Sarah Palin, One of the Us? Not at All. Palin’s Speaking Demands Confirmed: $75K, SUVs, Deluxe Hotel Suites, Bendable Straws, And No Public Access

Think Progress

In April, two students at Cal State Stanislaus found a partial copy of a speaker’s contract for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. The partial copy revealed that Palin, who was due to speak at the university in June, has “more demands than an opera diva when she hits the road,” as the New York . . . → Read More: Sarah Palin, One of the Us? Not at All. Palin’s Speaking Demands Confirmed: $75K, SUVs, Deluxe Hotel Suites, Bendable Straws, And No Public Access

Like Mother, Like Daughter: Bristol Palin Charging $14,000 to Speak to Single Mothers

Bristol Palin

Courier-Journal

Bristol Palin — the teen mother whose turbulent relationship with her son’s father has added a soap-opera subplot to her mother Sarah’s political career — will speak Sept. 8 on behalf of a home for single mothers in Louisville.

Palin, 19, will receive $14,000 to speak at a benefit at the Louisville Marriot . . . → Read More: Like Mother, Like Daughter: Bristol Palin Charging $14,000 to Speak to Single Mothers

Beck: People Don’t Recognize ‘Obama’s Version of Christianity’ Beck Should Study Theology Before Making Comments. Beck’s Not Christian.

Source: Washington Post

Just one day after he drew a sea of conservative activists to see him speak on the National Mall, Fox News host Glenn Beck appeared on “Fox News Sunday” to discuss the event. Beck said his rally — at which former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin also spoke — drew “on the . . . → Read More: Beck: People Don’t Recognize ‘Obama’s Version of Christianity’ Beck Should Study Theology Before Making Comments. Beck’s Not Christian.

Great Piece: Barack Obama is Down, but It’s Far Too Early to Count Him Out

Source: The Observer

Despite an impressive record by the president, discontented American voters are turning against the Democrats.

They won’t give him a break – literally so. Barack Obama has reached that point of his presidency when he can’t even join his fellow citizens in the all-American tradition of the August vacation without taking a . . . → Read More: Great Piece: Barack Obama is Down, but It’s Far Too Early to Count Him Out

Ken Melhman: There is Room for Gays in the GOP. Who Is Ken Kidding?

Source: The Huffington Post

In an interview with the Huffington Post on Wednesday night, former Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman — whoannounced earlier Wednesday that he is gay and intends to join the fight for marriage equality in California — said he wishes he had come out while he was the face of . . . → Read More: Ken Melhman: There is Room for Gays in the GOP. Who Is Ken Kidding?

Former RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman: I am Gay

Ken Melhman

Source: TheAtlantic

Ken Mehlman, President Bush‘s campaign manager in 2004 and a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, has told family and associates that he is gay.

Mehlman arrived at this conclusion about his identity fairly recently, he said in an interview. He agreed to answer a reporter’s questions, he said, because, now . . . → Read More: Former RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman: I am Gay

Michael Steele Feels Sorry For Andrew Breitbart, Invites Him To A Fundraiser In Beverly Hills

Kevin Rudin/National Public Radio (NPR)

My feeling about the entire Shirley Sherrod affair has been pretty straightforward:  everybody came away looking bad.  TheObama administration and the Agriculture Department, which initially forced her resignation without knowing all the facts; the NAACP, which after its dispute with the Tea Partyneeded to show that racism from anyone is unacceptable and thus . . . → Read More: Michael Steele Feels Sorry For Andrew Breitbart, Invites Him To A Fundraiser In Beverly Hills