So we're supposed to vote McCain/Palin because Todd Palin

[Skidmore]

won a dogsled race twice? I swear that was what McCain just told people.

Oy.

[renate]

1. well, now I'm switching to McCain

If Todd had only won once, I might not vote for his wife, but TWICE? Damn. That's some impressive shit.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. You're supposed to vote for him if you are the sort of person who enjoys

the feel of a red hot poker up your ass.

[Sebastian Doyle]

3. I thought it was a snowmobile race?

You mean he races dogsleds too? Along with being a fisherman AND an employee of a foreign oil company?
How the Hell does he have the time to keep churning out the babies with Tundra Barbie?

[Skidmore]

15. I stand corrected. He did say the name of the race and it wasn't

a name familiar to me. Whatever he raced, he seems to think it qualifies Goody Sarah as VP.

[flakey_foont]

4. what?????????

did the old coot really say that? the grip on reality is getting looser by the day

[NatBurner]

11. he's just making up shit as he goes along

first the great white huntress sold the plane on ebay for a profit, now the first dude is winning the iditerod twice-

next sarah will have dismantled the bridge to nowhere with her bare hands or some dumb shit

[Critters2]

5. I thought he raced a snow machine--whatever the hell that is. nt

[zbdent]

8. Snow machine is what they refer to snowmobiles in the Upper 1

Snowmobiles in the Lower 49 ... you know, the "Other America" that the Palins want nothing to do with ... unless it's as customers for their oil ...

[chelsea0011]

9. It's the manly term for snowmobile

[Critters2]

12. Don't they speak English up there in Seward's Folly? nt

[tularetom]

6. If he won a dog sled race I might respect him

What he won was a snowmobile race. An ATV on skis. A frozen jet ski. The kind of thing that, when you buy one, your IQ goes down by 30 points.

[Justyce]

7. That's the kind of shit that seems to be working on

the uninformed voters. A lady I know who is kind of an independent (but I've always been able to inform her & convince her to vote Dem so far) told me that she liked that McCain is really independent & that she thinks Sarah is really regular & likes that. :eyes: I have my work cut out for me this round.

[chatnoir]

10. And won by cheating

Reminiscent of B*

From http://community.adn.com/adn/adn_pubstory_316352#comment-151613

February 15, 2008 - 9:09pm | Skeptical1
Crash is news but nothing last year re penalty for cheating?

Why is this minor injury crash (among many in the Irondog this year) newsworthy when you failed to even mention in ADN coverage of the race last year that Palin/Davis were caught cheating in Nome, working off the clock on their machines, and given a controversial slap-on-the-wrist 10 minute penalty for the cheating when many Irondog fans thought the penalty should have been 1-10 hours. That incident was newsworthy-- race followers are still talking about it this year.

February 17, 2008 - 12:10pm | cjdraveling1
Cheating

Oh, Plllleeeezzzz....his wifey is the governor and at that time high up with the politicians. They wouldn't want the governor's skeletons to be let out of the closet....she was quite the snowmachine drunk on their weekends at the Forks Roadhouse in Peters Creek too. Guess that makes a good choice for election of officer of some sort in the political realm! There is sooooo much publicity and advertisements on the name Palin, it makes me want to barf!!! There are others in this world too besides Sara and Todd!!!

Also discussed in comments here http://www.supercub.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=138795&highlight=

[gatorboy]

13. He probably did.

And it will probably help. Because, quite frankly, nothing surprises me in this election anymore.

[thoughtcrime1984]

14. And because the entire Palin family had to sleep inside of a dressed-out Caribou to stay warm once?

Oy.

[flakey_foont]

16. so is Todd Palin Mr. Plow?

call Mr. Plow that's my name
that name again is Mr. Plow


thanks and a tip of the hat to Homer Simpson