Politics | 10/27/2008 9:45 am
Trick or Treat! It's Sarah Palin!
Everybody wants to be Sarah Palin.
For Halloween, that is.
An army of Alaska governors from Wasilla will be roaming the streets with their kids for candy – or will be trick-or-treating themselves. Lindsay Lohan will be one of them.
NBC’s “Today” reports that a substantial number of women, children and even men will be getting political on Halloween with costumes incorporating the vice-presidential hopeful’s signature rimless glasses, high-heeled boots and hairstyle.
Yahoo! searches for “Sarah Palin Halloween costume” made the top ten Halloween costume searches in the last 30 days. And sites like eBay, as well as local costume stores, are witnessing a steep rise in requests for all things Palin.
The Dallas Morning News also reports that managers of costume stores agree – the Alaska governor is hot this year.
"We had Palin masks two weeks ago, but we sold out within a few days," said Karen Miller, assistant manager at Party City at Medallion Center in northeast Dallas. "Right now I have a few Obamas and a few McCains, and that’s it."
Websites like www.ehow.com even have tips on “how to make a Sarah Palin Halloween costume.”
Step No. 5 of these tips: Accessorize with a BlackBerry or a plastic gun. A must is the dangling gold earrings. Put a Republican pin or U.S. Flag pin on your jacket. You could also make your own name tag that says Gov. Sarah Palin.
"Today” interviewed Todd Kenig, CEO of Ricky’s Halloween Costume Store in New York City, where sexy Palin hunter outfits and multicolored plastic guns are flying off the shelves. They also sell a “Miss Alaska/Miss V.P.” sash that is outselling a John McCain mask 12 to 1.
To accessorize, trick-or-treaters of all ages will have baby dolls, stuffed wolves, hockey sticks, six-packs of beer, tiaras, snow boots, binoculars (to look for Russia, of course) or even friends dressed as Tom Cruise’s character in “Top Gun” — for double the “maverick” power.
"If Tina Fey can do it without much effort, then I’m up to the challenge,” 39-year-old Kristin Heffern, director of the Women’s Hockey Organization of Arizona, from Scottsdale, told “Today.” “I have the verbiage and accent down, but I am working on my pageant walk, wave and winking.”
Kellee Kromarek, a chiropractic assistant from Fargo, ND, will be going as the governor while her friend plays husband Todd, who will be holding a fishing pole and wearing a shirt emblazoned with “I’m with her” beneath a snowmobile racing jacket.
























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