So, I got the bulk of my Christmas shopping done early this year, and instead of sipping cocoa and smiling serenely, I'm super stressed.
Why?
Because when you live in a houseful of snoopy kids you have to get very creative about where to hide their gifts. This year I must have' [...]
What made Sarah Palin so interesting when she was first picked as John McCain’s running mat in 2008 was her fresh, independent willingness to challenge the connected and powerful.
She showed what most good governors display, a focus on practical solutions to the problems faced by their constituents. But since she [...]
President Barack Obama, 4th left, is joined by other leaders in a multilateral meeting at the United Nations Climate Change Conference at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, today. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Update: Obama: 'Meaningful breakthrough' on climate change/APQuestion: Should President Obama have boycotted the Copenhagen conference, as Sarah Palin [...]
This one's for Idaho Dad and any other Merry Huckster who might want to see former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in a University of Idaho sweatshirt. Photographer Paula Marchinko provided it from the Palin book signing in Sandpoint last week for Trish Gannon's new blog, Raspberries, here.
But we were [...]
MamaJD: I sum her up as gracious, charismatic, engaging and energetic. She seemed to be in a zone meeting/greeting/signing. She was unbelievable in her stamina for all the signatures. She smiled as brightly in the evening as she did in the morning as she was boarding the bus from the [...]
MamaJD: The former First Dude is of slight build, like a runner. He looks handsome in person. He is in the 5'9 to 5”10 ish range. He was nice, warm and friendly. While he didn't hog the limelight, he was present and participating. He greeted everyone immediately after [...]
Sarah Palin, wearing a University of Idaho sweatshirt, wasn't as hurried in her hometown of Sandpoint, as she paused with hubby Todd to take photos with family friends. Sarah's father, Chuck Heath, a former Bonner County educator, is in the foreground taking this photo, while MamaJD snapped a photo for [...]
At More Main Street, KerriT provides a photo of the autograph that about 1,200 people stood in line in single-digit temperatures last night to get. Kerri provides more photos of people who braved the frigid weather to get Sarah Palin's autograph here.
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MamaJD phoned HBO moments ago to explain how she ended up helping with the books at Sarah Palin's autographfest at Fred Meyer. She was standing in a small group with Coach Dean Lundblad, who knows members of the Palin family. She and others in the group were welcomed [...]
Sarah Palin autographed books at Fred Meyer in Coeur d'Alene this afternoon. (Kathy Plonka/SR)
OrangeTV: I'm okay with all the coverage. I like celebrity gossip. She's irritating in a somewhat enjoyable way. At least it's always a good time making fun of her and her supporters. She needs a [...]
... from Palin book signing at Fred Meyer: "(Sarah Palin's) wearing black jacket with a patriotic military pin. Todd is wearing beige sweater. I'm now helping out in the book tour and within 10 feet."
[...]MamaJD just texted Huckleberries Online to say: "Mission accomplished! I got my book signed!" I responded via e-mail by asking her (for OrangeTV's sake) to describe what Sarah Palin was wearing and whether hubby Todd was by her side. Stay tuned.
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"I've been here since 10 o'clock last night," said Spokane resident Mary Ann Porter, left. She was first in line to get her copy of Sarah Palin's book signed at Fred Meyers in Coeur d'Alene. The book signing began at noon today and will continue until 3 p.m. Then, Palin [...]
"I've been here since 10 o'clock last night," said Spokane resident Mary Ann Porter, left. She was first in line to get her copy of Sarah Palin's book signed at Fred Meyers in Coeur d'Alene at noon today. (Kathy Plonka/SR)\
' [...]Sarah Palin is on a nation-wide book signing tour for her memoir “Going Rogue: An American Life” and is making a stop in Coeur d’Alene and Sandpoint Thursday.Mary Ann Porter from Spokane was the first Palin supporter to get in line at the Fred Meyer along Kathleen Avenue. She arrived at 10:30 Wednesday morning [...]
MamaJD just sent this photo via phone from inside the garden center at Fred Meyer, where people have been waiting all night to get their Sarah Palin's book autographed.
MamaJD: Everyone is in good friendly spirits. There is a cameraderie going that is hard to describe. I stopped in' [...]
“It’s so cold that I’m shaking like Sarah Palin taking a geography exam” -- from Trish Gannon's new blog, Raspberries.
[...]Ed Schaefer of Coeur d'Alene showed his support for Sarah Palin in the early morning hours of Thursday. He was in line to get his book signed at Fred Meyers in Coeur d'Alene. (Kathy Plonka/SR)
Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SRSnow expected this weekend/Spokesman-ReviewMore charged in home invasion robbery/Meghann M. [...]SR photographer Kathy Plonka has returned from the front lines (read: the line waiting for Sarah Palin at the garden center of Fred Meyer) with some swell photos, including one of the woman who has been waiting at the front of the line since well before 10 o'clock last night.' [...]
