I think Donald Trump may have found a replacement for Hope Hicks.

Courtesy of TMZ: 

Caroline Sunshine -- best known for her role as Tinka Hessenheffer on the hit Disney show, "Shake It Up" -- is going to do her best to brighten up Trump's White House ... by working in his press office. 

The 22-year-old actress is joining the team as a press assistant, after serving recently as a White House intern. Her role will most likely involve lending a hand to Sarah Huckabee Sanders, President Trump's WH Press Secretary. 

According to a WH spokesperson, Caroline interned for the Office of House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, the College Republican National Committee and the California Republican Party before making the move to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Pretty young ingenue joins the White House as a press secretary.

I think we all know who is going to be getting a crash course in steaming up Mr. Trump's pants.

Maybe Hopey gave her some tips on not burning the presidential peanut before she finished out her last day yesterday.

So it appears that Don Jr. was also sleeping around on his wife just like dear old dad.

Courtesy of Page Six: 

Years before Vanessa Trump filed for divorce from Donald Trump Jr., their marriage was rocked when — around the time she was pregnant with their third child — he cheated on her with a contestant from “The Celebrity Apprentice.” 

Page Six has exclusively learned that Don Jr. — then a so-called “adviser” on the NBC show — fell for busty Danity Kane star Aubrey O’Day while filming “Celebrity Apprentice” in 2011. 

Sources say that Vanessa — who filed for divorce from President Donald Trump’s eldest son last week after 13 years of marriage — was devastated when he told her that he planned to leave her for O’Day. 

Vanessa was pregnant with their third child, Tristan, around that time. 

Don Jr. “pursued [Aubrey]. It was him who chased her,” said a source familiar with the situation. “He told her that his marriage was already in the process of dissolving.”

Oh yeah, their marriage is always "in the process of dissolving" ladies, that is the answer that every philanderer gives when he is trying to bump uglies with some other woman.

Of course his marriage lasted another seven years and two more kids before his wife finally had enough of his shit.

O'Day may have even written a song about the affair back in 2013.

Courtesy of TMZ:

If Aubrey O'Day had an affair with Donald Trump Jr. -- as some reports have claimed -- she barely tried to conceal it when she released a song ... about an affair, entitled "DJT." 

The 2013 tune is about as on the nose as you can get ... featuring a phone convo between Aubrey and a guy, with her asking him, "You want to believe that everything with me was a lie? A fantasy?" He replies, "I'll always want you and always wonder about it, but it doesn't matter because I have to stay here."

I'm a little confused about what remains of the conservative moral compass.

Does Junior get a few extra points for this affair because at least it WASN'T with a porn star, or is only bedding a singer considered a swing and a miss because she doesn't actually get paid to have sex?

So confusing.

According to sources the affair broke up after daddy Trump found out about it.

He probably wanted O'Day for himself I'm guessing.

P.S. It should be noted that I originally had this scheduled for yesterday, but it got bumped due to breaking stories about daddy's various extramarital liaisons.

Even when it comes to being a complete douchebag Junior has to play second fiddle to his dad.

Sad.

Former Fox News host Eric Bolling's son has died.

Courtesy of HuffPo: 

The 19-year-old son of former Fox News host Eric Bolling was found dead Friday. 

The cause of Eric Chase Bolling’s death remained unknown as of Saturday afternoon. 

The younger Bolling died hours after Fox News announced it was parting ways “amicably” with his father. The Fox personality came under fire after HuffPost published a report in August revealing that he had sent inappropriate text messages to current and former female colleagues.

The Huffington Post did not identify the cause of death, perhaps out of respect, but TMZ did:  

Well placed FNC sources tell TMZ ... Eric Chase died from a drug overdose. We're told he was having a hard time dealing with the trouble his dad was having at the network. Our sources say he was extremely embarrassed by the stories and was "emotionally upset."

If this is accurate, and I am pretty sure it must be or I don't think TMZ would have written it, this is incredibly sad news.

I almost did not post this today because I worried that people who do not like Bolling would say hateful things.

I also really do not like Eric Bolling, but he is a parent who just lost his only child.

Right now there is nothing that matters at all except for that. Not the fact that he worked for a cable station that has worked to destroy journalism in this country, not the hateful things he has said about President Obama, not even the fact that he sexually harassed the women who worked with him.

The ONE thing that matters is that this man just lost his only child.

