Intro: "It looks like Alaska's most famous politician will get her name trademarked after all. Cue the mockery!"

Sarah Palin leads a Tea Party rally in Madison, Wisconsin, 04/16/11. (photo: Narayan Mahon/NYT)

Sarah Palin "Trademark": The Backlash

By The Week

25 June 11

t looks like Alaska's most famous politician will get her name trademarked after all. Cue the mockery!

Sarah Palin took some ribbing earlier this year for failing to sign an application to trademark her name. But now, after she and daughter Bristol resubmitted their paperwork, and nobody challenged it, the names Sarah Palin and Bristol Palin will be trademarked within three months. Sarah Palin is claiming a trademark for both references to "political issues" online and "educational and entertainment services," including "motivational speaking." Entertainment and politics? Bloggers and the Twitterati couldn't resist such a big target:

Only in America!
"Sarah Palin will soon be making people pay for trying to cash in on her name"? says David Gardner in Britain's Daily Mail. "Unflippingbelievable!"

Totally reasonable
I guess "every great vice presidential candidate-turned-professional public speaker needs a registered trademark attached to their name," says Alistair Murray at his blog. "Such normal people," the Palins.

How was this so easy?
Given how contentious everything about Palin is, "amazingly, nobody seems to have challenged" the trademark application, says Joshua Green at The Atlantic. Regardless, "better hold off on those bootleg Palin T-shirts you were thinking about printing up."

Poor Tina Fey!
Forget merchandise. "I wonder how this will impact Sarah Palin impersonators?" says Chris Menning at Buzzfeed.

At least we know her 2012 plans
Because "you know people who trademark their names for commerce are serious about running for president," tweets The Nation's Ari Melber.

Nice try, haters
Actually, "if Palin is running she just bought herself one powerful weapon against those who want to smear her," says Clifton B. at Another Black Conservative. People who want to write "nasty things" about Palin now have a choice: "Either pay up or they shut down."

Thank goodness she can't trademark nicknames
I get that the Palins are trying to censor their critics, says Gryphen at The Immoral Minority. But "unless Sarah also plans on trademarking 'Granny Grifter,' 'Snowdrift Snooki,' 'The Grizzled Mama,' and 'Klondike Kardashian,'" her war on snark is doomed.

We protest!
And here we were thinking this was just "another dumb-fool thing the Palins would do," says Honolulu Notes. Well, if they think "this means we have to put TM after their name each time we use it," let us be the first to say, "that ain’t happening in the blog-o-sphere, we promise."

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+98 # erogers 2011-06-25 08:28

Well I suppose we will just have to refer to this evil person in the proper manner: "she who's name is not spoken".
Ed

+59 # brenner 2011-06-25 08:54

How about "She who probably doesn't even know how to spell her OWN name"?

+90 # GeeRob 2011-06-25 09:08

I always liked 'Half-baked Alaska.'

+21 # mbh 2011-06-25 10:03

How 'bout Baked Alaskan :)

+31 # Monica Ackerman 2011-06-25 11:11

Remember "Karabou Barbie?"

Quoting

How 'bout Baked Alaskan :)

+8 # Gloria 2011-06-25 14:22

Quoting

Well I suppose we will just have to refer to this evil person in the proper manner: "she who's name is not spoken".
Ed

Well, so much better than "She who must be obeyed". Maybe we should get that trademarked?

+23 # Ky 2011-06-25 16:40

Quoting

Quoting
Well I suppose we will just have to refer to this evil person in the proper manner: "she who's name is not spoken".
Ed

Well, so much better than "She who must be obeyed". Maybe we should get that trademarked?

I've been rather fond of "She Who Appears to be a Moron"

+17 # camus11 2011-06-26 10:29

"appears"????

+10 # val.stone 2011-06-25 20:49

Quoting

Well I suppose we will just have to refer to this evil person in the proper manner: "she who's name is not spoken".
Ed

As an English teacher, I must protest: It should be "she whose name is not spoken." (Not "she 'who's' name is not spoken.")

+5 # why not? 2011-06-26 14:37

How legal would this be -- "The entertainer formerly known as Sarah Palin?"

+77 # carneyva 2011-06-25 08:44

Why are we so unsurprised? This grifter shamelessly defrauds her simple-minded followers, who refuse, against all odds and common sense, to recognize that she will never be elected to anything. That was forfeited when she flat quit as governor to chase money and celebrity.

