Posted by Jeanne Devon on May 2, 2011 · 150 Comments
I listened with the rest of the nation last night as the news leaked about the death of Osama bin Laden at the hands of U.S. forces on the ground in Pakistan. And I listened to the President deliver (as usual) a thoughtful, respectful, address to the nation. And then, I wondered, what would critics of the president say? What would they say about the fact that Barack Obama as Commander-in-Chief did in two years what George W. Bush as Commander-in-Chief couldn’t do in eight? The last words in the President’s speech urged us to remember the unity we felt…
Category Bang it, Barack Obama, Don Young, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Begich, Roll your eyes into it, Sarah Palin · Tags Don Young, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Begich, Palin Obama, Palin Osama bin Laden, Palin reaction bin Laden, Palin troops, Sarah Palin
Posted by Jeanne Devon on December 8, 2010 · 245 Comments
You thought I forgot, didn’t you… No, I just needed to take a little mental break before I picked up that book again. But thanks to determination, and a darn good work ethic instilled in me by my parents, I’m here to march forward. There are nine chapters, and we’re ready to tackle number 6. We can do this. And we will find the inspiration to go on from a very unlikely place. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the woman who encouraged me to keep going, even when the going is tough – Sarah Palin! (Slow and bewildered applause from…
Posted by Jeanne Devon on November 19, 2010 · 301 Comments
Sarah Palin Slams Michelle Obama in Racially Charged Passage from New Book by Geoffrey Dunn In passages leaked from her forthcoming book America by Heart, Sarah Palin — the erstwhile quitter governor of Alaska, who now, by all indications, fancies herself as President of the United States — has taken another cheap shot at First Lady Michelle Obama. In a passage on perceptions of racial inequality in the United States, Palin slams President Barack Obama, who, she asserts, “seems to believe” that “America — at least America as it currently exists — is a fundamentally unjust and unequal country.” And…
Posted by Jeanne Devon on August 29, 2009 · 93 Comments
[This article is cross-posted at The Huffington Post] What a difference a year makes. A year ago today, after being stunned by McCain’s VP pick, I had finished writing a piece called “What Is McCain Thinking? One Alaskan’s Perspective.” It’s hard to imagine a time when the country was asking “Sarah Who?” but it was only one short year ago. One of the selling features of Sarah Palin was her astronomically high approval ratings in the state of Alaska. After all, how could a governor have positives in the high 80s or low 90s and be anything less than an…
Category Alaska, Barack Obama, Election 2008, Republicans, Roll your eyes into it, Sarah Palin, Strategery, Todd Palin, Troopergate, Whackjobbery · Tags Andrew Halcro, Barack Obama, Geoffrey Dunn, John McCain, Palin anniversary, Palin bloggers, Palin ethics complaints, Palin media, Palin nomination, Palin Obama, Palin VP pick, Sarah Palin
