Palin and some of her followers

Please, please do not buy Sarah Palin’s book which is about to be released to the tune of 1.5 million copies.  Lest you think Palin suddenly developed enough intelligence to allow her to put together coherent sentences and then form them into paragraphs, she had Lynn Vincent, editor for the evangelical magazine WORLD, ghost write it.  I hope Ms Vincent was well paid for the excruciating effort it must have been.
The reason I ask, nay demand, that you not buy her book is because if, heaven forbid, she actually sells all 1.5 million copies she will make a boat load of money which she can then add to the 6-figure amount she copped for making a speech in China criticizing American foreign policy.  If she comes up with more money-making ventures she may accumulate enough to run a campaign for the presidency in 2012. 
I know any intelligent person would move to Outer Mongolia if Palin came anywhere close to running this country.  So, again I say, DO NOT BUY HER BOOK.  If you are absolutely intent on finding out what she has to say get it from your local library. There are approximately 16,600 public libraries in the US so if everyone who wanted to read it borrowed it from a library 99% of her 1.5 million copies would collect dust in the rock bottom remainders bin.
And, just a bit of information about the picture above. Those are two dead foxes she has draped around her shoulders.  Notice, too, that the idiots behind her are also draped in animal fur.  Palin is in favor of aerial hunting of wolves and bears and spent $400,000 of state money on a media campaign in an attempt to convince Alaskans to support aerial hunting. Guess the people in the picture are those who she was able to convince.
This picture shows Palin sitting on her couch with a dead bear.  Nice.

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Rumors are flying like spit balls in a third grade classroom.  What, exactly, is behind Sarah Palin’s resignation as governor of Alaska?  The announcement came on July 3 and was as clear and understandable as anything coming from Palin.
I would like to offer a quote from Stephen Markley’s blog site “Off The Markley” which describes Palin’s babbling to a tee.  Markley attributes the actual quote to the movie Billy Madison with a slight departure from the original.
”Governor Palin, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard.  At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought.  Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it.  I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul”.  That pretty much covers anything she has said in the past and will say in the future.
From what I did understand of her resignation press conference,  her reasons for resigning were because of negative media coverage and the rising cost, for her and for the state, of having to fight ethics charges.  There is also speculation that she is clearing the road to run for president in 2012 (cringe!).  She has even alluded to the idea that she can affect positive change outside the government, which, i believe, would be better than inside the government where she might have some influence.
She was asked in an ABC interview if she thought there would be the same problems involving the ethics investigation if she were to run for president, and her answer was, “I don’t think it will be the day after day after day of ethics violation charges that are frivolous, that are ridiculous.  I think on a national level your department of law there in the White House would look at this, the things we have been charged with, and automatically throw them out, not make somebody hire their own personal attorney to get out there and fight”.  Stupidity, naiveté, media windfall, all in one sentence.
Levi Johnston, former fiancé of Bristol Palin and father of their child and Sarah Palin’s grandson, Tripp, says he knows the reason for the resignation.  He claims to have heard the governor saying it would be nice to take advantage of the “lucrative deals” that were being offered.  According to Johnston, Palin seemed very interested in a reality show (kidding, right?) and a book deal (again with the kidding).
Whatever Palin does we will surely be treated to more idiocy.  She’s beginning to rival W in the Dumb-Things-Said arena.  Who do you think is more deserving of that honor?

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With no prior warning, Sarah Palin announced that she will step down as governor of Alaska.  She used a basketball analogy in explaining how difficult her political life is.  She said, “you are naive if you don’t see a full court press from the national level picking away right now”.  She continued with the analogy by likening herself to a good point guard who protected the ball while keeping her eye on the basket so she would know when to pass.
It is true that Palin has received a lot of negative press since she was announced as John McCain’s running mate in the 2008 presidential race, but she gives the media so much to work with. And, comedians everywhere will have to find someone else to poke continual fun at, which will not be at all difficult.  Summing it up beautifully, Shecky Sheinbaum, headliner at Cincinnati’s Laugh Hut says, “the world of comedy has lost one of its greatest targets.
Speculation abounds concerning the reason for this decision.  Is she really resigning for the “good of Alaska”?  She maintains that she can “affect positive change outside of government taking the  fight for what’s right for Alaska in a new direction”.  And what might that direction be?  Possibly south the lower 48?
Which brings us to another speculation which that it will give her the freedom to travel the country making herself better known in all 50 states as a precursor to a run at the 2012 race for president.  Political analyst Charlie Cook feels if she is planning to run for president she has made the right decision in stepping down.  He said, “She could be a good governor or a serious candidate for president, but she can’t be both”.  On the other hand, John Weaver, former McCain adviser says the best preparation would be to “be a good governor and get re-elected…not the point guard who walks off the court.  Vin Weaver, former member of the Minnesota House stated, “Of all the things that are expected of you when you are elected to office, the most minimal is serving out your term”.
And then, some speculate that her resignation might be caused by the fact that she may be facing federal charges of embezzlement for using Wasilla Sports Complex building materials for her residence while mayor of that city.  It is rumored that federal investigators have been looking into these allegations for some time and an indictment could be coming very soon.
Well, Palin has always been a land mine of contradictions so, after stating most adamantly that she is not a quitter…she quit.

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Barbara Walter’s 10 Most Fascinating People
Barbara Walters announced her 10 most fascinating people of 2008 Thursday.
They are
Michael Phelps, Olympic swimmer
Sarah Palin, former VP candidate
Will Smith, Hancock, Men in Black, Independence Day
Tom Cruise, Collateral, Cocktail, Risky Business, Minority Report, Lions and Lambs
Tina Fey,30 Rock and master Palin impersonator
Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana
Thomas Beattie - first pregnant man, Labor of Love: The Story of One Man’s Extraordinary Pregnancy
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
and THE Most Fascinating Person? President-elect Barack Obama.

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McCain’s Brother Calls 911

…for a traffic jam. Apparently John McCain’s brother was in a hurry and felt his Maverick name should get him some special treatment. When the dispatcher questioned his use of the system, he said “Fuck You!” and hung up.

The dispatcher called back, and got his voicemail, along with an endorsement to elect his brother. McCain called in later to a local radio station to apologize.

So we have Palin spending $150,000 of campaign donations on a new wardrobe for the family, while Joe McCain is commandeering the 911 system. Meanwhile, Barak Obama hopped a flight to Hawaii to visit his ailing Grandma Toot, and to see if she needed any chores done. Nuff said.

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Are all of the celebrities at a convention in an Amish village? There’s no good gossip this week. The pages of the gossip rags are very dull. Let’s hope this is the calm before the storm and we’re just getting ready for a new sex tape, wardrobe malfunction, crazy Britney antics etc.

Right now we’re stuck with Maureen Mccormick’s tell all book Here’s the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice, with a little back up from Barry Williams. Apparently there were lot’s of drugs sex and rock and roll on the set of The Brady Bunch in the late 60s/early 70s. Imagine that.

Charlie Sheen and wife Brook are expecting twins.

How I Met Your Mother and infamous sex tape star Alyson Hannigan is expecting a baby.

Madonna and Guy Ritchie are at each other’s throats.

The funnies thing to happen this week was Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live. If you didn’t see Amy Poehler’s rap, or Tina Fey’s press conference, check it out here http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b64546_sarah_smiles_lovin_gov_on_snl.html . Alec Baldwin and Mark Wahlberg make walk-ons as well. I’ll miss the disastah-from-alaska bits when they’re gone and SNL goes back to being boring again.

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