The Ballad of Governor Sarah Palin

What's with the attack on her religion? What would be the reaction if the word "Jew" or "Muslim" were substituted in this piece for "Christian"?

Novick's comments put him in league with the White Sheet crowd. The reality is that anyone who attacks Sarah Palin's religion is no different than the Brown Shirted thugs who carried out Hitler's orders.

The Holocaust started with the same kind of sarcastic comments about Jews that Novick makes about Palin's faith.

Those who preach "tolerance" for others should practice it themselves. We don't tolerate jokes about people's race or ethnicity -- let alone sexual preferences -- why is religion fair game?

You had over a 100 hours to come up with some schtick - and this is the best you could do?

Joey - seriously, seriously - don't quit the day job.

The piece [funny or not] does not "attack" Ms. Palin's religion, nor do I poke fun at her for being Christian. That was most certainly not the point at all, and it would take a real 'long read' to give the piece that meaning. Candidate McCain [as opposed to Senator McCain] has made it a point to reach out to those in the same demographic as Ms. Palin---fundamentalist Christian, conservative, right-wing, pro-gun, anti-choice, females. To list her attributes and political positions in the 'voice' of McCain is merely being descriptive. The point of the parody is to poke fun of the fact that McCain had to reach so far outside the Republican Party regulars to find someone to fit as his VP candidate, while applying these criteria. And, you must admit, there are many in the Republican Party who were taken aback by the choice of Ms. Palin, both privately and publicly. Check out Bob Braun's column in the Star-Ledger: http://blog.nj.com/njv_bob_braun/ Now, of course, a joke isn't funny any more if you have to explain it. And there I have gone and done it, darn it! Oh, well, so it goes. Thanks for reading.

"A sex scandal with her daughter equal to any Bill Clinton ever did"

Does your definition of a sex scandal include an unplanned teenage pregnancy? This is not funny, poorly written and the comparison borders on offensive.

Now the emperor's club, that's a sex scandal. When you have something with a five diamond rating, you can start writing again. For now, the mediatrix demands silence.

I had to call one of my connections at the Goveror's office to try and set up a meeting at Drumthwacket in December and I decided to ask them about this guy.
Well apparently he has some pull and that job at the Turnpike Authority was created for him (it didn't exist prior to his hiring)and apparently it doesn't entail much work. Must be nice.

Sarah Palin: "You know, they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick.”

Now here's a comedian!

Thanks for outing this putz as a state/turnpike employee. It explains everything - lots of vacation days, unlimited worktime to post on the internet, the toll hikes....

The mediatrix demands restitution.

The Education of Sarah Palin and John McCain

According to the Associated Press and Newsweek Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attended Five colleges in Six years before graduating from the University of Idaho in 1987.

All five colleges told reporters, "The McCain campaign never contacted us about Sarah Palin's record or requested a background check." On Friday, the McCain campaign did not have an immediate comment on Sarah Palin's higher education record. But Cindy McCain volunteered, on another topic, "Sarah Palin has foreign policy experience. Alaska is the closest state to Russia!"

Sarah Palin began college at Hawaii Pacific University, a private school in Honolulu. She attended only as a freshman during the fall of 1982. Then known as Sarah Louise Heath, she was in the business program. School spokeswoman Crystale Lopez said, "We're trying to track down someone who knew her."

From Hawaii Pacific, Sarah Palin transferred to North Idaho College, a two-year school in Coeur d'Alene, sixty miles south of Spokane. She attended the college as a general studies major for two semesters, in spring and fall of 1983.  School spokeswoman Stacy Hudson said. "We were not able to track down club affiliations or anything. The school identified one of her professors but he did not remember her."

Prior to her selection by John McCain, the North Idaho College Alumni Association notified Sarah Palin that she would be the recipient of its 2009 Distinguished Alumni of the Year Award.

From North Idaho College, Palin transferred 70 miles south to the University of Idaho, and she majored in journalism with an emphasis in broadcast news. She attended Idaho, from fall 1984 to spring 1985. University of Idaho in Moscow, Spokeswoman Tania Thompson said, "Our office was not contacted by anyone from the McCain campaign about, Sarah Palin."  

Palin returned to Alaska to attend Matanuska-Susitna College in Palmer in fall 1985. Then she returned to University of Idaho, for spring and fall 1986 and spring 1987, when she graduated. Despite her journalism degree, she does not appear to have worked for the college newspaper or campus television station, school officials said. She worked briefly as a sportscaster for KTUU in Anchorage after she graduated college.

In a June 2008 interview with the University of Idaho alumni magazine, she explained that her curiosity and love of writing made journalism a natural choice.

"I was always asking everyone the questions, and I still am today!" Sarah Palin told the magazine.