Tag Archives: Sarah Palin

Does Palin really have jury duty?

Does Palin really have jury duty? Damned if I know. But if she’s telling the truth about jury duty, she’s also telling the truth about how long her schedule is affected by it: 30 days at minimum. Continue reading

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The Palin February briefing

Over the past month I’ve been keeping track of news about Sarah Palin in order to brief those people who had accepted the Dana Milbank challenge, so that they could catch up quickly & easily when February came to a close.

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What leadership looks like

The difference between Pres. Obama & Sarah Palin yesterday: obvious, & much commented upon. Queensland Premier Anna Bligh presents another example of what leadership really looks like. And what ex-Governor Palin never gave us.

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The Daily Tweets 2010-11-27: Last Side Street Saturday of 2010

George’s latte special board was drawn for yesterday (Black Friday, the traditional consumerist post-Thanksgiving shopping day), but his rendition of Frankenstein & American consumerism was so good that Deb left it up today, too. Or maybe George just didn’t have … Continue reading

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The Daily Tweets 2010-11-10: #AKSen vote count proving it’s not “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” no matter what she calls her crappy reality show.

Today was the first day of counting write-in ballots in the Alaska U.S. Senate race, which is now (Scott McAdams having conceded) between incumbent Senator Lisa Murkowki, the write-in candidate, and Sarah Palin’s favorite Joe Miller. Meantime, we’ve been hearing … Continue reading

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Election night Tweets 2010-11-02: Alas, poor Yorick, we now foster hope write-in voters spell’d abhorr’d Murkowski’s name right. Our gorges rise.

Tonight was not your night, Scott, but there will be other nights! You were the only candidate w/ class & grace in this year’s AKSEN race. (And other tweets more funny.)

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Conservatives for Palin & civility: Fairly unbalanced

Is it really a good thing to be complimented for “courage” by a blogger at the Conservatives for Palin website? Well, mainly it’s a lot of work. It’s nice to be called courageous, sure, but even better is to be represented honestly and in context.

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Progressives, civility, & Palin: Anatomy of an apology

A classic example of an apology that is not an apology, however much its author tried to make it into one.

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-12: Annual birthday present

My annual birthday present: getting off work in February to find some light still in the sky. And a whole bunch of other tweets.

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Progressive bloggers on Palin: Civility versus namecalling

Okay, so we don’t like Sarah Palin or her political views. But does that mean it’s good for us or the nation for us to exercise our free speech through namecalling & insults?

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