While we were on the road covering the real John McCain and the real life Sarah Palin, look who popped up on SNL, another Palin skit sequel that’s a proven ratings booster.

Now if that will just translate into votes, and victory for McCain, his brain trust will be branded genius for their Alaska casting call.–Art Harris

Insider Host Lara Spencer Sits Down with John McCain’s Daughter, Meghan

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Let’s see, she likes “bad boys,” sports a tattoo on her heal that startled Henry Kissinger and calls Sarah Palin a fine pick for VP. Oh, and she’s written a children’s book about her Dad. Read the rest of this entry »

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From the chart-busting SNL show that pilloried Palin and Hillary, to the Alaska Sarah rally, to her parents and beyond, we were there…what a week that was.

Sarah Palin’s Best Friends Reveal Secrets on The Insider

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Let’s see. She likes chocolate; she’s stubborn…and so frugal, she once vetoed one daughter’s request for a leg waxing. “What’s wrong with a razor,” said Mom.

All part of the dish offered up by Sarah Palin’s closest friends: real estate broker extraordinaire Kirstan Cole, a Palin pal since 4th grade, and commercial photographer Judy Patrick, the Anchorage lenselady who did the Sarah wrapped in the flag shot Newsweek used as its cover. Read the rest of this entry »

Exclusive Palin video we shot with a tiny FLIP cam in Alaska last week

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It was too hot to be gorging on barbecued pork, as the noon day sun beat down on the tarmac at a private jetway across from Dulles National, but there we were snarfing all we could get, the Traveling Press, a pack of hyenas packing laptops and growling for fresh meat, a recipe too delish to ignore…

The only thing missing: Sen. John McCain’s homemade bbq sauce, with ingredients so classified only close friends and family have tasted it.

Ah, yes, remember The Day of The Pig, or pigs wearing lipstick last week, as Sen. Barack Obama flailed away, grasping for new pearls to neutralize his swine in makeup gaffe about Palin? Read the rest of this entry »

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As the GOP celebrated their McCain Palin ticket to ride inside St. Paul’s Excel Convention Center, we booked a dance lesson with George “Bushhead,” and heard a stunning confession.

This, moments before tear gas overwhelmed us, and we got caught between cops in battle gear chasing new age hippies running amuck.

More tails — and videos — from the trail.

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She’s an amazing woman and devoted wife and mother who married Senator Joe Biden when his two boys were little —- survivors of a tragic car crash that killed Biden’s first wife and baby daughter years ago. Read the rest of this entry »

The Bald Truth With Greta in Alaska; We interview Palin’s Parents minutes apart

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WASILLA, Alaska–What a political whirlwind…four weeks on the road reporting for Entertainment Tonight and The Insider, a Presidential campaign slugfest unlike anything I’ve ever covered, snapshots of history in the making, politics as bloodsport–and entertainment–with the future of the country hanging in the balance.

For starters, it was backstage with Barack Obama in Denver, where my featherweight Sony HD 1080i was the only news camera rolling as he met voters one-one-one, a charismatic personna who comforted one fan as she burst into tears in his mere presence.

“What’s wrong, don’t cry,” said the Democratic Presidential nominee, embracing her.

The next woman, from Alaska, handed him folk art, a clay sculpture of an Eskimo and a polar bear. Really. This before anyone knew her governor would burst on the scene as the new political Madonna of the rival party. Read the rest of this entry »

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ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 3—Under vicious media attack for everything from her teen daughter’s pregnancy to a small town resume, John McCain’s running mate struck back Wednesday night here in the Twin Cities, blasting away any notion that a frontier chic mother of five, including a pregnant teenage daughter and her own newborn with Down’s, isn’t up to be Vice President of the United States.

While Sen. Fred Thompson got it right when he called Gov. Sarah Palin a “breath of fresh air,” the Alaska governor came roaring into the RNC like a hurricane, hell in high heels, gunning for Barack Obama, and ready for a fight.

She turned in a rock star performance, and brought down the house with a joke, saying the only difference between a soccer Mom like her and a pit bull…was “lipstick.” Read the rest of this entry »