Gryphen reports on trying to report on $arah's* book signing event in home-town Wasilla.
There were a few calls of "Sarah, Sarah" before the line started to wind its way up the stairs to have their audience with Queen Ester of the North. I thought "We better hurry if we are going to find a good place to set up our camera."
My first hint that something may be wrong down in Who-ville was when I was asked for my ID, not once, but twice. Then as Dennis and I were about to sign in, and the lady behind the desk took our picture with a little digital camera! WTF? I have never had anybody do that before at any other event that I attended as a media representative. I wondered why there was such tight security, unaware that my question was only seconds from being answered.
Almost as soon as I had my picture taken I felt a hand on my shoulder.
I turned around and came face to face with a local police officer who quickly apologized and then informed me that I was on the "banned list".
"I am on the WHAT list?" I asked.
"The banned list sir, I am going to have to escort you off of the property. This is a private event."
Those super-scary bloggers! Banned!
BONUS: Check out Mudflat's tribute to the Ex-Governor, 12 Days of Christmas.
*I swiped that typography for $arah's name from the comments at The Immoral Minority. It seems to be very popular.
h/t Andrew Sullivan
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