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Sarah Palin's Previous Lies About Secret Service Agents

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 04.23.2012

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Sarah Palin has disgraced herself yet again, this time by attempting to politicize the Secret Service prostitution scandal that rocked President Obama's recent trip to Colombia.

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Palin vs. Couric: Recounting the Infamous 2008 Campaign Interview

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 04.03.2012

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While Sarah Palin admitted that her performance in the Couric interviews in 2008 "had let the team down," she never acknowledged that she had failed to prepare for them.

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The Real Game Change: Palinism's Rise, Moderate Republicanism's Eclipse

William Bradley | Posted 05.23.2012

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The term "game change," like so many sports-oriented terms in politics, is decidedly over-used. But the events depicted in the Game Change film really do constitute just that, though not in the way that my friend Steve Schmidt intended it.

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"God's Will"?: Sarah Palin's Secret Plot to Capture the White House in 2012

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 05.16.2012

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Anyone who has watched Sarah Palin closely in recent months can only marvel at the "magical thinking" she embraces with respect to the potential outcome of the Republican Party primary for president. It's clear that Palin still has her sights set on the White House for 2012.

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Ex-McCain Strategist: Palin Presidency 'Frightens Me'

Posted 03.12.2012

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Steve Schmidt, a former campaign strategist for John McCain, discussed HBO's "Game Change" on Monday, stating that the film was a "very accurate" depi...

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Game Change

Elizabeth Nicholas | Posted 05.09.2012

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The narrative of Game Change is one as old as government itself -- the corrupting influence of proximity to power on even the best of men.

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Did HBO's 'Game Change' Borrow From Palin Bio?

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 03.07.2012

NEW YORK -- After concluding her debate with now-Vice President Joe Biden in the upcoming HBO movie "Game Change," Sarah Palin tells John McCain's cam...

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Game Change: Sarah Palin and the Confessions of Steve Schmidt

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 05.07.2012

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Forget whether or not Sarah Palin suffered through some sort of psychological breakdown during the 2008 campaign, the bigger issue is how can the U.S. best select its leaders when celebrity packs more electoral caché than experience or political courage?

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Beyond Game Change: Five Undisputed Facts About Sarah Palin's Behavior During the 2008 Campaign

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 05.01.2012

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The he-said-she-said nature of the Game Change controversy -- all based on off-the-record sources -- creates an opportunity for pushback and denial. The uncontested documents from the 2008 campaign, however, provide no squirm room for Palin and her minions.

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Both Sides Now: Spitzer/Matalin on Santorum as SNL's Church Lady and Murray=OWS?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 02.27.2012

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Matalin and Spitzer debate whether Santorum's religious conservatism has veered into Church Lady Comstockery ("Is it Satan?"). Will Mitt's money win Michigan? Then: why did the GOP cave and is Charles Murray the cultural equivalent of OWS?

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Distinct of a Decade and Definitive of an Era: This Artweek.LA (June 27-July 3)

Bill Bush | Posted 08.29.2011

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F-Bomb Confidential: Meghan McCain, Sarah Palin and HBO's 'Game Change'

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 06.06.2011

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Meghan McCain is concerned that quite a bit more than what appeared about her in Game Change will find its way into the HBO film. Where might they find such dirt? Ironically, in McCain's own book, Dirty Sexy Politics.

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Setting the Story Straight on Sarah Palin and Africa (VIDEO)

Dan Mirvish | Posted 05.25.2011

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Having a fluency and fluidity to talk about Africa matters. And as Sarah Palin makes noises about running for president, what she says -- and how she obfuscates what she says -- should also matter.

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More Palin Lies: The Trooper in 'Troopergate' Breaks His Silence

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 05.25.2011

The Alaska State Trooper at the center of Sarah Palin's so-called "Troopergate Scandal" has broken his more than year-long silence since his embattled divorce with Palin's sister.

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Palin Advisor Is a Former BP Lobbyist & Foreign Agent

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Palin rattles off a good game about Big Oil and lobbyists. Yet government documents reveal that a top aide of hers served as a lobbyist for BP Amoco from 1999-2000, receiving payments through his former lobbying firm the Mercury Group.

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Guns, Religion and the Glenn Beck Rally

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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What Barack Obama described in the 2008 campaign is what we are seeing unfold in the country. Guns and religion -- or, in other words, fear and intolerance.

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Obama Should Feel 'Uncomfortable' That Conservatives Are Co-opting Gay Rights Issues: Top Dem

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The notion that the gay rights community would abandon the Obama White House over its unwillingness to fully embrace their legislative priorities may ...

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Steve Schmidt, Former McCain Campaign Chief, On Mehlman Fundraiser: Same-Sex Marriage Becoming Conservative Cause

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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A major same-sex marriage fundraiser hosted by former RNC chairman Ken Mehlman and other Republicans provides one of the sharpest illustrations of how...

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Is Sarah Palin an Ignoramus or a Cynic?

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sowell's bizarre analogy aside, why did Palin recommend this crack-pot article to her followers? Does she actually not know the history of Nazism and the real significance of Hitler's dictatorship?

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Sarah Palin's Bewitching of John McCain

Mario Almonte | Posted 05.25.2011

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What magic spell has Sarah Palin cast over John McCain? Since bringing her on board as his vice presidential running mate on that fateful summer night in August 2008, he has been like a man possessed.

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Palin's Former Ally Calls More Lies to Rogue

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Palin would like everyone to believe that all of her problems began after she was named as McCain's running mate, when in reality the ethics complaint were pouring in months earlier.

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Palin Usurped "Concession" Speech

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Headlines recently declared "Sarah Palin's Speeches Were Ready but Never Seen -- Until Now." While Palin did not deliver her concession speech on election night, she did deliver most of it eight days later.

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Schmidt Calls Palin's Memoirs "Total Fiction"

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Schmidt now joins a host of former McCain staffers who have challenged the veracity of Sarah Palin's book, Going Rogue, even before it hits the streets on Tuesday.

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Steve Schmidt: Palin Believed Candidacy 'God's Plan'

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin believed that Sen. John McCain chose her to be his running mate in 2008 because of "God's plan," according to a top pol...

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The Inevitable Fluke That Is Sarah Palin

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Five minutes into yesterday's Oprah extravaganza with Sarah Palin, I messaged Steve Schmidt, John McCain's presidential campaign manager: "So how did you know Bristol was pregnant before it was announced?"

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