Posted in Local Characters, Tennessee on Oct 14th, 2008
WBIR has an interview with Mark Ciptak, the dad who named his baby girl Sarah McCain Palin Ciptak- without his wife’s knowledge or consent. Ciptak reports his wife seems to have accepted the name for now, although the child’s grandparents may be plotting his murder. He also points out a Google search of his name [...]
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Posted in Local Characters, Tennessee on Oct 14th, 2008
The Times-News reports that a baby girl born last weekend to a Carter County couple has been named: Sarah McCain Palin Ciptak.
Father Mark Ciptak of Elizabethton put the name on documents for his baby girl’s birth certificate, although it isn’t the name he and his wife originally agreed on.
“We actually came up with [...]
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Posted in The South on Oct 14th, 2008
(Via Kleinheider)
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At least, he didn’t try to change up the words to this.
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Posted in Tennessee, The South on Oct 1st, 2008
I’d never thought about it until Katie pointed it out – but there are similarities between a political junkie’s obsession over the upcoming Palin v. Biden debate and a Vol fan’s obsession with the UT v. Bama game.
Both events are highly anticipated. Both will be televised. Both will require beer. Both will inspire watch parties [...]
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Posted in In the news on Sep 2nd, 2008
Last Friday, I had this conversation:
He: “McCain is running A Broad!”
Me: “Why is he running abroad? Is this some kind of publicity stunt or… ?”
He: “No, I mean he picked a lady to be his Vice President. Just now!”
Me: “Who?”
He: “McCain!”
Me: “No, I mean who did he pick?”
He: “Sarah Somebody the Governor of [...]
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