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Man Sues Nevada Over 'GOPALIN' License Plate

State initially denied it as too political

(Newser) - A Nevada man is suing the state for its initial refusal to issue him a vanity plate reading “GOPALIN” on the grounds that it was too political. According to James Linlor, the state had approved other such plates—like “DMOCRAT” or “AL GORE”—and when he...

Harry Potter Magic Makes Palin Film 'Disappear'

'The Undefeated ' plays to empty seats, collects $70K

(Newser) - The latest Harry Potter film has chalked up a feat of political magic: It made Sarah Palin's new documentary nearly "obliviate" from the public's mind. The Los Angeles Times calls it a case of "Harry Potter and The Order of Palin," and reports that the...

GOP Hopefuls Shun Mitch McConnell's Plan

Candidates refuse to endorse budget compromise

(Newser) - Mitch McConnell's budget compromise plan has been met with either rejection or silence from the GOP's White House contenders. Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann, and Ron Paul have come out against the plan, and not a single candidate has endorsed it, reports AP . Bachmann and Paul have pledged to...

Sarah Palin: I Can Win


 Sarah Palin: 
 I Can Win 
newsweek cover story
Jul 11, 2011 4:20 AM CDT

Sarah Palin: I Can Win

'My family knows they have to make sacrifices,' she says about race

(Newser) - "I do believe I can win" a national election, Sarah Palin has declared to Newsweek . The latest teaser from Palin seems to indicate that she's about to go for the big shebang, but don't take that as an announcement that she's decided to run for the...

What It's Like to Also Be Named Sarah Palin

University of Texas student shares name with former governor

(Newser) - By this point, Sarah Palin has got to be pretty sick of people asking whether she'll run for president in 2012. Sarah Beth Palin, that is. The 20-year-old shares her name with the headline-grabbing politician, and while things certainly got crazy for the Alaska Palins when John McCain announced...

Epic Palin Documentary Trailer Debuts

Smoke rises, money burns in wild preview

(Newser) - The trailer is out for The Undefeated, the upcoming documentary on Sarah Palin—and it’s intense, to say the least. Shots of Palin interacting with supporters are interspersed with apocalyptic imagery and clips of burning cash, all while voiceovers describe Palin’s rise to power. “It’s certain...

Missing Sarah Palin Emails Released by Alaska
 Missing Palin Emails Released 
Jul 7, 2011 8:58 AM CDT

Missing Palin Emails Released

54 pages inadvertently left out of first release

(Newser) - Alaska released 54 more pages of Sarah Palin's emails yesterday, but it looks like they won't be much juicier than the first 24,199 pages. A state rep says the emails, which are from Palin's first month as governor, were inadvertently left out of the first cache...

Bachmann Stole My Mom's Look: Bristol

In fact, 'a lot of women have done that the last few years,' she says

(Newser) - Attention: Red blazers are Sarah Palin's thing, OK? And anyone who wears them, especially if she also puts her hair up and dons glasses, is infringing on Sarah Palin's brand. So sayeth Bristol Palin, who recently discussed style-stealer Michele Bachmann with PopEater : "I think she dresses a...

Palin in Iowa: 'I'm Not Ready to Announce Anything'

She arrives in Pella to screen documentary

(Newser) - Bristol Palin may have teased Fox today with news that her mom had made up her mind about running for president, but the would-be candidate herself wasn't giving it up on her visit to Iowa today. "I'm not ready to announce anything," she told reporters in...

Palin: Bus Tour Hasn't Been Cut Short

Jury duty comes first, Alaskan says

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's bus tour is on hiatus, not breakdown, she insisted yesterday. "Hmm, glad I have media to let me know my plans. They never cease to amaze," she sniffed after reports that her One Nation bus tour had been truncated or even canceled. Palin says the...

Sarah Palin's Bus Tour Hits the Brakes
 Palin Bus Tour Hits the Brakes 
Jun 22, 2011 1:30 PM CDT

Palin Bus Tour Hits the Brakes

She and her family head to Alaska

(Newser) - Sarah Palin has abruptly cut short her bus tour and gone home to Alaska before hitting such planned destinations as Iowa and South Carolina. Though the trip had no formally announced schedule, Real Clear Politics reports that top aides had drafted an itinerary that would have seen her tour the...

