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Sure, You Can See Palin Email ... for $15M
Sure, You Can See Palin Email ... for $15M
ANALYSIS
Oct 17, 2008 1:20 PM CDT

Sure, You Can See Palin Email ... for $15M

And after Alaska fees for search, they won't be ready until mid-Nov.

(Newser) - Sarah Palin ran on a platform of transparent government, but it seems that Alaskan transparency has a price: $15 million. That’s how much the governor’s office wants from news organizations for copies of official email, MSNBC reports. Even if organizations are willing to pay up, the email will...

Dave's 10 Best Digs at McCain
 Dave's 10 Best Digs at McCain
OPINION
Oct 17, 2008 12:25 PM CDT

Dave's 10 Best Digs at McCain

Truce between GOP candidate and late-night host can't erase these swipes

(Newser) - David Letterman has landed some pretty harsh zingers aimed since John McCain skipped out on the Late Show in September. Los Angeles Times reporter Matea Gold put together a Top 10 list of her own; a sampling:
  • "I gave up drinking a while ago, but I started again. And
...

Sorry, Fellow Conservatives, Palin Doesn't Cut It: Noonan

Noonan: VP choice bad for the right and the country

(Newser) - For seven weeks, Peggy Noonan has really, really tried to find Sarah Palin worthy of the role she's running for. She's scrutinized every appearance for signs the Alaska governor could turn out to be the next Harry Truman. Unfortunately, she writes in the Wall Street Journal, "there is little...

Live From New York, It's Sarah Palin!

Candidate set for Saturday Night Live debut tomorrow night

(Newser) - Viewers awaiting the next impersonation of Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live may be stunned to see the real thing. Palin plans to make a cameo appearance on tomorrow's show, sources tell CNN. No word yet on whether champion Palin-impersonator Tina Fey will be joining the vice-presidential candidate for her...

GOP Intellectuals Jump Mac's Ship, Leaving Wingnuts

Columnist's schadenfreude turns to dread over the new face of the party

(Newser) - It’s been a fun time for liberals, writes Rosa Brooks in the LA Times. Though initially worried about the boost Sarah Palin gave to John McCain’s polling numbers, Dems were then treated to the defections of some of the GOP’s brightest thinkers. Columnists David Brooks, Charles Krauthammer,...

Letterman: Mac May Bring Palin Tonight

... but host says candidate's probably stringing him along

(Newser) - John McCain is scheduled to make his long-awaited return to The Late Show with David Letterman tonight, the Chicago Tribune reports—and may bring his running mate with him. “He hinted when I talked to him … that maybe he’d be bringing Sarah Palin,” Letterman said on...

Secret Service Says Nobody Yelled 'Kill Him'

But Pa. reporter stands by story of angry shout during Palin rally

(Newser) - The much-repeated charge that someone in the crowd at a Sarah Palin rally in Scranton shouted “kill him” at the mention of Barack Obama is unfounded, according to a Secret Service agent. No agents in the crowd heard the shout, nor did any crowdmembers the service interviewed, reports the...

Desperate Times Call for Jump Starting Next Presidency

Here's how to dump Bush in Nov., not Jan.

(Newser) - In the current economic morass, the US cannot afford to wait 9 weeks to install the new president after he is elected in November, Richard Tedlow and David Ruben write in the Boston Globe. But wait—doesn’t the Constitution dictate the date of the inauguration? “Changing that would...

Palin's Schedule Shows Minimal Time for Foreign Policy Meetings

12 hours during 19 months as Alaska gov.

(Newser) - Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin might be able to see Russia from her home state, but her actual foreign policy experience boils down to about 20 meetings and just 12 hours, according to the governor’s official calendar obtained by Mother Jones. Most of the Alaska governor’s interactions with...

Out-of-Touch Dems Distort Myth of Crazed Mobs
Out-of-Touch Dems Distort
Myth of Crazed Mobs
OPINION
Oct 14, 2008 10:34 PM CDT

Out-of-Touch Dems Distort Myth of Crazed Mobs

(Newser) - It's been hard to miss the spate of reports about ugly anti-Obama incidents at McCain/Palin events—a crowd member calling him a “terrorist,” for instance. The media is now playing a game of "find a freak" at GOP rallies and grossly distorting the notion of genuine harm...

