Ah, research! thank you very much. Wow, this adds a whole 'nother chapter to that novel. Pity that Curtis Sittenfeld already kind of owns the Republican-Woman-RL gothic genre. It was wasted on Laura Bush.

Man, I would pay actual cash money to be able to read Palin's mind at a few crucial moments. Instead I'll just have to make shit up, and contribute the cash to Planned Parenthood of Alaska.