Sarah Palin's Emails Make for Marvelous Poetry

Michael Solomon arranges them into verse, with delightful results

(Newser) - File under: Why didn't I think of this first? Editor-slash-humorist Michael Solomon has pored over Sarah Palin's email trove searching not for salacious details but for inspired verse. What he's come up with is a collection of 50 poems written by the former governor herself. And Solomon...

'Stinker' Film Touts Sarah Palin's Rise

Critic lashes 'outlandishly partisan' love letter

(Newser) - The Undefeated, the soon-to-be-released documentary about the defeated 2008 vice-presidential candidate, "is a two-hour encomium to Palin, a zero-warts version of her trajectory from Wasilla mayor to Alaska governor," reports the Los Angeles Times . Using previously unseen photos from Palin's childhood, the "hagiographic" film examines her...

Rush Limbaugh Hawks Tea: 'Folks, It Is Kickbutt'

Radio host launches Two If By Tea brand, selling 12 bottles for $23.76

(Newser) - Thirsty Tea Partiers will be glad to learn that Rush Limbaugh has a fruity new sideline. The conservative radio host has launched his own brand of iced tea, made just like his mom did and available in original and raspberry flavors (plus, diet versions!), reports the Palm Beach Post...

GOP Candidates Steering Clear of Glenn Beck Israel Rally

So far, only Joe Lieberman, Herman Cain interested

(Newser) - Glenn Beck can't seem to get much traction on his upcoming political rally in Israel. So far, not a single leading GOP presidential candidate has expressed interest in attending the pro-Israel demonstration organized by the ousted Fox mega-mouth. As of now only former Democratic vice presidential contender Joseph Lieberman...

Alaska Probes Missing Palin Emails

No Palin emails released from first month in office

(Newser) - Alaska officials have launched an investigation into missing emails from a trove of messages released last week from Sarah Palin's time as governor. The state has released more than 24,000 emails to and from Palin from the time she took office in 2006 to a few weeks after...

Debate Helped Rick Perry, Hurt Palin
 Debate Helped 
 Rick Perry, 
 Hurt Palin 
nate silver
Jun 14, 2011 12:51 PM CDT

Debate Helped Rick Perry, Hurt Palin

Why? Bachmann did well and Pawlenty didn't: Nate Silver

(Newser) - Acknowledging first that it's a little dicey to read too much into a debate so early in the process, Nate Silver ventures that last night's GOP forum might hurt the 2012 prospects of Sarah Palin and help those of Rick Perry, neither of whom took part. For Palin,...

Email to Palin: 'Bring Tequila and Condoms' to BBQ

Record exec's joke invite found its way to Alaskan's inbox

(Newser) - Journalists plowing through the 24,000 pages of emails from Sarah Palin's governorship released last week have found them rather underwhelming, but one eye-catcher invites her to a 2008 party at a record exec's house and asks her to "bring beef, tequila, and condoms." Echo Park...

Palin Emails' Big Reveal: Sarah Writes at 8th-Grade Level

...and that's pretty darn good: writing analysts

(Newser) - Sarah Palin writes like an eighth grader, and that's actually a compliment. Following Friday's massive release of hundreds of emails she wrote as governor, two writing analysts evaluated 60 randomly chosen messages that were at least one paragraph, and determined that Palin wrote them at a grade level...

John Ziegler, Maker of Sarah Palin Documentary: She Can't Win Election 2012
Maker of Fawning Palin Documentary: She Can't Win
OPINION
Jun 13, 2011 11:20 AM CDT

Maker of Fawning Palin Documentary: She Can't Win

Her many missteps and 'bunker mentality' will sink her in 2012: John Ziegler

(Newser) - Sarah Palin has zero chance of winning in 2012, says John Ziegler, the maker of the "very first pro-Sarah documentary." Writing for the Daily Caller , Ziegler explains that despite "being approached by Sarah’s husband Todd only a month ago," you won't find him working...

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