Palin, O'Keefe, and Assange Should Learn from Anthony Shadid

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Wrong as usual. You were wrong about Bush caused recession, Clinton's surplus, and Sarah did not show sympathy for those hurt or killed in Az shooting. Wrong when you said “first off gov.walker never ran on ending collective barginin (spelled bargaining) and union busting.second the financial cirsis (spelled crisis),in large part, was perpetuated by his cutting taxes for those not in need of a tax cut.”
Now you wrongly say "they offer no substanlive (spelled substantive) alternative replacement.the only thing they offer are a lot of thread bare paltitudes (spelled platitudes) on the matter"
http://www.gop.gov/solutions/healthcare
"CBO: Republican health plan would reduce premiums, cut deficit"
http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/cbo-republican-health-plan-would-reduce-premiums-cut-deficit#ixzz1Fxm5O0EE

Bill Hedges of MO 7:56PM March 21, 2011

if sarah ran today for office in alaska today she couldn;t be elected dog catcher.

bruce b of NV 5:26PM March 21, 2011

"Things happen"...
Tom Hanks in a movie.

Bill Hedges of MO 2:02AM March 21, 2011

This article isn't about politics, it's about journalism. It's about journalism for the sake of spreading the truth. It's about putting the truth above your own safety. This article isn't meant to put these three down, but to use them as examples. The goal is to praise Anthony Shadid.
Lots of people can learn from Anthony Shadid. I don't know why Ms. Milligan decided to include these three in this article, but they are far from the only ones included in this category.

Anonymous Coward of VA 12:23PM March 20, 2011

Sarah was constantly bombarded with silly lawsuits. Won every one. Alaska, unlike many States, allows such things. Seeing no end in sight and with $$$ 500,000 in legal bills she resigned. Was well publicized, don’t you keep up ? She had some of highest polls as Governor, or at any level. She got rid of bad legislators, renegotiated oil contracts, and gave some of the money to the people...

Bill Hedges of MO 7:50AM March 20, 2011

I take offense to your including Sarah Palin and Julian Assange in the same article.
Sarah's thirst for publicity achieves new levels in exploitation - ie managing
her daughter's privates on national television - I'm going to be a virgin now (Oprah), Quitting an office that citizens entrusted her with by VOTING for her to go on a shooting spree family style (and get paid a lot more for it). Don't get me wrong, She did them a favor. Yeah, I can see it now, Sarah Palin elected President for however long she feels like it. Lipstick on a what?
And what of Julian Assange? Perhaps you should 'aspire' to some investigative
journalism. You might use terms other than 'likely' which without any concrete
evidence could validly be referred to as 'yellow'. By the way, have you or your
friend been nominated for the Nobel Peace Award? Didn't think so.

Linda Sabaj of NY 6:28AM March 20, 2011

Susan! May be you need to do the same the four did then preach!

Joji of CA 4:13AM March 20, 2011

Mr. O'Keefe is just doing the job that the state-controlled media no longer does -- investigating liberal, anti-American organizations and politicians.
For all of O'Keefe's alleged underhanded tactics, which is done by all liberal "news" organizations -- the ACORN people and the swine and NPR were fired by their own people! ... Why?
Can't wait to see what this left-wing hack of a "journalist" writes the day after Palin defeats Big Ears in Nov. 2012!

epm54338 of FL 11:37AM March 19, 2011

that low life little weasel,jimmy O keefe should be seen for what he is,a bottom feeding muckraker.

bruce b of NV 4:36AM March 19, 2011

WOW, What a text you wrote...
March 16, 2011
“For the first time in Post-ABC News polling, fewer than six in 10 Republicans and GOP-leaning independents see Palin in a favorable light, down from a stratospheric 88 percent in the days after the 2008 Republican National Convention and 70 percent as recently as October.”
“But when I looked at the same numbers, I came away with a different spin. The poll asked Republican voters whether they have a favorable or unfavorable impression of eight possible GOP presidential candidates. Four of the eight -- Barbour, Pawlenty, Huntsman, and Daniels -- fared poorly because they're still largely unknown on a national level.”
“But here's the breakdown for the four candidates with national profiles:”
1.“Mike Huckabee -- 61% favorable, 18% unfavorable”
. “Mitt Romney -- 60% favorable, 21% unfavorable”
. :"Sarah Palin -- 58% favorable, 37% unfavorable”
. “Newt Gingrich -- 55% favorable, 26% unfavorable”
“Now, the Post's point is that Palin's popularity with Republicans is in a steep decline. That certainly appears to be the case. On the other hand, even after all of her various controversies and humiliations, Palin remains surprisingly popular with GOP voters. Indeed, of the possible presidential field, she's trailing Huckabee and Romney by just a couple of points, and among those with a "strongly" favorable opinion, Palin is second only to Huckabee.”
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2011_03/028475.php
So Jeugenen, your contention that TEA now view Sarah as “ TEA PARTY HATED TRAITOR” is bogus. A figment of your over jealous, envious imagination. Wishful thinking my liberal...
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You wrote ”Does she support the NeoCon/NeoLib role in instigating and sustaining the illegal and catastrophically ruinous war against Iraq, which caused the deaths of many thousands of Americans, British, Europeans, and Iraqi citizens for sole benefit of the of Israel?”
Let me quote both Clinton’s, Pelosi, Gore, etc. Before they were against Iraq war, they were for:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/wmdquotes.asp
Maybe mutilation of female body is not a reason for the war. Ease of husband to kill wife or children isn’t either. How about massacre of thousand with bullets or 100,000 through WMD ? How about Iraq’s military attacks on other Mid East Countries ? How about refusal to allow UN inspectors to do their job ?