It’s finally happened. Sarah Palin has reached a new level – or, more accurately, her name has. Within the next three months, Palin and her daughter Bristol will officially have trademarks on their names. If anyone tries to use either name without authorization, that person can be sued for trademark infringement. According to Politics Daily, “For Sarah Palin's application, there are two classes of commercial service for which her name would be a registered trademark. One is for ‘information about political elections’ and ‘providing a website featuring information about political issues.’ The second is for ‘educational and entertainment services…providing motivational speaking services in the field of politics, culture, business and values.’”

After forgetting to sign the applications the first time they applied, and then reapplying, Sarah and Bristol are now victorious. This would be an incredibly bizarre occurrence, if Palin wanted anything but more recognition than she already has. Much of that recognition is negative. Why would she want to bring any more attention to herself, especially when all it indicates is that she is interested only in money and fame, regardless of the consequences of the things she says and does?

She earns fame by running for vice president with the McCain campaign. During her time with the McCain camp the debates in which she took part were marked with inaccurate, obtuse responses to questions, including one memorable interview with Katie Couric. Couric asked Palin a question about her own personal views on Supreme Court decisions, an important question to determine Palin’s point of view on some of the most important issues of the country that she might like to change should she take office. She failed to answer the question:

Couric: What other Supreme Court decisions do you disagree with?

Palin: Well, let's see. There's – of course – in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings, that's never going to be absolute consensus by every American. And there are – those issues, again, like Roe v. Wade where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So you know – going through the history of America, there would be others but –

Couric: Can you think of any?

Palin: Well, I could think of – of any again, that could be best dealt with on a more local level. Maybe I would take issue with. But you know, as mayor, and then as governor and even as a vice president, if I'm so privileged to serve, wouldn't be in a position of changing those things but in supporting the law of the land as it reads today.

Then she resigns as governor of Alaska due to scrutiny of her family, legal bills, and ethics investigations, stating that she would work for change outside of the government. 

Palin's stumbling replies to simple interview questions can be added to making (also memorable) mistakes in understanding foreign policy, such as believing we are at war with Iran and that one of our allies is North Korea, favoring non-existent departments of the White House, believing that the vice president is in charge of the Senate, claiming that teachers’ rewards are in heaven, not on earth, and blaming environmentalists for the Gulf oil spill.

The newest episode being featured by the media came out of her “One Nation” bus tour. According to Sarah Palin, Paul Revere “warned, uh, the – the British that they weren’t gonna be takin’ away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells and, um, by making sure that as he’s ridin’ his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that, uh, we were gonna be secure and we were gonna be free.”

Defending her statement, Palin, according to Huffington Post, told Fox News “that she was correct. She says there were British soldiers in the area for years before Revere’s legendary ride, and that he was warning them, as well as his fellow colonists.” She stated, “Part of his ride was to warn the British that were already there that ‘hey, you’re not going to take American arms, you are not going to beat our own well-armed persons individual private militia that we have.” The Huffington Post continues: “She blamed her previous answer on the media, saying it was a ‘gotcha question.’” The question was: “What have you seen so far today, and what are you gonna take away from your visit?”

Many have stated that it’s time to give her a break and that the media needs to stop criticizing her. This woman is in the forefront of American politics and may be running for the presidency. The last thing the media needs to do is stop criticizing her. She has just trademarked her name – what’s next?

 

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