Sarah Palin

I couldn't disagree more with your editorial "Sarah Palin gets it right" June 1) where you state that "the former Alaska governor is correct that competition will breed success. " It is cooperation, not competition, that leads to success. You also state that "... it's time to stop fretting about who's in and who's out and start listening to what these candidates have to say about where they would lead this country. " Ms. Palin was unable to complete even one term as governor of Alaska.

In stepping down last week as a speaker at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine commencement, Dr. Ben Carson again took on the role of media/culture critic and martyr to "political correctness. " "Someday in the future, it is my hope and prayer that the emphasis on political correctness will decrease and we will start emphasizing rational discussion of differences so we can actually resolve problems and chart a course that is inclusive of everyone," he wrote to Hopkins Medicine Dean and CEO Dr. Paul B. Rothman.

As a former Republican (I left the party in protest over the Iraq War), I cringe at what's happened to the GOP. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin "gets it right" in your opinion because she believes competition will breed success, but competition among whom and about what? ("Sarah Palin gets it right," May 31.) The Republican presidential field is pathetic, in my opinion, and you can't turn mice into racehorses. Sarah Palin is the queen mouse of all time. Perhaps we should be awed that Ms. Palin visited Fort McHenry, read "The Star-Spangled Banner" and even managed to lift a canon ball.

President Barack Obama wants to invest an initial $110 billion in a study of the human brain that could have benefits as great as those achieved by the Human Genome Project. Maybe the first study should be done on the one-track minds of tea party Republicans who will undoubtedly oppose funding for the study because their brains are fixated on the single idea that government can do nothing right. After that, researchers could move on to figuring out Sarah Palin's brain. Perhaps they could answer this question: How can a person with so little knowledge and so little interest in acquiring knowledge imagine she has what it takes to be president of the United States?

We in the media have met the enemy and found out that he is us. Why do we keep giving Sarah Palin free publicity which is just what she is after? Al Funk, Timonium

Sarah Palin has a habit of doing these kind of things, doesn't she?  Less than a month after she embarked on her touted nationwide tour of historical sites across America, Palin never seems to have gotten much farther than the East Coast.  In fact, Palin and her family have returned to Alaska with her plans in limbo, reports Realclearpolitics.com .  "Though Palin and her staff never announced a timeline for the remaining legs...

If you're wondering how the heck Sarah Palin's campaign bus wound up in Baltimore ... Wait, it's not a campaign bus, Palin insists, but a "bus to be able to express to America how much we appreciate our foundation. " So, if you're wondering how the heck Palin's "bus to be able to express to America how much we appreciate our foundation" wound up in Baltimore, I have the scoop from John Coale. Coale, you may recall, is the major Democratic fundraiser and trial lawyer best known for: A. Lending Martin O'Malley $500,000 in the final days of the 2006 governor's race.

Re-fu-di-ate ( ri-fyoo-de-at' ) vt. To deny or else to prove wrong or perhaps something in between those quite different meanings. Merging of repudiate and refute first coined by former vice-presidential candidate and aspiring semanticist Sarah Palin. People abuse the English language all the time. Count this newspaper's writers among those who sometimes err — despite the most valiant efforts of editors and copy desk staff. Humans make mistakes. But when errors are caught, most people admit wrong and corrections are made.

"There goes the neighborhood." We do not know if that was Sarah Palin's initial response to the news that a journalist writing a book about her had rented the house next to hers in Wasilla, Alaska. But who could blame her if it was? As it is, the response Ms. Palin did share on Facebook seems tellingly uneven, as if Joe McGinniss' decision to move in next door had knocked her off her game. One moment, she's chirping with trademark insouciance about how she might bake him a blueberry pie to welcome him to the neighborhood.

