Palin to run Red Cross Turkey Trot in Washington
by The Associated Press
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RICHLAND, Wash. - Sarah Palin is taking a Thanksgiving break from her book tour to spend time with family in Washington and join a 5K run to benefit the Red Cross.

Palin detailed her plans Wednesday on Twitter.

"Much 2 b thankful 4 as Americans, most free people on earth! More opportunity 4 happiness/health/prosperity thx to our liberating Constitution," she wrote.

About 25 Palin relatives had registered for the annual Turkey Trot on Thursday at Kennewick's Columbia Park, said Heather Filbin of the Benton-Franklin Chapter of the American Red Cross.

About 2,300 people had pre-registered, with 3,000 runners expected to take part in the fundraiser.

Palin plans to have dinner at the Richland home of her aunt Katie Johnson, a sister of Palin's mother.

She intends to resume her book tour Sunday, signing copies of "Going Rogue" at a book store in Richland.

Palin's grandparents, Clem and Helen Sheeran, came to Richland in 1943 so he could work at the Hanford nuclear reservation.
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« jerry2815 wrote on Wednesday, Nov 25 at 06:34 PM »
Thanks for running this story. I bought 'Going Rogue' and just love reading the book. It is so well written that it is just a good book. Sarah Palin is truly a great person and so very strong both physically and mentally. She is also eye candy because she has the looks and charisma, and the media can't get enough of her. She is all over the Internet and 99 percent of the coverage is positive. Can you imagine Hillary on the front cover of Time in running shorts? I bet Sarah can out run Obama, too because Obama is a smoker.
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« taigalily wrote on Wednesday, Nov 25 at 04:44 PM »
It ain't over 'til it's over...
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« Oh_please wrote on Wednesday, Nov 25 at 04:00 PM »
Obama administration just said they're not going to sign the ban on land mines. People all over the world, many of them children, are killed every day from land mines left three or four decades ago.

Aaaaand yet another reason I'm glad I didn't vote for Obama.

I knew that when he gave up fighting Bush's weaselly domestic-spying program in the name of political expediency that he'd be willing to waffle on many other important issues.

I just wish that Republicans weren't such a pack of frightened little girls and that they had nipped Bush's domestic spying in the bud from the start...
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« taigalily wrote on Wednesday, Nov 25 at 03:45 PM »
CS and M1: I think one of the family members is "Twot."
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« Oh_please wrote on Wednesday, Nov 25 at 03:44 PM »
Then the only thing liberals will be doing is running for cover.

Come on, Notpc! That video is destined to become a must-watch family holiday classic right up there with A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving!

The Notorious Palin Turkey Video
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« taigalily wrote on Wednesday, Nov 25 at 03:39 PM »
Twenty-five Palin relatives? OMG, are they coming out of the woodwork now that she's "famous".
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« MJHemple wrote on Wednesday, Nov 25 at 03:19 PM »
Palin runs in Turkey Trot" "Palin eats chili at cook-off" "Palin goes potty in Ohio" "Palin farts in Georgia" She's our ex-governor. Most Alaskans don't care when she gets the runs, or trots, or any other non-news thing she does. There are other, more relevant stories out there! GI suicides are up. I care more about that than Sarah's trots. Obama is going to send more of our stressed-out troops to Afghanistan. The Obama administration just said they're not going to sign the ban on land mines. People all over the world, many of them children, are killed every day from land mines left three or four decades ago. Maybe some of the money the Red Cross raises in the Turkey Trot can go to some of the kids who lose limbs to our leftover land mines. Obama has proved he's a war president in the last few months, and the decision on the land mine treaty goes to show that he cares nothing about human rights. Can't disappoint those defense contractors, now can we? No public input, (including Congress) was taken into consideration. The land mine buck stops with Obushma.
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« ChenaSteamer wrote on Wednesday, Nov 25 at 03:15 PM »
I think she has 2 kids called Trot. She has the Trots?
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« mackie1 wrote on Wednesday, Nov 25 at 02:54 PM »
Isn't one of her kids named Trot?
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« NotPc wrote on Wednesday, Nov 25 at 02:12 PM »
I think we'll see the real turkeys in 2010 and 2012,when the American people elect new leaders in Washington.Then the only thing liberals will be doing is running for cover.
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« justasking wrote on Wednesday, Nov 25 at 01:32 PM »
wouldn't you need to be honorable before you could be the honorary turkey...maybe just the biggest turkey,,,or would that be Todd's or Levi's?
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« Oh_please wrote on Wednesday, Nov 25 at 12:55 PM »


Palin to run Red Cross Turkey Trot in Washington

Is she the honorary turkey? lol

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