Sarah Palin

CAN YOU name a Supreme Court case, other than Roe v. Wade, that you disagree with? Maybe, maybe not. Cite John McCain's record on deregulation? Hmmmm. Know enough about the Bush Doctrine to say whether you agree with it? Uhhhh. Well, Sarah Palin has trouble with those questions, too. Then again, you're not running for vice president of the U.S. Would you confuse our economic crisis with health-care reform? I doubt it, but Palin did. And I bet you could name some newspapers and magazines you read (at least this one)

NEW YORK - Sarah Palin is out as a Fox News Channel contributor. The network said Friday that it was parting ways with the 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate. Bill Shine, executive vice president at Fox News, said the network has enjoyed its association with Palin and wishes her the best. There was no immediate comment from the former Alaska governor. A person familiar with discussions between Fox and Palin described the parting as amicable, saying that Fox and Palin had discussed renewing her contract but that she decided to do other things.

GUESS THE JOKE'S on us. As Sarah Palin's mystery tour rolled into Philadelphia yesterday, dozens of sweaty reporters and photographers - mostly card-carrying members of the "lamestream media" that Palin openly despises - sprang into action. With a news chopper hovering above, they sprinted toward Independence Hall to get a glimpse of the 2008 failed vice-presidential candidate who abandoned her post as Alaska's governor in 2009 and has reinvented herself as a celebrity quasi-politician who may or may not launch a longshot bid for the White House in 2012.

WITH THEIR rhetoric and scare tactics, Sarah Palin and her GOP cronies have helped to perpetuate threats against some Democrats because they voted for the health-care bill. Palin is a disgrace and an embarrassment to all women, and the GOP is a disgrace to our country. Palin claimed she is a pit bull with lipstick. Well, she needs to be muzzled. Please, someone call the Dog Whisperer! She also needs to put her guns away before she shoots herself in the foot or someone else.

Sarah Palin will make a stop on Independence Mall this Memorial Day weekend as she launches her One Nation bus tour. According to her website, SarahPAC, Palin will be dropping in on spots fraught with patriotic and historic symbolism. Tour details were sketchy Thursday afternoon. "Starting this weekend, Sarah Palin will embark on a One Nation Tour of historical sites that were key to the formation, survival, and growth of the United States of America," a statement on SarahPAC.com reads.

In his article ( "Trippin' " ), William Bender wastes no time doing what liberals reporters do . . . trying to embarrass and discredit Sarah Palin and her followers: "failed vice-presidential candidate," "abandoned her post" and "reinvented herself as a celebrity quasi-politician" at the same time he whines over Palin's description of the "lamestream media. " (The article pretty much sums up how lame you and your colleagues prove to be.) You quote a "pollster" that Palin has "become a celebrity, a kind of rock star with no serious purpose in mind.

The Good Sport Express cruised through Rockefeller Center over the weekend, as Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin turned up on Saturday Night Live to let the Not Ready for Prime Time Players, and a handsome movie star, make some more fun of her. She stood smiling in the hallway with SNL chief Lorne Michaels, as Alec Baldwin pretended to mistake her for his 30 Rock costar Tina Fey, who was onstage mimicking her, dismissing polls that show her...

* GAME CHANGE. 9 p.m. tomorrow, HBO. * THE UNDEFEATED. 8 p.m. Sunday, ReelzChannel. Bottom line: The striving-for-balance "Game Change" is probably most interesting when its subject briefly appears to have lost hers, but Julianne Moore's portrayal of Sarah Palin at her charismatic best also offers some genuine goose-bump moments, the kind that might even cross party lines. Too bad those same moments are often overwhelmed by the cheerleading in the relentlessly pro-Palin documentary "The Undefeated.

If tonight's presidential debate takes place, an Irish bar in Center City will be in the limelight, hosting Gov. Sarah Palin at a pre-debate party. The Irish Pub, 2007 Walnut St., will open its doors at 5 p.m. to receive ticketed guests for the private function. Paul Lindsay, the McCain campaign's spokesman, declined to release any details about tonight's event, or why the Irish Pub had been picked to host the Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee. All Lindsay would say was that Palin, who landed in Philadelphia yesterday, was here to do some preparation for her own debate against Democratic vice presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden Jr. But Mark O'Connor, one of the pub's three owners, said the McCain campaign told pub managers to expect 400 people, a number he said would fit in the tavern's five rooms.

Sarah Palin today said she would not seek the Republican nomination for president. Here is her statement: Wasilla, Alaska - After much prayer and serious consideration, I have decided that I will not be seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for President of the United States. As always, my family comes first and obviously Todd and I put great consideration into family life before making this decision. When we serve, we devote ourselves to God, family and country. My decision maintains this order.

