http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/2008veep/ en-us Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:10:44 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283523/posts The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign. At issue is a question that was never resolved following McCain’s loss in November: Who in the McCain campaign was secretly trashing Sarah Palin to the press? National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283523/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:10:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250541/posts "She's [Sarah Palin] got this book deal. She's obviously not going to write it. They already announced she's going to collaborate on it, what an embarrassment," MSNBC's Chris Matthews said on "Hardball" Wednesday evening. "One of these I told you books the jocks do. Why they do it like this? She can't write. We have a collaborator for her," he continued. Matthews ended his rant by complaining she will get the title of "author" now. Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250541/posts#comment Thu, 14 May 2009 03:51:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249601/posts Gov. Sarah Palin has signed a book deal with HarperCollins Publishers for what is described as her memoir. "There have been so many things written and said through mainstream media that have not been accurate, and it will be nice through an unfiltered forum to get to speak truthfully about who we are and what we stand for and what Alaska is all about," Palin said in an interview today in which she announced the deal. Palin and HarperCollins would not say how much she was being paid. Asked why, the former Republican nominee for vice president said she didn't... ADN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249601/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 22:41:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243534/posts In the latest instance of a high-profile GOP member taking a passing swipe at the party's 2008 vice-presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney jokingly dismissed Sarah Palin’s inclusion on TIME’s list of influential people in an interview broadcast Sunday. He asked, was “the issue on the most beautiful people or the most influential people?” . . . . . Romney, who was appearing with House Minority Whip Eric Cantor as part of a party re-launch the two are organizing with other prominent Republicans under the banner of the National Council for a New America, was... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243534/posts#comment Mon, 4 May 2009 03:34:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238212/posts A handful of readers took note of this passage in my story on Steve Schmidt's and David Plouffe's appearance in Delaware last week: [Schmidt] explained his decision to deny Palin an election night speech as a nod to the fact that the concession is a “singular moment” in American public life. “It begins the process by which power is transferred peacefully,” he said. Asked blogger DougJ: "Is Schmidt implying that Palin would have given an incendiary speech that would have, in some small way, disrupted the peaceful transfer of power?" I hadn't really heard it that way, but it seemed... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238212/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:37:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236546/posts (CNN) — John McCain’s general election campaign began as “the strategic equivalent of throwing a football through a tire at 50 yards” – and was doomed weeks before Election Day, his former chief strategist said Thursday. “We were running a campaign under extra difficult circumstances — the state of the Republican Party, the president’s unpopularity, the economy — a lot of issues that were not John McCain’s fault, but were John McCain’s problem in this race,” Schmidt told an audience at the University of Delaware, according to Politico. “When Lehman Brothers collapsed in the fall I knew pretty much right... CNN - Political Ticker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236546/posts#comment Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:43:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233996/posts It may be, a colleague notes, a fitting coda to the McCain campaign: He apparently rejected his first choice as a running mate, Joe Lieberman, in part based on a faulty legal opinion. McCain lawyer and vetter A. B. Culvahouse said last week that West Virginia law could have barred McCain from nominating a Democrat as his running mate in the key state, knocking Lieberman out of the running. Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233996/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:46:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228652/posts HBO Films has optioned "Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime," an in-the-works Harper Collins book by political writers Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. The pay network has hired "Blood Diamond" scribe Charles Leavitt to adapt the behind-the-scenes look at the 2008 presidential election from the perspective of the candidates and their respective camps. Halperin is editor-at-large at Time magazine, and Heilemann is national political correspondent for New York magazine. They will be consultants for the film. The book will be published early next year. Heilemann and Halperin have covered other presidential... variety.