I think the majority of us here are parents so I know you can imagine what that must feel like.

There is literally NO pain I can imagine that would hurt as much as the pain he must be feeling right now.

And if TMZ is right, and the suicide was the result of Bolling's behaviors at work and the loss of that job,......well....there are simply no words to express what that must feel like.

So as one human being to another, I am deeply sorry for Mr. Bolling's loss and only want to express my most heartfelt condolences.

Former campaign adviser claims that attempts to impeach Donald Trump will result in a civil war.

Courtesy of The Hill:

President Trump's former campaign adviser Roger Stone told TMZ that any politician who votes to impeach Trump “would be endangering their own life.” 

“Try to impeach him. Just try it,” Stone said. “You will have a spasm of violence, an insurrection in this country like you have never seen before. Both sides are heavily armed, my friend.” 

Stone said members of Congress who are advocating for Trump’s impeachment need to “get over it.”

“The people who are calling for impeachment are the people who didn’t vote for him,” Stone said. “They lose. Their candidate had every advantage.” 

“Sorry, we whipped their ass,” he continued. “It’s over. You lost.”

Man I REALLY don't like this guy.

And yes he is clearly unhinged.

However having said that I am not completely sure is wrong about the response to an attempt to impeach Trump.

His followers are batshit crazy, and all it would really take to incite them to violence is one tweet from Trump.

Of course Stone is wrong to assume that this would be some battle between the armed Left and the armed Right on the streets of America. Instead these angry Trump supporters would be almost immediately wiped out by the US Military resulting in a one sided conflict that could see multiple Right Wing casualties.

Hey, I think I just came up with a silver lining here.

Sarah Palin pulls article from her website critical of Colin Kaepernick, blames others.

Courtesy of TMZ:

Sarah Palin has removed an article from her website criticizing Colin Kaepernick's $50,000 donation to Meals on Wheels ... and we're told the post is NOT in line with the former governor's beliefs. 

As we previously reported, a story went up on SarahPalin.com Wednesday morning titled, "SERIOUSLY? Colin Kaepernick Just Pulled ANOTHER Political Stunt." 

The article was NOT written by Palin -- but it was posted on Sarah's official Facebook page with a comment saying, "And he wonders why he can't find a job." 

Now, we're told Sarah did NOT have a personal role in greenlighting the story, posting it on her site or Facebook page, or adding the additional comment. 

One source familiar with the situation tells us, "This is not a view that Governor Palin holds. She has a long history of volunteering for Meals on Wheels and donating to them." 

"This was an opinion by a contributor to sarahpalin.com and as has since been removed."

First off I have NEVER any evidence of Sarah Palin volunteering to help Meals on Wheels.

Secondly I am really loving the fact that Palin is being called out for having a website that she is not even smart or talented enough to maintain on her own.

Thirdly this post sounds SO MUCH like something Sarah Palin would have okayed that I am having a hard time believing she did not give it her hoofprint of approval.

Personally I think that if she had not been excoriated for this post it would still be up over at sarahpalin.com.

imagine being so racist you get mad a black athlete for donating to meals on wheels https://t.co/wIEa4RBK3s

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) March 22, 2017

Anybody of a differing opinion?

I think Mickey Rourke is speaking for many of us.

Courtesy of Death and Taxes: 

“The biggest scumbag on the planet, [a] maggot with an “F” in front of it, Donald Trump, fuck him, fuck the horse he rode in on,” Rourke told paparazzi while playing catch (?) on the sidewalk. He then pivoted to discuss Trump’s wife, Melania, who doesn’t poop or fart. “I think that his wife is one of the biggest gold diggers around. I know. I used to go out with a gold digger. And I mean, how could you sleep next to that flabby, fat piece of shit and get your rocks off?” 

Albeit provocative and perhaps not the most politically correct, it’s an interesting point to say the least, one which political pundits haven’t focused much attention. “I mean, motherfucker’s gotta have, like, millions sticking out of his asshole,” Rourke continued. “I mean, you gotta go to bed with that every night? You gotta be a gold digger. Instead of gold digging, I’d call it something else.”

I have not always been the biggest Mickey Rourke fan (Though you really should check him out in "The Wrestler.") but you have to admit he has a point.

Anti-Rourke tweet coming from Trump's Twitter account in 3..2..1

Airplane passenger yells at and harasses Ivanka Trump and her children before being removed from the flight.

