http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/pds/ en-us Fri, 1 Jan 2010 18:56:47 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419068/posts Abstract For more than a year, Sarah Palin has been a national Rorschach test. The views expressed about her reveal the distinctions and conflicting perceptions of often antagonistic groups of Americans—the religious and the secular, the conservative and the liberal, the urban and the small town, the elitist and the populist. And now, with the publication of her autobiography, Going Rogue, and Matthew Continetti’s The Persecution of Sarah Palin, the Rorschach tests are being administered anew, and with increasing fervor. For her conservative admirers, she continues to exemplify independence, moxie, common sense, the superiority of the common American over the... Commentary Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419068/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 18:56:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417679/posts On Tuesday’s Today show, NBC’s Jenna Wolfe singled out Sarah Palin and grouped her with “flabby thighs, cheap men, [and] rude people” as subjects some people chose to ritually “purge” from their minds in an annual event in New York City called “Good Riddance Day.” Participants wrote down their worst memories of 2009 on sheets of paper and fed them into a giant shredding machine to mark the upcoming new year [an audio clip from the report is available here]. The NBC correspondent began her report, which aired 50 minutes into the 7 am hour, by briefly describing the concept... Charlotte Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417679/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:04:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416057/posts The title of this post comes from remarks by Lt Gen. Honore at a press conference following hurricane Rita in 2005, when he was admonishing the press work with him cooperatively to communicate accurate information to the public for a change. It kind of sums up my view of NBC. This morning brought another example, when Andrea Mitchell was on a panel on Meet the Press spouting unfounded opinions about a vast array of issues. Here's one that really got to me. MR. GREGORY: Just be a little bit more specific, Andrea, whether we're talking about figures like President Obama... Wizbang http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416057/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:44:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415842/posts --snip-- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has never made any bones, if you will, about her culinary preferences. She's a carnivore, a hunter and proud of both. So it's not really a surprise that her book, "Going Rogue," published today, extols the virtues of eating meat. "If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore," she wrote. "If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?” But the former Republican vice presidential candidate did not stop there. “I... The Los Angeles Times' Top of the Ticket http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415842/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:06:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414232/posts The New York Daily News is demonstrating that PDA's (Palin Derangement Awards) just never go out of style - celebrating yet another triumph in liberal media condescension by judging Sarah Palin to be one of 2009's worst celebrity parents. Palin shares the limelight with the selfless and humble parents of the balloon boy, David Hasselhoff, the Pez dispenser emulating Octomom, and Courtney Love. Having recently secured Politifact's ‘Lie of the Year', in which one is seemingly bestowed the honor of liar simply for pointing out obvious questions involving a so-called ‘death panel' known as the Independent Medicare Advisory Board -... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414232/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:21:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414243/posts Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has won the dubious honour of telling the biggest political lie of the year. A panel of experts ruled her claim the Obama administration was planning to introduce "death panels" was chosen as the most misleading statement of 2009. Palin, 45, made the claim on her Facebook page at the height of the debate over President Obama's plans to reform the US health care system. She wrote: "My parents or my baby with Down syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's 'death panel' so his bureaucrats can decide whether they are worthy... telegraph.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414243/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:43:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413303/posts The entertainment media’s treatment of Sarah Palin and her family has been abhorrent. Like their biased and unjust hard news media brethren, entertainment outlets have gone out of their way to tarnish Palin’s image. While tabloids, semi-legitimate entertainment programs and celebrities issue incessant praise for President Obama and his leftist policies, Palin is showered with insults and inappropriate slurs. And let’s not forget the ongoing insensitive questioning about the birth of her special needs son, Trig. Since the end of the 2008 campaign, some of the most glaring examples of the entertainment media’s obsession with anti-Palin coverage have centered on... Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413303/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:52:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409715/posts “I hate Sarah Palin, I… I just hate her!” That is not an uncommon outburst from some when it comes to feelings about one of the most polarizing figures (in “liberal” minds) in the political arena. As I write about the political happenings of the former governor of Alaska, I am continually amazed at both reader responses and callers to my radio program, Conscience of Kansas, when it comes to the level of hatred that Palin generates from some in the public. So, who are the real Palin-haters? Is there a common factor that binds people who find their blood... Renew America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409715/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:48:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404969/posts And here we were thinking that slap-stick humor died out with the legendary Charlie Chaplin. If you haven't already heard, a 33 year-old man in Minnesota by the name of Jeremy Paul Olson was arrested yesterday for chucking tomatoes at Sarah Palin during a Mall of America book signing. Olson attempted the tomato barrage from the second floor balcony, but unfortunately missed Sarah and her husband Todd both by about ten feet. He did, however, hit nearby police officers (one right in the face!), which is probably the only reason that he was truly taken into custody. That is, I... Lilly Likes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404969/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:48:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2404230/posts On Tuesday night’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC, during an interview with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, when Maddow recounted a recent incident in which a man unsuccessfully threw a tomato at Sarah Palin at a public event at a mall, Fallon joked that it was "awful" because the thrower "didn’t come close" to hitting Palin. Fallon: "Didn’t hit her at all? Didn’t come close? Awful." Below is a transcript of the relevant portion of the late Tuesday/early Wednesday, December 8th/9th Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC: JIMMY FALLON: Did you hear about what’s going on with Sarah... Newsbusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2404230/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:50:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402965/posts Allahpundit has this in the headlines, and it’s worth having the audio up here to catch the heavy qualifications Sarah Palin gives Lars Larson in this radio interview from last week. Larson asks whether she’d be willing to launch an independent run for the presidency if Palin was dissatisfied with the GOP, and while she didn’t say no, the conditions she lays down to remain within the Republican Party seem rather easy to meet (via The Right Scoop): Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402965/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:44:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402969/posts Sarah Palin was actually too busy signing copies of her memoir “Going Rogue” to notice. The tomatoes hurled at her during her bookstore appearance at Minnesota’s Mall of America landed about ten feet off mark, hitting a police officer instead of Palin herself. But the incident has got to be disturbing, nonetheless. Throughout the course of Palin’s book tour, she has been thronged by fans, some of whom have even camped out overnight to guarantee a chance to have her autograph their books. At least at some stores, those who wait in line must pass through a security check before... The Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402969/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:50:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402931/posts Headline at CBS News:Sarah Palin Almost Gets Tomato in Face, but Jeremy Olsen Has Terrible AimLede:NEW YORK (CBS) Maybe Jeremy Olson should have practiced with a target first before attempting to pelt Sarah Palin with tomatoes at a book signing in Minn. Dec. 7.The above was written at the CBS News page CRIMESIDER: The True Crime Destination From the Producers of 48 Hours MysteryThe article was posted by Carlin DeGuerin Miller. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402931/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:05:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402917/posts “When I walked into the Strand Bookstore in Manhattan last week, I headed straight for the bright young thing who wore an ‘Ask Me’ button, and asked her to point me to the section of the store where I might find Sarah Palin’s memoir, ‘Going Rogue: An American Life.’ She looked at me as if I had requested a copy of ‘Mein Kampf’ signed in blood by the author, and directed me to the nearest Barnes and Noble, where, presumably, readers of dubious taste and sensibility could find what they wanted.” The audacious Stanley Fish of the New York Times... www.joytiz.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402917/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:48:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402896/posts Sarah Palin’s current book tour has afforded her overwhelming media exposure, including numerous high-profile television interviews. The full array of her strengths and weaknesses were on display, and she would be well advised to examine both in depth. Palin has many allies and supporters. She has won their hearts by, in most cases, showing she is like them. She is, however, still despised (read, alternatively, feared) by her opponents, particularly the coastal “elites” who simply refuse to see her as intellectually competent to handle high office. While her book and media blitz give plenty of evidence to the contrary, this... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402896/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:23:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402864/posts Eric over at Classical Values had a great response to my recent discussion about Birtherism and it’s crackpot leftist cousin Trig Birtherism (the belief that Sarah Palin’s son Trig is actually her grandson instead of her son.) He also had an important discovery: In fact, I’m going to scoop Andrew on something. It may shock readers to know this, but Trig Palin was born in Kenya! No, seriously. The only known, true, government-certified copy of his Kenyan Birth Certificate has come into my possession. And here it is, for the first time on the Internet! See this amazing revelation for... David Horowitz's NewsRealblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402864/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 15:46:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402833/posts Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, look what the pollsters just brought in. A pair of new surveys revealing that Democrat President Obama is still declining and has hit a new low in job approval among Americans just 56 weeks after they elected him with a decided margin. And -- wait for it -- Republican Sarah Palin is successfully selling a whole lot more than books out there on the road. Even among those not lining up in 10-degree weather to catch a glimpse of pretty much the only political celebrity the GOP has these days. First, el jefe. Facing double-digit unemployment, rising... LA TIMES http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402833/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 14:50:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402670/posts MSNBC: Crowds lined up at each stop on the “Going Rogue” tour were told no personal photos with Sarah Palin were allowed. Instead, the Palin camp offers their own photographer, who will take the picture and then sell it to fans. RealClearPolitics.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402670/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 09:36:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402280/posts To its credit, National Review once attacked those who refused to accept the prima facie evidence of Barack Obama's birth certificate as proof of his eligibility to be president of the United States. The hallmark of a conspiracy theory is that a lack of evidence for the theory is taken as yet more evidence for the theory. Indeed, the maddening thing about dealing with conspiracy hobbyists of this or any sort is the ever-shifting nature of their argument and their alleged evidence: Never mind the birth certificate, his step-grandmother said he was born in Kenya! (No, she didn't.) Now examine... The Atlantic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402280/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 20:34:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402357/posts For much of this decade, Charles Johnson was one of the right's leading bloggers. His blog, Little Green Footballs, was famous for its focus on Islamic terrorism, but also for the role it played in "Rathergate" and in exposing various faked photography.... On Monday, Johnson made the split official, with a post headlined, "Why I Parted Ways With The Right." In it, he gave a list of reasons for the break... Johnson concluded the post saying, "The American right wing has gone off the rails, into the bushes, and off the cliff. I won't be going over the cliff with... Salon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402357/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 22:17:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402584/posts Here is video of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich discussing with Bill O'Reilly the possibility of Sarah Palin forming a new third party. Gingrich said he believed Palin would be "very formidable" if she decided to go the route of a third party. O'Reilly said Palin would be able to raise a lot of money for such a run. O'Reilly said Palin "held her own" with him in the interview they did, and said she did a good job in Alaska as Governor. O'Reilly asked Gingrich if he would win in a debate with Sarah Palin, given his experience advantage.... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402584/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 03:39:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402560/posts This is the man who threw tomatoes at Sarah Palin today at a Minnesota book signing, missing Palin but hit a police officer in the face..This was today at Mall of America.. hotairpundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402560/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 03:12:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402523/posts Here is video of 2008 Obama Campaign Manager David Plouffe hawking his new book, "The Audacity to Win," by trying to get Obama supporters to help him beat Sarah Palin's book sales for one day - December 8. For people who think Sarah Palin is no threat to President Obama, Plouffe and his liberal friends sure seem to be obsessed with her. Now, he is even trying to use Palin to increase his own book sales. . . . (VIDEO) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402523/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 02:09:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402547/posts Bloomington Police say a man threw a tomato at former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin during her Monday appearance at the Mall of America, but didn't hit her. Officers say two of their own were hit by tomato fragments instead, after the tomato hit the stage about 10 feet from Palin. People on the second level balcony, where the tomato was thrown from, helped police apprehend the man accused of throwing it. Police identified him as Jeremiah Wobbe from St. Paul. They said he was arrested and could face assault and disorderly conduct charges. Officers added that they found two more... wcco.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402547/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 02:50:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402481/posts Here is video of Chris Matthews talking with USA Today's Susan Page and Politico's Jonathan Martin about Sarah Palin's book and speeches...(Video)Matthews asked Susan Page "does it bother the press that somebody comes in there who's book was written for them?" Susan answered "no." Matthews said "when somebody claims to be an intellectual leader that's going to lead this country with big ideas and lead us in the right direction and puts their name on the cover of the book, shouldn't they have written it?" Matthews said Sarah Palin "campaigned on her antipathy to the press, trashing Katie Couric for... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402481/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 01:11:00 GMT