07.06.2009 10:41 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
On Friday, Sarah Palin abruptly announced that she will resign as Alaska governor at the end of the month. She was supposed to serve until the end of 2010 and had the option of running for re-election.
According to the New York Times, she offered conflicting signals about her intentions and her motivation.
In her tone and some of her words in an often-rambling announcement, she sounded like someone who was making a permanent exit from politics after what her friends have called a rough and dispiriting year.
But her remarks, delivered in a voice that often seemed rushed and jittery, sounded at…
06.19.2009 3:53 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Now that the latest approval polls are showing President Obama’s numbers slipping and media outlets have officially declared their honeymoon with Obama over, the president has once again lashed out on Fox News for their unfavorable coverage.
In a CNBC interview on Tuesday, Obama seemed to use Fox News as an excuse for his slipping approval numbers. He said:
“First of all, I’ve got one television station entirely devoted to attacking my administration.”
Here is a link to a video of the interview on You Tube.
Though he didn’t directly refer to Fox, it’s pretty clear who he’s talking about. And this isn’t the first…