The former fiance of Gov. Sarah Palin’s 18-year-old daughter says he thinks he knows why the Alaska governor is resigning — concerns over money. Johnston says he lived with the Palin family from early December to the second week in January. He claims he heard the governor several times say how nice it would be to take advantage of the lucrative deals that were being offered, including a reality show and a book. “I think the big deal was the book. That was millions of dollars,” said Johnston, who has had a strained relationship with the family but now says things have improved. Palin has a book deal, but compensation details haven’t been disclosed. source

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Talk show host Ellen Degeneres has only recently become involved in the campaign to defeat Proposition 8 in California. But on today’s show, Ellen gave an emotional speech on Sarah Palin, a federal ban on gay marriage, and equal rights in general.

Some of Ellen’s comments:
“I don’t know what people are scared of. Maybe they think that their children will be influenced. And I gotta say I was raised by two heterosexuals. I was surrounded by heterosexuals just everywhere I looked heterosexuals. And they did not influence…. I mean I dabbled in high school, who didn’t?”
“People are gonna be who they’re gonna be. And we need to learn to love them for who they are and let them love who they want to love.”

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That would be over $150,000 in about two months. According to Politico.com, the Republican National Committee appears to have spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family since her surprise pick by John McCain in late August.
According to financial disclosure records, the accessorizing began in early September and included bills from Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and New York for a combined $49,425.74.
The records also document a couple of big-time shopping trips to Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, including one $75,062.63 spree in early September.
The RNC also spent $4,716.49 on hair and makeup through September after reporting no such costs in August.
Politico asked the McCain campaign for comment, explicitly noting the $150,000 in expenses for department store shopping and makeup consultation that were incurred immediately after Palin’s announcement. Pre-September reports do not include similar costs.
Spokeswoman Maria Comella declined to answer specific questions about the expenditures, including whether it was necessary to spend that much and whether it amounted to one early investment in Palin or if shopping for the vice presidential nominee was ongoing.
Politico.com

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I swear I waited all night and watched this whole show to find her do something funny. The rapper lady did something funny, Sarah Palin was wack. Tina Fey and Palin didn’t even do one skit together. They could have saved this visit.

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NewsWeek put an unflattering photo of Palin on the cover. She says she’s one of us, the regular old people and they put a regular ass photo of her on the cover. Hahaha!
Palin was featured as the cover story “She’s One of the Folks”, which highlighted Palin’s “Joe Six-Pack” appeal, but questioned its relevancy to her VP candidacy. The article cited her interview with Katie Couric as a sign that she piques the interest of voters due to her common appeal.

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Women have a desire to see a female in the White House. We are capable of running this country and want a chance to prove it. What we don’t want, is someone that makes our gender look dumb as hell. We don’t want a woman like Sarah Palin who will set us back years in public opinion about our capabilities. What did McCain succeed in doing? He did just that, Sarah Palin is no Hillary Clinton! Hell she hasn’t even lived up to the description of Sarah Palin that the McCain camp put out there when she boarded this presidential campaign roller coaster ride.
Sarah Palin has spoken so, what did you learn? The answer is nothing! She answers everything generally and nothing specifically. “I am ready, I have that readiness, I am prepared.” What the hell does that mean?
Sean Hannity asked her about the fundamentals of the economy, if she thought the economy was
strong. She never answered his question on her beliefs instead she said, the Obama campaign delivered an unfair attack on McCain’s verbage. That was her response, to explain Mccain’s words not to answer the question on her thoughts. The worst was probably the entire interview with Katie Couric. Lets see, where to start? She couldn’t name anything her running mate has stood up for or fought for during his entire time in the Senate besides earmarks. She couldn’t name one newspaper that she reads. She didn’t even say her hometown papers. Sarah Palin could not name one single Supreme Court case besides Roe-v-Wade but yet she holds an executive position running a state. She lives in Alaska, she knows what Alaskans want. She has not been interested in the world let alone America and now she’s allowing herself to be used by John McCain. This woman has no right being in a position to possibly run the country. McCain tried to get the female vote but instead he succeeded in alienating women. He picked an incompetent woman for the sake of having the female gender on his ticket. His biggest mistake was not picking a competent running mate. I have no doubt that she is good for Alaska, but that doesn’t automatically make her good for America!

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