Specs and the City: Sarah Palin in NYC

Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin is ready to make her Big Apple debut at the Republican vice presidential candidate. She arrived last night and is reportedly staying at a Times Square hotel (The Caucus said husband Todd and youngest child Trig are also here). Which means the lady on the cover of today's Daily News is a Palin imitator.

The News had a comedian dress as Palin and walk around the city with two beefcake-y bodyguards yesterday. Some reactions: "You're hot! But I hope you lose," "She seems nice. She seems smart. She likes hockey," and, in Washington Square Park, "I'm not a fan of her policies. In this park, I don't think she'll be very popular." As for how it felt to play Palin, Kristy Webb writes in the News, "I had a very un-Sarah Palin morning because I had to navigate myself on the subway from Prospect Heights, Brooklyn," and says the hair stylist as Warren Tricomi said she hadn't done that hairstyle since 1986. The News even had Webb go to Sephora (lipstick!) and the Hawaiian Tropic Zone restaurant!

As for Palin's plans, she'll be meeting with a series of world leaders this week-- Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe today, plus Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh later on. She'll also be meeting Bono and attending a Clinton Global Initiative meeting.

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By Jen Chung in News on September 23, 2008 9:50 AM

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Leon Freilich

FANTASY LIMERICK

Sarah Palin's the V.P. of choice,

What gals urgently need, a new voice,

Though they've no need of me

I am sure they'll agree--

"Anyone who says 'gals' thinks we're toice."

NannyState

"The Devil Wears Wal-Mart"

grove

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/the-twelve-odd.html

ANGRYGOD11

She wants the power, but won't answer questions. It's an informed electorate that's supposed to count in a democracy. People who sell ice cream from a truck have had to answer a lot more questions than her.

Fritzdecat

She wants to turn the clock back to the era of coat hanger abortions

She should be demonized

Shes a Demon

HughGass

Somebody tell her not to shoot the big yellow buffalo.

We need them to drive us places.

ANGRYGOD11

She's an empty suit seeking photo ops for power, but no questions please.

fugothamist

yes it is

Mr Mel

Just curious, but is this the first time she's been to Manhattan. Anyone know?

citizenerased

I saw this yesterday. Close up she looks nothing like Palin and those guys look nothing like secret service. Shameless publicity stunt.

Would be funny if someone assasinated a look alike though.

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

I am done with the daily new. First their editorial for extending term limits for Bloomberg and now this $hit. Deal with the issues, Daily news. We are an economy that is tanking and taxpayers' are bailing out the greedy rich people who caused it. C'mon daily news, you sold your soul to bloomberg. How much did he promise you to write an article to extend term limits.

Dude69

All those meetings with heads of state, Bono included, is enough foreign experience to prepare her for the Presidency. She got my vote! Take that liberals!

fugothamist

she is a demon

Brainwash

No one shot the double?

eyekantspel

agree with Tgirl.

I understand people disagreeing with certain of Palin's positions (abortion being highest on the list), but the demonization of her is insane.

fugothamist

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/the-twelve-odd.html

only an idiot would vote for McGoo/Palin

zodak

"Sarah Palin is ready to make her Big Apple debut as the Republican vice presidential candidate."

RVPCILF

chuzzlewit

YOU GO [back to fucking alaska you phony drip]GIRL!

The Man Bat

Does anyone know if this is in fact Caribou Barbie's first visit to NYC?

MurphGuide

Bono?

Dirk

Ah, The Daily News once again showing why they are the paper of record.

Tgirl

[6] ditto re the faux feminist faux yankee fan

the biggest mistake that critics of SP can make is underestimating her. You go Sarah!

rockypocky

protest, anyone? anyone? bueller?

TK

Let's translate the unemployed trust fund hipster:

In this park, I don't think she'll be very popular. actually means By my estimation, most people in Washington Square Park advocate inclusions of all cultures, except for her's. We dont like her kind here.

jibbly

God, ides, find a new name and a new schtick already. We get it, you hate democrats, liberals, commie pinkos and all of that.

How's that taste, yummy? Enough troll food for the morning to shut you up for a few comment sections?

Atomische

I would vote for Kristy Webb before Palin.

PKinNYC

YEAH THE SECRET SERVICE REALLY WEARS MCDONALDS DRIVE THROUGH HEADSETS TOO...

PKinNYC

SHE'S STAYING AT THE MILLENNIUM BROADWAY IF YOU WANNA GO SEE THE PIG IN LIPSTICK

ides_of_march

NYers are usually faster on the uptake but for years now they've been fooled into thinking the real feminist was the carpetbagger broad with the cheating husband whose career coat-tail shes has been riding for 30 years. Apparently a lot of them believed she was always a Yankee fan too.

Sarah is a class act and her opponents know it. Their hatred of her is simply sour grapes.

longacre

Pretty sure the white bodyguard is Perry from that awful Make Me a Supermodel show.

edward_g_robincat

I wonder what she'll talk about with all those world leaders. Hockey maybe?

Rob T Firefly

Is the Daily this hard up for a story?

Actually, maybe they're onto something. I could start a newspaper full of nothing but celebrity impersonators screwing around while on my payroll, and call it journalism.