Sarah Palin is Finally a Grandma!

Bristol Palin, 18-year-old daughter of Sarah Palin, gave birth over the weekend to a a 7-pound, 4-ounce boy she’s calling Tripp. Word is that Bristol can bank some serious cash for the first pics of little Tripp.
“The bidding started well before the baby was born, but once Levi’s mom was arrested — well, then you had a story,” says one editor.
She could get as much as $300K for the pictures. Source 1, 2
Too bad, it’s too late for me to be the knocked up teenage daughter of a politician. Maybe I can get Palin to adopt me.

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Political Poop '08

There’s a scandal involving the Republican Party outfitting Vice President Candidate Sarah Palin and her family…reportedly to the sume of $150,000. The Huffing Post contrasts this ridiculous spending to the frugalness of the Obama family. They’ve posted an interview access Hollywood did with the family back in July where Michelle talked about the how they are bargain hunters. She also talked about how Barack “hates to shop” and will wear his clothes into the ground. Source and Source Michelle Obama is shown below in a dress from H&M that cost $34.95
I can understand needing to look your best. I mean Sarah is vying to help run the country. She can’t show up in something bought from The Bargain Man. But Michelle shows that you don’t have to spend a lot to look absolutely FAB!

IF YOU PLAN ON VOTING FOR OBAMA DON’T WEAR ANY OBAMA APPAREL TO THE VOTING POLLS. THIS INCLUDES HATS, T-SHIRTS, PINS, ETC. THIS IS CONSIDERED CAMPAIGNING AND CAMPAIGNING IS NOT ALLOWED AT THE POLLS. ONCE FOLKS HAVE TO GO HOME TO CHANGE THEY’RE LESS LIKELY TO COME BACK OUT TO VOTE.
SO YES, YOU’RE CATSUIT WITH OBAMA AIRBRUSH ACROSS YOUR CHEEKS IS REALLY CUTE BUT PUT IT ON AFTER YOU VOTE. UM KAY?

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Political Poop '08

Sarah Palin is going to be on SNL as herself on October 25th according to the New York Post. Supposedly Palin enjoys Tina Fey’s impression of her. Source
Thanks but no thanks.

More Palin Polooza… Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol Palin’s unborn baby did an interview with AP about all the rumors going around about him and Bristol on the net.
"None of that's true. We both love each other. We both want to marry each other. And that's what we are going to do."
The baby is due this December and Levi has quit school and is working at the North Slope oil fields as an apprentice electrician.
"I'm looking forward to having him," he said. "I'm going to take him hunting and fishing. He'll be everywhere with me."
He denies that their engagement was forced. "We were planning on getting married a long time ago with or without the kid," he said. "That was the plan from the start."
"At first, I was nervous (about being a father)," he said. "Then I was like, 'Whatever.’ We're up for it. I'm excited to have my first kid. It's going to be a lot of hard work but we can handle it.
When asked about Barack Obama he said, "I don't know anything about him. He seems like a good guy. I like him. I just hope she (Sarah Palin) wins," he said. "She's my future mother-in-law. She better win."
Source

IF YOU PLAN ON VOTING FOR OBAMA DON’T WEAR ANY OBAMA APPAREL TO THE VOTING POLLS. THIS INCLUDES HATS, T-SHIRTS, PINS, ETC. THIS IS CONSIDERED CAMPAIGNING AND CAMPAIGNING IS NOT ALLOWED AT THE POLLS. ONCE FOLKS HAVE TO GO HOME TO CHANGE THEY’RE LESS LIKELY TO COME BACK OUT TO VOTE.
SO YES, YOU’RE CATSUIT WITH OBAMA AIRBRUSH ACROSS YOUR CHEEKS IS REALLY CUTE BUT PUT IT ON AFTER YOU VOTE. UM KAY?

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Political Poop '08

The two following clips are from “The View”. In the past two weeks alone there have been serious brawls between the panel of women over the upcoming presidential election. Check out the vids and tell me what you think.
PS-if this keeps up someone’s gonna end up with a black eye. I can just taste it.

Palin Fight


Character Fight


Obamapolooza… Barack chose to address young black voters directly through the pages of Vibe magazine. He said,
“We are at a defining moment in our history. I am running for president to take this country in a new direction. But I can’t do it alone. I need you,” the letter reads. “Whether it’s the first time, or the first time in a long time, I need you to register and vote on November 4.” Source
Straight forward and to the point…works for me!

More polooza… Maybe Barack needs to take some ginkobaloba because his memory ain’t what it used to be. At a recent press conference Barack said that he was married for 15 years. Wrong dear. His wife’s staff released a press release to all media outlets correcting him saying that it ws indeed 16 years. Source
Lol, at least he was close.


