Pelosi's Hawaii vacation a contrast to Sarah Palin's

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From American Thinker editor and publisher Thomas Lifson:

In stark contrast to Sarah Palin, whose Hawaii vacation was photographed and touted in the press, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is enjoying a very private luxurious time at the Four Seasons Hualalai resort on the Big Island.

One thing the Speaker can't be criticized for is her generosity with the taxpayers' dollars to the Capitiol Hill police, some members of which she took along with her to the American Playground of the Pacific to keep the riffraff (a.k.a. taxpayers) away. Nice work if you can get it... 

- JP

Sarah Palin: 'So much for trying to go incognito'

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Politico's Mike Allen reports that Sarah Palin announced Thursday night that she and her family were cutting their Hawaii vacation short after paparazzi found them on the beaches and started snapping photos:

"In an attempt to 'go incognito,' I Sharpied the logo out on my sun visor so photographers would be less likely to recognize me and bother my kids or other vacationers.

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"Todd and I have since cut our vacation short because the incognito attempts didn't work and fellow vacationers were bothered for the two days we spent in the sun. So much for trying to go incognito."

Looks like from now on the Palins will have to find a private vacation spot with armed security to keep the media hounds at bay.

- JP

Aloha, Palins (Updated)

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Sarah Palin and the family are enjoying a relaxing vacation in Hawaii after a book tour that took her to 33 cities in 25 states in less than a month. After signing tens of thousands of copies of her bestseller Going Rogue. her arm can probably use the rest.

Shallow "journalists" are trying making a big deal out of the fact that the former governor was photographed in the Aloha State wearing an old McCain for President visor which had the Arizona Senator's name blacked out. Always quick to jump to conclusions, the lib writers are claiming that Palin herself covered her former running mate's name with a marking pen, but none of them can report having actually witnessed the act of obliteration, of course. Anyone could have done it. Our guess would be that one of the kids got creative.

The media rats also have their undies in a knot over the 2008 GOP vice presidential candidates T-shirt, which read "If you don't love America," on the front, and "then why don't you get the hell out," on the back. The  T-shirt was a gift from country singer John Rich. We wonder if the America-haters could find happiness in the workers' paradise of Cuba or maybe the Islamic Republic of Iran, where women who get too uppity are routinely stoned to death. Strange, the Palin-bashing feminists don't seem to be much outraged over the treatment of their sisters in Islamofascist states. Hey, why take up the cause of women who are treated as property when they can bash Sarah Palin? Those poor women are halfway around the world -- out of sight, out of mind. 

Update: We were wrong. Sarah Palin did black out McCain's name on the visor, but according to Politico's Mike Allen, Gov. Palin says it was just an (unsuccessful) attempt to blend in with other vacationers in America's tropical paradise and to keep the paparazzi away.

Other gleanings from the Politico piece:

"Palin has signed more than 59,000 books — an average of 1,750 per stop — and has traveled more than 19,000 miles by plane and bus. She has spent 115 hours — or 4.8 days — signing books in 33 cities in 25 states. Her stops have included five military bases."

- JP