Courtesy of TPM:

Gossip website TMZ reported that a passenger on Ivanka Trump's Thursday morning flight "began verbally berating her" before he was removed from the plane. 

"Your father is ruining the country," the unidentified passenger said, as quoted by TMZ. "Why is she on our flight. She should be flying private." 

TMZ reported that the passenger was holding his child as he addressed Trump, who ignored him and "tried distracting her kids with crayons" as they sat in the coach section of a JetBlue flight. 

As the passenger was removed by JetBlue personnel, TMZ reported that he shouted: "You're kicking me off for expressing my opinion?!!"

Look I get it, we are all angry.

But this shit is out of line.

We were rightfully horrified by the actions of the Trump supporting plane passenger yelling at the female passengers last month, and it is equally wrong for those who hate Trump to act in a similar manner.

Clearly we are surrounded by idiots and assholes, and the best way to fight them is to role model appropriate behaviors when we bump into them out in the community.

Besides Ivanka had her children with her, and children do not deserve to witness anything like that.

No matter whose crazy ass DNA they share.

Well it looks like "Palin Rules" is moving a little bit closer to reality.

Courtesy of TMZ: 

The production company for Palin's new show just moved to register "Palin Rules." 

Palin's making a clear distinction between her show and courtroom favorites like, "People's Court," "Judge Mathis," and "Divorce Court" ... she doesn't have a law degree or a judicial title, but she can still act like she does. 

The people appearing in Sarah's "courtroom of common sense" will agree in advance, her decision will be final ... no second bite of the apple ... all she wrote.

Well I think we can put to rest any more talk of Palin being seriously considered for Trump's VP choice or for a position on his cabinet. 

Kind of hard to do any of that while she is on TV being the hillbilly version of Judge Judy.

I cannot even imagine how much brain damage you would have to suffer in order to find something like this even mildly entertaining.

I think that perhaps the only things that Palin understand less than the law would be politics and parenting.

Dakota Meyer decides to learn from Levi Johnston's mistake and get the child support portion of his custody case taken care of up front.

Courtesy of TMZ:  

Bristol Palin's newest baby daddy is one smart cookie, because he just beat her to the punch by telling the family law judge exactly how much he can afford in the child support department. 

Dakota Meyer -- the father of Bristol's 2-month-old daughter Sailor -- claims in new legal docs he makes $100,000 a year working construction, and gets another $37k in disability from the Marine Corp. 

Under Alaska law, Dakota's income would entitle Bristol to $1,754 a month in child support. 

The article goes onto suggest that Meyer is taking these steps because of what he learned by watching what Bristol put Levi through in THEIR child support case.

However rather than giving Dakota any credit for intelligence, I would suggest that he has a smarter attorney.

Unlike others I don't actually think this proves that the DNA tests have come back and proven Dakota is the father. I instead think that his lawyer is getting all of their ducks in a row in preparation for all contingencies. 

Somebody asked earlier why Levi had not provided up to date financial information when asked, but that is not accurate as it pertains to recent court filings.

However that is true back when Rex Butler was handling his case, and the reasons why Rex provided Levi with bad legal advice is open for interpretation.

I know why the Johnstons think he sold Levi out.

Dakota Meyer's lawyer speaks out.

Courtesy of the Marine Corps Times:

“Meyer and Palin had a relationship and were engaged to be married until May, 2015,” according to a complaint filed in Alaska superior court by Meyer’s attorney. “Meyer believes that he is the biological father of the minor child.”

Furthermore, it is Sailor Palin’s best interests that both biological parents share joint legal custody of her, Meyer’s attorney argues in the complaint. 

“Dakota couldn't be more excited to be a new father and the best dad that he can be,” his attorney Kimberlee Colbo said Wednesday in a statement to Marine Corps Times. “To him, that means being a big part of his daughter's life. Beyond that, he'd really appreciate and thank his friends, supporters and the news media for respecting the privacy of each family in this very personal matter.”

Now clearly this information somewhat contradicts the initial reporting by TMZ which claimed that Meyer was going after child support. But it seems to be par for the course that early reporting these days is not 100% accurate. TMZ claimed to have read the filing so it was hard to dispute accuracy of their reporting.

As others have stated Dakota seems to be letting his attorneys do the talking, and that is definitely the smart thing to do at this point.

