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Julianne Moore to Play Sarah Palin: A Casting Choice as Divisive as Palin Herself
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsTina Fey may be the most famous Sarah Palin impersonator, but the "30 Rock" star has some new competition. Julianne Moore has been tapped to portray Palin in HBO's upcoming film about the 2008 presidential race, "Game Change." The casting choice has provoked some surprisingly passionate responses. Says the Los Angeles Times' Nardine Saad: It's an interesting twist, casting an Oscar-nominated actress to play a politico who until recently was making a name for herself as a reality TV star. It's almost flattering that news that she'll be played by the classy redhead (Moore) broke soon ...
Mike Huckabee Disses Natalie Portman; Why Not Bristol Palin? Twitter Asks
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsNot so fast, Mike Huckabee. The former Arkansas governor is taking some serious heat for his comments on Monday criticizing Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman for being unmarried and pregnant. "People see a Natalie Portman who boasts, 'We're not married, but we're having these children, and they're doing just fine.' I think it gives a distorted image," Huckabee told conservative radio host Michael Medved. "It's unfortunate that we glorify and glamorize the idea of out-of-wedlock children." The folks on Twitter seem to think that Huckabee forgot another out-of-wedlock pregnancy ...
Sarah Palin Has a Secret Facebook Page? Twitter Weighs In
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsWho is Lou Sarah? Some say that's the pseudonym Sarah Palin is using on her "secret" Facebook account -- although it isn't a secret any more. Wonkette's Jack Stuef discovered the account by searching Facebook for Palin's private Gmail address, which appeared in a leaked copy of aide Frank Bailey's tell-all about his time working for the former governor. "Lou Sarah" has 12 friends, leaves comments for Bristol Palin and recommends videos about... Sarah Palin. Naturally, Twitter is intrigued. .bbpBox40093734175645700 ...
Former Sarah Palin Aide Plans Tell-All Book
By not in system - AOL NewsJUNEAU, Alaska - One of Sarah Palin's trusted advisers is planning a tell-all memoir, drawing upon thousands of personal e-mails during his time with the former Alaska governor to paint what his agent calls an expose of the inner workings of her operation. Frank Bailey rose from a campaign volunteer to administration official and figure in the "Troopergate" scandal that fixated the public's attention during Palin's vice presidential bid in 2008. A preliminary draft of the unpublished book, tentatively called "Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin: A Memoir of our Tumultuous Years," was leaked to ...
Sarah Palin: Do We Hear Sighs of Reluctance About 2012?
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyWOODBURY, N.Y. – After weeks in the shadows with only a flicker of Facebook postings, Sarah Palin emerged Thursday for a lucrative and surprisingly revealing question-and-answer session before the Long Island Association, a business group used to hosting former presidents. During an hour in which she was quizzed in a more probing fashion than is often the norm on Fox News, Palin proved that she can create more headlines from a single luncheon than are possible from six months on the Mitt Romney beat. Palin tantalized her audience (who paid $300 and up for the privilege, with a backstage ...
CPAC Controversy: Should Sarah Palin Have Called Rick Santorum a 'Neanderthal'? [VIDEOS]
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsToday's Conservative Political Action Conference is missing one of the most prominent conservatives in the country: Sarah Palin. Palin was offered the opportunity to give the event's keynote address on Sunday, but she declined and said she would skip CPAC entirely. That led former Pennsylvania senator, 2012 hopeful and scheduled CPAC attendee Rick Santorum to take veiled potshots at the former Alaska governor. "I have a feeling that she has some demands on her time, and a lot of them have financial benefit attached to them," Santorum said on a conservative online radio show. He added, "I ...
A Fired-Up Michele Bachmann Tells CPAC: 'Let's Roll!'
By Joanne Bamberger - Politics DailyIn a classic "rally the base" speech for the opening of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) embraced the role of tea party cheerleader to prepare the 11,000 loyalists listening for their march to the 2012 elections. Armed with statistics about conservative victories in 2010 and America's national debt, she fulfilled the obligation of any good opening keynote speaker by firing up the attendees and stoking their enthusiasm for the big political "ask" at the end. After spoofing her own camera malfunction moment in her response to President ...
Breaking the Sarah Palin Trademark Story: A Lesson in Journalism Ethics
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailySometimes a light bulb goes off. One night at 2 a.m. I was reading a story by Matt Lewis about Herman Cain, a possible 2012 presidential candidate from Georgia. Pursuing the Cain story further, I discovered that he had trademarked the phrase "The Hermanator Experience." Trademark? Hmm. I wondered if Sarah Palin had trademarked something with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. It seemed like something she would do. A quick search and voila! Indeed, her longtime family attorney, Thomas Van Flein, had filed two applications with the office for the names Sarah Palin and Bristol ...
Where Are All the GOP 2012 Candidates? Blame Sarah Palin
By David Corn - Politics DailyThe politerati are all a-flutter. Why are there no GOP presidential candidates yet? There sure are plenty -- it seems like dozens -- of 2012 wannabes. But so far not one of the conventional possible contenders (probable or improbable) have officially tossed a hat (or checkbook) into the ring. By this point in the 2008 campaign, much of the Democratic and Republican field was in place -- or close to it. John Edwards (remember him?) announced his run for the presidency on Dec. 26, 2006, at an event with kids in flood-ravaged New Orleans. Hillary Rodham Clinton lifted off with a Web video posted ...
Protecting the Palin Brand: Sarah and Bristol Go for Trademark Status
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailySarah Palin has become an industry. The former Alaskan governor has had books deals, starred in a reality television show and set up a political PAC that raised $3.5 million last year. Through midterm election endorsements, broadcast on her 2.7 million-fan Facebook page or via her 400,000 follower Twitter feed, Palin has cemented alliances to new GOP governors such as South Carolina's Nikki Haley and various members of Congress. But Palin is more than just a former mayor, governor, vice presidential candidate and political force. She has catapulted over most politicians to a status of ...
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