Of all the places where Sarah Palin—former governor of Alaska, former Republican vice-presidential nominee, possible presidential hopeful—might find a natural constituency, New York City’s Liberty Island is not one. “I’ve heard of Michael Palin,” he says.
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True Nonbeliever: Can Republican lobbyist Edwina Rogers help a group of left-leaning atheists reach across the aisle? (Washingtonian)
And if you think Edwina Rogers, a conservative Republican and former adviser to George W. Bush, is an unusual choice to head a group of gay-marriage-promoting atheists, rest assured that the Secular Coalition did, too. “My purpose was not to interview Edwina to see if she was right for the job,” recalls an adviser to the coalition, “but to destroy her.”