Sarah Palin's Tanning Bed

sweatpantsmom — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:35:00 GMT

I thought long and hard about what to title this post, but then realized there was nothing better than "Sarah Palin's Tanning Bed." It's a punchline in itself, sort of like "Vern Troyer Sex Tape."

Apparently the ‘Mother, Moose Hunter, Maverick’ had a tanning bed installed in the governor's mansion in 2007. Roger Wetherell, a government official in Alaska, confirms it to US magazine. "She did. She paid for it with her own money. It was done shortly after she took office [in early 2007] and moved into the mansion."

Tanning beds can cost up to $35,000 to install in a home - not including the cost of parts, says Alaska-based tanning parlor manager Erin Weise. In the understatement of the year, Weise says, "I don't think it's normal for people to have a tanning bed in their house."

Ironically, Palin's soul mate, John McCain has twice battled skin cancer, and Palin herself declared May 2007 Skin Cancer Awareness Month in Alaska. The press release read, "Skin cancer is caused, overwhelmingly, by over-exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun and from tanning beds.”

It's hard to believe that the mother of five children, one of whom has special needs, couldn't think of something better to spend that wad of cash on. Then again, life just sort of takes care of itself when you've got a nicely bronzed bod and a freezer packed with moose meat.

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FameCrawler : color me tan

Sarah Palin's Tanning Bed