Sarah Palin talks to Hannity about Newsweek and hats in the ring

Sarah Palin appeared on Hannity last night. The interview was more or less the same as previous ones. She bashed Obama and offered her amazing insight into the economy, nothing new.

She also said how happy she is with the Newsweek piece. It was fair.



I made a little animation of her performance.

There was a short discussion about a timeframe to throw her hat in the ring:



This is her worst wig so far. Sarah Palin has a few million in the bank and this nylon monstrosity is the best her money can buy?

How the British view Sarah Palin - PLUS: Sarah Palin confirms again she won't talk to journalists who have a "bias"

By Regina

I managed to record the podcast of a discussion about Sarah Palin's presidential aspirations on Jeremy Vine's program on BBC Radio 2 the other day. Here is a shorter version, as the original ran into nearly 30 minutes:



The British don't appear to have a very good opinion of Sarah Palin, apart from Nadine Dorries, who's not a stranger to funny business herself:

In January 2010, it was revealed that Dorries was being investigated by John Lyon, the parliamentary commissioner for standards, regarding her claim for second home expenses and that it was expected that a number of neighbours from her constituency were preparing to give evidence against her. It was also revealed that Dorries had claimed £20,000 in office expenses for work undertaken by a media relations and public affairs company.

On May 9th 2010, two days after regaining her Mid Bedfordshire constituency, the The Sunday Times revealed that Dorries was facing the first expenses claims complaint of the new parliament. It was reported that she had claimed around £10,000 for an annual report in 2007 on her performance as an MP, but that her former Commons researcher had never seen the report or worked on it. Dorries insisted that she had indeed published the report, placing a photograph of it on her blog. She subsequently told the Biggleswade Advertiser that the report was never printed and a credit note issued with refund on September 13th 2008.

A couple of people were mentioned in the e-mails sent into the program: Kerry Katona and Davina McCall. So as not to let the references go unnoticed by American readers, here's a brief description of the two lovely ladies:

Kerry Katona used to be in a girl band (Atomic Kitten) and married a boy from a boy band (Brian McFadden, of Westlife). She won "I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here," divorced Brian and quickly unravelled , drinking too much and taking too many drugs. She's still regular tabloid fodder in the UK.




Davina McCall is the hyperactive presenter of Big Brother. She's not as colourful as Kerry Katona, but is generally regarded as a pain in the neck and her chat show on BBC was axed due to very poor ratings.




It's refreshing to hear that at least the British didn't fall for Sarah Palin's "charms." Only two pro-Palin opinions from the public were presented on air, but they were more anti-Obama than actually pro-Palin and Jeremy Vine pointed that out when he read them.

Sarah Palin's Alaska has not been inflicted on the British yet, but if it does, I guess that Kerry and Davina's standing would shoot up considerably in the viewing public's estimation...

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By Patrick:

Many thanks to Regina for this post! I also would like to point that that especially the UK Guardian has been following the events of the previous days very closely. The British journalist Ewen MacAskill wrote about Sarah Palin's attacks on Barack Obama in "America by Heart" ("Sarah Palin's attacks on Barack Obama get personal in new book"), and the American journalist Amanda Marcotte wrote in the Guardian a commentary about the content of Palin's new book ("Sarah Palin's heartland Americans"). Both articles linked to Palingates.

There is so much happening surrounding Sarah Palin at the moment, it's simply impossible to make a separate post for each subject. Sarah Palin was yesterday on Hannity, and she confirmed again that she won't talk to journalists in the future who have a "bias." Palin still hasn't overcome her massive grudge against Katie Couric, and she probably never will. The wannabe President of the USA is still angry as hell that she couldn't answer Katie Couric's friendly softball-questions.

It's a huge tragedy that the USA is now being tormented by a woman who combines delusions of grandeur with a severe mental disorder and an unrestrained desire to punish her enemies. It's going to get much worse, as Palin has a good chance of winning the Republican nomination. No serious criticism towards Sarah Palin from other Republican contenders is to be expected, because that would be "sexist", wouldn't it? The insanity will continue.

Here is the clip from Hannity:

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Better things to do when faced with yet another Sarah Palin interview

Kathleen's Choice

It’s 9 am here. P has left the building and I’m pondering my mornings work…..to do or not to do? Do I head straight to Palingates? Perhaps I’d prefer flinching my way through the Most Popular section of Huffington Post or do I sit and review my life’s work? Whatever I chose to do, it’s not voluntary. I do not want to be here. The city I presently call home is a pleasant cosmopolitan one. It has a great literary tradition and many museums where I could idle away my time. There’s just so much to do here and today especially feels like the first official day of spring. But my fingers hover over the keyboard and I land on Palingates.

Sean Hannity interviewed Sarah Palin last night.

Together they sneered and spat their way through another frozen tundra interview. Sarah believes that it is an unconstitutional road that President Obama is embarking on. It’s control. It’s a Government takeover and Pelosi is pushing it. And if I understand her correctly, Sarah calls it a “Demon Pass” Bill. I think she’s referring to a Deem and Pass Bill.

America must be a scary place indeed when Congress starts passing Demon Pass Bills and according to Sarah the people’s voice will not stand for it. The People’s voice via wrath that congress is going to fill (feel?) if they shove the Demon Bill through, it’s going to be great. What the heck is she saying? Clicking pause I push Sean and Sarah aside and am instantly gratified by the sound of the washing machine. The machine is much easier to listen to than Sarah’s voice and her attempts at argumentation amplified by an echo. I’m pretty sure that Letterman has a whole new comedy sketch echoing through his mind as I type.

Having stopped the video I gaze out through the glass to the sky and immediately I’m struck by the thought that I do not have to watch it to the end. I see the sun and comprehend that there are other things that I’d rather do than contemplate another endless Sarah Palin interview. Today I have other more important things to do with my time. However, if your idea of happiness is watching yet another empty gesture video, you can catch it here.

I’m off to bake a cake.

Regina's Choice

It's 9 am here. The cat is fed, we had some fresh coffee and admire the lovely sunny day that makes our little medieval village look very inviting. But I'm drawn to the computer and find myself watching Hannity interview Sarah Palin about the Health Care Reform Bill (Awful hair!). I listen for a while and think that this woman is incapable of thinking of others, that she falsely presents herself as the spokesperson for the majority of Americans to attack the government in their attempts to extend much needed health care to actual majority of Americans.

So I searched for something in the bible about looking out for others.

Philippians 2:1-30
So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, ...


I try to listen to the rest of the interview, but the endless repetition of worn-out talking points hurts my ears, not to mention the lisping echo, the hardness of her face, the glare of the lip gloss or the retro wig... I read in a comment that at the end of the clip Sarah Palin invited Hannity to fish in Lake Lucille. The lake is dead. What is he going to catch there?

I'm off to clean my house.

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