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Sarah Palin really needs to get over herself. Not satisfied with bashing David Letterman for cracking a  joke about her daughter, now she’s raising hell about a political blogger in Alaska who photo-shopped an image of a conservative talk show host, Eddie Burke, onto the head of a baby being held by Palin. The blogger was designating that Burke is just a little too pro-Palin for the blogger’s taste. Now, though, the Alaska governor has jumped on her self-righteous-indignation horse again, saying that the baby in the original photo was her latest, Trig, who is a special needs child, and thus that photo shouldn’t have been “desecrated” (her words) for political purposes. Sarah, it’s like this: if you parade your family around as political props and mascots — including inserting Trig into your acceptance speech at the GOP convention, for God’s sake — you have no just cause to complain now. I don’t know if Palin is really as thin-skinned as she appears to be; probably not. But her “poor pitiful me” act is no doubt helping her with the educationally challenged crowd that thinks she comes close to resembling a competent leader. But let’s cut to the chase here. There are lot worse things on the net about Palin than having some guy’s head photo-shopped onto your baby’s picture. In fact, here’s one for you. It was designed by someone who sees Palin’s Christian, anti-abortion, pro-war schtick as a great way to provide soldiers for any upcoming wars. Enjoy.

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Sarah Palin. In love with herself, power and the idea that she might be on the ticket in 2012. What she’s not in love with is knowledge. That’s scary.

Tina Brown, founder and editor-in-chief over at The Daily Beast, laid out a plan for Palin that includes shutting the hell up and spending time outside of the spotlight and with a stack of books.

Sarah might be able to rile up a crowd, but until she adds some context to her sound bites she’s going to continue to come across as a firebrand who’s best trick is stirring a pot of crazies.

Take a leaf out of Hillary’s book, Sarah. (Or from Condi Rice, for that matter. Clinton’s predecessor in the job likewise knows how to disappear herself for a bit while she recoups and rebrands.) Bide your time, don’t waste it. Study up—and shut up. If you were a real power woman, we wouldn’t be hearing from you right now, so soon after your vice presidential flameout. You’d be too busy preparing yourself for the day when you have something to say worth hearing.

Read more here.

Even the B-52s have the formula right, “Before you talk, you should read a book.”

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What? All he said was that she looks like a slutty flight attendant.

Sarah Palin called David Letterman “pathetic” Tuesday after the CBS “Late Show” host said the Alaska Republican governor sports a “slutty flight attendant look.”

“What a commentary there,” Palin said of the comment during an interview on conservative host John Ziegler’s Los Angeles-based radio show. “That’s pretty pathetic, good ole David Letterman.”

In a follow up to Palin’s weekend trip to New York, Letterman’s “Top Ten” list on Monday featured “highlights of Sarah Palin’s trip to New York.” Number two on the list was “bought makeup at Bloomingdale’s to update her ‘slutty flight attendant’ look.”

More from Politico.com.

Here’s the top ten highlights of Sarah Palin’s trip to New York:

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Five people, places and things we really ain’t digging today.

• Sarah Palin

• Right-wing extremists (excluding Sarah Palin)

• Bobcats partners who may lose an ass-load of cash

• Those bonuses reportedly paid by Bank of America to Merrill Lynch folks

• Tax Day

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Five people, places and things we really ain’t digging today

• Sarah Palin

• Say it with me: AIG! AIG!

• The stress of job loss

• Proposed higher bills from Duke Energy

• Wells Fargo Chairman Richard Kovacevich

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Let’s see…

Hormonal teenagers. (Check.) Wedlock. (Check.) Whacked mother-in-law. (Check.) Employment issues. (Check.) National media following their every move for months. (Check.)

No, really, why didn’t their love last?

Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin, the teenage daughter of Gov. Sarah Palin, have broken off their engagement, he said Wednesday, about 2 1/2 months after the couple had a baby.

Johnston, 19, told the AP that he and 18-year-old Bristol Palin mutually decided “a while ago” to end their relationship. He declined to elaborate as he stood outside his family’s home in Wasilla, about 40 miles north of Anchorage.

He also said some details of the breakup, rumors of which had been swirling on the Internet, were inaccurate.

Read the rest of this USAToday article here.

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Yes, her wolf-slaughtering efforts continue. Check out this video for the latest scoop.

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If any of the right-wing dweebs who glom onto my column every week online are reading this, here’s a warning, guys: don’t faint. Here’s why I say that: I pretty much agree with Sarah Palin. No, not about policy or caribou-killing or wardrobe choices. About Caroline Kennedy. On Monday, Palin told a talk show host that Caroline Kennedy’s inexperience and nearly inarticulate speaking style aren’t getting much scrutiny from the media because of “class issues.” Now, there aren’t many people who admire the Kennedys and their records as liberal reformers as much as I do, but at the same time … why would Caroline Kennedy be entitled to be named to the U.S. Senate if she’s never run for office, never set policy, never, well, done much of anything? Sorry, but fair is fair, and handing over a Senate seat to someone whose only qualification is her father’s legendary status is not even close to fair. I don’t think it’s class issues that are keeping the media from jumping all over CK, however — it’s “Kennedy issues,” as well as our culture’s addiction to celebrities. And, for the record, the Palins, with a quarter-million dollars in yearly earnings, don’t exactly qualify as “working class” or even “middle class,” so Gov. Barbie’s-Got-A-Gun’s attempts to portray herself as an “average hockey mom American” are B.S., too. Still, though, she’s got a point about CK.

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Gov. Sarah Palin is talking again. And sounding dumber and more delusional than ever. This time, she’s blabbing for an upcoming documentary called Media Malpractice. Check out the wackness:

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Sarah Palin is the person whom people would most like to have as a neighbor. Wow. I continued to be floored at the world’s obsession with a duplicitous, gun-toting, race baiting, dumb ass. I think America is greater than that, but maybe we aren’t. Maybe that’s what we want — a moron with a zealous following, heading our country — again.

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