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Talk radio maven Rush Limbaugh said Monday that media commentators are “insane” for linking right-wing political figures, particularly former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, to the Tucson shooting rampage that left Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition, six dead, and many wounded. (more)

A majority of Americans don’t see a connection between vitriolic rhetoric and Jared Loughner’s shooting rampage in Tucson on Saturday, CBS reports in a poll it released today. (more)

In the wake of Saturday’s Tucson, Ariz., shooting that left Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition, six dead and more than a dozen injured, former Alaska gov. Sarah Palin reached out to Fox’s Glenn Beck via e-mail. (more)

Newly replaced Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty thinks Sarah Palin is a force to be reckoned with, according to an ABC News “Nightline” interview with Pawlenty scheduled to air Friday evening. (more)

When recently asked if she could defeat President Obama in a head-to-head match-up, Sarah Palin confidently responded in the affirmative. (more)

When it comes to blasting the Palins, comedian Kathy Griffin wants to cover all bases. (more)

The first photographs of Bristol Palin’s brand new home in Arizona show a backyard perk that most homes in her native Alaska probably don’t have… a swimming pool. (more)

Politico reports that Sarah Palin addressed her now-infamous “refudiate” tweet (see below for the backstory) on Sunday’s episode of “Sarah Palin’s Alaska.” She now claims it was a simple typo: (more)

Nicolle Wallace, a former colleague of Sarah Palin, has become the latest senior Republican publicly to round on the darling of the Tea Party movement, saying that her opponents should avoid criticizing her directly and let her expose her own multiple flaws. (more)

Time magazine, a card-carrying member of the lamestream media, named Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg Wednesday as its 2010 Person of the Year. (more)

Every time I think that the “Press” can’t sink any lower than the rock bottom they’ve already hit, they somehow manage to burrow themselves further into the earth’s mantle. As is so often the case, this most recent gutter-dwelling example has to do with Sarah Palin, who dared to go on a humanitarian trip to Haiti. This does not suit! You see, how can the Press feel all holier-than-thou and better than Sarah Palin – and her fellow rubes – when she is out helping people in Haiti, while they are sitting at home and sipping their soy lattes? I mean, you can’t even see their super awesome and caring “cause ribbons” in print. Plus, she’s just a girl and not the right kind of girl; she embraces motherhood and doesn’t hyphenate her name. She doesn’t even limit herself to caring only about topics that women are assigned to caring about by the left. This aggression cannot stand. (more)

The New York Times has examined the ‘fashion conservatives’ — women seeking political office who are faced with the quandary of what to wear and, consequently, how to project their image to voters.  Ruth La Ferla points out that there are two ways to go: either the boxy Hillary pantsuit route or with the Sarah Palin fitted clothes/loose hair/rimless glasses look. (more)

Christine O’Donnell says she wants to start a political action committee and is tentatively calling it Christine PAC. (more)

In a scathing op-ed, Joe Scarborough told the GOP they needed to “man up” against Sarah Palin. Women advocates, however, have taken issue with the MSNBC host and former congressman’s comments, telling Morning Joe to “STF Up.” (more)

Sarah Palin might think she could get elected President in 2012, but few Americans agree. Only 28% of voters in the country think that Palin is capable of defeating Barack Obama while 60% think she is not and 12% aren’t sure. (more)

Tunku Varadarajan, normally a perceptive writer, fumbles in a recent Daily Beast article about Sarah Palin. The piece is an attempt to explain why Palin drives the left insane. Tunku’s conclusion: Palin arrived via the back roads of America, not through Andover and Yale. She’s plainspoken, and elites hate that. And not least, she’s beautiful, which always irritates journalists, who tend to be losers. Thus, both Barbara Bush and Frank Rich can’t stand her. (more)

After setting a TLC ratings record last week, Sarah Palin’s reality show plummeted for its second episode. (more)

Sarah Palin was not only playing the role of proud grizzly mama last night when she sat on the front row cheering on daughter Bristol Palin in the finale of ‘Dancing With The Stars’ — she was also playing casting director, lobbying the show’s producers to consider signing up her Tea Party pal Christine O’Donnell for next season. (more)

For days now, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), which holds itself out as the “largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization,” has shamefully used the issue of anti-gay bullying as part of a cheap political smear against former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. HRC, never shy about doing the bidding of the Democratic Party, issued a November 18th release blaring, “HRC to Sarah Palin: Two Days of Silence, Will You Speak Up?” Is this a release demanding Palin speak out about an issue of substance affecting gay people? No, this childish call-to-arms is about trash talk issued by a 16-year-old in a flame war on a social networking site. (more)

A federal judge on Saturday ordered Gawker Media to pull leaked pages of Sarah Palin’s forthcoming book “America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag” from its blog. (more)