Especially since, as she has already demonstrated, the grizzled mama has a very hard time keeping her big mouth shut.

By the way for those asking, yes I understand that both Levi and Sunny are tickled pink at this turn of events.

Bristol for her part is now posting bizarre crap like this:

Source

So essentially "watch where you're walking." Oh yeah, so profound.

So now Dakota Meyer is claiming he is Sailor Grace Palin's dad and wants child support! Update!

Courtesy of TMZ: 

Bristol Palin's new baby daddy may no longer be a mystery ... her ex-fiance says he's the daddy, and he's gunning for some serious custody. 

Dakota Meyer flied legal docs, obtained by TMZ, in which he claims he's the biological father of 3-week-old Sailor. 

Dakota wants a judge to award him joint legal and physical custody. 

Bristol has never publicly revealed the identity of the father. She and Dakota broke up 3 months after conception. 

Bristol's baby daddy wants one more thing ... child support. 

Holy shit!

I will have to assume that Dakota got a DNA test and based on that wants to get his parental rights established and a little cash on the side as well.

Man you KNOW that Dakota is in for the fight of his life, but the great thing is that ALL of the sympathy will be with him, and if the Palins attack him they will be smearing an honest to goodness war hero.

I literally could not have made up a more satisfying scenario if I tried.

Update: So yes I visited Court View and Dakota did indeed file for custody with the Alaska courts.

I'm going to start popping the popcorn now.

Donald Trump, and his hair, run to the FBI after receiving threat from Mexican drug lord's son.

"Wait, who's threatening me?"

Courtesy of TMZ:  

Donald Trump tells TMZ he is contacting the FBI to investigate threats just made by a man claiming to be the son of escaped Mexican drug lord El Chapo. 

Trump is reacting to a tweet reportedly made by El Chapo's son, in which he blasts Trump for saying El Chapo is "everything that's wrong with Mexico." 

The tweet was written in Spanish, with the rough English translation, "Keep f***ing around and I'm gonna make you swallow your bitch words you f***ing whitey milks***tter (that's a homophobic slur)." 

Of course Trump goes on to say that he is not intimidated (Probably from inside of the safe room in his house.) because that would reflect poorly on his tough guy image.

Okay are they sure this is from "El Chapo's" son? After all this could be from just about every Mexican on either side of the border who was fed up with Trump's racist comments.

And by the way what kind of scary drug lord name is "El Chapo?"

It sounds like something you get while riding around in assless chaps in your El Camino.

Levi Johnston takes the high road in response to news of Bristol Palin's second out of wedlock pregnancy.

Courtesy of Levi Johnston's public Facebook page.

Courtesy of TMZ:  

Bristol Palin just got some support from her nemesis -- the baby daddy fighting her in a nasty custody war ... former fiance, Levi Johnston. 

It's a strange twist. Levi, who shares 6-year-old Tripp with Palin, tells TMZ he and wife Sunny are going to do what they can to help raise her new kid. He says she's "a great mom." 

And get this ... Levi says he's sorry for Bristol's string of bad luck, specifically mentioning the fact she called off her wedding. 

 As for the whole kid out of wedlock thing, Levi says waiting to have kids until the parents tie the knot is the way to go, but he understands things happen ... they happened to him. 

TMZ goes on to say that Levi's words are strange for a guy still fighting Bristol for custody, but then again that could be exactly why he is not piling on.  

Or it could just be that he is really a nice guy, and that everything negative people hear about him were lies told by a hateful ex-girlfriend, and her even more hateful mother. 

From everything I have ever heard about Levi from people who know him is that he is a stand up guy who works hard, loves his family, and just wants to live a simple life in the town where he grew up.

On the other hand the things I hear about Bristol are the kinds of things that make you want to take a very hot shower, and scrub, and scrub until your skin is raw and you cannot scrub anymore.

You ever wonder if Donald Trump's sons are over privileged douchebags? Wonder no more.

Well that's him, Donald Trump Jr..

Pretty much what you would expect right?

This photo of Jr. was from a 2012 hunting trip to Africa.

There was a lot of controversy after this picture showed up on TMZ, and of course PETA went ballistic.

However the Trump public relations team shifted into high gear to let everybody know that the meat was donated to local villagers and that the Trump sons were actually doing the elephants a favor by hunting them before they over populated the area.

Such humanitarians these Trumps, don'tcha know?

