Coppergate! Us Magazine Hypes Palin Buying Tanning Bed

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Will they call it Coppergate? Us Magazine, the home of incredible pro-Obama bias, has a new Palin scandal scoop:

Self-proclaimed "hockey mom" Sarah Palin had a private tanning bed installed in the Governor's Mansion in Juneau, Alaska, Usmagazine.com confirmed on Monday.

"She did. She paid for it with her own money," Roger Wetherell, chief communications officer of Alaska's Department of Transportation and Public Facilities told Us.

They're already talking it up on MSNBC. But here's where Us truly falls off the tanning bed:

Tanning beds can cost up to $35,000 to install in a home - not including the cost of parts, Color Me Tan manager Erin Weise told the Narco News.

"I don't think it's normal for people to have a tanning bed in their house, " Wiese, who is based in Fairbanks said. "It's expensive."

Ridiculous. It takes two clicks online to find tanning beds for two grand. It's not beyond reach for the average working-class American with a taste for an easy bake.

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It's definitely not 'normal' in 'middle america'

Shouldn't that make her more popular with the rich lib crowd in california and new york?

Seriously, this is the issue? She did nothing illegal, nothing wrong, nothing improper and still its an issue. Sex in the Oval Office? No. State money to buy hookers? No. Racists preachers and terrorists in your inner circle? No

Tanning Beds - SCANDAL!

See my quote for my exact feelings!

I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it - Voltaire

Unhinged..........

totally unhinged...................... 

"If a man does his best, what else is there"?

General George S. Patton Jr.

Do these morons at US

Do these morons at US Magazine realize how cold and dreary it can get in Alaska?  I would have a tanning bed too.  Here, I will put it into "lib-speak" for all the libtards: think "seasonal-affective disorder".  Lots of people in Alaska have sunlamps or tanning beds for common well-being because of lack-of-sunlight.  Duh.

Now really!

  That is not normal. Next thing you know people will be getting things like those weird spa thingys, and Steam room places, and ENCLOSED PORCHES! And those dad blasted ice making fridgerdators! oh oh oh how bout those insane WHOLE HOUSE VACUUM regamoroles!

 Then what? Exotic pets like turtles and ferrets? How about adopting fornern born kids?

 THE WORLD IS GOING STRAIGHT TO HELL!

I had a huge swimming pool

I had a huge swimming pool at my house growing up as a kid; does that mean my family was rich???  No, it meant that we lived in the desert of California where it reached temperatures of 115 degrees F.  A tanning bed, sauna and Jacuuzi are almost requirements if you live in Alaska :0)

OH OH OH!

  Mock me sir with your big swimmin hole!

  When I want to cool off, I punch a hippie in the stomach. The wind getting knocked out of them is a pleasant breeze.

  Deserts of California! Hah! Another luxury we can do without!

Obama

is using skin lightening creams.   Spread it around.  

Obama's wife uses

Obama's wife uses curl-relaxer too.  Uses it on all the kids too.  Almost like they are ashamed of who they are.

Skin lightening! Too funny!

Oooh, did he go to a dermatologist?  And did he have his own insurance to pay for it (I don't see how since no one can possibly afford it) or was it covered through Medicare?  Lol!

But really, a tanning bed?  A couple weeks and this is all they can find?  The level of desparation is funny to watch.

Actually...

...it's obvious Obama is dying his hair gray to cater
the older crowd.

Just look back at recent pictures.


"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it"-Aristotle

Which part of

"she paid for it with her own money..." didn't US understand?  Also, I question the claim that she had it installed at the governor's mansion, because the MSM has been bitching all week that she didn't LIVE there!!!  She lived at home in Wasilla, kept an office in Anchorage or Fairbanks and only went to Juneau when she had to for meetings.

it is still "not normal to

it is still "not normal to have one in your house"

"they are expensive"

this is huge people

three words, McCain camp...

BACKGROUND CHECK, DAMMIT!!!!

Journalism is the opium of the liberals

What Next??

Sarah Palin.   Attempting to pass herself off as African American!

huge closetfull of shoes -

huge closetfull of shoes - some kinda pricey?

mattress tags removed from basement pull-out couch? 

reportedly does not floss every day?

not getting enough iron in her diet?

wearing white after labor day?  

crow's feet developing - using makeup - a HUGE COVER-UP?

Journalism is the opium of the liberals

What next?!

A basketball and racquetball court in your 28,000 square foot private mansion?!

Or perhaps a little extra strip of land courtesy of the local real estate boss?

 

<insert witty signature here>

huh?

Gee, this one is a reall show stopper. Guess you just have to figure a person with a healthy tan disqualifiers him/her from being V.P.

   Many of my blue collar

   Many of my blue collar and/or rural friends have tanning beds.  Those that don't frequent tanning salons.  Not only that, but many have good sized boats, motor homes, snowmobiles, motorcycles, hot tubs, swimming pools, horses, 4 wheelers, hot cars, and on and on. 

Are your blue collar friends

democrat or republican.   If they're democrat and Obama gets elected, they should be prepared to share their goodies with those who did not win the lottery of life.  or else.

   Many are union

   Many are union member/FDR democrats.  They don't really understand politics enough to know that the democrat party left them years ago.  They stick to democrats the way fans pick out a favorite sports team and they become loyal fans no matter what.  But... they will vote Republican when the dems put a carter against a Reagan.  I'm sure a lot will vote for McCain even if they don't admit it.

