Moose hunter Palin draws U.S. comedians' fire

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By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The hunter is becoming the hunted.

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's colorful life story as an avid hunter and "hockey mom" is quickly turning the little-known Alaska governor into a juicy target for late-night U.S. television talk-show hosts.

Just days after Arizona Sen. John McCain tapped her as his surprise running mate, the comedians were poking fun at her complicated family life.

Palin's 17-year-old unmarried daughter is pregnant, and the governor is under investigation for firing an underling who refused to dismiss a state trooper going through a messy divorce from Palin's sister.

"The Palin family crisis that we were talking about on Sunday and Monday ... has been solved now, and today the baby is being adopted by Angelina Jolie," CBS "Late Show" host David Letterman deadpanned on Tuesday.

The sheer volume and pace of disclosures about Palin have been like catnip to comedians, many of whom have complained that Democratic nominee Barack Obama has proven relatively goof-proof.

http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed2/idUSN0333449720080904

Should be fun!

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1. It'll be the comedians who will frame Palin for the general public.

That is something Obama can't and won't do in the same way. It works, this time, to our benefit.