Wasilla Project seeks the truth about Sarah Palin

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Tuesday October 07, 2008 · 1:13 PM PDT

2008/10/07 · 13:13

A team of filmmakers went to Wasilla a couple of weeks ago to interview folks and create videos of "the real Sarah Palin." Their first effort has been released.

Valerie

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Thursday September 04, 2008 · 10:54 AM PDT

2008/09/04 · 10:54

A friend of mine supported Kucinich in the primaries. She IM'd me the other day to talk about her frustration with the current choices — she likes neither Obama nor McCain. She asked me to tell her why I supported Obama. I talked about his ability to work with split legislatures, his mediative style, and his respect for individual rights. She was pleased at my response — "everyone else just talks about hope and change and stuff" — but I knew I hadn't won her over. After a sleepless night thinking about Palin, I constucted the following letter to her, which I sent this morning (slightly edited for anonymity).

I'm not a confrontative person, as you can tell by the letter — I use a soft touch, and just hope it works. You might find the letter too gentle.

But if you think it might be helpful in persuading a friend, feel free to steal any of my verbiage.

Valerie

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Wednesday February 13, 2008 · 11:39 AM PST

2008/02/13 · 11:39

Admittedly, it's hard to tell how much money the stimulus package just passed will deliver to any given individual. I found a relatively good analysis on WiseBread, which suggests my husband and I will not, in fact, get a check.

Thank goodness.

We don't need a check. We have been fortunate. We do still have money to spend to "stimulate" the economy (and waste precious resources, too — whoopee!). We have money to save and to invest. We have jobs with good healthcare benefits. I say this not to brag: absolutely, we know how lucky we are. I say this because last time there was a tax cut, I got a check in the mail, and I was livid.

Valerie

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Friday February 20, 2004 · 4:18 PM PST

2004/02/20 · 16:18

He definitely learned from his association with Howard Dean. (Good? bad? full lesson or just part? not sure whether we know, yet, though I'll kick in some more change...)

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Wednesday February 11, 2004 · 11:02 PM PST

2004/02/11 · 23:02

I sent the following letter to Juan Williams of NPR today. I was attempting to be as neutral as possible (considering that I'm obviously pro-Dean since I was complaining about his coverage of Dean). It's painfully clear to me that Mr. Williams did not bother to check his facts before speaking.

Dear Mr. Williams,

I'd like to address a few of the comments in your column, Politically Speaking, of 2/9/2004.

While your overall assertions (given in the last paragraph) that Dean was a good guy but a poor candidate are apparently true (since votes are a good measure of effective candidacy), at least so far in the race, other comments you made seem to be based on incomplete information.

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