The Herald Bulletin, Anderson, Indiana

So...last night I went to see Sarah Palin! Earlier this week, a friend of my wife called to say that Sarah Palin would be making a live appearance at Talbot Street. Talbotstreet.com is a drag bar in Indianapolis. I've never been to a drag bar before but this was just the sort of motivation get me there.

We arrived shortly before the show started, found our seats and ordered a couple of $4 beers. My fingers dug into my wife's forearms as I watched Asia LaBush and Mercedes lip-synced their way to drag stardom while I worked my way through 3 more Amstel Lights.

Finally, Sarah took the stage. She was gorgeous... everything that I had hoped she would be. She sported that red jacket, schoolmarm hair, signature glasses, and the $1500 cherry red Naughty Monkey 6" pumps. She strutted across the stage mouthing the words to the Dolly Parton hit "9 to 5". This was a night to be remembered.

On the way home, the Mrs. reminded me that the hip swingin' vixen that we had applauded earlier that evening was actually a man. Politicians are a lot like drag queens. They package themselves in flattering costumes and promise to get all "mavericky," but when you peek under the hood, things are not exactly as advertised.

Vote for change. Real change...not the kind that you get with a hormone shot and a cheap wig.