Jimmy Orr: The Arctic Fox vs. The Weiner - You Decide

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Last we heard of Jimmy Orr, he was blogging for the Christian Science Monitor, where we enjoyed reading his posts. But that was quite a while back. Now he's shown up at the LA Times' Top of the Ticket, usually the playground of regular bloggers Andrew Malcolm and Johanna Neuman. We don't know if Orr's guest blogging there or what, but he's got a great post up about a hypothetical cage match between Gov. Palin and Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY). Orr gives Gov. Palin the edge:

Why would you compare these two anyway? Some are saying he's a Democratic version of Palin. Well, in terms of being a forceful speaker. They're both feisty. Not afraid to get in your face. Pit bull -- with and without lipstick.

That's true. But in terms of recent sound bites, Palin has the upper hand.

Her recent charge: "Never retreat, instead reload" is easy to remember and really fires up a crowd.

And sure, she got a lot of criticism over it, but she assures the fretters that images on her Facebook page notwithstanding, it was not a call to violence. It was more loving in nature. Drill, baby, drill -- but with cross hairs.

No doubt 'reload' will be repeated time and time again in political contests all over the country.

Weiner's sound bite? Like an audio hieroglyph. Impossible to understand and not likely to be the Democratic National Committee's slogan for 2012.

Weiner was speaking at a Manhattan bar to a group of young Democrats recently when he came out with this ear-numbing zinger:

"Every single moment that we are stroking our beards and gazing at our navel and thinking about the world we'd like to be and singing 'Kumbaya' is another day we're not punching Bill O'Reilly in the nose."

And Palin was criticized for her alleged call to violence?

We agree that Sarah Palin is a winner over Weiner, but not by any wimpy split decision. She would beat him like a rented donkey uh, mule.

- JP

The Unofficial Sarah Palin Events Calendar

In partnership with Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's Accomplishments, Sarah Palin Web Brigade, Sarah Palin Information Blog and The Palination, Texas for Sarah Palin and The Book of Sarah have implemented an unofficial Sarah Palin Events Calendar.

With former Governor Palin's book tour, media appearances and speaking engagements being ramped up, these bloggers recognized the need for a way to put all that information into a single reference which organizes the events in a cohesive and easy to follow manner. And so the events calendar was born. To access the calendar, just click on the calendar image in the sidebar on the right. It's the third item down from the top.

While we have made every effort to determine that each event listed on the calendar is a solid booking, you should always check with the event organizer, The Washington Speakers Bureau (Sarah Palin's exclusive agent for speaking engagements) and/or her authorized representatives before purchasing tickets to an event or setting out on a long road trip to attend an event. Our purpose is to organize the information, and we try to do that by checking the best sources we can find. Each event on the calendar should include a link to the source. Of course, we can't guarantee Gov. Palin's actual appearance at any of the events. The calendar is just a tool. Think of it as a starting point, and it should be useful.

A big tip of the TX4P Stetson to our friend Andrew Malcolm for the shout out. Andrew is one of the last real journalists worthy of the mantle, a 2004 Pulitzer finalist and a prolific author who has produced ten volumes of nonfiction work. He brings credibilty to the art of blogging, and there is no better role model for aspiring bloggers to learn from, in our opinion. The man not only survives, but actually thrives out there in LA LA Land with his outstanding Top of the Ticket blog, a shining beacon of light in the otherwise dark matter which is the LA Times.

- JP