The Republican National Convention may be over, the delegates and media may have hit the road. But the excitement in Minnesota continues Saturday as Todd Palin, husband of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, is expected to attend a big snowmobling event there.
Palin, famous in his own right among snowmobilers as the four-time winner of the 2,000-mile Tosoro Iron Dog race, is scheduled to attend Hay Days Grass Drags event. Sponsors expect 30,000 people at what they called "the largest snowmobile event in the world."
And just to answer the cynics: no, there's no snow in Minnesota yet. Participants will drag race across late summer grass.
The snow doesn't come for several weeks, at least.
Wow....how many secret service agents will have to cover this 'important event' and how much fuel will be wasted on grass when there is no snow? Now THERE is a real 'energy policy' for the voters to pay for!
Posted by: mrpCA | September 07, 2008 at 07:17 PM
mrpCA,
Fuel use is a good question; we should also consider banning NASCAR, private jets and upping the MPG on our vehicles to 50MPG, etc.
Asking about Secret Service numbers is something we rarely discuss. Do we/should there be limits on agent use due to numbers?
Posted by: Ivanv | September 08, 2008 at 04:17 PM
Who's watching the baby? Or is the plan that Bristol will just raise them both...?
Posted by: Tonic_Writes | September 08, 2008 at 06:50 PM
The baby (marriage?) story has run its course. Palin's stances on sex ed, motherhood, so-called 'traditional values' are being debated but our short attention span news will now write about something else.
Posted by: Ivanv | September 09, 2008 at 01:43 AM