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A new meme, focused on John McCain's recently announced running mate, Sarah Palin, is sweeping the Internet.

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by ObamaFan August 31, 2008 5:02 AM PDT
The amazing part of this site and other microblog'ish sites (e.g. http://barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com or sarahpalinisyournewsnowmachine.org) is they often, while trying to be humorous, strike fairly close to the truth. And sadly, I'm often left with "I wish I had thought of that". Thanks Harrison for the link.
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by WCVarones August 31, 2008 6:52 AM PDT
"This fast spreading phenomenon was spawned out of the lack of information about Sarah Palin when John McCain announced that she would be his running mate."

WRONG. This reporter just doesn't get it. This fast-spreading phenomenon was spawned out of the amazing personal history of Sarah Palin: moose hunter, beauty queen, basketball star, ice fisher, corruption fighter, marathon runner, mother of five, etc.
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by harrisonh1 August 31, 2008 9:26 AM PDT
@WCVarones I agree, but part of the reason that this meme works is because all of these crazy things have been recently uncovered because she was relatively unknown outside of Alaska before this week. So, even though they are poking fun at her amazing past hobbies and achievements, the whole thing is also a spoof on the news organizations who have been scrambling to inform the public on who Sarah Palin is, by feeding us all of these facts about her (moose hunter, beauty queen, basketball star). Thanks for raising that point though. Good comment.
by Lytingale September 3, 2008 3:15 AM PDT
Mother of five....
....with a special needs baby aged 3 months, who she leaves in the care of others, and doesn't breastfeed, because she's too busy.
...with a 17- year-old pregnant daughter who apparently didn't believe that "abstinence" was the Way, and could've used some birth control information from her absent mother.

Corruption fighter... who is being investigated for firing someone who refused to fire her ex-brother-in-law without cause.
by Punditty August 31, 2008 12:08 PM PDT
Gustav shakes things up a bit, but I wonder if Palin's TV ratings will top Obama's. I bet they do, since no one knows who she is and we want to check in and watch.
Insigntful column on how this might play out at:
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1223337-vp-candidate
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by JimthePuritan August 31, 2008 5:47 PM PDT
Sarah Palin is so tough, even Chuck Norris calls her "Sir."
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