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13 Apr 2010 10:30

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Politics: Cha-ching! Sarah Palin makes a lot of money as a free agent

  • $125,000
    yearly
    amount Sarah Palin made from her gig as Alaska governor
  • $12
    million
    amount Palin’s made since she quit that job last year source

11 Apr 2010 12:16

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Politics: SNL reimagines Sarah Palin as Oprah, the network

  • If Sarah Palin had a cable network like this SNL performance suggests, it’d be great, because then we could completely avoid watching her.

05 Apr 2010 22:06

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Politics: Sarah Palin’s speaking engagements: Pro-alcohol, pro-marijuana?

  • $25,000 to toke her soul, go pro-pot source

01 Apr 2010 20:41

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Politics: The Republican National Committee looks like a big bag of fail

  • one Family Research Council leader Tony Perkins told people to stop donating to the RNC, calling them tone-deaf for their strip club drama.
  • two Sarah Palin requested that her name get taken off the speaker list for a RNC event near the Southern Republican Leadership Conference.
  • three If all that stuff isn’t bad enough for the RNC, a fund-raising mailer released by the group directed readers to a sex chat line. Oops.

29 Mar 2010 10:57

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Culture: Reality TV show pitch: “Let’s throw Levi Johnston in an RV!”

  • Levi Johnston wants to extend his fifteen minutes. The Bristol Palin baby daddy has his sights set on doing a reality TV show, he’s pitching it as an “Alaskan Entourage.” Less Jeremy Piven, more hunting and chillin’ with the boys. And he’s shopping it around in … tah dah! An RV! We couldn’t write a post this clever. source

27 Mar 2010 14:10

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Politics: Sarah Palin and John McCain: It’s like they changed roles

  • 2008 McCain, the highly-regarded Republican senator, plucks Sarah Palin out of obscurity to be his running mate. He loses.
  • 2010 Palin, who’s now the toast of the Tea Party movement, stumps for McCain, who’s now facing a tough Senate fight. source

25 Mar 2010 09:13

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Politics: Sarah Palin gives us a reason not to watch The Discovery Channel

She’ll be hosting a new reality series called “Sarah Palin’s America,” which will likely be half-hour clips of her writing books or sniping Facebook messages. source
 

10 Mar 2010 23:02

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Politics: Sarah Palin will win in 2012 if this is her campaign poster

  • We can totally get behind this campaign poster to end all campaign posters, mainly because it’s hilarious. (Hat tip Andrew Sullivan)

04 Mar 2010 10:06

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Politics: Sarah Palin decided “Going Rogue” not enough, writing another book

  • It’ll be “celebration of American virtues and strengths.” In Palin-ese. Months after the release of her 2.2-million-copies-and-counting first book “Going Rogue,” HarperCollins (which is owned by News Corp., which owns Fox News) will release a second book by the former VP candidate. No word on how much they’re paying her, but we hope her “American virtues and strengths” include letting her husband do the heavy lifting. source

23 Feb 2010 10:08

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Culture: Bristol Palin’s teen motherhood fodder for ABC Family dramas

  • I am thrilled to be on this show and to be part of a program that educates teens and young adults about the consequences of teen pregnancy.
  • Bristol Palin • Regarding her choice to be on an upcoming episode of “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” playing a teenage mom. No word on if the appearance will feature Tina Fey reprising her impersonation or if the dad’s gonna be as much of a douche as Levi Johnston, er, Ricky Hollywood. source