Funny

Quoted: Withdrawal creeps up on you slowly like say a huntress in a helicopter when you're a slightly deaf wolf and then all of a sudden, BAM!, something hits you square between the eyes and you howl in pain. That was what this Palin-less week was like for us.

So, the RNC actually only gave her $25k for clothes. She went rogue with the other $125k. Wow. If you're a working class Republican who donated to the campaign I guess you're feeling pretty foolish right about now -- picking up Palin's tab at Neiman Marcus. Effing NEIMAN MARCUS!

Quoted: The budget for the clothes was anticipated to be from $20,000 to $25,000, the officials said. Instead, in a public relations debacle undermining Ms. Palin’s image as an everywoman “hockey mom,” bills came in to the Republican National Committee for about $150,000, including charges of $75,062 at Neiman Marcus and $49,425 at Saks Fifth Avenue. The bills included clothing for Ms. Palin’s family and purchases of shoes, luggage and jewelry, the advisers said.

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Quoted: If youre cruel enough to charge women for rape kits, youre probably tacky enough to put them on sale. And its true: Sarah Palin allowed charging for rape kits as Mayor of Wasilla.

Quoted: Ms. Strozzi, who was nominated for an Emmy award for her makeup work on the television show “So You Think You Can Dance?”, was paid $22,800 for the first two weeks of October alone, according to the records. The campaign categorized Ms. Strozzi’s payment as “Personnel Svc/Equipment.”

I find it hard to have a conversation for 5 minutes with anyone this uninterested in the world outside of the U.S. There are definitely two Americas and Palin represents the worst of the one that the rest of the world knows us by. And we wonder why they hate us.

Quoted: For Europeans ... the turning point probably came with the appearance on the Katie Couric show when Palin confessed to not having had a passport until 2006. Europeans are appalled at the thought that someone who wants to be vice president of the most powerful nation on earth had so little interest in the rest of a world which is so vitally affected by the decisions of the man, or woman, in the White House.

Don't miss the report on Tina Fey's Palin on All Things Considered this evening!

Quoted: The presidential election has drawn intense media attention and much satire -- none cutting closer to the bone than Tina Fey on Saturday Night Live as Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. SNL is riding high in the ratings with its political spoofs.

Sarah Palin cartoons from the last week or so.

Refaving from Shiwani.

Video of the talent portion of a Palin beauty pagent. My favorite part is the smoldering looks at the camera when she pauses for a breath.

Quoted: As everyone in America knows, there is so much more to beauty pageants than prancing around in high heels, nude control top pantyhose and a specially engineered swimsuit!