This may be old news to some, but with "The Donald" throwing his hair into the 2016 ring everything old is new again.

Is Dakota Meyer trolling the Palins? Yeah, I think he is.

Courtesy of Meyer's Instagram account:  

dakotameyer0317 In this day and age people seem concerned only with things like Dancing With the Stars and Bruce Jenner, discussion held to the trivial matters of pop culture. At what point, Nero, do you put the violin down and notice that Rome is burning? 

There is the ongoing concern with ISIS both over seas and at home. The only people fighting and winning seem to be the Kurds and an off duty patrol officer in Texas. There is a ever growing divide amongst peoples in this nation that needs to mend now, not later. There is political corruption at every turn and a looming national debt that has mortgaged our great grandchildrens' future it so big. 

Let's start turning the conversation from the entertaining inconsequential to the relevant and timely concerns that face us. 

Well certainly no points for grammar in this post, but he is fear mongering with the best of them. 

However it is the more "subtle" message I found interesting.

Mentioning DWTS outright makes it almost impossible not to recognize that this criticism is aimed directrly at Bristol, after all there are a number of other reality shows he could have called out by name.

And the graphic showing People magazine and TMZ, where the Palin family have been covered extensively, is not exactly vague either.

So I would assume that now that Meyer has rid himself of all things Palin, he wants to make as much distance between himself and their crazy ass family as possible.

So how better to do that then to take a giant dump on the things that define them these days, reality shows, paparazzi coverage, and pseudo celebrity status.

However I would be remiss if I did not point out that Meyer himself is currently helping to raise money to make a movie with his pals, currently uses his fame to hawk t-shirts on the internet, and that he did appear on "Amazing America" with Palin last year.

Remember Dakota?

So if Meyer REALLY wants to differentiate himself from the Palin clan perhaps he ought to work on being less of a hypocrite.

P.S. Is it wrong that I really hope that this is only the first of many not so veiled attacks that Meyer launches at his former fiance and her family?

Damn those Baltimore riots are so inconvenient! Especially for Bristol Palin.

Courtesy of TMZ: 

Bristol Palin's house sale would be a done deal if not for the riots in Baltimore. Wait, what? 

So get this ... Palin put her 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath, 3,200 sq ft. Alaskan home on the market last month and it sold in three days at the asking price of $549,000. Needless to say, Bristol was ecstatic. 

Fast forward to this week when the final sale docs were supposed to be delivered ... and they've been delayed. What caused the delay? Yup, the riots. 

Bummer!

Apparently Fed-Ex sent her this message:  

"As a result of local restrictions in the Baltimore, Maryland metro area, unavoidable service delays are anticipated." 

Aww, why does everything bad happen to Bristol?

And who is the hell contacts TMZ to complain about it?

Well this does answer the question that we all had as to whether Bristol sold that house or not. It looks like she did.

Sarah Palin actually tells hecklers to "get a job." I bet she rehearses that everyday at home with her own family.

I did not link to this earlier today because the video on the original TMZ post did not play for me.

But now that I have it on You Tube, well it is really too good not to share.

I like how she admits she's now in show business:

"Are you in show business? Then don't be jealous boy."

Gee I wonder if that was a black guy?

Crowd: "Put some clothes on Sarah."

Palin: "Hey dude I'm from Alaska."

And then a few seconds later.

Palin: "Hey when you get a job, you come talk to me okay?"

At which time the crowd starts shouting "What are you doing?"

Palin: "Hey, I'm here, and you're there."

In other words I'm more important than you.

So much for that whole "I'm just a regular small town American" bullshit.

Well let's all hope that TMZ is NOT the ones who end up with that Palin brawl tape.

Somebody sent me this link to a Buzzfeed story from back in July.

Check this part out:  

TMZ’s real engine — what defines its mission, what legitimizes it and sets it apart — is a unique and controversial mix of scandal mongering and investigative journalism. But it’s also that mode that some have claimed is responsible for acquiring a video of Justin Bieber telling a racist joke and, over the course of four years, not publishing it. 

