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Sarah Palin’s message to all 57 states

She will never be the leader of my choice. BUT this is hysterical, true, and to me shows why so many people like her despite her lack of qualifications for public office My fellow Americans in all 57 states, the time has changed for come. With our country founded more than 20 centuries ago, we have much to celebrate – from the FBI’s 100 days to the reforms that bring greater inefficiencies to our health care system. We know that countries like Europe are willing to stand with us in our fight to halt the rise of privacy, and Israel is a strong friend of Israel’s. And let’s face it, everybody knows that it makes no sense that you send a kid to the emergency room for a treatable illness like asthma and they end up taking up a hospital bed. It costs, when, if you, they just gave, you gave them treatment early, and they got some treatment, and ah, a breathalyzer, or an inhalator. I mean, not a breathalyzer, ah, I don’t know what the term is in Austrian for that… Of course, the paragraph above is based on a series of misstatements and verbal gaffes made by Barack Obama (I didn’t have enough time to do one for Joe Biden). YouTube links are provided just in case you doubt the accuracy of these all too human slips-of-the-tongue. If you can’t remember hearing about them, that’s because for the most part the media didn’t consider them newsworthy. I have no complaint about that. Everybody makes the occasional verbal gaffe – even news anchors. Obviously, I would have been even more impressed if the media showed some consistency on this issue. Unfortunately, it seems they couldn’t resist the temptation to turn a simple one word slip-of-the-tongue of mine into a major political headline. The one word slip occurred yesterday during one of my seven back-to-back interviews wherein I was privileged to speak to the American public about the important, world-changing issues before us. If the media had bothered to actually listen to all of my remarks on Glenn Beck’s radio show, they would have noticed that I refer to South Korea as our ally throughout, that I corrected myself seconds after my slip-of-the-tongue, and that I made it abundantly clear that pressure should be put on China to restrict energy exports to the North Korean regime. The media could even have done due diligence and checked my previous statements on the subject, which have always been consistent, and in fact even ahead of the curve. But why let the facts get in the way of a good story? (And for that matter, why not just make up stories out of thin air – like the totally false hard news story which has run for three days now reporting that I lobbied the producers of “Dancing with the Stars” to cast a former Senate candidate on their show. That lie is further clear proof that the media completely makes things up without doing even rudimentary fact-checking.) “Hope springs eternal” as the poet says. Let’s hope that perhaps, just maybe, they might get it right next time. When we the people are effective in holding America’s free press accountable for responsible and truthful reporting, then we shall all have even more to be thankful for! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! – Sarah Palin http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=463364218434 added by: Itsbatman_Durr

Flashback: In 2009, Time Saw GOP As ‘Endangered Species’ Unless Party Moved Left

With all but one of the House races now resolved, Republicans have picked up at least 63 seats, the most in a midterm election since 1938. So, it might be fun on this Thanksgiving Day to recall how, just 18 months ago, Time's Michael Grunwald was arguing in a big cover story that demography and its “extremely conservative” philosophy meant the Republican Party could be on the verge of extinction. Back in May 2009, Newsbusters Brent Baker picked up on Grunwald's piece for the ridiculous way he painted the GOP as extremist: They are extremely conservative ideas tarred by association with the extremely unpopular George W. Bush, who helped downsize the party to its extremely conservative base. But re-reading the piece today, it's even more striking how Grunwald's “analysis” was based on liberal wishful thinking that small government conservative policies were like political arsenic, and how Republicans had to drop tax cuts and cultural conservatism if they ever hoped to come back from the wilderness. In other words, move left. But the GOP instead moved right, and was rewarded by voters. Which is why conservatives should probably not take strategic advice from their ideological adversaries in the media. read more

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Bozell Column: Bush’s ‘Gulag’ Now Acceptable

