A day in the life of the oh-so-cheesy Palins

As mentioned yesterday, in its attempt to not let Saint Sarah be consigned to history as that dozy VP pick beaten well and truly by the Obama steamroller of 2008, Fox News sent one of its most annoying hosts (though it's hard to choose, they're all equally irksome), Greta van Susteren, up to the house where "you can see Russia from the front door", to the Palins'. The tag line on the advert for the interview has been, "Greta goes to check on what they've been up to".... Er, who the hell cares??

Still, it did produce some gems, as you would expect.

Such was my excitement in being able to make fun again of the gun-promoting, wolf-killing-from-a-plane-enjoying, abstinence-is-the-best-form-of-contraception-but-oops-my-17-year-old-appears-to-be-pregnant-spouting governor, I wrote the above yesterday in preparation for what I was sure was going to be a programme full of quoteable nonsense, that would almost write the blog for me.

Well chaps, it seems I've been lured in by Fox News and lured in good. For a start, the majority of the programme was an interview with Bristol Palin (the afore-mentioned pregnant daughter, who gave birth nearly two months ago) and only five minutes or so was given over to asking Saint Sarah what she thought of the stimulus bill, while she watched husband Todd compete in the Iron Dog Race. (She thinks Obama should veto the bill until everyone's had a chance to read it and Todd finished 6th, in case you give a fig.)

So it seems I was possibly a little premature when promising you the gems above, for which I apologise. I get the impression that you're not that interested in la Palin in the UK, so you're probably quite pleased! Typically, it being Fox (which during the election campaign might as well have renamed itself The We Love Sarah Palin channel), they didn't even ask Bristol the tough questions, like how come's you ended up unmarried and pregnant at 17, when you purportedly believe in no sex before marriage and you claim abstinence is the way forward.

She did tell us that she wishes "it [the pregnancy] would happen in, like, ten years, so I could have a job and an education and be, like, prepared and have my own house and stuff", that she would "love to be an advocate to prevent teen pregnancy, 'cos it's not, like, a situation you wanna strive for, I guess" and that she hopes "that people learn from my story and just, like, [...] prevent teen pregnancy, I guess". Hmm...except during the majority of the interview you're saying how much you "love being a mom" and how "exciting" it is. Not really thought through the most effective deterrent message there, have you Bristol, love?

I also have to just make mention of this absurd trend the Palins seem to be following in giving their male children ridiculous names - first we had Track and Trig (and in between those two are the comparably normal-named girls of Bristol, Willow and Piper); now, Bristol has called her son....wait for it....

Tripp.

So to make up for the lack of juicy comedy tidbits from the mouth of Palin Snr., I have written you a bonus blog today. Yes, I know, I spoil you with two blogs in one day - don't get too used to it.