NH Democrat Keith Halloran Wishes Palin and Levy died on Plane with Senator Stevens by Macsmind

Sarah Palin = Broiling Democrat Rage Dog-Whistle
Darth Sidious just called in from the Death Star to say, “Yo, Democrats …even I think all this anger is counter-productive.” A New Hampshire state legislator resigned his office Thursday after becoming the second Democrat in as many days to speculate about Sarah Palin’s death on Facebook. State Rep. Timothy Horrigan made the remarks Wednesday night in a thread discussing the Alaska plane crash that killed former Sen. Ted Stevens. “Well a dead Palin wdbe even...

Democrat quits NH House over anti-Palin remark
CONCORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire Democrat has quit the state legislature after cracking a joke on Facebook about Sarah Palin's death. Rep. Timothy Horrigan of Durham posted a comment Wednesday that a "dead Palin wd be even more dangerous than a live one" and she "is all about her myth & if she was dead she cdn't commit any more gaffes." Horrigan apologized Thursday and resigned. He is also discontinuing his re-election campaign. The state Democratic Party chairman calls the remarks "out...

New Hampshire Democrats Keep Experimenting With Sarah Palin Death Jokes
Yesterday, a Democratic Candidate for Congress in New Hampshire, Keith Halloran, joked on Facebook of the fatal crash that killed former Alaskan senator Ted Stevens, "Just wish Sarah and Levy [ sic ] were on board." Nobody was laughing, and Halloran eventually apologized. In the meantime, a second New Hampshire Democrat, State Representative Timothy Horrigan, resigned after writing that "a dead Palin wd be even more dangerous than a live one...she is all about her myth & if she was dead, she...

Legislator resigns after 'dead Palin' comment
From CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby (CNN) - A New Hampshire state legislator resigned his office Thursday after becoming the second Democrat in as many days to speculate about Sarah Palin's death on Facebook. State Rep. Timothy Horrigan made the remarks Wednesday night in a thread discussing the Alaska plane crash that killed former Sen. Ted Stevens. "Well a dead Palin wd be even more dangerous than a live one...she is all about her myth & if she was dead she cldn't commit any more...

Sarah Palin Collects a Dem Scalp Without Even Trying
How powerful is Sarah Palin?  She can cause Democrats to resign without actually doing anything : A New Hampshire state legislator resigned his office Thursday after becoming the second Democrat in as many days to speculate about Sarah Palin's death on Facebook. State Rep. Timothy Horrigan made the remarks Wednesday night in a thread discussing the Alaska plane crash that killed former Sen. Ted Stevens. "Well a dead Palin wd be even more dangerous than a live one...she is all about her...

Sarah Palin = Broiling Democrat Rage Dog-Whistle
Darth Sidious just called in from the Death Star to say, “Yo, Democrats …even I think all this anger is counter-productive.” A New Hampshire state legislator resigned his office Thursday after becoming the second Democrat in as many days to speculate about Sarah Palin’s death on Facebook. State Rep. Timothy Horrigan made the remarks Wednesday night in a thread discussing the Alaska plane crash that killed former Sen. Ted Stevens. “Well a dead Palin wdbe even...

Lawmaker jokes about Palin's death, resigns
New Hampshire state Rep. Timothy Horrigan (D) resigned on Thursday over a joke regarding former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's death. Horrigan made the remarks on his Facebook page Wednesday: Just for the record, I don't wish Sarah Palin dead... but not merely for compassionate reasons. I also want her to live because a living Sarah Palin is less dangerous than a dead one. Her rise to the status of Head Tea Partier had nothing to do with anything she ever said, did or accomplished--- but as...

Local NH Dems Wish Sarah Palin (And Levi!) Had Died Instead Of Ted Stevens
When President Barack Obama was first elected to office everyone concluded his would be the first Internet presidency and that this would be a good thing because among other things it would shed transparency on the previously dim inner workings of Washington. Thus far all that the Internet has appeared to shed light on when it comes to politics is how many morons participate in it. Case in point. Some local New Hampshire Democrats took the death of Ted Stevens in an airplane crash earlier...

Quote of the day: "Just wish Sarah and Levy were on board" Stevens' plane
Who said it? Read on (via Macsmind ): Theres only one way the tragic airplane crash in Alaska that ended the life of former-U.S. Senator Ted Stevens could have been better, according to New Hampshire Democratic Activist and State Rep. Candidate Keith Halloran: If Sarah Palin had been on it. In a Facebook post, Halloran, who describes himself as an active local citizen and supporter of NH Governor John Lynch, said of the plane crash, Just wish Sarah and Levy were on...

N.H. Dem: I wish Sarah Palin crashed with Ted Stevens
A New Hampshire Democrat is under fire after reportedly posting a public death wish for Sarah Palin . Keith Halloran , a Democratic Candidate for state representative in New Hampshire, took a swipe at Palin on Facebook after former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens died in a plane crash on Monday. "Just wish Sarah and Levy were on board," Halloran wrote , apparentlytaking aim at the former Alaska Gov. and her daughter's ex-fianc e, Levi Johnston . The New Hampshire Republican party quickly...

Ted Stevens' Final Chapter
The Alaskan senator's sudden death in a plane crash interrupted Stevens' quiet rehabilitation 'of his image at home. Alexandra Gutierrez reports on life after his ethics conviction was overturned.

