Nov 24 2010

Bristol Palin Couldn’t Outdance Jennifer Grey on DWTS

Sarah Palin and her tea party legions couldn’t put “Dirty Dancing” star Jennifer Grey in a corner on “Dancing With the Stars.” Grey outdanced Bristol Palin and Kyle Massey to win the fall season of DWTS, made even more captivating and controversial by the presence of the daughter of a potential 2012 presidential candidate. Grey [...]


Nov 23 2010

Watch Out, Sarah Palin: Barbara Bush Is the Original Mama Grizzly

Barbara Bush is the grande dame of the GOP. And she finally has said something that a lot of Republicans – not to mention Democrats and independents – have been thinking about Sarah Palin. Barbara, never one to mince words, shared her opinion about Palin on CNN’s “Larry King Live” Monday night. “I sat next [...]


Nov 23 2010

Sarah Palin Won’t ‘Waste’ Time With Katie Couric or Other ‘Biased’ Interviewers

Sarah Palin says she wants to help “clean up” the sorry state of journalism and won’t “waste my time” with the likes of CBS news anchor Katie Couric if she runs for president in 2012. In an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Palin claimed some expertise in journalism and looked forward to “being more [...]


Nov 19 2010

Sarah Palin Keeps a Tight Rein on Staff, but Her Daughters Lack Supervision

While elsewhere a prince and a well-educated commoner have captured the world’s attention, the Sarah Palin clan will not let the posh have their moment. In a rare interview with the “lamestream media” for this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, the will she or won’t she? 2012 presidential contender tells reporter Robert Draper that she [...]


Nov 18 2010

Victorious Murkowski: Alaskans Rejected Governance Based on ‘Anger or Fear’

Sen. Lisa Murkowksi, claiming an improbable write-in victory in Alaska’s Senate race, signaled her independence Thursday and said voters in the state rejected the politics of anger in choosing her over a tea party candidate endorsed by Sarah Palin. “The numbers are what they are and they clearly indicate Alaskans have not only spoken, they [...]


Nov 17 2010

Young Frau a Frump? German Minister’s Sex Views Rankle Older Feminists

BERLIN — Imagine Nancy Pelosi talking about sex and the role of women in a big-ticket interview. Or, let’s pick someone younger, say, Jennifer Granholm, the über-competent governor of Michigan whom everyone feels sad was born in Canada and thus can’t run for president. Or, say, Sarah Palin. Maybe Palin we can picture. Now add [...]