Who the Hell is Sarah Palin? I’m sure I wasn’t the only one asking that with the word that she was chosen as John McCain’s running mate. I decided to Digg around a little and find the best stories about our new soccer mom pal, Sarah Palin. If you don’t know much about her, you will after reading this list. So grab a sack of mooseburgers, throw out your birth control, and relax as we spend more time learning about her than John McCain ever did. These stories were all pulled from Digg, and are the stories with more than 3000 Diggs.

How about we start with a video. This isn’t as much about Palin as it is about hilarious. This is two conservative commentators on MSNBC, after they’re off the air, saying what they really think about the veep choice. Pure gold!

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MSNBC – Bristol Palin, one of Alaska Gov. Palin’s five children with her husband, Todd, is about five months pregnant and is going to keep the child and marry the father, the Palins said in a statement released by the campaign of Republican presidential candidate John McCain. Read the rest of the story…

Huffington Post – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her Republican supporters held back little Wednesday as they issued dismissive attacks on Barack Obama and flattering praise on her credentials to be vice president. In some cases, the reproach and the praise stretched the truth. Read the rest of the story…

Daily KOs – In spite of the rethug efforts to delete Sarah Palin’s history, particularly between 2004 and 2006, we found a real gem on you tube this evening.

The clips show the connection between Sarah Palin and the Alaska Independence Party. (We downloaded the clips and re-uploaded them into our own you tube account in case they get taken down.) Read the rest of the story…

During the unveiling of his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) tried to cast her as a “reformer” and “fiscal conservative.” She boldly claimed that with regard to Sen. Ted Stevens’s (R-AK) infamous “Bridge to Nowhere,” she told Congress, “Thanks, but no thanks“: Read the rest of the story…

Yahoo News – Gov. Sarah Palin was for the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere” before she was against it, a change of position the GOP vice presidential running mate ignored Saturday when she bragged about telling Congress “thanks but no thanks” to the pork barrel project. Read the rest of the story…

236.com – A day after Sarah Palin made us believe we could grow up to be president if this comedy writing thing doesn’t pan out, we stumble across the greatest rumor since Hillary Clinton is a lesbian- Sarah’s 4 month old son, Trig, is actually her grandson. Trig’s real mom, suggests the internet underbelly, is Sarah’s teenage daughter, Bristol. Read the rest of the story…

Daily KOs – An unpublicized scandal in Alaska is something voters should know about. Check it out here…

This is one of the funniest workflows I hav ever seen. Click the image for a larger version

Yahoo News – Republican presidential candidate John McCain says his vice presidential pick, Sarah Palin, was already an experienced government official while his Democratic rival, Barack Obama, was working as a community organizer.

She wasn’t. Palin was finishing college, getting married and working as a TV sportscaster when Obama was directing a church-based community group on Chicago’s South Side in 1985-88. Read the rest of the story…

Crosscut – The writer is a homemaker and education advocate in Wasilla, Alaska. Late last week, Anne Kilkenny penned an e-mail for her friends about vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, whom she personally knows, that has since circulated across comment forums and blogs nationwide. Here is her e-mail in its entirety, posted with her permission. See the email…

Think Progress – In an interview released today by Newsmax, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) — Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) newly minted running mate — was asked for her “take on global warming and how is it affecting our country.” “A changing environment will affect Alaska more than any other state, because of our location,” Palin said, adding, “I’m not one though who would attribute it to being man-made.” DeSmogBlog notes that NASA and the National Academy of Sciences disagree: Read the rest of the story…

Huffington Post – Greeted by thunderous applause, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin presented herself to the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, and millions of Americans watching from home, as a small-town outsider ready to join John McCain’s ticket in waging “a tough fight in this election against confident opponents at a crucial hour for our country.” Read the rest of the story…

Alternet – Since the McCain campaign apparently didn’t even bother Googling Sarah Palin before picking her to join the Republican ticket, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to compile some important — and terrifying — revelations about Palin. Read the rest of the story…

Saving the best for last. If you haven’t seen this yet, take a few minutes to watch. Instant classic!

The comments are open for your opinions. Did I miss anything?

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From Cracked:

On May 22, 2007 Katsusuke Yanagisawa became the oldest person to summit Mt. Everest. This 71 year old former school teacher has since joined the ranks of Bear Grylls and Lance Armstrong as “People Whose Achievements Invalidate Your Pathetic Existence.”

This is the stuff of a worthwhile world record, a moment highlighting the richness of human potential. Of course, as any quick study of the Maury studio audience will attest, that potential is rarely exercised by the masses. And the folks who put out the Guinness Book of Records (GBR) have a lot of blank pages to fill …

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