Did Sarah Palin see the turkey holocaust or didn’t she? Her sock puppet tells Entertainment Tonight she didn’t. (Yes, ET is now covering the Talibunny beat.) The guy holding the camera says she did:

Scott Jensen is the one who filmed the scene. He’s local station KTUU’s award winning chief photographer. He told CC from KUDO radio yesterday that Sarah Palin, who was standing next to her personal assistant throughout the entire interview, chose the spot on which she stood for the “turkey slaughter interview” that quickly went viral on the internet, and received wide coverage in the news media. The turkey slaughter was already underway when the governor chose the spot. The photographer pointed out what was going on and asked her if she wanted to move. She said, “No worries.”

Remember, it’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up. Follow the gobbler.

Turkey Gate – The Fiasco That Wouldn’t Die. [Mudflats, via Sully]

From: mail@teamsarah.org
Subject: On Team Sarah: Not funny, David!
Date: November 21, 2008 7:48:07 AM PST

A message to all members of Team Sarah

Such hypocrites!  

Two nights ago, David Letterman, in interviewing Katie Couric, described Gov. Palin as “the first vice presidential candidate that I found myself being aroused about.”

It is ghastly that this kind of discourteous, indecent talk should pass for conversational fodder — even on late night TV.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-kjM1asH-8

Straight outta Fargo, it’s Sarah and the turkeys, in their full gory glory.

(Clink o’ the Stinque to RML for scouting the unrated version at HuffPo.)

Sarah Palin. Fox News. Go.

“I’m like, OK, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere, this is what I always pray, I’m like, don’t let me miss the open door. Show me where the open door is.”

Palin puts faith in God for 2012 [BBC]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWZHTJsR4Bc

Sarah Palin had to be told Africa was a continent, not a country. Need we say more?

Actually, yes. Lower-left corner: Fox News. Upper-left corner: Live. Not shown: Massive fainting.

And by the way, Rupert Murdoch’s empire lost twenty percent of its value today. Technically unrelated, but still.

That's some impressive wood you've got there, Randy.

Holy fuck y’all, Cynica was right – Sarah Palin really is the new Eva Peron!  Besides the new yumminess about her wardrobe previously covered by Nojo (again, if homofascist could get a rich Republican asshole to sponsor a shopping trip with little supervision, well, the result would be pretty much the same), there is a new story that she may have been using her feminine wiles to wreak havoc on the campaign.  Let’s talk about this latest development of implied slut-i-tude after the jump.

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So, about that Talibunny Couture Kerfluffle — it may have been even worse than reported. At least while Psychogeezer’s lieutenants have something to say off the record about it.

The instructions for Sarah Palin were to “buy three suits for the convention and hire a stylist”. But like the adorable maverick she is, Palin didn’t purchase the clothes they wanted her to buy, but went straight to Nieman and Saks and let them know her credit line:

One aide estimated that she spent “tens of thousands” more than the reported $150,000, and that $20,000 to $40,000 went to buy clothes for her husband. Some articles of clothing have apparently been lost. An angry aide characterized the shopping spree as “Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast,” and said the truth will eventually come out when the Republican Party audits its books.

Fun factoid: The story came out within six hours of McCain’s concession speech. We’ve been expecting the Long Knives, but this amounts to swashbuckling.

Hackers and Spending Sprees [Newsweek]

Image: Pundit Kitchen [via becominginvisible]