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Audacity of Truth
The latest Gov. Palin “scandal”: She owns her own tanning bed!
This calls for a serious reconsideration of her candidacy:
On the campaign trail, Sarah Palin likes to brag about how she put the Alaska state jet on eBay and fired the governor’s personal chef. One item that doesn’t appear in her stump speech, however, is the personal tanning bed Palin had installed in the governor’s mansion.
This morning NarcoNews reported that that a tanning bed had been installed in the governor’s official residence in 2007, sourcing a Department of Transportation employee familiar with renovations at the mansion. This evening, Politico’s Ben Smith reported that Palin had paid for the tanning bed with her own money.
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“She paid for it herself,” [gubernatorial spokesman Bill] McCallister told TPMmuckraker. “It was surplus from a local athletic club.”
The news of Palin’s luxurious purchase — beds can cost as much as $35,000 — presents a sharp contrast to the blue-collar persona she projects on the campaign trail.
Uh, not so fast, quips Jules Crittenden:
Yeah, but according to this site, most of them a lot less, between $1,000 and $4,000. Anyway, it’s her money.* Someone tell TPM it’s dark half the year up there. There’s that seasonal affective disorder thing, maybe the tanning bed cheers the governor up. Imagine how much book banning and teen-mom-program slashing she’d be doing if she was in bad mood.
The fact that TPM automatically assumed (via insinuation) that Gov. Palin spent $35K on her tanning bed tells us one thing (outside of the fact that they are clearly starving for anything that feels like a scandal re: Gov. Palin) and that is if TPM really believed a tanning bed cost that much, it’s probably because someone on staff got taken for a ride by paying that much for one themselves because they were too preoccupied with digging up non-scandals on Republicans they didn’t like to do a simple Internet search like Jules and Tim Graham did to find out that tanning beds aren’t as expensive as they used to be. Maybe all that tanning has fried some brains. I dunno.
Oh – and who else is hyping this story? Us magazine. Surprise surprise.
(Via Memeo)
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I own a car, which can cost upwards of $100,000.
These people really think we’re stupid. They think this is helping the guy they want to win.
I hear Pontius Pilate owned a tanning bed.
I would have my own tanning bed if I could swing it. That’s a good idea! It’s a lot more practical than having your own disco ball.
Keep it up, morons. You’re about to put him* over the top!
* John McCain
Would McDonalds promote you to District Manager after ONE HUNDRED and FORTY THREE days of employment?
Would a hospital promote you to Chief of Surgery after being a surgeon for ONE HUNDRED and FORTY THREE days?
Would a school district promote you to District Superintendent after you have taught for ONE HUNDRED and FORTY THREE days?
Would the military promote you to Colonel after being a private for ONE HINDRED and FORTY THREE days?
Liberals and Democrats demand Americans flock to the feet of Barack Obama and elevate him to the Presidency after he has served ONE HUNDRED and FORTY THREE days as a U.S. Senator.
They talk about his vision, his promise of change and hope and his abilities as a community organizer. Vapid rhetoric, vague promises and work organizing the lowest in society do not seem to me to be corner stones of capabilities we would want in a President.
His judgment is in question after selecting Joseph Biden as his running mate. A man sorely lacking judgment and clarity of mind, as is evidenced by his Nome de plume, “The Gaffe Machine.”
Is this an indication of Barack’s ability to make sound decisions?
I think all American must step back and examine this man, look at his accomplishments and decide if this is really who we want to lead us for the next four years.
Our politicians have failed us. Both parties have allowed us to be hamstrung over energy, sound fiscal policy and intelligence. Unfortunately one party has failed us more so than the other.
Before you go to vote in less than 52 days, think about which party tells us how bad America is, we need not drill for oil to get energy free of Middle Eastern oil dependence and how Barack is the new John F. Kennedy.
OMG! You mean someone who lives near the Arctic Circle actually wants to be exposed to sunlight?!?! Inconceivable!
It’s obvious these idiots have no idea about geography. For about 6 months of the year, sunlight is in precious short supply up in Alaska. Not that whether or not a person wants to own a sunbed is any one’s business one way or the other. What seems a useless frivolity in someplace like Florida makes a lot more sense in someplace like Alaska, where sunlight to make vitamin D is not very plentiful.
This is all they got?
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They blah blah blah about this but don’t say squat about Gore’s 100 foot houseboat. Lemme see tanning bed, houseboat, which one would cost more and do more enviromental damage??? Tanning bed of course you fools. 
– Lorica
I did a quick search at craigshelper.com, and found a slew of used tanning beds, as low as $400, lots in the $1200 to $1600 range, and a few up to $2800. looks like the socialist stooges are frantically grabbing for any “scandal” they can fake up.
Now, now, you can spend $35,000 on a tanning bed, but only if you get all the spiffy bells and whistles.
The heated seats. The Turbo Option. The wheels package. The rich Corinthian Leather. The electric moonroof. The 6-speaker CD player. The headlights wipers.
The Gun Rack.