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August 2009: Todd S. Purdum on Sarah Palin
August 2009: Todd S. Purdum on Sarah Palin
Despite her disastrous performance in the 2008 election, Sarah Palin is still the sexiest brand in Republican politics, with a lucrative book contract for her story. But what Alaska’s charismatic governor wants the public to know about herself doesn’t always jibe with reality. As ...
I'm a Runner: Sarah Palin from RunnersWorld.com
I'm a Runner: Sarah Palin from RunnersWorld.com
runnersworld.com — From the August 2009 issue of Runner's World Occupation: Governor of Alaska Age: 45 Residence: Wasilla, Alaska When did you start running? I grew up in a running family. My parents caught the running craze in the mid '70s and we grew up doing family ... I'm a Runner: Sarah Palin from RunnersWorld.com
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Photos of Sarah Palin from RunnersWorld.com
runnersworld.com — RUNNERSWORLD.COM HOME I'm A Runner: Sarah Palin 1 of 7 next photo Alaska's governor, and ex-Vice Presidential candidate, chats about her love of running. "Last May, Todd asked me what I wanted for Mother's Day. I said, 'Give me an hour for my run ... Photos of Sarah Palin from RunnersWorld.com
Sarah Palin Resigns (VIDEO)
Sarah Palin Resigns (VIDEO)
bittenandbound.com — Sarah Palin announced today that she will step down as the governor of Alaska on July 26, 2009, at which time she will turn over the reigns to Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell. She was elected to her post in November 2006, becoming the first woman and the youngest governor in Alaska history. A new  ... Sarah Palin Resigns (VIDEO)
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MCCAIN ADVISORS DISH DIRT ON PALIN
Faded Youth Blog — ... A lengthy profile of Sarah Palin is featured in Vanity Fair’s August edition and it includes some candid thoughts by campaign advisers to Sen. John McCain on the one-time vice presidential nominee. ...

Sarah Palin Finally Reveals Shameful Secret About Tripping While Running This One Time
Wonkette » top — ... Here, take a break from Todd Purdum’s 98-million-word rehash of everything awful about Sarah Palin and cleanse your brain with ...

Thursday Notebook
The HeldenFiles Online — ... I read with some interest the new Todd Purdum piece on Sarah Palin from Vanity Fair. Can't say it changed any of my thinking about her. But it did make me think of some other recent reading: "Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus," a book by ...

William Bradley: The GOP's Palin Food Fight: Why Now?
Huffington Post Entertainment Blog — ... Vanity Fair ran a long article a few days ago detailing various criticisms of Palin by her former colleagues in the John McCain campaign. But while of great interest to folks who don't like Palin, with some nice detail, it's all familiar material. ...

Sarah Palin resigns as Alaska governor: Is a talk show far behind?
PopWatch — Sarah Palin resigns as Alaska governor: Is a talk show far behind? Just when the recent Sarah Palin media circus -- her feud with David Letterman ; her spandex-happy photo spread in Runner's World ; the recent damning Vanity Fair profile of her -- couldn't get any weirder, the former GOP vice-presidential candidate just announced she will resign the governorship of Alaska at the end of the month , two-and-a-half years into her first term. Even the transfer of power to Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell won't stop Palin's special brand of surreality: He'll be sworn in at a picnic in Fairbanks on July 25. The blogosphere is already oscillating between ...

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin To Resign At End Of July
Gothamist — ... , "Leaving office at the end of the month, [Palin] will be able to travel the country more freely without facing the sort of repeated ethics inquiries she’s been fending off since returning to Alaska earlier this year." Vanity Fair's scathing profile of Palin offered this post-2008 election observation, "The conventional wisdom among Palin’s supporters in the Republican establishment was that she should go home, keep her head down, show that she could govern effectively, and quietly educate herself about foreign and domestic policy with the help of a cadre of ...

Adele Stan: Sarah Palin Will Be Back
Huffington Post Entertainment Blog — ... Couric interviews became the stuff of legend. Yet with all hectoring she took for her not-ready-for-prime-time performances during the campaign, her confidence never seemed to flag. But today brought us a different picture: Her voice quavering, Palin seemed unsure of herself as she sought to explain without explaining her reasons for stepping down before the end of her first term as governor. Granted, Sarah Palin has had a very tough week, what with Todd Purdum's takedown in Vanity Fair, and the release of a testy e-mail exchange between the ...

Sarah Palin Resigns (VIDEO)
Bitten and Bound — ... A new Vanity Fair article on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called her “the sexiest and riskiest brand in the Republican party.  The pattern is inescapable: she takes disagreements personally, and swiftly deals vengeance on enemies, real or perceived.” ...

Yeah, So, Sarah Palin Resigned
The Frisky — ... Or as she put it, “I’m not retreating, so much as advancing in another direction.” May I be so bold as to commend the Governor for this extraordinary act of patriotism? Surely this has nothing to do with that little Vanity Fair ...

Sarah Palin Resigns!
Notes from a Different Kitchen — WTF?!?! I would never count this chick out but I have to say, it looks like this long-running national joke is finally over. [Daily News] Related: "It Came from Wasilla" - Todd Purham on Sarah Palin. [Vanity Fair] ...

Sarah Palin may be flunking her biggest test for higher office: Mastering the media
The Feed — ... She blamed the media for picking on her -- and there's little doubt she's faced a few cheap shots. But she's also faced some serious reporting unmasking substantial problems in her candidacy for vice president, which she hasn't really addressed (to say nothing of calling a major press conference at the last minute on a 4th of July weekend, then barring reporters who showed up late). ...

Phil Bronstein: We're All the New N-word: It's Not About You, It's About Me
Huffington Post Entertainment Blog — ... Sarah Palin suffers from "narcissistic personality disorder," testifies Todd Purdum in the latest Palintology obsession in this month's Vanity Fair. That magazine should know about the excesses of vanity since they reflect it lovingly in most of their cover stories. Mr. Purdum himself also said the same thing ...

Calling Sarah Palin A “Narcissist” Isn’t The Most Original Insult In The Book
The Frisky — Between her double-digit ethics complaints , her unpredictable behavior , and actually, her behavior in general, we’re not the biggest Sarah Palin fans around. But this week’s New York magazine really made us think about how gleeful we’d felt when we read in Vanity Fair that some people believe her to be a clinical narcissist. Several members of the McCain campaign, independent of each other, told a reporter they had researched the clinical definition for “narcissistic personality disorder” after clocking in some hours with Mrs. P. Ah-ha! , ...

James Warren: This Week in Magazines: Vanity Fair Tries to Figure Out Symbols of the New Sophistication
Huffington Post Entertainment Blog — ... ---August Vanity Fair caused a modest ripple with Todd Purdum's "It Came From Wasilla," an examination of Sarah Palin's vice presidential campaign odyssey rife with too many spineless Republicans not willing to have the writer use their names as they attacked Palin and John McCain. But that piece was just part of an excellent issue, including a melancholy take on actor Heath Ledger's life and last movie; Michael Lewis' excellent profile of one Joe Cassano, key figure in the A.I.G. debacle from his perch in the firm's London office; Michael Wolff on the perhaps ...

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