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Sarah Palin, perhaps politics’ most high-profile vetting escapee seems to have a strong opinion on the matter of vetting when it comes to people who are not Sarah Palin. Despite documentation that proves Palin was never vetted (as John McCain and others claim), she is waving the red flag, encouraging Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich and [...]

So, with a couple year’s worth of perspective, and with the cold, hard realization that there may never have been a candidate so frighteningly unprepared, and so woefully inadequate to hold the position of Vice President of the United States, how does John McCain feel? How does he feel about having chosen an un-vetted running [...]

Join me and author Amanda Coyne of Alaska Dispatch today at firedoglake.com for a book salon featuring the new release Crude Awakening – Money, Mavericks and Mayhem in Alaska by Coyne and co-author Tony Hopfinger. Details below. Hope to see you there! [Cross-posted from Alaska Dispatch] Jeanne Devon, AKA AK Muckraker, who runs the popular [...]

When returning to my hotel room Friday afternoon. I noticed something slipped in the crack of the door. I was attending the Netroots Nation convention at the Hilton in Minneapolis. As is their habit, the evil (and much smaller) twin of Netroots Nation, called “Right On Line” puppydogs our convention, trailing behind and choosing to [...]

This piece is cross-posted at The Huffington Post – HERE. From the moment Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech electrified the Republican convention, she was seen as an unbending, hard-charging, red-meat ideologue—to which soon was added “thin-skinned” and “vindictive.” But a look at what Palin did while in office in Alaska—the only record she has—shows a very [...]

Zounds! That’s not who you think it is. The movie based on the political best-seller Game Change is coming to HBO, and actress Julianne Moore will have the .. um.. honor of playing our favorite ex-half-governor.  Yes, we only have one ex-half-governor which is why she is, by default, our favorite. The Hollywood Reporter noted [...]

Now, there have been rumors before that Sarah Palin was shopping for new digs outside the great state of Alaska. For a while it was being reported that she was looking for some sandy turf in the exclusive enclave of The Hamptons on Long Island. I tried to imagine how the tight-lipped residents of that [...]

Alaska is different. It’s said a lot, and it’s true. Things that work in the contiguous 48 states don’t necessarily work here. The lack of understanding by those “Outside” of this phenomenon contributes to Alaskans’ slightly xenophobic, and more than slight libertarian bent. “Get off my tundra, you meddlesome kids.” Nothing defines Alaska quite so [...]

Meghan McCain’s new book Dirty Sexy Politics has a few interesting nuggets about her father’s former running mate that really don’t come as much of a surprise, including her assessment that Sarah Palin brought “drama, stress, complications, panic and loads of uncertainty” to the losing campaign. Really?  She kind of brought that to Alaska, too. [...]

Well, the numbers are out.  And by “the numbers,” I mean Sarah Palin’s version of a state retirement package.  Since standing on the banks of Lake Lucille on that Fourth of July eve and quitting the governorship because she didn’t feel like governing anymore, her standard of living has, shall we say, “improved.” Just in [...]

So, when Sarah Palin talks about Democrats who voted for health care and says that it’s time to RELOAD (in all caps) and refers you to her Facebook page… . . And then she puts a map of Democratic legislators she wants to “target” and indicates them with cross-hairs And then 10 members of Congress [...]

[A similar article is posted at The Huffington Post] Well, it looks like the inner sanctum just got a little less populated. There aren’t many of the old gang from Alaska left.  Politico reports this morning that Sarah Palin’s most visible henchperson Meghan Stapleton has inflated a life boat and leaped over the side of [...]

After the 2008 presidential race, where he impressed the country and earned our trust with his measured and thoughtful decision-making ability and stellar judgment in choosing a running mate, he’s ready to go back to D.C. for another six years. Yes, I’m talking about John McCain, and yes my tongue is firmly in cheek. But, [...]

  Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Well, well, well… Somebody’s just a wee bit touchy, wouldn’t you say? For anybody out there who still has a shred of respect for John McCain, I have a clip for you. Matt Lauer talked to Senator McCain who just returned from an [...]