BuzzFeed spoke to nearly two dozen former TMZ employees, and it’s clear that Bieber’s tape was not the only near-priceless piece of dirt in the proverbial TMZ vault. (TMZ did not respond to multiple requests for comment.) According to these ex-employees, the sealed testimonies from the Michael Jackson molestation trial hide there as does footage of various celebrities — Bieber, Lohan, Travolta — behaving badly. The vault isn’t a secret at TMZ — even the lowest on the staff ladder have heard whispers of its existence. As to what goes up on the site and what stays vaulted, that’s a finer, more esoteric calculus — and one in which celebrities and their publicists have come to live in fear. As one source explained, “There’s no doubt: [Harvey] Levin absolutely changed the way celebrities function today.”

Getting access to the brawl footage could bring TMZ significant hits on its website, or it could give them control over one the of the most famous names in politics.

I would not suggest that Palin is anywhere near the caliber of celebrity that are mentioned concerning those other videos but if TMZ is in the habit of collecting scandalous materials for safe keeping then this would certainly qualify.

And they HAVE been known to cover for Palin in the past.

That makes me hope that in a bidding war the National Enquirer, Gawker, or E entertainment has deeper pockets on their side.

Breitbart freaks out, over the fact that TMZ "freaks out," over Sarah Palin's speeding ticket.

Click one or more chins to play video.

Courtesy of that dead guy's defunct blog: 

Wednesday during TMZ's segment on former Governor Sarah Palin (R-AK) getting a speeding ticket, they thought it would be entertaining television to, without provocation or explanation, have random staffers openly attack the Tea Party firebrand as a "bitch," "dumb," and a "horrible mom." 

TMZ opened the segment by reporting on when Palin was given a speeding ticket in her hometown for driving 63 miles per hour in a 45 mph zone, and she said, "I wasn't speeding I was qualifying." 

But then it quickly turned ugly, when, without justification, the staffers launched into a nasty, random, name-calling attack. One staff member exclaimed out of nowhere, "She's a bitch." Another chimed in, saying, "She's a really bad mom," while another added, "She's a horrible mom." 

A third concluded, "She's not evil. She's too dumb to be good or evil."

You know I listened to the original TMZ report,  and read the transcript, and all I can ask is where did the TMZ crew say anything controversial?

"She's a bitch?" Check, everybody knows that.

"She's a really bad mom?" Seriously, is their ANY doubt?

"She's not evil. She's too dumb to be good or evil." Okay here we might have some point of disagreement.

Is she dumb? Yes.

But is she too dumb to be evil? No, I don't think so.

I think she is just intelligent enough to be evil, while also almost being too dumb to qualify as an actual homo sapien.

And that will be proven by the fact that when she reads that last part she will be convinced that I just called her a lesbian.

Well guess who got pulled over for speeding in Wasilla a week ago. Good guess.

"Not my fault officer. I was driving under the influence of classic rock."

Courtesy of TMZ: 

Sarah Palin may be conservative, but her driving is unabashedly radical ... giving TMZ an epic rationalization for speeding in her pick up truck in Alaska. 

The former guv was stopped in her hometown of Wasilla last Wednesday for going 63 in a 45 MPH zone in her Toyota Tundra. The cop wrote her up and she was on her way. 

Palin cops to the crime, telling us, "I wasn't speeding, I was qualifying." She didn't accept full blame, saying Sammy Hagar's, "I Can't Drive 55" on the oldies station contributed to her lead foot. 

We're told Palin will pay the $154 ticket STAT. 

Can you believe that a middle aged woman would blame her careless driving on a song playing on her radio?

Well you know Sarah "I can do whatever I want until the courts tell me I can't" Palin, she doesn't ever follow the rules, even in the city where she was once in charge of enforcing them.

And if other people are put in danger by her carelessness and lack of respect for the law, well who cares about those people any way? After all they certainly don't care about her anymore.


P.S. When I wrote this post last night, I figured it was just a throwaway post documenting something not very newsworthy about Sarah Palin. (Meaning she wasn't arrested for drunk driving or anything.)

However this morning revealed that this story has been picked up by numerous blogs and news sites who do seem to think it is newsworthy. 

The reason for this, it seems to me, is not so much that she was speeding, but her imperious attitude to being caught ("I wasn't speeding, I was qualifying."), and the fact that she could not simply apologize for breaking the law and pay the ticket she had to blame it on somebody else. In this case poor Sammy Hagar for a song he wrote in 1984.

Because in Sarah Palin's world nothing is her fault, and she despises anybody treating her as if she is not more important than everybody else. And THAT makes even almost insignificant incidents like this seem newsworthy.