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Glenn Beck’s Jerusalem rally program to feature Sarah Palin, other GOP presidential candidates
Tens of thousands of excited Israelis and Americans, music performances, appearances by local and international celebrities, senior politicians and a live broadcast that will reach millions of viewers – this is just some of what is in store for Glenn Beck's upcoming rally "to restore courage," which is set to take place on August 24 in Jerusalem.
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Letters to the Editor: Anti-circucision, Sarah Palin, Bin Laden
It appears that the male genital mutilation organization (MGMbill.org), Matthew Hess and Jena Troutman (“In Foreskin Fight, Even Terminology Is Being Disputed,” June 3 ) are following in the footsteps of such notorious leaders as Hitler, Stalin, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, and Roman emperor Constantine in their quest to make circumcision illegal for males under 18 … and punishable by jail time.
Oh Sarah Palin, what nonsense fell out of your mouth now…
Palin sports Star of David during N.Y. visit
Sarah Palin visited New York tourist spots sporting a large Star of David around her neck. Palin, who visited the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Wednesday with her daughter Piper, told NBC New York that she was wearing the Star of David in honor of Jerusalem Day, which marks the city’s reunification under Israeli sovereignty during the Six Day War in 1967.
If Bachmann and Palin Weren’t Pretty
I wonder how much airtime Michele Bachmann (R.-Minn.) would get if she didn’t look the way she does. I wonder how much of Sara Palin’s political appeal arises from her physical appeal.
Letters to the Editor: President Obama, Muslim Americans, Sarah Palin, Independence Day Festival
It is ironic that Judea Pearl wrote this article on the eve of perhaps the worst foreign policy speech on Israel and the Middle East in American history (“Words Matter — Obama’s Next Challenge,” May 20). His phrase “Words Matter” tells it all. The words in this case, were all wrong.
Palin, Trump may be media darlings, but they don’t excite Jewish Republicans
Republican Jews to Donald Trump: You’re not hired. That is, not until you at least turn up to an interview with a resume. And the same goes for Sarah Palin, another media favorite who keeps flirting with a bid for the Republican presidential nomination but never commits. Leading Jewish Republicans, many speaking off the record, confirm what the rank and file is happy to say on the record: These two GOP “likelys” consuming so much publicity are not likely to last.
How Can Levi Johnston Write a Book About the Palin Family When He Can’t Read?
Sarah Palin must be so proud - Bristol is cashing in!
Meet Sarah Palin’s Israel Tour Guide
Palin heading to Israel
Sarah Palin, who is believed to be considering a presidential run in 2012, will visit Israel. The former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee in 2008 will stop in Israel for two days next week on her way back to the United States from a speech she is giving a business group in India.
Mike Huckabee and Natalie Portman [UPDATE-AUDIO]
Smoking gun
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Debate rages on over Palin’s ‘blood libel’ claim
The post-shooting debate over political civility is cooling down, but passions are still raging over Sarah Palin’s claim that critics were guilty of perpetuating a “blood libel” against her. Palin’s initial use of the term, in a Jan. 12 video message, drew sharp rebukes from liberal, Jewish groups and even some conservatives. Since then, however, several Jewish notables, including Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and former New York Mayor Ed Koch have defended Palin’s use of the term. Palin weighed in again Monday during an interview on Fox News -- her first since the Jan. 8 shooting in Tucson of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) that also left six dead and another 12 wounded. Palin defended her use of the term “blood libel” and said she understands its meaning.
Debate rages on over Palin’s ‘blood libel’ claim
The post-shooting debate over political civility is cooling down, but passions are still raging over Sarah Palin’s claim that critics were guilty of perpetuating a “blood libel” against her.
Palin defends 'blood libel' accusation
In her first interview since the Arizona shooting, Sarah Palin defended her use of the term "blood libel" and said she understands its meaning.
