Tuesday Open Thread

Filed in National by on June 7, 2011

Welcome to your Tuesday open thread. I’m back, not quite at full strength yet. I’m still buried in email and for some reason still jetlagged so pardon me if I’m behind on things.

Is anyone going to Netroots Nation next week? If so, here’s your chance to ask questions directly to the White House:

President Obama’s top communications official is set to address the progressive Netroots Nation annual conference next week, another sign the White House is gearing up for the upcoming campaign and how seriously they take the online community.

Netroots Nation announced Monday that White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer will be their keynote speaker this year. The gathering of progressive activists and bloggers will hear an address from Pfeiffer which will also have question and answer session.

Pfeiffer isn’t doing a speech as I understand it, he’s doing a Q&A. It’s a great opportunity to get your voice heard. There’s still time to sign up!

I know you’re probably already tired of SarPal but this is pretty hilarious. Fox News mistakenly used a picture of Tina Fey as Sarah Palin in a graphic.

Oh boy. On Sunday, a story about Palin being “50-50″ on getting into the 2012 campaign included a graphic–featuring Tina Fey as Palin in an SNL skit from 2008. This one likely won’t go down quietly at Fox, which has had a few Palin-related screwups over the years, resulting in a strongly-worded memo to staff: cut. it. out:

Effective immediately, there is zero tolerance for on-screen errors. Mistakes by any member of the show team that end up on air may result in immediate disciplinary action against those who played significant roles in the “mistake chain,” and those who supervise them. That may include warning letters to personnel files, suspensions, and other possible actions up to and including termination, and this will all obviously play a role in performance reviews.

Here is a video of the segment:

One good thing about Sarah Palin joining the presidential race would be the return of Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on TV.

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  1. puck says:
    June 7, 2011 at 2:21 pm

    It will be fun trying to guess who can out-crazy Pawlenty now. My money’s on Bachmann.

    Pawlenty:

    Under my plan — those who currently pay no income tax would stay at a zero rate. After that — the first fifty-thousand dollars of income or one-hundred thousand for married couples — would be taxed at 10%.

    Everything above that would be taxed at 25%. That’s it.

    …oh wait, not quite “everything”:

    In addition — we should eliminate altogether the capital gains tax — interest income tax — dividends tax — and the death tax.

  2. cassandra_m says:
    June 7, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    Even Margaret Thatcher thinks that Sarah Palin is a whacko and will not be receiving when she comes calling:

    This is what Palin told Christina Lamb in the Sunday Times:

    I am going to Sudan in July and hope to stop in England on the way. I am just hoping Mrs Thatcher is well enough to see me as I so admire her.

    It appears that the former prime minister has no intention of meeting the darling of the Tea Party movement. Andy McSmith reported in the Independent this morning that Palin is likely to be “thwarted” on the grounds that Thatcher, 86, rarely makes public appearances.

    It would appear that the reasons go deeper than Thatcher’s frail health. Her allies believe that Palin is a frivolous figure who is unworthy of an audience with the Iron Lady. This is what one ally tells me:

    Lady Thatcher will not be seeing Sarah Palin. That would be belittling for Margaret. Sarah Palin is nuts.

    This is a Really Big Message to you so-called conservatives out there!

  3. puck says:
    June 7, 2011 at 2:49 pm

    “..because Mrs. Thatcher was, you know, up in those fighter planes, keepin’ those bombers away from London, wave after wave of ’em, and teachin’ their King not to stutter, and lettin’ those Soviets know that we would be free, and they weren’t going to take our God away from us, and warnin’ them we would tear down that wall.”

    Sorry, Sarah. No Reagan dust for you.

  4. cassandra_m says:
    June 7, 2011 at 3:01 pm

    Keith Olbermann is on Fresh Air on NPR now…..repeat is at 7pm tonite for those interested.

  5. Geezer says:
    June 7, 2011 at 3:40 pm

    I guess Pawlenty thinks crazy is an antidote for boring.

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