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Has Sarah Palin donated her $150,000+ of RNC and Republican donor paid campaign clothes to charity yet?

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Maybe it’s not a worthwhile comparison, but for a few months after 9/11 Rudy Giuliani was a national celebrity. Those few months gave birth to a presidential campaign.
Sarah Palin was a national celebrity for a few weeks following being picked as McCain’s running mate (and has since been defined by series of train wrecks outside […]

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Ilan Goldberg has an important post on Sarah Palin’s lack of understanding of a basic foreign policy term, “precondition.”  In short, Goldberg makes a convincing case that Palin doesn’t know what the word “precondition” means, as evidenced by her interview with Brian Williams this week.
Josh Schrei takes the Things Palin Doesn’t Know game a step […]

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Sarah Palin’s vice presidential candidacy has not been kind to her in Alaska. While her pick assured John McCain of Alaska’s three electoral college votes (which Republicans haven’t lost since 1968), Palin’s time in the spotlight has not been kind in-state. She’s dropped about 20 points in the polls and while approval ratings in the […]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awMMJuLwMA8

Nice to see the folks making “Family Guy” still aren’t pulling any punches.

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Is your opinion of Sarah Palin favorable, not favorable, undecided, or haven’t you
heard enough about Sarah Palin yet to have an opinion?

Opinion
Favorable
Not Fav
Undecided

10/3-5/08* CBS
40
32
12

10/10-13/08* (PDF)
32
41
16

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Apparently while Sarah Palin has been running around the country, Russian energy giant Gazprom has, um, reared its head in Alaska.
MOSCOW, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom  said on Tuesday its top executives had visited U.S. state Alaska, where the gas company is seeking a share in a project to pipe […]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMyNk8J1c8g

It’s pretty much a British version of Matt Damon ripping Palin, though Cleese isn’t nearly as outraged as Damon, probably because he won’t have to suffer under a Palin vice presidency (or worse) as an American.
Thanks to Sam for the tip.

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Yesterday investigator Steve Branchflower delivered his 263 page report on Troopergate to the Alaska Legislative Council, which voted unanimously to release it to the public. You can download it here (PDF link). Here are key findings:
“For the reasons explained in section IV of this report, I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by […]

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Independent investigator Steve Branchflower is due to turn in his report on Sarah Palin’s suspected abuse of powers in Troopergate today. After he delivers the report to the Alaska state legislature, the body will vote on whether or not to release it to the public. Progressive bloggers in Alaska have been campaigning for weeks to […]

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