In 1990 this would have

In 1990 this would have been unusual. In 2008 it's something you pick up at Costco.

What the media need to be more concerned with is what Sarah will be wearing to her inauguration.

Fairlight


What the media need to be more concerned with is what Sarah will be wearing to her inauguration.

That's a good one!  I like that train of thought.  ;-)

 

Governor Palin - She is the Real Deal !

If it's a cold, windy day

If it's a cold, windy day in D.C., I hope she shows up in a summer dress -- just to show the world how it's done by an Alaskan native.

___________________________________ 

If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it is in English, thank a Soldier. - My barber

So? She bought it with her

So? She bought it with her own money. Since when is it a crime to enjoy oneself? Oh, I forgot, according to liberals because there are unhappy and poor people in the world, so everyone else who isn't poor and unhappy should be too. As if making yourself miserable will improve the downtrodden's lot in life. (And of course, none of those libs actually *practise* what they preach.)

Along, those lines at least Palin gives parts of her wealth to charities unlike a certain other Veep candidate...

P.S. If this was a liberal politician, the reporters would be falling over themselves on how "cool" having a tanning bed is, and wondering if said individual ever had sex in it.

I think the MSM is just

I think the MSM is just upset that a "regular" person can afford a tanning bed too, and not just the "elites".

 

Governor Palin - She is the Real Deal !

Two words

Sams Club! $1,594.00 plus tax if they have sales tax in Alaska.

Hit Google and type home tanning bed and three for less than $1700 pop up.

What a crock!!

If it is indeed proven that

If it is indeed proven that this self-procaimed woman had a tanning bed installed in the Governor's mansion, she should be taken out and stoned.  Especially if she paid for it with her own money.  That is completely and totally unacceptable.

Were I an Alaskan, I would have expected her to use my taxes to have it installed.  And to heck with that Sam's Club crap.  I want the full-blown $35K model.  I demand it as a citizen!

What's next?  Two-ply toilet paper?  Velveeta?  She kept the heat at 69 degrees during the winter?

 

stop the inanity

In the article it says she

In the article it says she bought it used from a local health club.

Tanned and frugal. Quite a combo.

I'm pretty sure the salary

I'm pretty sure the salary of the Governor of the richest state in the union is pretty nice. I'm also pretty sure that this won't sell anymore US weekly magizines.

Not much sun in Alaska during the winter...

Round in December here in The Great Land...or Alaska as some call it, the sun gets up about a hands width held out as far in front o' ya as ya can get it, moves about two hand lengths and sets.  4 hours or so at the shortest.

We all end up pasty lookin'.  Not the best look for a candidate of any kind... or anyone else for that matter.  Go figger.  Tanning beds are a part of every workout joint up here.  

Now during the summer,  in June, the sun sets for about 4 hours a day round Anchorage and Wasilla areas.  But not very far.  Easy to get a tan then.  Not this summer though.  This summer sucked.

Way up north it just goes round and round over yer head.

 

Happy Trails...

The real reason US Magazine is upset--

They've descended upon Juneau trying to buy peeper pics of anyone named Palin but were foiled by the Gov's devious plan to maintain family privacy.  There must be a conspiracy involved somewhere.

At least it's not Houseboatgate!

Sarah Palin, private consumer, buys a tanning bed with private funds.

Al Gore, the Global Warming Avenger, buys a 100' houseboat.

Hmmm...I wonder what the carbon footprint of the houseboat is?

www.ArmchairEnergist...

Question...

Who paid for Biden's hair plugs and his pearly whites? I demand an investigation.

Protest

From now on, every time anyone in my family sees an US weekly at the store, we are going to take another magazine from the rack and put it over US.  I will also email them and let them know that I am doing this....If you all do it too, then their magazine will lose even more money.  It is very important that they have that valuable check out line visual and if they don't then their magazine will not get sold.  They already lost 100K+ subscriptions, we need to get them in the stores too.  The stores will drop them too because they will see that the magazine is not selling. 

Actually, I do that a lot.  There are a couple of books (2 mommies) at the library that accidentally fell between the shelves.  Ooops.

Good Idea.

I'll join your movement.  

Morons

Didn't that rag learn their lesson with the last smear article they ran?  Over 6000+ negative comments on their website and who knows how many cancelled subscriptions. Maybe its time to target the companies that advertise with them... 

Sounds like a fine idea

Get a list of who advertises with them and post it.

Wow!

Oh gee whizz, tanning beds cost UP TO $35,000 so she must have gotten the most expensive model, since I am just a brainless zombie tied to the news cycle and can't think for myself. And as for spending her own money, why, who in their right mind would do something like THAT? There must be more to this story that the liberal media isn't telling us, like SHE GOT IT FROM A CHURCH or better yet screwed over some elderly people in Alaska and STOLE THEIR MONEY to pay for it! The outrage! To hell with the fact that Obama is a crappy candidate, Sarah Palin bought a $35,000 tanning bed by screwing over the elderly and taking improper donations from a church. Since there is no news to refute my conclusions they must be right on target. THANK GOD FOR THE LIBERAL MEDIA! Now I can go walk into a closed door and break my nose and blame somebody else for it.