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Sarah Palin Audio: Get A Life!

Audio from Mark Levin's interview with Sarah Palin. A very short clip of the Get a life quote below. Full interview here.

Politico Defends Palin And Co-author Lynn Vincent

I sure hope Ben Smith doesn't lose his job over this one. ha! Actually, Ben has seemed to be a decent guy and straight shooter as far as the limited extent to which I've dealt with him behind the scenes. Good to see him step up here. He even gave Stacy McCain a link in an update to his piece at link above.

Blumenthal writes that the collaboration offers "the clearest window into her far-right politics." But -- having done my own profile of Vincent using many of the same data points a couple of months ago -- this seems both off target and missing something pretty basic about the version of Evangelical conservatism to which both Vincent and Palin belong.

The pastor of the San Diego megachurch Vincent attends (with Carrie Prejean, natch) is black. She's also spent most of the last few years on a pair of inspirational books about, basically, racial reconciliation in the friendship between a rich white art dealer and a homeless black drifter, the first of them a Times bestseller. More broadly, she hails from a (large) stream of Evangelicalism that puts racial reconciliation very high on the agenda.

Vincent is -- like Palin -- well to the right, as Blumenthal notes, on abortion; but the race card (in both cases) seems out of place.

Live: Co-Hosting The Say Anything Show With Rob Port

I'll be co-hosting the Say Anything Show tonight at 8 PM ET with Rob Port. I'll embed the live stream below just before it starts. I expect it will be fun as Rob and I tend to both be plain speaking in certain ways, especially when it comes to criticizing the Left. As I recall, the last time I did his show we had some fun! Check it out if you're around.

I had problems opening the blog with it but you can listen to it here.

NYT's: TV Networks "Douche" For Better Ratings

h/t an Ana Marie Cox Tweet where she's celebrating it.

It isn't as if even that would help, but .... The New York Times suggests television networks are turning to words like "douche" to win the ratings war with the unregulated cable channel market. Wow, such a clever way to try and do the same thing against their Web competition from the Times. Hats off to Pinch. In his case, douching might actually be a good idea.

If it is a strategy as they suggest, it's a misguided one. They'll likely lose at least as much as they think they might get from it. Both print and television are increasingly less relevant due to technology and the Internet. While it might benefit some current and previous notable co-hosts of The View, their problems go well beyond a little feminine hygiene, unfortunately, or not.

LOS ANGELES — On many nights this fall, it has been possible to tune in to broadcast network television during prime time and hear a character call someone else a “douche.”

In total, the word has surfaced at least 76 times already this year on 26 prime-time network series, according to research by the Parents Television Council, which compiled the statistics at the request of The New York Times. That is up from 30 uses on 15 shows in all of 2007 and just six instances on four programs in 2005.

Ever since George Carlin laid out the “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” in 1972, television writers and broadcasters have been digging more deeply into the thesaurus, seizing on new ways to titillate, if not offend. And while the word “douche” is neither obscene nor profane — although this usage is certainly offensive to many people — it seems to represent the latest of broadcast television’s continuing efforts to expand the boundaries of taste, in part to stem the tide of defections by its audience to largely unregulated cable television.

As a result, words that previously were rarely heard on television suddenly turn up everywhere, while once unspeakable slurs become passé from overuse. The use of the word, “bitch,” for example, tripled in the last decade alone, growing to 1,277 uses on 685 shows in 2007 from 431 uses on 103 prime-time episodes in 1998.

MSNBC's Scarborough Reportedly Moving On

While being billed as a national day of service in line with the Obama administration's volunteer-ism agenda, people in the know insist that on November 21st Mourning Joe host Joe Scarborough will be taking a test to enter Starbuck's employee training program for counter help at a Starbuck's location just around the corner from his current MSNBC studio. Scarborough was reported to have discreetly slipped into the location last week after MSNBC executives informed him they thought he might want to start looking for a new job.

Unconvinced he was able to pour their many flavors of coffee at a reasonable clip without becoming confused, Starbuck's manager Van Jones insisted Joe take the standard qualifying test prior to being granted a 90 day probationary period. Joe is said to be thrilled that his benefits will kick in after the probation period assuming he goes on to join Starbucks full-time.