+26 # John Lewis 2011-06-25 10:09

Not so fast carneyva. She would not be the first "crazy" to be elected to that supreme office... Let's just watch how smart is the electorate in the USA.

+24 # Ray Traudt 2011-06-25 19:25

Caution. In 2000, I was saying W Bush could never be elected president because he was an idiot, but the votes were close enough that a bit of miscounting and the help of the Corporate Court nevertheless put W into office.

+20 # RSJ 2011-06-26 04:26

Ray Traudt, I saw Junior give a speech on C-SPAN in 1999 and I thought the same thing. This fumbling, smirky nitwit bumbling his way through a boilerplate 'moderate Republican' speech just didn't have what it takes to be president, even on a superficial level -- no ideas, no charisma, a boring speaker, and he looked like a nervous 8-year-old who had to pee. Boy, was I wrong, sort of. Gore won the election, we just didn't count on Katherine Harris, the 'Brooks Brothers Riot,' and the illegal interference of the Supreme Court.

+9 # Progressive Patriot 2011-06-26 11:53

If you understand Article II, Section 1 and the Tenth Amendment, the SCOTUS violated the Constitution by getting involved in the STATE's mandate to determine the choosing of electors. That is _specifically_ given to the states by the Constitution, and therefore the SCOTUS had no jurisdiction to overturn the ruling of the Supreme Court of the State of Florida.

Subsequent recounts by neutral parties have shown that if the recount of the five counties had continued as directed by the state court, Gore would have won in Florida. Some say that a recount of ALL ballots would have given the election to Bush, but the Democrats had only filed petitions to recount five counties ... and Bush lost in all five. The ReTHUGs never filed to recount the other counties.

+3 # RSJ 2011-06-27 16:17

Progressive Patriot, a full recount of all Florida ballots done by the media under FL law concluded Gore would have won FL and the election. Unfortunately, the results of the media recount came out just after 9/11 and were buried by the US media. The consensus by the MSM was that telling the public Bush was not the legitimate winner of the 2000 election would undermine the war on terror. So much for 'afflicting the comfortable' or freedom of the press.

+11 # RSJ 2011-06-26 04:18

carneyva: True, and according to Kathy Griffin, those good, pious, simple-minded Christians who follow the Wasilla Hillbilly (or the Arizona Ice Princess, if you prefer), have no compunction about threatening death to those who make jokes at Mrs. Maverick's expense.

+45 # DesignCreature 2011-06-25 08:48

You can bet she didn't come up with this. Check out who advised her...LOL And trade marking her kid? God, how funny.

+47 # rd 2011-06-25 09:19

Frightening to think that some great number of high school and above US grads actually listen to what she has to say and feel she was/could be a viable leader of the US of A.... Dr. Johnson and others had some concerns about democracy and the last 10 years or so in American add some heft to concerns that an electorate with poor critical thinking skills and limited literacy to name a few might make choices that simply are d u m b ....

+97 # NonnyO 2011-06-25 09:28

Heh. For years I've refused to use Caribou Barbie's real name (unless I absolutely had to) because I want the name of that Professional Nobody forgotten to history. This will now be a perfect excuse to use a list of nicknames that have been accumulating for Snowflake Snooki. Her real name WILL be forgotten to history; the nicknames for Granny Grifter won't. Now..., WHEN will Moronic Media STOP writing anything about her, STOP following her, STOP paraphrasing the word salad that comes out of her stupid mouth because even they haven't a clue what she's actually trying to say? I don't understand why Moronic Media is fascinated with this Brainless Bimbo. It would make me deliriously happy never to hear/see her (or her spawn) again for the rest of my life.

+10 # Regina 2011-06-25 11:40

The media beat on her drum because it either sells papers or piles up the Nielsen numbers for TV, which in turn leads to cash for both print and electronic media. And of course that all leads to even more cash for the grizzlies themselves, Sr and Jr.

+3 # carneyva 2011-06-26 13:02

Amen!

+59 # Nancy Hoffman 2011-06-25 09:29

A quick look-up at a people search site found 4 Sarah Palins.... what will the other 3 Sarah's do? As carneyva said she forfeited her electability when she quit the governorship, but she cemented it when she quit her bus tour! Maybe by expecting to be paid for the mention of her name, Sarah has given the media and all of us a gift! If the media just stopped mentioning her at all, she would fade away like the bad dream she is.

+7 # RSJ 2011-06-26 04:31

If this was challenged in court, she'd lose. Public figures, especially politicians, cannot trademark their names except in cases where merchandise or services are being sold with their name attached. This is just as silly as most of the other nonsense the ex-beauty pageant contestant indulges in.

+5 # mesechabe 2011-06-26 16:33

It's sad to think that no Palin fans will be able to name their daughters after her.

+4 # RSJ 2011-06-27 16:19

How many parents would want to name their daughter 'Meathead'?

+32 # duane stroh 2011-06-25 09:33

Does this mean journalists will have to pay royalties to use her name when they write about she who's name must not be mentioned?

+15 # Beth Sager 2011-06-25 13:41

I took a course in copyright law a long time ago, and if things haven't changed, everyone can still talk or write about her, just as you would say, "CocaCola just signed a billion dollar contract with Papa John's Pizza." But you could not publish bumper stickers which read, "Vote for Sarah Palin for President in 2012; The world is going to end anyway!" and sell them (or give them away).

+5 # racp 2011-06-26 08:22

Quoting

I took a course in copyright law a long time ago, and if things haven't changed, everyone can still talk or write about her, just as you would say, "CocaCola just signed a billion dollar contract with Papa John's Pizza." But you could not publish bumper stickers which read, "Vote for Sarah Palin for President in 2012; The world is going to end anyway!" and sell them (or give them away).

Can you print and give away a bumper sticker "Vote for Sarah apPalling for President in 2012; The world is going to end anyway!"?

+3 # boudreaux 2011-06-27 10:07

As a citizen you can have it printed yourself and not get into trouble, it's still freedom of speech however you look at it..

+61 # teineitalia 2011-06-25 09:44

I'm perfectly happy to refer to Caribou Barbie as Sarah Failin', Granny Grifter or Chick Cheney.

(with apologies to caribou, grannies and chicks)

+26 # Writ 2011-06-25 10:04

She is trademarking the name Sarah Palin so all her detractors have to do is label her Dumb or Idiot Palin. Everyone but everyone will know who that is. I am sure she won't trademark that moniker.

+5 # Bob Sherman 2011-06-25 19:02

Quoting

She is trademarking the name Sarah Palin so all her detractors have to do is label her Dumb or Idiot Palin. Everyone but everyone will know who that is. I am sure she won't trademark that moniker.

Don't be so sure. Remember Sen. Bill Scott (R-VA) who was voted dumbest member of the Senate, and promptly called a press conference to deny it?

+6 # Bob Sherman 2011-06-25 19:04

Don't be so sure. Remember Sen. Bill Scott (R-VA) who was voted dumbest member of the Senate, and promptly called a press conference to deny it?

+3 # RSJ 2011-06-26 04:33

Personally, I think she should be called 'Serial Mom,' in the John Waters sense of the term. She seems to meet all of the criteria except out-and-out murder.

+17 # Phoenician 2011-06-25 10:05

When the artist Prince became an unpronounceable squiggle he emerged as "TAFKAP." I can just imagine the fun we shall have in coming up with a similar epithet, perhaps an RSN sponsored National Competition, for The Former VP Candidate From Alaska.

+22 # deeb 2011-06-25 10:48

The major difference between Prince and this woman is that he did what he did to throw a wrench into the corporate system that claimed his name as theirs when he dared to make his own choices. She is only obnoxious.

+18 # naturelover 2011-06-25 12:21

It didn't require much effort but how about Parah-Salin, since she's flying high on her own delusions of grandeur and her comments tend to have little or no basis in reality?

+10 # judyspromo 2011-06-25 10:38

Money Money Money.. makes the world go around..a mark a buck or a pound.

+23 # in deo veritas 2011-06-25 10:45

If the media have to pay a royalty or use TM after her name what better excuse to quit mentioning or writing about her? Unfortunaterly as deranged as the media are they would use it as an excuse to raise the price of a magazine or newspaper! Of course just another reason to speed up their overdue demise considering who controls them!

+8 # 4getit 2011-06-25 10:47

Now we don't have to read about "she who walks behind the rows"! Great news!

+27 # Hors-D-whores 2011-06-25 10:48

I'm starting to like this, it's like opening up the flood gates for referring to her in a much more disrespectful way. I often tried to be respectful and mention her full name instead of an slur, but now I'm FREE, FREE, FREE to call her anything that points to her. Many great pseudonyms have been suggested. Appalling Palin was one of my favorites, now I think I'll use, Appalling Airheads. from Alaska.

