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Palin Mania Sweeping Nation
News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Sep 5, 2008 12:10 PM EDT
Article Source: CBS Newsadvertisement
There's a new economic boom in Alaska -- and it has nothing to do with oil.
Call it "Palin-mania."
Companies are cashing in on a new craze sweeping the country sparked by the sudden fame of John McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, reports CBS News correspondent John Blackstone.
The new cottage industry involves anything carrying her name.
Palin is, of course, no longer "Sarah Who?" and, a week after her stunning naming to the Republican ticket, Palin items have become hot properties.
From t-shirts to thong underwear, from the flattering to the not-so-flattering, sales of just about everything related to the McCain-Palin ticket have been flying off shelves, at the just-concluded GOP convention in St. Paul, Minn., on the Internet, and other settings, Blackstone says.
In Anchorage, silk screeners are working overtime to meet nationwide demand for Palin t-shirts.
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{"commentId":2776451,"authorDomain":"KimmieLynn"}
OM GOSH ! Thong underwear ? It is amazing what someone will do for a quick buck ! Hey ...just what I wanted a piece of republican dental floss chapping my ass !
I like Palin but it is a little crazy thinking about purchasing thong underwear as one of her supporters !
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#1 - Fri Sep 5, 2008 12:50 PM EDT{"commentId":2778582,"authorDomain":"whyren"}
"Global warming doesn't kill polar bears. Sarah Palin does. With her bare hands."
Oh great, just what the internet needs. A female Chuck Norris.
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