Palin's Silence Drives Fans Crazy

Gov will return to 140-character musings for book tour

(NEWSER) - Currently unemployed politician Sarah Palin will return to her prolific tweeting career for her upcoming book tour, reports the AP . The erstwhile governor quit both her post and Twitter feed simultaneously earlier this year, but announced on Facebook last night that she'll again provide devoted and scornful followers alike with her 140-character musings from the tour, which begins Nov. 18. As of this morning, she already had almost 11,000 followers awaiting her first tweet. More»

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin has changed her Twitter handle to the more civilian-sounding "SarahPalinUSA" now that her old username, AKGovSarahPalin, is defunct, CNN reports. The move sparked speculation that the she may yet tweet again. The former Alaska governor has not tweeted since she resigned, preferring Facebook for her communiqués. But don’t worry, followers: You will be immediately redirected to Palin’s new feed without lifting a finger. More»

Thank goodness for Twitter time stamps

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin’s original thoughts take a while to produce. Five of yesterday's Twitter posts—caught in a screen grab and posted by Gawker—“are all conjoined, all part of the same dipshit-y thought, which was another one of her maniacal rants about the endless stream of ethics complaints logged against her,” and took a total of 27 minutes to produce, writes the Cajun Boy. More»

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin plans to unburden herself on Twitter more freely after she leaves office next week, the AP reports. “Elected is replaceable; Ak WILL progress! + side benefits10 dys til less politically correct twitters fly frm my fingertps outside State site,” she Tweeted today. And, she promises, “I’ll stay in touch w/whomever wants via personal twtr site,” to launch July 26—the day she vacates Alaska’s governorship. More»

She uses feed to clear up 'misquoting'

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin is following some fellow Republicans on Twitter, but she's not showing any love for former running mate John McCain.The Alaska governor is keeping tabs on Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly of Fox, David Gregory of NBC, George Stephanopoulos of ABC, and CNN, but not nemesis Katie Couric—or anyone else from CBS, the Washington Examiner reports. More»