In the above video the efforts of a Californian music teacher are being compared to Nazi propaganda. The teacher invited some of her students to her home to film them singing a pro-Obama song. The original video was on Obama’s site but was removed due to protests. Before that could happen someone edited the video to compare it to videos featuring the Hitler Youth singing his praises in the ‘40s.
A lot of the controversy comes from the fact that this video looks like a large production with a large budget. The home was made over to look like a classroom and there was a large crew involved. Many believe it was paid for by Obama’s campaign as opposed to being a video that a little ol’ school teacher did by herself.
I don’t know how I feel about children being involved in politics. Learning about it yes, but anything beyond that kinda creeps me out because their little minds are so impressionable. Then again, its not like us adults seem to have a handle on it.

Greg Howard, a 7th grade social studies teacher I Jackson County has been suspended without pay. On Friday (September 26, 2008) he asked the class a question regarding Obama’s call for change, and proceeded to write out what the letters C-H-A-N-G-E stood for. “She told me that he wrote on the board ‘Can You Help A (expletive) Get Elected, and then laughed about it,” said Shelia Christian, a mother of one of Howard’s students. Jackson County Superintendent Danny Sims said Howard apparently repeated the action in more than one class, having made the comment in “a couple of periods.” Source
I’m at a loss…

IF YOU PLAN ON VOTING FOR OBAMA DON’T WEAR ANY OBAMA APPAREL TO THE VOTING POLLS. THIS INCLUDES HATS, T-SHIRTS, PINS, ETC. THIS IS CONSIDERED CAMPAIGNING AND CAMPAIGNING IS NOT ALLOWED AT THE POLLS. ONCE FOLKS HAVE TO GO HOME TO CHANGE THEY’RE LESS LIKELY TO COME BACK OUT TO VOTE.
SO YES, YOU’RE CATSUIT WITH OBAMA AIRBRUSH ACROSS YOUR CHEEKS IS REALLY CUTE BUT PUT IT ON AFTER YOU VOTE. UM KAY?

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Political Poop '08

John McCain has decided to show up at the debate tonight afterall. He originally said he was going to suspend his campaign to deal with our economic crisis. He said he wasn’t going to attend if an agreement hadn’t been reached on a $700 billion bailout plan for Wall Street. Some saw the move as brilliant…others a big blunder. In any event he’s taken it all back and the first presidential debate will go on as planned.
"He is optimistic that there has been significant progress toward a bipartisan agreement now that there is a framework for all parties to be represented in negotiations, including Rep. [Roy] Blunt as a designated negotiator for House Republicans," the campaign said in a statement.
"The McCain campaign is resuming all activities and the senator will travel to the debate this afternoon."
I’ll be watching…will you?

Obamapolooza!!!... There is growing support for Barack Obama in the Latino community and many A-List Latino celebs are taking their crusade to the net. Check out a commercial of the Obamistas* campaigning.

*Obamista (noun): a Latino who not only supports Sen. Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential election, but tells their friends, their compadres, their comadres, their primos, their novios, their neighbors, their co-workers, and even strangers to vote for Barack Obama as well. They likely wear pimped out Obama t-shirts, deck their car out with “Latinos for Obama” bumper stickers, and are probably organizing an election day block party where calls of “Si Se Puede” and “Viva Obama” will ring out all through the night.

More Obamapolooza…
Just for shits and giggles check out this video of the man who may very well be the next president of the United States, shakin’ his tail feather on "Soul Train". I-LOVE-IT!!!!!


Still Riding the Soul, er, I mean Obama Train… During a recent show Pharrell Williams took a stab at Sarah Palin. The crowd was chanting “Obama” when Pharrell said, "So I guess I don’t have to ask. So we feel the same way," said Pharrell. "We’re gonna do what we gotta do to make sure that the person that goes after Osama is not holding a baby in one hand and a soccer ball in the other. Ok, cool."
"But she’s a hot MILF though, isn’t she?" he added.
Ha! Anyway, Pharrell is also showing his support by designing a t-shirt for Obama’s Runway To Change” campaign. The shirt (pictured below) is called “Obama Stands Out From the Crowd”. It costs $60 and can be purchased at BarackObama.com Source

AND SPEAKING OF OBAMA APPAREL, IF YOU PLAN ON VOTING FOR OBAMA DON’T WEAR ANY OBAMA APPAREL TO THE VOTING POLLS. THIS INCLUDES HATS, T-SHIRTS, PINS, ETC. THIS IS CONSIDERED CAMPAIGNING AND CAMPAIGNING IS NOT ALLOWED AT THE POLLS. ONCE FOLKS HAVE TO GO HOME TO CHANGE THEY’RE LESS LIKELY TO COME BACK OUT TO VOTE.
SO YES, YOU’RE CATSUIT WITH OBAMA AIRBRUSH ACROSS YOUR CHEEKS IS REALLY CUTE BUT PUT IT ON AFTER YOU VOTE. UM KAY?

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Political Poop '08

US Weekly is reporting that Sarah Palin had a tanning bed put into the governor’s mansion in Alaska.
“She did. She paid for it with her own money,” Roger Wetherell, chief communications officer of Alaska’s Department of Transportation and Public Facilities told Us.
“It was done shortly after she took office [in early 2007] and moved into the mansion,” Wetherell told the Narco News. Source
I suppose they’re making a big deal about it because she discouraged the use of tanning beds in a public service announcement, saying it contributed to cancer. And as we all know her running mate Senator John McCain has skin cancer.
I don’t see the big deal. I mean, I don’t expect anyone…especially not a politician to practice what they preach.

More Poop… Senator Obama’s campaign will not comment on the “Obama Waffles” that were sold at a conservative political forum this past Saturday (September 13, 2008) in DC.
Mark Whitlock and Bob DeMoss, two writers from Franklin, Tenn, rented a booth to sell their "Obama Waffles" waffle mix that came in a box depicting the Democratic presidential candidate as a racial stereotype on its front and wearing Arab-like headdress on its top flap, reports the Associated Press.
The product was meant as political satire, said Mark Whitlock and Bob DeMoss, who created the mix and sold it for $10 a box at the Values Voter Summit sponsored by the lobbying arm of the Family Research Council.
Obama is portrayed with bulging eyes and big lips as he stares at a plate of waffles and smiles broadly.
On the back of the box, Obama is depicted in stereotypical Mexican dress, including a sombrero, above a recipe for "Open Border Fiesta Waffles" that says it can serve "4 or more illegal aliens." The recipe includes a tip: "While waiting for these zesty treats to invade your home, why not learn a foreign language?"
Values Voter Summit organizers cut off sales of Obama Waffles boxes on Saturday, saying they had not realized the boxes displayed "offensive material." The summit and the exhibit hall where the boxes were sold had been open since Thursday afternoon. Source
It’s bad enough they have to sully the name of Obama but to sully the image of waffles is just taking it too damn far!

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Political Poop '08

Thieves tried to break into Sarah Obama’s (Barack Obama’s paternal grandmother) house on Wednesday (September 10, 2008). They never gained access even though they tried the doors, which had been locked, and finally climbed on the roof with a ladder.
"I just spoke to Sarah, and she's OK," Barack's uncle said on Thursday. "The police have been there since yesterday, and we're not worried. Everything is fine." Source
Good to hear Mama Sarah is ok. Something tells me she woulda been ok. Old black women are NOT to be messed with. My Granny Beth, God rest her soul, was like a friggin ninja warrior with her cane. She could poke out both your eyes and separate your sternum in one move.

More Poop…

The above is a clip of Senator John McCain on “The View”. McCain says something that causes concern in Whoopie and Barbara responds with:
“Us White Folk Will Take Care of You”
Please watch the video in its entirety so you can gather the context. Then we’ll sigh in indignation together. All that keeps ringing over and over again in my head is that line from The Color Purple when Miss Millie says, “Your children are so clean! Would you like to be my maid?” (Insert southern racist accent…and yes, there is such a thing as a racist accent).

Still More Poop… Many people think of Michelle Obama as the fashionista of Decision ’08 but Sarah Palin is nipping at her heals. Her hair-do is so popular with American women that wig sellers and hairstylists are bombarded with requests for help to look like her.
A wig supplier, Wigsalon.com, has been promoting a range of Palin-style wigs and hair pieces.
But it’s not just about the hair, Italee Optics, the US distributor of Mrs. Palin's frames made by Kazuo Kawasaki, has run out of supplies after orders more than quadrupled since the Republican National Convention.
"We began hearing from our authorized dealers and they wanted to stock multiple pairs of the exact same frame and style and color that she had," said Amy Hahn, the distributor's vice-president. Source This is like the funniest thing I’ve heard all day. I thought doing it ‘Sarah Palin Style” meant shootin’ me some vermin and fryin’ up a bunny burger on the grill.

(Thanks for the Wig info Merichelle!)

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Political Poop '08

In the above video Barack Obama makes the following statement in reference to the McCain/Palin camp and policies:
“You can put lipstick on a pig, it’s still a pig!”
Many assumed that he was calling Sarah Palin a pig. Ha! Wouldn’t that be a hoot!? Well he explained his comment in the below video:

Poor choice of analogy? Possibly. But I definitely don’t think he’d be dumb enough to call the woman a pig whether he thinks she is one or not.

