WaPo: Two thousand brave cold, snow for Palin book signing in Fairfax

The Washington Post reports:

Sarah Palin brought a taste of the Alaska winter with her to a Saturday book signing at the BJ's Wholesale Club in Fairfax. After alternating between drizzle and rain for much of the night Friday, snow flurries began in earnest about 8:30 a.m.

"I wanted to feel like I was at home" Palin said, as she walked into the store while the first snowfall of the season soaked a crowd of about 2,000 people who came to meet her.

The former Alaska governor, and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, signed copies of her book, "Going Rogue: An American Life." The weather dampened planned protests and meant those who braved the cold were true believers in Palin's causes. Palin's parents and her husband, Todd, accompanied her.

But according to Marooned in Marin, a lone protester showed up and demonstrated why a growing number of Americans are too ashamed to call themselves "liberals":

A person (I won't call him a man for reasons obvious later) took video of the crowd and, addressing my neighbors and I, asked why we liked Sarah Palin. He then proceeded to comment with "I heard she's not giving lap dances today." I commented, in a sarcastic tone, "yeah, that's very funny." The lib then followed with, "Is she in there with her retarded son? She should really be staying at home with him." While security was telling him he needed to go somewhere else, I told him, "There's isn't a corner of Hell hot enough for you, @$$hole!"

The Sarah Palin supporters, on the other hand, behaved like responsible adults:

Despite the rain, which turned to snow at around 9:30, people were in good spirits and conversed with each other. Many went and bought hand and foot warmers for themselves and their neighbors.

Updates...

Greta Van Susteren has a Fairfax photo gallery up on her blog here and two raw videos here.

NECN has video here.

- JP