New Hampshire Lawmaker Resigns After Sarah Palin Death Remark
A lawmaker in New Hampshire has apologized and resigned from the state's House of Representatives, a day after posting a comment on the Internet that speculated about the death of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. In a public letter to the House Speaker Thursday, Democratic Rep. Timothy Horrigan expressed regret for bringing "this House into disrepute," Politico reported. On Wednesday, Horrigan posted a comment on Facebook

Democrat quits after Sarah Palin death joke
A Democrat has quit the New Hampshire legislature joking on Facebook about the death of Sarah Palin, the Republican Party’s former vice Presidential Candidate.

Shannyn talks with Thom Hartmann about Ted Stevens
Today at 10:45 ADT/2:45pm EDT, Shannyn will be a guest on Thom Hartmann’s show talking about Ted Stevens. Tune in to KUDO 1080 Anchorage/ KXLJ 1330am Juneau or stream on line here .

NH Democrat blasted for anti-Palin remark
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The leaders of both the Republican and Democratic parties in New Hampshire are criticizing a Democratic Candidate for state representative who reportedly posted a death wish for Sarah Palin on Facebook. Republican state Rep. D.J. Bettencourt says Keith Halloran of Rindge was responding to his post about the plane crash that killed former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens when he wrote, "Just wish Sarah and Levy were on board," an apparent reference to Palin and her daughter's...

Former Gov. Sarah Palin Reflects on Ted Stevens
In case you missed former Governor Sarah Palin reflect on the life and service of Sen. Ted Stevens on last night's ON THE RECORD , here is our phone interview: Watch the latest video at FoxNews.com

Dodgy Deals: Germany Slammed for 'Supporting' Cluster Bomb Manufacturer
An international ban on Cluster Bombs came into effect on Aug. 1. Now Activists are criticizing the German government for buying full-body Scanners from a company that also manufactures the deadly munitions, saying that the deal violates the spirit of the ban. Civil-rights Activists have been protesting against full-body Scanners for years. They argue that the devices, which are used at airports in some countries to check passengers for hidden weapons, violate people's Privacy because they...

N.H. Dem resigns over joke about Palin's death
Another New Hamphshire Democrat is taking heat for joking about the possibility of Sarah Palin 's death. Rep. Timothy Horrigan , a N.H. state legislator, resigned from his Post and dropped his bid for re-election after making Controversial comments about the former Alaska Gov, the Washington Post reports . "Just for the record, I don't wish Sarah Palin dead...but not merely for compassionate reasons," Horrigan wrote on his Facebook page Wednesday. "I also want her to live because a living...

Former Sen. Ted Stevens among five dead in Alaskan plane crash
Four other people were also killed in the plane crash, which is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board. Rescue planes were unable to reach the site for hours because of poor weather. Stevens, who lost his Senate seat in 2008 after a Controversial court battle, had already survived Prostate Cancer as well as a 1978 plane crash in Anchorage that killed his first wife, Ann. Senate sources have told The Hill that flags over the Capitol will be at half-mast on...

Senate honors Ted Stevens with moment of silence, summer recess
The Senate honored Ted Stevens , the former Senator from Alaska who was killed in a Plane crash this week, witha moment of silence, a resolution and an end-of-summer recess. Stevens, who served in the Senate for 40 years until he lost the 2008 election amid a Corruption Scandal,was on a fishing trip with a Small group of friends whentheir Small Plane crashed in a remote area of Alaska. The Senate returned to session on Thursday to give final approval to Legislation to provide $600...

In Which I Find Myself In Agreement With Jack Kingston
So my column this past Tuesday for the Baltimore Sun was about whether and to what degree former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is an asset or liability to the Republican Party in General, and the Republicans she endorses in specific GOP Primary races. The column was prompted by Palin’s conspicuously Heismann Trophy-like treatment of former Republican Gov. Bob Ehrlich with her Facebook-announced Endorsement of Ehrlich’s virtual no-name Primary opponent, Brian Murphy. A quick...

N.H. Dem wishes Palin ill
A Democratic Candidate for state representative in New Hampshire expresses , on Facebook naturally, the wish that Sarah Palin and Levi Johnston had gone down with Ted Stevens's plane. Cue the state GOP, which, in a release just now, "denounced Democrat N.H. House Candidate Keith Halloran's public death wish for former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. The Party also called on Governor John Lynch and Congressional Candidate Ann McLane Kuster to personally denounce his hateful remarks and call...

Democrat's Facebook Death Wish for Palin
(NewsCore) - A Democratic Candidate in New Hampshire has been caught out apparently wishing death on Sarah Palin in the wake of a fatal Alaskan plane crash, nowhampshire.com reported Wednesday. Former U.S. Senator Ted Stevens was killed in the plane crash in a remote mountainous region of Alaska late Monday. Commenting on the death on Facebook, Keith Halloran wrote: "Just wish Sarah and Levy [sic] were on board," in an apparent reference to key Republican Palin and her daughter Bristol's...

Henry: Stevens was no saint but his word was his bond
From CNN Senior White House Correspondent Ed Henry Former Sen. Ted Stevens died Tuesday in a plane crash.' Washington (CNN) - I was one nervous little cub reporter when I had my first sit-down interview with Sen. Ted Stevens way back in June 1997, shortly after he had taken over as chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee. The Alaska Republican always seemed so gruff and hot-tempered - especially at an Appropriations Committee hearing weeks earlier where he warned...

It's All Comparative
A new NBC/ Wall Street Journal survey shows the Democratic Party's favorable rating dropping to 33%, the Lowest Level since July of 2006. The same survey, however, shows the Republican Party's favorable rating dropping to 24%, the Lowest Level ever recorded by the pollster. On another front, PPP has released one of its perioidic 2012 Presidential Election polls. It shows President Obama's Job Approval/Disapproval ratio as being slightly in negative territory at 47-48. But it also shows...