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Liz Smith: Sarah Palin Is an "Unleashed Force of Nature"

Liz Smith.
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Liz Smith.

On Wednesday afternoon, gossip columnist Liz Smith hosted a luncheon for around 25 people in honor of the new film The Women (which will be released on Friday) over several back tables at Michaels. (No one seemed too concerned with Frank Bruni's goose-egg review of the restaurant in The Times that morning.)

The television media world was well represented, with Jodi Applegate (Good Day New York), Hoda Kotb (Dateline NBC, Today Show), Deborah Roberts (ABC news correspondent), and Kathie Lee Gifford (Today Show) all in attendance. Pre-lunch chatter focused on the mostly female crowd's thoughts on Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

The Daily Transom wondered what Ms.  read more »