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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx</link><description>From NBC's Mark Murray





Yet another seemingly bizarre Sarah Palin story. Politico's Martin reports that John Coale -- a wealthy Clinton donor, one-time Palin adviser, and husband to FOX's Greta Van Susteren -- urged Palin to use her PAC to help</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936694</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 14:46:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936694</guid><dc:creator>Bankrupt Bill</dc:creator><description>So when does Hillary's campaign debt come due? Won't her and her husband have to pay that debt back at some point? People with credit card debt are cut no slack. Why does Hillary keep getting a pass on paying her bills? </description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936697</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 14:47:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936697</guid><dc:creator>Paul Isaac Greer</dc:creator><description>This is obviously the &amp;quot;When Pigs Will Fly&amp;quot; story for the day from First Read.</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936702</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 14:48:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936702</guid><dc:creator>Stocky Broker</dc:creator><description>Wasn't it John Coale that also recommended everyone buy GM stock last year?</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936703</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 14:49:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936703</guid><dc:creator>Dave, Tn</dc:creator><description>Well they probably figured it would end up bringing her to New York and she'd be gang raped as promised by a prominent spokesperson for the liberal cause (Sandra Bernhard), and of course all the &amp;quot;progressive journalist&amp;quot; just giggled at the thought of that. Manhattan what a sewer...</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936705</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 14:50:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936705</guid><dc:creator>Ed, San Antonio</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;that John Coale -- a wealthy Clinton donor, one-time Palin adviser, and husband to FOX's Greta Van Susteren -- urged Palin to use her PAC to help retire Hillary Clinton's campaign debt.&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This is really a WTF moment! &amp;nbsp;Silly Sarah was to be the RepubliKLAN answer to Hillarys' run...Democrats had and still have Hillary, RepubliKLANs have Silly Sarah. &amp;nbsp; Well, we know how that turned out!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Hillary is no fool! Beware of ReubliKLANs bearing gifts!</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936714</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 14:53:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936714</guid><dc:creator>Anita, Birmingham, Alabama</dc:creator><description>From NBC's Mark Murray&lt;br&gt;Yet another seemingly bizarre Sarah Palin story. Politico's Martin reports that John Coale -- a wealthy Clinton donor, one-time Palin adviser, and husband to FOX's Greta Van Susteren -- urged Palin to use her PAC to help retire Hillary Clinton's campaign debt. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It no wonder that Greta Van Susteren has taken such a shine to the Palins. She interviewed Bristol, remember the abstinence...no it was the unrealistic abstinence quote, before she became a spokesmom for &amp;quot;family planning, morales and values poster girl&amp;quot;. Greta you did a lousy job.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;At the correspondence dinner, Greta was protective of Todd Palin (first dude), she didn't allow him to be questioned.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now the HOOT now is John Coale attempting to get Palin to use her PAC to help retire Hillary's campaign debt. In other words they are attempting resulting to sucking up to Hillary, in order to use her name to sway her &amp;quot;supporters&amp;quot; in the next election! LOL, it will take more that dangling carrots to feed that mule! LOL </description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936716</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 14:54:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936716</guid><dc:creator>eagle1776</dc:creator><description>Odd as it seems I find myself agreeing with Palin. While she should get along with Hillary and can learn alot from Secretary Clinton, Governor Palin should not feel obligated in any way to giving any money from her PAC or any other source to Hillary Rodham Clinton. </description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936719</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 14:56:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936719</guid><dc:creator>Ron Indiana</dc:creator><description>Strange bed fellows indeed: Hillary and Sarah. &amp;nbsp;What Mr. Coale may not understand is that people who have donated money to Sarah may not want it to be given to Hillary. &amp;nbsp;Another dumb idea hits the wall. Splat!</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936720</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 14:56:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936720</guid><dc:creator>jesse     St.Paul Minnesota</dc:creator><description>Palin can't afford to piss off the Rushster,or Pat Bachanon,her two biggest cheerleaders.I'm sure the wingers from the two or three states that are still calling themself's GOPers,would not approve.Just saying the word Clinton or Polsio gets the wingers undie bunched.And we have seen how funny they walk when they are bunched!</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936725</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 14:58:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936725</guid><dc:creator>MSNBC'S 'LIES, MORE LIES, AND DAMNABLE LIES' ...