Our liberal scribes and pundits savaged the Bush administration as being a privacy-shredding, terrorist-suspect-abusing tyranny on the march. Now that President Obama is in charge, they lamely suggest that “the government” has failed, but with no president’s name attached in the blame game. For years, the media insisted that the terrorist holding pen at Guantanamo was a horrific stain on our global reputation. It was a “cancer” (CBS’s Bob Schieffer) and the networks uncritically aired Amnesty International quacks denouncing it as “the gulag of our times.” Any denunciation had the words “Bush” and “Cheney” inexorably attached. But now the outrage has died, and the story is being downplayed, since the Evil Bush is no longer the target. Take the case of Gitmo prisoner Ahmed Ghailani, who participated in the U.S. embassy massacre in Tanzania in 1998. When the federal judge crippled his trial in mid-October by omitting a witness, ABC and NBC skipped over it. “CBS Evening News” offered an anchor brief, with Couric calling it a “big setback for federal prosecutors.” Nothing was attributed to the Obama administration. read more

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Blake Lively’s Tits in a Push-Up Bra of the Day

Blake Lively’s figured out a good way to make me forget how awkward lookin’ her face looks, sure the strategy is pretty fucking obvious and has been used by so many tits before her, but when you wear your tits out like this, it’s like you don’t even have a face….and for Blake Lively, that’s a good thing….cuz she looks like the weird girl from elementary school who likes reading and who is allergic to peanuts…. I know she does okay with her face cuz girls love all girls they envy or think are nice, I have known girls who tell me some of the ugliest shit is beautiful because it is on a hit show they wish they were livin, or cuz the media tells them, and straight guys, despite being willing to fuck a bitch cuz she’s better than nothing doesn’t really care how stupid a bitch looks, and that push up bras isn’t necessarily key to her existance as this fashion icon, but I think it helps, mainly cuz I like lookin at tits.

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The Independent Girls’ Guide to Thanksgiving

Single and lonely this holiday season? Erin Gibson has some time-tested tips for single ladies spending their Thanksgiving solo. infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Erin Gibson, Ben Hoffman, Bryan Safi, Ellen Fox, and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 11/10c on Current TV. Go to http://current.com/infomania for more, and make sure to check out our Facebook profile for special features at http://facebook.com/infomania . added by: Erin_Gibson

Charlie Sheen Text Messages Reveal Plans to "Get Ball Rollin" on Payments to Capri Anderson

Advantage Team Capri? While Charlie Sheen and Capri Anderson wrestle back and forth in the media and in the courtroom – the latest development in the battle between this sitcom and porn star revolves around the former suing the latter for extortion – TMZ has uncovered a slew of text messages that back up at least two of Anderson’s claims. In an interview with ABC that aired yesterday, Capri said Sheen contacted her the day after he allegedly went berzerk inside a NYC hotel room and offered her $20,000 to not tell her side of the story. She’s also cited an expensive purse the actor destroyed during his rampage on the night of October 25. If the following text messages are to believed, exchanges between these two soon after this incident took place do at least confirm these aspects of Anderson’s story. As first published by TMZ , we present a series of texts between Anderson and Sheen from the day after their infamous first day together: Sheen : “All I need is an Acct number etc and I will wire u 20k if u think that will cover everything … I really feel bad, u are as cool and sexy and as sweet and fun and friendly as they get!” Anderson : “u trashed my brand new prada purse dude not cool – how u managed to rip the strap off and put 2 holes in it is beyond me.” Sheen : “Don’t worry about our mutual friends, deal with me directly and I promise u kind lady, all will be restored and set straight.” Anderson : “Yes u can call me.