Blame real inciters, not Palin and Tea Parties
Extreme rhetoric can inspire extreme behavior, even violence. But there isn't a shred of evidence that anything that anyone on the political right -- or left -- said or wrote inspired Jared Lee Loughner to launch his deadly rampage in Arizona. Within hours of the shooting, before the blood had been washed off the Tucson sidewalk, New York Times Op-Ed columnist Paul Krugman was claiming that "McCain-Palin rallies" in 2008 and unspecified comments made by "the likes of Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly" incited the massacre. Former Florida congressman Alan Grayson claimed that a map on Sarah Palin's website, with target symbols over various election districts, was what caused the bloodshed in Arizona. He and other blame-meisters on the left also have pointed accusing fingers at the Tea Parties, Fox News, and a laundry list of people and parties to the right.
Palin’s ‘blood libel’ remark overwhelms message
It was a well-crafted message preaching unity -- and mined with a “blood libel” that blew it all apart. Sarah Palin’s video message Wednesday, her first substantial commentary since Saturday’s shooting in Tucson that critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and killed six others, at first appeared to succeed in reconciling two American precepts that have seemed irreconcilable in recent days: a common purpose and a rough-and-tumble political culture. “Vigorous and spirited public debates during elections are among our most cherished traditions,” said the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate. “And after the election, we shake hands and get back to work, and often both sides find common ground back in D.C. and elsewhere.”
It’s time to reject rhetorical violence
Sarah Palin did not shoot Rep. Gabriella Giffords. Neither did Glenn Beck. Or Rush Limbaugh. Or even Giffords' opponent in the 2010 campaign, Jesse Kelly. Giffords was shot by a mentally unstable terrorist, who after attempting to assassinate Giffords, kept shooting into the crowd that had gathered outside a supermarket in Tuscon, Ariz. Americans reacted with shock and horror, which should tell us something about our expectations. In a world rife with political carnage, in a country whose history is laden with ideological bloodshed, it matters greatly that in 21st century America, political violence is rejected wholesale. Now we have to start rejecting rhetorical violence.
Palin slammed for using ‘blood libel’ term [VIDEO]
Sarah Palin's use of the term "blood libel" to decry blaming conservatives for the Arizona shooting has raised the ire of the Jewish community. In a video statement released Wednesday, Palin said that “Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own. They begin and end with the criminals who commit them. Especially within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible.” The blood libel refers to accusations that began in the Middle Ages that Jews used the blood of murdered Christian children to make matzah for Passover.
Levi is back to dish dirt on Palin
Sarah Palin: It is finished
Palin starts SarahPAC
Time names Obama person of the year
What the Huck: former presidential candidate says Palin ‘looks better in stilettos’
A fake source, a credulous MSM
Apologizing to McCain and Palin for ‘Jewish philistinism’
Palin calls bloggers ‘kids in pajamas’
Politico predicted McCain staffers would trash Palin
RIP: Sarah Palin’s political career
Prank calling Sarah Palin
Hanging Sarah Palin in effigy
The Sarah Palin wig
Katie Couric at Friars Roast: ‘Palin’s wardrobe is worth three hookers and a pony’
Alan shrugged, Bouskila wrote, Suissa puffed
" . . . The Great Schlep of young Jews to Florida for the express and only purpose of convincing their elderly grandparents to vote for Barack Obama is a disgusting display of the arrogance, the chutzpah, of some of our young Jews . . . "
Palin and Palin cross paths on ‘SNL’
Sarah Palin and me
Tina Fey does Sarah Palin again
Shalom, I’m Sarah Palin and I’m here to do God’s Will
Palin gets feminist endorsement, says Obama would ‘pal around with terrorists’
Media: Palin did good, but Biden won big
Open Thread: VP debate
Liveblogging the vice presidential debate
VIDEO: Palin Pastor: ‘Israelites’ run the economy
A pastor who blessed Sarah Palin's run for Alaska governor said Christians should emulate "Israelites" and run the economy
Sarah Palin plays the flute
CNN compares Tina Fey’s Palin parody to real thing
Did Sarah Palin endorse Hamas?
Trailer for Disney movie about Sarah Palin
Can McCain fix his Palin problem?
Sarah Palin in a swimsuit
Conservatives are piling on Palin attacks
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