</dc:creator><description>ANOTHER MSNBC LIE --- &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;THIS LIE IS NOT NEW --- AND IT HAS LONG BEEN PROVEN TO BE FALSE &amp;amp; VICIOUS ---- SO WHY IS MSNBC REPEATING IT NOW?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;TO HARM FOX'S GRETA VAN SUSTEREN. &amp;nbsp;THAT'S SICK!</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936726</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 14:59:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936726</guid><dc:creator>Just a wild stab, though</dc:creator><description> &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;I can imagine just how thrilled the contributors to Palin's PAC would be to know their money is going to help Hillary Clinton. &amp;nbsp; I somehow doubt they're fans of HRC. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936732</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 15:02:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936732</guid><dc:creator>ARE U' KIDDING ME?</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;...At the correspondence dinner, Greta was protective of Todd Palin (first dude), and she didn't allow him to be questioned. .....&amp;quot; Anita Birmingham, Alabama&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;WHOA!!!!!!! When has OBAMA been questioned closely by the media about ANYTHING and WHEN has he ever answered a question about his relationships with DOMESTIC TERRORISTS, CONVICTED FELONS and OUTSPOKEN RACISTS?!&lt;br&gt;Everytime he was asked a question about those things/people he either walked away from the microphones or said that the media &amp;quot;should ask questions about things that mattered&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;PLEASE don't even try to act like Obama has faced up to tough questioning or given satisfactory answers to questions about his past and his associations.....because CLEARLY he hasn't.</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936739</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 15:04:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936739</guid><dc:creator>Anna Molly</dc:creator><description>And exactly what is Secretary Clinton's incentive to mentor Governor Palin? &amp;nbsp;Clinton needs Palin like a fish needs a car wash. &amp;nbsp;There are plenty of young democratic women to mentor, if that's Mrs. Clinton's goal. &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Is this the real life, or is this just someone's fantasy dream ticket for 2012? &amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936748</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 15:06:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936748</guid><dc:creator>Emily Litela</dc:creator><description>What's all this I'm hearing about bondage? &amp;nbsp;Good grief.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What's that you say? &amp;nbsp;Forging bonds? &amp;nbsp;You mean like to shore up my 401(k) account? &amp;nbsp;Now, that's more like it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Never mind.</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936764</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 15:12:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936764</guid><dc:creator>Laurie, Chicago, IL</dc:creator><description>I can see both sides of this. On the one hand, why should Palin give her campaign to a competitor on the other team. On the other hand, without Clinton and women like her clearing the path, Palin would not be governor of any state.</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936770</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 15:14:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936770</guid><dc:creator>Jody, Iowa</dc:creator><description>And the goal is to have Hillary supporters feel grateful and support Palin? &amp;nbsp;Score one for Sarah Palin because this is just a dumb idea that makes no sense. &amp;nbsp;Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin are polar opposites. &amp;nbsp;No amount of money from Palin would bring large numbers of Clinton advocates to support an ideology that is far right of their own views.</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936773</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 15:15:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936773</guid><dc:creator>Ted K, Hyannis, MA</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;And exactly what is Secretary Clinton's incentive to mentor Governor Palin? &amp;nbsp;Clinton needs Palin like a fish needs a car wash. &amp;nbsp;There are plenty of young democratic women to mentor, if that's Mrs. Clinton's goal. &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Is this the real life, or is this just someone's fantasy dream ticket for 2012? &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;Anna Molly&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Silly Molly, none of them can seriously reduce her debt!!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The clintons should be held to the same bunkruptcy laws all of their subjects are now, madatory credit counseling, review of their income etc. &amp;nbsp;they HAVE the money to pay it, but won't be required to, unlike us serfs&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;welcome to changeville</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936778</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 15:16:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936778</guid><dc:creator>Anita, Birmingham, Alabama</dc:creator><description>ARE U' KIDDING ME?WHOA!!!!!!! When has OBAMA been questioned closely by the media about ANYTHING and WHEN has he ever answered a question about his relationships with DOMESTIC TERRORISTS, CONVICTED FELONS and OUTSPOKEN RACISTS?! &lt;br&gt;Everytime he was asked a question about those things/people he either walked away from the microphones or said that the media &amp;quot;should ask questions about things that mattered&amp;quot; &lt;br&gt;PLEASE don't even try to act like Obama has faced up to tough questioning or given satisfactory answers to questions about his past and his associations.....because CLEARLY he hasn't. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Hell no I am not. It is a fact, so get your drawls out of a wad and own it. LOL, try watching the news and watching the videos that cover the news stories. LOL&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936780</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 15:19:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936780</guid><dc:creator>mexed, san antonio, texas</dc:creator><description>hahahahahahah what a way to get the left and right nut cases, hillary lovers and haters, palin fans and foes all excited, pounding fists. This is great stuff for talk radio. I don't listen &amp;nbsp;but can imagine the hours and hours it will give to the opinion makers of talk radio. I really don't care if it is a true or false story. It gave me a great laugh.</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936815</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 15:44:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936815</guid><dc:creator>Nikki Dai San Francisco, CA</dc:creator><description>Anita...Alabama... say sit all in terms of what just came out of your mouth. Calm down and read a newspaper then learn to speak truth.</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936824</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 15:49:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936824</guid><dc:creator>Chris, Illinois</dc:creator><description>I'm not a fan of Sarah, I voted for Obama, but I agree she should not be giving money to Hillary...Hillary mismanaged her campaign funds. Sarah backers would have given their money directly to HRC's campaign fund if they wanted to help retire her debt. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Let Hillary pay back the money she mismanaged either on her own or with whichever supporters want to spend their money on it.</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936846</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 15:58:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936846</guid><dc:creator>csh Chicago, IL</dc:creator><description>Hillary = Smart, stong, well-informed, confident, credible&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sarah = None of the above</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936855</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 16:03:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936855</guid><dc:creator>BV, Milwaukee, WI</dc:creator><description>Nothing odd about expecting someone who is quite capable of paying off her debt to do so on her own. &amp;nbsp;No one is going to pay off my debt for me, so the Clintons should pay off theirs on their own too.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Odd as it seems I find myself agreeing with Palin. While she should get along with Hillary and can learn alot from Secretary Clinton, Governor Palin should not feel obligated in any way to giving any money from her PAC or any other source to Hillary Rodham Clinton. &lt;br&gt;eagle1776 (Sent Tuesday, May 19, 2009 10:54 AM)&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936859</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 16:08:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936859</guid><dc:creator>We'll wait..................................</dc:creator><description>ANOTHER MSNBC LIE --- &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;THIS LIE IS NOT NEW --- AND IT HAS LONG BEEN PROVEN TO BE FALSE &amp;amp; VICIOUS ---- SO WHY IS MSNBC REPEATING IT NOW? &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;TO HARM FOX'S GRETA VAN SUSTEREN. &amp;nbsp;THAT'S SICK! &lt;br&gt;MSNBC'S 'LIES, MORE LIES, AND DAMNABLE LIES' ... (Sent Tuesday, May 19, 2009 10:58 AM)&lt;br&gt;___________&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So where is the lie refuted? &amp;nbsp;Care to post a link?</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936866</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 16:12:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936866</guid><dc:creator>Bali Bob</dc:creator><description>Ha! mexed, I think you got it right.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Oh, the humanity....</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1936919</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 16:40:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1936919</guid><dc:creator>A</dc:creator><description>&lt;br&gt;This seems to be a poor attempt to compensate for Clinton contribution to 9/11 crisis.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wrong.</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1937022</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 17:30:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1937022</guid><dc:creator>RichmondRob, Richmond, VA</dc:creator><description>This sounds pretty hoaky to me. &amp;nbsp;Why in the world would a smart person like Palin help a debt-burdened candidate from the opposition like Clinton. &amp;nbsp;Oh, I forgot, almost all of you MSNBC bloggers like Palin is stupid. &amp;nbsp;I guess I am writing on the wrong blog. &amp;nbsp;Anyway...</description></item><item><title>Palin urged to forge bond with Hillary?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/05/19/1936658.aspx#1937047</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 17:47:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1937047</guid><dc:creator>New Indi</dc:creator><description>What makes anyone think that Clinton wants her help not to mention give her the benefit of her knowledge?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This is just silliness.</description></item></channel></rss>