NB Interview: John Ziegler Discusses ‘Media Malpractice’ Re-release, Palin, Obama and Tea Party

NewsBusters readers should be quite familiar with John Ziegler , the independent filmmaker that produced the spectacular documentary about the 2008 presidential campaign ” Media Malpractice: How Obama Got Elected and Palin

Capri Anderson and Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen , 45, was reportedly found na-ked and intoxicated in the trashed New York hotel suite and taken to the hospital for the day. He later referred to the incident last month as “one bad night” blown out of proportion by the media. Capri Anderson was hired to escort Charlie Sheen to dinner, but the night ended with her locked in a hotel bathroom in fear for her life, she says. “Towards the latter half of the night, it got really bad. He started yelling racial slurs,” Anderson, an ad-u

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NPR’s Dirty Campaigners of the Week: ‘Conservative Bloggers’ Push ‘Bold’ Pro-lifer to Head Bishops Group

The U.S. Catholic bishops' conference disappointed liberals this week by choosing a leader who agreed with the bishops' campaign this year against pro-abortion provisions in ObamaCare. On Tuesday night's All Things Considered, NPR religion reporter Barbara Bradley Hagerty reported the expected moderate winner was apparently smeared by “conservative Catholic bloggers” for being too close to the sex-abuse scandal. (This might be the first time reporters have felt bad about bishops over the sex-abuse scandal.) Hagerty reported: It's not clear what tipped the election. But over the past few days, conservative Catholic bloggers and activists have waged a campaign against [Tucson Bishop Gerald] Kicanas, who's considered a moderate with a conciliatory style. His critics sent faxes and left voicemails telling bishops to vote against Kicanas, saying Kicanas had been tainted by the sex abuse scandal when he had recommended an abuser to be ordained as a priest. Kicanas flatly denied knowing about any abuse of minors. But that did not save him. The bishops elected the media-savvy Timothy Dolan, who's considered one of the boldest and more orthodox bishops, and who's willing to speak loudly and publicly on issues like abortion, same-sex marriage and stem cell research. read more

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‘Glee’ To Cover Florence And The Machine’s ‘Dog Days Are Over’

‘We’re thrilled she’s finally broken through, and now we at ‘Glee’ get to be a part of it,’ music supervisor PJ Bloom tells MTV News. By Kara Warner Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine Photo: Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage With “Glee” fanatics still raving about this week’s episode — particularly guest star Gwyneth Paltrow — it might be hard to look ahead to next week. But thanks to a run-in with “Glee” music supervisor PJ Bloom at Thursday night’s Hollywood Music in Media Awards — during which Bloom was nominated for his music supervision on “Eat Pray Love” — MTV News got a few tidbits about what to expect on next week’s episode with another superstar guest: Carol Burnett. “[Burnett] plays Sue [Sylvester]’s mom,” Bloom said. “It’s going to be fun. One of the best things we’ve been able to do with ‘Glee’ is the exploitation of the show tunes. We do our pop songs, we do our classic songs, but what we’ve been able to do with American musicals has been fantastic. And I think this is an under-explored area of pop culture. It’s stuff that the kids care about, clearly, because they’ve responded so incredibly to the musicals we’ve done. What we’ve been able to do for schools, musicals in schools have been great.” So does that mean next week’s ep will be chock-full of show tunes? “This next episode with Sue and Carol Burnett is going to explore quite a bit of that, which is fantastic,” he said. Another bit of information Bloom let slip was a certain pop song the cast will be performing on an upcoming episode, which came up during a discussion about whether Bloom had a hand in using Florence and the Machine’s “Dog Days Are Over” in trailer for “Eat Pray Love.” He didn’t, but he did reveal that the titian-tressed VMA performer will make her mark on “Glee” very soon. “She is amazing,” Bloom said of frontwoman Florence Welch. “We’re thrilled she’s finally broken through, and now we at ‘Glee’ get to be a part of it. … We’re doing ‘Dog Days,’ ” Bloom revealed. “It’s going to be amazing. Florence is fantastic. I think it’s exciting that the United States gets to experience an artist like Florence and the Machine.” Are you excited that “Dog Days” will be on “Glee”? Let us know in the comments! Related Videos Musical ‘Glee-Caps’ Of Season Two

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