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Politics | 10/27/2008 9:45 am

Trick or Treat! It's Sarah Palin!

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

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.

23 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

Tee Zee
Not me… I’ve been decorating a sweatshirt with coins…I’m change you can believe in!
By Tee Zee on 10/27/2008 10:09 am
Chips AHoey
awesome! a few years back in the last Bush Admin., I went to a party and a guy had a dark sweatsuit on with little stars stuck on them and he was “the thousand points of light!” - it was great.
By Chips AHoey on 10/28/2008 9:06 am
f p
That’s exactly where that trash belongs—tricking on Halloween.
By f p on 10/27/2008 10:30 am
Mommy Dearest
Ah, Frank, dahling. How very nice it is to see your all-knowing self gracing a mature women’s website calling a female candidate a whore. So very, very charmed and delighted to read your deeply sexist thoughts, my dear. Ahahahahahaha!
By Mommy Dearest on 10/27/2008 10:52 am
f p
Excuse me—I did nothing of the kind—calling he trash is one thing, you the one that used the word whore.
By f p on 10/27/2008 11:03 am
Mommy Dearest
Ah, Frank dahling, and what was it that your “trash” was doing on Halloween? Tricking? Ahahahahaha. Now that you’ve been called on your comment, I suppose you’ll say you meant “tricking” was TPing a tree? Ahahahahaha. Pardon me, dahling. Your true colors are showing.
By Mommy Dearest on 10/27/2008 11:08 am
f p
As are yours MD yadda yadda yadda—blather blather blather.
By f p on 10/27/2008 12:16 pm
Diana T
You left out the blah,blah,blah, Frank.
By Diana T on 10/27/2008 3:33 pm
Tee Zee
You nailed that one!
By Tee Zee on 10/27/2008 11:33 am
Mommy Dearest
Indeed, Tee Zee. If a man will refer to a woman in that manner - whether you like her or not - he will refer to ANY woman the same way. Ask any African-American about the use of the “n” word. There are those who use it - and those who do not.
By Mommy Dearest on 10/28/2008 3:27 pm
Tee Zee
Sorry mommy, not all men need be painted with such a broad stroke of the brush. Who among us have not made an utterance in anger or out of frustration and immediately wished we hadn’t said such things out loud. Those who do should be questioned on their motives and given a chance to repent before being condemned unconditionally.
By Tee Zee on 10/28/2008 10:23 pm
Mommy Dearest
Ah, my dear Tee Zee, I questioned the motive and saw not a modicum of remorse. Mommy felt justified in saying what she did, and feels assured, dear, that saying ANY woman is “trash” who “tricks” on Halloween is unwelcome in her presence.
By Mommy Dearest on 10/29/2008 11:30 am
Zera Lee
That is not exactly a flattering mask of Gov. Palin. Maybe this is the non-partisan look. I wonder how many plastic Palins will show up to vote?
By Zera Lee on 10/27/2008 11:42 am
Elizabeth Bennett
By Elizabeth Bennett on 10/27/2008 3:25 pm