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Reader: Sarah Palin and Lady Gaga match-up has people peeing in their pumps...and tennies

flickrSarah Palin, Lady Blah Blah?​We thought the insults would be flying over Jenny An's "Sarah Palin vs. Lady Gaga: Battle of the attention-grabbing sideshows," which pits Lady Gaga against Sarah Palin -- or, as Mediatrends calls her, "Lady Blah Blah." So far, though, that competition has ... More >>

Sarah Palin vs. Lady Gaga: Battle of the attention-grabbing sideshows

Flickr photo​Flickr photo​Sarah Palin: You Betcha!, Brit filmmaker Nick Broomfield's documentary-slash-hatchet job, opens today at the Denver Film Center. In the film, Palin is seen as a polarizing, sideshow personality in the world of politics -- the equivalent of Lady Gaga in the rea ... More >>

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Reader: "There isn't much REAL hate for Sarah Palin"

And there shall be hot dogs for all!​Normally, the Westword name would be enough to score press tickets to any movie screening you please -- not with the Sarah Palin camp, apparently. It was perhaps on account of our reputation that our requests for tickets to the premier of The Undefeated wen ... More >>

We're sorry, Sarah Palin: Adorable kitten memes for angry teabaggers

Too cute to stay mad​While it may be true that the two reviews we've run on the Sarah Palin documentary The Undefeated have not been favorable, we didn't mean to make the Teabaggers and Palin-supporters who have deluged us with angry comments so furious -- we just thought the fact that Palin's ... More >>

Reader: "The Denver media is still stuck in the gutter"

​God only knows what we did here to deserve the honor, but The Undefeated, the much-hyped 90-minute info-mercial for Sarah Palin, made its debut right here in little old Denver on Friday -- well, actually Highlands Ranch, but, you know. At any rate, given the maniacal fervor Palin inspires in ... More >>

Sarah Palin's The Undefeated: I got my money back

​It was after sitting through about 90 percent of the movie that I decided Sarah Palin's The Undefeated was 49 percent PBS-style documentary on how great Alaska is, 50 percent "Palin pal posse" circle jerk, and 1 percent Ronald Reagan references. Or perhaps a more accurate summation of this on ... More >>

Sarah Palin movie, The Undefeated, debuts today in Highlands Ranch. Here's a review.

​A scheduled Sarah Palin visit to Denver earlier this year was canceled after the organizer complained about "safety concerns." But there are no such concerns surrounding the "documentary" about her life, The Undefeated -- especially since its showing in only one theater in the Palin-friendly ... More >>

Balloon Boy family auctioning their helium-filled hoax: Now if only the Heenes would float away

Richard Heene.​Balloon Boy hoaxers Richard and Mayumi Heene have been prohibited by a judge from making money off their story until 2013 (and make no mistake, they will start trying one tick into New Year's Day). But that doesn't mean they can't still make some hay. Earlier this week, the Heen ... More >>

Weird out the children in Children's Hospital and more new release picks for May 24, 2011

​It's a bit of a dry week over here in new release world, but that doesn't mean there aren't a few notable things worthy of your time and money. In fact, provided you're intrigued by such things as racing around in cars, the comic book hearings of 1954 or Transformers, or if you just want more ... More >>

Sarah Palin: Colorado Christian Univ. troops salute in wake of Osama bin Laden's death

Sarah Palin.​Wouldn't you know it -- the day after Osama bin Laden was killed by an elite Navy Seal team in Pakistan, former vice presidential candidate and political star Sarah Palin will offer a salute to the troops at Colorado Christian University. And surprisingly enough, she may not be t ... More >>

Reader: Sarah Palin's speech in Glendale was canceled due to lack of interest, not threats

Sarah Palin.​In our item yesterday about the cancellation of a May speech by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, we noted speculation among political observers that this move was made for reasons other than attacks on her. One reader has ideas of his own about why the plug was pulled.

Sarah Palin: CO Springs speech canceled due to personal attacks -- or is that just trendy excuse?

Sarah Palin.​The cancellation of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's scheduled May 2 speech in Colorado Springs so quickly after it's announcement can't help but smack of hinkiness. So, too, does the stated reason for the plug-pulling: personal attacks made on Palin that allegedly stop short ... More >>

Sarah Palin's "blood libel" line: Is it GOP bigotry like the kind criticized by Ali Hasan?

Sarah Palin.​A Denver blog post collection. Hope you like it. 5280's Vanessa Martinez draws a parallel between Sarah Palin's use of the term "blood libel" and bigotry reported by Ali Hasan. At Colorado Education News, UCD's Paul Teske writes that the time to implement reforms is now. Denver ... More >>

"Renegade Lunch Lady" Ann Cooper bellies up to the salad bar

​ Ann Cooper is a busy lunch lady -- even if she's not the hairnet-wearing stereotype, standing behind the hot-lunch line plopping down scoops of canned green beans and powdered mashed potatoes. In fact, she's been trying for years to make sure those green beans are fresh (even local!) and the ... More >>

