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I too got a huge kick out of the Sarah Palin interview in Runner’s World, Jess. I’ll
give her a break on the cheeseball factor, since I’ve found that it really is
hard to talk about running without sounding totally boring and preachy. But
you’re right, she was preaching more than the gospel of endurance. In addition
to the “faith in God” line you called out, there was also her weird
aside about calling on your rock ... (Read more at DoubleX.com.)
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Anyone who still thinks Sarah Palin isn't trying to use her enviable physique to her political advantage should read this Runner's World profile in which Palin says, "I knew my thighs were going to just throb."... (Read more at DoubleX.com.)
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The moment when the political wife stands (or doesn’t stand) on stage
while her husband soberly confesses that he could not, try as he might,
keep it in his pants, has proven time and time again to be a moment of
high drama. This fall, it will also be the basis for a television show.
Jezebel points to the trailer for CBS’s forthcoming The Good Wife, a drama starring Julianna Margulies (aka ER’s
Nurse Hathaway) as a mother whose politician husband (played by Chris
Noth aka Mr. Big) has up and pulled a Spitzer, but landed in jail for
it ... (Read more at DoubleX.com.)
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Hanna,
perhaps the most enduring lesson of the Mark Sanford unraveling is that
when your marriage falls apart, don't call in the AP reporters. I
generally side with Ruth Marcus and
have been pro-Jenny Sanford. But the danger in claiming the moral high
ground is that the air starts to get thin, and the lack of oxygen makes
you say stupid things ... (Read more at DoubleX.com.)
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The Op-Ed Divas have a showdown today about Jenny Sanford ... (Read more at DoubleX.com.)
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I don’t know that it gives me any special insight into the situation,
but I was in Copan, Honduras, the night one head of state was replaced
with another. The military had apparently cut the power and water
supply, and walking to breakfast, a friend and I saw some armed
soldiers jogging in the distance. But waking up in a Central American
country and finding that the lights don’t work, the shower won’t turn
on, and some armed men are lining up outside isn’t really cause for
surprise. I thought nothing of it ... (Read more at DoubleX.com.)
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Like Jessica, I devoured Todd Purdum's blistering report in the current issue of Vanity Fair
about Sarah Palin that draws on sniping from former John McCain aides,
shrugging statements of disownment from acquaintances in Wasilla, and
sorrowful head-shaking from the Republican intelligentsia. The
wide-ranging “profile” of the woman who almost stood second in line to
the presidency pre-empts the forthcoming book that netted the Alaskan
governor seven figures. And, having undergone the saga of the 2008
presidential campaign—particularly the post-Labor Day sprint that made
up Palin’s first months in the public spotlight—it’s astonishing to
think that there could POSSIBLY be more to the story.
And yet, writes Purdum ... (Read more at DoubleX.com.)
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