+23 # Beth Sager 2011-06-25 13:44

My husband and I refer to her as "Fingernails Across the Blackboard" whenever she's on the news with a soundbite. We never called Bush "Bush." He was always "The Chimp."

+27 # Byronator 2011-06-25 10:48

Well, the media may decide it's not worth pimping her name to boost sales, and she will become the persona non gratis she deserves to be. We can look forward to the glorious day when this obnoxious freak has been "disappeared" from the Internet and air waves.

+5 # RSJ 2011-06-26 04:40

That happy day is quickly approaching, Byronator. She's already in a slow spiral to anonymity. In five years, the media will be asking, "Where is she now?" Hopefully, it will be cleaning the homes of the wealthy in Arizona, or emptying bedpans for undocumented immigrants, but that may be too much to ask.

+7 # Donpatjon3 2011-06-26 11:53

Quoting

Well, the media may decide it's not worth pimping her name to boost sales, and she will become the persona non gratis she deserves to be. We can look forward to the glorious day when this obnoxious freak has been "disappeared" from the Internet and air waves.

Well look at it this way, Her name can't be used in history books...which means she will never be remembered! What kind of a moron is she? She just deleted herself out of history! YEAH!

+31 # granny 2011-06-25 10:49

Best response - don't cover her absurdities at all. If you can't use her name, don't write about her or her immoral daughter. That qway, everybody wins.

+23 # sixtycg 2011-06-25 11:03

It makes me sad when Progressives act as ignorant of the facts as the Tea Partiers and Conservatives.

First of all, trademarking the name "Sarah Palin" will do nothing to prevent a mention of her name. It would prevent unauthorized use of her name and image with respect to some printing t-shirts or bumper stickers with her image and name unless she licensed that (e.g. Move On decides they want to make an anti-Palin t-shirt and used a cartoon image of her likeness. She could either license the image, or issue a cease-and-desist and sue for damages if she could prove she was indeed harmed by the t-shirt).

The two classes she trademarked would prevent the above-mentioned example, as well as preventing someone from creating a speaking campaign that specifically references Palin (e.g. Lewis Black starts a comedy tour called "What Sarah Palin is really all about.")

Tina Fey, Jon Stewart, newspaper columnists, the blogosphere—the y all can makes jokes at her expense. Fey can still impersonate her because it falls under fair use and parody and satire as defined under Campbell vs Rose, Acuff. Stewart can make fun of her and bloggers can say whatever (up to the point of libel) thanks to Times vs Sullivan.

Relax, Folks. She and her antics are still fair game.

+9 # naturelover 2011-06-25 12:40

I think it's just wishful thinking on the part on some of those who are so tired of the obsessive media coverage. If only it were that easy to get her name out of the news...

+3 # KittatinyHawk 2011-06-25 19:54

Bootleggers, computer Artists have free reign, trademark their shirts as 2008 run em off. I do not believe any news is going to sell shirts for her save Fox
and they will want their cut.
Her daughter, or perhaps a glance of what we have let evolve is so scary because right on Palin Live you can watch yet another selfish, greedy young person grow into an even more selfish adult. But perhaps she will want to run and skrew mama. Should be fun watching another live reality show evolve, maybe Trump will by the Rights to.

+3 # Hors-D-whores 2011-06-25 22:50

I'm glad you explained things so well, but frankly, we pretty much knew that as a public person, she cannot sue everybody that mentions her name if they don't pay her. But thank you for the astute and clear legal standing on the situation. I still think this is absurd, but not surprising that the Appalling Airhead from Alaska has found another way of reaping in the dough.

+7 # fredboy 2011-06-25 11:08

In the photo it looks like her head is about the fall off.

+3 # KittatinyHawk 2011-06-25 19:55

And perhaps it shall yet

+2 # Hors-D-whores 2011-06-25 22:44

I actually came back to make a second comment on the photo.
There is something about the Appalling Airhead, wearing what looks to me, a slinky, silver lame top, contrasting sharply against the people behind her that reminds me of a position and space/gesture a queen would make. There is also something about the picture that reminds me of some scene in a movie, of a modern version of A Tale of Two Cities. I really think that the Appalling Airhead from Alaska would mean it when she says, "Let them eat s**t."

+15 # Glimmer 2011-06-25 11:11

I call her Wolf-killer Witch, only I use a B on the sur name.

+5 # TrueAmericanPatriot 2011-06-25 21:47

Quoting

I call her Wolf-killer Witch, only I use a B on the sur name.

Shame on you Glimmer! Think of all those female canines who must bear the humiliation of a S**** P**** associations. THATS CRUELTY TO ANIMALS!:):):): ):):) Gotta like the wolf-killer; that would have been my choice too.

+3 # RSJ 2011-06-26 04:42

There's always 'Lady Moose Bane,' as well.

+5 # ahimsa 2011-06-25 11:20

Characteristic of the depth of her intellect. Will all the current humans on earth with hat name have to get a name change to avoid prosecution? What of prior people with that name? Must their tombstones be redacted? How do you sue the defunct?

+14 # Monica Ackerman 2011-06-25 11:31

So, "She Who Hunts Wolves from Airplanes" is not even in the running?

+10 # nimbleswitch 2011-06-25 12:21

If you think that registering her name as a trademark is going to prevent negative commentaries about Sarah Palin if she runs for public office, you don't understand trademark law. Clifton B. certainly does not.

+12 # Russ 2011-06-25 13:11

SarAppalin' works for me.

+3 # TrueAmericanPatriot 2011-06-25 21:48

Quoting

SarAppalin' works for me.

TOUCHE!:):):):) :):):):):)

+2 # Progressive Patriot 2011-06-26 12:18

SarIMpallin"?

+3 # racp 2011-06-26 08:36

I like Sarah apPalling, and I don't know if should go for the typo: Sarah apPalin' or these attempts to spelling purity would bring down the whole thing: Sarah apPal(l)in(g), SARAH apPALlINg? (Freaking double L, it could have been much easier!) What do you think?

+13 # MainStreetMentor 2011-06-25 13:12

Could we be seein' Sara Failin'?

+12 # goodsensecynic 2011-06-25 13:15

Hey! I better get crackin' 'cause I've calling her Sarah-bin-Palin for years. If that ever takes off, I want some big bucks too ... or maybe a doe would do.

+5 # Tanner 2011-06-25 13:47

OMG! This is perfect. Now, FINALLY, relief from her screeching voice spewing out non-sense with her irritating, annoying and aggravating word salads. No Palin on TV because you can't mention her name, No Palin in the media because you can't mention her name. Unless you want to pay to say it. Please! Who wants to pay to hear that.

+13 # Andrew V. Jeffery 2011-06-25 14:12

The only appropriate response, of course, is for EVERYONE IN THE MEDIA TO STOP EVER MENTIONING HER NAME in political reporting, since now they will have to APPLY FOR PERMISSION EVERY TIME THEY WANT TO REPORT ON HER. Good going, Sarah. You've made yourself irrelevant on scale I never could have hoped for. I hope I'm right about this. It would be the ultimate sweet irony.

+9 # She WhoRunsFromIdiots 2011-06-25 14:38

This is better - we will never use her name only the various names we have for her. This will not stop anyone from speaking ill of her, in fact, we will just come up with more creative names for her. Who knows her motivation, now though, she will be known by mostly unflattering terms- this is guaranteed. My favorites being Caribou Barbie and Half-Baked Alaska.

+6 # david piano 2011-06-25 14:45

How about, "The person formerly known as the governor of Alaska"?

+3 # John Sommers 2011-06-25 14:46

What Next? A centerfold in Playboy?

+1 # KittatinyHawk 2011-06-25 19:59

Mom and Daughter perhaps for the Republican and Tea Party straights?
Or those with a need for a twosome.

+4 # RSJ 2011-06-26 04:44

@ John Sommers: She may need the million bucks from Playboy once Fox drops her in 2013.

+3 # zitzwitz@mac.com 2011-06-25 15:10

Look at it from the positive side. Perhaps even some of the Intelligent Design Followers and Tea Party Members will find that it is time to repent.

+14 # rosamaria 2011-06-25 15:22

AND THE ENVELOPE PLEASE!
Thanks to all contestants for participating in NAME that Dame. Our judges were truly challenged. THE winners are ....

1st place: "She Who Hunts Wolves from Airplanes"
2nd place:"Sarah Failin" -AND- "Sarah-bin-Palin"
3rd place: 'Klondike Kardashian -AND- Snowflake Snooki

Unfortunately, we spent the prize money trademarking these entries.

