Palin Channels Ahmadinejad

Her 'everywoman' image can't take the hit

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin is doomed, warns Gawker , and it's her Wasilla brethren, not the Democrats, who are could take her down. Sure, the fence she built around her home will shield her family from the prying eyes of the "lamestream" media, writes Adrian Chen. But the problem isn't the press—it's Palin herself. Her neighbor rented to Joe McGinniss because she was angry over money owed. "There's no purer form of small-town drama than the stiffed contractor out for non-monetary revenge." More»

She made sense while governor; now, not so much

(NEWSER) - Back when Sarah Palin was the governor of Alaska, she was pragmatic and forward-looking on climate change, Eugene Robinson writes, and not the shrill, nonsensical reactionary we now know. She toyed with “carbon-trading markets,” set up a high-level commission on climate change, and acknowledged that the problem affected the “lifestyles and livelihoods of all Alaskans.” What happened? She became the “iconic leader of a populist movement.” More»

Alaska newspaper editor admits it was a pun, not a typo

(NEWSER) - Alaska’s Fairbanks Daily News-Miner has apologized for Wednesday’s front-page headline about Sarah Palin. Above a small picture of the ex-governor, who had spoken at a Hong Kong investors conference, the paper ran the headline, “A Broad in Asia.” The paper’s managing editor says it was a pun, not a typo, Politics Daily reports. “We made a terrible mistake,” the editor wrote in an apology. More»

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin might have had a shot at the presidency, writes Ross Douthat, but she blew it—10 months ago, when she accepted John McCain's offer to join the ticket. Instead of easing her way into the national spotlight, she was catapulted before she was ready, exposing her inexperience and putting her children "through the tabloid wringer." For the New York Times columnist, Palin's failed transformation from hockey mom to "Mrs. Spiro Agnew" was probably fatal. More»

Journalists 'damaging the Islamic republic'

(NEWSER) - Iran has slammed foreign journalists for sparking unrest in the country as the “mouthpieces” of “hooligans,” CNN reports. The foreign ministry said “hundreds” of foreigners had been allowed into Iran in “a sign of the total transparency in the trends of the elections,” but “certain countries have rushed to judgment and have supported the illegal gatherings and the disturbances that a number of opportunists had created.” More»