Todd Palin Behind Banned-Bloggers List

Critics kicked out of hometown 'Going Rogue ' event

(NEWSER) - Dying to attend one of Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue book signings? Better make sure you’re not on the banned list first. It includes four names so far, one of whom hasn’t been identified. The first three:

• Jesse Gryphen: An Alaska kindergarten teacher who posted Palin divorce rumors on his blog, refusing to take them down even after Palin’s lawyer threatened to serve him with libel papers in front of his class. He tells the story of being kicked out of the book signing on his blog .

Four-name list contained former allies and suspected protesters

(NEWSER) - The banned bloggers list Todd Palin instituted for his wife’s book signing in Wasilla last week has made its way online, revealing the identity of the fourth banned journalist, among other things. The two-page memo for the event, uncovered by Talking Points Memo , contains a section unambiguously titled, “DENIED ACCESS LIST PER TODD PALIN.” Below were three names (a fourth was tacked on), and instructions to coordinate with Todd to kick them out should they not identify themselves as media, which added, "They are not welcome by the family." More»

'Newsweek' goes deep with Sarah trivia

(NEWSER) - With Sarah Palin fever at its highest point since the 2008 election, Newsweek dares you to test how much you know about the nation's most polarizing politician:

• What question did Palin and strategists plan for her to ask Joe Biden before the start of their debate?
• Mat, Court, Zamboni, and Colt: Which name wasn't considered as a possibility for Palin's elder son, Track?
• True or false: As mayor of Wasilla, Palin, required alleged rape victims to pay $1,200 for their own rape kits.

'Going Rogue' phenomenon may foreshadow something bigger

(NEWSER) - Just 5 days into her book tour, first-time author Sarah Palin is attracting crowds so huge and adoring that they're feeding speculation about her political future. The philosophy that moved one fan to call her "the female Ronald Reagan" is nothing new, experts tell Erika Bolstad of the Anchorage Daily News , "but Palin seems to have seized on something timely by putting her brand on common-sense conservatism." More»

He sees possibility of a 'huge scandal' and needs time to get it right

(NEWSER) - Readers of Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish blog will have to be patient: The site has "gone silent" for only the second time in its 10-year run so Sullivan and his two assistants can devote all their time to dissecting Sarah Palin's new book. "There is a possibility here of such a huge scandal that we would be crazy not to take our time either to debunk it or move it forward for further examination," Sullivan tells readers in a note . More»