NRA begins its convention HOUSTON - The National Rifle Association kicked off its convention Friday with a warning that members are engaged in a "culture war" that stretches beyond gun rights, further ramping up emotions surrounding the gun debate. NRA first vice president James Porter, who will assume the organization's presidency Monday, issued a full-throated challenge to President Obama in the wake of a victory regarding gun control and called on members to dig in for a fight that will stretch into the 2014 elections.

NFL quarterback Tim Tebow, who won the Heisman Trophy in 2007, will speak at Plumstead Christian School's annual Founder's Day Forum April 15 in Souderton. Tebow will deliver a message of "faith, family and football," at two events at Calvary Church. The New York Jet quarterback has been outspoken about his Christian faith which is a focus of Through My Eyes , Tebow's best-selling memoir published last year. Tebow will be the first professional athlete to speak at the annual event which has featured several high profile figures including President George W. Bush, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Vice President Dan Quayle.

By now, eight years later, after so much debate over his sister's situation - her diagnosis, her prognosis, her wishes, her autopsy - one thought remains dominant for Bobby Schindler: Terri Schiavo deserved to live. Schindler now heads a growing foundation to help others in similar situations. Every year since her death, they've held a "Terri's Day" of remembrance. This year, the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network has moved from Florida to the Philadelphia area, where both the Schindler and Schiavo families are from, and the event has grown.

By now, eight years later, the details and debate over his sister's situation - her diagnosis, her prognosis, her wishes, her autopsy - are no longer that important to Bobby Schindler. For him, one thought dominates. Terri Schiavo deserved to live. Schindler now heads a growing foundation to help others in similar situations. Every year since her death, they've held a "Terri's Day" of remembrance. This year, the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network has moved from Florida to the Philadelphia area, where both the Schindler and Schiavo families are from, and the event has grown.

OXON HILL, Md. - Returning to the national stage, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Saturday that the Republican Party must broaden its message to grow. "We must leave no American behind," she said in a populist speech that electrified supporters at a conservative summit outside Washington. "And we must share our powerful message of freedom and liberty to all citizens - even those who may disagree on some issues. " Palin, the GOP's vice presidential nominee in 2008, maintained a low profile during last year's election.

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum publicly thanked an atheist group this week for making him a poster boy in their latest "Go Godless" campaign. American Atheists posted a set of highway billboards in Texas on Monday to advertise a forthcoming convention in Austin to celebrate its 50 anniversary. "Our civil laws have to comport with a higher law. God's law. " the billboard quotes Santorum. The quote, from a speech Santorum delivered in Iowa as a presidential candidate, is underscored with the slogan, "Go Godless instead.

Unlikely Liberal Sarah Palin's Curious Record as Alaska's Governor By Matthew Zencey Potomac Books. 209 pp. $24.95 Reviewed by Steve Weinberg   The word liberal carries lots of meanings in the realm of electoral politics. But none of those meanings would seem to apply to Sarah Palin, who during 2008 rocketed to renown as the Republican Party vice presidential candidate. Palin and presidential candidate John McCain positioned themselves as "conservatives," which carried the connotation of "anti-liberal.

NEW YORK - Sarah Palin is out as a Fox News Channel contributor. The network said Friday that it was parting ways with the 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate. Bill Shine, executive vice president at Fox News, said the network has enjoyed its association with Palin and wishes her the best. There was no immediate comment from the former Alaska governor. A person familiar with discussions between Fox and Palin described the parting as amicable, saying that Fox and Palin had discussed renewing her contract but that she decided to do other things.

Hipster history. Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson , a rock musical by Alex Timbers and Philadelphia's Michael Friedman, was a huge success in New York. But the Plays & Players production feels as flat as cowpie; what excitement there was at Sunday's performance felt forced, and despite the young audience, there were few laughs and fewer shrieks. Daniel Student's direction seemed slow and flaccid; the slacker delivery sounded as if cast members had barely memorized their lines. Jamison Foreman leads the onstage band, although there isn't a memorable song in the show's 2½ hours.

IT IS A BITTER disappointment to me that featured within Christine Flowers' column "The mentally ill vs. those who love them" there is a photograph of the Newtown, Connecticut, mass murderer. How pleased he would be that he is the focus of so much attention, which is precisely what he sought. It is ironic that as media figures dissect and attempt to make sense of this senseless assault on society, they serve to contribute to future such incidents through the aggrandizement of the perpetrator.