"Bus tour?" said Sarah Palin. "What bus tour? I don't know of any bus tour or tour tour or plane tour or itinerary of locations and places that my family and I have visited across this great country of America in a bus, perhaps, but does that mean we should stop learning and finding out about the history of this nation, this illustrious nation that gave us freedom and liberty, who I am proud to call my homeland, where my family and I have received the kindness of others from? It wasn't a bus tour so much as it was a visit with all my American friends."" →

(Source: inothernews)

The Cheat Sheet: Carpe Per Diem →

cheatsheet:

Am I supposed to be charging meals
While I am away from Juneau?
Or does per diem cover my meals—
I haven’t charged any meals to the state,
Just a couple of coffees while outside
During these six months in office.
Am I doing this right?
What about Todd’s meals
If he’s traveling for First Gentlemen…

She’s a poet and she didn’t even know it.

Fox News can’t tell Sarah Palin & Tina Fey apart.

(via The Atlantic Wire)

That’s a zoom-in on Sarah Palin’s hand from a “bus-tour” stop in New Hampshire, hanging out with lobsters. The Oddly Enough Blog guy pointed it out — does it really say “stop ‘publicity’”?

Sarah Palin - the political gift that keeps on giving.

Mother Jones magazine on Tumblr: We're (Finally) Getting Sarah Palin's Emails →

motherjones:

There was some real Sarah Palin news today and it didn’t involve her trip to the Statue of Liberty. David Corn explains:

During the 2008 presidential campaign, I filed a request under Alaska’s open records law, for all—yes, all—of Palin’s gubernatorial emails. Other journalists and citizen…

So obviously the first thing to do once the emails are up is read them aloud while playing a drinking game.

Rule #1: Everytime Palin writes a grammatically correct sentence, take a sip.

Other rules?