This is hilarious. Rec this post, everyone!

If, in fact, the tanning bed was donated to Palin or her family, or provided at discount exceeding $150 as a favor due to her position, based on Bockman’s explanation of the state’s ethics law, it would have legally had to appear on her state ethics disclosure filings.

Thanks, people. =) I'm still here for the moment, packing up the last of the stuff and cleaning up the house.

I just saw that story, that Al had broken it, and thought I'd be the first to start spreading it along. People have a right to know!

Thanks for the chuckle. Good luck with the move and come back soon.

p.s. - I adore Seattle and I'm so jealous of you!

The more I think about who uses tanning beds, the more I realize how much this blog helps John McCain.

Don't forget to register to vote - first thing!

Ok, people. I'm off! Keep fighting the good fight! Catch you all on the other side. ;D

Nathan

See ya at drining liberally!

Don't bring any weak coffee with ya!

Tanning beds - or anything else that is going to raise your core temp (and that of the fetus) is NOT recommended. It is associated with spinal defects and can be even more harmful to one's skin while pregnant.

Info found at:
www.americanpregnancy.org

dijamo,

I think this story at least somewhat important because it works to counter the Palin mythology that's being manufactured by the GOP. You know, it's one that says she is some kind of modern frontierswoman. A hardy, salt-of-the-earth, American pioneer type.

If she paid for it, it doesn't matter. If the government paid for it, it does matter, and should be pushed just at the GOP pushes every story to cut down the opposition, whether true or not.

I don't think that most people think that a government funded tanning bed is a sign of the accountability Palin likes to project.

If she got it from someone, then why wasn't it reported?

The Obama campaign, and blogging sites should use this information to fuel the "Elitists" commentary that she brings. As they once did with Barack Obama, apparently poorer, low income individuals hate seeing someone more well off(according to the GoP).

So paint her as a Elitists...a mom who doesnt take care of her kids because she is too busy getting a tan.

Only a conceited, Elitists, celebrity would keep a Tanning bed in their home. It doesnt matter who bought. She WANTED one to keep up her good looks while in office. How many working/stay home moms do you know can afford the time during the day to deal with a Tanning bed, and have 3 young children to still watch over.(she has 2 children that are "adults" right?)

Another politician undone by the pressure to be tanned, rested & ready.

I don't see anything wrong with the tanning bed per se. I mean, the white house has had bowling alleys and swimming pools installed. The big difference is that she really didn't live in the Governor's home, so why install a tanning bed in the first place? I guess she knew if she charged a tanning bed to the state that she put in her own home, even the most brain-dead might object.

I think it is a non-issue. There are really important things to go after; we can ignore the small-fry crap that she got into in Alaska. Her lies matter. Her ignorance of current events matters.

Her "don't blink" attitude matters most, because it is coupled with a certainty that whatever decision she jumps at MUST be right and should be backed by our whole country and its army.

For those who are paying attention, THAT is the real Bush Doctrine, and she has swallowed it hook, line, and sinker, even if she didn't even know what it was.

There is nothing like ignorance to make a person confident in their "gut-level" decisions. Just look at Dubya

Dude - have a safe move...Wild Ginger is a superb restaurant there and I can assure you they will not have moose or caibou but probably some salmon

Having a tanning bed in the mansion doesn't scream elitism. It screams SHALLOW.

"I, like, totally want to learn about this Bush Doctor, or whatever it is, but I have to tan this afternoon, okay?"

This is why the Republicans have a 1-up on Democrats.

Half of these posts are people saying "Thats not a issue...its just a tanning bed.".

Inwhich we all KNOW that thats correct. But think like a Republican for a second!!

We can MAKE it a national issue, just for the sake of doing so and maybe hurting McCain. People keep talking about wanting to get down and nasty. THIS is down and nasty and this is the EXACT type of issue they would try to use to paint unfavorably upon Obama. You guys want hell unleashed upon them?

Well dont be afraid to be called "stupid" or a "idiot", because the Repubs do it all the time as long as it justifies their means. As long as those folks in Key Swing States think its matter....as long as we can get it on the news, they THINK it matters, because the Republicans tell them it matters.

If stupid shit never worked you wouldnt have a McCain and Palin ticket!

Think people!!

But surely you didn't think Palin got that dark complexion from bathing in oil or hunting moose, did you?

This is "piling on". It's probably added 100 votes to McCain's lead. Or a thousand. Or more.

By itself it might be just a mildly amusing ,possibly unfair (as an Alaskan resident-jofga- noted above) slightly useful anecdote like Edwards' hair cut or Bill's plane interfering with traffic at LAD.

The trouble is ,it's not by itself. It's part of a daily barrage of attacks , far too many of which are similarly trivial, on her , by the MSM.And us.

Consider the effect on a disaffected Hillary voter-perhaps a cross over Republican or Independent.Sure some will consider the tanning bed an example of inauthenticity. My guess is they'll be outnumbered by those who instead think the story itself is an example of sexist bias.
And worst case it will be the last feather on the scale turning them into a voter for the McCain/Palin ticket.

While we slap our knees and chortle with pleasure, Karl Rove checks the daily polls and notes that the bounce has been satisfactorily prolonged.

By us.

We should be killing her with kindness. Smiling indulgently ,defending her against the MSM,letting her combination of self indulgence, far-out values and lack of qualification speak for itself. Instead , amusing anecdote by amusing anecdote we're creating sympathy for her and votes for McCain.

Attacking women is never a great strategy. For the party that just rejected Hillary, it's a lethal one.

Falavius at 4:51 AM
"By us."

????

Us is a BIG word! Covers a lot of territory, are you suggesting "we" all think so much alike that "we" will always agree?

Everything left of Wm.F.Buckley is too big to call "us" in this context.

This has been a long, protracted blogpile, that is for certain, but just how many fence-sitting voters it turned into McCain zombies is probably negligible. Not many fence-sitters perusing this blog long enough to get swayed in the first place...

Yes, Buckley died in February.