  News came out Wednesday that Sarah Palin's poll numbers were slipping and many commentators were scratching their heads coming up with an explanation .  At the Ridiculous Report, it didn't take us long to come up with a reason why. In fact, we came up with 10 of them (presented below in video form). We jest, but truthfully if the Republicans want to have any chance of unseating President Obama, they simply cannot nominate Palin. She's much too prone to committing gaffes when asked substantive questions.  The Top 10 Reasons Why Sarah Palin's Poll Numbers Are Dropping:  1:    2:    3:  4: 5:    6:  7:  8: 9:    10:

Why do Republicans keep attacking their members? They bicker and denounce each other. That's not how you win elections. Case in point is the ill-fated 2008 ticket of Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin. Ms. Palin and her family were ruthlessly attacked - by her own party - which contributed to Senator McCain losing his bid for the presidency. The latest example is Dr. Benjamin Carson who has expressed no desire to position himself for public office and is instead voicing strong, sensible solutions to some of the problems in this country.

Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson will speak at a prominent conservative political rally next month, alongside the likes of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan, the American Conservative Union said Wednesday. Carson "represents the optimism and hope of the future of the conservative moment," union Chairman Al Cardenas said in a statement announcing Carson's invitation. Carson will be among more than two dozen speakers at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference, to be held March 14-16 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Prince George's County.

The joint appearance by President Obama and Hillary Clinton on “60 Minutes” wasn't about the Democratic nomination in 2016, as some analysts have insisted this weekend. Watching the actual interview Sunday night, I am certain it was about something both much more immediate and long lasting. It was President Obama using TV - and the folks at "60 Minutes" happily allowing themselves to be used - to write the first draft of history on Clinton's performance as secretary of state.

Call it another pitiful ending for Sarah Palin. In what looks like a Friday afternoon leak-dump, RealClearPolitics first reported that Fox News had not renewed Palin's contract to be an analyst. That report was based on an unnamed source. Brian Stelter, of the New York Times, later confirmed it on Twitter. And so ends most of what's left of Palin's fling with fame since 2008, when she was named the GOP vice presidential candidate in a craven act John McCain should never be able to fully live down.

Two recent letters to the editor caught my attention. One was the contention of a writer who thought that the reason so many "front line" journalists are left-leaning is because they live in close touch with "the real world" ("The GOP lost because it's out of touch with the reality facing a majority of Americans today," Nov. 28). I would refer him to the book "The Amateur" by Edward Klein, a former editor at the New York Times, and to a commentary in the Washington Post by Matt Patterson in which he states that "years from now historians may regard the 2008 election of Barack Obama as an inscrutable and disturbing phenomenon.

I agree with your reader from Cockeysville that op-ed contributor Charlotte Allen's piece on Sarah Palin's 2016 presidential prospects was hilarious ("Palin for president? Very funny," Nov. 28). It was almost as funny as the list of President Obama's qualifications to be commander in chief. Missed that list? Yeah, I didn't see it either. Probably because he has no qualifications to run this country. David Haubner, Parkville

The movie "Game Change" was designed to depict the narrative from the left about Sarah Palin as being true. The movie was about the narrative. The progressive/liberal left must be terrified of a Sarah Palin resurrection, as they are re-crucifying her with this movie. The truth cannot be stopped and cannot be silenced. For that reason, Sarah Palin will emerge like a stainless steel alloy from the forge of politics. As the American people realize the lies behind the various narratives from the Obama administration, elected and appointed progressive/liberal government officials and delivered by a complicit mainstream media, both the political left and the media will lose credibility, support and relevance.

If you've seen a black SUV getting towed up Charles Street Tuesday with an attractive brunette and driver still inside, rest assured they are not the latest victims of Baltimore's municipal towing scandal . That's Julianne Moore in the back seat, playing former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in "Game Change," an HBO movie about the 2008 presidential election being filmed in Baltimore . The actor who plays her driver can't be trusted to...

I notice how positive articles about Sarah Palin seem to really get her critics stirring ("Palin for president? Very funny," Nov. 28). Not only does the comments section seem to be overwhelmed, but letters to the editor surface as well. As a Palin supporter who hopes she runs - and wins - in 2016, let me respond to the usual snark that surfaces. She's not qualified. Compared to whom? Barack Obama was a junior senator from Illinois before running for president. In Alaska, Ms. Palin accomplished everything she set out to do in two-thirds of the time.

In regard to Charlotte Allen's commentary in support of Sarah Palin in the 2016 presidential election, even the Republicans aren't that stupid ("For president in 2016: Guess who?" Nov. 26). Governor Palin won't even get the nomination. Ed Brandt, Timonium