In 2008 alone, Starbucks partners and customers in the U.S. and Canada volunteered 246,000 hours of service toward our goal to contribute over 1 million hours of community service by 2015. We're off to a great start! As we continue to work toward this goal, we will look for creative opportunities to gain wider awareness of the importance of volunteerism and giving back to local communities. With that in mind, we are proud to announce that we are working with MSNBC's "Morning Joe".

On November 21st, participate in the Brewing Together Day of Service, co-sponsored by Starbucks and "Morning Joe." Make a difference on this day, by logging into the HandsOn Network, and finding a local volunteer opportunity in your area.

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Click here for a message from Joe & Mika about Brewing Together Day of Service event on November 21, and look for Starbucks Gold Coast Blend® Morning Joe Edition at a grocery store near you.

William Shatner Does Levi Johnston

Ha. Father in name only Levi Johnston claims he was "Shat" on by William Shatner for this bit. Get used to it, punk. It won't be the last time. It isn't even the first time. Your handlers do it to you every day, you're just too freaking stoopid to notice.

Sarah Palin To Enter The Lion's Den

Via Fire Andrea Mitchell with a Politico item. Hmm. Think she'll have a large number of fans in that room?

Not only that, look whose footsteps she's following in. She may as well, she looks as if she could more than fill his shoes at this point. Still, it's a shame his suits are so overly thin these days, given that they're already empty and just waiting for someone to wear them eventually.

Palin's attendance at the exclusive event – put on by a group of top Washington journalists – will mark the second time the former Alaska governor has flown to the capital to mix with the city's political elite. Earlier this year she attended the annual dinner put on by the Alfalfa Club, an insiders' organization that exists to throw an off-the-record winter bash.

Her planned appearance at the Gridiron also follows in the footsteps of another ambitious young politician: President Barack Obama spoke at the dinner in 2006.

Keif Olbermann Leaps To Death From Atop Giant Ego

Oh, gawd! Priceless stuff. With liberals getting trounced everywhere, Keif Olbemann's election night special wasn't only not special, it never happened at all. Keif is said to still be unavailable for comment from under his desk in a feral fetal position. Take that thumb out of your mouth and man up, you perverted gurly man. You've provided us so many laughs over the years but this has to be the best. But I don't wanna go on!!! Waah!!!!  ha ha ha ha ha

Come on out and take a bow!

Keith had obviously left the building. But why? Where in the world was Keith Olbermann? We don't know yet, but we think we have a pretty good idea:

I'll Be Back!!!

Much to write about today, but along with doing some interviews with two sitting Republican Representatives, I've a presentation to prepare for DMAW's Social Media Day tomorrow.

I've what I think are some reasonably important thoughts on yesterday, including NY - 23 - what it was and what it was not. I believe a great many people in the movement, including some leaders, misunderstand it. More on that later. You might begin with Ann Althouse for now. Doug Hoffman seems like a great guy, but he was a flawed candidate to start. That he got where he did speaks volumes. But why it all happened may not be why you are thinking it did. As I've said in the headline, I'll be back, ... in a bit.

Also, if the media gets any more protective of Obama especially while getting it so wrong, if not simply making chit up, I'm going to hurl. CNN's political guy Preston is  either a moron, or so in the tank, he's incapable of anything one could call reasonable thought. Perhaps it's both. What a waste of web space his nonsense is - it's actually embarassing. That's hard to do considering it's CNN.

 Blogger PR: The Do’s & Don’ts, Success Stories & Pitfalls

Great PR rarely calls attention to itself. Bad PR ends up on The Bad Pitch Blog and gets attention for all the wrong reasons. Learn the do’s and don’ts of effective blog outreach to generate a groundswell of interest and coverage for your organization, product or campaign. Our speakers will talk about blogger PR best practices, understanding your targets, crafting pitches that connect and why pitching bloggers makes sense.

Speakers:

•Leslie Bradshaw, New Media Strategies
•Dan Riehl, RiehlWorldview.com
•Danielle Brigida, National  Wildlife Federation

Hey Ma, I Made The NYT's Without A Mugshot!!

With an extensive post quote - not an easy thing for an actual conservative to do without a mugshot, if I may say. Ha!

And lastly, here is one take on how this election saw the rise of the right wing on the Internet and the blogs. Riehl World View, a conservative blog, gives a hat tip to the left for making good use of the medium to help elect Barack Obama. But now, Riehl World says, the right has caught on: