Never have 200 cookies gotten so much mileage. As I write this, Lawrence O’Donnell is barely audible from the other room, still – Palin’s chirpy voice
breaks through talking about "cookies, cookies, cookies!" You know she was slaving over a hot stove all night long for this stunt. (How’s about a Palin wink, you betcha!)
Is there anything more spectacular than Sarah Palin parachuting into a grade school with a tray of 200 cookies? In a word…Yes. All she lacked was a
custom-made flight suit, and a "Mission Accomplished" banner. Allegedly, Palin was determined to save sugar deprived school-children from the rules and regulations of a nanny state…Praise be! Of course, her facts were all wrong and no child was in danger of being left behind and deprived of sweets, but surely even Palin knew that.
If you believe that today’s stunt was about the misunderstood suggestions for school parties in Pennsylvania schools, I suggest you may have been drinking the vanilla extract.
Palin’s stunt follows hard on the heels of the blissfully uninformed bloviator Rush Limbaugh’s pro-Twinkie tirade against Michelle Obama’s health initiative. While Palin runs miles each day and maintains a low-fat diet, the latter – is a prime example of what Michelle Obama’s emphasis on exercise and nutrition are an
attempt to prevent.