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228652/posts#comment Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:06:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225200/posts Closing a loop on the campaign finance side of the Sarah Palin clothes saga, the Republican National Committee late last month filed an amended report detailing exactly which disbursements were clothing purchases for the Republican vice presidential candidate and her family. The amended report shows that the committee paid about $23,000 for clothing in the three weeks before and after Election Day — which is actually $7,000 less than previously reported. That new report brings the total Palin clothing costs paid by the RNC down and also makes it easier to spot clothing purchases that had previously gone undetected. For... Politico.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225200/posts#comment Wed, 8 Apr 2009 23:01:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2223532/posts Palins Get Ready to Spill By Kim Eisler Published Monday, April 06, 2009 Alaska’s Republican governor, Sarah Palin, has retained DC Democratic power player Robert Barnett to sell her presumed memoir of the 2008 campaign. The expected seven-figure book advance will make it easier for Palin to pay for travel to the “lower 48” for political events and then a presidential run. The book could put Palin into a 2012 race with President Obama, who used the same lawyer and the same strategy—a big advance and a book—in part to back his early campaign efforts. During the 2008 Democratic campaign,... Washingtonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2223532/posts#comment Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:15:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221702/posts She knew? You betcha, says the baby daddy of Sarah Palin's grandson. The Alaska governor most likely was aware before her daughter, Bristol, became pregnant that the teenager and her hockey hunk boyfriend were having sex, Levi Johnston said in a bombshell new interview. "I'm pretty sure she probably knew. Moms are pretty smart," said Johnston, 18, the father of the governor's first grandchild, in an interview that will air Monday on "The Tyra Banks Show." Johnston said he and Bristol Palin practiced safe sex "most of the time." The New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221702/posts#comment Fri, 3 Apr 2009 18:32:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2220241/posts <p>The husband of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says the Republican Party's lavish spending on her wardrobe during the presidential campaign was "out of our control."</p> <p>In the May issue of Men's Journal, Todd Palin was asked about the more than $150,000 that the Republican National Committee spent on clothes, accessories and beauty services for the GOP vice presidential nominee. He defended his wife, saying she was focused on preparation for her debate with Joe Biden.</p> Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2220241/posts#comment Wed, 1 Apr 2009 22:59:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2220220/posts Oscar de la Renta, Valentino, Ferragamo. These were just a few of the designer labels Sarah Palin wore during her 2008 campaign. Where are many of these infamous clothes now? In trash bags! Yes, you read that right. In the g-a-r-b-a-g-e. Well, in garbage bags, to be more specific. NewMajority is reporting that roughly $150,000 worth of clothing worn by Sarah Palin during her Republican vice presidential bid is stuffed in trash bags at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington D.C. Palin promised to donate her wardrobe to charity following the campaign, and she did give the clothes to... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2220220/posts#comment Wed, 1 Apr 2009 22:29:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2216199/posts Maybe they were those "open-minded Christians." [49 sec. YouTube-linked CNN video at the original] Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2216199/posts#comment Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:19:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215966/posts In 'Sarah Palin: Poised to Become America's First Female President', Recaldo Ochoa explores the life and times of a politician he believes was wronged by the media. He reintroduces Americans to an exceptional American woman, Governor Sarah Palin, who has the character, the qualification, the attributes--intelligence, judgment, leadership ability, and experience--and the unprecedented historical opportunity to become the first female president of the greatest nation on earth. PRWeb http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215966/posts#comment Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:13:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2215573/posts "50 million people voted for me and Sarah Palin, mostly Sarah Palin..." The Heritage Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2215573/posts#comment Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:56:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215404/posts WASHINGTON (CNN) - Former Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain has no illusions about the 2008 White House race. "God bless them," McCain said Thursday at the Heritage Foundation when reminded of the tens of millions of people who voted for him last year. "Over 50 million people voted for me and Sarah Palin - mostly for Sarah Palin," McCain said to an eruption of laughter. But "there was a sizable majority of the other party returned to Congress. And, elections have consequences. Elections have consequences. And these consequences we are seeing now in full display." CNN Political Ticker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215404/posts#comment Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:02:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215534/posts WASHINGTON (CNN) – Some of Sarah Palin's former campaign aides are frustrated with the Alaska governor for remarking in a lengthy, freewheeling speech that she had refused to pray with them before last October's vice presidential debate. Palin told the story in a speech to a GOP dinner in Alaska last Friday. "So I'm looking around for somebody to pray with, I just need maybe a little help, maybe a little extra," she said of the moments before the debate. "And the McCain campaign, love 'em, you know, they're a lot of people around me, but nobody I could find... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215534/posts#comment Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:24:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2195978/posts I have been reading a lot of the anti-Palin comments on Free Republic lately. For one I find them very depressing. These people usually start out with comments like "I like Governor Palin, BUT I think the media has ruined her". or bring up Tina Fey. Or some other nonsense about Palin not being able to win states "outside of the bible belt". As if red states and blue states are graved in stone. I think we need to stand up for Sarah and rally behind her. It is depressing. But the best thing that can happen for Sarah Palin... YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2195978/posts#comment Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:49:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2181384/posts Hollywood filmmakers are ruminating about taking on the 2008 political season. Towering personalities, scintillating stories, and epic clashes abound. The stories of the 2008 political campaign are pretty stimulating. We had the aging Democratic establishment in the form of the Clintons taking on the fresh young face in Obama, not to mention the first black candidate of note. We also had a close fought Democratic primary that went to a nail biting finish. On the GOP side we had the amazing emergence of the hockey mom from Alaska. Heartwarming family woman, popular governor, tender mother of a special needs child.... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2181384/posts#comment Mon, 9 Feb 2009 07:15:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2181193/posts Hollywood screenwriters nominated for awards eyeing Palin's story Herald Globe Sunday 8th February, 2009 (ANI) New York, February 8 : Alaska Governor might have failed in her Vice Presidential bid, some Hollywood scriptwriters are so fascinated by her that they are planning films on her. It so emerged when screenwriters nominated for awards this year were asked to choose the 2008 even they would most like to turn into a screenplay. Herald Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2181193/posts#comment Sun, 8 Feb 2009 23:42:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2168345/posts WASHINGTON, (christiansunite.com) -- Today leaders of the Susan B. Anthony List responded to the recent discovery of a plot by liberal internet activists to attack www.teamsarah.org , a community dedicated to advancing the values that Sarah Palin represents in the political process: "Team Sarah recently uncovered a plot by liberal activists to frame our community for harboring hate speech and bigotry," said Emily Buchanan, Executive Director of the Susan B. Anthony List and Team Sarah Site Administrator. "Liberal extremists at www.somethingawful.com concocted a plot to join Team Sarah under false pretenses and intentionally provoke our members by posting incendiary and... Christians Unite http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2168345/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:06:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167565/posts Biden shushes wife after secretary of state slip By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON – The wife of Vice President-elect Joe Biden let it slip to Oprah Winfrey Monday that her husband had a pick of two jobs in the Obama administration. Jill Biden said President-elect Barack Obama gave Biden the choice of being secretary of state or vice president. The vice president-elect tried to hush his wife as soon as the words came out of her mouth, with a loud "shhh!" that sent the audience into laughter. The Bidens made a surprise appearance on Winfrey's show, recorded at... AP Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167565/posts#comment Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:21:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165121/posts Announced on his show this morning, I can't wait! I know fellow Sarah followers will want to tune in. January 19th, the day before inauguration day. Glenn Beck http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165121/posts#comment Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:20:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165254/posts Her spokesman claims he doesn’t know if she was or not, but come on. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, his controversial running-mate, will not attend the dinner, Bill McAllister, a Palin spokesman tells Mother Jones… Was she even invited? “I don’t know if she was invited,” McCallister says. Don’t know? How could that be? It’s hard to miss an invitation from a presidential inauguration committee. For its part, Obama’s inaugural committee has declined to say whether an invitation was sent to Palin. Repeated phone calls to its press office produced no answer to this simple question… If Palin was left off... hotair.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165254/posts#comment Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:26:34 GMT