Newly released campaign-finance reports show Sarah Palins political fund donated $5,000 to Mitt Romneys presidential campaign. Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, is normally known for her splashy endorsements. But the donation Wednesday from SarahPAC was made without fanfare -- buried amid hundreds of pages of donations disclosed on a Federal Election Commission form made public Friday, according to The Wall Street Journal. Palin declined to make an endorsement during the presidential primary, choosing instead to continue speculation that she might throw her hat into the ring at any moment. When Romney all but sewed up the Republican nomination, Ms. Palin continued to withhold her endorsement. After Romney tapped Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan to be his running mate, Palin posted a statement on her Facebook praising Ryan and bashing President Obama. Some people viewed that statement as an endorsement of Romney, though she didnt use the...

By Brody Mullins Associated Press Sarah Palin is seen on a T-shirt as Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns in Pueblo, Colo., Sept. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) If money talks, then Sarah Palin has finally endorsed Mitt Romney . Newly released campaign-finance reports show that Ms. Palins political fund donated $5,000 to Mr. Romneys presidential campaign Wednesday. Ms. Palin is normally known for her splashy endorsements, but the donation from SarahPAC was made without fanfare: It was buried amid hundreds of pages of donations disclosed on Form 6 of Mr. Romneys Filing FEC-831889 made public Friday. Ms. Palin, a former Alaska governor who was the GOP vice presidential nominee in 2008, declined to make an endorsement during the presidential primary, choosing instead to continue speculation that she might throw her hat into the ring at any moment. When Mr. Romney all but sewed up the Republican nomination, Ms. Palin continued to w...

Washington, Oct. 26 ( ANI ): Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has stirred up controversy after she attacked President Barack Obama over his response to the US consulate attack in Libya. Palin tweeted racially loaded term, " shuck and jive ," accusing Obama of ignoring early e-mail warnings that a terror group had taken responsibility for the deadly protest last month at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya . "Why the lies? Why the cover up?" Palin wrote on Facebook, adding, "We deserve answers to this. President Obama's shuck and jive shtick with these Benghazi lies must end." According to the New York daily News, while her online post was meant to draw attention to the early e-mail warnings sent to the White House just after the attack, some social media users instead expressed outrage over the racial connotation that was dredged up, the report said. "How very racist and stereotyped you are!" blasted Twitter user @pat1944, adding: ...

By Mark Heim | mheim@al.com al.com on October 26, 2012 at 12:01 AM, updated October 26, 2012 at 12:33 AM Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has come under fire for her use of "shuck and jive." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Sarah Palin defended her Facebook post Wednesday when she used what many thought was a racially charged term to criticize the White House's response to the Sept. 11 attacks on the American consulate in Benghazi. Palins Facebook statement reads in part: "Why the lies? Why the cover up? Why the dissembling about the cause of the murder of our ambassador on the anniversary of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil? We deserve answers to this. President Obama's shuck and jive shtick with these Benghazi lies must end." Many commentators including The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg said it was a " racist dog whistle "and Keith Olbermann referred to it as a " racially demeaning phrase ." Palin, however, didn't...

Washington, Oct. 26 (ANI) Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has stirred up controversy after she attacked President Barack Obama over his response to the US consulate attack in Libya. Palin tweeted racially loaded term, "shuck and jive," accusing Obama of ignoring early e-mail warnings that a terror group had taken responsibility for the deadly protest last month at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. "Why the lies? Why the cover up?" Palin wrote on Facebook, adding, "We deserve answers to this. President Obama's shuck and jive shtick with these Benghazi lies must end." According to the New York daily News, while her online post was meant to draw attention to the early e-mail warnings sent to the White House just after the attack, some social media users instead expressed outrage over the racial connotation that was dredged up, the report said. "How very racist and stereotyped you are!" blasted Twitter user @pat1944, adding: "Thank ...

By Mark Heim | mheim@al.com al.com on October 26, 2012 at 12:01 AM, updated October 26, 2012 at 12:33 AM Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has come under fire for her use of "shuck and jive." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Sarah Palin defended her Facebook post Wednesday when she used what many thought was a racially charged term to criticize the White House's response to the Sept. 11 attacks on the American consulate in Benghazi. Palins Facebook statement reads in part: "Why the lies? Why the cover up? Why the dissembling about the cause of the murder of our ambassador on the anniversary of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil? We deserve answers to this. President Obama's shuck and jive shtick with these Benghazi lies must end." Many commentators including The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg said it was a " racist dog whistle "and Keith Olbermann referred to it as a " racially demeaning phrase ." Palin, however, didn't...

Cable news has had a feast worthy of kings this week, with not just the final debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney to rave over, but bold statements from a series of conservative pundits and politicians, as well. There was Ann Coulter 's double "retard" tweet , Richard Mourdock 's rape "gift from God" statement, and Donald Trump 's "bombshell" announcement ; now, Sarah Palin has dropped another gift in the TV talkers' laps. The former GOP vice presidential nominee posted a statement on Facebook earlier this week, accusing Obama of performing a "shuck and jive shtick" to avoid answering questions on the attacks on the US embassy in Benghazi. Immediately, she was accused of making a racial slur; MSNBC host Chris Matthews hosted a roundtable discussion about the comment on his show Wednesday night. PHOTOS: THR's 35 Most Powerful People in Media "I think this is rank racism, commentator and Bloomberg journalist J...