In Other Poop…

You can read the full (long as hell) article that accompanies this cover here. It talks a lot about her life growing up and her beliefs.

Even More Poop…

The executive version of the Sarah Palin doll is available for $27.95 from the HeroBuilders.com. The action hero version will cost you $29.95. Source
I love it. I want one. I think I’ll put it next to my Obama monkey…sighs.

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Political Poop '08

Last week was the Republican National Convention and VP candidate Sarah Palin had some pretty rough things to say about Barack Obama in her speech. She said, "What exactly is our opponent’s plan? What does he actually seek to accomplish, after he’s done turning back the waters and healing the planet?" Asked Palin, "The answer is to make government bigger and take more of your money and give you more orders from Washington and to reduce the strength of America in a dangerous world.”
So Obama’s camp was quick to respond releasing a statement saying,
“The speech that Gov. Palin was well delivered, but it was written by George Bush’s speechwriter and sounds exactly like the same divisive, partisan attacks we’ve heard from George Bush for the last eight years. If Gov. Palin and John McCain want to define ‘change’ as voting with George Bush 90% of the time, that’s their choice, but we don’t think the American people are ready to take a 10% chance on change.” Source
Now I remember why I try to avoid politics at all costs…cus its so damn nasty.

More Poop… First Lady Laura Bush and Senetor McCain’s wife Cindy were in attendance at the RNC looking fierce. Their fierceness didn’t come at a small price either. Check out the estimated costs of their outfits.

Laura Bush
Oscar de la Renta suit: $2,500
Stuart Weitzman heels: $325
Pearl stud earrings: $600–$1,500
Total: Between $3,425 and $4,325

Cindy McCain
Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000
Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000
Shoes, designer unknown: $600
Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100
Source

Egad! That’s a helluva lot of money…but then again I suppose they can afford it.

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Political Poop '08

As most of you know Sarah Palin, the woman presidential hopeful John McCain has picked as his running mate has some skeletons in her closet. She announced that her 17-year-old daughter, Bristol Palin, is pregnant and marrying the father of the baby, Levi Johnston. Here’s her statement:
“We have been blessed with five wonderful children who we love with all our heart and mean everything to us,” the Palins said in the statement. “Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. We’re proud of Bristol’s decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents. As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support.
“Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realize very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family. We ask the media to respect our daughter and Levi’s privacy as has always been the tradition of children of candidates.”
Too early to say how this news will effect the Presidential race. The safest thing to say is that the Palin women are extremely fertile. At least Sarah will have a playmate for her 4-month old son.
Aye, aye, aye…and the hits keep comin’.

Obamapolooza! Barack Obama has responded to all this kibble going on with Sarah Palin and her fam:

“Let me be as clear as possible. I think people’s families are off-limits, and people’s children are especially off-limits. This shouldn’t be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin’s performance as governor or her potential performance as a vice president. How a family deals with issues and teenage children, that shouldn’t be the topic of our politics, and I hope that anybody who is supporting me understands that’s off-limits.” Source

He just proves time and time again that he’s a cool cat.

In Other Poop…
Filmmaker Spike Lee thinks that if elected, Barack Obama will change the shape of American music. He said, "We gotta step it up... This is too important. We should use an event like Barack's presidency, which I feel is probably one of the most important moments in the history of this country, to galvanize us, to inspire us, and, yo, let's go!
"I believe artists have to lead the way. The same way as in the turbulent 60s... that music reflected both the difficult times we were going through and the enthusiasm and optimism we had, too. And I think Obama is going to have the same effect on African-American artists - and it's needed." Source
Interesting perspective. Barack’s campaign has garnered both a negative and positive response from the world of hip-hop in particular so far. It would be interesting to see how his appointment as commander and chief would have on music as a whole.

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Political Poop '08

Reggaeton artist Daddy Yankee is showing his support for presidential Republican hopeful, John McCain. He appeared at a rally in Arizona in hopes of helping McCain gain the Latino vote. He’s called the senator “the best option for the United States.” Source
More Poop…
On Friday August 29, 2008) Senator John McCain announced that he chose his running mate, Alaskan Governor, Sarah Palin. Well interesting rumors have already surfaced about the governor.

On March 5th, 2008 Alaska”s Republican Governor, Sarah Palin, announced to the media that she was 7 months pregnant with her 5th child. She is currently 44. Palin”s daughter Bristol is 16 and attends an Anchorage high school. Students who have attended class with her report that she has been out of school for months, claiming a prolonged case of mono. Palin does not appear pregnant in any recent photographs. The announcement came as quite a shock to people who had worked closely with her, and have been quoted as saying that she did not appear pregnant whatsoever during the prior 7 months. Source

Hmm, shady, shady, no?

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