Five TV Shows we'd rather see Sarah Palin star in than Sarah Palin's Alaska

Entertaining as TLC's new The Osbournes-style miniseries on the shenanigans of the Palin family in Alaska looks, we feel she could shoot higher/stoop lower. Although before we tell you which TV shows we'd rather see the Mama Grizzly in, it's worth watching that trailer. Fireworks! Bear Tackling! "T ... More >>

Sarah Palin, meet your biggest fan (PHOTOS)

Full-sized photos below.​You have to keep your eyes open when walking through Denver's 16th Street Mall -- not just because of the buses buzzing through the pedestrian-heavy area, but because you might end up seeing this guy: Sarah Palin's biggest fan. His only quotation when spotted on Thurs ... More >>

Sarah Palin called rude by Ken Buck? He says "no," Jane Norton says "maybe"

If this turkey could talk, he might call Sarah Palin rude.​Republican senatorial candidates Ken Buck and Jane Norton are fighting over Sarah Palin in the strangest kind of way. During a Monday radio appearance on KRAI radio in Craig,, Buck seemed to say Palin would be "rude" if she endorsed N ... More >>

Sarah Palin puts a political hit out on Betsy Markey, John Salazar over health-care vote

"I'm going to treat Betsy Markey and John Salazar like that turkey back there."​Sarah Palin is a politician (or whatever she is these days) who loves to kick ass and take names. Names belonging to the likes of Betsy Markey (already targeted by the Gun Owners of America) and John Salazar, whos ... More >>

You betcha! Wine & Spirits America nabs Sarah Palin as keynote conference speaker

​Oh, ick. In one of the worst mouth picks of the week, the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America, a national trade organization representing the wholesale tier of the wine and spirits industry, plucked Sarah Palin, the former beauty pageant bimbo, governor of Russia Alaska and 2008 Republican ... More >>

Sarah Palin to reporters in Colorado Springs: Freeze your asses off!

  Yesterday, we noted with astonishment that Sarah Palin fans were waiting as long as twelve hours on a bitterly cold day to see their heroine at a Colorado Springs book-signing. Turns out a few diehards were even more devoted, spending the previous night in their car to be sure they were among ... More >>

Would you wait twelve hours to see Sarah Palin? And if so, what are you drinking?

Supporters of Sarah Palin reportedly began gathering at a Borders branch at Chapel Hills Mall, 1710 Briargate Boulevard in Colorado Springs, in order to secure a place in line to see Sarah Palin, who isn't scheduled to begin pitching her new book, Going Rogue: An American Life, until 7 p.m. Meaning ... More >>

Sarah Palin is only pretending to be pro-life enough, says American Right to Life

Sarah Palin: pro-life exemplar or poser in lipstick?​Sarah Palin, who's monopolizing the airwaves as part of her publicity tour for her new book, Going Rogue, is widely viewed as one of the more pro-life politicians on the current scene. After all, her youngest child, Trig, received a pre-nata ... More >>

Kenny Be's Hip Tip: Sarah Palin's Going Rogue -- the memoir, the movie and the merchandising

Sarah Palin's Going Rogue Lego Systems moose-hunting snowmobile helicopter... ​ Assembly required. Choking hazard.

Pro-Palin blogger Adam Brickley still in SarahCuda's corner

Adam Brickley on "The Colbert Report" last year. Alaska governor Sarah Palin's surprise announcement on Friday that she'll be leaving her office eighteen months early because -- well, just because -- distressed many of the GOP faithful. But it didn't upset Adam Brickley, the Colorado blogger credit ... More >>

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Turkeygate: Sarah Palin's Colorado connection

By now, you've heard of Turkeygate, the Sarah Palin TV interview in which a turkey farm employee sends a couple of gobblers to their gruesome deaths behind the former vice-presidential candidate. But you might have missed the Colorado connection. To find out more, check out Jon Solomon's hilarious ... More >>

Flier of the week: Palin barebacks a T-Rex

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Artist hopes to deliver Sarah Palin hockey mask to VP candidate in Denver

Most overexposed celebrities on the campaign trail

Ten other things Sarah Palin may mistakenly think the Vice President does

Buttoned Up: Vote no on woman suffrage

Colorado-based pro-Palin blogger Adam Brickley hasn't lost faith in SarahCuda

How much does it cost to do other things with Sarah Palin?

Breaking: College professors might be kind of liberal

Sarah Palin's no-more-bailouts speech in Jeffco: What now?

Sarah Palin's Jefferson County Fairgrounds speech -- in bits and pieces

The pro-Sarah Palin demonstrators at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds

The protesters at Sarah Palin's Jefferson County Fairgrounds speech

The music at Sarah Palin's Jefferson County Fairgrounds speech

The press at Sarah Palin's Jefferson County Fairgrounds stop

What kinda folks showed up to see Sarah Palin? Pale ones

Dan Caplis, designated Sarah Palin introducer

Sarah Palin's Jefferson County Fairgrounds speech -- some things old, some things new

Getting out of the Sarah Palin speech

Denver Post inserts Sarah Palin into ice-cream-store crash story

The Rocky Mountain News' ultra-lame Sarah Palin tie-in story

Shocker: Focus on the Family's James Dobson loves supporting McCain now

Palin party pooper is from Colorado