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McCain's Latest Palin Lie

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics


Geoffrey Dunn

It's time for McCain to tell the truth about his campaign and, rather than blame his own failures on "the stock market crash," to accept responsibility for his lack of economic credibility and his selection of a running mate.

Three Truly Weird Governors, USA

Jamie Stiehm | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics


Jamie Stiehm

Somehow Palin's speaking pattern, upswept hair, glasses and supreme self-confidence electrified the body politic. Love or fear her, she and her small-town ways could not be ignored.

Mike Huckabee On Sarah Palin: Katie Couric Was "Extraordinarily Gentle" With Her

Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics


Unlike John McCain's daughter Meghan, former GOP Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee doesn't have a policy against talking about Sarah Palin. In an i...

Dear Sarah Palin: It's Not Comedians' Fault, It's Yours

Jim David | Posted 02.12.2009 | Media


Jim David

I'm sorry, but as a comedian, Sarah Palin is pure comedy gold, a God given treasure trove of instant material, and I hope she sticks around because I need said material.

Sarah Palin's Big Obama Lie

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics


Geoffrey Dunn

While much has been made of the Kennedy and Couric comments, there was a troubling remark, largely overlooked, that Palin made about Barack Obama that was a flat-out, blatant lie.

Palin: Katie Couric, Tina Fey Have Been "Exploiting" Me

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics


ALBANY, N.Y. — She messed up her first interviews, didn't show much of a grasp of the issues and, dontcha know, had a speech pattern that was wi...

2008's Most Laughable Political Antics

Daniel Kurtzman | Posted 01.27.2009 | Politics


Daniel Kurtzman

In a story about potential vice presidential picks, the AP referred to Joe Lieberman as "the Democratic vice presidential prick in 2000."

Katie Couric Talks Palin Interview With David Letterman

Huffington Post | Posted 12.21.2008 | Media


Katie Couric discussed her infamous interview with Sarah Palin Wednesday night on the "Late Show with David Letterman." Couric took Letterman inside ...

The Pink Mafia Strikes Down Palin

Kerry Eleveld | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home


Kerry Eleveld

By the time women had finished dissecting Palin in a way men would have never been allowed to, her approval ratings were tanking.

The Fall of the Right

Holly Regan | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home


Holly Regan

The moderates McCain once appealed to have been scared away by dirty politics and a vice presidential candidate who can't even hold her own against Katie Couric.

The Whole World Is Watching--And It's Not Pretty

Larry Gellman | Posted 11.03.2008 | Business


Larry Gellman

From halfway around the world, it all seems simple. The question is if we are going to keep blaming Washington, Wall Street, mortgage lenders--everybody but ourselves--for our problems.

Real Winner of the Debate: Katie Couric

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.02.2008 | Media


Cenk Uygur

Imagine if Couric had not done those interviews, and all we had seen were Gwen Ifill's standard queries, we might never have known how very little Sarah Palin really knows.

Gotcha Again: Sarah Palin Reads!

Disgrasian | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics


Disgrasian

In yet another installment of her ongoing interview with Katie Couric, Governor Palin was asked to divulge what news publications she'd read prior to her bid for VP.

Scary Stupid: Palin In The Great History of America

Tina Dupuy | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics


Tina Dupuy

There has been a slow trickle of online clips from Katie Couric's interview with Sarah Palin. Like water torture they've come out night after night. D...

Palin/Couric Interview Bombshell

Steve Young | Posted 01.09.2009 | Media


Steve Young

In what may be the most damaging of the slow but sure dissemination of the CBS News Katie Couric interview with Sarah Palin, the Republican Vice Presidential nominee was unable to name all of her kids' names.

We Can't Vote for Sarah Palin If We Can't Understand What She Says

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics


Menachem Rosensaft

I have nothing against Joe six-pack. I just don't think that being Joe six-pack qualifies one to be President of the United States.

Pygmalion in Lipstick

June Sarpong | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics


June Sarpong

While it's good and healthy to see a woman at the heart of the presidential race, in this age of ever growing equality, it's right that Palin should be as subject to scrutiny as anyone else.

5 National Security Hurdles Governor Palin Must Clear

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics


Ilan Goldenberg

Palin has made public statements that would implicitly give Israel a green light to attack Iran -- even though such an action would have serious national security implications for the United States.

Palin To Couric: Media Coverage Isn't Sexist

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics


CBS' Early Show aired some new quotes from Katie Couric's interview with Sarah Palin. While previous clips have focused on Palin's slip-ups, these are...

Sarah Palin Answers What Newspapers, Magazines Inform Her Worldview: "Most Of 'Em...All Of 'Em...Any Of 'Em," "Alaska Is Like A Microcosm Of America"

Huffington Post | Posted 10.31.2008 | Media


During their interview Monday, Katie Couric asked Sarah Palin what newspapers and magazines she read to inform her worldview before being tapped as Jo...

Sarah Palin Vlogs About Her Interview With Katie Couric (VIDEO)

236.com | 23/6: The News, But Funnier | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics


Watch Sarah Palin vlog about her interview with Katie Couric....

Latest Palin Gaffe: Can't Name Supreme Court Case Other Than Roe V. Wade

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics


UPDATE: Video of the Palin/Supreme Court exchange is available here. Today, the Washington Post's Howard Kurtz reported on potentially embarrassing ...

Palin Appeared To Endorse Hamas In Couric Interview

The Atlantic | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics


How can it be that some people still pretend that Sarah Palin is suited for high office? This country has never seen someone so comprehensively unprep...

Free Palin? McCain Camp Readies VP For Debate

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics


Despite bad reviews from all sides, John McCain's campaign has decided that having Sarah Palin do big broadcast interviews was a good idea, the Nation...

"ExPalination"

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics


Robert S. McElvaine

Whatever else the 2008 presidential campaign may produce, it has given us a new word: ExPalination. Someday it may take its place in our language alongside malapropism and Bushism.