Palin's bonus screw-up

By GottaLaff

I just got home from work, and found this in Comments via Pigboy. Thanks for the correction, which we gladly make when we find out our info is wrong:

UPDATE via Nicole at Crooks and Liars:

Looks like the original writer and I should have fact checked more closely. Per a comment at the original op-ed:

About Ms. Palin's HeroBracelet.

We sent her those bracelets during the last election. When we learned that her son, Track and Senator Biden's son were both being deployed overseas, we sent them both Deployed HeroBracelets with their son's names.

We've been providing Deployed HeroBracelets since 2004 for families to wear while their loved ones were serving. They can be made from sterling, copper, leather or bronze colored anodized aluminum (black is reserved for KIA).[..]

So she isn't out of line for wearing the Deployed HeroBracelet. There are ten's of thousands of families around the country wearing them right now. On the HeroBracelets web site, we've got hundreds of letters from families, many vowing to not take the bracelet off till their loved one comes home.

Chris Greta
Director HeroBracelets.org
www.herobracelets.org

Original post:

Just when you think Bonkette McIgnorant can't make herself look any worse... well, think again:

"The name on her black memorial bracelet -- one, like the gold star, a demonstration of a friend or associate who was killed in action -- is that of her oldest son, Track. Track served honorably in Iraq, and both he and his parents should be thanked for his selfless service to his country. He is also alive.

"Commemorating Track's service by wearing a black memorial bracelet which is reserved for those dead or even a red bracelet for those missing in action, demonstrates a horrifying contempt for those who gave their last full measure of devotion or an almost unbelievable ignorance of the importance of symbols in American history..."

"Sarah Palin, please take off the bracelet. Be thankful you have no reason to wear it."

Not only did she mega-embarrass herself again, she did it tastelessly.

Barbie wears live people. And the humiliation continues...

"Track"ing Bristol Palin's MySpace file

By GottaLaff

(This entry can be found enlarged and readable here)

Rather than plaster this post with gory details of Bristol's MySpace entries and other documentation, I'll link, and you take a peek for yourself. The files are pdf formatted, so it's easier that way.

The Gawker piece includes the following:

[R]evelations that Sarah Palin had previously accused her daughter of being pregnant and that Bristol's brother [Track] once told their mother that Bristol was a "stoner."

I'm tucking my snarkage away for now and saving it for another post. Ripping into a teenager isn't too appetizing; however, mocking Mommy Dearest, the supposed fine, upstanding, god-fearin' adult who taught her daughter everything she knows and proselytizes, is much more entertaining, even addicting.

And speaking of 2012, if those screen shots/quotes are as authentic as they seem, Shooty McMouthOff's family values, and Mother of the Year "you betcha" image, need some serious revamping.

This link takes you to (pdf) screen grabs of her MySpace pages.

I'll leave you with this Ezra Klein Tweet:

Note to Bristol Palin: "Tight" doesn't mean what you think it means. At least not in California.

Note to Shooty: "Abstinence" doesn't mean what you think it means. At least not in your own family.

National Enquirer: "What Sarah's really hiding"

By GottaLaff

The Enquirer has been right on the mark lately. If this is true, I feel bad for the kids. It seems that they are going through some rough times. And yes, I thought twice before posting this, but it will be news soon enough.

clipped from www.nationalenquirer.com

PALIN FAMILY SHOCKERS: WHAT SARAH'S REALLY HIDING!

The NATIONAL ENQUIRER’S exclusive ongoing investigation of GOP VP Nom Sarah 'Barracuda' Palin’s goes far beyond a mere teen pregnancy crisis this week!

The Enquirer’s team of reporters has combed the Alaskan wilderness to discover the hidden truth about Gov. Palin’s family, which has become a central part of political identity.

The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively that Sarah's oldest son, Track, was addicted to the power drug OxyContin for nearly the past two years, snorting it, eating it, smoking it and even injecting it. And as Track, 19, heads to Iraq as part of the U.S. armed forces, Sarah and her husband Todd were powerless to stop his wild antics, detailed in the new issue of The ENQUIRER, which goes on sale today.

THE ENQUIRER also has exclusive details about Track's use of other drugs, including cocaine, and his involvement in a notorious local vandalism incident.

“I’ve partied with him (Track) for years,” a source disclosed. “I’ve seen him snort cocaine, snort and smoke OxyContin, drink booze and smoke weed.”

The source also divulged the girls would do anything for Track and he’d use his local celebrity to manipulate other guys “to get them to steal things he wanted.”

“He finally did what a lot of troubled kids here do,” the source divulged. “You join the military.”

And as Gov. Palin has billed the state of Alaska for various expenses related to her children, as reported by The Washington Post, The ENQUIRER's investigation reveals that she was so incensed by 17-year-old Bristol's pregnancy that she banished her daughter from the house.

Another family friend revealed pre-prego Bristol was as much of a hard partier as Track was.

“Bristol was a huge stoner and drinker. I’ve seen her smoke pot and get drunk and make out with so many guys. All the guys would brag that the just made out with Bristol.”

When Sarah found out the teen was pregnant by high schooler Levi Johnston, she was actually banished from the house. As part of the cover-up, Palin quickly transferred Bristol to another high school and made her move in with Sarah’s sister Heather 25 miles away!

And the ENQUIRER also learned that Levi Johnston, the baby mamma’s future wedded dada, who was glad handed by John McCain at the GOP Convention, isn’t too happy about his impending shotgun nups either.

“Levi got dragged out of the house to go to Minnesota,” Levi’s friend told The ENQUIRER. “Levi realizes he’s stuck being with Bristol because her mom is running for Vice President.”

The friend also confided that both Bristol and Levi “broke up a few times and they definitely messed around with other people.”

Meanwhile, as members of the Palin family’s war viciously over “Trooper-Gate” and claims of Sarah’s extramarital affair have turned the political race into a chaotic arena of threats, denials and vicious attacks by political black ops, The ENQUIRER has discovered shocking new details about the red-hot affair scandal!

H/t: Fernando