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Welcome back to “Daily Palin,” in which we detail Sarah Palin’s refusal to go away—every day. The morning news from backstage at the Alaskan-funded “Curves” ribbon-cutting ceremony, below:
FIRST DUDE WINTER SPORTS CORNER:Above: Todd Palin‘s yearbook photo from Wasilla High. A-woo-ga! HOWEVER: does that mean Sarah was lying when she told reporters, “Todd grew up in Dillingham… after high school he realised that he had to leave that village… capitalised on an opportunity upon the North Slope… using the skills he learned growing up in rural Alaska…Todd left the village, he has been working upon the slope… it was a win win situation for him… he would come back to the village… blah blah…” ? (rough transcription courtesy of Palingates).
SOME DUDE: Asks if Levi Johnson can be arrested for statutory rape for doin’ Bristol when she was 17 and he was 18. NOPE: The age of consent in Alaska is 16, says some other dude.
CAUGHT READING BOOK: Palin Confusion spots this photo of Sarah holding a book (!!) A quick zoom reveals the tome to be The Dangerous Days of Daniel by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. A quick trip to the local library reveals The Dangerous Days of Daniel to be “a Young Adult book, looks like Sci-fi adventure.” Nice work team!
PALIN PAYING: Sarah will cough up $6,800 to cover nine family trips she had originally billed to Alaska.
WHERE DID SARAH GO? Let’s count ’em!
NINE. “The state paid about $13 for Palin’s daughter Bristol to go to opening night of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ at the Valley Performing Arts Center, according Palin’s lawyer, Thomas Van Flein. A travel form filed by Palin says the governor was scheduled to attend the show too, as a narrator.”
EIGHT. “Willow Palin flew round-trip [to] an Alaska Moose Federation banquet with the governor.”
SEVEN. “Palin’s three daughters joined the governor in the Southeast town of Skagway for a potluck dinner.”
SIX. “Willow and Piper flew with the governor round-trip to Cordova on a state-owned King Air propeller plane for the taping of a documentary on shorebirds.”
FIVE. “Bristol traveled with Palin to New York for Newsweek’s Third Annual Women and Leadership Conference. Her airfare cost $1,385, plus $38 for a meal. Travel forms say she stayed at the $707-a-night Jumeirah Essex House with the governor.”
FOUR. “Willow and Piper flew to Juneau for the governor’s state of the state speech on the state’s King Air.” [Come on, give ’em this one! -ed]
THREE. “The state paid $540 for Piper to fly round-trip from Juneau to Anchorage . . . She went to the start of the Tesoro Iron Dog race, where Todd Palin was a competitor.”
TWO. “Piper flew commercially from Juneau to Anchorage at a cost of $276 for a Curves ribbon-cutting ceremony and a bill signing.”
ONE. “Bristol and Piper fly with the governor to the National Governors Association meeting in Philadelphia, at a cost of $1,449.”
RECORD-STOP: “Piper flew commercially from Juneau to Anchorage at a cost of $276 for a Curves ribbon-cutting ceremony and a bill signing.”