DATELINE: Foxboro, Mass., September 9 – Acting boldly to fill the void left by the injury to perennial All-Pro Tom Brady, the New England Patriots announced that they had signed Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as the team’s starting quarterback. “We’re extremely excited,’’ said team owner Robert Kraft. “In Sarah Palin, we have a proven leader …
Sarah Palin looked great last night, but the best bet is to short the stock. As Lawrence O’Donnell Jr. pointed out on Morning Joe, she proved that she could give a speech in a big hall, a skill which is now useless to her. She may well face an audience as admiring and enthusiastic, but …
“Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned,” read a statement issued on Monday by Governor Palin and her husband, Todd. “We’re proud of Bristol’s decision to have her baby.” Isn’t it a good thing, Governor, to live …
Isn’t it interesting that Republicans, far more than Democrats, offer the second spot on the national ticket to pink-cheeked newcomers? In my lifetime, the Republicans have nominated as vice-president Richard Nixon, a national figure, but a mere six years out of the navy; the former senator Henry Cabot Lodge; the obscure New York congressman William …