Palin to break media silence to Sean Hannity

Palin to be Interviewed by Sean Hannity
The New York Times reports: Sarah Palin is scheduled to sit for her first extended interview since the Tucson shooting rampage on Monday night, on the Fox News Channel. An executive at Fox News Channel said  that Ms. Palin would appear on the program of the conservative host Sean Hannity, and that the interview was scheduled to run through several commercial breaks. The announcement came on Thursday, another day when Ms. Palin was figuring prominently in the discussion surrounding the Tucson ...

Hannity to free Palin from liberal muzzle on Monday
Thank God almighty, she's free at last! (And she's getting paid for it too.) Palin to Do TV Interview Monday Sarah Palin is scheduled to sit for her first extended interview since the Tucson shooting rampage on Monday night, on the Fox News Channel. An executive at Fox News Channel said that Ms. Palin would appear on the program of the conservative host Sean Hannity, and that the interview was scheduled to run through several commercial breaks. The announcement came on Thursday, another day wh...

Christie to headline fundraising dinner for House GOP
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) will headline House Republicans' annual Fundraising dinner this year. Christie, a rising star in the GOP, will keynote the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) dinner on March 30, the committee announced Friday. “Governor Christie has become a highly regarded Republican since winning his gubernatorial race in 2009, and we are excited that he will be joining us in March," NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions (Texas) said in a statement. ""With his cre...

Rampage prompts political maneuvering (AP)
WASHINGTON – Democrats, Republicans and independent groups across the ideological spectrum are seeking political profit from the shooting rampage that left six dead and Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords wounded, often moderating their Rhetoric in pursuit of their goals. Often, but not always. Two days after shootings, the conservative Tea Party Express issued a Fundraising appeal that said accused gunman Jared Loughner's actions in the months leading to the shooting were "more consistent w...

Rampage prompts political maneuvering
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats, Republicans and independent groups across the ideological spectrum are seeking political profit from the shooting rampage that left six dead and Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords wounded, often moderating their Rhetoric in pursuit of their goals. Often, but not always. Two days after shootings, the conservative Tea Party Express issued a Fundraising appeal that said accused gunman Jared Loughner’s actions in the months leading to the shooting were “mo...

N.J. governor to headline NRC dinner
Baltimore -- House Republicans have tapped New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) to serve as the headliner for their annual spring fund-raising dinner, continuing to raise the national profile of the tough-talking prosecutor-turned-governor. The National Republican Congressional Committee will announce later Friday that Christie will deliver the Keynote Speech at the committee's annual spring gala, scheduled for March 30 at the National Building Museum. "Governor Christie has become a high...

Christie Will Be Keynote Speaker at N.R.C.C. Dinner
As if any more confirmation were needed that Republicans see Chris Christie as a national star, New Jersey’s Governor will be the Keynote Speaker at the National Republican Congressional Committee’s annual dinner, the committee announced on Friday. The dinner will be held March 30 at the National Building Museum in Washington.             Back in July, when Mr. Christie had been in office for less than six months, the National Governors Ass

Analysis: Palin isn't retreating, she's reloading (The Christian Science Monitor)
Say one thing for Sarah Palin: She heeds her own advice. Coming only days after Ms. Palin was drawn into the Arizona shooting drama, news that the former Alaska Governor and potential presidential aspirant will headline a gun-friendly hunting convention Jan. 29 fits her famous stump phrase: "Don't retreat, reload." It is a philosophy that defines Palin as a political figure and also points to how closely her own public persona echoes that of the American gun culture she promotes....

Sarah Palin hired to give speech at gun convention
Palin had a map on her website that featured Rep. Giffords named as a target. Giffords state of Arizona was depicted under the crosshairs of a gun sight. Palin was also recently criticized for killing a moose with a rifle on her television show, Sarah Palin’s Alaska. Sarah Palin blamed for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shooting Dead birds, Oil Spills, Climate Change and Corruption: Prophesy or coincidence? Examiner.com is looking for writers, photographers, and videographers to join the fastest ...

CWA: Feeling the heat as people pushback against public-sector unions
WThe Communications Workers of America blasted an email yesterday decrying the sensible approach of some Republican Governors in curtailing the power, and yes, greed, of public-sector Unions. Big Labor is feeling the heat. CWA, the labor movement and its allies are preparing for battle as states across the country declare a renewed war on unions, with special attacks on the rights, wages and pensions of Public Employees. Republican lawmakers in at least 10 states have or plan to introduce anti-...

Sarah Palin Appearing On Sean Hannity's Fox News Show Monday (VIDEO)
Sarah Palin will give her first interview since the Arizona shootings--and her Controversial "blood Libel" video--to Fox News' Sean Hannity. Palin will appear on "Hannity" on Monday, Jan. 17. The New York Times first reported the news. The Times said that the interview is scheduled to span over several commercial breaks. Palin has been a locus for criticism in the wake of the shootings, as people centered on her infamous crosshairs map, and then on the video she released on Tuesday which conta...

Sarah Palin To Sit Down With Sean Hannity For First Interview Since Arizona Shooting
Sarah Palin has been roped into ongoing discussion surrounding last weekend’s Arizona shooting during which Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head pretty much since the first shot was fired. The former Governor’s name first became embroiled in coverage of the event when some in the media pointed out that an ad appearing on Palin’s Facebook page for SarahPAC featured crosshairs over Giffords’ district, among others. Could this sort of “violent”...

Palin to speak at gun convention
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Safari Club International (SCI) gun convention on Jan. 29. According to the organization's Web site, the event is sold out. News of the Speech comes a little less than a week after the Mass Shooting in Tucson that left federal judge John Roll, 9-year old Christina Green and four others dead, and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 12 others wounded. A graphic featuring the image of crosshairs over Gifford...