Fear-Mongering Palin Scares Mac Straighter
Fear-Mongering Palin Scares Mac Straighter
Analysis
Oct 14, 2008 2:42 PM CDT

Fear-Mongering Palin Scares Mac Straighter

GOP nominee tries for calm with running mate out of control

(Newser) - These days, John McCain is more concerned with calming down his crowds than riling them up, writes Roger Simon in Politico, which “may not be a winning thing to do. But it is honorable.” The problem is that Sarah Palin “is running a separate—and scary—campaign,...

If Obama Were White, He'd Be Hit Twice as Hard
If Obama Were White,
He'd Be Hit Twice as Hard
OPINION
Oct 14, 2008 9:14 AM CDT

If Obama Were White, He'd Be Hit Twice as Hard

Democrat is protected by his race, not vulnerable because of it

(Newser) - John McCain isn’t stoking racism against Barack Obama. If anything, writes Jonah Goldberg in the LA Times, McCain is going easy on the Democrat for fear of appearing racist. When the GOP paints Obama as “different” or Sarah Palin says he doesn’t see America “the way...

Fey 'Leaving Earth' if Palin Wins

Can't hack her alter-ego for much longer

(Newser) - Comedian Tina Fey can't face four years of playing Sarah Palin and said she's quitting the planet if the GOP ticket wins. "If she wins, I'm done,” Fey tells TV Guide.  And by ‘I'm done,’ I mean I'm leaving Earth.” Still, Fey had "...

Deputy Warned Palins About Troopergate

Official said efforts to fire trooper could embarrass governor

(Newser) - Todd Palin and other aides were warned by state police officials that their push to have a state trooper fired could come back to haunt them, CNN reports. Deputy commissioner of public safety John Glass told a persistent Palin that the trooper had already been disciplined and "discomfort and...

Palin's Winks Unlikely to Nudge Undecided
Palin's Winks
Unlikely
to Nudge Undecided
ANALYSIS
Oct 14, 2008 2:34 AM CDT

Palin's Winks Unlikely to Nudge Undecided

Controversy in the blink of an eye

(Newser) - In Latin America, it's an unmistakable come-on. In much of Asia, it's offensive. In a vice-presidential debate, the meaning of a wink is sparking plenty of controversy, writes Faye Fiore in the Los Angeles Times. Sarah Palin winks more often than any politician experts can remember, and it has "...

Palin's Stumbles Make Women of All Stripes Cringe

VP candidate could be setting feminism back a generation

(Newser) - John McCain must not understand affirmative action. “You don’t run out and hire the first woman you find on the sidewalk and call it a day,” writes Susan Reimer in the Baltimore Sun—you take the time to find someone qualified. But it’s painfully clear McCain...

Fey's Everywhere; 30 Rock MIA
 Fey's Everywhere; 30 Rock MIA 
Oct 13, 2008 3:09 PM CDT

Fey's Everywhere; 30 Rock MIA

NBC's moves to promote show's popularity miss the mark

(Newser) - Tina Fey’s popularity is at an all-time high, but NBC hasn’t tried to capitalize by moving up the season debut of her critically acclaimed sitcom 30 Rock. NBC has struggled to boost the show’s ratings, the New York Times reports, and hopes three Saturday Night Live specials...

McCain Paints Ugly Picture, Touts His Experience as Fix

GOP candidate compares Obama to Herbert Hoover on economy

(Newser) - John McCain painted a dismal picture of the economy today at a rally in Virginia, comparing Barack Obama’s solutions to Herbert Hoover’s while declaring himself the right candidate to fix the mess, the Virginian-Pilot reports. McCain also raised the specter of his flailing campaign in an effort to...

Artists' Complaints About Pols' Use of Songs Off-Key

Free speech outweighs whatever objections they might have

(Newser) - Political campaigns routinely use popular music to help shape voters’ perceptions about their candidate. And while the practice may hit a sour ideological note with some artists, there’s not much they can—or should—do to turn off the music, since both copyright laws and free-speech doctrine support it,...

LiLo's Halloween Costume? Sarah Palin

Girlfriend Ronson may dress up as First Dude Todd

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan will strike out at Sarah Palin, whom she has described as a “media-obsessed homophobe,” by pretending to be her for Halloween, the New York Daily News reports. The actress promises the glasses, red suit and cleavage. The icing on the cake: Lohan’s lover Samantha Ronson...

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