+3 # mawmaw 2011-06-25 15:31

So Ms. Palin is only paying attention to herself again, and spending all her mental energy on this ridiculous trademark nonsense. What's she going to do when her next daughter Willow tells her that she's taking a six-pack from the fridge, and going camping? Lamebrain Sarah will probably just tell Willow to have a good campout. Will the next motivational speaker emerge in this manner?

+5 # lgviking 2011-06-25 16:02

She has been to me, for the longest time, The Tea-Twit. Of course, then came Michele Bachmann. And then some people would prefer an 'a' over the 'i' in that little nickname, which is fine, too. When Christine O'Donnell was still flaking around they were "The Tea-Twit Trio".

+3 # wfalco 2011-06-25 16:39

Singer/songwriter Prince once referred to himself as "the Artist." Perhaps the ex-Governor could be referred to as "the Idiot" or "the Alaskan".."the Hunter"...
"the She-Maverick"-many names available for the Tea Party's gifted one.

+4 # KittatinyHawk 2011-06-25 18:46

I would say Killer not Hunter, that insults those who hunt for food for family not to annihilate species that were created.
SP=Stupid Person easy enough

+3 # KittatinyHawk 2011-06-25 20:02

Insult the NRA but leave the real hunters, those who love nature and feed those who need food out of her genre. Wolf Killer, Earth Assassinator would be good. Tea Party Wanna Be's Worst

+3 # futhark 2011-06-25 17:17

If I write about "Pariah Salin", do you think I will get my point across without any legal hassles, especially having to pay any money to this harridan?

+6 # feloneouscat 2011-06-25 17:30

Fortunately, we can still use her name in parody - OOPS forgot, her life history is parody...

Maybe this will prevent the news from talking about her anymore?

+4 # insaneredneck 2011-06-25 17:58

I always refer to her as " The White Trash From Wasilla"

+8 # stonecutter 2011-06-25 19:39

Just go with "Palindrone". Says it all...either way you look at her, she's a monotonous media whore and a pox on intelligent public discourse.

+3 # Enraged as hell 2011-06-25 20:37

Quoting

Just go with "Palindrone". Says it all...either way you look at her, she's a monotonous media whore and a pox on intelligent public discourse.

"Palindrone"...I like it!

+1 # phrixus 2011-06-25 20:17

"You just can't fix stupid."

+3 # Valerie 2011-06-25 20:41

As an English teacher, I must comment: She whose name must not be spoken. (Not "she 'who's' name must not be spoken.')

+2 # elanecu 2011-06-25 21:53

Sarah Plain

+2 # racp 2011-06-26 08:42

Parah Sailing?

+1 # phrixus 2011-06-26 17:35

Pariah Sarah?

+4 # cherylpetro 2011-06-26 01:22

GOOD! NO ONE WILL WRITE ABOUT HER ANY LONGER! Strange thing for a media whore to want to make it more difficult for people to write about her! I would be happiest if she were just ignored!

+6 # cherylpetro 2011-06-26 01:27

IGNORE THAT CRAZY WOMAN! WE WILL BE MUCH BETTER OFF! I WOULDN'T PAY A PENNY TO USE HER NAME, SEE HER FACE, OR HEAR HER VOICE!

0 # Lori 2011-06-26 13:37

Maybe now people will stop talking and writing about her and she will fade away.

+2 # mesechabe 2011-06-26 16:30

Can Sarah Trademark Palin hire enough lawyers to sue everybody who doesn't pay up? What is she, ASCAP? I don't think it's possible to avoid criticism this way, Sarah T. You may stumble across the Constitution on your way to your lawyer's office.

+3 # michaelrorah 2011-06-26 22:18

sara pain

0 # Jag 2011-06-27 07:42

How about Sarah Palin' ...does that satisfy the TM issues? It sort of has that affectation she so loves to use...

+2 # smittymail 2011-06-27 10:39

What's the fuss all about? Just assign a symbol like Prince did. I can think of quite a few...like an outstretched middle finger.

+4 # Kayjay 2011-06-27 15:53

I didn't read this article. I am still stumping for the press to recite.... Sarah Who? In other words pull the plug on her $$$ gravy train.

+2 # Gladys Bitchin 2011-06-28 13:29

Wouldn't this be a form of SEDITION for a Political "Representative"?

+2 # Left in the Desert 2011-06-28 22:13

We can now call her "All Silenced Sarah Holding A Trademark" (ASSHAT).

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