This is interesting reading. I’ve heard the part about Sarah Palin firing her ex-brother-in-law before. But some of this other stuff - the scandals and the special favors - is new to me. What’s particularly interesting is the stuff about how Republicans in Alaska don’t like her and that she has a history of turning on those who are most loyal to her. Hmmmm…

The nickname “Sarah Barracuda” is interesting. It means she’s aggressive. But aggressive at what? Reading this little tidbit makes me think she’s the female version of Dick Cheney.

But of course it’s small town politics, which can get nasty. Should local reporters who reported on local politicians go national when those politicians are picked for national posts? I think they have to. How else is the world going to know about them? The flip side is, voters have to take some of this with a grain of salt as local reporters can be as biased as Dan Rather. But if any of this is true then who does Sarah Palin think she is?

[...] Twitter doesn’t take long at all. You’re only allowed 140 characters per post. If you don’t post too many times in one day then it won’t take up so much time. I keep one tab open in my browser with Twitter running. All day long. When I’m ready to announce to the world what I’m doing then I just type in a quick “Blogging -” and post a link. Or, sometimes, I’ll ask a question like “Who does Sarah Palin think she is?” then link to my post. [...]

I wonder if any other info will come out that may affect the campagne