It's never been a mystery what side of the gun control debate Sarah Palin lands on. She's made no secret of her family's love of hunting; her daughters gave her a pink handgun for her birthday; and perhaps most telling, her son Trigg's nickname is Trigger. So she was the perfect person to fire up the ammo-loving crowd at the NRA convention in Houston, Texas today. Sporting a pink lettered "Women Hunt" tee, she quoted Shakespeare (yes, the playwright) and Margaret Thatcher. Was that unexpected? You betcha!

Now historically, I have not been much of a fan of the one-time Alaskan governor, but her impassioned rant -- however misguided many may think it is -- just may have been one of her best. Check out Palin's 8 most inspirational quotes from the NRA convention.

It feels like it's been a million and a half years since Sarah Palin was actually relevant. (Especially now that even FOX News has no use for her!) But that didn't stop James Lipton, the long-time host of Inside the Actors Studio, from asking Tina Fey -- out promoting her new flick Admissions -- if she would do her classic impression of the former Alaska governor-turned-reality show star. Then again, that's his schtick. He loves to interview famous guests as one of their most memorable characters. And we love it, too.

Because even though it's an impression that could have gone completely stale, the current themes that flow through Tina's Palin-ized responses are so dead-on that it's all still hilaaarious. Seriously! And I would "betcha" not just to "liberal media folk" like yours truly.

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There was once a time where Sarah Palin was the queen of the news. Any story written about her went viral and any TV show featuring her was a success. But a series of gaffes, embarrassing blunders, and general media whore-ness caused her to fall from grace. Fastest. Perhaps the fastest of anyone in media history.

The latest news -- that Palin has been dropped from Fox News where she was a commentator -- isn't a surprise, but it does kind of represent the true end of the Palin era. She rose to stardom as a Vice Presidential candidate and she leaves it as a laughing stock. A rich one. But a laughing stock all the same.

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Some women are DOWN with the new Romney/Ryan 2012 ticket while others (me) are scared sh!tless about this conservative duo. This tweet by writer Adam Ellis pretty much sums up how I'm feeling about Paul Ryan.

Ryan is staunchly pro-life, wants to cut funding to Medicare (of which women make up 56% of the beneficiaries), opposes the Affordable Care Act, proposes deep cuts in education, and voted to defund Planned Parenthood and against the Fair Pay for Women Act. On the flip side, the right argues that policies under these two could help over 780K unemployed women (the writer also points out that "smart" women only have homes, families and businesses on their minds, NOT contraception -- O RLY?).

Let's see reactions to the Paul Ryan VP announcement from smart American women on both sides.

Sarah Palin was in the Kansas City area campaigning for Republican Sarah Steelman, and I don't know whether to laugh or cry at her outfit. In a tight Superman tee (because man of steel, and Steelman, etc.), movie star shades, black capris pants, and what can only be described as strappy clonkers that junior high students in the early '90s wore to their end of school dance, Sarah Palin's ensemble raised a few eyebrows, and a few red flags.

All that's missing is a scrunchie and maybe a Tamagotchi pet. If a picture is worth a thousand words, please, go ahead, drink it in.

It finally happened. Four years ago Sarah Palin was drawn into national politics by a McCain campaign convinced the Hillary supporters would vote for anyone with a uterus. And today, the former Alaska governor is back on the outside.

She's not on Mitt Romney's short list for vice presidents. Dick Cheney just referred to her as a "mistake." And now the official list of Republican National Committee Convention speakers is out, sprinkled with names like Huckabee, Bush, Haley, and Santorum. But there isn't a Palin in the bunch.

Wait!? Did they really leave her out? Could it be that the GOP has finally figured out what the rest of us have known for years?

What goes better together than sex and politics? How about a Sarah Palin lookalike stripper and the RNC? Lots of GOP members are heading down to Tampa soon for the Republican National Convention, and to prepare for their arrival, the Florida city is rolling out the red carpet. And by that I mean they're preparing their strip clubs for one helluva week. According to reports, adult-themed clubs in the host towns of both the RNC and the DNC see an influx of business around convention time, and one particular establishment in Tampa is ready to capitalize on the opportunity. They've hired porn star, stripper, and Sarah Palin's doppelganger Lisa Ann to come and perform.

Hey, you can't flippin' refudiate that weewee'd up bit of logic, now can ya?

Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney has made his choice regarding his VP pick, if you believe the rumors circulating from his “friends” to The New York Times. Regardless, a decision will be made and announced within the coming weeks, which leaves us wondering in the meantime ... who’s it going to be? 

Let me preface what I’m going to say next with I believe that women are strong, capable, and just as competent as any man in almost any job. I’ll give sumo wrestling to the boys, but other than that, women can hold their own against the men folk. There are a number of lovely, intelligent, proven women in politics that I believe would make excellent candidates on the 2012 presidential ticket. Governor Nikki Haley and Representative Cathy McMorris-Rodgers come to mind.