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Accessorize, Palin-Style

Susannah, you remind of the good old days. Meaning the early '90s, when the Independent Women's Forum was just getting started, and they would celebrate every minor anniversary at a local shooting range. Only they were city girls for the most part, or aspiring city girls. So Ann Coulter would gamely trek out to the range in her size 0 jodhpurs, and Laura Ingraham in her tight skirts, and they would aim but the birdies would all just go plopping down.

Although, to keep with our theme of yesterday, Sarah Palin owns this one, too.

As for the high clothing bill. Come on, girls. You are suddenly picked to be the VP candidate. You have to do about a million public appearances a week. You need to wear something, and so does your large family. It doesn't seem excessive to me. It's like the average clothing allowance of a Conde Nast editor, who mostly just goes to the office.  

Shoot 'Em Up Palin

Thanks, Dahlia, for throwing down the welcome mat. Although, I'd add that part of what I was trying to point out in my post about the Palin sex doll is that it's not just the male population—your "dirty old men"—that are obsessed with Palin's sexuality—it's women, too. And Hanna, I loved this: "Maybe Sarah Palin is the first one to own the sex appeal and use it as her weapon." Speaking of weapons ...

Last week, a Fox news outlet in Colorado wondered if Palin's gun-lovin' 'tude would inspire other ladies to take up the hunt. The number of U.S. hunters is on the decline, but Palin could become a "role model" for those who like to kill their dinner. The billion-dollar hunting industry has taken up targeting women, including marketing pink firearms.

Intrigued, I found a few girlie guns online. Crickett makes three different models of single-shot, .22-caliber pink rifles. Remington makes a pink-barreled shotgun that reads: "Shoot like a girl ... if you can!" And Taurus manufactures a 9 mm semi-automatic pink pistol.

Let's hope the inflatable Palin love doll doesn't get taken out in the crossfire.