All About Branding
She’s earned a well-deserved reputation for her snark.
She’s a momma grizz whose bite’s worse than her bark.
You can tell by her conduct
She considers herself a product,
Which is why Sarah Palin‘s been trademarked.
Month: February 2011
Verbatim
Sarah Palin is a soap opera, basically. She’s doing mostly what she does to make money and keep her name in the news. She is not a serious candidate for president and never has been.
— Ron Reagan, quoted by the AP, on Sarah Palin’s plans to celebrate his father’s centennial this weekend.
Beck Suggests Both Bush Administrations Were Complicit in International Caliphate Conspiracy
Any minute now, sayeth the Prophet, the West will be overthrown by a cabal of socialists, communists and Islamic extremists who, despite their radically different, even polar-opposite ideologies, are working shoulder to shoulder, bent on establishing an international Muslim theocratic empire headquartered in Iraq, built on the ruins of ancient Babylon.
The conspiracy is so deep, says Beck, that the “uber left” group Code Pink — liberal, feminist antiwar activists — is in cahoots with the Islamic Brotherhood — an 80-year-old, far right, transnational Muslim political organization. Why would liberals like Code Pink work along with Islamic extremists to establish a global caliphate, a right-wing theocratic empire where free thinkers like themselves would likely be rounded up and beheaded?
Because, sayeth Beck, liberals, socialists and communists, like Muslims, hate Jews.
Oy. But wait, there’s more:
Verbatim
Hmmm, you are really making it tough for me. Should I say that we have proven that write-in campaigns can actually work?
— Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), in an interview with Dan Rather, when asked who she would support if Sarah Palin is the Republican presidential nominee against President Obama.
Why FOX News Viewers Can’t Find Their Backsides with Two Hands
That country labeled “Egypt” in between Iran and Syria in this FOX News graphic, caught by BuzzFeed, is actually Iraq. You might have heard of it, unless you watch a lot of FOX News, in which case, think, “Persia.” Egypt, of course, is that large country on the tip of North Africa, the one with a big river running through it. What’s the name of that river? Oh yeah, what FOX News does when faced with facts: denial.
Employment Continues to Rise
9%
Unemployment figure for January, down nearly a full percentage point from November, the largest two-month drop since 1958. Expect Republicans to claim credit, while continuing to deride Obama’s successful stimulus measures.
Obama’s Approval Gap Grows
68 points
The average gap between Democrats’ (81%) and Republicans’ (13%) approval ratings of President Barack Obama during his second year as president, up from 65 points his first year. Those are by far the most polarized ratings for a president’s second year and the fourth most polarized since 1953.
CNN’s Punching Bag
In Egypt, the opposition’s feeling super,
As they watch Mubarak circling the pooper.
But you’ve got to applaud his supporters
For whupping up on reporters
And beating the crap out of Anderson Cooper.
