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AKMuckraker: The Real Story of the "Rogue" in Sarah Palin's New Book Title.

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By AKMuckraker - Sep. 29 (News Analysis) - "Going Rogue," is the title of Sarah Palin's soon-to-be released memoir. It's cute, it's catchy and it will sell some books. The 400-page tome will hit the shelves on November 17th, with a massive first printing of 1.5 million copies. And each one of those book jackets is another jab at two of the many casualties of the Palin administration in Alaska...But those of us who live in Alaska, and who have been following this story from the beginning, know the real root of that phrase, and will understand the ugly irony of Palin's title. Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/akmuckraker/the-real-story-of-the-rog_b_302369.html

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Business owners, fishermen want better health coverage

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

thecordovatimes.com - By Dimitra Lavrakas - Aug. 14 (News Report) - Mark Vinsel, executive director of the United Fishermen of Alaska, says 32 percent of fishermen in Alaska are not covered by health insurance. Alaska small-business owners and representatives of fishing organizations expressed support of a new approach to health insurance on Aug. 6 in a telephone conference held by Small Business Majority, a national small-business advocacy organization that focuses on health care reform. They also spoke to their concerns of what may happen if health insurance reform is not dealt with in the near future.

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Sarah Palin falsely claims Barack Obama runs a 'death panel'

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

PolitiFact - Aug. 11 (News Analysis) - We have read all 1,000-plus pages of the Democratic bill and examined versions in various committees. There is no panel in any version of the health care bills in Congress that judges a person's "level of productivity in society" to determine whether they are "worthy" of health care.

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Sarah Palin's Constitutional Train Wreck

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Shannyn Moore - Jul. 13 (News Analysis) - When Senator Bill Wielechowski came on my radio program this week, he dropped a bomb I wasn't ready for; in order for Alaska to avoid...

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Sarah Palin Resigning as Alaska's Governor

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Shannyn Moore - Jul. 03 (News Report) - After Sarah Palin's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week she has announced she will be stepping down in a few weeks. In a press conference call this morning, Alaska's Governor Sarah Palin has announced she will not run for re-election and is stepping down as governor. She had a brief statement. She took no questions. Her commissioners and Lt. Governor were with her at her home. Palin did not relinquished the reigns of the state to the Lt. Governor while running for vice president.

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White House Correspondents' Dinner: Wanda Sykes Knocks Sarah Palin Over Abstinence

Sun, 10 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - May. 10 (News Report) - Wanda Sykes, the featured entertainer at tonight's White House Correspondents' Dinner, aimed one of her dirtier jokes at Governor Sarah Palin. Sykes noted that Palin had been scheduled to appear but then pulled out at the last minute. Sykes then remarked: "Somebody should tell her that's not really how you practice abstinence."

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No Love from Megan McCain for Sarah Palin

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

3BlueDudes - Jan. 13 (News Report) - It seems of all the issues, stories, tales, whatever you one call it, from the 2008 Presidential election, John McCain’s daughter, Megan McCain, doesn’t want to comment on her views on Sarah Palin. Rightfully so. Probably the old adage fits well here, you have nothing nice to say, then don’t say anything. Unless you are 3BlueDudes.com, of course, because we had plenty of not so nice things to say.

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2010 Midtermer, Palin can beat Murkowski?

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

3BlueDudes - Dec. 22 (News Report) - ALASKA: Tidbit on Sarah Palin’s approval numbers. No word on whether she willseek reelection as Governor or go after current AK Senator Lisa Murkowski (R).

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Palin's Star Dims In Georgia: Networks Barely Cover Speech

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - Dec. 01 (News Report) - Palin's role as campaign closer said as much about her political fortunes as it did the national party. Still a veritable star in the GOP ranks, her draw seemed somewhat limited on the stump. While MSNBC carried the roughly 15-minute speech in full, CNN cut out only a few minutes in and FOX News didn't even go to the affair.

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Sarah Palin Turkey Incident: Does TV Interview While Turkeys Are Slaughtered In The Background (VIDEO)

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - Nov. 20 (Special Report) - Some videos you just have to see to believe. On Thursday, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin appeared in Wasilla in order to pardon a local turkey in anticipation of Thanksgiving. This proved to be a slightly absurd but ultimately unremarkable event. But what came next was positively surreal. After the pardon Palin proceeded to do an interview with a local TV station while the turkeys were being SLAUGHTERED in the background!! Seemingly oblivious to the gruesomeness going on over her shoulder, she carries on talking for over three minutes.

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Palin Keeps Attacking Obama: "No Present Button"

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Sam Stein - Nov. 13 (News Report) - The presidential campaign is over, but Sarah Palin -- still at the epicenter of media attention -- continues to take digs at Barack Obama.

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Palin Once Greeted McCain Staff Wearing Only A Towel

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - Nov. 05 (Special Report) - From Newsweek's Special Election Project comes the real Sarah Palin. She met staff members in a towel:

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Palin Didn't Know Africa Is A Continent, Says Fox News Reporter (VIDEO)

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - Nov. 05 (Special Report) - Palin lacked "a degree of knowledgeability necessary to be a running mate, a vice president, a heartbeat away from the presidency," in part because she didn't know which countries were in NAFTA, and she "didn't understand that Africa was a continent, rather than a series, a country just in itself." Palin was apparently a nightmare for her campaign staff to deal with.

