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Sarah Palin Sunday guests Former Gov. Palin, R-Alaska, talks to "State of the Union" about the 2016 presidential race at 9 a.m. and noon on CNN.
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Hot Air Pre-CNN Debate Reader Survey ( preference)Results
"Last but not least, the Palin question. Sarah Palin, if she was running, would capture almost 11% of the vote of Hot Air respondents."
(Even though there is no indication Palin is running this result would have placed her third behind Cruz and Trump)
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Governor Palin's comments on President Obama's visit to Alaska (with compulsory snarky CNN asides)
Sarah Palin: What Obama missed on his Alaska trip
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took issue with President Barack Obama's visit to her state, saying he missed some key points while in the region.
While Obama trekked the Alaskan wilderness to highlight the impacts of climate change, Palin pointed out the President did not visit with the oil industry in the state or seriously address the presence of Russian and Chinese military and oil exploration activity off Alaska's coast.
Palin also appeared to slam Obama for recently changing the official name of the United States' tallest peak from Alaska's Mount McKinley to Denali.
"And, he renamed a mountain...our mountain...the tallest peak on the North America continent," Palin said, writing under the pen name "Denali," which was her Secret Service code name.
Palin herself, like most Alaska politicians and locals, has long referred to the peak by its local name "Denali" -- as she did in her farewell address as she left the governor's post in 2009.
Palin, a tea party firebrand who unsuccessfully campaigned for the vice presidency, also slammed Obama for not checking out the Hubbard Glacier in Alaska, which according to a NASA report is expanding. Obama instead visited one of the thousands of glaciers in Alaska which have been shrinking in recent decades as a result of global warming, for which there is overwhelming scientific evidence.
Palin has slammed such evidence as "junk science" in the past, and on Friday took the opportunity to slam Obama for the carbon footprint of his trip.
"Unlike most tourists, the President heads home now with his enormous fleet of transport vehicles -- ironically after plenty of finger pointing on this Global Warming tour. Astoundingly, with just this one trip, a bigger carbon footprint was created than what 33 cars combined would create in an entire year," she said.
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A bit of entertainment news frippery from Xtra TV (why it has to be titles "sounds off" when "comments woudl do is no mystery);
Video at LINK
Sarah Palin Sounds-Off on the Kardashians and Duggars
Extra’s” Renee Bargh caught up with former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin on the set of her America News Guest gig “On Point with Sarah Palin," where she weighed in on some of our favorite headline makers.
Starting with Caitlyn Jenner and her transgender transformation reality show, “I Am Cait.” Sarah said, “I’m more surprised that Caitlyn came out as Republican," adding, “When I heard that, I was like ‘Hey Caitlyn… welcome to my world, it’s not going to be easy as a conservative female.'”
As far as “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” is concerned. Palin is a bit baffled.
As far as “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” is concerned. Palin is a bit baffled.
“The way I see the whole thing is how does anybody have that much time on their hands to where they just sit around and chat and gossip? These are busy gals making billions of dollars, and anytime I’ve caught a glimpse of their show, everyone just sits around. What a luxury.”
She also defended the Duggar family without giving philandering father of four, Josh Duggar, any sympathy. “Keep in mind that’s one out of the '19 Kids and Counting.' I don’t like to see the media crucify an entire family and bring them all down when it’s one character within that family who is really, really screwed up. I feel sorry for the guy’s wife, she’s an innocent victim. The sisters, when they were younger, for them to have been victims and now be re-victimized… I tell ya that is such a lesson for all of us to walk the walk, man, not just be talking the talk.”
She also defended the Duggar family without giving philandering father of four, Josh Duggar, any sympathy. “Keep in mind that’s one out of the '19 Kids and Counting.' I don’t like to see the media crucify an entire family and bring them all down when it’s one character within that family who is really, really screwed up. I feel sorry for the guy’s wife, she’s an innocent victim. The sisters, when they were younger, for them to have been victims and now be re-victimized… I tell ya that is such a lesson for all of us to walk the walk, man, not just be talking the talk.”
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