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Palin cuts short vacation after McCain visor flap
AP ^ | 12/18/09 | MARK THIESSEN

Posted on 12/18/2009 2:12:36 PM PST by paudio

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said she cut short her Hawaii vacation because of paparazzi, who photographed her wearing a sun visor with the name of John McCain blacked out.

The pictures were circulated widely on the Internet with speculation the redaction was a slight against McCain, but Palin said she meant no disrespect to her former GOP running mate.

"In an attempt to 'go incognito,' I Sharpied the logo out on my sun visor so photographers would be less likely to recognize me and bother my kids or other vacationers," Palin said in a statement.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: americanpravda; asspress; buttociatedpress; getpalin; mccain; palin
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To: Sarah Barracuda

101 posted on 12/18/2009 4:05:07 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. - Horace Walpole)
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To: HapaxLegamenon
Meanwhile Joe Biden has disappeared and no one has noticed.

Does anyone notice Biden when he is there?

102 posted on 12/18/2009 4:07:08 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. - Horace Walpole)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

That would shut the media - they wouldn’t want that to get around. You know what happens when someone/something gets endorsed by Sarah.


103 posted on 12/18/2009 4:08:29 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: Sarah Barracuda

That is just plain ridiculous. I am not a liberal.

If Hillary showed up in a baseball cap with the name of her running mate marked out ..boy ..would this site have a field day.

Sarah showed very poor judgement all the way around in this and she better start to get a clue if she wants to run in 2012.


104 posted on 12/18/2009 4:10:58 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

Yeah I can just imagine the headlines in 2012..national security, nope, not an issue..the economy, nope, not an issue...but breaking news, in 2009, Sarah wore a hat that had BOTH her name and McCain’s name scribbled out..OH MY GOD, now THAT, THAT is a story


105 posted on 12/18/2009 4:13:14 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sarah Barracuda
If these “Experts” think they are so damn smart maybe they should run for President

They couldn't - the only 'skills' they have are gutter talk, criticizing and bonehead comments over a....sun visor!
106 posted on 12/18/2009 4:13:55 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: Oztrich Boy

Hey Malibu Stacy has a new hat


107 posted on 12/18/2009 4:13:56 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: yongin
Palin does two choices. Either

1) Fade away into irrelevancy and enjoy her privacy or

2) Become a political player and learn to deal with an intrusive press.

She can't have it both ways...

Oh, I think there's a better alternative...

3) Run against the press, which conservatives have done successfully for years.

108 posted on 12/18/2009 4:17:09 PM PST by gogeo (Lefties...making small minded pettiness seem...well, fashionable.)
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To: Carley
He’s a beautiful beautiful boy. That said, the family is entitled to privacy. In her book I read that a reporter ‘interviewed’ Piper while she was walking home from school alone...

They've got names for people like that...stalkers and pedophiles.

109 posted on 12/18/2009 4:18:54 PM PST by gogeo (Lefties...making small minded pettiness seem...well, fashionable.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Are you going to try to deny that there would have been MULTIPLE threads on FR with many posts if Hillary had done the same thing that Palin just did with that hat?


110 posted on 12/18/2009 4:19:12 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick
she better start to get a clue if she wants to run in 2012

LOL!! Perhaps a boob belt suits your taste more. Or would a MITT hat be more to your liking - perhaps wearing 'mittens'. But what if she took them off and discarded them? What message would that give! LOL!
111 posted on 12/18/2009 4:20:49 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Don’t you love it when a plan comes together? Those who don’t like her are outing themselves well before she’s a candidate...lol. How quickly they flock to threads with negative titles about her. It reminds me of mad dashes at Walmart sales; people tripping over one another.

The visor incident was entirely over-blown and it wasn’t carried on any of the media I watch or listen to, but of course, the one thread here, is still going on, fueled mostly by those who don’t like her.

Sarah comes out on top every time and this trivia is meaningless. I admire her for so many reasons, but her inner strength is such that it can only come from God.

She is God blessed, and we are blessed to have her. I’m certain you agree.

Merry Christmas to you Sarah Barracuda!


112 posted on 12/18/2009 4:20:58 PM PST by onyx
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To: gogeo

By the time I finished Sarah’s book I was so angry at the media I was fit to be tied. Dirtbags doesn’t come close.


113 posted on 12/18/2009 4:21:32 PM PST by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: RummyChick

Oh I don’t deny that some people might do that but I would seriously not care. If Hillary did the same thing I would not care. What she wears on her head is her business. Now if her hat said something disparaging to America or something like that yeah I would care, otherwise can care less. And as far as Sarah doing it now, McCain is not her running mate anymore. Unless I have been living under a rock the election ended in Nov 2008


114 posted on 12/18/2009 4:22:31 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: RummyChick

Surely, you can’t be comparing hillary to Sarah. What has the hill done for you that you put them in the same class? hmmmm Keep talking.


115 posted on 12/18/2009 4:22:57 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: Sarah Barracuda
No matter what she does, she can’t win. she is in a no win situation. She wears a hat with McCain’s name scribbled out, some here said that she was mean for doing that, how could she do that to McCain some said..but then when she issued a statement saying she supports McCain and his 2010 election what happened, those same people and others said “How could she support a RINO like McCain” LOL its quite funny, no matter what she says or what she does, she will get blasted for it...

She's a smart lady, much smarter than her critics on FR and elsewhere. I wonder if this was intentional on her part?

116 posted on 12/18/2009 4:23:40 PM PST by gogeo (Lefties...making small minded pettiness seem...well, fashionable.)
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To: paudio

I’m tired of the Palin bashing. The worst is when it comes from the cowards on FR, the pussies who can barely even get behind another candidate because they are ashamed of Mitt or whoever. They’re bitter because Sarah gets the Grizzly share of attention. Yeah, this visor thing means it’s over for her, how could she be so stupid?/s

The Palin bashers here are media toadies and they are helping Obama and MSNBC etc.


117 posted on 12/18/2009 4:23:43 PM PST by toddausauras
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To: onyx

Hey, we got a lot of empty headed fools in this world. Ya know, the ones that have nothing else to worry about then some stupid visor, hat, whatever you wanna call it. I wish I had that kind of easy life, no worries in the world, except to be obsessed over what it says on Sarah Palin’s hat. People walk around with “F Bush” t-shirts or during the campaign “Sarah Palin is a C...” T-shirts and not a peep out of the media, but she wears a hat with McCain and HER name scribbled out, and OH MY GOD THE HORROR..cover your eyes, the absolute HORROR..Obviously Sarah did not consider this an issue because she is not familiar with pathetic people who have nothing better to do with their lives then obsess over her head wear.
Merry Christmas to you too!! and have a happy and healthy new year


118 posted on 12/18/2009 4:26:53 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: paudio; June K.
"In an attempt to 'go incognito,' I Sharpied the logo out on my sun visor so photographers would be less likely to recognize me and bother my kids or other vacationers,"

Sorry Sarah, but that excuse is just flimsy

119 posted on 12/18/2009 4:28:15 PM PST by Mr_Moonlight
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To: Mr_Moonlight

and you were elected a Mayor and Governor when?


120 posted on 12/18/2009 4:31:50 PM PST by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
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