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.@TheFix and @FixSean run dubious Thatcher/Palin story, fail to correct (Update – corrected)

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 9:37am

Yesterday, Sean Sullivan at Chris Cillizza’s The Fix column at The Washington Post ran the following paragraph in a story titled 5 moments that show why Margaret Thatcher mattered in American politics:

5) Spurning Sarah Palin: In 2011, the Guardian newspaper reported that Thatcher would not be meeting with Sarah Palin during Palin’s trip...

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Sarah Palin went rogue against Don Young (R-AK) long ago

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Posted by    Friday, March 29, 2013 at 5:35pm

Sarah Palin once again proved that her political instincts far surpassed those of the Republican political establishment, which long has accepted Don Young, Alaska’s lone Congressman.

Elected in 1973, Young has come to epitomize what is wrong with Washington, with questionable use of campaign funds and cronyism.

Young’s statement yesterday calling farm workers “wetbacks”...

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Sarah Palin gears up for 2014, Politico “Candidate or Kardashian” narrative hardest hit

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Posted by    Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 4:57pm

Not long ago Politico’s Maggie Haberman ran an anti-Palin opinion piece masquerading as news analysis, Sarah Palin’s next act: Candidate or ‘Kardashian’?

I addressed that false choice in my post, Politico’s next act: Real News Organization or Gawker (no offense to Gawker), noting that Palin had backed numerous successful Republican rising stars:

It’s hard for Politico to...

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Sarah Palin takes CPAC by storm

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Posted by    Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 2:06pm

Just yesterday the dimwits at Politico were writing her off in their usual demeaning terms.

I don’t expect she’ll be a candidate again, but today she took CPAC by storm, playing an important role outside...

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Politico’s next act: Real News Organization or Gawker (no offense to Gawker)

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Posted by    Friday, March 15, 2013 at 12:54pm

I’m not sure that this is the worst we’ve seen from Politico, but it’s right up there with Politico’s Cheapest Shot Yet from August 2011.

From Maggie Haberman at Politico covering CPAC, Sarah Palin’s next act: Candidate or ‘Kardashian’?

In January 2009, Sarah Palin had the world on a string. A potential Republican presidential...

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Exactly what Palin-haters didn’t need WaPo’s Suzi Parker to do

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Posted by    Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 4:00pm

Sarah Palin has taken to twitter to further confuse and confound what she has termed the “idiot media,” no doubt including Washington Post journalist Suzi Parker who

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Ted Cruz thanks Sarah Palin and her supporters

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Posted by    Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 8:32pm

Dated January 11, 2013 (h/t gs in the Tip Line):

Dear SarahPAC Supporter,

Together, we made history this November! Our victory in the U.S. Senate race in Texas was a remarkable testament to the conservative grassroots.

We started out as underdogs in a long, competitive primary. But despite the odds being stacked against us, Governor...

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McCain: Sarah Palin was “better candidate” than Romney, others

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Posted by    Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 3:36pm

Senator John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his VP in 2008 because she was a “better candidate” than Romney, Pawlenty, or any of the others under consideration.

McCain made the remarks Tuesday after being asked if Mitt Romney’s tax returns were the cause of him choosing Sarah Palin:

“Of course not,” McCain told...

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