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McCain And Palin Spending Remaining Time In Bush States

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Talking Points Memo - By Greg Sargeant - Nov. 01 (News Report) - The remaining schedules for all the candidates are pretty revealing. Today, John McCain is in Virginia and Pennsylvania. Sarah Palin is hitting Florida, North Carolina And Virginia.

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Eagleburger Blisters Palin: "Of Course" She's Not Ready

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Nico Pitney, Sam Stein - Oct. 31 (News Report) - A former Republican Secretary of State and one of John McCain's most prominent supporters offered a stunningly frank and remarkably bleak assessment of Sarah Palin's capacity to handle the presidency should such a scenario arise

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Ladies of the nightly news

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Salon - By Rebecca Traister - Oct. 30 (News Analysis) - It was perhaps galling that one of the smartest questions asked of Hillary Clinton in the past 18 months was posed after a presidential debate in which Clinton did not participate. But it was appropriate that it came from a journalist who understands as well as the New York senator that the path to gender parity is lined with potholes. "Why do you think Sarah Palin has an action figure, and you have a nutcracker?" asked CBS anchorwoman Katie Couric on her nightly webcast -- her so-called after party -- following the final presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain on Oct. 15. Of course, Clinton didn't answer the question fully -- by, say, launching into a discourse on how her brand of female power is based on authority and competence that made her appear threatening, like a potential harvester of testicles, while the Alaska governor's brand of female power is based on her ability to winkingly climb the political ladder while never disrupting the fantasy that she is only here to conform to traditional feminine norms that do not threaten testicular dominance. No. Clinton just let out a loud (just once, for old times' sake) cackle and said, "I don't have any idea, Katie."

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More 'Troopergate' Problems for Palin

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Consortium News - By Jason Leopold - Oct. 30 (News Report) - Sarah Palin faces another likely setback in an investigation into whether she entangled her duties as Alaska governor in a family feud with her ex-brother-in-law, a state trooper, according to a senior state legislator. But the new finding is not expected before next Tuesday’s presidential election.

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Victims of Sexual Abuse Get Heard

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Marcian G Yerman - Oct. 28 (Investigative Report) - Loeb feels motivated to "protect the court because it's not a four year issue, it's a multi-decade issue." However, her impetus stems from personal reasons as well. She had a friend who was raped by her father. "It's far more common than people want to talk about," she said. Through WAMP (Women Against McCain and Palin), which is which is housed at the SaysMe TV website, Loeb has spearheaded a movement to run independent pro-choice ads on television. The web page showcases two ads, with a form to purchase a package that includes an ad preference, swing state, and price tag ranging from $100 to $2500.

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Palin's 'going rogue,' McCain aide says

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

allvoices.com - By John King, Peter Hamby, Dana Bash - Oct. 25 (News Report) - # Story Highlights; selected quotes: Sources say there is brewing tension between McCain aides and Palin Palin aide says she is trying to take control of her message "She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone," says a McCain adviser

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Palin pipeline terms curbed bids

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Justin Pritchard, Garance Burke - Oct. 25 (Investigative Report) - Gov. Sarah Palin's signature accomplishment--a contract to build a 1,715-mile pipeline to bring natural gas from Alaska to the Lower 48 --emerged from a flawed bidding process that narrowed the field to a company with ties to her administration, an Associated Press investigation shows.

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She Ain’t No Ordinary Sarah

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

3BlueDudes - Oct. 22 (News Report) - You know, we really have it shoved down our throats, when Sarah Palin was selected as John McCain’s Veep, that she is just an ordinary middle class, moose hunting, down to earth, ordinary Alaskan. Remember? Pretty hard to remember back then eh, given all the latest news on the REAL Sarah Palin.

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Palin Pushed Exporting U.S. Oil Reserves To Japan

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Martha Mendoza - Oct. 21 (News Report) - But the Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential candidate has pushed the federal government to allow a liquefied natural gas plant to continue exporting to Asia _ the only such plant in the United States that sends the product overseas.

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New Front in Palin's 'Troopergate' Mess

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Consortium News - By Jason Leopold - Oct. 21 (News Report) - In a new front for Gov. Sarah Palin’s “Troopergate” troubles, a top Alaska Democratic lawmaker has called on the state’s attorney general to appoint an independent investigator to probe whether operatives in Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign broke Alaska’s criminal witness-tampering laws.

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The Palin Plunge: Voters Sour On McCain VP Pick

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Thomas B. Edsall - Oct. 18 (News Analysis) - The more voters learn about Sarah Palin, the more wary they become. Once the focus of post-convention Republican euphoria, the Alaska Governor is now viewed as a serious liability to the McCain campaign.

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Secret Service Denies Blocking Reporters at Palin Rallies

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

ProPublica - By Kristin Jones - Oct. 17 (News Analysis) - In an online Q&A session on the Washington Post’s site yesterday, reporter Dana Milbank said that the Secret Service, in collaboration with campaign officials, had been blocking the press from conducting interviews in the crowds at rallies for Gov. Sarah Palin. Milbank was asked a question about a campaign event in Scranton, Pa. (A local newspaper reported that a member of the crowd had yelled “Kill him!” at a mention of Sen. Barack Obama, and the Secret Service had said publicly that the report had no basis.)

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