Sarah Palin
NBC's Viqueira Likens 'Erratic' Palin to Ross Perot
July 4th, 2009 11:23 PM
A night after NBC White House reporter Chuck Todd predicted Sarah Palin will now make fundraising appearances for GOP candidates where she'll draw in “car-wreck watchers,” Todd's colleague, NBC's Mike Viqueira, after relaying how Alaska's Lieutenant Governor “says the decision was vintage Palin,” asserted over video of Ross Perot dancing: “Others describe her performance yesterday as erratic,…
Paul Begala: 'Sarah Palin is the Bull Goose Loony of the GOP
July 4th, 2009 4:59 PM
If Sarah Palin thought resigning as Alaska's governor would end the media attacks upon her and her family, she badly underestimated the power of Palin Derangement Syndrome.Take for example Paul Begala's demented Huffington Post offering Friday in which he referred to the former Vice Presidential candidate as "the bull goose loony of the GOP."Sadly, that was one of his kinder descriptions:
CBS Mocks Palin: ‘Resign from Office? You Betcha
July 4th, 2009 1:17 PM
On the Saturday Early Show on the morning of July 4, CBS anchor Priya David mocked Sarah Palin’s famous phrase, "You betcha," as she introduced a report by correspondent Nancy Cordes on the Alaska governor’s decision to resign from office. David: "Resign from office? You betcha. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin dropped a political bombshell Friday, announcing that she's leaving her post, but her…
Notable Quotables Flashback: Ten Months of Media Scorn for Sarah Palin
July 4th, 2009 11:23 AM
In announcing that she was stepping down as Alaska Governor on Friday, Sarah Palin noted the unrelenting hostility of liberal media elites. In the barely ten months since she burst onto the national scene, Palin has been scorned and mocked by journalists -- including many supposedly objective reporters -- like few other politicians. Here are a few of the choicer attacks, as compiled from MRC's…
NBC's Todd: Palin Will Attract 'Car-Wreck Watchers;' All Call Palin De
July 3rd, 2009 8:46 PM
Sarah Palin's “bombshell” holiday announcement that she will resign as Governor of Alaska managed to trump Michael Jackson as the lead on the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts Friday night as NBC's Chuck Todd predicted she will now make fundraising appearances for GOP candidates where she'll draw in “car-wreck watchers.” CBS reporter Nancy Cordes reflected the tone of the stories when she…
HuffPoster: 'Palin Will Run In '12 On More Retardation Platform
July 3rd, 2009 7:52 PM
This is about as disgusting as Palin Derangement Syndrome can get.A blog just published at the Huffington Post is disgracefully titled "Palin Will Run In '12 On More Retardation Platform." The author, fiction and comedy writer Erik Sean Nelson (pictured right), actually wrote the following (readers are seriously warned to proceed with caution as this is really vile stuff):
CNN's Sanchez: Is Palin Quitting Because She's Pregnant Again
July 3rd, 2009 6:06 PM
In today's Sarah Palin Derangement segment, CNN's Rick Sanchez actually asked Candy Crowley if the Alaska Governor is stepping down because she's pregnant again (h/t multiple NB readers):
John Ziegler Exposes How Palin Derangement Syndrome Works
July 3rd, 2009 11:22 AM
Although almost eight months have passed since last year's elections, Palin Derangement Syndrome continues to manifest itself throughout America's press.As NewsBusters' Mike Sargent reported Tuesday, Vanity Fair's Todd Purdum is gravely afflicted with the illness, and needs to see a team of doctors quickly if he ever wants to be taken seriously by anyone other than the extreme Left.With that in…
PBS's Bonnie Erbe Reiterates Her Palin Derangement
July 1st, 2009 12:42 PM
"If Sarah Palin Weren't a Fanatic, I Might Feel Sorry For Her" blares the headline for Bonnie Erbe's June 30 blog post up at USNews.com. Gov. Palin joins blogger Michelle Malkin as a target of Erbe's rather catty disdain.The PBS "To the Contrary" host and US News contributing editor alerted her readers of her antipathy for the former Republican vice presidential nominee in light of Todd Purdum's…
Baier: Purdum's Vanity Fair Hit Piece Example of 'Palin Derangement Sy
July 1st, 2009 12:13 AM
“Another case of Sarah Palin derangement syndrome has reared its ugly head,” FNC's Bret Baier announced Tuesday night in citing Todd Purdum's lengthy piece in the August issue of Vanity Fair magazine, “It Came from Wasilla.” Purdum, a New York Times reporter for 23 years until leaving the paper in 2006, is married to ex-Clinton White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers.In the “Grapevine” segment…
The Hitman -- Vanity Fair's Todd Purdum Unleashes Vicious Attack On Pa
June 30th, 2009 2:15 PM
**UPDATE BELOW** Todd S. Purdum has really outdone himself.The Vanity Fair national editor most recently known for publishing a withering criticism of the Clintons during the 2008 presidential race has chosen a new target for summary destruction: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.This is no mere attack on the Governor’s policy positions, nor on her performance during the 2008 campaign – nor even on her…
Sarah Palin Strikes Back: 'John Kerry - Why the Long Face
June 27th, 2009 11:44 AM
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin once again earned her nickname "Sarahcuda" when she struck back at Sen. John Kerry for his pathetic comment about it being too bad that it wasn't she who went missing instead of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.For those that missed it, Kerry was speaking to a group of business and civic leaders in Boston Tuesday, and according to the Boston Herald, said of the Sanford…
NY Times Predicts Sanford and Sin Will Dog G.O.P Candidates Into
June 25th, 2009 4:17 PM
Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina confessed to adultery with a woman in Buenos Aires Wednesday, after raising eyebrows by disappearing over the weekend, and then misleading the public about his whereabouts. But for the New York Times, there was more to the tale than the political meltdown of a promising Republican presidential candidate for 2012. Sanford's affair gave the paper another chance…
AP Somehow Equates Jindal, Perry, and Palin to Sanford Affair
June 25th, 2009 1:08 AM
In their latest article analyzing the extramarital affairs of the deplorable Governor of South Carolina, Mark Sanford, the Associated Press demonstrates once again that the word ‘logic’ has somehow become lost in translation.In a piece entitled, Sanford’s extramarital affair a problem for GOP, the AP gleefully discusses the topic of Sanford’s misdeeds and their potential effect on the Republican…