Year: 2009

Add an exotic vacation in Hawaii to the list of things partial first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin can’t finish.

Claiming she was doing it for the benefit of fellow travelers, Palin ended her Christmas Hawaii trip prematurely when reporters noticed she used a Sharpie to black out the McCain/Palin ’08 logo on a visor she wore.

“In an attempt to ‘go incognito,’ I Sharpied the logo out on my sun visor so photographers would be less likely to recognize me and bother my kids or other vacationers,” she said in a statement. “Todd and I have since cut our vacation short because the incognito attempts didn’t work and fellow vacationers were bothered for the two days we spent in the sun.”

Did you get that? They only got to spend two lousy days in the sun, thanks to those damn reporters, from whom Sarah recently welcomed as much attention as she and her book could get. In fact, the one thing Palin, who changed colleges six times in six years, showed an ability to stick with was her recent, seemingly never-ending sales promotion.

There is something about this whole visor story that bothers me more than the rest of it: Like this woman can’t afford a new visor? She has to use the free one the campaign gave away to supporters? And if she really did keep it all this time, wouldn’t you think she’d put it in a box with other campaign mementos? I would say this whole episode was as calculated as everything else Palin does.

Update: I thought it was witty for the people at Credo, who published an online Sarah Palin holiday letter originator to cross through the word “Governor” on the fake “From the Desk of…” letterhead. Looks like they called that one.

Bored at work? The people at Credo Mobile (formerly Working Assets Long Distance) have a diversion. They produced a Sarah Palin holiday letter generator. You just offer some nouns and adjectives to plug in, register for their drawing for free mobile phone service or a copy of the book, “Going Rouge: An American Nightmare” by Nation editors Richard Kim and Betsy Reed (which is no problem if, like me, you already use Credo’s socially responsible calling plan), and viola! You’ll receive your own letter from Sarah, with details provided by you.

The letterhead itself is my favorite part, but the idea of Sarah replacing Oprah (quitters unite!) does give me pause. Try it yourself now!

Just in time for the holidays Florida’s Republican Party trots out another example of idiocy that makes one wonder how these mouth-breathing knuckle-draggers can stay in power in Tallahassee. Wait! Don’t answer that!

You’d think from the way party boss Jim “Big Jim” Greer talks, this here is like the first-ever electronical seasons’ greeting card. I suppose nobody sends Republicans Blue Mountain greeting cards, eh? If they did, then Jimbo would probably know better than to include a disquisition on postal statistics in a greeting card.

Oh, and if these guys really wanted to be more eco-friendly they’d all tie plastic bags over their heads and reduce their carbon imprint to zero.

And of course they cap off their hi-tech card with a nasty little visual for good measure.

Friends,

I am pleased to present the Republican Party of Florida’s first electronic holiday card.

Today, Monday, December 14, 2009, marks the Postal Service’s busiest mailing day of the year, with more than 830 million pieces of mail entering the system. This quantity represents an increase of more than 40 percent in the average daily volume of 583 million pieces of mail, and in total the Postal Service will deliver 16.5 billion cards, letters and packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve.

In an effort to become a more eco-friendly organization, the RPOF decided to continue the good will and holiday sentiment offered by a traditional card by creating an electronic holiday card, which RPOF subscribers can forward on to Republicans and other supporters across the state and around the country.

On behalf of the entire RPOF staff, we wish you and yours a wonderful Christmas and a happy holiday season!

Regards,
Jim