Sportscaster Sarah Palin's 'Beaver Roundup'

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I was just writing yesterday about the rise of tabloids in political journalism, and then today, someone hipped me to TMZ's discovery of Sarah Palin's big-hair days as an 80's sports anchor for Alaska's KTUU TV (Click here to see the clip).

The clip features Palin going through what she calls a "Beaver Rundown."

This clip has absolutely no substantive merit, except perhaps as a harbinger of things to come. At 44, Palin is probably the first major political figure to have come of age during Madonna's "Borderline" phase. In the not-too-distant future, we could be treated to Chess King-clad politicos with mullets, crooning "Tainted Love" at a karaoke bar from a VHS tape.

Maybe someday, we'll even get a president who was in his own "Devo" tribute band. Perchance to dream.

Tommy Christopher co-hosts "Unusable Signal" on BlogTalkRadio, debuting Friday at 11pm. Click here for the Unusable Signal homepage.

Filed Under: Republicans, 2008 President, Sarah Palin

Tagged: election, KTUU, president 2008, President2008, Sarah Palin, SarahPalin, vice president, VicePresident

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