Palin will keynote Safari Club International convention
Sarah Palin plans to deliver the keynote address to the Safari Club International 2011 Convention, running January 26-29 in Reno, Nevada. It's important to note that Nevada is one of the key early presidential primary states. Safari Club International is an international organization composed of hunters and claims to be the world leader in protecting the freedom to hunt. SCI protects hunter's rights by actively lobbying on behalf of hunters at a state, provincial and federal level. They are comm...

Palin To Do TV Interview Monday
Sarah Palin is scheduled to sit for her first extended interview since the Tuscon shooting rampage on Monday night, on the Fox News Channel. An executive at Fox News Channel said that Ms. Palin would appear on the program of the conservative host Sean Hannity, and that the interview was scheduled to run through several commercial breaks. The announcement comes on another day when Ms. Palin is figuring prominently in the discussion surrounding the Tucson shooting rampage — today for her video ...

'Follow the Example of President Obama. Now There a Real Leader'
After being accused of Murder and mayhem, Sarah Palin defends herself and the media blames her for injecting politics and Controversy into the Tucson shootings. Now she plans a Monday interview with Sean Hannity and the new Age of Civility rears its ugly head. Sarah Palin is scheduled to sit for her first extended interview since the Tucson shooting rampage on Monday night, on the Fox News Channel. An executive at Fox News Channel said that Ms. Palin would appear on the program of the conservati...

Stephen Baldwin Apologizes To Sean Hannity For Angry Messages
There have been a lot of big wars of words going on in the past few weeks, but perhaps the biggest one was the battle between Stephen Baldwin and Sean Hannity! Ok…maybe it wasn’t the biggest, but at least this one appears like it will actually come to a better ending than most as Baldwin has offered a public Apology to the Fox News host via AOL’s PopEater. It all started last week when Hannity played the 2007 voice mail recording of Alec Baldwin yelling at his daughter on his r...

Palin to do Hannity Monday
Sarah Palin may be on the Fox News Payroll, but that doesn’t mean her colleagues at Fox News can book her whenever they want. Bill O’Reilly said earlier this week that he was trying to get her on the air, and then she scooped her whole network by releasing her own video via her Facebook page. But as that video continues to receive a fair amount of criticism from the right – Charles Krauthammer on Fox News last night said it was unnecessary – she has been urged to submit...

Presidential Primary Book Club
By Gail Collins NYT This is the time when Presidential Candidates start poking their little noses up through the snow, and making soft, trilling noises. I know you think it’s too soon, even though Mitt Romney made his intentions clear on the family Christmas Card. But as a public service, I am going to start providing summaries of the latest books from the potential Republican nominees so we’ll all be well educated by the time the debates begin. We need to get going because there’s no wa

Russell Simmons accuses US of killing 200,000 Iraqis; blames Tea Party for hate
 Russell Simmons accuses US of killing 200,000 Iraqis; blames Tea Party for more hatred. The founder of hip-hop label Def Jam and entrepreneur appeared in a TV interview late yesterday to plug his latest book called “Super Rich,” appropriately named. Simmons is worth an approximate $340 million, and you would think that because of his ability to demonstrate that black people like him can make it in America, he would be more grateful to and respectful of his country. However, aft...

After Tucson shootings, Sarah Palin isn't retreating, she's reloading (The Christian Science Monitor)
Say one thing for Sarah Palin: She heeds her own advice. Coming only days after Ms. Palin was drawn into the Arizona shooting drama, news that the former Alaska Governor and potential presidential aspirant will headline a gun-friendly hunting convention Jan. 29 fits her famous stump phrase: "Don't retreat, reload." It is a philosophy that defines Palin as a political figure and also points to how closely her own public persona echoes that of the American gun culture she promotes....

Michael Steele loses bid for re-election as RNC chair
Michael Steele is out as RNC chairman. Reince Priebus, former chairman of the Wisconsin GOP, unseated Steele in Friday's vote among GOP memebers and will be taking over the number one spot on the Republican National Committee. Steele withdrew his name from consideration after the fourth round of voting after he realized he had little chance of winning another term. Priebus has aligned himself with the Tea Party movement, which Republicans credit with their recent takeover of the House of Represe...

Hannity And McGuirk Forget About Violent Comments At Palin Rallies As They Continue To Attack The Left
Hannity set the tone early as he whined about Robert Kennedy, Jr. referring to him as a “merchant of hate.” And then in the next breath, Hannity said, “It was a committed Marxist that killed his uncle, Lee Harvey Oswald, not a conservative.” Panelist and Civil Rights Activist Ron Daniels cited “all of the venom… all of the hatred” that erupted at some of the McCain rallies. Hannity interrupted. “What? You’re giving me generalities. I never sa...

Sarah Palin to Appear on Hannity Monday
Sarah Palin will appear on Sean Hannity's program on Fox News Monday, the New York Times reported Thursday night. This interview will be Palin's first extended interview since the shooting rampage in Tucson that killed six people and wounded 12, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords was holding an event outside a Grocery Store to meet with her constituents. Palin has been taking heat from both sides of the political spectrum since the shooting. In the days following the shooting before ...

Palin Sitting Down With Hannity For First Interview Since Arizona Shooting
Sarah Palin will sit down Monday with fellow Fox pundit and notorious softball lobber Sean Hannity, according to the New York Times, for her first interview since wading into the debate over the Tucson shooting. Palin's decision to do her first post-Tucson interview on Fox News isn't too surprising given that she's a paid Fox contributor who's often expressed disdain for the so-called 'lamestream media.' But Hannity's show in particular should provide her with a very friendly setting to speak ...