former Alaska governor and thinks it would be very...

5 Goals for
Sarah Palin's
Book Tour

Nov 14, 2009 8:01 AM CST

5 Goals for Sarah Palin's Book Tour

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's book is already a sensation, and she hasn't even appeared on Oprah's couch yet. No question it will sell, but what other purposes might it serve for the self-styled rogue Republican, Andy Barr wonders in Politico . Herewith, his benchmarks to measure the book tour and media frenzy:

Build

...

Limbaugh Loves
Palin Memoir

meeting of the minds

Nov 13, 2009 5:40 PM CST

Limbaugh Loves Palin Memoir

Right wing's leading light heaps praise on new book

(Newser) - Introducing into the public discourse the possibility that he has never read a book about policy, Rush Limbaugh today described Sarah Palin's forthcoming memoir, Going Rogue, as "truly one of the most substantive policy books I've read." He continued, "This woman, Gov. Palin, clearly is jazzed by...

Truth-Twisting Palin Just Gets More Dangerous

OPINION

Nov 13, 2009 4:07 PM CST

Truth-Twisting Palin Just Gets More Dangerous

New 'author' irresistible to both right and left: parody editors

(Newser) - Sarah Palin remains a major player on the national stage because "neither the left nor the right can get enough of her," write Richard Kim and Betsy Reed, the editors of Going Rouge, the parody that comes out the same day as the former Alaska governor's memoir, Going ...

10 Juiciest Going Rogue Tidbits

book preview

Nov 13, 2009 11:37 AM CST

10 Juiciest Going Rogue Tidbits

From what she left in (Couric sniping) to what she left out (an index)

(Newser) - The moment America has been waiting for is almost here—the release of Sarah Palin’s memoir Going Rogue is just days away! For those who can't wait, Azaria Jagger of Gawker details the 10 juiciest tidbits that have leaked so far:

John McCain: Palin claims his campaign charged her

...

Levi Gets Off
Scot-Free in
Palin Book

Nov 13, 2009 5:44 AM CST

Levi Gets Off Scot-Free in Palin Book

Not a word after Johnston threatens to spill Sarah dirt

(Newser) - Sarah Palin rips up John McCain and his campaign team in her new book, but retracts her claws when it comes to her near-son-in-law. In fact, her 413-page tome doesn't include a single reference to the daddy of her born-out-of-wedlock grandson, according to AP . Palin has repeatedly skewered Playgirl model...

How Palin Can
Make a Comeback

OPINION

Nov 13, 2009 1:41 AM CST

How Palin Can Make a Comeback

Get ready for moose burgers in the White House

(Newser) - Sarah Palin is despised by Democrats and distrusted by independents, but that doesn't mean they won't be "serving up moose burgers in the White House" by 2013, writes Matthew Continetti . Palin won the Alaska governorship in 2006 on a center-right, bipartisan platform. Using that playbook again and learning from...

Palin Slams
Katie Couric
in Book

Nov 12, 2009 6:22 PM CST

Palin Slams Katie Couric in Book

Calls her 'badgering' and biased in her memoir

(Newser) - The Sarah Palin details are rolling in fast and furious. Some nuggets gleaned from the AP 's advance look at her new book and her taped interview with Oprah today:

She writes that Katie Couric was "badgering" and used only "gotcha" moments in their campaign interviews because of

...

In Interview,
Palin Covers
'Everything':
Oprah

Nov 12, 2009 10:09 AM CST

In Interview, Palin Covers 'Everything': Oprah

But Levi Johnston says not trashing him is a 'smart move' by Sarah

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey taped her interview with Sarah Palin yesterday, posting a video on her Twitter feed (watch it at left) where she says they “talked about everything”—including the campaign, Bristol’s pregnancy, the Palins’ marriage, and, of course, Levi Johnston. Apparently, though, no trash was talked about...

Palin's Book
Will Settle Scores With McCain Aides

Nov 11, 2009 3:22 PM CST

Palin's Book Will Settle Scores With McCain Aides

Details dribbling out; 5 'very long' chapters

(Newser) - Can't wait to find out what's in Sarah Palin's Going Rogue? It's not out until next Tuesday, but Mark Halperin has some info at his political blog at Time. The book has:

The names of McCain aides she believes undermined her candidacy.
Lots of scorn for the media.
A testimonial

...

In Palin We
Don't Trust:
Fox Checks
Coin Claim

Nov 11, 2009 7:23 AM CST

In Palin We Don't Trust: Fox Checks Coin Claim

GOP, not Dems, moved 'In God We Trust' to edge of coin

(Newser) - Even Fox News has started fact-checking Sarah Palin. Last night anchor Bret Baier responded to Palin's claim during a speech Friday that the phrase "In God We Trust" had recently moved from the face to the rim of the new dollar coin: Another case of Obama pushing a secular...

Palin Makes Twitter Comeback

A VOID FILLED

Nov 10, 2009 8:42 AM CST

Palin Makes Twitter Comeback

Gov will return to 140-character musings for book tour

(Newser) - Currently unemployed politician Sarah Palin will return to her prolific tweeting career for her upcoming book tour, reports the AP . The erstwhile governor quit both her post and Twitter feed simultaneously earlier this year, but announced on Facebook last night that she'll again provide devoted and scornful followers alike with...

In Goldilocks Age, When Will Female Pols Be Just Right?

Meghan McCain

Nov 9, 2009 10:39 AM CST

In Goldilocks Age, When Will Female Pols Be Just Right?

Media portrayal of women politicians is unfair, says Maverick Junior

(Newser) - Women in politics are suffering from a "Goldilocks Syndrome" at the hands of a misogynist media: With Hillary Clinton deemed "too hard" for not paying attention to fashion and beauty, and Sarah Palin "too soft" for doing just that, what woman will possibly be deemed "just...

Paranoid GOP
Could Make US
'Ungovernable'

PAUL KRUGMAN

Nov 9, 2009 7:37 AM CST

Paranoid GOP Could Make US 'Ungovernable'

Whack jobs' seizure of Republican Party 'no laughing matter'

(Newser) - The kind of paranoia that made last week's health care reform protesters wave signs showing corpses at Dachau is nothing new in right-wing American politics, but the fact that these people actually wield power is new—and deeply troubling, writes Paul Krugman . "The GOP has been taken over by...

Palin Renews
'Death Panels'
Argument

Nov 8, 2009 4:55 PM CST

Palin Renews 'Death Panels' Argument

(Newser) - Sarah Palin has returned to her Facebook soapbox to reinvigorate the "death panels" meme she helped popularize. "We had been told there were no 'death panels' in the bill," says an essay posted to the former Alaska governor's page. "But look closely at the provision mandating...

Palin Warns Again of 'Rationed' Care

Nov 7, 2009 2:12 PM CST

Palin Warns Again of 'Rationed' Care

Abortion mindset could be applied to elderly and disabled, she says

(Newser) - She didn't use the term "death panel," but Sarah Palin kept up her criticism of "rationed" care for the elderly and disabled last night. In a speech to abortion opponents, Palin warned that the same philosophy that allows abortions could be applied to those two groups with...