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Sarah Palin is still furious at “anonymous, pathetic bloggers”<\/a><\/strong> who defamed her good name last year.<\/p>\n

Damn, this is so upsetting to me that I’m going straight to Brooks Brothers and blow $25,000 on a new wardrobe.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press\u00a0 notes that\u00a0Palin “says sports taught her everything she knows.”<\/p>\n

I am reminded of the quips in the 1970s explaining President Jerry Ford’s bumbling by the fact that, when he was a college football star, the players didn’t wear helmets.<\/p>\n

Does anyone know what the comparable Alaska explanation would be for Palin?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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